Medicinal herbs of Siberia and their use. Medicinal plants of Siberia

Ledum Ledum Birch Cowberry Blueberry Highlander Pepper Oregano Elecampane Ivan-tea Cranberry Burnet Clover Burdock Raspberry Lungwort Nettle Coltsfoot Dandelion Aspen Shepherd's Purse Plantain Fir Tansy Wheatgrass Chamomile Rowan Sphagnum Bearberry Yarrow Horsetail Bird Bird Cherry Bilberry Rosehip

PINE TREES Pinus silvestris Pine is a raw material for the production of turpentine, which is widely used in industry and medicine. In veterinary medicine, it is used in the form of irritating ointments, rubbing and inhalations. A decoction of pine buds is given for bronchitis, pneumonia, emphysema, gallbladder diseases. An ointment made from oleoresin in lard is used to treat wounds. Infusions of needles are used to treat postpartum diseases in cows.

FIR TREES Abies sibirica Fir resin (resin) balm is used in the treatment of surgical infections: wounds, abscesses, boils. Inhalation of vapors from steamed fir branches has a beneficial effect on pulmonary diseases. The infusion is used as a vitamin remedy for calves.

BIRRY TREES Padus racemosa Decoctions of flowers, berries and bark of bird cherry have long been used in Russia for the treatment of acute disorders of the gastrointestinal tract. They give a good effect even in the most severe cases in newborn calves.

WHITE WILLOW TREES Salix alba The bark of the tree contains salicylic acid, thanks to which it has antipyretic, anti-inflammatory properties. It is used for gastritis, diarrhea, and also as a diuretic and choleretic agent. A tincture of the bark regulates the functioning of the heart. Outwardly, a decoction of the bark is used to treat bedsores, ulcers, bleeding wounds.

ROWAN TREES Sorbus aucuparia Rowan fruits are part of multivitamin preparations. The acids and bitterness that make up the berries increase appetite, act astringently, and relieve inflammation. Powder from the fruits of mountain ash is prescribed for animals to normalize digestion, with constipation and diarrhea, and also as a diuretic.

BIRCH TREES Betula verrucosa Infusions and decoctions of birch buds and leaves are used for edema, inflammation, urinary and gallbladder. They help dissolve stones. Outwardly, tincture of the kidneys heals wounds, boils, burns, eczema. Birch buds are part of the gastric fees. Widely used in traditional medicine and veterinary birch sap, birch tar, activated carbon and chaga (birch fungus)

ASPEN TREES Populus tremula Aspen log ash mixed with fat is used to treat eczema. Horses infected with helminths are treated with an infusion of leaves and bark. In folk medicine, aspen chips were used to alleviate toothache.

ROSE SHRUBS Rosa cinnamomea Rose hips are a real storehouse of vitamins. A decoction of them is used for colds, anemia, with a decrease in immunity. Rosehip preparations stimulate the function of the liver, adrenal glands, gonads. A decoction of fruits and roots treats beriberi C in animals and humans, is used as an astringent for diarrhea and dyspepsia in young animals.

Bearberry SHRUBS Arctostaphylos uvae ursi Evergreen shrub. Bearberry leaves contain substances useful in inflammation and stones Bladder and kidneys, they relieve inflammation and cleanse the urinary tract. Externally, a decoction of the leaves can be used to treat purulent wounds and ulcers.

COWBERRY SHRUBS Vaccinium vitis-idaea Evergreen subshrub grows up to 300 years. Honey plant. Lingonberry leaves contain substances useful in inflammation and stones of the bladder and kidneys, with diabetes. Berries are given for beriberi, digestive disorders, berry juice is used externally for scabies, lichen.

BLUEBERRY SHRUBS Vaccinium uliginosum A decoction of dried berries is used for digestive disorders, for beriberi C, for the treatment and prevention of infection with helminths.

CRANBERRY SHRUBS Vaccinium oxycoccus Cranberry juice has a pronounced antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory effect. Fresh juice and compresses are used in the treatment of purulent wounds, burns, pediculosis. Cranberries contain a large amount of vitamin C, it potentiates the action of antibiotics, stimulates digestive secretion and kidney function.

BLUEBERRY SHRUBS Vaccinium Myrtillus Berries have a pronounced astringent property and are used to treat acute and chronic diarrhea. Powder from dried blueberries is added to food for the prevention of beriberi, with eye diseases in small animals. Externally, a decoction of the leaves in folk medicine treats wounds, ulcers and burns.

RASPBERRY SHRUBS Rubus idaeus Fresh and dried raspberries are successfully used at elevated temperatures. Flowers, leaves and fruits have an anti-inflammatory and antipyretic effect due to the content of salicylic acid. Raspberry is used as a medicinal tea for colds.

MHI Sphagnum Sphagnum It has been known as a dressing since the 11th century. Later, he was also found to have bactericidal properties. Use instead of sterile cotton swabs, soaking them with saline or 3% boric acid solution.

