Sporish, grass of the mountaineer bird, application in medicine

Probably, since childhood, many are familiar with a bird mountaineer or sporish, grass - growing in yards, along roads. Sporish, an annual herb, belongs to the family of mustard seeds. The height of the plant is small from 10 to 40 cm. The straight stem of the plant is rather stiff and branched. Growing in length, begins to spread along the ground. Leaflets are oval, small, with a short stalk. Pale pink flowers are located at the base of the leaves and are located at the same intervals along the entire length of the plant. Seeds are a three-edged nut, resemble buckwheat seeds. Sporysh is an herb that blossoms almost all summer and even in the warm autumn.
The plant grows everywhere, except in the regions of the extreme North. It grows along roads, on pastures, yards. It occurs as a weed in the meadows. In some areas it is called a "Konotop" because it grows on roadways. This is a good fodder grass for poultry. Since ancient times healing and useful properties of this plant are known. Nowadays, it is being harvested in large quantities as a preparation for phytotherapy.
Grass can be grown on its own. For this, mature bushes are pulled out, dried and threshed seeds. They need to be planted immediately in the prepared land, since they require long aging. Seeded seeds should not be sprinkled with earth.

Grass sporesh, application for medicine

Phytotherapy uses stems and leaves collected during flowering. Collection of raw materials is carried out throughout the summer, until the end of August. The stems are pulled out completely, and the roots are then cut with a sharp knife. Drying is carried out in rooms that are well ventilated by air or under an awning. For drying, raw materials are collected only by pharmacies, in ecologically safe areas, away from industrial enterprises and the roadway.

Sporish - grass, containing in its chemical composition avikulyarin, carotene, a large percentage of vitamin C, essential oils, wax, fats. Alcohol and water extracts from dry raw materials strengthen the tone of the muscles of the uterus, increase blood clotting, have an antihypertensive effect, increase diuresis. Not so long ago, a drug from grass sporisha, called "Avicolorin" was used. It was used in gynecology to stop uterine bleeding. Also, the plant is part of the medicines used to treat papillomas of the bladder and antacid gastritis. Due to the increased tone of the smooth muscles of the bile ducts, it is used as a choleretic agent for dyskinesia, stone cholecystitis. And also in the presence of kidney stones, because it promotes the dissolution of stones, normalizing mineral metabolism.

In the people infused on water sporish drink with diseases of the digestive system, rheumatic joint damage, headache. Grated fresh grass is put on the wounds for better tissue regeneration and pain relief. To strengthen the growth of hair with a decoction rinse the hair.

As a proven folk remedy, spores are used for diarrhea. When diseases of blood vessels, their fragility, increased permeability, take a decoction of grass.

How to drink sporish?

Inside use a hot infusion, prepared from two to three teaspoons of chopped herbs, filled with two glasses of hot water (daily dose).
Grass can be part of a variety of fees. For example, in combination with beet juice, infusion of spores, iron deficiency anemia is treated. In the people a mixture of herb spores, black radish and honey is used to treat pulmonary tuberculosis. And these properties of grass are known in many countries.
Contraindication for the reception of spores is the presence of acute inflammatory diseases of excretory system, chronic glomerulonephritis, complicated renal failure. It is contraindicated in pregnancy, as it can provoke miscarriage, increasing the tone of the uterine musculature.