Hutma - Useful Properties And Use Of Hutma. Hutma Thuringian

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Hutma

Useful properties and application of hautma

Description of the hautma

Khatyma is a perennial or annual herb, sometimes a shrub up to two meters high. The leaves of the plant are alternate, lobed, covered with stellate hairs. Single flowers form spike-shaped or racemose inflorescences at the ends of the stems, they are yellow, pink or purple in color. The hautma blooms profusely from mid-July to autumn. The plant is home to South America, Syria, North Africa. In the wild, the khatma grows in Western Siberia, in the central regions of the European part of Russia.

Useful properties of hautma

The chemical composition of the plant is not well understood. It is only known that all parts of the hamlet contain a lot of mucus and rubber-like substances. In addition, starch is found in the roots, and alkaloids and ascorbic acid are present in the leaves. Traditional medicine uses roots and leaves. The roots are harvested in the fall, and the leaves during the flowering period. The plant is not used in official medicine.

Application of hautma

Various dosage forms of the plant are widely used in folk medicine. Decoctions and infusions have excellent enveloping and anti-inflammatory properties. Means from hautma are used for colds, coughs, diarrhea and some other diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.

A decoction of the leaves of the hautma is recommended for diseases of the respiratory system, with the infusion they treat diseases of the stomach and intestines. When coughing, the broth is used as an expectorant. A decoction from the roots is good for headaches, it is also prescribed as an astringent for diarrhea. For skin diseases and scrofula, a decoction of the whole plant is used.

Broth: 10 g of dry or fresh raw materials must be poured with two glasses of boiling water, boiled for 5 minutes. in a sealed container, leave for at least four hours, strain through cheesecloth. It is recommended to take the product 4-5 times a day, 1 tablespoon.

Hutma Thuringian

It is a tall, perennial, pubescent plant. The leaves are large, three- or five-lobed, gray-green, growing alternately. The flowers have champlevé petals and numerous stamens of a beautiful pink shade. They are located singly in the corners of the upper leaves, collected in loose brushes. The fruit grows in the form of a disc, breaking up into sectors, inside there are 20-25 seeds.

Khatyma Thuringian is common in the European part of Russia, in Belarus, Central Asia, Moldova, Ukraine and the Caucasus. It grows in bushes, in clearings, in light forests, dry meadows and rocky steppes. The plant can be found in the mountains at an altitude of 2000 meters above sea level.

In medicine, the aerial part of the plant and the roots are used. The herb contains a lot of mucus, as well as starch, alkaloids, flavonoids, fatty oil and vitamin C. Preparations based on haitma have an enveloping, expectorant and anti-inflammatory effect. They are used for gastritis, tracheobronchitis, skin diseases and scrofula. Fresh leaves of the plant are used in the treatment of purulent wounds, a decoction of the flowers is drunk for abdominal pain and respiratory infections.

Contraindications to the use of hautma

Before using medicines based on hatyma, it is advisable to consult a doctor. Contraindication is hypersensitivity and individual intolerance. It is not recommended to use drugs of their hatyma during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

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).