Chamomile apothecary (chamomile medicinal) - an annual herbaceous plant of the inflorescence family. Used chamomile flower baskets (without stems, with the length of the remnants of pedicels no more than 3 cm), collected at the beginning of flowering, when the marginal tongue flowers in the baskets are arranged horizontally. The smell is strong, fragrant, especially when rubbed. The flavor is bitter, spicy. Chamomile flower baskets are ideal for preparing a medicinal infusion. It has anti-inflammatory, styptic, antiseptic, slightly astringent, analgesic, sedative, anticonvulsant, diaphoretic, choleretic effect. Bulgarian scientists note the special value of the herb chamomile as a healing agent, confirmed by pharmacological and clinical study of it. Flower baskets of chamomile pharmacy we widely used as an anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, emollient, analgesic, anti-spastic, stimulating bile formation and biliary excretion, soothing and aromatic remedy.

Ruta fragrant (ruta odoriferous) - a perennial herbaceous plant, sometimes grayish-green semi-shrub from the family of rutaceae. Ruta herb, collected during the flowering period, is used. The entire plant has a strong, peculiar odor, which is unpleasant in nature, but when dried, it changes to a fragrance reminiscent of the scent of a rose. The taste is sharp, bitter.Fresh ruta herb, being applied to the skin, causes redness and inflammation. When poisoning large doses of the plant is observed salivation, swelling of the tongue, acute gastrointestinal disorder, difficulty breathing, bradycardia. External use of ruta (the whole plant) can cause skin burns.

Common mountain ash is a well-known tree up to 10 m tall, less often a shrub from the family Rosaceae. Used mature fruits of mountain ash, harvested in September. Their odor is weak, the taste is bitter-sour.Fruits of mountain ash are used in medicine as a multivitamin remedy, for the prevention and treatment of avitaminosis. Included in the vitamin collections.Rowan blackberry - a low, dense shrub from the family of rosaceous, height of 1.5-2 m. In the fruit found a lot of vitamin P, ascorbic acid, sugar (up to 9.5%), as well as organic acids, carotene. In recent years, the fruit of black rowan began to be used for treatment (in the form of extract and infusion), prescribed for hypertension and thyrotoxicosis.

Synegolovnika flatleaf from the umbrella family is a perennial plant with a branched, bluish-purple stem, up to 100 cm high. Common lilac is a well-known shrub or tree from the oilseed family. The flowers are purple-purple, different shades, sometimes white, with a strong fragrance. Black currant is a well-known branching shrub from the gooseberry family. It blooms in May - June. Fruits ripen in July - August. A good nectar bearer. Currant fruits contain ascorbic acid, vitamins P, B1, B2, carotene, sugars, pectin substances, essential oil, organic acids.

Naked licorice (licorice smooth, licorice) - a perennial herbaceous plant of the legume family with a thick multi-headed, woody rhizome, from which underground shoots and one steep, deeply embedded, in the fracture of a light yellow root come off to the side. Used roots and underground shoots, dug in early spring, March - April (or in the fall with the beginning of fading above-ground parts of the plant), before the development of new stems, 25-40 cm long, 8-12 mm thick, peeled from the outer bark. Licorice root is part of a complex licorice powder, in the collection: chest, stomach, laxative, anti-hemorrhoidal, diuretic, etc.

The common pine is a well-known evergreen coniferous tree of the pine family, up to 40 m high. It blooms in May - June at the age of 15 years and more. Seeds ripen in the 2-3rd year.In domestic folk medicine, in addition to the above, is used decoction of cones as a blood-improving remedy for chronic skin diseases, chronic bronchitis, dropsy and rheumatism. Decoction of cones is also used for inhalations. Tincture of alcohol is recommended for pulmonary tuberculosis, and decoction of the buds - in chronic bronchitis and rheumatism. Medicinal asparagus is a perennial herbaceous plant of the lily family, known throughout the world. The main effect of asparagus preparations - diuretic. It has been experimentally established that asparagine and asparagus extract when administered intravenously cause a decrease in blood pressure, increase contractions and slow heart rate, dilate peripheral vessels, increase diuresis and improve liver function.

