This plant belongs to the borax family and is perennial. In length, it reaches 30 cm and has a stiff-hairy and erect stem. The leaves of the culture are lanceolate, petiolate, simple and pointed. Medunitsa medicinal blooms flowers from April to May. Favorable places for growth are forest glades, clearings, zones under shrubs.
Due to their beautiful and delicate flowers, they use it to decorate the garden. Lungwort is also used in cooking, its leaves are added to salads, soups or used as seasoning. In folk medicine, it has long been prescribed to patients with respiratory diseases. She is also known under other names: medunka, lungwort, spotted or paired grass, water keys.
There are a lot of plant varieties. We have 5 species: soft, narrow-leaved, red, Filyarsky, and the most famous is the medicinal lunatic. Since the days of the USSR, the Red Book has included this culture, since it is becoming less and less in nature in some places. To exclude its disappearance, it is necessary to grow a lung woman on flower beds, beds and flower beds.
The composition of the culture and useful properties
Lungwort officinalis is valued for the complex of beneficial substances that it contains. In the plant there are:
- trace elements;
- carotene;
- routine;
- vitamin C;
- tannins ;
- slime;
- macrocells;
- B vitamins
As the main or auxiliary method of getting rid of various ailments, medicinal plants are increasingly used. Lungwort has the following effects:
- emollient;
- anti-inflammatory;
- wound healing;
- expectorant;
- enveloping;
- antiseptic;
- diuretic.
The use of plants in medicine
Medunica officinalis is used to eliminate the following diseases:
- bronchitis, pneumonia, tuberculosis;
- colds with dry cough;
- gastritis;
- intestinal infections, diarrhea;
- anemia;
- diseases of the kidneys and bladder;
- skin problems (purulent wounds, abscesses);
- diabetes mellitus;
- uterine bleeding;
- nervous ailments.
Also, this culture is used to increase the protective properties of the body and to activate the human immune system.
Traditional medicine recipes
For medicinal purposes, decoctions, teas, tinctures and juice are made from medunka. There are many recipes using plants. The main ones should be noted:
1. For the treatment of diarrhea, cough and hoarse voice. It is necessary to fill the grass with hot water, insist, strain, take 0.5 cups during the day.
2. For the treatment of bronchitis. Lungwort is poured with water (boiling water) and insisted. After filtering, the broth is consumed no more than 4 times a day.
3. For burns, bedsores and wounds. An infusion of grass and water is made. Use for washings, compresses and lotions.
4. With urolithiasis and uterine bleeding. The broth is made in a water bath, infused and used after straining up to 4 times a day.
5. For the treatment of purulent wounds. It is necessary to take fresh leaves of the medunka, rinse them, dry them, mash them slightly and apply to the affected areas.
To use the culture for medical purposes, you can prepare it yourself. Medunica officinalis is collected during the flowering period, after which it is dried in the open air or in a ventilated room. It is necessary to lay it out on paper or a newspaper with a thin layer. Harvested grass can be stored for a year.