The root of life is the plant man root. Useful properties of unusual ginseng root Preparation of ginseng extract

Far Eastern ginseng and its healing properties have long been valued by the inhabitants of China, Japan, and the Korean Peninsula. Ginseng root relatively recently began to reveal its abilities to Europeans. The study of its composition helps to find the best use for plant raw materials and to identify all available contraindications for admission.

In nature, ginseng lives in moist broad-leaved forests from the Russian Far East to South Korea, as well as in several regions in the eastern United States. But due to the slow growth and rarity of the species, wild plants cannot cover the growing needs of pharmaceutical companies, traditional healers and anyone who wants to improve their health. Therefore, most of the dry ginseng root, tinctures and other preparations based on it are made from raw materials grown on specially planted plantations.

Interest in culture and its beneficial properties led to the development of a whole industry of falsifications. In order not to become a victim of deceivers, ginseng root must be purchased only from sellers who are completely trustworthy.

Description, features and composition of ginseng root

The ginseng plant and its root system have a very memorable appearance. Above the ground, the perennial has a rosette of dense green leaves with three- or five-lobed leaf plates, as well as umbrella inflorescences. After pollination, in place of small white flowers, oval or rounded red achene fruits appear. The aerial part has no medicinal value.

The plant hides its main treasure underground. This is a powerful perennial rhizome, often resembling a bizarre human figure in shape.

Useful properties of ginseng root and contraindications for use are due to its biochemical composition. In purified vegetable raw materials, there are only 41 kcal per 100 grams, while the rhizomes contain a lot of vitamins, mineral salts and amino acids, peptides, essential oils, unsaturated fatty acids and saponins.

The ginseng root is most often available to the consumer in the form of ready-made infusions, teas, capsules containing healing powder, as well as dried using a special technology. Such rhizomes are called "red ginseng".

Useful properties of ginseng root

The pioneers and the first researchers of the beneficial properties and contraindications of ginseng root were traditional healers of Asian countries. "Root of Life" has been recognized for many millennia in China and other countries of the region as the most effective tonic, tonic.

Today, representatives of traditional European medicine fully agree with them. Thanks to a comprehensive study of the composition of the root, it was possible to prove it:

• the ability to stimulate the work of the heart and vascular system;
• influence on the rate of human adaptation to intense loads and recovery after them;
• stimulating effect on the course of rehabilitation after illness;
• antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects;
• anticonvulsant effect;
• active influence on the sexual sphere.

The main sphere of influence of the ginseng root is the human nervous and circulatory systems. With regular controlled intake, a person adapts better to stressful situations, more easily endures serious physical and psycho-emotional stress. According to the instructions for use, ginseng root improves:

• tone of the heart muscle and blood vessels;
• blood supply to tissues and organs, resulting in increased potency, improved breathing, increased endurance;
• brain activity.

For what health problems and how to take ginseng root?

The plant is medicinal, contains a lot of bioactive components. Therefore, it is better to use it for therapeutic and prophylactic purposes after consulting a doctor.

Ginseng root for men

Ginseng and preparations based on its root increase blood pressure, improve blood circulation, supply the body with minerals, amino acids, essential vitamins, and have a stimulating effect on many organs and systems.

Ginseng is often used as a natural herbal preparation to improve the body's stamina. For a huge number of men, ginseng root is an indispensable tool in their sexual life.

Due to the rich microelement aftertaste, the presence of saponins and other components, ginseng is recommended for the stronger sex, who note that with age, after any disease or for other reasons, they cannot maintain the same level of sexual activity.

In case of problems with potency, ginseng root not only enhances erection by improving the blood supply to the genital organs, but also increases stamina, which will invariably affect the duration and quality of intimacy.

An abundance of vitamins, valuable oils, amino acids and minerals:

• has a positive effect on spermatogenesis;
• allows you to delay the appearance of signs of aging in men and a decrease in testosterone levels.

When and how to take ginseng root

Preparations based on ginseng root are indicated for low blood pressure, overwork or a long period of intense exercise. "Green Doctor" strengthens the immune defense. In older people, if there is no tendency to hypertension, it helps to maintain low cholesterol levels and fight the manifestations of atherosclerosis.

Ginseng, as one of the bioactive agents, is prescribed for diabetes. Herbal raw materials have the ability to effectively lower blood sugar levels, promote the breakdown of glucose and improve blood quality.

Unlike men, women need to be careful when taking ginseng root in all forms.

Phytotherapy is indicated for VVD and signs of anemia. However, during a long course of taking ginseng can cause menstrual irregularities and cause hormonal disruptions.

Before brewing ginseng roots, plant materials are gently but thoroughly washed in cold running water. Then the rhizomes are dried on a napkin and crushed. A tablespoon of the prepared mass is taken into a glass of infusion, which is poured with drinking water and brought to a boil over low heat. After several hours of infusion, the drink is ready. It is taken three times a day, half a teaspoon 30 minutes before meals.

Contraindications for taking ginseng root

In the presence of a mass of useful properties, the ginseng root has contraindications. Taking active drugs is unacceptable during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Due to the increase in blood pressure, you can not drink infusions, tablets or tea with ginseng for hypertension, as well as for systemic heart rhythm disturbances.

Due to the development of hyperactivity in children under 16 years of age, sleep disturbances and other unpleasant consequences, ginseng is not used in pediatric practice.

It is necessary to limit the use of a herbal preparation:

• with mild nervous excitability;
• in the presence of inflammatory, especially purulent processes;
• with excessive activity of the endocrine system.

A contraindication to taking ginseng root in men is the diagnosis of prostate dysplasia. A general ban on ginseng treatment exists when benign tumors are detected.

Even in the absence of visible symptoms of the disease, one should not self-medicate. The use of ginseng in treatment should take place with the consent and under the supervision of the attending physician.

Interesting about the properties of ginseng - video

Perhaps there are as many legends about any plant as about ginseng. Yes, and they call it in a special way: “the root of life”, “the spirit of the earth”, “the gift of the gods”, “the miracle of the world”, “the gift of immortality”, “divine grass” ...
The generic name panax comes from the Greek words pan - all, ake - to heal. The Chinese ginseng is formed from jen - man and chen - root. In appearance, it really resembles a human figure.