HERBAL PLANTS NETTLE Urtica dioica The use of nettle improves the quality of blood: the amount of hemoglobin, erythrocytes increases, and clotting increases. A source for the production of therapeutic chlorophyll, which heals radiation burns, wounds and ulcers. It is fed to animals for the prevention of beriberi K. Traditional medicine recommends fresh nettle externally for rheumatism, arthritis and myositis.

HERBAL PLANTS OF THE BUTTLE Sanguisorba officinalis Due to its hemostatic, antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties, the rhizome of the burnet is used in various types bleeding, with acute gastro-enteritis, including infectious ones. Pathogens of paratyphoid, dysentery, trichomoniasis are sensitive to preparations of burnet.

HERBAL PLANTS Bidens tripartita The leaves and grass of the series are used as a decoction or tea inside to improve digestion, stimulate liver function, as a diuretic and diaphoretic. Outwardly for the treatment of purulent wounds, eczema, allergic dermatitis.

HERBAL PLANTS BURDOCK Arctium lappa Burdock roots are used to dissolve stones in the urinary tract, with congestive edema, gastritis, gastric ulcer. Outwardly, fresh leaves are used to treat purulent diseases of the skin and mucous membranes.

HERBAL PLANTS Yarrow Achillea millefolium The herb has a pronounced hemostatic effect on both external and internal bleeding. Juice and infusion from the leaves heals wounds, normalizes digestion, restores chewing gum in cows.

HERBAL PLANTS DANDELION Taraxacum opfficinale It is widely used both in medicine and in veterinary medicine. Dandelion root is used as a choleretic and laxative. Included in the fees increase appetite. Young leaves of the plant are added to vitamin salads.

HERBAL PLANTS CLOVER Trifolium pratense Clover flowers are used in diseases of the respiratory system as an anti-inflammatory, emollient and diaphoretic. Assign with fever and severe cough. Outwardly, a decoction of flowers stops bleeding, heals wounds, burns, abscesses. There is evidence of its antihelminthic properties.

HERBAL PLANTS coltsfoot Tussilago farfara An infusion of a mixture of leaves and flowers is used to treat bronchitis and pneumonia. In addition, it can be used in the treatment of gastroenteritis, inflammation of the bladder. Outwardly, infusion of leaves in the form of lotions treat wounds, ulcers and abscesses.

HERBAL PLANTS SHEPHERD'S BAG Capsella bursa pastoris Shepherd's purse grass is used to stop uterine, nasal, pulmonary, gastrointestinal bleeding, with uterine atony. Shepherd's purse is part of antiulcer drugs, used to treat gastritis and diarrhea. Outwardly fresh, as well as in the form of infusions and decoctions, it is used to treat bruises and wounds.

HERBAL PLANTS Tansy Tanacetum vulgare Tansy preparations have a pronounced choleretic effect, they are used to treat hepatitis, cholecystitis. As an antispasmodic, tansy is part of the gastrointestinal collection, and is also used as a diuretic and hemostatic agent. There is evidence of the use of tansy flower tincture in the complex therapy of oncological diseases.

HERBAL PLANTS HORSEtail Eguisetum arvense Horsetail herb has diuretic, hemostatic, disinfectant and anti-inflammatory properties. Decoctions are used for urolithiasis in cats, with edema of cardiac origin. Dry herb powder is used to treat wounds and ulcers in animals.

HERBAL PLANTS Lungwort Pulmonaria officinalis Lungwort herb is used in the treatment of respiratory diseases. It has an expectorant, diuretic and wound healing effect. Due to the content of manganese, the lungwort has a positive effect on the processes of hematopoiesis.

HERBAL PLANTS PEPPER Poligonum hydropiper Water pepper herb has a hemostatic, astringent and diuretic effect. Decoctions are used for uterine and gastrointestinal bleeding, diarrhea.

HERBAL PLANTS OF Wheatgrass Triticum vulgare A decoction of couch grass rhizomes is used in the complex treatment of urolithiasis in cats and dogs. It has an enveloping and mild laxative effect for constipation and poisoning. It can sometimes be used as an expectorant. Regulates salt metabolism.

Inula heleium HERBAL PLANTS Inula heleium The roots and rhizomes of elecampane are used as an expectorant for bronchitis, as an antimicrobial and hemostatic agent for diarrhea in young animals. Externally for the treatment of wounds, ulcers and scabies.

HERBAL PLANTS FIREWILL (IVAN-TEA) Chamaenerion angustifolium The leaves have an astringent, enveloping, anti-inflammatory, hemostatic effect. Steamed fireweed herb is used as a poultice on a sore spot.

PLANTAGO HERBAL PLANTS Plantago major Psyllium seeds have long been used in Russia for constipation, acute bronchitis, cuts, and toothache. Fresh juice of plantain leaves heals wounds, ulcers and abscesses. Plantain infusion is given to calves for bronchopneumonia, dyspepsia and diarrhea.

GUESS THE RIDDLE Weeping for spring with tears, In the kidneys dissolves stone And paper for writing, And - carved towers White shirt - the king of the forest's daughter, In the bathhouse - the hostess Well, guess what?

