Forest strawberry (Fragaria vesca L.)
Ukr.: sounitsi lisovi, seminitsi.
Woodland strawberry is a well-known perennial plant from the rose-flower family, 5-20 cm tall. It blooms in May - June, fruits ripen in June - July. It grows everywhere in thinned dry forests, in glades, edges, slopes of gullies and river valleys and between shrubs.
Forest strawberry - fruits (berries - fresh or dried) and young leaves collected during flowering, sometimes rhizomes are used. The berries have a distinctive aroma and flavor. It is not without reason that the writer V. Soloukhin considers it the most delicious of all berries. "Neither in the nuances of taste, nor in flavor it is not only equal, but also approaching to it," - he writes in his story "The Third Hunt".
The fruits contain organic acids, sugars, essential oil, vitamins C, B, carotene, a significant amount of folic acid, phytoncides, trace elements, flavonoids, pectins, tannins, tannins in the leaves - vitamin C, tannins, flavones and traces of alkaloids, in the roots - tannins.
In the experiment, the infusion of strawberry leaves slightly reduces blood pressure, slows down the rhythm and increases the amplitude of heart contractions, dilates peripheral vessels, increases the contraction of the uterine musculature and has a diuretic effect.
Forest strawberry has astringent, styptic, anti-inflammatory, choleretic, diaphoretic, anthelmintic, antimicrobial, expectorant, emollient, soothing, antipyretic, blood purifier, antispasmodic, mild laxative, antithyroid, wound-healing, antisclerotic effect, reduces the amount of uric acid and its salts in the body, has hepatoprotective effect, regulates metabolism, improves heart function and blood composition.
Bulgarian authors believe that the efficiency of forest strawberries and large-fruited strawberries (garden strawberries) is the same (V. Petkov). Л. Г. Dudchenko and V. В. Krivenko and other authors point out that the therapeutic effect of leaves of garden strawberries is somewhat weaker than forest strawberries (wild strawberries). Fresh fruits are of great importance as a dietary and nutritional product. They are eaten fresh, with cream or cold milk, prepare jam, syrup, jam, kisel and jelly, compotes.
In medical practice, use the infusion of fruits in avitaminosis and as a diuretic and diaphoretic.
Н. Г. Kovaleva recommends it for biliary and kidney stone disease, anemia, hypertension and atherosclerosis.
In folk medicine, strawberries are used very widely. The great popularizer of it was M. А. Nosal, who wrote that if we properly utilized the 3-4 week strawberry season for 2-3 years in a row, we would need resorts less often.
Strawberries are also used in the treatment of gout, osteochondrosis, metabolic polyarthritis, rheumatism, scurvy and other avitaminosis, general loss of strength, internal and uterine bleeding, diseases of the liver and biliary tract, etc. д.
Strawberry juice freshly consumed on an empty stomach 4-8 tbsp. spoonfuls for gallbladder and kidney stones, gout and other diseases.
Г. И. Zakharyin recommended for gout prolonged use of tea: a good pinch of herb and root insist in 1 glass of boiling water and drink in a day.
М. А. Nosal recommends an infusion of 50 g of strawberry leaves to 1 liter of water for chronic skin diseases and other diseases (daily dose), as well as eat up to 3 kg of ripe strawberries per day.
In bronchial asthma and various bleeding use a decoction of 1-2 tbsp. spoonfuls of strawberry leaves in 2 cups of water - 1 tbsp. a spoonful in two hours.
In hemorrhoids used decoction of strawberry leaves or root internally and externally (in the form of soaks, baths, compresses or enemas).
Infusion (decoction) of strawberry leaves or strawberries used for gargling in stomatitis, gingivitis, sore throat and to eliminate bad breath.
М. А. Nosal in chronic eczema recommends that for 3-4 days to apply grated berries in a thick layer and cover with a linen cloth. Strawberry berry crush or decoction of strawberry leaves is used for wounds, scabies and rashes. Fresh or dry steamed leaves applied to festering wounds and stale ulcers. The juice of strawberries or their tincture on alcohol or water infusion is used as a cosmetic agent to soften the skin, from freckles, blackheads and spots on the face, against tanning and aging of the skin.
Methods of application:
1. Infusion of 2-3 tbsp. spoonfuls of berries or leaves of strawberries in 1.5-2 cups of boiling water to insist 10 hours - 1/2 cup 2-3 times a day before meals for avitaminosis, anemia, uterine bleeding.
2. 1 Art. spoon of strawberry leaves or root boil 15-20 minutes in 0.5 liters of water, insist 1h - 1/4 cup per reception, or 20 g leaves boiled 5-10 minutes in 0.5 liters of water - 30-45 ml 4-6 times a day as No. 1.
