Use rules right for collecting herbs.

 By Zubkov, candidate of biologic science, adult engineering for forest farms.

As on the fishing, hiking , or walking in forest going are lots of us collecting   herbs, you are enjoying herbs, but from this you are turning in destroyer forest. Am ,you, who is planning collecting  herbs.

 As on winter learn all characterized   signs for herbs, which growing for future collecting g, forms of leaves, stems, roots, flowers, as chemical substances for affecting on healing herbs effects are accumulating in individual  his parts on certain ates. A for example leafs and herbal stems are a most appreciation having on budding and blooming , fruits are full ripped, roots are on the latest autumn, after fruits ripped, or on spring as to  begin leafs growing. Buds of wood herbs collecting on the swelling time, when they are not touch in grow, prepare for bark of wood -bush herbs recommending doing on spring is on the juice-secreting.

All herbs stuff collecting on the dried weather, dry in shadow, in dry, good ventilated place.

 And not forget , that thickets of herbs are need reproducing  ,thus in places for collection leaf for reproduction a few herbs on every 2-5 quadrate metres. Digg ed up roots, bulbs, tubers, part of herbs also leave not touching ,  and bark collect on the parts, where going   forest felling, are where she is planned. And all herbs in forest need to care, that not depending, that if they are healing or not. An every  herb is nature by creation in an every a irreplaceable role  in a hard ecologic nature s unity. Everybody collectors  knowing this,  which on places allowing collecting, maybe this territory is reserve, nature s monument are disturbing these prohibitions. And if herbs added in red book, you must need to ask  a permission, use own laws in an own country! Right prepare herbs, cook also, thus they are will heal you as soul and organism!

 

Of Pyrola rotundifolia L.

 Preparing on July-August, use blooming herb.10-15 gr of fresh mixture, add in 100 gr of 50 perc. Alcohol, infuse in  dark for ten days, use by drops for 3 times/day before meal, as on 15–20 drops with honey.

Benefit in prostatitis, chronic kidneys' failure, urinary, ascites, diuretic, use for skin care with oil.

Of Nasturtium officinale L.

As substitute is blackberry roots and as  for changer.

Preparing on June-July, use before blooming.

3-4 gr of fresh leafs, add in 100 gr of 60 perc. of alcohol, infuse ten days, use in tea for 3-4 times/day on 10–15 drops.

Tea. 1-2 gr of fresh mixture add in 1/2 l. of boiled water, infuse 10-15 min, use by needing fir 4-7 times/day on 50 gr.

 Benefit in anaemia, diet, uterine and vaginal inflamed, stones, urinary, gall inflamed, diarrhoea, hard stool, stomach, mucus inflamed, vomiting, spleen, scrofula, bladder urinary bleeding, diuretic, skin care for, strengthening and thickening blood.

Marrubium vulgare L.

 Preparing on June-August, use fresh or dried till powder herb. 

 4-5 gr of mixture add in 1/2 l. of cold water, infuse 8 hours, filter, use on 50-60 gr/day.

 Powder. 2-4 gr of powder add in 100 gr of boiled/black currant, raspberry, cranberry and apples infusions, or other mixture, use 1/2 tea.sp. in glass of boiled water, use warm for 7-8 times/day on 50-60 gr.

Boiled mixture. 2/3 l. of boiled water add in 500 gr of sugar, or 400 gr of honey, diluting adding 100 gr of herb Marriubum fresh chopped , mixture use 1/2 l. of tea sp. in tea , and not more ,than 20 gr/day.

Ointment. Alcohol tincture add in fresh herb mixture 1 part, 2 parts 60 perc. of 60 perc.alcohol, or 6 parts of oil. Apply on chronic ulcer /too skin tumor/.

Benefit top breath diseases, acute inflamed, chronic tonsillitis, jaundice, hepatitis, expectorant, diuretic, chronic  diarrhoea, mucus inflamed of stomach, mouth, bowel, duct, vaginal, liver lazy, functional female sex organs wrong, fever, inflammations for gall, urinary, function failure, heart hard feeling or worry, acute asthma, breath diseases acute, antiseptic, cleaning blood.

Of Saunguisorba officinalis L.

 Preparing on June-August, use blooming herb. Tea.2-4 gr of chopped mixture add in 1/2 l. of boiled water, infuse ten hours, use for 8-10 times/day on50 gr .