The first written mention of ginseng is in the ancient Chinese work on medicines "Shen-nong-ben-cao", dating back to the 1st century BC. The Chinese believe that "the king of forest animals is a tiger, the king of sea animals is a dragon, and the king of forest plants is ginseng." In Russia, they first learned about the miracle root in 1675 from the message of the Russian envoy to China, the boyar N.G. Spafariy.

Ginseng is one of the few relict and endangered plants that grew on Earth in the Tertiary period. The halo of mystery and inaccessibility for a long time did not allow approaching this taiga stranger. Today, ginseng in Belarus is experiencing its second (and maybe third) birth. At the beginning of the 20th century, the veterinarian V.I. Shavelsky successfully cultivated the root of life in the Minsk district. The fate of the plantation, unfortunately, is unknown. And in the late 80s of the last century, just a ginseng boom began. There were also enthusiasts: Mikhail Sarnatsky, Joseph and Sergey Kiselev, Ivan Lavrentiev ...

And now, ginseng is grown on an industrial plantation in the Belynichi district - at JSC Novaya Drut. The idea was suggested by I.I. Meshkov, director of the Ginseng agricultural enterprise from the Bryansk region.

According to their chemical and physical properties, Tehtin soils are the most suitable for growing this healing root. In 2011, 0.33 hectares were allotted for it, but in the future the farm plans to increase the plantation to 1.16 hectares. And this fall, the first harvest will already be taken. I think it will be significant. The Chinese, who came specifically to look at the planting, were very pleased with what they saw.

The head of the ginseng farm is the agronomist Nadezhda Meleshko. She, a young specialist who had just graduated from the Belarusian State Agricultural Academy, was entrusted not only with the most difficult, but also the most promising direction. Although she also manages the usual apple and pear trees.

Ginseng is a perennial herbaceous plant of the Araliaceae family, reaching a height of 40 - 80 cm. Under natural conditions, it is found in the mountain-forest regions of Primorsky Krai, the southern part of the Khabarovsk Territory, in Northeast China, Korea. Ginseng grows very slowly: up to 10 years of age, it has only two leaves. Then the third leaf appears, and the fourth - only by the age of 20. The leaves are petiolate, five-fingered, somewhat similar to horse chestnut leaves. Only petioles and stems - with a purple-red tint. Healing are the roots taken from plants that already have three leaves or more.

The underground part of the plant is the rhizome (or neck) and the main root with 2-6 thickened lateral, spirally arranged processes. Numerous very fragile suction roots appear on the main and lateral roots in spring and die off by autumn. After them, characteristic scars-tubercles remain. By the way, they judge the age of ginseng.

At the front end of the rhizome, by autumn, one wintering bud is usually formed, in which the future above-ground shoot-stem is laid. If the kidney is disturbed, the ginseng falls asleep. And he can sleep for 1 - 2 years, or even a dozen years. When one of the sleeping buds wakes up, the plant will continue to grow and develop. The root rarely grows vertically: most often it is inclined to the ground at 30 - 45 degrees. In nature, ginseng forms small groups of different ages - "families".

In the third year of ginseng life, a flower arrow grows, which blooms in June. Outwardly, very nondescript flowers exude a very thin and faint aroma, reminiscent of the best French perfumes. Flowering, which lasts about two weeks, starts from the edge of the flower basket and moves to its center. At this time, you need to ensure that moisture does not get on the flowers. Otherwise, pollination and fruit set will go poorly. Berries-fruits with one or two seeds inside ripen in the first half of August. And at this time, ginseng has the most attractive appearance: flower arrows with a cap of bright red berries rise above the green foliage.

Ginseng reproduces only by seeds. From each fruiting plant, you can collect them from 25 to 100 pieces. And this should be done in August, when they turn red properly. To separate the seeds from the fruit pulp, the berries are rubbed with hands, then washed many times with cold water. After 24-hour drying in warm penumbra, the seeds are laid for stratification. The fact is that they germinate for a very, very long time. If you sow them freshly picked, then seedlings will appear only after 20 - 22 months: the seed germ develops very slowly.

To speed up this process, warm and cold stratification is carried out, - Nadezhda Mikhailovna shares her experience. - Seeds are mixed with sand in a ratio of 1:3, the mixture is moistened and left indoors at a temperature of plus 15 - 20 degrees for 4 months (from October to January). Water is added as it evaporates. Then the mixture is transferred to the refrigerator, where it is stored for another 4 months (February to May). The moisture content of the mixture in both cases should be approximately 15%. On the farm, we practiced both, having come to the conclusion that natural stratification is still better. Therefore, having mixed the seeds with sand, in October we bury them to a depth of 20 - 25 cm and keep them that way almost until next autumn. Of course, we periodically check that there is no mold, rinse and water.

For a bed for ginseng, you need to choose a place that is not flooded by spring floods, where the groundwater level does not exceed 1 - 1.5 m. And the closest attention is to preparing the soil. After all, ginseng is probably the only plant of its kind, the cultivation of which must begin with the preparation of the beds, and not with the search for seeds. The soil should imitate natural, that is, be close in composition to the taiga - contain 6 - 9% humus, and in acidity close to neutral - pH 5.7 - 6.8. And at the same time be loose, nutritious, moisture and breathable.

Usually ginseng growers take the upper loose forest floor as a base. Add to it as much fallen leaves as possible, the dust of rotten stumps or old sawdust that has been lying for more than a year, a little completely rotted mullein, river sand and ash. If such a mixture is kept for about a year and shoveled 3-4 times during the season, periodically watering it with water, you will get an excellent soil that can be loosened even with your hands in the garden.

So that the soil composition would resemble the Ussuri taiga, beloved by the root of life, as much as possible, Belynychi agronomists supplemented it with the necessary components. And first of all, sand and microfertilizers: per 1 sq. m made 15 g of "Potassium sulfate" and 37.5 "Superphosphate".

