Scented dentistry is a herbaceous plant that belongs to the cereal family. It is popularly called odorous bison, turovka, chapolot, gangster. The collection period of the plant is from late May to early June.
Description
Bison is a grass that is a perennial. Reaching a height of 70 cm, she has a long creeping rhizome and erect ascending stems. Leaves located on the stem have a shortened flat shape. Below they are green, bare, and above gray-green and with scattered hairs. Bison flowers collected in spikelets form a panicle of oblong-oval shape. Flowers in spikelets are collected in 3 pieces, during flowering they look like a spreading panicle. The fruit of the plant is a caryopsis of a deep brown color and oblong shape, ripening in August.
Aromatic bison is a grass that prefers to grow on sandy, fresh and dry soils in pine forests, along clearings and roads, on forest glades and glades. In addition, it can be found among shrubs. Along the banks of rivers and lakes, the southern bison grass is widespread, where it grows throughout the summer. These plants differ both in their place of growth and in the structure of the panicle. In addition, they are the most beloved feed of bison that live in North America, as well as the bison of the Bialowieza Forest.
Collection and harvesting period
Grass bison useful properties are diverse, but its healing raw material is foliage. During the flowering period, when it contains the most coumarin, it is harvested. Although even after flowering and after secondary regrowth it can be cut again, only in this case the concentration of coumarin will be much lower. Bison is dried in a room with normal ventilation or directly in the open air, while hiding it from direct sunlight. Bison is a grass that retains its properties for 2 years.
Spread
In our country, this herb is found in the Caucasus, in the European Region, in the Far East, as well as in Eastern and Western Siberia; in Ukraine - mainly in the forest-steppe and in Polesie. It grows in mixed and pine forests, in forest plantations, on sand, glades and clearings, in flood meadows, along the banks of water bodies.
Useful material
The stems and roots contain a huge amount of alkaloid dinaxin and coumarin. In addition, cramming is a herb that includes hydroxycinnamic anhydride in the form of a glycoside - it gives the plant a delicate aroma.
Grass bison: beneficial properties
The plant stimulates the appetite, in addition, improves human digestion. Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, stimulation of digestion and appetite, fever - these are cases when the herb is used in the form of vodka tincture or water infusion. In addition, it is used in the form of lotions for slowly healing wounds and various fungal skin diseases.
Application methods
To stimulate appetite and improve lactation in young mothers, water infusion is used. To do this, a glass of boiling water is poured in a tablespoon of dry grass (bison grass is sold in pharmacies, in markets, in specialized stores), after which they insist for half an hour under a closed lid. Next, the broth is filtered and taken before meals in a tablespoon.
Other applications
Zubrovka is a herb (the photo can be seen in this article), which is widely used in the alcoholic beverage industry for the production of Zubrovka aromatic tinctures. In the confectionery industry it is used for food essences. It is also used in the form of a spicy seasoning for fish. The grass has a slightly astringent taste, while it has a bright, unique flavor.
Bison is a grass that blooms profusely between May and June. At this time, the content of coumarin in it reaches its maximum. This plant is very actively used in the production of flavored alcoholic beverages - vodkas and liquors.
Since the 17th century, vodka “Bialowieza Zubrowka” has been known in Poland, which became the favorite drink of Polish gentry in the 18th century . In Brest-Litovsky in 1926, the industrial production of this drink began. Later, around the world, other manufacturers began to use this method.
Russian “Zubrovka”, Czech “Zubrovka”, German “Grasovka”, as well as American “Bison Vodka” - in all these drinks grass is used, bison, the properties of which were described in the article above. The Zubrowka brand, registered by Polmos Bialystok in Poland, is a national treasure of the country.
Krupnikas or Krupnik honey liquor has been known in Lithuania and Poland since the 16th century. Along with spices such as coriander, cloves, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, juniper, cardamom, star anise, walnut, fragrant bison was also added. This herb, in addition to use in various drinks, is itself a spice that is infrequently used.
In France, pork braised shovel in a bison sauce was able to get a silver medal in a regional cuisine competition. For cosmetic and perfumery products, the oils of this plant are used as an amazing aromatic composition that resembles the smell of freshly cut grass.
Side effects
Any theory of "alcohol treatment" usually does not lead to anything other than alcohol dependence. Scientists were able to prove that alcohol mixtures are not needed for the healthy functioning of the human body.
To drink or not worth it? The answer to this question is determined by the situation in society and personal values, although no tinctures on herbs as a medicine should be taken seriously. The negative effect of alcohol on the central nervous system and human liver is much higher than the "antimicrobial" positive effect of a plant called grass bison, whose properties are described above. And also, realizing that you are “cured”, it is easy to start drinking daily, which will already become a sign of dependence.
For medicinal purposes, alcohol tincture is only suitable for rubbing the chest in case of fever. You need to understand that alcohol evaporates quickly enough, while a person feels relief through this process. In case of an overdose, any sources of coumarin cause headaches.
Zubrovka - grass, the photo of which is presented in this article - is not suitable for self-treatment. Often a person cannot independently diagnose a disease, and he takes the symptoms of one disease for another. It turns out that the treatment does not work. It must be remembered that any herbal treatment recipes belong to the ambiguous heritage of traditional medicine, but not to scientifically proven facts from the field of scientific medicine. It is advisable not to mix dentistry in aromatherapy with other sources of coumarin, in addition, with cinnamon essential oil.
Interesting
Hierochloe from Latin is translated as “holy grass”, therefore, in some European countries the name of bison is directly associated with the image of the Mother of God. A plant in England is called “sweet grass,” which means “sweet grass,” and the name refers directly to the sweet aroma of odorous bison. In the Indian tribes (Pawnee, Menomine, Omaha, Lakota, Caddo), bison hunters and others considered sacrificing smoke from burning sacred grass to their ancestors. In addition, this smoke protected them from unclean spirits. In addition, the Peace pipe contained a bison, ground and dried into powder, which was then mixed with tobacco.
It was believed that the smoke of this herb helps to achieve meditation and the peak of unity, the shamans of India used this fragrant plant smoke, twisted into small bouquets or woven into braids, in the rituals of initiation and purification. In the form of smoking or decoction, the Indians used this sacred plant against colds, coughs and other pains. The grass drove insects away beautifully with its mild aroma, and the women of India wove baskets and mats from them, stuffed mattresses and pillows. And the inhabitants of Europe, during various religious holidays, decorated churches and a porch with these fresh tufts of grass so that the aroma of incense greens rose rapidly upward.