Benefit in mental stroke, veins bleeding as injuries, bruises, urinary, and urination bleeding, muscle cracked, stomach, lung bleeding, gastric timely work, timely feeding, short month cleaning, injuries, veins inflamed, cramps with bleeding, bleeding with stomach wrong, diarrhoea bleeding, arterial pressure wrong, sweating for!

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Enjoy all posts checking and collecting knowledges about herbs, use  posts for June, July, August, September 2024.

In advising for herbs using, adding and diet, remedies!

Of Bidens Tripartita l.

 Use blooming herb, preparing on June-August.10-15 gr of mixture add in 100 gr of 40 perc.alcohol, infuse ten days, add in tea 10–15 drops.

Tea. 1-2 gr of dried powder herb add in 1/2 l. of boiled water, use for 8-10 times/day on 50 gr.

 Benefit in adult sugar diabetes, as lots of sugar exits, skin rashes for bath, cold, rachitis, hepatitis, weak nerves, fever, inflammation, rheumatism, arthritis, scrofula, appetite bad, diuretic, metabolic, strengthening liver, stomach in hard feeling, cholagogue, expectorant, analgetic, strengthening blood, heart tonic.

Of Juglans Regia L.

 Preparing on May-September, raws nuts  are poisonings! Use flowers , young leafs, root, bark, nuts, as for restoring after hard  diseases.

Flowers and young leafs 2-4 gr add 1/2 l. of boiled water, infuse 15 min, use within a day on 50 gr.

Ointment as mixing tincture in oil.

Benefit in second diabetes stage, indigestion, impotence, skin cells and mucus scabbing, nervousness, rheumatism, arthritis, parasites, sclerosis, scrofula/golden fever/, gums, mouth aches, lactagogue, sweating for, diuretic , feeding uterine, strengthening stomach sand liver, as flowers using antibiotics, laxative slightly, skin care for, conception for.

Of Papaver rhoeas L, p.somniferum L, Stronger, that papaver, as will make opium, is narcotic.

Preparing on June-July, use crone leafs or chopped and by  sunny  brown  chopped  cuprai or young leafs.

4-10 gr of brown chopped  mixture ,add in 10 gr of 60 perc.alcohol, infuse for 10 days, use by drops for 4-5 times/day on 15-20 drops, more dosages cure effect is not increasing, as poisoning or drug intoxication  will need call for doctor, and first aid is drink petroselinum-aloe or acorus calamus roots tea.

Benefit in asthma, hard ache cough, depression, nervousness, diarrhoea, rheumatism, arthritis, as massage with ointment, neurasthenia, nervousness, neurosis, spasms, spasms , aches, cancer as symptomatic cure for analgesic and nervousness remove, cholagogue, expectorant, increasing sperm, relaxing uterine from spasms, birth , neurosis, slightly laxative, narcotic

Herbs preparing,cooking right facts for.

