Common colza is popularly known under various names - doggie, barbarian, fragrant yellowflower, ferocious. This is a bare biennial grass from the cruciferous family. It reaches a height of 30-60 cm. Colza is a medicinal herb that grows in fields and moist meadows, in the Caucasus and in the European part of the Russian Federation. It has a branching upright stalk with petiolate, sessile, serrated, notched upper and lyre-shaped lower leaves. Her flowers are four-petalled, yellow, collected in apical brushes. The fruits of the plant are pods, cylindrical, tetrahedral or bent, with veins. Besides the fact that colza is a medicinal herb, it is considered a good honey plant.
The beneficial properties of this plant are determined by its chemical composition. Colza (medicinal herb) contains vitamins B and C, flavonoids (quercetin and camferol glycosides). Its seeds contain a fatty oil containing oleic, erucic, linoleic, linolenic, stearic, eicosenic, eicosadienoic and palmitic acids. Glucobarbin (thioglycosides) is also present in them. Some of the substances contained in this plant have a toxic effect, so its use for medical purposes should occur with the observance of certain precautions.
Colza is a medicinal herb that is used almost completely for therapeutic purposes. So, roots, stems, young pods, etc. are used. Preparations from it have a diuretic, tonic, and stimulate the genitourinary system, accelerate wound healing. Fresh greens of colza are used in cooking.
For medical purposes, found widespread colza application. In particular, it helps with scurvy and hypovitaminosis, paralysis, edema, after a heart attack and stroke, and epilepsy. For these purposes, infusion is made from it. Tea is also brewed on the grass, which is drunk to prevent general weakness. Colza helps with erectile dysfunction, paralysis, infertility. For this, a decoction is prepared on its basis. Powder and juice from colza are used to treat epilepsy, kidney ailments, and prostate adenoma. Tibetan healers used its seeds in case of leprosy. In addition, for medicinal purposes, its green shoot is collected, which is crumbled and added to soups, borscht, sprinkled with sandwiches and meat dishes.
For medical use, colza grass is harvested during its flowering period, as well as the roots of annual plants collected in early spring or autumn. They are dried in rooms (well-ventilated), spread out in a thin, not more than 5 cm layer. If this process is not performed correctly, the grass will turn yellow and become unusable.
The main dosage form is an infusion of dry or fresh herbs. For this, a tablespoon of the crushed plant is poured with boiling water (volume - a glass) and insisted for 3 hours, after straining, the agent can be used. The recommended dose is a quarter cup four times a day, the course is two to three weeks.
They have preparations from this herb and contraindications. In particular, it is undesirable to use them for inflammatory bowel diseases and for stomach ulcers.