Bogorodskaya grass
 In the summer, even in the park in a big city or on the outskirts, you can find interesting plant - Bogorodskaya grass. In people, it is called a wolf peas and sweet grass. And during the blooming flowers are evident plants resembling huddled in a dense flock of yellow butterflies.

The scientific name Bogorodskaya grass - astragalus. Bogorodskaya grass - Astragalus dasyanthus Pall   - Herbaceous perennial plant of the legume family.

Stems from Bogorodsk grass can be either lying or ascending - raised above the ground on 35-40sm. The length of the stem 60 to 120cm. Leaves compound, pinnate, usually consist of several pairs of leaflets, can be from 10 to 15 pairs. All the leaves are densely covered with reddish hairs. Yellow flowers papilionaceous with woolly bracts, are collected in the thick egg-shaped inflorescence. Flowering Bogorodskaya grass in July - August. Fruits - beans, egg-shaped, sticking up.

Bogorodskaya grass grows throughout the European part of Russia. A lot of it in Ukraine. It grows mostly on the slopes of meadows, in the steppe and forest-steppe areas.

 Bogorodskaya grass
 Bogorodskaya grass - a valuable medicinal plant . And use it for cosmetic purposes. Harvest grass during the mass flowering, cutting with a knife at 5-6 cm from the soil.

The herb contains: vitamin C, sugars, starch, polysaccharides, tannins, organic acids, coloring agents, gums, nitrogenous compounds, micro and macro elements: magnesium, sodium, manganese, calcium, iron, aluminum, phosphorous, barium, silicon, strontium molybdenum, vanadium ...

Traditional medicine uses drugs Bogorodskaya herbs for colds, coughs, bronchitis, pneumonia, influenza, acute viral and infectious diseases, allergies, asthma, scrofula, female diseases, venereal, gastritis, kidney disease, nephritis, rheumatism, gout, dermatitis, cancer, Alzheimer's disease, sciatica, poor circulation, heart failure, hypertension, angina pectoris, atherosclerosis. A decoction of the Bogorodsk grass drink with chronic fatigue and to lift immunity.

- To reduce pressure and insomnia
Infusion: 2 tablespoons. tablespoons chopped dry grass pour 1 cup of hot (but not boiling) of boiled water and heated in a water bath for 15 minutes, cool, strain, take ¼ cup 4 times a day before meals.

Masks of the Bogorodsk grass   a very beneficial effect on the skin, they increase cell renewal, make the skin soft and radiant.

- Broth for any skin
1 tbsp. a spoonful of chopped dry grass to fill in 1 cup boiling water, leave for half an hour, drain. Wash in the morning and evening.

- Rejuvenating mask
Chop fresh herbs, add the olive oil so as to obtain a paste. If the skin is prone to freckles - Add 4 drops of lemon juice. Apply on face for 15 minutes and lie quietly with eyes closed in darkened room. In his eyes this time well put cotton swabs soaked in the tea leaves of green tea. Wash first with warm water, then cool.

- The mask of nourishing herbs Bogorodskaya
Grind the grass, take 2 tbsp. spoon, add 1st. a spoonful of sour cream and 1 teaspoon of honey. All carefully grind until smooth, apply on face for 15 minutes. Wash off with parsley broth or warm water, wash with cool.

- The broth strengthens hair
3 tbsp. spoons of dry grass to brew 1 liter of boiling water, leave for 40 minutes, drain, rinse hair after washing. Disappear dandruff, hair will grow faster. And acquire softness, silkiness, exciting aroma.

Magee recommended to pour Bogorodskaya grass whispers in your pocket or amulet to those who really want to get married. And married ladies recommend storing a bundle of gauze Bogorodskaya grass among the things her husband for his loyalty. My husband can say that it is a moth.
Author: Natalia Alexeeva