Now our pharmacies have a large selection of different herbs. But, if you decide to collect them yourself, remember that it is necessary to have the knowledge, experience and intuition. The garbage should know all the features of the plant and the time of collection, where it has the greatest healing power. For example, the leaves of lily of the valley, collected 2-3 weeks before flowering, twice richer glycosides than collected during flowering. Sometimes the medicine is made from raw materials harvested in inappropriate terms could harm.
When the collection and harvesting of medicinal plants must follow certain rules.
Do not collect plants in the city and other settlements, as well as a number of agricultural crops and plantings, as they are treated with pesticides. Collect medicinal plants, especially herbs, should be far away from enterprises, roads, and so on.
You can not "hack at the root of the plant," it is necessary to collect only those parts that are needed. When harvesting flowers and inflorescences should always leave a few untouched plants, then the next year will be a new growth. Roots, tubers and bulbs are dug out selectively and only after ripening and shedding of seeds.
Above-ground parts of plants (grass) collected after the dew on a sunny day.
The best time collecting grass - before flowering period or the beginning of it; roots (tubers) - in the fall, at least in the spring; bark - early spring, before bud break; leaves - before flowering period or during; kidneys - before blooming; flowers - in the early blooming; seeds and fruit - in full maturity.
Collected materials should not be stored in the container more than 3-4 hours (and sometimes more than 1-2 hours), since it is compressed, self-heating and the port.
Different plant species require different drying modes: containing essential oils - at a temperature not exceeding 30-35 ° C, Vitamin C - 80-90 ° C, glycosides - 55-60 ° C. Juicy fruit and roots are dried in the oven (or special ovens) at a temperature of 40-60 ° C.
It can be dried in the sun only a few species of plants. Basically, they are dried in closed, well-ventilated areas.
Dried plants are kept in a dry place, as a rule, no more than two years, signed by (name of the plant and the date of collection) paper bags, wooden boxes, in bags made of natural fabrics or glass jars (the best storage). If the grass "obsolete", they can always be used for baths.
Do not store in plastic packaging plant, as the essential oils come with them in hazardous compounds.
ATTENTION!In the absence of pharmacy scales chopped raw material is metered spoon, water - glass. A teaspoon holds about 5 g, dessert -10 g, a dining room without a top - 15 g, with the top - 20 g glass of water - 200 ml.
And a few words about how we can prepare medicines from plants.
Infusions - used to extract the active ingredients of the plant parts, which are relatively easy for them to give (grass, leaves, flowers, fresh fruit). For the preparation of infusions used primarily water. Infusions can be cooked as a hot or cold process.
When hot method  a chopped mass   is poured into the bowl and fill with boiling water, usually in a ratio of 1:10 (1 part of the plant to 10 parts water). Infusions are designed for outdoor use, prepare more concentrated (1: 5). They are best done in a thermos: raw pour boiling water in a thermos for 15-20 minutes kept open, then it was covered with a lid and leave for the night and in the morning strain. Another option is the preparation of infusions hot - water bath: the right amount of drug raw pour water at room temperature (about 18 ° C) in a porcelain, glass or enamel pot, which is placed into another container larger boiling water (boiling "water bath) and heated therein with frequent agitation for 15 minutes, then cooled for 45 minutes and filtered.
Cold infusions prepared as follows: raw materials pour necessary amount of cold boiled water and insist from 4 to 12 hours, and then filtered.
Broth - is used to extract the active ingredients the plant parts which render them poorly because they have a more coarse structure (bark, roots, rhizomes, wood, leaves rough, dry fruits, and so. P.) And require a prolonged heat treatment. Vegetable raw materials with cold water, mixed thoroughly, put on fire, bring to a boil and boil on low heat for 20-30 minutes, then filter, squeeze the cheesecloth and add boiling water to the desired volume.
Decoctions and infusions prepared meals designed for use within 1 to 2 days in advance, and stored in a dark cool place, avoiding direct sunlight. If a decoction or infusion of the day should be drunk in the form of heat, it should be heated to "water bath". "Water bath" can be replaced by heating on the fire poured boiling raw materials, put on low heat and warm 5 to 10 minutes, and then insist 20-40 minutes and strain.
Tinctures - liquid dosage forms, which are used as the extraction factor of 40-70% ethyl alcohol or vodka. Most often, one of the crushed material take five parts of alcohol or vodka, mixed thoroughly and put in a cool, dry and dark place (preferably in the bowl of dark glass) for a period of 7 to 40 days, depending on the purpose of the tincture. After the required exposure time infusion of strain, squeeze the remnants of raw materials and also strain.
Store in a tightly sealed infusion bottles. They can be stored for several years. Use them, usually in small doses - 10 to 40 drops per reception. Infusions usually take during the cold season (fall, winter, spring), because they cause a rush of blood to the head and heart, but after serious operations, long-term, debilitating diseases, work related to high physical activity, they can be taken Anytime.
Ointments - external means obtained by mixing powders of plants with the ointment base in a ratio of 1: 4,  .  One part of the plant and four pieces of the substrate. As an ointment bases using porcine and visceral fat (lard), fresh unsalted butter, petrolatum (preferably yellow), vegetable oils. Ointments on vegetable oils or mineral fats stored longer, but ointment lard better quality.
Man has used herbs as a medicine long before the advent of medicine as a science. To extract the active ingredients from plants, traditional healers have always used mainly infusions and decoctions, later came the ability to be treated with infusions and aromatic oils.
Herbs should be collected in a certain period of time, given the time of day and the phases of the moon. Herbalists and well-known of these periods.