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Bedstraw

Useful properties and applications of Galium verum


The beneficial properties of bedstraw

Bedstraw is a gorgeous long honey of the family Rubiaceae. Korotkoopushenny straight stems grow up from 10 to 75 cm Top shiny leaves with a pointed edge to have a dark green hue, the bottom is represented greyish velvety pubescence. Small yellow flowers clustered in dense pyramidal panicles. They have a delicious honey fragrance. This plant blooms from mid-June to end of August. Cleavers has a slightly bitter astringent taste.

As a rule, for medicinal purposes are widely used not only flowers and grass, and rhizomes of plants. It boasts antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, choleretic, analgesic, diaphoretic, laxative, tonic, estrogenic, sedative and hemostatic effect on the human body. In addition, bedstraw produces a powerful healing effect. Almost all parts of plants contain flavinovye and tannins, various glycosides and acids, and coumarins, carotenoids, anthraquinones and vitamin C.

Bedstraw is shown as a sedative and pain reliever. It is indicated for ailments of the kidneys, stomach pain, diarrhea, jaundice, various bleeding, to treat skin rashes, wounds and boils, and also in hysteria and epilepsy. Moreover, the proven efficiency of the plant during treatment of cancer of the skin.


The use of bedstraw

The miraculous roots of bedstraw have been used for the treatment of pneumonia, endometritis, and diseases of the kidneys. This excellent febrifuge is also effective for various problems of the cardiovascular system. Bedstraw is part of the many herbs that are indicated for infectious diseases. Medicinal the decoction of this plant significantly increases the potency, and the absence of female secretions and restores the menstrual cycle.

Topically various herbal teas and infusions of the plant are assigned for bruises, festering wounds and cuts, as well as for the treatment of extensive burns. A decoction of aerial parts is often prescribed by gynecologists for douching with cancer of the uterus and cervical erosion. When infiltration of the breast is recommended to apply it on the chest mashed pulp of grass plants. In dysentery shownpriem poroshka travy vnutr. celebnyj sok podmarennika naznachaetsya pri saharnom diabete. pri nalichie yazv rekomenduut zasypat rany poroshkom rasteniya. maz iz soka travy effektivno snimaet vospaleniya pri naryvah.

dlya prigotovleniya nastoya berem 400 grammov kipyatka na 4 stolovyh lozhki travy, nastaivaem smes okolo 4–5 chasov, posle chego nastoj nuzhno horosho procedit – i mozhno ispolzovat ego dlya prinyatiya vann i primochek pri razlichnyh ranah, yazvah i drugih kozhnyh povrezhdeniyah. pri impotencii naznachautsya kurs priema svezhego soka 3 raza v sutki po 2 stolovyh lozhki. dlya lecheniya stenokardii specialisty rekomenduut upotreblyat nastoj podmarennika iz rascheta 20 grammov kornevish na 500 ml kipyatka.


vidy podmarennika

sushestvuet neskolko osnovnyh vidov takogo rasteniya, kotorye chrezvychajno rasprostraneny na territorii stran sng.

podmarennik severnyj. podmarennik severnyj predstavlyaet soboj mnogoletnee rastenie. ego vysota mozhet varirovatsya ot 15 do 85 sm. nebolshie lancetnye listya s tremya zhilkami raspolozheny v mutovkah po neskolko shtuk. severnyj podmarennik mozhet pohvastatsya krasivymi belymi cvetkami. on shiroko rasprostranen v ukraine, rossii, belarusi, a takzhe na kavkaze. kak pravilo, takoe rastenie otdaet predpochtenie lesnym lugam i syrym pojmennym mestam. ono neredko selitsya na kamenistyh rossypyah, okrainah bolot, skalah i vdol dorog. s lechebnoj celu ispolzuutsya cvetki, listya i stebli severnogo podmarennika.

podmarennik nastoyashij. podmarennik nastoyashij – eto zamechatelnyj mnogoletnik s pryamym vetvistym steblem. zheltye cvetki, sobrannye v interesnuu gustuu metelku, imeut prekrasnyj medovyj aromat. takoe rastenie blagouhaet v techenie vseh letnih mesyacev. nastoyashij podmarennik vstrechaetsya na senokosnyh ugodyah. on predpochitaet pitatelnye pochvy, gde razrastaetsya ogromnymi plantaciyami. v vysotu dannyj vid mozhet dostigat okolo 60–70 sm. ostrokonechnye listya u nastoyashego podmarennika sverhu temno-zelenye, a vnizu imeut barhatistoe opushenie serogo ottenka. vkus u takogo rasteniya dovolno gorkij i slegka vyazhushij.

podmarennik cepkij. podmarennik cepkij – eto neobychnoe zlostnoe rastenie, kotoroe ustojchivo k stravlivaniu. stebli takogo rasteniya useyany malenkimi zubchikami, blagodarya kotorym ono karabkaetsya po gladkim hlebnym solominam. stebli pokryty uzkimi mutovchatymi listyami. belye melkie cvetki sobrany v redkie poluzontiki pazushnogo tipa. svezhij sok travy pokazan pri boleznyah zoba i pecheni, a takzhe on ispolzuetsya protiv rakaand dropsy. Submitted herbaceous plant is an excellent diuretic and anti-inflammatory agent. It is indispensable for all sorts of skin injuries and diseases of the epidermis.

Bedstraw fragrant. Perennial fragrant bedstraw is a beautiful herbaceous plant, whose height varies from 10 to 65 cm Obratnaya leaves collected into a whorl of about 8 pieces. Inflorescence fragrant bedstraw consist of several apical semiumbels at the base of which is about five bracts. Delightful fragrant flowers are located on short stalks. Their diameter does not exceed 7 see Scented bedstraw blooms from mid-spring to early summer. It is common in the Crimea, the European part of Russia, Belarus, Siberia, the far East and in Central Asia and the Caucasus. As this plant contains a huge amount of useful minerals and substances, it is widely used for medicinal purposes.

Bedstraw ordinary. Bedstraw ordinary is quite high herbaceous plant, growing up to 85 cm Malevitsis faceted stem bears small leaves whorled, linear type. On top of the leaf has weak pubescence, the pubescence on the bottom greater. Pale Golden flowers abundantly located at the ends of shoots. Common bedstraw blooms from late June to September. Its habitat are forest edges, slopes, dry meadows and small slopes. Bedstraw common rich in essential oils, silicic acid, tannins, and flavonoids and organic acids.

Bedstraw soft. Bedstraw soft – this amazing plant is a herbaceous type with smooth quadrangular stem. Reclining or ascending stems covered with linear-oblong leaves, the ends of which have small thorns. Leaves collected in small whorls of 8 pieces each. White and rather small flowers are located in numerous semiumbels. They are collected at the ends of the stems in graceful panicles. Blooms is a view in late June or early July. It grows well on grassy slopes, in meadows, and often occurs along roads. With heart disease soft bedstraw is simply irreplaceable. It should be noted that it is widely used in modern homeopathy.


Contraindications to the use of bedstraw

Because cleavers has a diuretic effect, it is prescribed with caution in people with diabetes. The treatment in such a plant should include weekly breaks due to a binder effect. Small children and expectant mothers to consume cleavers is not recommended.