ZHABRITSA is a one-year plant that belongs to the umbellate family. The people received the name of a crane grass or a suzika. It grows up to 30-100 cm in height. July-August is the time of flowering of this plant. There is a shiner along forest edges, bushes, on sandy and dry slopes, in a pine forest. In Russia it grows in almost all of its European part. Medicinal raw materials are roots, grass (stems, leaves, flowers), leaves and fruits.
With the therapeutic purpose, fresh crushed grass is used, healing wounds and removing various tumors. The leaves of the zhubritsa insist and boil to remove toxins from the body. Infusion is used in the treatment of angina and ascites. The leaf extract is used to increase diuresis, with arrhythmia of the heart. In the leaves of the gill, there are anticoagulant and cardiotonic properties. Broths from the fruits of the gill are prescribed for dysmenorrhea, flatulence. The positive effect of this decoction in the fight against parasites is known.
Pancreas crust is one of the most rich in medicinal properties. Her herb contains useful properties of vitamin C, eskeletine, diosmin, hesperidine, quercetin, scopoletin. Inflorescences contain coumarins and quercetin, in the fruits are found acids: linoleic, stearic, oleic and petroselin. As a decoction, and infusion of herbs and leaves helps with toothache and spasms of various etiologies, fever, choking. Decoction of fruits is used in the treatment of neuroses, various diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, certain respiratory infections, and also widely used in veterinary medicine.
The fruits and properties of the shamrock are a strong antibacterial agent. Grass and leaves in the broth have diaphoretic and diuretic properties. The roots of the shamrock are rich in essential oils containing geraniol, which is used in canning and perfumery. From the roots, an ointment is produced that has anti-scratch and anti-dermatological properties.
Bearberry is often called a bearberry, a bear's eye, a tolon, a dumpling of bearberry, toloknica. Bearberry - is an evergreen shrub, with long (reaching up to 2 m) shoots, creeping along the ground. Sometimes there are small trees of the heather family. At present, about 30 species of bearberry are known. It grows in Europe, as well as Scotland, Ireland, Asia and America. Only one type of bearberry exists in Russia - the bearberry ordinary.
Leaves bearberry leathery, oblong. Flowers - pinkish-whitish, small, collected in a brush. Fruits bearberry - globular, mealy, bright red berries. Externally reminiscent of cranberries. Blossom bearberry in May-July. Prefers deciduous and dry pine forests, sandy places, felling.
For medicinal purposes, use leaves of the plant, which must be collected during flowering. In leaves, glycoside arbutin is found - widely used in medicine and in tanning leather. Also bearberry leaves contain methylarbutin, pyrogallic tannins, hydroquinone, ellagic, gallic, ursolic, quinic and formic acids and essential oil.
The leaves also contain micro - and macroelements: potassium, calcium, magnesium, iron, manganese, copper, zinc, aluminum, barium, selenium, iodine, etc.
Apply bearberry as an astringent, anti-inflammatory uroantiseptic, analgesic, diuretic and choleretic agent in the form of infusion, decoction of leaves, diuretic tea. Bearberry is also part of some medicines.
Leaves bearberry have a weak antibacterial and diuretic effect, and also help to reduce blood sugar.
The aforementioned properties of bearberry resulted in wide medical use of this plant. It is used in the treatment of inflammation of the urinary tract (cystitis, urethritis, pyelitis). Powder of bearberry is effectively used for pyelocystitis and cystitis. Anti-inflammatory and astringent action of bearberry is due to tannins, and antiseptic and diuretic - hydroquinone, a substance that is formed in the kidney and urinary tract during the hydrolysis of glycosides of methylarbutine and arbutin. Urine is colored in this case in green, and sometimes in a dark green color. As a diuretic, infusion and broth of bearberry are used for edema accompanying tuberculosis, diabetes, heart failure. Bearberry cleanses the urinary tract from inflammation and bacterial flora. Powder and broth of bearberry are used for diarrhea and chronic colitis. Infusion of leaves of bearberry is also used as a therapeutic and analgesic for gout, articular rheumatism, malignant tumors.
Tibetan medicine uses bearberry powder in the treatment of Graves' disease, heartburn and gastritis. Traditional medicine advises to boil shredded leaves and use them for chronic nephritis and nephrosis, catarrh of the bladder. Effective decoction and in the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, leucorrhoea, with uterine and renal bleeding, urolithiasis. In folk medicine, it is advised to be treated with bearberry and with nervous disorders, as well as metabolic disorders. It is also believed that it normalizes sleep. Outerly bearberry is used as a means for wound healing, and for purulent wounds and diathesis - in the form of baths and washings.
Homeopathic medicine practices the use of drugs with bearberry in the treatment of urolithiasis. In the general practice, bearberry preparations are used in the treatment of inflammatory diseases of the bladder, urolithiasis and urinary tract diseases, as well as in the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases.
In veterinary medicine used in the treatment of mastitis. Allantoin is found in the chemical composition of bearberry, a substance that stimulates the growth of new cells. However, a number of authors do not advise using leaves as a decoction, since in the broth there are tannins that irritate the gastrointestinal tract. In case of an overdose, nausea and vomiting are observed.