GUESS THE RIDDLE She is very timid And curly and slender If the wind runs through - Each leaf will tremble, In the autumn it burns with fire Toothache will quench the correct answer

GUESS THE RIDDLE There is a beauty by the river - A scythe falls into the water The flexible branches bowed And about something sad. Relieve fever and inflammation. This is a humble plant.

GUESS THE RIDDLE In May, the bride is wearing a white veil Everyone around sighs: What a beauty! The branches are broken, But the color is short-lived, After him comes hello from winter If it hurts, The stomach gets upset - Collect black berries, Brew compote! correct answer

GUESS THE RIDDLE Red-haired girl In a scarlet necklace At the edge of the forest Broke out on fire Birds fly in - The berries are ripe, With them it will be easier to Survive the blizzards!

GUESS THE RIDDLE Everyone knows that it is a harmful and creeping weed Only all this is not so, know just in case If your cat is sick, if his tray is dry, Pick up those roots and pour him a decoction! No stones or inflammation! Here is a useful plant!

GUESS THE RIDDLE It does not caress, but it burns Grows where it is necessary After a long winter cold We are waiting for green cabbage soup for dinner!

GUESS THE RIDDLE Suitable for everyone, good for everyone He looks like a rose himself Admire how it blooms! Gives us vitamins!

GUESS THE RIDDLE The shepherd will not take this bag with him But it will help you cope with trouble Gather in the clearing, prepare tea It will heal the wounds, stop the blood!

GUESS THE RIDDLE All broken knees will heal with him without difficulty Look around, and you will always find him by the road!

COMPLETE THE TASK Vanya collected medicinal plants to be treated for winter colds, but something extra got into the basket. Find this plant. elecampane lungwort oregano wild rosemary succession coltsfoot wild rose plantain correct answer

COMPLETE THE TASK Vanya! You did everything right! Only a series, nevertheless, save for another occasion. mother lungwort stepmother plantain elecampane oregano wild rosemary rose hips turn back

COMPLETE THE TASK Collect plants for the treatment of diarrhea in a puppy nettle blackcurrant willow mam burnet li n oly p bird cherry tansy correct answer

CORRECT ANSWER Check yourself! Now the necessary herbs will be collected in the basket. nettle black currant willow

COMPLETE THE TASK Find herbs and berries for a vitamin supplement for chicken rose hips oregano cranberry tansy small lyn burnet bird cherry watering willow nettle on the correct answer

COMPLETE THE TASK The cat has an acute attack of urolithiasis. What herbs and fruits can help him? oregano wild rose tansy wheatgrass willow nettle bird cherry mali po na lyn horsetail burnet cranberry Correct answer

CORRECT ANSWER Solve the crossword puzzle! Write down the plants that stop bleeding! S U M K A K shepherd ear

COMPLETE THE TASK Zorka the cow fell ill. What herb will restore her gum? oregano wild rose yarrow tansy couch grass willow nettle bird cherry mali na lyn horsetail burnet cranberry Correct answer

INTERESTING AND USEFUL When using herbal preparations, follow the dosage. Some plants (ledum, tansy, horsetail, wormwood) can be poisonous!

LITERATURE S. S. Lipnitsky et al. Green pharmacy in veterinary medicine; Urajay, 1987 K. U. Ushbaev, Healing herbs; Kaynar, 1976

Siberian medicinal plants have been known since ancient times. Even in ancient times, people began to study them and use them to treat ailments. During excavations, archaeologists often found the remains of once dried plants, as well as fragments of pottery for grinding herbs.

Healers and sorcerers wrote down their best recipes, collecting and summarizing the experience of their ancestors and their own for future generations. Later, these recipes were combined in handwritten books "Herbalists" and "Healers", which were passed from hand to hand.

As you probably already guessed, today we will talk about medicinal herbs and plants of Siberia. Of course, it is impossible to tell about all of them at once, so we will briefly dwell on some of them. So, let's start with perhaps the most popular plant in Siberia - the Siberian cedar.

Siberian cedar

Whoever has been in the cedar forest remembers that unique, purest air, which is impossible to breathe. It is enough to spend just an hour a day in such a forest to improve the body. For example, phytoncides, which fill the air in the cedar forest, have the most positive effect on the respiratory system and the cardiovascular system.

All parts of the mighty cedar have healing properties. From nuts, needles, young shoots, tree bark, tinctures, infusions and decoctions are prepared for the treatment of broncho-pulmonary diseases, pneumonia, and tuberculosis. And also used for stomatitis, joint diseases, rheumatism, gout, blood diseases. Pine needle decoctions are used externally in the treatment of skin diseases, added to baths for general strengthening of the body, as well as to relieve fatigue, tension, stress, and strengthen the body. And this is still an incomplete list of conditions and ailments that are treated with the help of this mighty tree.

Blooming Sally

Or fireweed is a very beautifully flowering plant, reaching a height of up to one and a half meters. Its stem is covered with lilac-pink, or pale pink inflorescences, which are collected in small brushes. Fireweed can often be found in the Tyumen region. Although it is distributed from the Arctic Circle to Kazakhstan. Moreover, the further north Ivan-tea grows, the more medicinal properties it has.

