Chernobyl grass is also known as common wormwood. This is a medicinal plant, which compares favorably with the fact that it does not have the characteristic smell and bitterness inherent in bitter wormwood. Moreover, in folk medicine, it is used no less actively. In particular, it is believed that this plant helps with tuberculosis, gynecological diseases, and stomach ailments. In this article, we will talk about its medicinal properties, as well as existing contraindications.
About the plant
Chernobyl grass grows literally everywhere. It can be found in meadows, in deciduous forests, on the banks of rivers, forest edges, in clogged places, and sometimes even in crops. Therefore, no deficiency in this drug has ever been observed. Among the people, the grass Chernobyl (common wormwood) is also known by the names clover, forget-me-not, forget-me-nots. Both the root and leaves of the plant are harvested. As a rule, they are dried and ground.
Aromatic Chernobyl herb oil is used as a perfume for perfumes and cosmetics. It is interesting that in the Middle Ages this plant was credited with the ability to even ward off various dangers and evil from a person, calling him the grass of oblivion.
Currently, decorative varieties of Chernobyl grass, which are grown as garden plants, have been bred. Green paint is actively obtained from its ground part, and brooms are knitted from parts cut to seed. This herb has insecticidal properties, repelling mosquitoes, mosquitoes and fleas.
Livestock eat it actively, it is considered a good and highly nutritious silage plant.
Botanical Description
From the photo of the grass of the Chernobyl, you can remember this plant, and then easily find it in the forests and meadows. This is a perennial plant, which is fundamentally different from the bitter wormwood with a dark red stalk. It grows to a meter and a half in height. Leaves have downwardly curved, cirrus-dissected margins.
Chernobyl has not a wormwood, but a specific balsamic smell; it tastes a bit bitter.
The leaves of ordinary wormwood are distinguished by the fact that they remain white-white on the lower side, and bare and green on the upper side. The lower leaves are petiolate on the stem, and the middle and upper are sessile, they have narrower lobes.
Chernobyl has small flowers that are collected in baskets of reddish or yellowish color. Like bitter wormwood, flowers form paniculate inflorescences, only they are thicker and longer. Now you know what grass Chernobyl looks like.
It is noteworthy that the ground part of this plant is often used as a seasoning for all kinds of dishes, usually fatty ones - duck, goose, pig, and bacon.
Billet
Having remembered the Chernobyl grass from the photo, you can easily prepare for yourself as much of this plant as you need. At the same time, leaves and roots should be collected.
Almost all of Chernobyl root is used, with the exception of lignified fleshy lateral parts. They break it off, then wash it thoroughly, wait until it dries in natural conditions. For this, it is enough to leave the plant in a room with good ventilation.
Leaves of common wormwood should be collected from July until the very end of summer, when they bloom. The roots are harvested in September.
It is worth noting that the medicinal properties of the leaves of the herb of Chernobyl are much stronger than those of the roots.
Beneficial features
In folk medicine, the root of the plant is often used as a sedative. The leaves have a regulating and analgesic property, eliminating the discomfort during menstruation, disorders of the gastrointestinal tract.
Folk healers are aware of various ways of using Chernobyl grass:
- extract from the root with dropsy;
- a decoction of the root lobes with convulsions of all kinds;
- decoction of grass with meager periods;
- decoction of the root with leucorrhoea with pain, other gynecological problems;
- as a general strengthening agent.
Recipes
Knowing thoroughly about the medicinal properties and contraindications of Chernobyl grass, you can actively use it for various diseases. It is worth noting that the use of this tool is allowed only after consultation with your doctor. It is important to understand that a medicinal plant cannot replace conventional therapy, but can only be used with complex treatment. In addition, it was found that this tool can only help in the early stages of the disease.
For example, it is often advised to use the healing properties of Chernobyl herb for cystitis. To do this, brew two teaspoons of chopped leaves in boiling water. After two hours, it is filtered off and squeezed. The resulting infusion should be drunk three times a day 30 minutes before meals, half a glass.
When patients have a delayed menstruation, it is recommended to boil 500 ml of water with one tablespoon of grass. After insisting for two hours, filter and take half a glass three times a day 30 minutes before meals.
When you want to use this product for external use, one glass of fresh ordinary wormwood is brewed in 2.5 liters of boiling water. After half an hour, you should filter the contents, and then squeeze the raw materials.
These decoctions are often used for epilepsy, neurasthenia, and all kinds of other nervous disorders. It is believed that the drug has a calming and anticonvulsant effect.
