Deaf nettle is found almost everywhere; she can be found in the forest, in the city, on household plots... This plant is incredibly useful as it is capable of exhibiting many medicinal properties. Why is she called "deaf"? Unlike common nettle, deaf does not "burn", which allows you to collect it without gloves.
Deaf nettle is quite actively used in folk medicine
White lamb, popularly deaf nettle, is a herbaceous plant belonging to the labiate family. It has a creeping rhizome and a hollow, non-branched stem, the height of which can reach 60 cm. Leaves on petioles, opposite, heart-shaped or ovoid, are arranged crosswise on the stems, forming nodes. The flowers are white or yellowish, located in green five-toothed cups. At the end of the flowering period, a fruit is formed, breaking up into four dark nuts.
Looking at the photo, you can see the obvious similarities between common and deaf nettles.
Clapweed grows in the immediate vicinity of water bodies and in forests, where it can be found among shrubs
Beneficial features
Deaf nettle has a long list of medicinal properties that are used for a wide variety of diseases:
- expectorant;
- astringent;
- diuretic;
- hemostatic;
- anti-inflammatory;
- antiallergic;
- blood-purifying.
Lamb in traditional medicine
This plant is used for colds as well as for the treatment of tonsillitis. The expectorant properties of clarum are used to remove phlegm from the bronchi, which becomes relevant in diseases of the respiratory system.
Deaf nettle is quite effective in treating various skin conditions; it helps to heal wounds, relieves inflammation and promotes the speedy regeneration of the skin.
White lamb is good for the normalization of the nervous system. As a natural antidepressant, it helps to drive away insomnia, overcome stress, neuroses and relieve irritability. Decoctions and infusions of this plant eliminate headaches and relieve fatigue.
Dull nettle infusion is a natural sedative
In medicine, white lamb is used in such cases:
- diseases of the urinary system;
- painful periods;
- bronchitis;
- tracheitis;
- bronchial asthma;
- pneumonia;
- spleen diseases;
- diseases of the gastrointestinal tract;
- stroke;
- anemia;
- nervous diseases;
- allergies;
- bleeding - uterine, pulmonary, nasal, hemorrhoidal, intestinal;
- liver disease;
- jaundice;
- malaria;
- insomnia;
- diarrhea;
- dysentery;
- anemia;
- rash on the body;
- eczema;
- hives;
- furunculosis.
On a note! With such a long list of indications, deaf nettle is a harmless plant, which makes its use acceptable for diathesis in children.
Making baths based on the plant can significantly improve the well-being of patients suffering from hemorrhoids, and the external use of compresses and decoctions has a positive effect on the condition of the skin - wounds are healed and the consequences of burns are eliminated.
Lamb helps relieve chest and neck pain. A decoction of the plant is highly effective for nephritis, cystitis and urethritis. The infusion of flowers is considered an excellent blood-purifying agent.
Fresh juice of dead nettle is indicated for use in case of inflammation of the kidneys.
Important! If we take into account the contraindications and do not violate the indicated daily dose, then the use of the aboveground part of the plant will be absolutely safe. But remember that the rhizome of deaf nettle is used to a limited extent - only in the form of alcohol tincture to relieve toothache and headache, as well as insomnia!
Deaf nettle preparations
On the basis of the lamina, you can prepare a decoction, alcohol tincture, water infusion and vitamin tea. For medicinal purposes, it is recommended to use the leaves and inflorescences of the plant. They are dried together with the tops, as they are especially rich in nutrients.
As you know, dead nettle flowers contain a large amount of nectar, so it is preferable to dry them not in direct sunlight, but under awnings or in shaded rooms with good ventilation. The collected parts of the plant are cut and laid out on paper or cloth, periodically turning over. It is recommended to store the dried raw materials in tightly closed containers, since the intense aroma of the lamb will attract insects, and the prepared medicinal material will be spoiled.
Decoction
- Place a tablespoon of dry raw materials in a saucepan.
- Pour in a glass of water and bring the mixture to a boil.
- Leave on for 15 minutes.
- Cool, filter.
Take a ready-made broth, 100 ml three times a day.
Alcohol tincture
- Place 10 g of dried inflorescences in a glass container.
- Pour in 300 ml of 40% alcohol or vodka.
- Insist for a week at room temperature.
- Filter.
Take the tincture three times a day, 30 drops.
