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Useful properties and applications of iris, Siberian


Description of iris

Iris is an unusual perennial plants of the Iridaceae family. Its height can reach 80 cm thick Fleshy rhizome light brown shade is on the lower side of the small adventitious roots. With the withering away of the roots of the newly formed klubnikin. Thus at the upper ends of the rhizomes grow powerful stems and leaves. Sword-shaped leaves of this herbaceous plant vaginal and entire. They have an unusual blue-green shade.

Flowering shoots erect from the top have two to four flowers. Large bisexual flowers have one cover. Iris blooms in may and June. Its flowers can be painted in a variety of shades. The fruit of the plant presents a triangular box, which are flattened, wrinkled seeds dark-brown hue. Weight of 1000 seeds is about 85 grams. Iris selects for the growth of herbaceous marshy places in grasslands and marshes, and lodges on the banks of rivers.

Iris circulated on the Mediterranean coast, in Ukraine and Belarus, the Caucasus, and in Siberia, and also it can be found in the far East and in the hot Central Asia. Today it is widely cultivated in many countries as a chic ornamental plants.

The beneficial properties of the iris

The main medicinal raw materials of the iris are rhizomes. Fresh roots possess an extremely unpleasant odor, after a thorough 3-month drying they acquire a particular aroma of violet. Powerful roots of the plant contain considerable amount of essential oil. The most valuable active substances are iron, iridia glucoside, organic acids, tannins, starch and special fatty oil.

Such a wonderful expectorant, as infusion of roots of iris easily liquefies phlegm and quickly removes from the human body.

The use of iris

Due to the large amount of iron contained in the dry powdered rhizomes, iris is often used in modern perfume industry. Powder made from the roots of the plant, is also used in the beverage and confectionery industry. When children are teething, to facilitate the process is recommended to give children a small piece of rhizome of iris. Different pharmaceuticals based on the plant is indicated for pneumonia, bronchitis, catarrh of the upper respiratory tract.

Innekotoryh sluchayah naznachaut nastoi i otvary iz kornevish kasatika pri sereznyh zabolevaniyah zhelchnogo puzyrya i pecheni, a takzhe pri kolitah. pri bolyah v kishechnike nekotorye preparaty mogut ispolzovatsya v vide mochegonnogo sredstva. sleduet upomyanut ,chto kasatik vhodit v sostav unikalnogo lechebnogo sbora zdrenko, kotoryj prednaznachen dlya effektivnogo lecheniya anacidnyh gastritov i papillomatoza mochevogo puzyrya.

dlya uspokoeniya silnoj zubnoj boli mozhno upotreblyat sok kornej kasatika v vide specialnyh primochek i tamponov. pri epilepsii takoj sok pokazan k priemu vnutr. pri ponose izdavna ispolzovali chudodejstvennyj otvar iz suhih kornej rasteniya.


cvetok kasatika

odinochnye cvetki kasatika imeut snogsshibatelnyj aromat. u nekotoryh socvetij net lepestkov i chashelistikov i lepestkov ,poskolku oni sostoyat iz nebolshih yarkih listochkov.

koren kasatika

tolstoe kornevishe rasteniya, kak pravilo, imeet korichnevyj ottenok. na pridatochnyh kornyah vsegda mozhno obnaruzhit interesnye klubnekorni. celebnyj nastoj iz kornej kasatika izgotavlivaetsya iz 50 grammov horosho izmelchennogo syrya i 500 ml vodki. nastaivat smes sovetuut ne mene 15 dnej. posle procezhivaniya mozhno prinimat trizhdy v den po 20-25 kapel, razbavlyaya v 100 grammah chistoj vody. pri oprelostyah i gnojnyh yazvah mozhno primenyat naruzhno poroshok, shedro posypaya porazhennye uchastki kozhi.

pri anginah pokazany poloskaniya polosti rta effektivnym otvarom iz kornevish kasatika. takoe bespodobnoe sredstva polezno i pri anginah i razryhlenii desen, a takzhe im mozhno delat razlichnye sprincevaniya pri vospalitelnyh processah. v kosmeticheskih celyah otvar primenyaut dlya bystrogo izbavleniya ot perhoti.

vidy kasatika

v estestvennyh usloviyah kasatik prekrasno rastet vo mnogih evropejskih stranah, v azii i severnoj amerike, a takzhe v severnoj afrike na sredizemnomorskom poberezhe. na segodnyashnij den predstavleno okolo 250 vidov predstavlennogo rasteniya. v stranah sng takzhe proizrastaut mnogie vidy kasatika.

kasatik sibirskij. areal rasprostraneniya dannogo vida schitaetsya shirokaya territoriya ot severa italii i do dalnego vostoka. plotnye kornevisha sverhu imeut burye ostatki listovyh vlagalish. razvetvlennyj stebel imeet stebleobemlushie listya. prikornevye listovye plastiny ne prevyshaut 80cm in length. Herbaceous lanceolate leaves are bright green hue. Flowers with short little tube of the perianth are on unequal stalks.

The length of the boxes does not exceed 2 cm it is closely located light grey seeds, flattened on the sides.

Iris tiger. Such a wonderful korotkovremennouu plant has multi-colored flowers. The base of its shoots has dark brown old leaves are finely split. The height of the stem does not exceed 10 cm on each stem are located at two or three leaves. Blue-purple flowers decorated with streaks and spots. Tiger iris blooms mostly in may. The growth of the plants is accomplished by the formation of new shoots. This type of pleasure settles in sandy steppes and stony slopes.

Iris dwarf. The height of this perennial reaches 15 cm. It has a very thick short rhizome and small rosettes of leaves sword-shaped bluish hue. Perfectly developed a special system of adventitious roots. Annually develops from buds resume about 3-4 aerial escape. Stems with a single flower up to three cm each flower diameter is about 5-6 cm flower Color can vary from white to dark purple shades. The fruit of the plant presents a rather large box.

Iris leafless. This excellent perennial plant mostly grows in dense shrub thickets, forest clearings, forest edges, and on loamy soils, from southern taiga zones to the subtropics of Europe. This form can be found in Georgia and in the mountains of Armenia. The thickness of the rhizome is about 2 cm, and the length of linear-ensiform leaves does not exceed 45 cm By winter all the leaves die. Fragrant stems of the plant branching from the base. Its height can reach half a meter.

Proper perianth has a small tube and original shestiyaderny limb. In a cylindrical box formed small seeds. Leafless iris blooms in late spring.

Contraindications iris

No evidence about the dangers of the iris have not been identified. However, people with high blood clotting to consume various preparations of funds on the basis of this plant is not recommended, as some contained in the roots of the active substance contribute to the thickening of blood.