Wheatgrass is an annual herbaceous plant from the family of complex flowers, the stem from the base is prostrate, densely covered with white felt, especially under the flower baskets, 5-20 cm high. The above-ground part of the plant, harvested during flowering, is used. The smell of dried plant is weak, the taste is salty.Preparations of wheatgrass have vasodilating and hypotensive properties, weakening the tone of smooth muscle, antibacterial activity, promote healing of wounds, ulcers, burns, erosions, stimulate granulation and epithelialization of damaged tissues. Forest wheatgrass - a perennial herbaceous plant from the family of complex flowers, height of 20-50 cm. The stem is erect, simple, covered with gray or white felt. We use the above-ground part of forest wheatgrass for anemia, liver diseases and neuroses

Spiny tartar is a two-year-old spiny herbaceous plant from the family of Compositae. The stem is erect, branched in the upper part, up to 200 cm high. Experimental studies have established that preparations of tartaricum are low-toxic and with prolonged use do not cause side effects. In small doses they excite, and in large doses - depress the central nervous system. Tatarnik prickly (above-ground part of the flowering period) is used by us as a bactericidal, styptic, cardiotonic agent.Caraway - two-year herbaceous plant, from the umbrella family, up to 100 cm high. Caraway fruits act irritatingly on the taste buds, reflexively increase the function of the digestive system, increase its tone and peristalsis, reduce the processes of putrefaction and fermentation in the intestine.Caraway fruits are antibacterial, tonic gastrointestinal tract means. We use them for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.

Common bearberry (bear's ear) is a perennial evergreen low evergreen semi-shrub from the heath family. The leaves of bearberry, collected during the flowering period of the plant, are used. The taste of dried leaves is bitter, strongly astringent, odorless.bearberry leaves have antiseptic, diuretic and astringent properties. They are used to prepare a medicinal decoction. The active ingredient of bearberry is a glycoside arbutin, which, breaking down in the body into glucose and hydroquinone, has an irritating and disinfectant effect. Excreted through the kidneys, hydroquinone increases diuresis and simultaneously has a disinfectant effect.Common pumpkin is a well-known herbaceous plant from the pumpkin family, native to Mexico and the southern United States. It is unknown in the wild state. Pumpkin seeds have anthelmintic properties; the pulp is a good diuretic. The seeds are used against tapeworms, and in some cases against round worms. Their action is similar to that of male fern, but less toxic and somewhat inferior in activity.

Yarrow is a perennial herbaceous plant from the family of complex flowers. The tops of the clad part of the flowering plant with the remnants of the stem no longer than 15 cm are used. Yarrow is collected during the flowering period. The smell is peculiar aromatic, the taste is bitter, astringent. The above-ground part of yarrow, collected during flowering, we use as an anti-inflammatory, styptic and wound-healing agent for gastritis, peptic ulcer and excite the centers of secretory nerves of the stomach, as well as atherosclerosis, influenza and catarrh of the upper respiratory tract.

Dill is a well-known annual herbaceous plant of the umbrella family. The mature fruits of dill are used, harvested as they ripen. The smell is aromatic, peculiar, the taste is sweet and spicy.Fennel fruits are used as a hypotensive, sedative, anti-spastic, increasing bile flow, loosening and reducing flatulence remedy for hypertension and atherosclerosis (especially headaches), liver diseases and gastrointestinal tract.

Field horsetail is a perennial spore herbaceous plant of the horsetail family (from Latin equus - horse; seta - tail, arvense - growing on arable land). Summer vegetative green shoots collected during June, July, August are used. The smell of the dried plant is absent, the taste is slightly sour.Grass horsetail we use as a styptic, diuretic, anti-inflammatory, anti-rotten and tonic blood vessels remedy for hypertension, atherosclerosis, kidney disease (in small doses), liver and gastrointestinal tract.

Common hops is a perennial bipinnate, creeping plant of the hemp family. Used hop cones, collected a few days before their full maturity, when the bracts still tightly cover the cone and lupulin. The smell of dried raw materials is pleasant, the taste is bitter with a resinous taste, with prolonged storage takes an unpleasant odor and is not suitable for use.Hop cones are used for the preparation of infusion, which has sedative, anti-inflammatory, diuretic, tonic gastrointestinal tract and improves appetite. Appointed in the form of infusion or as part of collections in neuroses (especially in menopause), insomnia, gastritis and as a remedy that reduces painful irritation of the bladder in cystitis.