It is known that our ancestors used this wormwood to get rid of worms and parasites in the body. For this, a decoction was prepared according to the following recipe: one tablespoon of grass was poured with a glass of boiling water. Half an hour was heated in a water bath, and then allowed to infuse for a quarter of an hour. After filtering, they drank pressed raw materials. It should be taken in half a glass twice a day.
Also, with such ailments, the tincture of the Chernobyl was used. To do this, a tablespoon of grass was poured with 500 ml of vodka. The remedy was to be infused for three days, and from time to time it should be shaken. Then it was filtered, and the raw materials were squeezed. This tincture should be drunk three times a day, one tablespoon each.
Restorative
In folk medicine, common wormwood is often used as a tonic. For example, in this capacity, it helped patients with tuberculosis.
200 g of dry grass took 10 minutes to cook in white wine. Then two teaspoons of honey were added to the still boiling broth. The patient should have taken this drug before meals in half a glass. His condition in this case improved markedly.
Interestingly, against convulsions and convulsions, for example, with epilepsy, a decoction is made from the root of Chernobyl, but not on water, but on beer. 5 minutes boil 30 g of the root in 500 ml of beer.
Decoctions
There are several options for how to prepare decoctions from this medicinal plant. Three to five dry roots need to be chopped, and then boil thoroughly in 10 glasses of boiling water. The broth is taken twice a day for half a glass, when there are plentiful periods.
You can also pour 50 grams of dry Chernobyl root into 2 liters of white wine. The medicinal product is boiled for 10 minutes in a sealed container, a glass of honey must be added to an already boiling broth. After the composition should be cooled to room temperature and strain. Broth is drunk in the morning, one glass or one tablespoon, but then three times a day 30 minutes before meals. This remedy helps with pulmonary tuberculosis.
When a pregnant woman has a threat of miscarriage, one tablespoon of the crushed roots of wormwood is brought to a boil in 500 ml of red wine. After boiling a quarter of an hour, leave to insist. This will take about two more hours. This tool is taken one tablespoon three times in laziness before each meal.
Infusion
Chernobyl infusion helps with amenorrhea and meager menstruation. For its preparation, one tablespoon of carefully chopped roots is poured with two glasses of boiling water.
The product should be infused in a sealed container for four hours. After this, the infusion is filtered. For example, this can be done through cheesecloth.
The drink is taken twice a day in half a glass before meals.
Contraindications
Even if doctors approve patients to take this drug, they warn that any decoctions and infusions prepared on its basis cannot be taken for a long time. There is a chance of an overdose, so it is constantly necessary to take breaks so that too much wormwood in the body does not accumulate.
With caution, the use of preparations prepared on the basis of this plant should be given to minors and pregnant women. In this case, it is necessary to consult a doctor, and in some cases to exclude the use of these funds by these categories of patients. It can harm them.
When taking infusions and decoctions prepared from the Chernobyl, there is a possibility of side effects. In this case, we can talk about nausea, vomiting, pain in the liver. In such cases, treatment with this agent must be stopped immediately, and then consult a doctor as soon as possible so that he advises how to bring the body back to normal.
Popularity in Kazakhstan
It is worth noting that this drug is very popular not only in the Russian Federation, but also in many former republics of the Soviet Union. Its use in Kazakhstan is especially known.
In this country, wormwood is so appreciated that even coats of arms adorn its images. For example, Chernobyl in Shymkent appreciate grass. This city, located in the south of Kazakhstan, is quite large, with a population of more than one million people. It is considered one of the largest cities in the country, has republican significance. A huge commercial, industrial and cultural center, which forms the second most populated agglomeration in all of Kazakhstan.
There is a Chernobyl on his coat of arms. Here it grows especially much in floodplain forests, on the plains and in logs. Moisture-rich and fertile soils have this. It even has a Kazakh name - darmin, and its appearance on the coat of arms indicates how the plant is valued in the area.
Storage methods
Please note that the collected and dried plants of common wormwood will retain their healing properties for three years. To do this, they should be left in well-ventilated and enclosed spaces.
You should always remember that in addition to the beneficial properties, wormwood has poisonous effects. Therefore, be sure to observe safety precautions when collecting similar drug charges. When using inside, strictly follow the recommendations and instructions, consult your doctor first so as not to harm your health.
If everything is done correctly, you can significantly strengthen your body. Decoctions and infusions, prepared on the basis of the Chernobyl, will be a good help in complex therapy.