From the flowering tops of the plant, its leaves are prepared infusion, which is used in the complex treatment of cancer. Northern fireweed has a rather strong hypnotic effect. With the help of the plant, diseases of the stomach, throat are healed, metabolism is restored, etc.

Calendula officinalis

This plant has another name - marigolds. An annual with beautiful flowers in all shades of orange. It has a diaphoretic, bactericidal effect, cleanses the blood of harmful substances. Infusions, tinctures are prepared from calendula, used to treat diseases of the liver, gastrointestinal tract, diathesis and rickets.
The plant is used both independently and in combination with other medicinal herbs.

For example, in the treatment of skin ulcers, injuries, cuts, wounds, marigolds are mixed with wormwood grass (in equal parts), a decoction is prepared, after which lotions are made. After such treatment, the wounds heal quickly and do not fester.

red clover

This plant can be found everywhere on forest edges, clearings, meadows and roadsides. Pink clover has many healing properties. It is used as an expectorant, diuretic, diaphoretic, antiseptic. Flowers are used in the complex treatment of kidneys, colds, coughs. It will help with asthma, useful in diabetes, tuberculosis.

A decoction of both pink and white clover flowers improves metabolic processes, in particular, fat, reduces the level bad cholesterol in the blood, stimulate tissue regeneration, and enhance immunity.

Burnet officinalis

This is very interesting herbaceous plant with small oval panicles on thin stems. In fact, these panicles consist of many very small dark cherry or burgundy flowers. In the treatment, the whole plant is used during the flowering period, but the root and rhizome of the burnet are especially valued.

A healing infusion is prepared from the roots, which is used in the treatment of various bleeding. Medicinal infusion watered patients with acute form of colitis, enteritis.

Get rid of diarrhea. The plant, grass, flowers, roots also have the ability to constrict blood vessels, help with convulsions. The infusion of the plant is used as an astringent, analgesic, bactericidal agent.

A decoction of the roots, rhizomes of burnet is used for varicose veins, burns, dysentery, fibromyoma, cervical erosion are treated.

Peony officinalis

Very beautiful plant with large flowers from white to maroon. It is also called the evasive peony, Maryin root. It is planted in gardens, in personal plots, as a flower garden decoration. For medicinal purposes, flower petals and roots are used. Of these, drugs are prepared for the treatment of gout, neurosis, vegetative-vascular dystonia. Peony, or rather healing remedies from it, are used in the treatment of epilepsy.

Of course, it is impossible to tell at once about all the medicinal plants and herbs of Siberia. This region is famous for its medicinal wild plants. And many of them, in particular, Siberian cedar and fireweed, are valued far beyond the borders of our country and have gained worldwide fame.

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Many are sad when the summer season ends. But lovers of herbal teas and adherents of traditional medicine have no time to be sad: it is at this time that they collect medicinal herbs, which can be brewed in autumn and winter in order to enjoy a fragrant drink, and along the way to cure ailments. Siberian expanses are the birthplace of many medicinal plants. Today we will list the most popular of them and figure out why they are useful and how to put them into practice. In addition to brewing in boiling water, of course.

Burdock is the same plant whose leaves in illustrations for children's fairy tales often become a haven for squirrels and hedgehogs during rain. Burdock has giant leaves. But from the point of view of beauty and medicine, we are more interested in its root system. The best period for harvesting roots begins at the end of August and continues right up to October. Accurately until the moment when autumn charges with might and main with cold rains. By the way, the same period of collection and harvesting is also relevant for all other medicinal plants growing in Siberia.

And what's inside:

• insulin (substance content sometimes reaches 30%);
• flavonoids;
• tannins;
• several different organic acids;
• fatty oil.

Please note that it is best to dig up burdock roots at the beginning of the second autumn month, when the foliage of the plant begins to turn yellow. If the burdock is more than two years old, it is worth collecting the roots in the spring - without waiting for the moment when flower stalks appear on the plant.

What helps

Residents of the Caucasus and Siberia have been using burdock leaves as a vegetable for quite a long time. They include an ingredient so unusual for us in many local dishes. In Japan, by the way, you can buy burdock leaves directly in a supermarket or vegetable shop. Inhabitants of the Country rising sun we are sure that burdock is not only healthy, but also incredibly tasty.

If we talk about the roots of burdock, then in this case, the use of the plant can be very diverse. The root system can be steamed, fried, or boiled in a small amount of water to make vegetable broth. In dishes where parsley or parsnips are present, burdock roots can easily replace these ingredients.

Burdock is considered the best raw material for the treatment of skin diseases. The plant copes well with the problem called heel spurs. Medicines based on it help fight the painful manifestations of rheumatism. Raw materials are important to use for bruises and sprains. In the latter case, a decoction of old dry leaves helps best.

How to use

Burdock - the best remedy for hair. In this case, the problem is not of great importance. You may be bothered by dandruff. Perhaps your hair is falling out a lot. Perhaps you have noticed that the hair has become too brittle and has lost its former shine. With any of these and other hair problems, burdock oil will help to cope. It's easy to prepare it.

