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 In the old dock was a favorite plant for the preparation of green cabbage soup and pies. Some scholars are inclined to believe that the word "soup" comes from the word "dock".
It is usually collected in the meadows of the children, girls, young women and old old woman.
But sorrel ready not only delicious, they have been treated and used in cosmetics.
In Russia, sorrel called "sorrel horse" or "konevik" because his pleasure ate grazing on flood plains horses. The scientific name of sorrel translates from Latin as - dart. And given the shape of the leaves of a plant similar to an arrowhead.
Sorrel -
Rumex konfertus Willd
- A perennial herb of the family Polygonaceae. In sorrel root with thick branches. In the first year there is only a rosette of leaves. In the second year grows straight, rather thick, ribbed top, branching stem, reddish below. At the height of the stem can reach 60-100 cm.
Large leaves are on long stalks and have a sour taste. Shacks reddish-green or yellow-green flowers clustered in a narrow panicle inflorescence. Flowering sorrel in May and June. The fruits - small nuts with a three-edged wings. They ripen in late June - July.
 Sorrel grows almost the entire territory of Russia in the meadows, forest glades, near the ditches. Cultivars sorrel with large, succulent leaves are grown in gardens and suburban areas.
Homeland sorrel called Western Europe. In the food and for medicinal purposes sorrel consumed even in ancient times. About sorrel mentions Virgil about this plant is written in "Natural History" Pliny the Elder. Ancient doctors used it as a laxative and anthelmintic. Maya sorrel treat gastrointestinal disorders, burns and bruises. Medieval Arabic healer Mohamed Hussein sorrel applied for the treatment of jaundice. Ancient physicians used the wild sorrel, but in the XII century, according to written sources, there was a cultural and sorrel.
For medicinal purposes
sorrel leaves harvested before flowering.
- Sorrel comprises: vitamins - A, B1, B2, E, G, K, PP, malic, citric, oxalic organic acids, proteins, sugars, flavonoids, tannins, trace elements - magnesium, manganese, copper, calcium, potassium, iron phosphorus, sulfur, titanium, nickel, boron, fluorine, strontium and silicon ...
- Preparations of sorrel have antiseptic, diuretic and choleretic properties.
- Decoction of the roots of sorrel modern folk medicine treats diarrhea and dysentery.
- It is used as allergies, rheumatism, bleeding, kidney disease, to improve metabolism.
- 1 tbsp. spoon roots pour 1 cup boiling water and boil for 20 minutes. Infuse for 3-4 hours. Strain. Take 1 tbsp. spoon 3 times a day before meals.
- Young leaves are eaten by arthritis, sorrel juice taken at a reduced gastric acid secretion, cholecystitis and liver diseases.
- Sorrel improves digestion and reduces the processes of decay and fermentation.
- Fresh leaves are applied to purulent wounds.
- When hypertension do
alcohol tincture of the roots
1 Art. spoon crushed roots of sorrel pour 4 tablespoons of vodka. Take ½ teaspoon 3 times a day.
Sorrel can not be used inside the pregnant women, those who are prone to stone formation, suffering from gastritis with high acidity, gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcers, osteoporosis and people with violation of salt metabolism.
Instead,
sorrel can be used topically to all
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To cleanse the skin with pimples and rashes
1 tbsp. spoon of dried crushed roots mixed with 2 tbsp. tablespoons heavy cream, grind well and apply with a brush or a hand on the skin for 10 minutes, remove the swab moistened with warm tea leaves of green tea, wash with water at room temperature.
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When pigmented spots and freckles
1 teaspoon crushed dried roots to the coffee grinder to mix with olive oil so as to obtain a paste, put on freckles on 10 minutes. Rinse with warm water, wash cold.
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For skin rejuvenation
1-2 leaves of sorrel chop, add 1-2st. spoons of yogurt and 2-4 drops of olive oil, put on your skin. Wash off with parsley broth or warm water. Wash cool.
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In order to improve the growth of hair and to impart pomp
Boil 1 dessert spoon of crushed roots of sorrel 1 liter of boiling water, leave for half an hour, drain, rinse hair after washing and allow to dry naturally.
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