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 Or meadowsweet ...
Meadowsweet plant is called in Russia, because it is often grown near the outbuildings - sheds for, barns, baths.
The scientific name comes from the Latin words - "filium" - thread, and "Pender" - to hang, because the tubers meadowsweet like hanging on strings.
Vernacular: marsh elder, ogureshnik, Elm grass medunchik, honey cake, porridge river, dog grass, wet raspberry bushes ...
Of the currently known to science species meadowsweet, almost ten of them grow on the territory of Russia. The most frequent is meadowsweet.
Meadowsweet -
Filipendula ulmaria
- A perennial herb of the family Rosaceae. The plant has a creeping rhizome. Straight ribbed stem up to 50 - 200 cm. Cirrus, smooth top and bottom white felt pubescent leaves smell of fresh cucumber.
Small white or pale cream flowers are collected in inflorescence panicle. They can be simple or double, and a very sweet smell.
 Meadowsweet beautiful honey plant, its flowers are filled with nectar and is constantly circling above them bees and other insects. Flowering spirea long time from late May to August.
The fruits ripen in October and November, are mnogolistovki of 6-8-10 undisclosed spiral wound seeded flyers.
In the wild meadowsweet, just fragrant foam, spreads on forest edges, cover the wet slopes of ravines, growing along the banks of rivers and streams, among shrubs and swamps. Meadowsweet cultivated cultivating beauty in gardens, parks, squares, arranged in groups or alone near the water under the trees. Seeds meadowsweet often not mature, and the plant is propagated by dividing the roots in spring.
But meadowsweet is not only an ornamental plant, it is grown for use in medicinal and cosmetic purposes. To do this, during the flowering collect flowers of meadowsweet, and spread in a thin layer on paper or cloth, dry in the shade. Less commonly used herb meadowsweet or roots that are dug in autumn.
Meadowsweet for health and beauty
- Flowers and grass meadowsweet contain vitamins A, C, rutin, fatty acids, tannins, coumarin, heparin, sterols, phenol carbonic acids, alkaloids, anthocyanins, essential oil ...
- Preparations of meadowsweet have anti-inflammatory, antiviral, antibacterial, diuretic, styptic, astringent and antioxidant properties.
- Infusions of meadowsweet improve blood circulation and supply the brain with oxygen and glucose, prevent the formation of blood clots.
- Traditional medicine uses meadowsweet in traumatic brain injuries in the recovery period after a stroke, cancer, gout, rheumatism, edema, tachycardia, kidney disease, bladder and liver, in old age with a decrease in intellectual abilities and memory.
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Infusion
1 tbsp. a spoonful of chopped meadowsweet flowers pour 1 cup boiling water, leave for half an hour, strain, take 2st. spoon 3 times a day for 20 minutes before eating.
- Alcohol tincture of meadowsweet is used for healing wounds and ulcers.
- When using neuroses decoction of the roots meadowsweet
½ st. spoons of crushed root pour 1 cup boiling water, bring to a boil and boil for half an hour on low heat, cool, strain, take ¼ cup 3-4 times a day for half an hour before meals.
- From the flowers of meadowsweet brewed tea, which they drink in the morning to improve the complexion.
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To get rid of acne and rashes
1 tbsp. spoon meadowsweet flowers brew 1 cup of boiled water, 1 hour, drain, add 1 tbsp. a spoonful of alcohol and wipe the face, morning and evening.
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To make the skin smooth and healthy look
2 tbsp. spoon broth mixed with 1 teaspoon honey and 1 teaspoon of carrot juice. Apply on the face with a brush in several layers. Rinse with water at room temperature.
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To narrow pores and give the skin a matte color
To 4 tbsp. spoons of broth add as many crushed on a coffee grinder oat flakes, to get the creamy mass, add 1 teaspoon of lemon juice and apply on face for 15 minutes. Rinse with water at room temperature. Mask to do at night.
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To strengthen the hair growth
, Giving them the pomp and honey flavor
1 tbsp. spoon of dried flowers of meadowsweet pour 2 cups hot water, bring to a boil and quiet fire for half an hour, 30-40 minutes, drain, rinse hair after each wash for a month.
Dried flowers in the old days put in closets and chests of drawers with linen and clothing. The scent of meadowsweet repels moles, and almost all other insects. A dress gives a subtle flavor that the assurances of the magicians, attract the opposite sex.
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