Water infusion
- Place a tablespoon of chopped dry herb in a thermos.
- Pour in 150 ml of boiling water.
- Close tightly and leave for 20 minutes.
- Filter.
The resulting infusion is used for baths. The procedure is carried out daily for a week. The recommended bath time is about 20 minutes.
Vitamin tea
- Mix dry yarrow and yarrow inflorescences.
- Pour 2 teaspoons of the dry mixture with a glass of boiling water.
- Boil for 7 minutes, remove from heat.
- Filter and drink a glass three times a day.
Caution - contraindications!
Deaf nettle does not contain any toxic substances, therefore it is believed that an overdose of its drugs cannot have any consequences. But, at the same time, long-term use of funds based on this plant is not allowed when:
- hypotension;
- increased blood clotting;
- atonic constipation.
White lamb(Lamium album), aka deaf nettle, is a perennial herb. The plant belongs to the labiate family.
Description
This medicinal plant reaches a height of one and a half meters. His rhizome is creeping. By the shape of the leaves and outward appearance lamb resembles stinging nettle, but it does not have a stinging nettle. Most likely, that is why it was called deaf nettle.
The plant has a tetrahedral hollow stem, it does not branch out and has pubescence with white hairs, as well as the leaves.
The leaves are arranged opposite, has a cordate-lanceolate leaf blade.
The flowers have a white or yellowish corolla. They are located in the axils of the leaves, close to the top. The fruit consists of four nuts, which are close to triangular in shape. Warty outgrowths are present on their surface.
Deaf nettles bloom from May to September, and the seeds ripen from August to October.
Growing places
White lamb is widespread quite widely. It grows in deciduous forests and parks. It can be seen in vacant lots, in unkempt gardens, near fences and along roads.
Chemical composition
The chemical composition of the plant is quite varied. The leaves and flowers contain a large amount of tannins. They also contain saponins, alkaloids, essential oils and flavonoids. The plant contains gallic, ascorbic and chlorogenic, p-coumaric, caffeic and ferulic acids. Present in the chemical composition of histamine, choline, tyramine and various trace elements.
The healing properties of the lamb
Preparations based on white lamb have a number of medicinal properties. This plant has anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic and hemostatic properties. It has an expectorant effect, tones up, creates a diuretic effect, and has a positive effect on the skin in case of allergic dermatoses.
Areas of use
Practically all parts of the plant are used for medicinal purposes.
Alcohol tincture from rhizomes is used for toothache, as well as insomnia.
A decoction of the aerial part is used internally for headaches, heart and nervous diseases.
The juice from the aerial part has a calming effect and is used for insomnia, hysteria and nervous excitement.
Externally and internally, the juice is used for skin problems: furunculosis, eczema, diathesis, rash.
Juice compresses help heal burns and wounds.
Decoctions and infusions of flowers are taken internally as hemostatic agents, including for internal bleeding. They are also used as a diuretic.
Collection and procurement
Flowers of white lamb are collected only in full bloom. The corollas are plucked together with the stamens. Dried in a ventilated room at a temperature of twenty-five degrees. The raw materials are laid out in a thin layer.
The leaves of the plant are also harvested during flowering. Dried as described above.
Rhizomes are dug up in the fall, when the growing season is already over. It is better to dry them using an oven or other appliances. Finished raw materials should not bend, but break easily.
Contraindications
There are no poisonous substances in the plant. An overdose while taking it is not dangerous. But it should be remembered that for a long time, it is not advisable to take drugs from lamina for people with increased blood clotting, hypotension and some other problems.
Recipes
The infusion of flowers is prepared from one or two spoons of raw materials. They are poured with two glasses of boiling water, insisted for two hours and filtered. Take half a glass four times a day.
Lamb juice is prepared from fresh grass or flowers. Raw materials are crushed and juice is squeezed out of it with the help of a cloth. Take three times a day, two tablespoons with a spoonful of honey.
In folk medicine, decoctions and infusions were made from deaf nettle. The juice of the lamb has healing properties (especially with nosebleeds!). If a child's nose bleeds, do not panic, but drip a few drops of deaf nettle juice into each nostril.
The main medicinal properties of cleaver are: diuretic, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, expectorant and hemostatic. Deaf white nettle (cleaver) does not sting, because it does not contain formic acid. It is used in folk medicine as a hemostatic agent, as well as an astringent and expectorant. Lamb (LAMIUM ALBUM) has another healing property - it regulates the body's metabolism.