After the soil mixture is ready, before filling it into the bed, it must be sieved through a sieve with a cell of 10 - 15 mm and the larvae of May beetles and other pests should be removed. It is desirable to lay 15 - 25 cm of drainage from sand, crushed stone or slag on the bottom of the bed. And its borders should be turned over to a depth of 20 - 30 cm to block the way for mice. The thickness of the layer of soil mixture should be at least 15 - 20 cm when sowing seeds and 25 - 30 cm when transplanting young roots. The soil should settle down about 2 - 4 weeks. And then it still needs to be spilled with a 0.1 - 0.3% solution of "Potassium Permanganate" at the rate of 1 - 2 watering cans per 1 sq. m.

Ginseng, like any taiga culture, does not tolerate direct sunlight. Dry and hot air with low humidity simply depresses him. According to various sources, for active growth, the plant needs approximately 1/5 - 1/8 of the daylight (3.000 - 6.000 lux). Therefore, of course, it is unlikely to grow ginseng without shading.

JSC "Novaya Drut" built an unusual greenhouse with holes especially for this crop: you can't hide under it in the rain and you can't protect yourself from the sun in the heat. But it is precisely such a microclimate that is ideal for a plant. Shields were knocked down from the rails, which were installed at a height of 2 m above the beds. The width of the rails is 5 - 10 cm, the distance between them is 2 - 3 cm. The beds were closed with similar shields from all sides. The upper shields were installed with a slope from north to south. And over them they pulled a blue plastic film to protect not only the soil from waterlogging, but also the plants themselves from ultraviolet radiation.

Ginseng seeds can be sown both in autumn, in October, and in spring - in the second decade of April. Spring sowing will have to be carried out in a very short time. Indeed, immediately after the soil thaws, the grains quickly start to grow, and fragile seedlings can be easily damaged. Before sowing, stratified seeds with an open stone are disinfected for 15 minutes in a 1% suspension (suspension) of copper oxychloride or in a 0.5% solution of potassium permanganate. When the soil warms up to plus 15 degrees, and the humidity is no more than 10%, they are sown to a depth of 3-5 cm and at a distance of 2-5 cm from each other, leaving 10-15 cm between rows.

As a rule, seedlings appear in the same year on the 20th - 25th day. But some of the seeds can sleep until next spring. Shoots in the form of a hook or eyelet bloom and grow in height for about 1.5 - 2 months. At this time, it is desirable to thicken the shading over the beds by throwing spruce branches over the shields. By the end of the first year, the seedlings should already be 5 - 7 cm in height, and their root should weigh almost 1 g.

1 - 2-year-old seedlings are best transplanted in late September - early October, when the seasonal roots, thin as cobwebs, die off. This transplant is almost painless. Seedlings are transplanted into ridges 1 m wide and 25–35 cm high, which are previously prepared and located with a long side from west to east: it is easier to organize lighting this way. Distance between rows - 1 m.

Seedlings are planted at intervals of 20 - 30 cm almost horizontally, placing the apical bud at a depth of 5 - 7 cm. It is believed that the Koreans came up with this method of planting and kept it a secret for a long time. The survival rate of seedlings is usually 80 - 90%. For the winter, both seedlings and seedlings are covered with spruce paws or other non-rotting material.

Ginseng is watered as needed, spending per 1 sq. m 2 - 3 l of water. Soil moisture should be about 50 - 60%: the plant does not tolerate short-term waterlogging or drying out.

It is better to water the aisles (not the bushes themselves!) early in the morning or late in the evening, using soft river or tap (but settled for a day) water, the temperature of which is not lower than the air temperature. After 2 - 3 days after watering, it is necessary to loosen the aisles and do not forget to weed the weeds. To preserve moisture, the beds can be mulched with a 3-centimeter layer of leaf or coniferous humus.

In spring and autumn, wood ash can be used as top dressing: 150 - 200 g per 1 sq. m. It contains 3 - 7% phosphorus, 3 - 13% potassium, 30 - 40% lime (it is known to reduce soil acidity), as well as such important trace elements as magnesium, boron, copper, molybdenum, zinc. Works great on ginseng and humates based on peat.

To protect plantings from fungal diseases (especially in the first years of life), it is necessary at least occasionally to spray them with a suspension of Copper Chlorooxide and periodically (once a month) water them with a pink solution of Potassium Permanganate. In mid-April and at the end of October, it is advisable to treat the garden bed and wooden structures with 1 - 2 percent "Bordeaux liquid".

Ginseng has no specific diseases, but often it has the same ailments as vegetables, potatoes and flowers. You can prevent the appearance of late blight with an infusion of garlic. It is only necessary after the emergence of seedlings once a month to spray them with crops. 500 g of cloves are crushed in a meat grinder, pour 3 liters of water, mix thoroughly and insist for 2-3 days. And just before spraying, dilute with 10 liters of water. Leaves with signs of phytophthora are cut off and burned. Treatments with infusions of horseradish, calendula, wormwood, and ash are also effective. The wireworm, bears and slugs can cause great harm to the plantation.

In the garden, ginseng vegetates until October. When the aerial part turns yellow, the stem is cut at a height of 10 cm and carefully raked. Healthy leaves from 3-6 year old plants can be collected. Studies have shown that they contain 8 fractions (!) of triterpene saponins. Therefore, they, like the root, are high-quality medicinal raw materials. And by weight, they make up 60 - 70% of its weight.

In late autumn, the upper shields are removed, and the soil is treated with a fungicide - "Acrobat" or "Fundazol". And you need to make sure that in winter the beds are well covered with snow. With the onset of spring warming, the shields from the roof are returned back to the roof: the sun should not warm the soil ahead of time. Otherwise, the ginseng will begin to grow actively, and if the cold suddenly comes, it will die.

In culture, ginseng develops faster than in nature - in 5 - 6 years. To show me this miracle of nature, Nadezhda carefully dug up the root with a pitchfork. Ginseng turned out to be dense and elastic to the touch. From above, it was light brown in color, and on the break it was white with a slight specific smell and a bittersweet taste. The weight of this 5-year-old root, to the delight of the agronomist, was 97 (!) Grams.