1. We take 0.1 kg of the burdock root system and manually or mechanically grind the raw materials.
2. We mix the crushed roots with any vegetable oil, which we take twice as much as the main ingredient.
3. Shake the mixture well, close it with a lid and forget about it for 24 hours.
4. Pour the mixture into a saucepan after a day, put it on the stove, turn on the appliance to the minimum mode, bring the oil mixture to a boil and after ¼ hour remove from heat.
5. We leave the almost finished burdock oil at room temperature, and after cooling, filter and pour into a glass container suitable for storage.

Experts recommend storing homemade burdock oil on the refrigerator door. If this is not possible, put it in a cool place, protected from the penetration of the sun's rays.

The simple-hearted dandelion is a classic example of how a flower that we trample under our feet turns into a powerful cure for dozens of diseases. Siberian forests - ecologically clean regions - the best place for collecting and harvesting raw materials. It is strictly forbidden to use dandelions collected on roadsides and in wastelands of cities for food or medicinal purposes. By the way, everything in this plant is valuable - from the roots to the leaves.

And what's inside:

• flavonoids;
• insulin;
• tannins;
• vitamins of different groups, including C and PP;
• protein;
• fatty acid;
• useful resins.

What helps

Not without reason is called a plant from hundreds of diseases. This representative of the Siberian flora is relevant if a person suffers from skin ailments. And almost any, ranging from allergies on the body and ending with ulcers. Dandelion is used to cleanse the skin. For example, to get rid of warts, it is enough to regularly lubricate the neoplasms on the skin with dandelion juice.

With the help of plant juice, age spots can be removed, which sometimes spoil the external beauty. The juice helps fight freckles and heals calluses. Among other things, dandelion juice is prescribed for diseases of the oral cavity, as well as in case the liver and gallbladder. Get vitamin composition flowers can be done in other ways. For example, adding a plant to a salad. Or by making marshmallow or jam from dandelion.

Please note that before using dandelion leaves, they must be soaked in boiling water for ¼ hour. Otherwise, they will be bitter, which will spoil the taste of the dish.

How to use

There is nothing easier than making dandelion juice at home if you have such an assistant as a blender.

1. We take the leaves and roots of the plant and cut them with a knife into small segments.
2. We put the raw materials in the blender bowl and grind it well to make a slurry.
3. We transfer the gruel to cheesecloth, folded several times, and squeeze it well so that the juice is in a separate bowl, and the solid raw material remains in the cheesecloth.
4. Before use, mix two parts of juice with one part of warm drinking water.
5. We drink a tablespoon immediately before meals three times a day.

If you want to use dandelion puree as a compress for cuts and other wounds, do not wring it out, but simply apply it to the damaged area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe skin.

Badan is a famous ingredient in herbal teas. Every fan of drinks of this type is familiar with its aroma. Badan also blooms beautifully, but today we are not talking about that. There are many medicinal parts of this plant. Or rather, everything: from the root system to the inflorescences. But the vitamin composition of some parts of bergenia is slightly different.

And what's inside:

• tannins;
• phytoncides;
• flavonoids;
• a lot of copper;
• a fair amount of iron;
• a large amount of magnesium.

The root system of bergenia, in addition to the listed useful substances, also contains polyphenols, starch and resins important for the human body.

What helps

Badan is able to heal wounds and stop bleeding. Medicines based on it are often used as an antimicrobial drug that can disinfect, disinfect and stop the development of pathogenic bacteria and viruses. Another advantage of this Siberian plant is that bergenia is a natural diuretic that can replace any tablets and drops that have a similar effect.

How to use

There are a lot of recipes for using badan. It all depends on what kind of problem you are facing. For example, if your hemorrhoids have aggravated, any doctor will recommend that you organize a bath based on infusion of bergenia, cool the liquid in the bath to a warm state and sit in it a little - from ¼ to half an hour.

With a runny nose, an infusion of bergenia and several other medicinal herbs do an excellent job. The mixture can be bought at a pharmacy or collected from your own stocks.

1. We take a tablespoon of bergenia.
2. Add the same amount of chopped elecampane to it.
3. To this mixture, add two tablespoons of chopped St. John's wort.
4. Take a tablespoon of the mixture and pour a glass of boiling water into it.
5. Pour the mixture into a saucepan, bring to a boil and keep on low heat for ¼ hour.
6. Remove from the stove, cover with a lid and forget about the broth for 60 minutes.
7. We filter the prepared mixture and drink half a glass twice a day - in the morning and in the evening.

If you have an infusion prepared on the basis of sea buckthorn oil at home, be sure to add a teaspoon to the decoction of bergenia.

If you have been attacked by periodontal disease, if your baby has been diagnosed with stomatitis, if your gums are bleeding or your throat hurts, prepare an infusion exclusively from bergenia and use it to rinse your mouth.

1. We take 0.02 kg of leaves and inflorescences of bergenia (you can first chop them).
2. Pour 250 ml of boiling water.
3. We send the mixture to a water bath for ¼ hour.
4. Let cool to room temperature and strain.

