Common pine
.The common pine is a forest forming species of coniferous and mixed forests of Russia on sandy soils. In the forest-steppe regions of the southeast, pine is predominantly distributed in the right bank of the Volga River.
The common pine is a tree up to 25-30 m tall with a straight trunk, reddish bark, dark brown at the base. The branches form a pyramidal crown in young specimens and a broad crown in old ones. Its buds are resinous, densely covered with brown scales. Leafy needles are 4-6 cm long. Flowers are glabrous, unisexual. The pine tree blooms in May and June.
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Common pine belongs to medicinal trees. Medicinal raw materials are buds, spring shoots and needles. Collect buds in early spring at the moment of swelling, when the upper scales are closed, the buds have not yet opened. Cut the "crowns" (a collection of buds of 5-7 pieces) with part of the stem. Dry the buds in a well-ventilated room or in the air.
The buds contain essential oil, tannins, phytoncides. The needles contain ascorbic acid (vitamin C), tannins, alkaloids, phytoncides, and essential oil. The seeds contain fatty oils.
Common pine has cold-fighting properties. Used pine buds in the form of decoction, infusion and tincture, for inhalation, as an expectorant, disinfectant for respiratory diseases and as a diuretic. In addition, pine buds are also included in breastfeeding. Extract and infusion of pine needles are used to prepare coniferous baths, which have a regulating effect on the central nervous system.
From pine, as is known, get turpentine, which is widely used externally in the form of ointments, liniments, as an irritant and distracting agent in neuralgia, gout, as well as for inhalation in catarrh of the upper respiratory tract.
Common pine can heal diseases of the epidermis. The tar obtained from pine trees has irritant, disinfectant and insecticidal action, its preparations are used externally for the treatment of skin diseases: eczema, scaly fever, scabies, etc.
In folk medicine is widely used decoction of pine buds, which is prescribed internally for bronchitis, rheumatism, dropsy and as a choleretic.
Common pine has a beneficial effect on the organs of the upper respiratory tract. When coughing, folk healers recommend inhaling the vapors of an aqueous decoction of buds. Alcohol tincture of pine buds is used in the treatment of tuberculosis.
Black poplar (sedge)
Black poplar is common in all areas of the country. It also breeds in parks, gardens, and along streets. It is a tree up to 25 m tall, with dirty gray bark and a wide spreading crown. Its branches are almost glabrous, horizontal. Buds are apical, regular, oblong-ovate, resinous, sticky. The flowers are small, unisexual. The fruit is a multi-seeded box that opens with two flaps. Black poplar blooms in August.
Black poplar is used in folk medicine. The medicinal raw material is leaf buds collected in early spring before leaf blossom and dried in the shade or driers. The finished raw material should not contain other plant parts more than 10%.
Black poplar buds contain essential oil, wax, bitter resins, glycosides, acids (gallic, malic) and coloring substances.
Black poplar (its buds, both leafy and male earrings) has bactericidal, anti-inflammatory, emollient, expectorant, diuretic, antipyretic and sedative properties.
Decoction of poplar buds used for sitting baths for hemorrhoids, for rinses and lotions for rheumatism, gout and as a means of hair growth. Infusion is used in the treatment of polyarthritis, prostatitis, cystitis.
Black poplar has bactericidal and antiseptic properties. From the extract of the buds are prepared ointment, used in folk medicine in a complex of remedies for the treatment of wounds: it relieves pain and itching and has an astringent, anti-inflammatory effect. Such ointment is used for gout, hemorrhoids, burns and other wounds. It is also used for rubbing on the scalp, which helps in enhanced hair growth.
Common cherry
.Common cherry is common in all regions of Russia. It is found in the undergrowth of deciduous moist forests, along shrubs, ravines and river floodplains.
Common cherry is a tree or shrub with petioled, divided leaves, with serrated along the edge of the lamina. Flowers are white, fragrant, gathered in hanging brushes. The fruit is a black knuckle. The cherry blooms in May-June, the fruit ripens in August-early September.
The medicinal raw material is the fruit of cherry. Fresh fruits are prepared and dried in the shade with good ventilation; bark - in the fall or early spring.
Common cherry is considered a real treasure trove of useful substances. Bird cherry fruits contain tannins and other organic acids (malic acid, citric acid), as well as bitter almond essential oil and glycoside. A lot of fruits and phytoncides, vitamin C and carotene. In general, all parts of the plant, especially flowers, buds and leaves, contain these biologically active phytoncides.
Bird cherry fruit has astringent, anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial action, bark - diuretic and diaphoretic action, flowers and leaves - anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial action.
Common bird cherry has bactericidal, antiseptic properties and is useful for various kinds of upper respiratory tract colds and viruses. In folk medicine, infusion of cherry fruit is used to treat inflammatory diseases of the mucous membrane of the eyes in the form of lotions, as well as anti-diarrheal in the form of morses and sours. Decoction of cherry fruit is taken for insomnia and metabolic disorders (metabolic polyarthritis, gout, urolithiasis). Infusion of fresh fruits and leaves are used for diarrhea, pneumonia, bronchitis, sciatica and myositis.
Fresh cherry leaves are applied as compresses to boils, tumors..