The use of lucidum in traditional medicine
Decoctions and infusions are made from deaf nettle. The juice of a lamb has medicinal properties. If a child starts to bleed from the nose, do not panic, but drip a few drops of deaf nettle juice into each nostril. Lamb's juice is also used for uterine bleeding and hemorrhoids.
The leaves of the plant are crushed and applied topically to treat tumors as well as scrofula.
Women can drink an infusion of deaf nettle with uterine bleeding. Girls used to regulate menstruation. Voiceless nettle is used as a uterine tonic to stop intermenstrual bleeding and reduce excessive menstrual flow. This is a traditional treatment for abnormal vaginal discharge and is sometimes used to relieve painful periods. The astringent properties of this herb help in the treatment of diarrhea and are also applied topically to relieve varicose veins veins and hemorrhoids.
Infusion of white dull nettle
- 1 tbsp pour 200 g of boiling water over the flowering tops for 30 minutes. Drink 2 tablespoons. 4 times a day.
- 15 g of the plant for 1 cup of boiling water. Apply 1 glass 3 times a day for nephritis and cystitis, urticaria.
Pulmonary and hemorrhoidal hemorrhages were treated with infusions of yasnotka.
In ancient times, cough and sore throat were treated with deaf nettle remedies.
The healing properties of cleaver for nephritis and cystitis
Anti-inflammatory and antibacterial medicinal properties of deaf nettle determine the use of this plant for the treatment of genitourinary diseases (urethritis, cystitis, glomerulonephritis, pyelonephritis).
Herbalists in France use lucidum to cleanse the kidneys, as well as to treat hematuria (the presence of red blood cells in the urine).
If a child has enuresis, then it can be cured with the help of such a remedy:
- 1 tsp Pour 200 ml of boiling water over chopped grasses for 20 minutes. Give the child 0.25 glasses 4 times a day. In case of exacerbation of the disease - 1-2 tbsp. every 2 hours (8-10 times a day). A few days of treatment - and urination is normalized, deaf nettle eliminates the inflammatory process.
Lamb tea
Many people drink tea from lucifer because it soothes nervous system... This tea is best drunk before bed.
How to make deaf nettle tea? 1 tsp Pour 200 ml of boiling water with chopped deaf nettle for 10-15 minutes, drink before bedtime. Lamb also cures insomnia.
For children, allergic rashes and diathesis were treated with nettles: they smeared the skin with grass juice or made such a remedy:
- 1 tbsp Pour 200 ml of boiling water on white nettle herbs for 30 minutes, lubricate the affected skin. You can even make a medicinal bath from the flowers of the plant.
This infusion helps not only children, but also adults with skin inflammation. When applied externally, the skin itch and pain disappear, since the inflammatory process disappears. This remedy is used to treat eczema, wounds and burns.
Dull nettle oil
The flowering tops of the plant insist on oil (use a water bath or insist under the sun for 2 weeks). The resulting oil is applied to non-healing ulcers.
Internal use of the plant is safe for most people. But women during pregnancy should not use this plant.
Many perceive the lamb as a weed and destroy it mercilessly. But the plant has long been famous for its beneficial properties. Having planted it on the site, you can stock up on medicinal raw materials for a whole year.
Where does it grow and what does the white beetle look like?
A perennial flower grows almost everywhere: in abandoned gardens and orchards, in forests and on forest edges, glades and meadows. It is often found near the shores of lakes and streams. Unpretentious adapts to any conditions. It grows in almost all regions of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.
In the first year, the height of the white lamb is not very high, it is about 25-30 cm in length. V good conditions can reach up to one and a half meters. The stem is straight and hollow inside, has no branches. The leaves are cordate-lanceolate, like the stem, covered with short white hairs. Because of them, the nettle looks like a nettle, therefore its popular name is white, deaf or cuckoo nettle, since it does not burn. The flowers are light or with a slight yellow tint, bloom from mid-spring to late autumn.The smell is pleasant, honey. The nut-shaped fruit ripens 2 months after the beginning of flowering.
The medicinal properties and contraindications of the white cleaver Indications for use
Surprisingly, this "weed" herb has many beneficial properties:
- calming;
- pain relievers;
- diuretics;
- choleretic;
- vitamin;
- anti-inflammatory;
- tonic;
- expectorant;
- astringent;
- expectorant.