The classic infusion of bergenia is a very versatile remedy. It is often used for douching for women's diseases, as well as for compresses for joint diseases and skin lesions.

And you can and should make real Altai tea from bergenia. To do this, in the spring, when the snow completely disappears from the surface of the earth, it is necessary to collect the blackened bergenia leaves that have survived the winter. They are dried, and then brewed - on their own or as part of other herbal preparations.

Tea based on bergenia leaves takes longer to brew than regular tea or herbal tea. This plant has a dense leaf plate, which needs time to properly open.

Burnet is one of the leaders among the representatives of the Siberian flora in terms of the content of vitamin C and tannins, the amount of which in grass sometimes reaches 23%. However, these are not the only useful material, which boasts a plant with an unusual name.

And what's inside:

• essential oil - about two percent;
• starch - about ⅓ of the total composition;
• carotene;
• saponins - up to four percent.

The best period for harvesting burnet is the beginning of September. It is important to collect raw materials at the moment when the burnet bears fruit, and not before or after this period.

What helps

It has proven itself in the fight against diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. In particular, those accompanied by diarrhea. As you know, this is an extremely dangerous condition that can lead to dehydration of the entire body. Therefore, if diarrhea occurs, it must certainly be stopped.

It is also interesting that the young foliage of the burnet is reminiscent of cucumbers in aroma and taste. Therefore, Siberians often use grass as an ingredient in salads. It is enough to add greens, onion feathers and sour cream to the chopped burnet - and a unique vitamin dish is ready.

At home, you can prepare a decoction of 1 tbsp. spoons of crushed roots and a glass of water. You need to take it for 1 tbsp. spoon 5 times a day.

How to use

A decoction is considered a classic medicine from burnet. Preparing it is quite simple. It is enough to pour a tablespoon of raw materials with a glass of boiling water, cool, strain and take a tablespoon of liquid up to five times a day for two weeks. But besides this, on the basis of the roots of the plant, you can cook kissel - a surprisingly tasty and healthy treat for children and adults.

1. We take 100 grams of plant roots, send them to freezer for a couple of hours, and then grind with a sharp knife.
2. We mix the chopped roots with a glass of milk, put the mixture on the fire and cook until the herbal ingredient becomes soft.
3. In the process heat treatment, using kitchen utensils, gradually grind the roots.
4. When the heat treatment period comes to an end, add a little butter to the jelly.

You can also add a little sugar if it does not conflict with your diet. Of course, children will like sweet jelly more than a drink devoid of sweetness.

Probably, there is no more famous sedative plant in our country and beyond than valerian. And the phrase “I’ll go and drip some valerian for myself” now and then sounds in every house.

And what's inside:

• more than a hundred individual substances;
• essential oil - about two percent.

What helps

Red hawthorn berries, clearly visible after a period of leaf fall, are another unique vitamin remedy for a mass of ailments. This representative of the Siberian flora is one of the most popular ingredients in medicinal extracts, decoctions and infusions that are used for the health and beauty of skin and hair.

And what's inside:

• vitamin A;
• vitamin C;
• vitamin E4
• beta carotene.

What helps

It has a positive effect on the health of the gastrointestinal tract. It treats diarrhea and stimulates blood circulation. With it, you can regulate sleep, stimulate the work of the heart and improve the walls of blood vessels. Arrhythmia, tachycardia, atherosclerosis - all these are diagnoses in which doctors prescribe hawthorn preparations in one way or another.

Inflorescences and berries of hawthorn are considered medicinal. Often, the bark of a representative of the Siberian flora is also used for medicinal purposes.

How to use

If you are worried about arrhythmia or neurosis (or any other heart disease), take the trouble to prepare a useful herbal tea.

1. Put a tablespoon of berries in a glass.
2. Pour boiling water so that it completely fills the glass.
3. Cover the container with a lid and leave for four hours.
4. Take two tablespoons immediately before meals.

Calendula is a natural barometer by which you can easily determine whether it will be rain or be the sun. If the inflorescences of “marigolds” have not yet opened by seven in the morning, expect precipitation. And if from six in the morning they, like the suns, turn their heads in a flower bed, then the day will be clear and serene.

And what's inside:

• manganese salts;
• saponins;
• fatty acid;
• carotenoids;
• essential oils.

What helps

A sure remedy for diseases that are associated with the liver and gastrointestinal tract. Calendula infusion helps with ulcers, colitis, gastritis, flatulence and other diseases and painful conditions. At the same time, the plant can be taken not only as a medicine, brewing its inflorescences. Calendula leaves can be eaten directly, using them as an ingredient in salads and appetizers.

How to use

The recipe for a classic calendula decoction is very simple. To prepare it, you will need to pre-soak the inflorescences in water.

1. We take four tablespoons of “marigolds” and fill them with half a liter of water.
2. We leave for eight hours.
3. Drain the water into a separate bowl and pour the same amount of clean water.
4. We put the saucepan with fragrant contents on the stove, bring it to the state of seething and maintain the liquid in this state for five minutes.
5. Let the broth cool down and strain it.
6. Mix the first and second filtrate in a common container.

