Willow purple in medicine and gardening

Willow purple - this elegant bush, reaching a height of one to ten meters. Its branches are thin, flexible and smooth, have a bluish coating. They are covered with bark that has a reddish yellow, yellow or purple hue on the outside and lemon yellow on the inside. Their wood is white, not losing its hue. It is used as a vine for weaving exquisite baskets.

In nature, purple ooze often occurs on wet meadows, along the banks of ponds, rivers and ravines. It is easily propagated by cuttings, well tolerates severe frosts. Term of life is limited to thirty years. In the villages of it arrange hedges, planted to strengthen the banks on the ponds. Willow purple globular is used for decorative purposes for landscaping plots. Because of the bitterness of the leaves, the plant is not eaten by livestock.

Willow purple blooms in the spring one of the first. Her inflorescences - earrings - are very beautiful, therefore, freshly cut, they are used in bouquets. According to the Orthodox tradition, a great festival is dedicated a week before Easter. On this Sunday, its branches are consecrated in the temples, and then stored as a guard in the homes of believers. In the sun and in the shade, in solitary plantings and in groups, it develops beautifully and creates wonderful compositions in areas with excessive moistening and purple willow ponds. The photo attached to this article conveys the tenderness and grace of this grateful plant.

As a medicinal raw material it is used not only in folk medicine, but also in homeopathy and pharmacology. For example, homeopaths offer prescriptions for treating dizziness, loose stool, hip pain, fever and swelling of the parotid glands with the help of leaves and inflorescences of this plant. Scientific medicine believes that the remarkable chemical composition of the bark of this plant makes it possible to use it for the production of anti-inflammatory drugs for the treatment of joint pain. In the male inflorescences, biochemical studies have discovered phenolic glucosides such as salicin and salicortin. In one hundred grams of dry raw materials contains up to 0.25% of estrogen - the female sex hormone.

Surprisingly, folk healers have long used purple willow earrings as a medicinal raw material for suppressing increased sexual excitability in men. With their help you can alleviate the condition of erotomaniacs, calm the suffering from insomnia on the ground of erotic stimulation. It is recommended to take this medicine with pollutants.

Preparing raw materials is necessary only in early spring during the flowering of willow purple. The collected material should be spread on canvas or clean paper in a thin layer in a ventilated room and dry well, occasionally mixing.

To prepare the medicine you need to take one tablespoon dried inflorescences, pour them with boiling water in a volume of 0.6 liters and cover the vessel with a lid, wait from thirty minutes to an hour. Then strain the liquid fraction through two layers of gauze. A ready-made drug is given to the patient one glass three times a day. Take in warm form for fifteen minutes before eating.