White lamb: medicinal properties and contraindications, use and collection
White yasnotka is a useful plant, which is also known as deaf nettle. This culture contains a large number of valuable components. Flowers and leaves of the culture are actively used for the manufacture of medicinal infusions and decoctions. Young shoots of grass are used for cooking. The foliage of the plant tastes like spinach, so it is often put in soups and salads.
Description
White yasnotka is a perennial herbaceous plant that reaches a height of 1 meter. It has horizontal creeping rhizomes, from which long underground shoots extend.The culture is characterized by straight and powerful shoots. The leaves of the plant are teardrop-shaped and covered with a large number of veins. On the stems they are arranged oppositely. Each sheet is 8 centimeters long and 4 centimeters wide.
This culture is characterized by white bisexual flowers, which form whorls of 6-14 pieces. They are found in the axils of the leaves. The flowers resemble bells and have two-lipped corollas. Flowering begins in May and lasts throughout the season. In June-October, fruits appear on the bushes, which consist of 4 parts. They resemble dark gray nuts with outgrowths.
Culture has become widespread in the middle lane and in the south of the Russian Federation. It is mainly found in ravines, on the edges, in river floodplains and shady places. The grass grows predominantly in rich soil and often forms dense thickets in wastelands.
Chemical composition
White yasnotka contains many valuable components. This plant includes the following:
- carotene;
- organic acids;
- ascorbic acid;
- alkaloids;
- sucrose;
- saponins;
- essential oils;
- tannins;
- potassium s alts;
- flavonoids.
The flowers of the plant contain many slimy components. The leaves of the culture are an excellent source of carotene. At the same time, many glycosides are present in its roots. The maximum content of nutrients is present in the flowers. However, due to their small size, they are difficult to assemble. Therefore, you can make medicinal drinks from the leaves.
Useful properties
The diverse chemical composition of the plant makes the white lambberry an unusually useful culture. Its application helps to get the following results:
- heal wounds;
- cope with inflammatory processes;
- eliminate cramps;
- achieve a hemostatic effect;
- get a choleretic effect;
- cope with pain;
- achieve an astringent effect.
White lamb is often used in official medicine. It is the basis of vitamin dietary supplements and creams to combat dermatological pathologies. In folk medicine, culture-based remedies help to cope with many diseases. These include, in particular, the following:
- flu;
- bronchitis;
- hemorrhoids;
- tonsillitis;
- infectious lesions of the urinary tract;
- depression;
- neuroses;
- diarrhea;
- stomatitis;
- ulcerative lesions of mucous membranes.
Lasnotka has a thinning effect. In addition, it produces a slight hypnotic effect. In folk medicine, the plant has become known as a female herb. It is used to combat heavy bleeding during menstruation.
Decoctions and infusions of the culture are used to stimulate contractions of the muscles of the uterus during childbirth. Plant-based products are used to accelerate the recovery of affected tissues.
Infusion can be used as a drug to combat discomfort during menstruation. With its help, it is possible to eliminate unpleasant symptoms and get rid of pulling pains in the lower abdomen.
The white yasnotka is a non-toxic culture. Therefore, when using it, people practically do not encounter problems. However, excessive consumption of infusions and decoctions from the plant leads to stimulation of the blood coagulation process.This increases the likelihood of blood clots in the vessels.
When using white cinquefoil, it is recommended to control blood pressure parameters. Sometimes the plant leads to its lowering. If a person did not have arterial hypertension, the influence of culture provokes a deterioration in he alth.
Contraindications
Decoctions, teas and infusions based on white yasnitok are contraindicated during pregnancy. Such drinks cause contraction of the uterine muscles. This can cause sudden miscarriage or premature birth.
Also, people who have such pathologies should be careful:
- hypotension;
- thrombosis;
- varicose veins;
- thrombophlebitis.