In nature, ginseng lives up to 300 years or more. Large roots are as thick as a hand, and their length reaches half a meter. Large ginseng is akin to a gold nugget. In 1905, a 600-gram root, about 200 years old, was found in Manchuria during the construction of a railway. But even 100-gram roots are rare.

Fact

The most important discoveries of recent decades regarding the healing properties of the root include the fact that alcoholic extracts of ginseng increase blood pressure, while water reduces it.

By the way

In Eastern folk medicine, there is a belief that you can not drink someone else's ginseng tincture. Each person must prepare it for himself.

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If you want to grow a larger root, then do not let the ginseng bloom: remove the flowers. Wireworm can be caught with bait. 2 to 3 days before sowing seeds, lay out vegetable treats. Stick long (20 - 25 cm) twigs into sliced ​​\u200b\u200bvegetables (potatoes, beets, carrots) and bury them to a depth of 5 - 10 cm at a distance of 30 - 40 cm from each other. After 2 - 3 days, remove the bait with pests that have stuck into the juicy vegetable from the soil.

You can do it differently. Sow swollen seeds of barley, oats, corn: per 1 sq. m for 2 - 3 nests, each with 15 - 20 grains. Dig up the shoots that have appeared along with a clod of earth and destroy the wireworms that have fallen. Or lay out bundles of hay and straw around the garden in early spring. Females will definitely climb under them to lay their eggs.

Fact

From 1 sq. m beds, you can collect 3 - 4 kg of ginseng roots. To protect ginseng from Fusarium, do not plant it next to gladioli, aster and cucumbers.

Attention

Ginseng preparations are dangerous in severe hypertension with severe sclerotic changes in the vessels of the heart and head, as well as in fever, bleeding, pregnancy, acute and inflammatory processes.

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Eastern healers claim that ginseng preparations prolong life and youth. “And that root is boiled and given to those who are weak from a long illness, and gives great help.”

Before processing into medicinal drugs, the roots are stored in a wet state, putting them in moss or nylon bags with river sand, which are pre-moistened with water.

Ginseng improves the functioning of the cardiovascular system (increases the amplitude and reduces the heart rate), normalizes the blood supply to the brain and blood flow in general, activates hematopoiesis, increases oxygen consumption, stimulates tissue respiration, accelerates wound healing, increases the photosensitivity of the eyes, increases appetite, improves digestion and favorably affects the condition of the liver.

Some doctors believe that in the treatment of diabetes, ginseng is as effective as insulin in lowering blood sugar. And it turns out that ginseng does not allow the development of obesity and generally significantly reduces body weight.

It has been scientifically proven that preparations from this miracle root help the body cope with adverse life situations, protecting it from stress.

In a word, ginseng lengthens life without causing insomnia, irritability and anxiety.

It is still unknown which substances that make up this plant prevent the aging of the body. After numerous experiments, doctors proved that tincture of ginseng leaves has a pharmacological effect similar to root tincture. And studies in recent years have shown that the polysaccharides contained in ginseng leaves have an antitumor effect.

In China, ginseng is used in the form of powders, pills, tinctures, decoctions, extracts, ointments, and a tea called ginseng cha. In our country, it is most often used in the form of an alcohol tincture. By the way, despite the fact that ginseng itself is based on vodka, it is incompatible with alcohol and smoking.

Chinese doctors say that if you regularly take medicinal root preparations, then at 100 years old you can enjoy an active life.

By the way

In China and Korea, ginseng has long been considered a symbol of justice and kindness, the key to a happy life.

RECIPES "SB"

Alcohol tincture

Pour 60 g of raw (or 20 g of dry) root with vodka diluted with boiled water up to 30 degrees. Store in a dark place for a month. During this time, all biologically active substances will completely pass into vodka. Drain the tincture, and pour the roots again. This time you can leave it indefinitely: do not use it yet.

Take tincture 20 drops 3 times a day 30 minutes before meals. Course - 30 - 40 days, then a two-week break and repeat again. It is better to take the tincture in the months, in the name of which there is the letter "p", when the activity of the sun is reduced, that is, from September to April.

And even after the tincture is over, do not rush to throw away the ginseng. Every morning, start with a peculiar procedure: chew the root.

Chinese script

This healing remedy is prepared on the basis of an alcohol tincture of ginseng root. Mix the tincture with sugar (to taste) and keep in your mouth until completely dissolved. Take the drug 20-30 minutes before meals without drinking water. On the first day, 1 drop, on the second - two, etc. When the number of drops reaches the value of your age, start reducing their number one drop at a time. After a month break, the course can be repeated.

"Chinese recipe" differs from other preparations from the ginseng root in that its absorption occurs in the oral cavity, as a result of which the healing substances do not enter the stomach and are not exposed to the action of gastric acid, but enter directly into the vascular bed.

Honey with ginseng

Mix 25 g of dry crushed root with 700 g of warm (but not boiling) honey and immediately refrigerate for 10 days. No matter how light the ginseng crumb is, like everything else, it will begin to sink to the bottom. We also need ginseng to be evenly distributed in honey. This requires rapid cooling. But not in the freezer. Take 1 tsp. twice a day (morning and afternoon) half an hour before meals. The course of treatment is 2 months.

Ginseng paste

2 tbsp. l. crushed root pour 2 - 3 tbsp. l. hot water and leave for 2 - 3 hours. Then, stirring, heat in a water bath to plus 60 - 70 degrees and cool to plus 40.

Ready paste is used for the treatment of skin diseases, as well as for cosmetic purposes.

Decoction

2 - 3 Art. l. crushed ginseng root pour 1 - 2 cups of cold water, boil over low heat for 3 - 5 minutes. Then strain, cool to plus 37 - 40 degrees and take 1 tbsp. l. 3 times a day 20 minutes before meals.

Water tincture

An aqueous tincture of the root is prepared from ginseng root powder and water, in a ratio of 1:100.

