Bedrenets-saxifrage

Properties and application recipes of Burnet-saxifrage

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Bedrenets-saxifrage

It is a perennial plant belonging to the family Umbelliferae. The altitude of the Pimpernel can be up to 50 cm Bedrenets-saxifrage – a plant with straight, glabrous outside stems covered with fuzz. Upper leaves generally consist of three blades. The leaves at the bottom of the stem, pinnate, long-petiolate, but the individual leaflets serrated and resemble in appearance the egg. Stem leaves, depending on the location, different value: for example, if the sheets are high that they are small, and if below – larger in size than the top.

The plant has beautiful small flowers white, collected in an umbrella. Pimpernel flowering starts from June and ends in October.

This plant has many-headed rhizome, highly branched. The roots are brown and wrinkled.

Want to see this plant? Then go to the meadow, the clearing, on the edge of a forest, light the forest or just in the pasture. Pimpernel loves light, so it grows in the bright areas. It can grow under any conditions.

Collection of Burnet-saxifrage and storage

Rhizomes and roots are the plant parts used in folk medicine for the treatment of various diseases. Should be collected late in autumn or in early spring.

The rhizomes and roots to dig, to clear the land and rinse under cold water. Next, you should dry the raw material. Keep the roots and rhizomes are required in boxes with lids, or cardboard boxes. As for chopping roots, there is a caveat: rapid volatilization of useful properties and aroma. Therefore, it is best to grind the roots directly before they apply.

The leaves are harvested in the period when only started appearing rosette – before flowering. Seeds need to be collected when they are light brown in color.

Green leaves should be dried in a warm and ventilated area. After drying the leaves must be green in color and of such quality that they easily grind into a powder. In addition to drying, the sheets pickle.

Seeds harvested in the following way: first you need to collect umbrellas, dry them and make an obmol. Then the already dried seeds should be into clean jars or containers made of porcelain (tightly sealed) and put for storage in places where the sun does not reach.

ApplicationBurnet-saxifrage in folk medicine

The tincture and decoction of the rhizomes with roots are used in folk medicine in the treatment of kidney diseases, urolithiasis and diseases of the bladder.

Infusions and decoctions of the Pimpernel helps with coughing, hoarseness of the voice. They are used as an expectorant, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and diaphoretic (also a diuretic) tool.

A decoction of Pimpernel – the perfect remedy for sore throat, gout and bronchitis.

The juice of the plant is a sedative for nervous disorders. Also the juice of the Pimpernel is used for inflammation of the organs, bronchial asthma, ascites, and whooping cough.

Recipes from Pimpernel

Take 10 grams of crushed roots of plants and fill them with half a liter of water. Put it in the fire for boiling. Simmer for 15 minutes. Then leave the broth for 1 hour for infusion. Further do not forget to strain the cooked broth through cheesecloth. This remedy, take half a Cup every day for 4-5 times. This medicine helps with gout, gastritis, or kidney ailment. This broth people also used to rinse the throat with angina and ulcers on the gums.

For its preparation you need to take 100 grams of crushed roots of plants, pour half a liter of 70% alcohol. For infusion of medication sufficient for two weeks. After that, strain the finished tincture. This means you need to take every day 3 times 15 drops. Tincture helps with inflammation and other diseases.

Need to take 500 ml of warm water and fall asleep in it 15 grams of crushed material (plant roots). Keep in a water bath for a quarter of an hour, and then leave for four hours and then filtered. This infusion should be consumed before eating half a Cup 3-5 times daily. This medicine take bronchitis, tracheitis, acute respiratory infections, inflammation of the bladder and urolithiasis.

People with age spots on the face will help the juice of the plant. You need to squeeze the juice from the root and soak it in a napkin, which should wipe the face every day for 5-6 times.

In dropsy apply tincture of Pimpernel on vodka. It is necessary to take 2 pieces of Pimpernel root, 2 tablespoons of water and mix with 5 teaspoons of vodka. Take a tincture every day 4-5 times. One – off is 30 drops of tincture.

Contraindications to the use of the Pimpernel

Make the plants need, following the exact instructions and not increasing the dose. From the intake of plants may develop contact dermatitis or photodermatitis.