How and when to collect white clearnet (video)
- With inflammatory processes of the genitourinary system.
- With metabolic disorders.
- With depression.
- With vitamin deficiency.
- With bleeding.
- When coughing and ARVI.
- For pain.
- With disorders of the nervous system.
Contraindications
- White lamb causes contractions in the uterus, so pregnant women should not use the plant.
- With increased blood clotting, use is not recommended.
- The plant is prohibited for people who have individual intolerance or high blood pressure.
- For constipation.
The use of white cinquefoil in folk medicine
This plant is widely used in folk medicine. Tea, tinctures, medicinal decoctions and compresses are prepared from it. It can be used alone or mixed with other herbs and flowers.
- 1 tbsp. l. Pour the crushed raw materials with boiling water. One glass is enough. The mixture should be infused for 60 minutes, after which it should be filtered. The medicine should be drunk half a glass half an hour before meals 4 times a day. The broth is useful for anemia, anemia, cystitis, bronchitis, asthma, liver diseases.
- 1 tbsp. l. cook dried and chopped raw materials in 1 glass of water for 10 minutes. The fire should be minimal. Let the brew brew overnight, then strain. Take half a glass three times a day. The remedy will help with neuroses, hysteria, sleep problems, relieve headaches.
- For allergies or eczema, skin rashes, urticaria, a decoction of the yogurt will also be useful. The proportions are the same as in the first two recipes. Pour boiling water over the grass, wrap the container and leave for 30 minutes. Consume warm 5 times a day.
- Protome 5 tsp. raw materials using a water bath in 2 glasses of water. Let the mixture sit for 45 minutes. and cleanse the grass. Drink half a glass 4 times a day. Use for diseases of the urinary system, will help to normalize the menstrual cycle.
- Decoction from white lamb can cure diathesis in children. 2 tbsp. l. should be insisted in half a liter of boiling water for an hour and a half. Babies under 2 years old should be given 1 tsp. 3 times a day, children from 2 to 5 years old 1 tbsp. l., and children older than a quarter of a glass.
- Delicious and healthy tea is able to eliminate headaches, calm the nervous system and relieve insomnia. In 250 ml. boiling water must be poured 1 tsp. colors. After 5 min. the drink is ready. Drink 1 cup 3 times a day.
- Lamb treats many diseases of the reproductive system in women. Infusion douches warm 2 times a day. It's easy to prepare: 500 ml. boil water for 3 minutes. from 30 gr. plants. Cool and drain.
- Experts advise taking baths with hemorrhoids or skin problems. 6 tbsp. l. raw materials need to be insisted in a thermos with 1 liter of boiling water for 2 hours. Pour the mixture into the bath, take 15-20 minutes.
- Decoction from the previous recipe can be used as compresses for burns, skin diseases, furunculosis and bleeding.
Useful properties of cleaver (video)
Preparation of medicinal raw materials
In medicine, only the flowers of the plant are used, since they contain the most vitamins and minerals. They have all the useful properties. You can collect them during the flowering period, but preferably until July-August.
Pick flowers together with the top leaves. You can not be careful, as the lamb will bloom again in a month. Make sure that the raw materials are not affected by insects.
Sprinkle it in a thin layer (4-5 cm) on paper. The room must be well ventilated and kept out of direct sunlight. In two weeks, the raw materials will be ready.
Store it in a tightly sealed container. The shelf life of flowers is 2-3 years.
Characteristics of other types of lamb
- Purple lamb. This annual flower, which is popularly called red nettle. A low stem (up to 25 cm) forks at the base. Leaves are wide, oval, with denticles along the edges. Beautiful flowers Pink colour with different shades. Blooms from May to September. It is used in traditional medicine.
- Bearded lamb. A rare perennial plant found in Asia and the Far East. Habitat - deciduous and cedar forests. Quite high stem (up to 1 meter) is not branched and pubescent. The shape of the leaves is elongated, curved or ovoid. The flowers are large, up to 2 cm long, light pink in color. Blooms from June to August.
- Yellow lamb- common in the central part of Russia. Covered with soft bristles. Leaves are ovate with a pointed tip, the color is marbled. The flower is creeping in shape, can rise. Yellow inflorescences are collected in buds of six pieces.