How to use it
The young leaves of the white lamb are used in cooking. This plant contains many vitamins and tastes like spinach. Grass is added to spring salads. This gives them a sweet taste. To prepare the dish, the leaves of the white lamb must be washed, chopped and mixed with onions, dill and other types of herbs. As a dressing, you should use sour cream. You can also add a chopped egg to the composition.
Grass can be added to sauces, side dishes, soups, dough. To make a puree, young leaves and shoots need to be treated with boiling water and stewed in a pan with onions, carrots, spices and sunflower oil.
The plant can be used fresh or dried. White Lamb Powder helps to improve the taste and aroma of meat and fish dishes. It is recommended to add this component at the end of cooking. This will help keep the plant he althy.
Also, cooks often use the culture to make a vitamin drink. To do this, you need to mix in equal parts yasnotka, St. John's wort, Ivan tea and thyme. After that, the collection must be poured with boiling water. After a quarter of an hour, it is recommended to strain the composition, add 1 tablespoon of honey and take a remedy to strengthen immunity. For allergies, sugar can be used instead of honey.
Use in traditional medicine
White yasnotka can be used to eliminate problems of the mucous membranes of the oral cavity. This is due to its pronounced anti-inflammatory properties. The culture successfully eliminates wounds, gum pathologies, and toothache. In most cases, flowers are used. After that, it is recommended to dry the raw materials in the shade or in a dryer. It is important to consider that the temperature should not be more than +35 degrees. Glassware is suitable for storing blanks.
The plant contains saponins and mucus based on polysaccharides. Thanks to this, decoctions and infusions based on it successfully liquefy and remove sputum. It helps to cope with asthma, tracheitis, bronchitis, colds. At the same time, Laminaria has a calming and tonic effect. This helps to use the plant to combat neurosis, neurasthenia, hysteria.
Healing lamb is used in different formulations. At the same time, portions of raw materials are recommended to be measured depending on the diagnosis and stage of pathology. Usually, the following compounds are used for medicinal purposes:
- Vitamin tea. To prepare it, it is recommended to take 4-6 tablespoons of herbs in 2 glasses of water. This amount is enough for a day. The composition is recommended to drink with sleep disorders and neurosis.
- Infusion. This tool helps to cope with kidney pathologies, diarrhea, anemia. Also, the composition successfully eliminates diseases of the genitourinary system, bronchitis, pathologies of the gastrointestinal tract, and allergic reactions.To prepare this remedy, you need to take 1 tablespoon of dried flowers per 250 milliliters of boiling water. The composition is recommended to infuse for an hour. After which it can be filtered. The resulting remedy should be taken in half a glass 4-5 times a day. This should be done 30 minutes before meals.
- Juice. To prepare it, you need to wash the fresh leaves of the plant, scald with boiling water and grind. Then squeeze the juice through cheesecloth and boil for 3-5 minutes. The resulting product can be used to treat skin defects. With the development of anemia, it is required to take a third of a glass of juice 2-3 times a day. With hysteria, the composition should be consumed 2-3 tablespoons 3 times a day. In this case, the product must be mixed with 1 tablespoon of honey.
- Decoction. To make such a remedy, it is recommended to take 30 grams of raw materials per 1 liter of water, boil for 10 minutes and strain. The composition should be used for rinsing with inflammatory lesions of the oral cavity, boils, burns.The medicine should be drunk warm or chilled. At the same time, its useful properties are preserved.
- Essential oil. It should be used to treat dermatological pathologies.
Plant collection nuances
For medicinal purposes, only corollas of flowers are used. However, preparing them is quite difficult. Therefore, people often use the tops of the stems. Harvesting of raw materials must be carried out during flowering throughout the summer. Stems that are cut at the beginning of summer grow back and bloom again by autumn.
It is important to consider that the upper parts of the stems are less active than the corollas of the flowers. Therefore, it is recommended to pluck and dry them separately. This should be done in the shade or in a well ventilated area, laying out in a thin layer.
White lamb is a valuable culture that is actively used in folk medicine. In order for the use of the plant to give results, it is important to strictly follow the instructions for its use.
