White Lamb - Useful Properties, Cultivation And Use Of White Lamb In Folk Medicine

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White lamb

Cultivation, beneficial properties and use of clearcoat in medicine

Botanical characteristics of white lamb

White lamb is a perennial plant with a long creeping rhizome and a tetrahedral, hollow, low stem. Leaves, the shape of which is ovoid-heart-shaped, on the stem are located on the petioles opposite. In the axils of the leaves on the stems there are whorls of large white flowers with a pleasant smell of honey. The flowering of the lamb can be observed for a long time, because the plant blooms in mid-spring and its flowering lasts until mid-autumn. The fruit is a nutlet of yellowish-gray ovoid color.

Lamb is distributed along the banks of rivers, streams, in the forest and between bushes. In addition, it grows in vegetable gardens and near fences and hedges. Most often, this plant is found in Ukraine, Russia and Belarus.

Growing a lamb

Lamb prefers to grow in damp, semi-shady and cool areas. It is better to choose the soil for the plant fertile, loose and fresh. Clapweed can be propagated by seeds and vegetatively. The plant is often self-seeding. It is best to propagate the lamb in a vegetative way: by layering, dividing the bush and leafy cuttings. With seed propagation, the plant will bloom only after a year. The lamb can tolerate drought as it quickly recovers and begins to develop.

Lamb is an unpretentious plant: it almost does not need care. Lamb loves moisture, so the main thing is to water it regularly and abundantly. It is periodically necessary to feed the plant with humus. In order for the plant to grow quickly, pruning should be done after flowering. Lamb is resistant to pests and diseases. If the soil is too wet, then the lamb is affected by fungal diseases.

Useful properties of lamb

Lamb has an expectorant, diuretic and hemostatic properties. This plant is used for inflammatory processes and colds. Lamb is used to contract the uterus. It is also recommended to use it for an anti-allergenic effect. In addition, lamb is used as a good blood purifier. White lamb has a good effect in the treatment of skin diseases, tonsillitis, insomnia and nervous diseases.

Applying a clear note

Traditional medicine uses white lamb in the form of infusion, decoctions, infusion, and externally - in the form of lotions and compresses. Lamb is recommended to use for diseases of the respiratory organs, kidneys and liver. A decoction of lamb is used for nervous diseases, headaches and heart diseases. The plant helps to stop bleeding, relieve neck pain, chest pain. For a diuretic effect, a decoction of lamb is used for nephritis, cystitis, urethritis. Infusion of plant flowers is used for a blood-purifying effect in uterine bleeding and internal bleeding of the respiratory organs.

Lamb has a positive effect on the body with diathesis, allergies, furunculosis and scrofula. Lamb's infusion is recommended as a sedative in the treatment of nervous excitations. The same infusion is used as an astringent for gastric disorders.

For external use, an infusion is prepared, which is used for rinsing, lotions, baths and washing for burns, ulcers, sore throat, diathesis and skin itching. In the treatment of a hernia or tumor, poultices and compresses from a lamb are used.

Inside the infusion of lamb is recommended to use for diarrhea, dysentery, internal bleeding and diseases of the stomach or intestines. In addition, the infusion of lucid is an excellent effective remedy for insomnia. This infusion is used to treat various diseases of the respiratory system and nervous excitement. On the basis of the infusion, they take baths in the treatment of hemorrhoids, itching rashes, wounds, cramps and ulcers.

With bronchitis, inflammation of the kidneys, anemia and depression, fresh lamb's juice helps, which is enough to use 1 tablespoon before meals and before bedtime. The juice of this plant also increases appetite.

A decoction of the leaves of a lamb for external use. Take 15 grams of plant leaves and cover with 1 cup boiling water. We put everything on fire for 5 minutes, after which we remove from heat and leave to infuse for 1 hour. Straining the broth, it is used for douching and compresses in the treatment of ulcers, eczema, catarrhal sore throat, leucorrhoea, urticaria and wounds.

Infusion of lucidum for bronchitis. To prepare it, take 1 tablespoon of plant flowers and fill them with 200 ml of boiling water. Having filtered and squeezed the infusion from the raw materials, we take the medicine, 100 ml three times a day. This infusion is also used to treat liver diseases.

Lamb for hemorrhoids. For hemorrhoids, sit-down baths made from the infusion of yogurt help well. For the preparation of the infusion, take 1 tablespoon of lamb and pour 150 ml of boiling water. After insisting, the product is poured into a bath and taken for 5-7 minutes.

Tincture of a lamb in the treatment of uterine bleeding. To prepare it, take 10 grams of plant flowers and fill them with 300 ml of vodka. We insist the composition for 1 week in a warm room, shaking occasionally. After straining, the tincture can be consumed 30 drops three times a day.

Infusion of lamb, purifying blood. Take the herb of lamb, violet, strawberry and string - 1/4 teaspoon of each herb. Now fill the whole mixture with 200 ml of boiling water and leave for 1 hour. Having filtered the finished infusion, it is taken three times a day, 100 ml each.

Collecting with clearness for leucorrhoea. For this purpose, mix 20 grams of lamb flowers and the same amount of St. John's wort. Then add 10 grams of the following components: white mistletoe leaves, white rose petals, lungwort root, oak bark and chamomile flowers. Now we take 50 grams of this collection and pour 1 glass of boiling water. We put the composition on fire for a third of an hour, after which we remove from heat and leave to infuse for 1 hour. Having strained the ready collection, they are douched.

Lamb tea. Take 1 tablespoon of yarrow flowers and mix them with the same amount of yarrow. We fill everything with a glass of water and put on fire for 5 minutes. We filter and take 1 glass three times a day.

Contraindications to the use of clearcoat

At the moment, scientists have not identified contraindications to the use of this plant and preparations from 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).