- Spotted lamb- found in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Asia Minor. Perennial species. Hollow leaves spread along the ground, grow up to 70 cm. Covered with soft pile of small hairs. Leaves are elliptical, with small teeth along the edge with a light stripe. The flowers are large, up to 3 cm long. The color is very different, from purple to white-pink. Blooms from May to October. Spotted ash honey turns out to be very tasty and fragrant.
Terms and technology of planting
- For this flower, it is better to choose a spacious area that is in the shade, but the place should not be under the trees. It is desirable that they grow at least three meters from the cleaver.
- A soil of moderate or weak acidity is suitable.
- For planting, it is best to use the separated part of the cleaver.
- It is necessary to plant in April and May. Part will take root in a few days, and bloom after two months.
Care for the clear
- It is not advised to feed the flower so that its growth does not become excessive.
- This species is frost-resistant.
- Prune the grown shoots regularly. This will prolong the flowering period and protect the area from overgrowth.
- Lamb is moisture-loving, it is desirable that the soil is slightly moist. But you should not get carried away with watering, otherwise the roots will rot.
- The plant should be transplanted every five years.
White lamb in folk medicine (video)
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Hello! Lamb is a very common plant with white, yellow, pink or crimson flowers, there are only about 40-50 species, it grows throughout Europe, non-tropical Asia, North Africa, Canada. The most widespread white tea has medicinal properties and contraindications of which we will consider today.
Description of medicinal properties
White lamb or nettle deaf is used in folk medicine for bronchitis, bronchial asthma, diseases of the respiratory system as an expectorant, for diseases of the stomach and intestines, dysentery as a fixing and anti-inflammatory, it is often used for internal bleeding as a hemostatic agent, used for anemia, for the treatment of skin diseases, as a sedative for insomnia, nervous conditions.
Description of the plant, photo White lamb Lamium album L. is a perennial herb of the Labiatae family with a horizontal creeping rhizome and tetrahedral straight, slightly pubescent stems 20-60 cm high.
Leaves dull nettles, sharp-serrate, cordate with petioles, up to 3-11 cm long, 2-8 cm wide, located opposite, covered with sparse hairs, soft to the touch. Outwardly, they look like the leaves of stinging nettle or stinging, but they are not stinging, the nettle is deaf photo:
Flowers arranged in 6-10 flowers in whorls in the axils of the upper leaves. Small flowers are two-lipped with a white or yellow-white corolla. The calyx of the flower is campanulate with five teeth. The upper lip of the corolla is in the form of a helmet, the lower lip is cordate, three-lobed.
The flower has 4 stamens with black-violet anthers and one pistil. At the bottom of the calyx, a large amount of nectar is collected, the plant is melliferous, bees, bumblebees, butterflies pollinate it. One flower per day gives up to 2.5 mg of light sugary nectar and a large amount of pollen. Honey contains useful substances that are part of the plant.
Fruit up to 3 mm long, consist of 4 dark gray nuts.
White lamb blooms in April - August, fruits ripen in June - September.
It is found almost throughout the country, grows in deciduous forests, on forest edges, among shrubs, along roads, along river banks, near dwellings. Propagated by seeds and vegetatively by rhizomes, forming thickets.
Healing properties are possessed by flowers, leaves of white lamb, the entire aerial part of the plant, the time of collection is April - August, until September.
Compound. Flowers contain essential oil, a lot of mucus, saponins, glycosides, flavonoids, tannins, vitamin C, carotene, amino acids, histamine and choline, traces of alkaloids.
Grass and flowers are harvested by cutting off the entire plant. They especially try to collect flowers by pulling the corollas from the cups in dry weather. Harvested in the first half of the day, when the plant contains the highest amount nutrients.
Dried immediately, laying out a thin layer on paper or canvas in a dry ventilated room or in the air in the shade in warm hot weather, so that the raw material does not darken, stirring occasionally.
Origin of name. The scientific name of the genus Lamium in translation from the Greek lamia - mouth, mouth - because of the shape of the flowers, which resemble the wide open mouth of a predator; the name of the species album - translated from Latin - white, given for the white color. The Russian generic name yasnotka and the specific name white are also due to clear white flowers.
Healing properties are possessed by various wild species of lamb, all of them are used in folk medicine as medicinal plants.
Application for treatment recipes
Infusions from the flowers of white lamb or nettle deaf are used for internal bleeding, they are effective in diseases of the respiratory tract, in metabolic disorders - furunculosis, scrofula, skin rashes. The herb of white lamb is brewed as a tea, using its blood-purifying properties.
