Dereza vulgaris is a remedy for thousands of diseases

Walking through the forest, we often meet beautiful berries, which are popularly called wolves. If you eat them, you will certainly be poisoned. Is it so? In fact, wolfberry - the collective name of a number of plants. These include belladonna, wolf-fever, crow's eye, honeysuckle, buckthorn, snow leopard, dereza vulgaris. Photos of these plants, the fruits of which in most cases are really inedible, are very often found on the pages of publications on wildlife. Many of us from childhood know that you can not eat such berries. A separate place in this list is occupied by dereza, the fruits of which are a very valuable source of nutrients.

Wolf's berry, bulldogrun, Tibetan barberry, goji, lycium. All these names belong to the same plant - the dereza, which supplies us with the most valuable raw materials used for the preparation of all kinds of medicinal compounds.

Description of the plant

Dereza vulgaris, the Latin name of which Lýcium bárbarum, belongs to the large family of Nights and is a woody plant belonging to the genus Dereza, numbering more than sixty species. The homeland of the tree is China, but it is possible to grow it in Russia.

In height, this shrub reaches a height of 3.5 meters. The branches of the plant are covered with small thin thorns. The leaves are simple all-over, elliptical forms, the flowers are campanulate, lilac or pink, the fruit is small, having a bright coral-red color, a berry. Dereza vulgaris during the fruiting period, which lasts from May to October (depending on the region), can yield up to thirteen harvests.

About the benefits of the common tree

The fruits of the plant are rich in ascorbic, gamma-aminobutyric and nicotinic acids, vitamins A, B1, B2, polysaccharides, proteins, amino acids and many other useful substances.

Leaves and berries (both in ripe and dried form) are used to treat various diseases of the cardiovascular and nervous systems, normalization of the kidneys. They also lower the amount of cholesterol and normalize blood sugar levels. In addition, the fruits of this plant increase potency, for which they were called the berries of love. For its medicinal properties of a wide spectrum of action, ordinary derevo is called a remedy for thousands of diseases.

Cultivation of a tree in a garden plot

Is it easy to grow bush? Dereza vulgaris excels in almost all conditions. And before you engage in the cultivation of derevy, you should consider that it is easier to grow than to later get rid of it. This unpretentious plant, which perfectly suits on semi-saline and insufficiently moistened soils, quickly and successfully grows, displacing neighbors to win a large area. Therefore, it is better to plant it on vacant lots, along ditches and roads, gardens or apiaries.

Dereza vulgaris equally well reproduces both cuttings and seeds. In the first case, one- or two-year-old shoots are used, each having 3-4 kidneys and a length of 10-15 cm, which are first grown in a greenhouse soil consisting of a mixture of peat and sand. The drop is immersed in the soil to a depth of 5 cm, while the lowest bud should be sprinkled with earth. For germination of seeds, surface sowing is used. To achieve the best result, seeds should be placed in warm water for two days, then treated with a solution of potassium permanganate and planted in the ground. During the germination of seeds, it is necessary to maintain a constant humidity.

In early spring, in adult plants, it is necessary to cut out approximately one third of the old shoots under the root. Watering an ordinary tree should be done only during rooting or in a hot dry summer, because it does not like too much moisture.