Loch (plant) - Useful Properties And Use Of Loch, Loch Berry. Silvery, Narrow-leaved, Multi-flowered, Umbellate

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Loch

Useful properties and use of silver loch

Useful properties of a sucker

Loch is a tree-like thorny shrub that has a number of beneficial properties used in various fields of human activity. Musical instruments are made from its wood, leaves and bark are suitable for tanning and dyeing leather, gum is used to prepare glue. Loch is a good honey plant and a unique medicinal plant, which also has nutritional value.

The most valuable, from the point of view of traditional medicine, are its fruits, although flowers, leaves, bark and resin are also used for medicinal purposes. The fruits of this shrub contain proteins and carbohydrates, tannins and dyes, organic acids, phosphorus and potassium salts. The leaves contain vitamins E and C, and the flowers contain essential oil.

When harvesting raw materials, the leaves are harvested in the first half of summer, flowers - in May and early June. They are dried under a canopy or in special dryers at a temperature not exceeding 40-50 ° C. Finished raw materials can be stored within two years, after which they lose their useful properties.

Loch application

In folk medicine, the plant is used as an astringent, antiviral and antibacterial agent, it is prescribed for inflammatory processes in the body. Decoctions and infusions are prepared from the leaves, which help to reduce body temperature in case of fever and colds, they are used externally for radiculitis, rheumatism, gout.

Loch fruits can improve memory and ease the course of malaria, they also have an expectorant and diuretic effect. In addition, its berries are a delicious tonic and general tonic, essential for everyone who has problems with the cardiovascular system. A decoction of dried fruits is good for colitis and diarrhea.

Decoction of fruits: pour 30 g of dry berries with a glass of boiling water and boil them for about half an hour in a water bath. You can strain the mixture hot through several layers of gauze. The resulting volume must be brought to the original with hot boiled water and after cooling, store the broth for no more than two days in the refrigerator. Dosage - 2 tablespoons of the drink 3 times a day 10-15 minutes before meals. The remedy relieves inflammation well and kills pathogenic microbes.

Tincture of flowers: 100 g of dry or fresh flowers need to be poured with 1 liter of 40-50-degree alcohol and infused for a month. For the preparation of the tincture, a glass container with dark walls and a tight cork is used. The drug is taken in 20-25 drops, diluting them in 100 g of water at room temperature.

Sucker berry

The fruits of the plant are dry oval-shaped false drupes, 0.7–2.0 cm long, with a yellowish powdery pulp, slightly astringent, but sweet and juicy. They ripen at the end of September. The berries are formed not only by the ovary, but also by the perianth, the lower part of which grows, becomes fleshy and covers the ovary.

The most valuable part of this shrub is precisely the fruits; they are not only tasty, but also very useful. They can be consumed fresh, and they retain their healing properties for more than four months, and also in dry form - as additives in bread, cereals and other culinary dishes. From the berries of the sucker, infusions and decoctions are prepared, used in the treatment of a number of various diseases.

Sucker flower

The flowers of the plant are small, no more than 1 cm, on short stalks. They are located in 1-3 pieces in the axils of the leaves. Each flower has a simple four-membered bell-shaped perianth, 4 stamens and a pistil with a filiform column. The bush is pollinated crosswise, with the help of insects. During flowering, the sweet and fragrant aroma of the flowers can be heard from afar.

In folk medicine, preparations from flowers are prescribed for edema, colitis, bronchitis, heart disease, as well as a wound healing and antihelminthic agent. They are effective for rheumatism and gout, hypertension and high fever.

Broth: to prepare it, you need to steam 6 grams of dried flowers with a glass of boiling water and insist in a water bath for 15–20 minutes. The finished product should be filtered and brought to the same volume by adding boiled water. Take the medicine 15-20 minutes before meals 3 times a day, 1/3 cup.

Goof silver

The homeland of the silver sucker is Central China, where it has long been revered as a magical plant that rejuvenates the body and gives strength. This tree-like shrub reaches four meters in height and is distinguished by the silvery-metallic sheen of the leaves on the back. The crown of this plant is very decorative.

Shrub berries exhibit antiviral and antibacterial activity, they are used as an astringent, anthelmintic and sedative (sedative) agent. Preparations from them stimulate the work of the heart and prevent sclerosis. The flowers of the plant are used in the perfumery industry, various crafts are made from wood, medicinal decoctions and infusions are prepared from the fruits.

Loch narrow-leaved

A representative of this species is a low, thorny tree with a curved trunk and silvery leaves. Young shoots are also grayish-silvery, the rest are gray. This type of sucker gives off gum, from which glue for the furniture industry is made. The plant is very drought-resistant and almost does not suffer from hot dry winds, grows well on saline soils and forms many adventitious roots when the trunk is covered with soil.

Fresh leaves of narrow-leaved oak tree can be applied to purulent wounds, as they accelerate the healing process and relieve inflammation. Rinse the mouth with a decoction of the leaves for stomatitis and gingivitis. Flower infusions help with hypertension and diseases of the upper respiratory tract. With inflammation of the stomach and colon, a decoction of dry berries is taken orally.

Loch multiflorous

This type of sucker once grew only in the forests of Japan and China. It was brought to us by the Japanese who settled at the beginning of the 20th century on South Sakhalin. They often planted the plant near their homes and called it "gum". The Japanese still believe that its berries are the fruits of youth and longevity.

The multiflorous oak tree grows as a shrub 1.0–1.5 meters high; nitrogen-fixing bubbles form on its roots. Its fruits resemble dates in appearance; they ripen in early August. They contain leucine and lysine, arginine, aspartic and glutamic acids, amino acids.

Berries are used as an effective anti-inflammatory and tonic agent, drugs from them are prescribed for stomach upsets. Fresh berries can be stored for no more than 5-6 days. Leaves also have useful properties, they contain a lot of vitamin C. They are dried and brewed separately or together with tea.

Sucker umbrella

At home, in Japan, the umbrella sucker grows up to four meters high. It has many varieties and is quite popular with gardeners. It is a good honey plant with delicious edible fruits. They are consumed not only fresh, but also wine and jam are made from berries. The plant is unpretentious, grows relatively quickly and enriches the soil with oxygen. It is of interest to gardeners in the formation of single and group plantings for decorative purposes, when creating contrasting groups.

Contraindications to the use of sucker

The plant has practically no contraindications, possibly, except for individual intolerance. However, it is best for pregnant women and women during lactation to consult with a doctor about the use of drugs based on it.

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).