The herb and flowers are used in sedative and gastric preparations medicinal plants... You can also use powder from the leaves of nettle deaf - give on the tip of a knife with food.
Infusion or powder of flowers is used for internal bleeding, using hemostatic and astringent properties.
Infusion of nettle flowers deaf:
Brew two tablespoons of chopped flowers with two glasses of boiling water, leave for half an hour, drain. Drink half a glass 3-4 times a day before meals.
Helps with female diseases - inflammation of the uterus, leucorrhoea, inflammation of the liver, kidneys, Bladder, spleen, useful for anemia.
The infusion is taken for respiratory diseases - bronchial asthma, bronchitis, tracheitis, cough, tuberculosis - it dilutes phlegm and improves expectoration due to the action of saponins.
In folk medicine, the ground part of the plant is used, the whole plant has medicinal properties.
Infusion of herbs - flowers, stems and leaves:
Two tbsp. tablespoons of dry raw materials are poured with two glasses of boiling water. After cooling, filter, take half a glass 4-5 times a day. Drink for 1 month, see how you feel.
This infusion can be used for external use, you can also make an infusion with a higher concentration of nutrients:
2 tbsp. tablespoons of raw materials in a glass of boiling water.
It is used for scrofula, rashes, eczema, skin ulcers, for the treatment of burns, wounds that do not heal for a long time - they make compresses, washings, baths for hemorrhoids.
With angina, rinsing the throat with an infusion of white lamb is effective.
Infusion of flowers and leaves is used as a sedative for nervous excitement, insomnia, as well as for diseases of the liver, kidneys, spleen, jaundice, malaria, nephritis, cystitis, menstrual irregularities.
Nettle infusions are used as an antiseptic, blood-purifying agent for scrofula, eczema, skin rashes and ulcers, furunculosis, for the treatment of allergic conditions.
Fresh grass juice drink 1 tbsp. spoon 4 times during the day, apply externally.
Fresh Herb Healing Tea:
Two tbsp. tablespoons of chopped fresh nettle deaf, brew like tea, cover, leave for 20 minutes. Strain, take 0.5 cups 4 times a day.
Ointment from flowers and leaves is used for urticaria, lichen, eczema.
Lamb is a part of hemostatic collection, used in gynecological practice, used in medicine in other countries.
Grass white or dull nettle, due to the high content of astringents and tannins, is a strong hemostatic agent.
To improve the contractions of the muscles of the uterus in female diseases:
- Fresh juice is effective: 1-2 tablespoons. spoons 3 times a day.
- You can preserve the juice of white lambskin with 40% alcohol or vodka.
- Take a decoction of dry herbs: 2 tbsp. l. for 200 ml of water. Drink three times a day.
Contraindications:
Individual intolerance.
The plant has a variety of uses due to its rich composition, unique medicinal properties. Considered harmless, no side effects does not affect a person.
Application in culinary, landscape design
White lamb or dull nettle blooms in early spring, when there is still very little greenery. Young shoots are used in the preparation of spring salads: add to radishes, you can also add chopped radish leaves, other spring greens, season with oil, sour cream.
In summer, the green parts of the plant can be used to make soups, cabbage soup along with other spring herbs. Dried fragrant leaves in winter they are added as a seasoning.
Various types of lamb: purple, speckled, zelenchuk, others are bred and planted as decorative, used in shady areas, in flower beds and flower beds with perennial plants, it really enlivens parts of the garden, especially in early spring, see photo:
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Medicinal properties of deaf nettle and contraindications to the use of the herb
Deaf nettle is a plant similar to common nettle, but with soft leaves without stinging hairs. Another name for this herb is white lamb, it belongs to the Lamb family and grows throughout Eastern Europe. The plant likes wet shady places by the ravines. Deaf nettle grows well in kitchen gardens and orchards.
Deaf nettles are very similar to common
Plant characteristic
Deaf nettle is a perennial with straight tetrahedral stems. Grows up to 170 cm tall. The leaves are petiolar, about 10 cm long. The upper leaves are much smaller than the lower ones. In the axils of the upper leaves, white flowers develop, which grow in rings of 6-14 pieces. In Russia, the plant blooms from April to October, while the warm period lasts.