Common horseradish is a well-known perennial herbaceous plant of the cruciferous family, up to 90 cm high, with long fleshy roots, thin lateral roots and large root leaves. Allyl mustard oil has a sharply pronounced local action, causes skin hyperemia and burning pain, with prolonged action can cause burns and gangrene. Its vapors cause severe coughing and lacrimation. Taken internally in small doses it increases the secretion of the gastrointestinal tract and stimulates appetite. In large doses of horseradish can cause severe gastroenteritis.Common chicory - a perennial herbaceous plant from the family of complex flowers, with a fleshy root and upright stem, height 30-120 cm. Decoction of wild chicory has antimicrobial and astringent properties. According to animal experiments, infusion and inflorescences of wild-growing root with parenteral administration have a calming effect on the central nervous system and enhance heart activity, increasing the amplitude and slowing the rhythm of heart contractions.

Thyme (Bogorodskaya herb) (from the Greek word thymus-strength) is a very low creeping semi-shrub from the family of sponges, 15-20 cm high, with recumbent shoots and erect flowering branches. Thyme herb has disinfectant and soothing properties. Used in the form of decoction and liquid extract as an expectorant for catarrh of the upper respiratory tract, bronchitis, pneumonia, especially during the subsiding process, bronchiectatic disease, as an analgesic for radiculitis and neuritis. Externally - for aromatic baths, compresses, lotions, as an irritant and analgesic in diseases of the joints, muscles and peripheral nerve trunks

Trifoliate succession (from Latin bis - twice, dens - tooth - double-toothed, tripartita - trifoliate leaves) - an annual herbaceous plant from the family of complex flowers, with a straight cylindrical, branched, dark green stem, 30-100 cm high. Herb succession has diuretic and diaphoretic effect, improves digestion and apparently normalizes impaired metabolism in the body. Experimental studies have established that when administered parenterally tincture of succession has a sedative effect, reduces blood pressure and slightly increases the amplitude of heart contractions.

Common bird cherry is a well-known tall shrub or tree in the rose family, with white fluffy fragrant flowers in drooping clusters blooming in early May. In all parts of the plant found glycoside amygdalin, splitting hydrocyanic acid, the highest content of amygdalin noted in the bark (up to 2%) and in the seeds (1.5%). Bird cherry fruit has a pronounced astringent property. In medicine is used decoction of the fruit or infusion inside as an astringent, antidiarrheal agent. Recently, attention has been drawn to the use of cherry as a phytoncidal plant in the treatment of trichomonad colpitis.

Bilberry is a shrub, strongly branched, from the lingonberry family, 15-40 cm high. Mature fruit without stalks and blueberry leaves collected during the flowering period are used. The odor of dried fruits is weak, the taste is sour-sweet, slightly astringent.Bird cherry fruits have astringent properties due to the presence of tannins. Myrtillin has the ability to reduce blood sugar. Contained in the leaves glycoside neomirtillin glycoside significantly lowers blood sugar in experimental alloxanovom diabetes in animals. Fruits are used in the form of infusion, extract, syrup for acute and chronic enterocolitis, with putrefactive fermentation in the intestine, especially in children, with diarrhea, with mild forms of diabetes. Externally - in the form of compresses for hemorrhoids. There are indications of treatment with decoction of blueberry fruit catarrhal and follicular angina, burns, aphthous stomatitis and others.

Celandine is a perennial herbaceous plant of the poppy family. The Greek name of the herb comes from the word "swallow", as the ancient Greeks noted that celandine blooms with the arrival of swallows and fades with their departure. Used above-ground part of the plant, collected at the beginning of flowering, cut it off at 5-10 cm from the ground. The smell is sharp, unpleasant, taste bitter, burning.The above-ground part of celandine, according to our observations, has analgesic, promoting bile flow, hypotensive and antispasmodic properties and is used by us in diseases of the liver, gallbladder and bile ducts in small doses.

Medicinal sage (salvia from Latin salvere - to treat) is a perennial semi-shrub from the family of sponges, 30-70 cm high. Sage leaves collected during the flowering period are used. The smell of dried plant aromatic, especially when rubbed, the taste is bitter-spicy, slightly astringent.Grass sage, collected during flowering, according to our observations, has soothing, anti-inflammatory, disinfectant, styptic, softening, limiting sweating and reducing lactation properties. We use it for hypertension, atherosclerosis (especially in menopausal women), shivering paralysis, as well as for therapeutic baths, rinses and spritzing.