If you are concerned about gastritis, take the prepared medicine three times a day, half a glass at a time. If colitis is the main problem, drink the filtrate mixture three tablespoons at a time for 21 days. But with a cold and SARS, it makes sense to heat a mixture of filtrates, put a couple of drops of eucalyptus oil there and drink it, after breathing in a unique healing aroma.

Ecology of knowledge. Cognitively: Each plant zone, from the tundra to the steppes of Kazakhstan, has its own food and medicinal plants, as well as its own traditional medicine, which allow a person to adapt to these conditions. The poet S.Kirsanov wrote well: “I don’t go through the steppe, I go around the pharmacy, sorting through its herbal filing cabinet.” The local natural pharmacy is undoubtedly more valuable for health and cheaper for your wallet.

1778, Russian Empire. 3200 medicinal plants described

First half of the 19th century. Dominance of the German Pharmacopoeia. Prohibition of Russian medicinal plants. It is also forbidden to grow them in the Russian Empire. Medicines are imported from abroad.

"Foreign doctors treated with arsenic, mercury and laughed at the Russians, who treated with onions, horseradish, radishes, garlic, rose hips"

Isn't that what's happening right now? Open any pharmacopoeia. There remained hardly a tenth of the plants, and with a very limited spectrum of action for each plant.

But the usual herb plantain: anti-leukemic, anti-cancer, anti-viral, modulates cellular immunity. Nettle as an anti-inflammatory. Well, etc. etc.This is how we still live ... In savagery!

Healing herbs

Each plant zone, from the tundra to the steppes of Kazakhstan, has its own food and medicinal plants, as well as its own traditional medicine, which allow a person to adapt to these conditions. The poet S.Kirsanov wrote well: “I don’t go through the steppe, I go around the pharmacy, sorting through its herbal filing cabinet.” The local natural pharmacy is undoubtedly more valuable for health and cheaper for your wallet.

The founder of our pharmacognosy, Professor A.F. Hammerman, believed that the advantage of herbal medicinal substances over chemical ones is that the former are formed in a living cell. Therefore, even the poisonous substances of plants that have entered our body do not break the entire system of biochemical reactions of the cells of the human and animal body as roughly as drugs obtained by chemical means do. I draw your attention to those plants that grow near your house, in the garden, in the country, by the river, in the forest, where you most often visit.

In our age, it is commonly believed that man is the king of nature. Unfortunately, man forgets that he is the son of nature and therefore must, like any decent son, take care of his mother. Looking back, we see that the creations of nature are leaving us, hiding their secrets away from people, noisy cities, dirty rivers, dusty winds and acid rains.

We did not notice the outstretched helping hand of nature, and now we are surprised, running around pharmacies and poisoning ourselves with pills. But there are no such pills that would cure the disease itself, or rather a person, momentarily, immediately and suddenly. Tablets, as experience shows, can remove pain for a while, but not the disease.

There is nothing unambiguously harmful in nature. Even the worst enemies cultivated plants, weeds are the first helpers for recultivators who bring waste lands, ash, slag, pyrite dumps, affected by oil disasters, poisoned, saline soils back to life. Ergot is poisonous and harmful, and how many sick people it has saved their lives! There are no plants that are useless, there are those that are unknown or have not received an objective assessment.

It should not be forgotten that 98% of all food and energy needs of mankind are provided through plant photosynthesis. No wonder they say: two rule life on earth - a red sun and a green seed. Plants provide the atmosphere with oxygen, the deficiency of which is one of the most acute problems of our time. The combustion of one ton of coal requires as much oxygen as is necessary for the life of 10 people during the year. And each car consumes the annual rate of oxygen for one person per 1000 km.

Siberia ... What is this vast and harsh land not famous for! There is oil, gas, healing waters, full-flowing rivers, swamps in its bowels - the keepers of the secrets of environmental sustainability and the beauty of our deciduous and coniferous forests. So far, cedar pine is not uncommon. But we need to take care of her now. Our ignorant and cruel treatment of nature, the struggle with it, turns against us.

The study and application of the beneficial properties of Siberian plants goes back to ancient times. Archaeological studies have shown that already 5000 years ago in the south of Siberia people used medicinal herbs.

The experience of using medicinal plants was summarized in "Flower Gardens" and "Travniki", "Healers", which were copied by hand and were very popular. Siberian herbs were especially valued in Russia. Voivode Romodanovsky had a decree "to collect St. John's wort growing in Siberia, dry it, grind it and send it to Moscow a pood every year."

The 17th century was a time of intense collection of information about useful plants Siberia. In 1675, Spafarius, who headed the embassy in China, had an order "to search for local medicines." In his diary, he wrote: “The West Siberian Khanty collect, dry and eat the roots of white susak.” The Siberian historian and geographer S.U. Remezov pointed to the places where rhubarb grows (at that time it was imported from China).

By order of Peter I, the Danzig physician Daniil Messerschmidt was sent to Siberia in 1719 “to search for herbs, roots, seeds and other related articles for medicinal collections.” He collected information about 380 medicinal plants, indicating medicinal use and time of collection.