From August to October, the fruits and seeds of the plant ripen. You can collect and plant a plant in your area with seeds of wild-growing lamb.
Plant propagation
Lamb propagates by cuttings and seeds. The easiest way is to collect the seeds and sow them in open ground before winter or early spring. Before sowing, you need to dig up the soil and distribute the seeds on the surface. After a while, small nuts will sprout. The plant begins to bloom in the second year, sometimes the plant reproduces by self-sowing.
More quick way- to propagate the plant by dividing the bush, this also helps to preserve the varietal properties of the deaf nettle. In the spring, the bush is dug up, divided into several parts and its parts are planted. In a year, deaf nettles will bloom.
You can plant deaf nettles and cuttings or layering, but not all plants take root in this way. Cuttings are cut in August; it is recommended to lay the cuttings in September or early October, when nuts appear on the stem.
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Plant care
Deaf nettle is very unpretentious, if you follow simple recommendations:
- Nettles can be planted under trees with high bark that are permeable to sunlight, or in another area with diffused lighting.
- For planting, it is best to choose fertile, moist and loose soil. In spring and during flowering, you can feed the plant with compost.
- It is not necessary to water the lamina abundantly, as well as to bring it to a severe drought.
- Remove wilted inflorescences during flowering to prevent excessive self-seeding.
- Deaf nettle tolerates winter well, it is not necessary to additionally cover it.
The composition and preparation of the plant
Flowers and stems of a plant contain many useful components, including: alkaloids, flavonoids, ascorbic, caffeic and ferulic acid, tannins, essential oils. Practically all parts of the plant are used for medicinal purposes. Lamb helps to fight various inflammations, strengthens the nervous system, is useful in the treatment of colds and skin diseases.
Deaf nettles are harvested throughout the summer. Collected, as a rule, the tops of the stems. You can pick off the corolla of flowers from them, which contain the greatest amount of nutrients. Raw materials are dried in the shade. Make sure that the room is well ventilated. Raw materials are stored in tightly closed glass jars for a year.
The rhizomes of the grass are dug up in the fall, when the grass has already bloomed. You can dry the roots in the oven.
White lamb(Lamium album), aka deaf nettle, is a perennial herb. The plant belongs to the labiate family.
Description
It reaches a height of one and a half meters. His rhizome is creeping. The shape of the leaves and the appearance of the lamb resembles stinging nettle, but it does not have a stinging nettle. Most likely, that is why it was called deaf nettle.
The plant has a tetrahedral hollow stem, it does not branch out and has pubescence with white hairs, as well as the leaves.
The leaves are arranged opposite, has a cordate-lanceolate leaf blade.
The flowers have a white or yellowish corolla. They are located in the axils of the leaves, close to the top. The fruit consists of four nuts, which are close to triangular in shape. Warty outgrowths are present on their surface.
Deaf nettles bloom from May to September, and the seeds ripen from August to October.
Growing places
White lamb is widespread quite widely. It grows in deciduous forests and parks. It can be seen in vacant lots, in unkempt gardens, near fences and along roads.
Chemical composition
The chemical composition of the plant is quite varied. The leaves and flowers contain a large amount of tannins. They also contain saponins, alkaloids, essential oils and flavonoids. The plant contains gallic, ascorbic and chlorogenic, p-coumaric, caffeic and ferulic acids. Present in the chemical composition of histamine, choline, tyramine and various trace elements.
The healing properties of the lamb
Preparations based on white lamb have a number of medicinal properties. This plant has anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic and hemostatic properties. It has an expectorant effect, tones up, creates a diuretic effect, and has a positive effect on the skin in case of allergic dermatoses.
Areas of use
Practically all parts of the plant are used for medicinal purposes.
Alcohol tincture from rhizomes is used for toothache, as well as insomnia.
A decoction of the aerial part is used internally for headaches, heart and nervous diseases.
The juice from the aerial part has a calming effect and is used for insomnia, hysteria and nervous excitement.
Externally and internally, the juice is used for skin problems: furunculosis, eczema, diathesis, rash.
Juice compresses help heal burns and wounds.
Decoctions and infusions of flowers are taken internally as hemostatic agents, including for internal bleeding. They are also used as a diuretic.
Collection and procurement
Flowers of white lamb are collected only in full bloom. The corollas are plucked together with the stamens. Dried in a ventilated room at a temperature of twenty-five degrees. The raw materials are laid out in a thin layer.
