Marsh white lake is a perennial plant, up to forty centimeters high with a short rhizome, from which a loose rosette with leaves and simple straight stems with one flower at the top leave. This plant has many different names: Swamp white, core, diuretic grass, royal eyes, etc.
Biological description
Marsh Belozor has long-leaved, heart-ovate leaves. From the central part of the stalk comes one sessile leaf, similar to the leaves of the root outlet. The flowers are large enough, with a diameter of up to three centimeters, of the correct form, bisexual. The cup is green, the whisk is white or slightly pinkish. The corolla has five white broadly egg-shaped slightly incised petals with distinct pink veins.
Marsh Belozor has five stamens, alternating with five underdeveloped stamens. The appendages of the flower are golden green, towering above each of the five petals. In their shape, they resemble a miniature hand with spread apart fingers. The flowering of each flower lasts about a week.
After flowering, a seed box is formed. Ripening of the fruits of the Belozor swamp occurs in September-October.
Where grows
It is quite widespread. The wild-growing plant Belozor marsh is found throughout the territory of the Russian Federation, including Siberia, the Far East, and the Caucasus. Grass prefers moist meadow soils, riverbanks, marshy areas.
Properties and composition of the plant
The medicinal properties of the Belozor bog included in its composition are set. This plant is rich in tannins, alkaloids, bitterness, flavonoids, saponins, coumarins, carbohydrates. Also in the grass contains ascorbic acid and resins. In the roots of a large number of alkaloids. All these substances allow the plant to be used as an anti-inflammatory, diuretic, bactericidal, vasoconstrictor, hemostatic, sedative, astringent, choleretic, laxative and wound healing agent.
In folk medicine, the plant is used to treat a variety of pathologies.
- SARS, the flu.
- Tachycardia.
- Neurosis of the heart.
- Headache.
- Insomnia.
- Tuberculosis.
- Epilepsy, cramps.
- Pneumonia.
- Hysteria.
- Colitis, gastritis, cancer of the stomach.
- Hepatitis, cholecystitis.
- Cholelithiasis.
- Jade, cystitis and other pathologies of the urinary system.
- Gonorrhea.
- Leucorrhoea in women.
- Conjunctival inflammation.
- Rheumatism.
- Various wounds.
For the treatment of each type of ailment, certain formulations from this plant are used.
ethnoscience
Knowing why the grass of the bog marsh helps, you can prepare a variety of compositions with it. The main rule when preparing infusions and other drugs is to be attentive to the dosage of raw materials and the course of therapy, since the plant is poisonous and can cause poisoning.
Traditional medicine recipes
To prepare the infusion according to the general recipe, you need two tablespoons of grass with flowers, pour 0.5 liters of water. The composition is put in a water bath and languished for ten minutes. Then the broth is allowed to cool. After filtering, it is necessary to bring the composition to its original volume, adding boiled hot water. Ready-cooled product is taken 1-3 tablespoons no more than four times a day after meals. The duration of taking the drug is a week. This tool can be used for douching in various gynecological pathologies, previously diluted with water in a ratio of 1: 4. For douching, you need one and a half liters.
For the treatment of female diseases, you can use the following composition: a teaspoon of herbs is steamed with two glasses of boiling water. Belozor flowers should be infused for an hour. After filtering, the product can be taken on a teaspoon up to six times a day.
As a sedative, an infusion is prepared from a teaspoon of raw materials in half a glass of boiling water. The grass is brewed with boiling water, insisted for two hours. Take a tablespoon three times a day. This tool can be used for hypertension, as well as for grinding, compresses.
Means for gastrointestinal pathologies
For diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, a decoction of two spoons of the aerial part and roots and two glasses of water is prepared. Belozor is poured with water and set to cook. Boil the composition for five minutes, then let it brew for two hours. After filtering, the drug is taken in a spoon once a day.
For the treatment of the digestive tract, a decoction of seeds is used. To prepare it, you will need ten grams of mature seeds of Belozor and a glass of boiling water. The tool is prepared in a water bath, languishing for forty minutes. Then the broth is allowed to cool, filtered. After cooking, it is necessary to bring the volume to the original volume with boiling water. The finished composition is divided into three doses. The duration of treatment is a week.
Treatment of various diseases
With a rapid heartbeat, headaches, internal bleeding, alcohol tincture of Belozor is taken. To prepare it, you need to pour fifty grams of raw materials into two glasses of vodka. The composition is insisted for two weeks. After filtering, the product is ready to be taken. It should be taken in thirty drops, previously diluted with a small amount of water. The drug is taken twice a day.
With conjunctivitis, lotions are made. To do this, take fresh grass, knead it and apply it to a sore spot. The crushed grass is applied to purulent and fresh wounds.
Contraindications
You can not take Belozor marsh in pregnant women, nursing mothers, children. Also, the plant is contraindicated for persons suffering from hypertension, increased blood coagulability, with bradycardia and individual intolerance.
Belozor is a poisonous plant, therefore, all products prepared on its basis should be used with caution, strictly observing the dosage.
In case of poisoning, the following symptoms appear: increased salivation, diarrhea, nausea, shortness of breath. At the first sign, you should immediately consult a doctor.
The bog marsh presented in the photo has been little studied, but scientists have definitely proved that this plant is toxic. It is allowed to be used only after consultation with a good experienced specialist who is well versed in the composition of herbs.