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Plakun
Useful properties and use of willow placon
Useful properties of a placun
The chemical composition of the herb of placuna contains phenol carboxylic acids, tannins, essential oil, resin, flavonoids, vitamins, and there are traces of alkaloids. The roots contain saponins, and the flowers contain anthocyanins. Leaves, flowers, and roots are harvested to use the herb for medicinal purposes. The collection of the aboveground part of the plant is carried out before flowering; it is advisable to dig out the roots in the fall. Raw materials are collected and dried in a well-ventilated area, stored in a dark, dry place for no more than a year.
Placun grass is a wonderful honey plant that attracts many bees and butterflies in July with its bright, beautiful flowers. The honey collected from this herb is very aromatic, it has a slightly tart taste and rich color.
Placon application
The plant is widely used in folk medicine as a hemostatic, anti-inflammatory and tonic. Infusion of flowers is recommended as an astringent for diarrhea and dysentery. Decoctions and infusions from the leaves are good for epilepsy, nervous disorders, rheumatism, catarrh of the stomach and intestines, hemorrhoids. The whole dry plant can be used for insomnia. Plakun grass treatment gives a positive result for uterine bleeding, gastritis, enteritis, colds.
The plant also effectively helps with cardiovascular diseases and some skin diseases (eczema, dermatitis). To ensure quick and painless wound healing, fresh grass gruel should be applied to the affected area. In case of a painful feverish state and general weakness of the body, herbal tea will be useful.
One of the most important medicinal properties of the placuna is that the plant effectively counteracts cerebral edema when bitten by an encephalitis tick.
Infusion of a plakuna: to prepare the infusion, pour 250 ml of boiling water over 10 g of dry grass, leave for at least four hours, then strain through a very fine sieve. To improve the general condition of the body, it is recommended to drink the infusion 3 times a day, 25 mg.
Placun flower
Placun grass is famous for its beauty. Thickets of plants in natural conditions and in flower beds look extremely beautiful. The straight, tall stem is densely covered with purple or pink flowers, collected in decorative pyramidal inflorescences. The plant blooms from June to the end of September.
Placuna flowers are widely used in folk medicine. They contain tannins, pectin, carotene and other bioactive compounds. Flower tea helps with headaches, decoctions and infusions with their addition are used for stomach and intestinal ulcers. Once upon a time, the flowers of the plant were in demand in cooking as a food coloring.
Willow plakun
This perennial plant with a straight dark green stem reaches a height of 100 cm. Its leaves are opposite, elongated-pointed. Small beautiful flowers are collected in a dense spike-shaped panicle. Fruits are oblong bivalve capsules. The willow plakun blooms in June-August. This plant is widespread almost throughout the European part of Russia, in Belarus and Ukraine. Preparations from it are widely used in folk medicine.
Plakun willow has a tonic, tonic, anti-inflammatory, wound healing, analgesic, astringent and hemostatic properties. Decoctions and infusions from it help with chronic colitis and enterocolitis, various bleeding, nervous diseases, epilepsy, typhoid. Outwardly, they are used for neuroses, varicose veins and venereal diseases. In the old days, it was believed that this herb is an antidote for snake and rabid animal bites.
Contraindications to the use of placun
The placun is non-toxic. It is contraindicated to take its drugs only with high blood clotting and a tendency to thrombosis. You should also be careful in the use of this herb for people suffering from gastrointestinal diseases, especially with atonic constipation. Preparations from the plant are capable of constricting blood vessels, so hypertensive patients should carefully monitor blood pressure when using them. The use of decoctions and infusions for pregnant and lactating women is undesirable.
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).
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