The leaves of the plant are also harvested during flowering. Dried as described above.
Rhizomes are dug up in the fall, when the growing season is already over. It is better to dry them using an oven or other appliances. Finished raw materials should not bend, but break easily.
Contraindications
There are no poisonous substances in the plant. An overdose while taking it is not dangerous. But it should be remembered that for a long time, it is not advisable to take drugs from lamina for people with increased blood clotting, hypotension and some other problems.
Recipes
The infusion of flowers is prepared from one or two spoons of raw materials. They are poured with two glasses of boiling water, insisted for two hours and filtered. Take half a glass four times a day.
Lamb juice is prepared from fresh grass or flowers. Raw materials are crushed and juice is squeezed out of it with the help of a cloth. Take three times a day, two tablespoons with a spoonful of honey.
In folk medicine, decoctions and infusions were made from deaf nettle. The juice of the lamb has healing properties (especially with nosebleeds!). If a child's nose bleeds, do not panic, but drip a few drops of deaf nettle juice into each nostril.
The main medicinal properties of cleaver are: diuretic, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, expectorant and hemostatic. Deaf white nettle (cleaver) does not sting, because it does not contain formic acid. It is used in folk medicine as a hemostatic agent, as well as an astringent and expectorant. Lamb (LAMIUM ALBUM) has another healing property - it regulates the body's metabolism.
The use of lucidum in traditional medicine
Decoctions and infusions are made from deaf nettle. The juice of a lamb has medicinal properties. If a child starts to bleed from the nose, do not panic, but drip a few drops of deaf nettle juice into each nostril. Lamb's juice is also used for uterine bleeding and hemorrhoids.
The leaves of the plant are crushed and applied topically to treat tumors as well as scrofula.
Women can drink an infusion of deaf nettle with uterine bleeding. Girls used to regulate menstruation. Voiceless nettle is used as a uterine tonic to stop intermenstrual bleeding and reduce excessive menstrual flow. This is a traditional treatment for abnormal vaginal discharge and is sometimes used to relieve painful periods. The plant's astringent properties help in the treatment of diarrhea and is also applied topically to relieve varicose veins and hemorrhoids.
Infusion of white dull nettle
- 1 tbsp pour 200 g of boiling water over the flowering tops for 30 minutes. Drink 2 tablespoons. 4 times a day.
- 15 g of the plant for 1 cup of boiling water. Apply 1 glass 3 times a day for nephritis and cystitis, urticaria.
Pulmonary and hemorrhoidal hemorrhages were treated with infusions of yasnotka.
In ancient times, cough and sore throat were treated with deaf nettle remedies.
The healing properties of cleaver for nephritis and cystitis
Anti-inflammatory and antibacterial medicinal properties of deaf nettle determine the use of this plant for the treatment of genitourinary diseases (urethritis, cystitis, glomerulonephritis, pyelonephritis).
Herbalists in France use lucidum to cleanse the kidneys, as well as to treat hematuria (the presence of red blood cells in the urine).
If a child has enuresis, then it can be cured with the help of such a remedy:
- 1 tsp Pour 200 ml of boiling water over chopped grasses for 20 minutes. Give the child 0.25 glasses 4 times a day. In case of exacerbation of the disease - 1-2 tbsp. every 2 hours (8-10 times a day). A few days of treatment - and urination is normalized, deaf nettle eliminates the inflammatory process.
Lamb tea
Many people drink lamb tea because it calms the nervous system. This tea is best drunk before bed.
How to make deaf nettle tea? 1 tsp Pour 200 ml of boiling water with chopped deaf nettle for 10-15 minutes, drink before bedtime. Lamb also cures insomnia.
For children, allergic rashes and diathesis were treated with nettles: they smeared the skin with grass juice or made such a remedy:
- 1 tbsp Pour 200 ml of boiling water on white nettle herbs for 30 minutes, lubricate the affected skin. You can even make a medicinal bath from the flowers of the plant.
This infusion helps not only children, but also adults with skin inflammation. When applied externally, the skin itch and pain disappear, since the inflammatory process disappears. This remedy is used to treat eczema, wounds and burns.
Dull nettle oil
The flowering tops of the plant insist on oil (use a water bath or insist under the sun for 2 weeks). The resulting oil is applied to non-healing ulcers.
Internal use of the plant is safe for most people. But women during pregnancy should not use this plant.
