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 So in the old days was called nard. And our ancestors, the ancient Slavs, were confident that this plant can cure the nine most serious diseases. Hence, the Russian name of the plant.
Vernacular inula: sunflower wild divosil, yellow pugovalnik, doubts, Oman meadow, rough grass, grass animal, bear grass. The Latin name of the plant
Inula
It comes from the word
«Helios»
- The sun.
Ancient Greek myths say that nard grew out of the tears that spilled Elena the Fair, daughter of Zeus and Leda, which kidnapped the son of the Trojan king Paris that subsequently led to the Trojan War.
Elecampane -
Inula L.
- A perennial herbaceous plant of the Asteraceae family. In inula thickened, fleshy, ramified rhizome. Stem erect, furrowed, branched at the top, covered with fibers and reaches a height of 1, 5 - 2, 5 meters. Basal leaves are large, long, with long petioles, are in the shape of ellipsis, stem leaves resemble hearts and adhere to the stem. All leaves from the lower side are covered with hairs.
Golden-yellow or orange flowers are collected into large single inflorescence-baskets to 5-7cm in diameter. Nard Flowering from June to September. The fruit - achene with a tuft tetrahedral.
 Homeland inula often called Greece. In the wild it grows almost the entire territory of the Russian forest meadows, among shrubs, especially coastal, on pastures near the fences and hedges.
This plant is cultivated in many countries, we have it is often grown on dachas for medicinal and cosmetic purposes. Use the leaves of young plants, but most of the roots of elecampane the age of three, who dug in the fall and less in spring, washed, cut into slices and dried in the open air.
Rhizoma elecampane contains vitamins E, K, minerals - manganese, magnesium, potassium, calcium, iron, as well as polysaccharides, mucus, pigments, essential oil devyasilovoy camphor - elenin, saponins, bitterness, a lot of inulin, resins, gums , mucus.
As a medicinal plant nard used since ancient times, it was mentioned by Pliny the Elder writes in his writings of Hippocrates. In ancient Greece and Rome BC nard grown not only as a drug, but also as a food plant. In medieval Europe nard was used as an antidote.
Modern folk medicine uses nard, as a remedy for coughs, whooping cough, asthma, gastrointestinal diseases, gastric and duodenal ulcers, diarrhea, flatulence, urinary retention, jaundice, worms, hemorrhoids, nervous disorders, goiter, Alzheimer's disease, oncology, pulmonary tuberculosis, diabetes, gallbladder disease, liver, bladder and kidneys.
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Tea made from the rhizome Elecampane
1 teaspoon minced raw pour 1 cup boiling water, leave for 15 minutes, drain, take warm tea with 1 teaspoon honey ½ cup 2-4 times a day. Tea made from elecampane stimulates brain and muscle activity.
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Baths of decoction of elecampane
effective means to get rid of nail fungus. 2, 5, Art. tablespoons chopped rhizomes elecampane pour 2 cups boiling water, bring to a boil, reduce the heat and boil for 15 minutes on low heat, strain and pour into a bowl, let cool slightly lower legs in the broth, to keep, until completely cool.
- Fresh leaves applied to chiryam inula for rapid maturation, to wounds to their early healing.
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The broth to cleanse the skin
½ teaspoon crushed roots elecampane pour 1 cup boiling water, leave for 15 minutes, drain. Moisten with broth in cheesecloth and apply on face. After 10 minutes, wash with water at room temperature.
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For coarsened hands after gardening or
1 tbsp. spoon crushed roots brew 1 cup of boiling water. Insist 20 minutes. Strain the liquid into the lower arm. Or 2 pieces of wet towels, a good soak liquid and apply on your hands. After 15 minutes, rinse with water at room temperature and oil cream.
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For oily hair rinse, and get rid of dandruff
1 tbsp. spoon crushed roots pour 2 cups boiling water, leave for 20-30 minutes, drain. When dandruff liquid to moisten the hair and rub into the scalp, leave for half an hour, rinse hair with warm water. If dandruff is not present, to 2 cups of broth add 2 cups of warm water and rinse your hair after shampooing.
In the old sorcerers used nard for omens. It is believed that if the object of passion add to the food for breakfast three days in a row powder of flowers elecampane, he will love you forever.
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