Pikulnik ordinary: description and medicinal properties

Pikulnik ordinary is a herbaceous annual plant of the family Yasnatkov, popularly named for the bristly and thorny stalk of the gills, the nettle nettle, the young kolyushnik, and the downy nettle. "The head of a cock" is called a bug for the original shape of the inflorescences and their coloring.

Description of the common

The plant is characterized by a stem root and an erect, strongly branched, tetrahedral stem. Covered with stiff bristles under the knots and almost naked interstices, in height it reaches 30-50 centimeters. Flowers are small, bilabiate, lilac or purple, collected in inflorescences. Located in the axils of the upper leaves for 3-5 pieces on each side. Pikulnik ordinary is an excellent medonosom: in its flowers contains a lot of pollen and nectar, which attracts a large number of bees.

Leaves with serrate edges, napiform, ovate, opposite. One specimen is able to give about several thousand seeds-nuts, which conserve germination capacity for more than 10 years. The seeds and flowers of the plant are poisonous, so they are not used for food purposes. But the fatty oil extracted from seeds is used in the manufacture of drying oil and shoe polish.

Where is the distributor of red wine?

The territory of distribution - the south of Siberia, the European part of Russia, the whole of Ukraine and Central Europe. To meet the plant for the most part can be near the roadsides, on the border of fields and vegetable gardens, on forest felling, peatlands, waste land and garbage places. An ordinary buccaneer feels comfortable in areas with a close location of groundwater.

The flowering of the icicle usually begins in the middle of summer (July-August) and lasts until the frosts. At the same time, its overground parts (stems, leaves and flowers) are collected. For a proper workpiece, a well-leafy stem with flowers must be cut off at the base. The drying of the plant is carried out by bundles with downward inflorescences in a well-ventilated place. The dried raw materials are stored in paper bags and retain their properties for 2 years.

Pickler in folk medicine

Pikulnik ordinary - a weed, in its essence, as sometimes it causes considerable trouble, clogging the fields of grain and thereby affecting the quality of the crop.

However, folk medicine appreciated this plant, which contains tannic and waxy substances, essential oil, resins, bitter saponins, and saponins.

Pikulnik ordinary, the use of which is quite in demand in the treatment of various diseases, is a valuable source of silicic acid, providing strength of the epithelial and connective tissues of the lungs and the active work of endocrine glands. Silicon compounds, which can enhance the protective functions of the body, remove harmful elements and maintain metabolic activity, are an important element in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis.

Pickle ordinary (photo) is characterized by anti-allergic, anti-inflammatory, expectorant properties that are successfully used in the treatment of colds, anemia, diseases of the spleen. Infusion of weed grass is treated with asthma, bronchitis, respiratory diseases. For the preparation of a medicinal product, 2 tbsp. Spoons of raw materials soak ½ liter of boiling water, boil for 5 minutes, cool, drain. Drink 4 times a day for 1/3 cup.

Inflammatory processes of the urinary tract and diseases of the excretory system are successfully treated with an alcoholic tincture of a piculist.

Also, such a modest herb in the form of broths and infusions can successfully fight with a stomach ulcer, colitis, chronic pancreatitis, liver disease. This is a highly effective remedy to help you recover from previous infectious diseases. The above-ground part of the grass is used as a blood cleanser in medical collections. Also, infusions from medicinal plants are used to strengthen the general immunity of the body.

Outer speculum is used for skin diseases: psoriasis, eczema, neurodermatitis, furunculosis in the form of phytoapplications, lotions and therapeutic baths.

Curative tea from the piculist

Tea from the pikulnik, having a diuretic effect, is able to bring relief in whooping cough. To make it, 2 teaspoons of dried collection should be poured with 250 grams of boiling water, insist for about 10 minutes, drain. Take 2-3 cups a day, sweetening the medicine with fragrant honey. Especially useful is a drink with a cough.

Contraindications

The use of ordinary pikulnika not recommended for pregnant women, nursing mothers and children, as well as with individual intolerance. When an overdose or prolonged use of infusions can be observed pain in the muscles due to the manifestation of toxic properties of sema and flowers.