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Useful properties and use of mountain grass
Botanical characteristics of the mountaineer
The mountaineer belongs to the umbrella family, is a perennial herb. The leaves are petiolar, finely dissected. This medicinal plant is characterized by the presence of a rather large striped root. The flowers are yellow and arranged in complex umbrellas. Medicinal mountaineer blooms in summer (July-August). The habitat is meadows and fields of the European part of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.
Useful properties of mountain grass
Possessing a number of unique beneficial properties, officinalis has found wide application in folk medicine. Root harvesting can be done either in late autumn or early spring. To do this, the roots are cut into small pieces and dried in a dark place. The overground part of the medicinal plant is harvested during the flowering period. The seeds are harvested at the time of their ripening.
The aboveground and underground parts of the plant contain large quantities of essential oils. Coumarins (bergaptol, peutsedin, peucenol, isomeratorin, peudaceanin), carbohydrates (sucrose), and pectin were found in the underground part of medicinal mountaineer (roots). The aerial part contains resins, gums, flavonoids (quercetin, rutin, isorhamnetin, kaempferol). The medicinal plant has a pronounced wound healing, diaphoretic, antispastic and diuretic effect.
The use of a mountaineer
In folk medicine, a medicinal decoction of mountain grass is used for bronchial asthma - inside and in the form of inhalation. Also, a medicinal broth of horticultural is used for various liver diseases, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, inflammation of the gallbladder, and insomnia. The plant has a mucolytic effect (used for bronchitis), antiseptic (used for diseases of the oral cavity), analgesic (rinsing with toothache).
In the form of a poultice, hillyberry helps to relieve pain syndrome during attacks of gout, radiculitis and rheumatism. Fresh mountaineer juice is used for insect bites (including poisonous ones), while the juice is consumed internally and externally (in the form of lotions).
Infusion of mountain grass (roots): 1 part of the crushed roots of a medicinal plant is poured into 5 parts of 70% ethyl alcohol, the resulting infusion is left for 10-14 days in a dark place protected from direct sunlight, then filtered into a clean and dry container and taken 1 teaspoon (5 ml) 3 times daily before meals.
Infusion of mountain grass (leaves and flowers): 30 g of the aerial part of the medicinal plant is poured with 200 ml of boiling water, put in a boiling water bath for 10-15 minutes, and then cooled for 45 minutes and filtered into a dry container. Take 1/3 cup of warm infusion 3 times a day.
Broth broth (aboveground and underground parts): 20 g of crushed medicinal raw materials are poured into 200 ml of boiling water, the resulting broth is kept for 30 minutes in a boiling water bath, then cooled for 10 minutes (without removing from the stove), filtered. Take a decoction of 1/3 cup 3-4 times a day.
Morrison's sorrel
Morrison's sorrel is a perennial herb with a powerful taproot. The stalk is most often single, reaches a height of 120–150 cm. The basal leaves form a dense rosette. The inflorescences are collected in numerous umbrellas, consisting of 20-40 rays. Flowers are small, yellow and green. The medicinal plant blooms from July to August, the fruits ripen in September.
The distribution area of Morrison's mountaineer is the steppe and forest-steppe regions of Western Siberia, Altai and Kazakhstan.
Very often the plant forms dense thickets. The roots of the plant contain in their chemical composition furocoumarin peucetin (from 0.7 to 4%), coumarins, sucrose, leaves contain peucetin, flowers - quercetin, isorhamnetin, isorhamnetin glycosides, kaempferol. The inflorescences contain isorhamnetin and quercetin.
Due to the content of peucedanin in the furocoumarin roots, Morrison's horticultural is used to treat all types of malignant neoplasms, and is effective in breast cancer. The infusion and decoction of the medicinal plant is also used for epilepsy, headache and toothache, for atherosclerosis, rheumatism, gout, bronchial asthma. Due to the pronounced expectorant effect, the healing infusion is used for chronic diseases of the bronchopulmonary system (chronic bronchitis).
Outwardly, Morrison's infusion is used for chondrosis, arthritis, radiculitis and rheumatism (the infusion is rubbed into the place where the pain is located). The broth is used to rinse the mouth. The remedy is excellent for various inflammatory diseases (stomatitis, gingivitis, bad breath).
Morrison's mountaineer broth: 1 teaspoon of chopped roots is poured into 300 ml of boiling water, placed in a boiling water bath for 5 minutes, then infused for 1 hour and filtered into a clean and dry container. Take 1/4 cup 3 times daily before meals.
Alcohol tincture of Morrison's mountaineer: 50 g of dry root is poured with 500 ml of 45% ethyl alcohol, insisted in a dark place for 14-15 days. Take the ready-made product 3 times a day, 25-30 drops.
Contraindications to the use of horticultural
Individual intolerance (allergic reactions).
The author of the article: Sokolova Nina Vladimirovna | Phytotherapist
Education: Diploma in "General Medicine" and "Therapy" received at the Pirogov University (2005 and 2006). Advanced training at the Department of Phytotherapy at the Peoples' Friendship University of Moscow (2008).
