Our distant ancestors considered themselves part of the world that created them, tried to live with it in harmony, differed by observation and logical thinking, they drew strength from the strong, and endurance from the hardy.
The article below discusses in detail curative and beneficial properties, use in traditional medicine and contraindications to the use of stonecrop (sedum), as well as the look and healing properties.
And in those days, people noticed that there are herbs and flowers, which everyone cares about, survivable, and successfully used them to treat various diseases.
Reflected the names - hernia grass, feverish grass, creak, young. All these names belong to the same plant - stonecrop.
Most commonly used in folk and traditional medicine stonecrop medicinal purple.
"Rabbit Cabbage"
Description
What does this sedum look like and what medical properties does it have? Stalk magenta, or hare cabbage - bush from 20 to 60 centimeters tall, in nature, like a weed, is widespread, unpretentious and hardy.
Upright stems branch out rarely and only at the top, the leaf and stem color varies from light green to dark purple, the leaf is smooth, thick, juicy, alternately arranged on the stem, small flowers are gathered in dense brush inflorescences, the flower color is varied, from pink to dark burgundy.
This sedum blooms from July to the onset of cold weather, and it looks so beautiful that it simply could not go unnoticed, and is now widely used by gardeners and landscape designers.
Application
In folk medicine, creak grass was used for the treatment entirely., including the rhizome, and treated them, judging by the names, a huge number of ailments, from abrasions, corns, warts and fractures, through all intracavitary, to oncology, including strengthening the immune system as a whole, rhizomes strengthened the male power - it was young.
Indications for the use of scraper grass.
Juice succulent fleshy leaves all skin diseases were treated, infusions and decoctions were used for fractures, sprains, bruises, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, not excluding hepatitis, and also used for heart and nervous system diseases.
Medicinal properties
Science pharmacognosy by examining purple stonecrop plantconfirmed it medicinal properties, having discovered carbohydrates in roots and grass: glucose, fructose, sucrose, sedoheptulose, organic acids: oxalic, succinic, malic, fumaric, glycolic, essential oils, alkaloids: sedamine, sedinin, methylisoseltiylorin, nicotine, phenols, and synemin, sydynine, methyloisoseltiyurin, nicotine, phenols, and syneminium, sydynine, methylenisoleptherthyrene, nicotine, phenol, sypholium, symedin, sedin, methylene, methylisoselturtierin, nicotine, phenols, lyric, synemin, sydynine, methyloisogeltierthyrene, nicotine, phenols, and glycolic acid; substances, flavonoids, anthroquinones, vitamins.
Biostimulating medicinal properties Sedum is stronger than Aloe, based on the stonecrop grass, the bio-stimulated bio-stimulator is developed and widely used.
It looks like its darker-colored fellow, it is distinguished by its opposite arrangement of leaves on the stem and flowers from white to yellow, through cream.
Side effects
Biosed - Cedum Purple Extract, his infusions and decoctions slightly increase the pressure, can cause excitation of the nervous system, dizziness, headache, and other side effects have not been fixed.
The only serious obstacle to using it as a medicine can be individual intolerance included in the composition of the plant and drugs based on substances.
But his relative, which is widely used in traditional medicine - sedum, has much more pronounced toxicity. Fortunately, it is impossible to confuse these two types, outwardly they are very different and even an inexperienced herbalist will be able to recognize who is who.
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Caustic
Description
Caustic - miniature groundcover, often leaving in the winter under the snow with live shoots and leaves.
The rhizome is branched, numerous stems more than 15 centimeters, do not rise above the soil surface, the leaf is small, sedentary, thick, bright yellow flowers have the shape of a five-pointed asterisk, are collected in loose inflorescences.
Application
Folk healers knew - caustic must be used with caution, it is poisonous.
Juice was used to remove warts, corns, when it hit the skin, it could cause a burn.
Infusions and decoctions of medicinal sedum have a strong diuretic, anti-inflammatory, tonic effect, successfully treated with stonecrop malaria, epilepsy, atherosclerosis /
Side effects
This Sedum type cannot be used to treat children, pregnant or nursing mothers., its use may cause nausea, vomiting, bowel spasms, difficulty breathing.
The chemical composition of the sedum caustic is well studied, it consists of alkaloids, glycosides, saponins, organic acids, resins, vitamins.
Despite the wide range of uses, due to high toxicity in traditional medicine, it is not currently used, but still quite often used folk healers.
Room
Description
Fleshy beautiful leaves, small but attractive inflorescences, resistance to drought, overheating and other unpleasant moments of existence in a city apartment made Sedum quite popular inhabitants of houses and rooms.
Most often, Morgan’s stonecrop is used as a potty interior decoration - it is popularly called indoor grapes - the plant is very interesting, its leaves are shaped like grapes, they sit tightly on the stem, the stem hangs under their weight, and it is usually hung.
How convenient to have on hand medicine that has grown on your windowsilland you can use it as needed!
Use the soft juicy flesh that fills the thick leaves of stonecrop, in the same cases as the pulp and juice of aloe, by their qualities, medical aeloe stonecap is not inferior.
Application
The chemical composition of indoor stonecrop it is the same as the stonecrop of purple, which means that it can be used for the same diseases, according to the same recipes.
Traditional healers continue to collect medicinal plants and treat them to anyone, no matter who comes to them, but there are few good specialists, and a huge number of various sources suggests healing herbs for all ailments.
You should not risk your health by taking the stonecrop and its drugs yourself - consult a herbalist.