Powder from dry ginseng root pour boiling water in a ratio of 1:10, let it brew for 10 minutes, strain. Drink 1 tbsp. l. 3 times a day 20 minutes before meals for 30 days. After a month break, the course can be repeated.

Yogurt with ginseng

In 1 liter of hot boiled milk, dilute 1 tsp. honey extract of ginseng, cool the mixture to plus 38 - 40 degrees and add fermented milk. Shake the mixture after receiving the curdled milk. Take 250 ml 2 times a day 30 minutes before meals.

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External building.

Calamus is a perennial rhizomatous herb.
The height of adult plants is from 10 cm in some calamus cultivars to 120 cm in common calamus. The rhizome is thick, creeping, horizontal, brown in color, up to 3 cm thick, white-pink inside, edible, with a pleasant aroma reminiscent of the smell of cinnamon or mandarin.

The stem is erect, unbranched, trihedral, with sharp ribs. The leaves are long, linear-xiphoid, alternate, bright green. They are located on the rhizome like a fan - like in irises.

The leaves are fused with each other, surrounding the main stem, so that the inflorescence, as it were, emerges from the middle of the leaf.

Calamus leaves at the break emit a characteristic spicy smell with a marsh note.

Purpose

Application.

Calamus ordinary has antispasmodic, antimicrobial, vasodilating, analgesic (local anesthetic), enveloping, astringent, sedative, hemostatic, reparative, diuretic and tonic properties.

From the calamus rhizome in folk medicine, it is used primarily for problems associated with the gastrointestinal tract: for stomach and duodenal ulcers, for intestinal disorders and flatulence, and for lack of appetite.

Calamus is also used for bronchitis, pleurisy, nephrolithiasis and cholelithiasis, with the pathological passage of menopause, with irregular menstruation, as a means of increasing sexual potency.

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marshmallow medicinal root

In nature, it covers almost the entire territory of Europe, Asia Minor, the Middle East and Central Asia.
In Russia, it is found in the steppe and forest-steppe zones of the North Caucasus, the Volga region, Eastern and Western Siberia.

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Marshmallow officinalis is a perennial herbaceous plant 60-150 cm high, covered with multi-pointed or almost stellate hairs, in the upper part, and especially the leaves, often velvety silky.
The rhizome is short, many-headed, with a powerful, white, woody main root up to 2 cm in diameter and numerous fleshy lateral roots.
Stems few, rarely solitary, erect, round, simple or slightly branched, glabrous at the base or lower part when flowering, sometimes dirty purple; thicker stems with discontinuous, depressed, along the grooves, passing at the base into an almost reticulate pattern with longitudinally elongated loops.
Leaves on petioles, 2-6.25 cm long. Lower leaves from broadly ovate to almost round or even kidney-shaped, heart-shaped, rounded or cut at the base, mostly obtuse, with slightly developed single or double lobes, fading during flowering and fruiting
Blossoms from the second year, in June-August, fruits ripen in August-October

Purpose

Application.

Rhizomes and roots of biennial plants are used as medicinal raw materials; they are harvested in early spring or autumn after the stems have dried. Preparations are carried out every 3-4 years. The dug roots are freed from the ground, the stems, capitate parts of the rhizomes and the taproot woody root are removed.
Marshmallow root is a typical mucus-containing medicinal plant, in terms of the number and content of active substances, almost equivalent to flax seeds.
Althea roots have expectorant, anti-inflammatory properties, are used in inflammatory conditions of the respiratory tract and pharynx, accompanied by difficult expectoration of sputum, inflammation of the tonsils and soft palate, tracheitis.
Less commonly, marshmallows are used for diseases of the stomach: ulcers, gastritis, colitis. Marshmallow flowers are used for diseases of the kidneys and bladder.

badan root

Habitat and distribution.

Badan (Bergenia) belongs to the saxifrage family (Saxifragaceae). In nature, bergenia grows in Siberia, central Asia, China and the Himalayas, where it survives on poor, permeable soils of rocky slopes and rocks.

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There are about 10 species in the genus Badan. These are evergreen perennials, rarely annuals 6-35 cm high. Rhizomes are thick, horizontal.
The leaves are basal, petiolate, large, dark green, shiny, leathery, collected in a rosette.
The flowers are goblet, red, pink or white, collected in dense paniculate inflorescences. Blooms in spring - early summer.
The fruit is a box.

Purpose

Application.

Badan thick-leaved, which is sometimes called Mongolian tea, has long been used in folk and official medicine, references to it are found in sources on Tibetan medicine.
Nowadays, bergenia finds application in the production of medicines and cosmetics.
The leaves and roots of the plant contain many trace elements, as well as tannin, sugars and starches. Badan preparations have anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial and hemostatic effects and are widely used in gastroenterology, gynecology and dentistry. Extract, decoction and tea from the roots of bergenia are used for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, skin inflammation, acne.
Natural dyes and tannins are produced from bergenia.

Is not a cure
Medicinal plants (both internally and externally) should be used only with the permission of a doctor; you cannot self-medicate!

Highlander snake root

Habitat and distribution.

It grows along the banks of rivers, in damp water meadows, in forest clearings. Prefers open, well-lit places with fertile sandy soils. The plant belongs to the genus Polygonum, which has more than 100 species, among which there are many medicinal plants. Highlander serpentine is a non-poisonous and non-toxic plant.

Description:

Snake root, crayfish necks is a perennial herbaceous plant belonging to the buckwheat family. The plant got its formidable name not due to its ability to cure snake bites, but due to its long, superficial, twisting roots.
In height, the highlander snake reaches 35-60 cm. The stem of the plant is single, straight, slightly leafy. Stem leaves are sessile, long and narrow, lanceolate, greyish-green.

Basal leaves are long-petiolate, large, broad-lobed, dark green, collected in a basal rosette. Basal leaves strongly disharmonize with stem leaves.
The root of the plant is snake-like, thin, long, reddish, located horizontally in the upper soil layer. Thin roots with growth buds diverge from the main root of the plant along the entire length. These buds give life to new young shoots.

