Marjannik oak wood: application in medicine

Having a multitude of names (marjannik oak grove, ivan-da-marya, scrofulous or Petrovsky grass, yellowness, firecracker, kusharka, lyukretz, etc.), an annual herbaceous plant is a bright spot on the summer meadow due to unusual colors of double coloring - contrasting lilac-blue bracts With egg-yellow corolla. This amazing herb has a very pronounced curative effect and has always been used by Russian healers. An interesting plant and its medicinal properties will be discussed in this article.

Marjannik oak wood: description

Being a semi-parasitic plant, the marian has adapted to survive at the expense of its neighbors. It is attached by its thin but sucked root to the roots of a growing number of herbs, shrubs or trees and successfully sucks nutrients and water. Depending on the type of vegetable colleague, the marbled oak grove grows to a different height. For example, if attached to an alder or hazel, it reaches a height of half a meter, and when fed from a lungwort or littered, its growth does not exceed 15-20 cm. But in the full sense, the plant is not a parasite : it is capable of creating substances necessary for development from water and carbon dioxide. Short-petalled lanceolate-linear leaves of the marjannik, pairwise located on the stalk, dark green, even at the edges, smooth from above and slightly lowered from the lower side, are characteristic of a plant such as the oak grove. The photos presented in the article introduce the reader to this traditional meadow grass.

The flowers of the plant are collected in loose flower-inflorescences in the form of unilateral ears. They consist of pubescent calyxes with four prongs, a yellow bilabial aureole and blue-violet upper covering petals. The abundant selection of nectar, characteristic of the plant, puts it on a par with the recognized medonos. Rounded seeds ripen in an oblong box, which opens from both sides, and spill out onto the ground. Wind and insects, attracted by the smell of essential oil, present on the seed, contribute to the spread of the plant. It is noticed that the beginning of its flowering coincides with the appearance of the first forest mushrooms. The folk sign is this: the Mariannik Oak Forest bloomed - the mushroom season began.

Spread

The ability of the plant to adapt to any growth conditions gave it the opportunity to spread throughout Europe. In the Russian territories, it occurs in the northern and middle zones, in the Caucasus, birds and insects are brought to the lands of Western and Eastern Siberia. The plant excellently develops in open pastures, meadows and meadows, in shrubby zones, in shallow forests and thin forests. Rarely grows on Cretaceous slopes and marshy areas.

Chemical composition

The plant is poisonous, and therefore requires a very careful attitude. When it is used for medicinal purposes, it should be remembered, since all its parts contain traces of alkaloids, dulcite, and seeds - a substance of aucubine, which has a narcotic and irritating local effect. Poisoning them is dangerous - heart activity is weakened, the first symptoms of malaise are weakness, drowsiness, slowing of the pulse.

The insidiousness of the marjannica lies in the fact that, falling along with other meadow herbs in the stomach of domestic animals, it provokes poisoning, manifested as well as in humans. Tremor, drowsiness and the appearance of blood in the urine of cattle - a sure sign of poisoning mariannikom. First aid in this case is to take laxatives, and then in a mandatory course of therapy aimed at maintaining cardiac activity.

In addition to the dangerous components in the maryanik, there are a number of valuable substances: flavonoids, organic acids, pectins, salts and sugars. We will not list the complex names of all components, we only note that their unique compounds have a bright healing effect.

Pharmacological properties

Not being a pharmacopoeial plant, the marbled oak wood is not used in traditional medicine, but it is considered very promising in pharmacological studies. It has been experimentally established that the infusions of this herb dilate the vessels, reducing pressure, and cause a calming effect similar to that of tranquilizers. Extracts of the plant, showing neuroleptic qualities, have a significant sedative, hypotensive and suppressive occurrence of seizures. The conducted experiments confirmed the effectiveness of the application of herbal infusion of Mariannik in the treatment of the initial stages of epilepsy. Its addition to medicamental anticonvulsants can reduce their doses.

Marjannik oak wood: application in medicine

The long experience of folk healers proves the effectiveness of the prepared infusions and decoctions from the leaves of the plant. Medicinal raw materials are all overground parts and seeds. The grass is harvested during flowering, and the seeds are harvested as they mature. Dry the raw material in air under an opaque canopy.

In addition to a pronounced anticonvulsant effect, marion dubrovniy has an insecticidal, anti-inflammatory, high wound healing effect. Decoctions and teas from the plant are effective in hypertension, dizziness, heart and GI, various neuralgia, epilepsy. External application (poultices, baths) helps to alleviate the condition with skin diseases, such as serious scrofula, skin tuberculosis, scabies, various diatheses, eczema. In addition, Marianniku attributed to a significant decrease in joint and rheumatic pain.

Complex intake of infusions (externally and inward) is very effective in the treatment of skin rashes of various origin, scrofula.

Common recipes for infusions and decoctions

Oak grouse, the use of which in hypertension is carried out inside, is prepared as follows: one tablespoon of grass is poured with one glass of boiling water, insisted for half an hour, filtered and taken on a tablespoon three times a day. The same infusion is used and with epilepsy, changing the dosage - half the glass twice a day.

Three tablespoons of herbs are insisted for two hours in a liter of boiling water, filtered and applied externally for baths, lotions / poultices and washings for skin diseases.

Caution in applying

The use of herbs in the treatment of various diseases requires extreme caution. And not only because the plant is poisonous. Since this is a potent herbal remedy, the possibility of its use, as well as the dosage and duration, should be discussed with the doctor.