Sycamore elmint plant, description of Sycamore elmint, treatment with Sycamore elmint
Sycamore elmint - Filipendula ulmaria. Rosaceae family Rosaceae.
The shores of lakes and rivers, wet meadows, lowland grassy swamps, forests along hollows, where flowing moisture and rich soil - these are the habitats of climbing lambsquarters.
Sometimes it is so abundant, especially when the spring water stagnates, and its thickets are so dense that it gives the impression of some unreality, antiquity. Its range is vast: from the European Arctic to the Lower Volga, from Western to Eastern Siberia. It is also found in the Caucasus and Central Asia.
The French call the queen of the meadows labaznik, and Russian synonyms for it are countless: and tavolga, and belolovnik (for the white-cream caps of flowers), and me-dovnik (for the smell of honey emitted by the inflorescences). And the scientific name of Filipendula elms combines two Greek words: fipos - "love" and ippos - "horse". But why a horse? It turns out that the labdanum plant is a favorite food of horses, which the ancient Greeks treated with this herb.
Labazhnik elm-leaved - a large perennial plant (up to 1 m high). The leaves of the labdanum are similar to elm leaves, so its species name is elm-leaved. Labaznik blooms in mid-July, and blooming continues through the end of summer. People believe: labaznik blossomed - summer has passed to the second half. And now "the slanting hill has turned into a foamy cascade: so the flowers-geysers are whipping, enveloping the grass with milky vapor. Not brushes, but whipped cream! - so much lightness and whiteness in them" (Yu. Linnick). The large panicles of the inflorescences of climbing lambsquarters consist of numerous small yellowish or creamy-white flowers emitting a very strong and tart fragrance (Fig.16).
Through meadows, lowlands,
On damp plains
of the fragrant orioles,
Soft and fluffy
There's a thicket of them
And always ready
♪ Luscious and honeyed ♪
To pour its fragrance.
Their fragrance
The sleepy breath
Of hot summer days:
The sun is hot and warm,
Sweetly lazy
The fragrance of the fields...
Н. А. Cholodkovsky
At the time of mass blooming of the elm-leaved laburnum, all neighborhoods are fragrant. The scent of laburnum is reminiscent of the smell of fresh cucumbers or freshly baked bread. Numerous insects hover over the flowering thickets of climbing elm, collecting a sweet tribute, and bees receive a generous honey bribe from them.
In the people are very revered plant labaznik and call it magpie, helping allegedly from forty ailments. It is harvested in "white" for medicines. Chemical analyses have shown that all parts of climbing climbing elm have a lot of healing substances: in the underground - tannides, flavonoids, coumarins, leucoanthocyanins, vitamin C; in the leaves of climbing elm - in addition to those listed there are catechins and up to 0.2% vitamin C. The flowers also contain essential oils, aromatic compounds, steroids, phenolcarboxylic acids, phenol glycosides, carotenoids; the seeds of labdanum contain tannins, wax, fatty oils.
The plant labaznika elm-leaved is revered by lovers of medicinal herbs. Tea from the flowers of laburnum in the people are considered a good diaphoretic remedy; it is not only useful, but tasty and fragrant. Infusion of the herb of laburnum elm-leaved used in nephritis, cystitis, rheumatism, gout. Decoction of rhizomes of labdanum and snake throat - an excellent remedy for diarrhea, non-healing wounds, boils. Alcoholic
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tincture of Labaznus elmifolia has bactericidal property and promotes healing of wounds, burns ulcers. To restore the skin on the scalded places also use dried flower of labaznika elm-leaved. It is also used to treat a runny nose. Experimental studies in recent years have shown that the decoction of flowers of labdanum strengthens blood vessels, it also acts as an anti-inflammatory, diuretic, anti-ulcer agent.
Other useful properties of labdanum wyazolistnye are known: dye, tannin, food. The tannin contained in the leaves of the laburnum is capable of staining the skin black. Yellow and red dyes are also obtained from the leaves of the laburnum. Labaznik is also popular as a food plant: from its greens you can prepare a nutritious and vitamin salad. It is good in borsch and soups: it gives them a special flavor and aroma. A very pleasant drink made from laburnum elm-leaved. To do this, 50 g of fresh flowers should be boiled in a liter of water, then insist 30 min and add 60 g of honey. Drink it cold.
There are indications of the use of the labdanum plant in veterinary medicine: as a tonic, astringent, styptic and antipyretic. It is also used for gastrointestinal diseases in animals. Love labaznik and beekeepers. They believe that if you rub it on the grass and flowers in the hives, the bees will get less sick and bring in more honey.
In our flora, 12 species of the labdanum plant are known. One of them is naked laburnum. Its ecology is ambiguous, but among its habitats are wetlands. It is most widespread on wet marshy meadows, swampy forests, on the banks of rivers and lakes. The habitat of this laburnum is European. Chemical analyses have shown that all its parts contain active substances: flavonoids, tannids, essential oils, aromatic compounds.
Alcohol tinctures have antisedative properties, wound healing action, and the juice of laburnum leaves - antiestocidal. The Far East is home to the Kamchatka labaznik (Shelomainik), an endemic, very ornamental species. It has been introduced into culture, and its natural habitats are the same as those of the elm-leaved laburnum..
