Section 3

Infusion (or decoction) of gentian herb is used for gargling for gum disease and tonsil disease, spritzing for bleeding, for rinsing and baths for purulent wounds ("wild meat"), sitting baths for hemorrhoids and itching of the anus. Dry powder or fresh juice of the herb gentian treat wounds. In the form of pain-relieving poultices of herbs gentian in eczema, bruises, abscesses, abscesses. Crumbs of fresh young herb gentian applied to festering wounds, scrofula, cuts, boils, gangrenous wounds, hemorrhoids. In these diseases also used ointment from the herb gentian . Rinse the mouth with toothache and periodontal disease juice herb gentian with water in a ratio of 1 : 10. Crumbs from fresh leaves instead of mustard brush applied to the back of the head with a runny nose and headache. Fresh herb together with seeds are used to remove freckles on the face.

Sporash is widely used in folk medicine for internal (uterine, pulmonary, renal, gastrointestinal) and external bleeding, bronchitis, tracheitis, bronchial asthma, whooping cough, pulmonary tuberculosis. In a decoction of herbs hortz steamed feet with fatigue after a long walk. Grass, steamed with boiling water, applied to hemorrhoids. Juice of leaves is used to relieve pain and accelerate the healing of wounds. In a decoction of the herb mustard bathe children when frightened, the decoction of the herb washes the head for better hair growth.

The young leaves of gladiccia contain the alkaloid triacanthine, in adult leaves - vitamin C, in beans - flavonoids, saponins and other substances, in the leaves (pods) of beans - anraglycosides, tannins and traces of vitamin K, in the fleshy walls of beans up to 29% sugar, in flowers - essential oil, which contains up to 85% eugenol and is used as an antiseptic for all mucous membranes. Triacanthin has a papaverine-like effect - dilates peripheral and coronary arteries of the heart, reduces blood pressure and relieves spasms of smooth muscles of abdominal organs.

Preparations of elecampane have a multifaceted action: pronounced expectorant, diuretic, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antibacterial, antibacterial, antifungal, antispasmodic, styptic, astringent, anti-allergic, mild diaphoretic and hypotensive, as well as increase the formation of bile and promote its excretion, excite the secretion of the stomach, intestines and pancreas, reduce intestinal motor function and improve digestion, reduce capillary permeability and improve blood thromboplastic function, stimulate the function of the ovaries and uterus.

Drock dye is a perennial semi-shrub of the legume family. Drok dye blooms in June-July. The fruits of Drok dye are linear beans. It is not eaten by animals. It grows in northern areas of Donetsk and Lugansk regions in pine forests, on their edges, on hillsides, mainly on limestone and sandy soil. The tops of the plant are used, which contain alkaloids, flavone glycoside luteolin, essential oil, saponins, organic acids, resins, tannins and other substances.

Decoction of goiter herb or fresh juice from leaves is used externally in the treatment of scrofula, sore throat, goiter, scabies, scabies, skin cancer, eczema, acne, rashes, child urticaria and fungal skin diseases. Ointment from the fruits, seeds and grass of goiter is used for eczema, psoriasis, pruritic dermatoses, scrofula, abscesses, carbuncles and pustular skin lesions. Fresh juice is used topically for tumors of the larynx and trachea (I.L. Blinkov).

Melon Schleicher - used only in folk medicine for gastritis with low acidity, peptic ulcer, spastic colitis, chronic constipation, hemorrhoids, flatulence, intestinal atony, liver and gallbladder disease, gallstone disease, hepatic colic, jaundice, bronchitis, bronchiectasis, pulmonary tuberculosis, etc. In inflammation of the gums and stomatitis used as a gargle of 30-50 drops of juice in 1/2 cup of warm water. Fresh juice lubricate the skin and make lotions, local baths of decoction of dried herb melon or concentrated infusion, or ointment - with skin rashes, acne, scrofula, scabies, scabies, eczema, allergies, wounds, sweating and other diseases.

In the Caucasus are treated with decoction of roots for colds and hemorrhoids (drink and make baths), leaves are chewed, and decoction of roots is rinsed in the mouth for gum disease. L. O. Pavlenko recommends for nervous tension daily use tea of dried blackberry leaves. А. 3. Rykovtsev (Kiev) reported on his use of herbal tea instead of regular tea, consisting of blackberry leaves, black currants, strawberries, mint, molasses, herbs oregano, thyme and linden flowers - equal parts of each; 4-5 tablespoons of the mixture steamed in 1 liter of boiling water, insist in warmth for 1 hour, take 1 cup 3 times a day as a pleasant tonic drink.

St. John's wort is a perennial. The stems are erect, branched at the top, 30 to 100 cm high and more. Flowers are golden-yellow, numerous, in inflorescences at the top of stems from branches. It blooms in June through August. When looking at the leaf in the light, it is mottled with numerous translucent dots. It grows everywhere on hills, glades and edges, but especially in places where cattle do not enter (in dry and light forests, along roadsides, between bushes and in forest belts). It grows well in culture with winter sowing.

Golden rose is a perennial of the aster family with a stem branched 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. Blooms in July - September. Occurs in the northern parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. It grows in pine forests, among shrubs, on forest edges and glades, on hillsides.