It has long been used by people to dream. Recipes from this healing herb have been known since the time of Ancient Rus. Initially, the culinary ingredient over time began to be widely used in traditional medicine and cosmetic purposes. The dream, the recipes for which today has undeservedly lost its former popularity, is most often used by healers, not cooks.
This is a herbaceous perennial plant (Umbrella family), with a hollow and straight stem, branching at the top. The variegated sunshine reaches a height of 0.5 - 1 m. White small flowers are collected in an umbrella. She has two types of leaves: the upper ones are small, dissected, on short petioles and the lower ones are oblong-ovate, large, twice triple. The fruit of the plant is an oblong, dry, slightly flattened two-seeded seed. You can meet the sunburn, the healing properties of which are not inferior to its nutritional values, practically throughout the territory of the Russian Federation. It grows on the fringes, forest glades, clearings, vacant lots and as weed grass in vegetable gardens.
This plant is a real storehouse of nutrients. It has macro- and microelements: potassium, magnesium, iron, manganese, copper, boron, titanium. There is also a whole range of acids: citric, malic, phenolcarboxylic. In addition, the rot contains flavonoids (campferol and quercetin), coumarins, vitamins A and C, sugars (fructose and glucose), glycosides, essential oils, compounds with nitrogen, saponins, starch (in the roots), phytoncides, enzymes, proteins .
Dumpling is used in cooking, recipes with which take into account the beneficial effect of this plant. Leaves, young shoots and petioles go to food. Soups, borscht, cabbage soup are cooked from them, side dishes are made, seasonings for fish and meat dishes, salads. In addition, the petioles are pickled, and the leaves are fermented for the winter. Vegetables are transferred by the plant, due to which they get a peculiar aroma. Due to the fact that it is possible to add to any second, first courses and snacks, the recipes for a variety of healthy foods do not exclude this ingredient. Such a seasoning enriches food with useful trace elements and vitamins, gives it a piquant taste.
Not only cooking, but medicine also recognizes that chafing has beneficial properties. The plant and preparations based on it have a wound healing, anti-inflammatory, diuretic, analgesic, fungicidal (antifungal) effect. With their help, you can enhance the detoxification function of the liver, improve the digestive tract, normalize salt metabolism. From the juice of young shoots, Dahli get an effective blood purifier.
Drugs based on this plant are prescribed by doctors and traditional healers for diseases of the kidneys, gastrointestinal tract, bladder, respiratory ailments, rheumatism, gout, exudative diathesis, and skin fungus. There are no contraindications to use. Compresses are made from the roots of the plant, helping with inflammation of muscle tissue. Dust is also used to treat anemia. In home cosmetology, juice and plant leaves are used. They make masks for dry and oily skin, anti-aging agents.