3. Collection of strawberry leaves 50 g, herbs St. John's wort, motherwort, bark, marigold flowers and chamomile - 20 g, nettle and yarrow herbs - 10 g; 2 tbsp. spoons of the mixture insist in 1 liter of boiling water for 10-12 hours (in a thermos). Drink 100 ml 2 times a day for a long time with 10-day breaks every 2 months for uterine fibroid (E. Т. Mikhailenko et al.).
In the home, strawberry leaves are used as a surrogate for tea. To do this, the leaves are fermented - moistened, stacked and put in an unheated oven to languish. These leaves are then dried and brewed as tea.
However, it should not be forgotten that in young children and less often in adults there is intolerance to the fruit and even to strawberry jam (idiosyncrasy), accompanied by allergic manifestations (hives, itching of the skin, etc.).). If this occurs, it is necessary to discontinue its use and consult a doctor. In addition, strawberries are contraindicated in pregnancy, increased secretion of gastric juice, prolonged hepatic colic and appendicitis.
Golden hornwort (Solidago virga aurea L.)
Common goldenseal, Ukr.: scrofula zwichajnyi.
Golden rose is a perennial of the aster family with a branched stem at the top, 40-90 cm high (Table X). Leaves are root long-petiolate, stem leaves lanceolate, serrate along the edge. Flowers are yellow in a long panicle-like inflorescence. It blooms in July through September. Occurs in the northern parts of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. It grows in pine forests, among shrubs, on forest edges and glades, on hillsides.
The herb with flowers or leaves separately are used for medicinal purposes. The herb contains essential oil, flavonoids, traces of alkaloids and saponins, carotene, mucilage, vitamin C, nicotinic acid, organic acids, bitterness, resin, inulin and tannins.
In Poland and other countries is part of a complex drug phytolysin, which has a good effect in inflammatory phenomena of the urinary tract and uric acid diathesis. Prof. S. А. Tomilin pointed out that zolotarnik has an undoubted therapeutic effect in chronic nephritis, pyelonephritis, cystitis, phosphaturia, uric acid diathesis, inflammatory conditions of the gastrointestinal tract and upper respiratory tract.
For 10 years in the 14th hospital of Kiev used infusion of herb goldenseal with a positive clinical effect in the treatment of patients with phosphate kidney stones, especially complicated by pyelonephritis, phosphoric acid diathesis, as well as for the prevention of repeated stone formation in the postoperative period (V. В. Moskalenko et al.).
Goldenrod is considered poisonous (In. И. Zavrazhnov and co-authors, V. И. Chopik et al.). It is not generally regarded as poisonous by the people (M. Н. Nosal).
In folk medicine, golden rod is used, in addition, in edema due to diseases of the heart, liver and kidneys, veins, dropsy, bronchitis, hoarseness, pulmonary tuberculosis, neurasthenia, etc. д.
Contraindications: pregnancy, acute kidney and urinary tract diseases.
Methods of application:
1. 1-2 sts. spoonfuls of herb goldenseal insist in 0.25-0.5 liters of boiling water 4-6 h 1/4-1/2 cup 4 times a day before meals (can be with honey); or infusion of 30 g (6 tbsp. spoonfuls) in 0.5 liters of boiling water, drink during the day in 3 receptions for kidney inflammation, phosphaturia, uric acid diathesis.
2. 2 Art. spoonfuls of herb goldenseal infuse in 0.5 liters of cold water for 8 hours, drink sips during the day as No. 1.
3. 10% tincture of strawberry leaves in 40% alcohol - 30-50 drops 3 times a day, or tincture of 5-10 g of herb goldenseal in 0.5 liters of white wine - 15 ml in 1-2 hours for kidney stone disease, cystitis.
4. 2 Art. spoonfuls of herb goldenseal boiled for 10 minutes in 0.5 liters of water - 100 g of water 4 times a day before meals for chronic nephritis, enterocolitis.
5. 3-4 sts. spoonfuls of herb goldenseal boiled in 1 liter of water and added to a warm bath and for other external use.
6. Fitolizin - 1 tsp. spoon in 1 /2 cup of warm sweet water 3-4 times a day after meals for cystitis, pyelonephritis.
7. Collection of herbs goldenseal, horsetail, hernia and bearberry leaves 25 g each; 2 tbsp. spoonfuls of the mixture insist in 0.5 liters of boiling water - daily dose in 3-4 receptions (diuretic and disinfectant).
8. Collection of herbs goldenseal, horsetail, hernia, roots of stalnick and lubistka - 20 g each; 2 tbsp. spoonfuls infuse in 0.5 liters of boiling water, drink during the day in 3-4 doses - diuretic and disinfecting urinary tract, particularly in chronic nephritis (C. А. Tomilin).
The same use is made of Canadian goldenseal (soli-dago) (S. canadensis L.), cultivated by floriculturists. There is a suggestion that it is more toxic than the former (M. А. Nosal)..