For 9 years (1734-1743) the botanist Gmelin traveled across Siberia. He created a four-volume work "Flora of Siberia", described 1178 plant species and gave 294 drawings from nature. The largest botanist Carl Linnaeus believed that Gmelin carried out the same work in terms of significance and volume as all the botanists of Evorpa put together. Linnaeus was keenly interested in Siberian plants and grew hundreds of Siberian species in Sweden. Peter I established state-owned pharmacies and pharmaceutical gardens, which were managed by the Pharmaceutical order. Pharmacies at that time were small scientific centers; they studied the effect of medicinal raw materials.

M.V. Lomonosov was also interested in studying the natural resources of Siberia. In his laboratory, the first pharmaceutical analyzes of medicinal plants brought from Siberia were made.

As a result of expeditions in Western and Eastern Siberia in 1778, 3200 species of medicinal plants were described, which were used in folk medicine. The first Russian pharmacopeia published in the same year included 302 species of Russian medicinal plants, more than half of them were Siberian. Now in our pharmacopeia there are 3 times less of them.

In the first half of the 19th century, the Russian pharmacopoeia was replaced by the German one and the cultivation of medicinal plants within the country was banned, their import from abroad was increased, although foreign medicines were prepared from Russian raw materials: licorice, valerian, burnet, adonis and others. Foreign doctors treated with arsenic, mercury and laughed at the Russians, who were treated with onions, horseradish, radishes, garlic, rose hips.

As it later turned out, not everything was so naive and unscientific in centuries-old Russian practice. 80% of the drugs used in scientific medicine came from folk practice. If modern medicine did not treat traditional medicine with condescension and disdain, our Russian health care would benefit more.

In Russia, and then, until 1930, in the Soviet Union, botany was compulsory subject training of a doctor, and each doctor was required to have a reference herbarium of medicinal herbs growing in the area. In Russia, it was customary to write herbal books for priests and rural healers. There were pharmacies at the monasteries, and one has recently been revived in Tyumen, at the monastery of Peter and Paul.

Why do we not value our own and our own, but are looking for health protection on the side? To our shame, we adopt fashionable trends in nutrition and treatment from countries such as the USA, where each inhabitant eats more than 50 kg of preservatives, dyes, baking powder per year, where 30% of people are obese and 55 million drug addicts. From whom do we take an example? Even the father of medicine, Hippocrates, was indignant about this: “They praise someone else’s without checking its value, they refuse a loved one, the value of which we know, they prefer the unknown to the known.” published

Traditional medicine is the knowledge accumulated by thousands of years of experience healing properties various plants, some objects of animal origin and mineral raw materials, as well as methods of caring for the sick. For treatment various diseases Traditional medicine uses not only individual plants, but also combinations of them in the form of so-called teas, or fees. Often such teas contain a significant number of components, sometimes of a similar effect, sometimes of the most diverse, and in each case are prescribed for the treatment of either a group of related diseases, or very different diseases. In the preparation of combined remedies, quite peculiar methods are often used, usually not used by scientific medicine.
When collecting information about the popular use of plants, one often has to deal with the emergence of new folk remedies for the treatment of certain diseases. In recent decades, thanks to the appearance of a large number of migrants from other regions of the country, many new means appeared in Siberia that had folk application in the European part of Russia or in the republics of Central Asia. Quite often, settlers from other regions recommend plants for medicinal purposes that are morphologically similar to European ones, but belong to a different species, and quite often these plants are included in the folk medicine of Central Siberia.
Often, when introducing new remedies, traditional medicine uses one of the principles of homeopathy, testing the effect of drugs from plants on a person, usually on himself. This method, of course, cannot be justified, since such a check often leads to dire consequences. Scientific medicine categorically rejects it, and in this regard, there is even appropriate legislation in our country.
Traditional medicine, thus, nourishes the scientific with more and more new types of plants. Yes, this is not surprising - after all, traditional medicine plants have been used for many centuries, thus having passed a great test of time. That is why they enjoy the close attention of scientists - pharmaceuticals, pharmacologists and doctors, as well as pharmacologists and other specialists.
A large number of different research institutions are engaged in the study of domestic medicinal flora in Russia - such as VILR, VNIHFI, VIR, etc. - institutions of the Russian Academy of Sciences, problem laboratories, as well as the corresponding departments of higher educational institutions - medical, pharmaceutical etc.
Products of animal and mineral origin are also very popular in folk medicine - whole animals (both properly processed and live - leeches, bees), various animal organs, their metabolic products, and finally, various mineral objects of natural, natural origin - stone oil. , mumiyo, jade. The origins of the use of these substances also lie in ancient times. Especially widespread was the use of animals and mineral objects in Tibetan medicine, and later in homeopathy. From the border regions of Transbaikalia - China and Mongolia - Tibetan medicine also penetrated into the territory of southern Transbaikalia and the southern Baikal region. This circumstance has led to the fact that many means of Tibetan medicine are still widely used in folk medicine in these regions and, moreover, are gaining more and more recognition in other regions of Central Siberia, and some of them, after a detailed study, have already been introduced or are being introduced into scientific medicine.