Highlander bird blooms in May-June.
The corolla of the flower is elongated, narrow, bell-shaped, pink-violet. The flowers are collected in a dense spike-shaped inflorescence located at the end of the stem.
The fruit is a small dark brown nut, shaped like buckwheat.

Morison root

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Herbaceous polycarpic perennial with a massive root 7-10 cm thick or more. In young plants, the root is taproot, in perennials it is radish-shaped, in the upper part with stem-root outgrowths bearing growth buds, in the lower part it is slightly branched.
The root crust is tuberculate-warty, brownish-black, flaky when dried; the core is greenish-yellow, on a cut or a break it releases a light yellow, resinous milky juice.

Stem 60-120 (200) cm high, branching in the upper part, made (not hollow), furrowed, slightly leafy, at the base with remnants of dead leaves.

The leaves are repeatedly tripartite, their blade is triangular; terminal lobules lanceolate-linear, up to 9 cm long, up to 4 mm wide, with 1 vein.
Basal leaves are collected in a dense drooping rosette 25-40 cm high. Leaves decrease towards the top of the stem; the uppermost ones are reduced to sheaths. Umbrellas are multi-beam (20-40 rays each), with rapidly falling linear leaves of the involucre. Wrap of 5-13 linear, slightly visible leaflets.

The flowers are small, with short, awl-shaped calyx teeth and five yellow-green petals. Fruits 6-9 x 3-4 mm with slightly protruding dorsal ribs and widened pterygoid marginal ribs. All organs of the plant, especially when fresh, have a sharp, resinous odor.

Blooms in July-August; fruits ripen in August-September

Elecampane high root

Description:

Elecampane belongs to the genus of perennial plants growing in Europe and Asia.
The plant has yellow or orange flowers, single or collected in inflorescences.

The rhizome of elecampane is thick, short and fleshy, with a few thick roots extending from it.
Rhizomes and roots are brown on the outside, and yellowish inside.

Medicinal raw materials are rhizomes and roots.

Purpose

Application:

Preparations from the root of elecampane are used in homeopathy.
In folk medicine, tinctures and extracts of the rhizome were used orally for edema, urolithiasis, malaria, migraine;
Tinctures are also used as an expectorant for whooping cough, epilepsy, and bronchial asthma.
A tincture of a fresh root in wine (port wine and Cahors) was used for hypoacid gastritis. Elecampane also has an anti-inflammatory, choleretic, expectorant and weak diuretic effect. Elecampane slows down intestinal motility and its secretory activity, at the same time increases the excretion of bile, which is good for treatment of the digestive system.

Angelica descending root

Description:

The angelica drooping root is popularly called the bear's bunch.
A biennial herbaceous plant from the umbrella family, reaching a height of 3 m and a thickness of 8 cm under favorable conditions.
The rhizome is short, thick, annulated with numerous furrowed roots.

The stem is straight, bright green, cylindrical, shiny, hollow inside.
The leaves are alternate, double or triple pinnate, with large swollen sheaths, partially enclosing the stem, the lower ones are petiolate, the upper ones are sessile. The flowers are yellowish-green, large, collected in a spherical large umbrella.

The fruits are oblong, ribbed capsules.
Blooms in July - August. Occurs on forest edges, glades, meadows, banks of rivers, streams in forest and forest-steppe zones .

Purpose

Application:

Angelica descending in folk medicine became famous as a remedy for gastric diseases - bloating, diarrhea and indigestion.
Angelica also treats diseases of the upper respiratory tract - bronchial asthma, colds, tonsillitis.
Infusion of angelica treats rheumatism and some diseases of the lower back, the herb is infused with alcohol or vodka and is used only for external use.
Angelica helps well with epilepsy, hysteria, insomnia and some other nervous diseases.
You just need to make an infusion from the root in a glass of boiling water, dilute 2 tablespoons of the roots. After 10 hours, the infusion is ready for use.
The root is an excellent tonic, and allows you to quickly restore strength after nervous exhaustion.

Taking baths with the addition of angelica root helps relieve nervous tension and get rid of breakdowns and depression.

Golden root

Description:

Golden root is a perennial herbaceous plant.
It has a thick tuberous root and small adventitious roots extending from it.
The root and rhizome have a bronze hue on the outside, pink or lemon yellow on the inside.
The stems of Rhodiola rosea are thickened, soft, 30 - 40 cm in height.

Golden root blooms in late June - early July.
Harvest rhizomes with roots of Rhodiola rosea in the second half of July - August, during flowering, fruiting.

Purpose

Application:

Golden root preparations are prescribed for functional diseases of the nervous system - neurosis, irritability, physical and nervous exhaustion, insomnia, impotence, amenorrhea.

In folk medicine, the golden root is used for diseases of the stomach, tuberculosis and diabetes, anemia, liver diseases, loss of strength.
Outwardly, golden root extract is used as a wound healing agent for periodontal disease, small cuts, and rinsing is used for sore throats.

Rhodiola rosea rhizome tincture is recommended as a tonic, tonic and performance enhancer for overwork and various diseases, such as headache, pulmonary tuberculosis, stomach and intestinal disease, and severe uterine bleeding.

The golden root is contraindicated in case of pronounced symptoms of nervous diseases, hypertensive crises, depletion of cortical cells, feverish conditions.

Red brush root (Rhodiola quaternary)

Red brush, Rhodiola four-membered, grows exclusively in the Altai Mountains. Rhodiola cold grass grows red brush only in the highlands of Altai and is not found anywhere else in the world.

Purpose

Application

In folk medicine, a red brush is used to completely cure mastopathy, uterine fibroids, erosions, cysts, endometriosis, painful and irregular monthly cycles, and tumors of various etiologies.
The red brush has a pronounced hemostatic and mild tonic effect. Relieves spasms of cerebral vessels.
The red brush can be successfully used for the treatment of oncological diseases and severe diseases of bacterial and viral origin.
Red brush (Rhodiola cold) - used in men, used for prostate adenoma.
The brush has a pronounced hemostatic and mild tonic effect.

Scope of the "red brush"

• - with endocrine disorders, including those from the thyroid gland;
• - in infectious and inflammatory diseases;
• - with ailments during menstruation.

red root

Description:

The red root is a unique plant.
The red root grows only in the mountainous regions of Altai.
The inhabitants of Siberia have long drank decoctions of the Red Root like modern inhabitants of black tea.

The flowers of the red root are small, purple-violet, collected in many-flowered brushes. The fruits are drooping, fluffy, broad-rimmed beans. Blooms in June - August.

The red root contains tannins, flavanoids (hyperoside, quercetin, avcularin, compferol), catechins (which color the root red), free amino acids.

Purpose

Apply : The red root is used in folk medicine for the treatment of diseases of the genitourinary system, impotence, infertility, various cancers, helps restore male sexual activity, improves blood circulation and eliminates congestion in the prostate gland, restores strength during heavy physical exertion. The main effect of the use of the red root is the treatment of chronic prostatitis, acute prostatitis, adenoma, urethritis, impotence and other urological diseases.
In acute gastrointestinal diseases, it is used as an antitumor, analgesic agent. Forgotten kopeechnik has a high immunostimulating effect.

In China, Siberia, red root powder is prescribed for epilepsy as a sedative.
The red root is well used for cleansing the liver and kidneys.

Also, the red root is effective in the complex treatment of prostatitis and urethritis.

METHOD OF APPLICATION OF RED ROOT AND DOSES

Alcohol: 25 grams of root insist on 0.5 liters of vodka, 10 days. Take 1 tablespoon 2-3 times daily before meals.

Water: As tea: 5 grams of root per 0.5 of water, leave for 30 minutes. Take as tea 2-5 times a day.

Burnet root

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Burnet is a perennial herbaceous plant up to 1 m high with a thick root and a straight stem, branched in the upper part, 50 - 70 cm in height. Leaves pinnate, 10 - 15 cm long, dark green, with many oblong serrate leaflets 3 - 5 cm long and 1 - 3 cm wide.

The flowers of the burnet are small, dark red, collected in a dense inflorescence - an oblong head; bisexual, from a four-parted calyx, without petals, with 4 dark red stamens and 1 style; the fruit is enclosed in a tetrahedral receptacle (hypanthium) with thick ribs.

Burnet officinalis blooms in June-August, the fruits ripen in August-September.

Purpose

Application.

In folk medicine, it is widely used in the form of decoctions for the treatment of headaches, sore throats and for various bleeding, as an astringent, especially for hemoptysis in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis, for heavy menstruation, diarrhea, and as an external wound healing agent.
Outwardly, a decoction of burnet is prescribed for the treatment of poorly healing wounds and ulcers. Compresses can be applied to bruises.
Burnet reliably stops all kinds of bleeding. Tea from herbs and rhizomes or only from rhizomes is used as a hemostatic agent for hemoptysis, uterine and hemorrhoidal bleeding, too heavy menstruation, diarrhea, pulmonary bleeding, worms and for the treatment of wounds.

Buckthorn brittle (bark)

Description:

Buckthorn is a shrub or small tree and can reach a height of 7 m.
The trunk and branches of the buckthorn are dark brown.

Unlike laxative buckthorn, the brittle buckthorn has a smooth trunk without thorns.
The bark is dark in color, characterized by the presence of a red layer under the outer layer of cork.
Buckthorn bark contains anthracions: emodin, glucofrangulin and isoemodin- up to 8%.

In addition to anthraquinones, the bark also contains chrysophanoic acid, resins, anthranols, and tannins.

Purpose

Application.

Buckthorn bark has laxative and emetic properties and is used in folk medicine.
Buckthorn is also used for colic, edema of cardiac and renal origin, helminthiases, gout, Graves' disease, menopausal disorders, especially dizziness, tachycardia, depression, migraine, itching, cholangitis, hepatitis.

To avoid poisoning, do not use fresh bark.

Toxic substances in it are gradually oxidized, so the bark is used after 1 year of natural storage, or after warming up (1 hour at a temperature of 100 ° C).

An infusion of buckthorn bark is used in obstetric and gynecological practice.
Also as a laxative for hemorrhoids, rectal fissures, atonic and spastic constipation.

Tincture - for streptoderma, pyoderma, boils and other diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue.

Potentilla root

Habitat and distribution.

Potentilla white grows in Europe, in Central Europe to the Volga. The northern border corresponds to the north of Germany. This species is absent from the forests of Scandinavia, Finland and the British Isles.
Grows on different soils from dry to wet, nutrient-poor, sandy and clay. Prefers light, especially oak and pine forests, copses, edges and meadows, grassy slopes and shrubs.

The plant is endangered. Potentilla white is listed as a threatened species.

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Perennial herbaceous plant 8-25 cm tall. The rhizome is thick, slightly branched, scaly.
The stems are thin, short, not longer than the root leaves, ascending, slightly leafy, branched almost from the base, two to five-flowered, dressed, like the leaf petioles, pedicels and calyx, with appressed, silky hairs.

Flowers on long stalks, rather large; outer sepals linear-lanceolate, shorter than inner ones, last ones ovate-lanceolate; petals broadly obovate, longer than sepals, notched, white. Stamens 20, filaments very thin, glabrous, anthers oblong. Blooms in May no.

Purpose

Application.

The plant has astringent, antispasmodic, diuretic, choleretic, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial action. Infusions, decoctions, goose cinquefoil herb juice increase intestinal motility, prevent constipation.

• Potentilla infusion

2 tbsp. l. raw materials are poured into a thermos, add 2 cups of boiling water and leave overnight. Take in equal portions throughout the day.
Potentilla decoction
1 st. l. raw materials are poured into an enamel bowl with 1 cup of boiling water, covered with a lid, kept in a water bath, stirring occasionally, for 30 minutes. Cool, strain. Take 1 tbsp. l. 3-5 times a day after meals.

• Potentilla juice

Fresh grass is mixed with immature ears of rye in equal amounts, everything is passed through a meat grinder and squeezed. Take 3 tbsp. l. per day for cholelithiasis and urolithiasis.

Potentilla helps with stroke, heart attack, atherosclerosis, hypertension, stomach ulcers. It is used for diseases of the thyroid gland, with enterocolitis, rheumatism. It improves heart function, blood composition, helps with anemia, liver diseases, uterine prolapse, strengthens the immune system.

Leuzea safflower-like - Maral Root

Description:

Leuzea safflower-like (maral root) Rhaponticum carthamoides (Willd.) Lljin
A large perennial herbaceous plant from the Asteraceae family (Compositae) up to 180 cm high with a woody horizontal rhizome and numerous hard long roots extending from it. The stem is straight, thick, slightly furrowed and cobwebbed.
The leaves are alternate, large, up to 40 cm long and 20 cm wide, pinnatipartite into five eight pairs of lateral lanceolate lobes and a larger terminal lobe, the lower ones are petiolate, the upper ones are sessile.

Flowers in single large baskets up to 6 cm in diameter, with a multi-row gray tiled wrapper. All flowers are tubular, bisexual, with purple corollas and lower ovary. The fruits are brownish tetrahedral achenes up to 7 mm long, equipped with a tuft.

Blossoms in June-August, fruits ripen in August-September.
Grows in subalpine and alpine meadows in the mountains of southern Siberia and northeastern Kazakhstan. To obtain medicinal raw materials, they are cultivated in specialized state farms.

Purpose

Application:

Medicinal uses have rhizomes with roots. They contain alkaloids, resin, inulin, tannins, essential oil, carotene, ascorbic acid. Rhizomes with roots are harvested in August - September. After digging with shovels, clean, put in baskets and rinse thoroughly in water. Large rhizomes are divided into parts. After washing, the raw materials are ventilated in the open air and dried in dryers or ventilated rooms, and then again cleaned of soil residues on sieves.

In the folk medicine of Siberia, leuzea has long been used as a tonic for overwork, as well as general weakness after illness, astheno-depressive state, etc. After pharmacological and clinical studies, the rhizomes and roots of leuzea began to be used in scientific medicine.
In the form of a tincture or liquid extract (20-30 drops 2 times a day before meals), they are used as directed by a doctor for functional diseases of the central nervous system and associated irritability, headaches, mental and physical fatigue, sexual weakness. At the same time, patients feel better, their working capacity increases, appetite and sleep improve.

Small doses of the drug are stimulating. Due to their vasodilating properties, they regulate blood pressure.
Leuzea affects the reticular formation of the brain stem, the electrical activity of the cerebral cortex, stimulates labor activity, improves heart function, slows down its rhythm and increases heart contractions, while increasing the amplitude of breathing.
The stimulating effect of Leuzea is directly related to the improvement of blood circulation in the central nervous system.

In patients suffering from asthenia of the nervous system of various origins, after taking the drug from Leuzea for 2-3 weeks, the state of health improves, efficiency increases, the feeling of fatigue and lethargy is removed.

Burdock large root (burdock)

Habitat and distribution.

Burdock grows in the steppe, forest-steppe and forest zone of the European part of Russia, the Caucasus, Siberia and the Far East. It grows as a weed in wastelands, along roads and hedges, in ravines and gullies, sometimes in forests in clearings, among shrubs.

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Burdock (burdock) is a herbaceous plant of the Compositae family with fleshy, slightly branched fusiform roots up to 60 cm long. Stems erect, furrowed, woolly, branched, up to 1.5-2 m tall. The flowers are small, tubular, with a purple-purple corolla. The fruit is an achene, oblong, obovate, with a tuft of short, easily falling bristles.
Burdock blooms in June-August, the fruits ripen in August-September.

Purpose

Application.

In folk medicine, burdock roots are used for treatment. Burdock root is used for treatment as a diuretic and diaphoretic, for gout and rheumatism. An infusion of burdock root on almond, olive oil is used to improve hair growth (burdock oil). Infusions and decoctions are drunk for edema, kidney stones and peptic ulcers, chronic gastritis and to improve metabolism in case of pustular skin lesions.

Recipe

• To prepare an aqueous infusion of burdock, a tablespoon of crushed roots is poured with 2 cups of boiling water and insisted for 2 hours. The broth is prepared according to the same standards, but instead of insisting, it is boiled for 10 minutes. Infusion and decoction drink warm half a cup 3-4 times a day.
• Burdock oil, a well-known remedy for strengthening hair, is made from burdock root. They can lubricate wounds, cuts, burns. It is well suited for rubbing the joints, as an analgesic and anti-inflammatory agent. Burdock oil is made like this: 2 tbsp. spoons of crushed root pour 1 cup of sunflower oil, insist 24 hours, then simmer in a water bath for 20 minutes. Cool, strain and put in a cool place.
• Well helps ointment for rubbing the joints. As a base, you can take butter or fresh fat. First make a rich decoction: 1 tbsp. a spoonful of root per 1 cup of boiling water (more is possible, it all depends on what volume of ointment you need), evaporated to half over low heat, mixed with a fatty base (1: 1). I rub my joints. Several procedures - and the pain goes away. Burdock is also subject to women's diseases, especially fibroids.

Interestingly, there are no contraindications for the use of burdock. It is not recommended to use it only for pregnant women, with diarrhea, as well as with individual intolerance. Burdock is useful in violation of the endocrine system, in particular in diabetes. To lower blood sugar levels, improve digestion and metabolism, you can make coffee from burdock.

Madder dye root

Habitat and distribution.

Madder is common in Dagestan, Azerbaijan and other regions of the Caucasus, in the Crimea, in Central Asia.
Grows in riverine tree and shrub thickets, on pebbles, steppe meadows, edges, in light pine forests, gardens, vineyards and along fences. Madder grows on sands, loams and merged soils.

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Perennial herbaceous plant up to 2 m high. The main root is powerful. Roots with thick creeping rhizomes depart from it. Roots and rhizomes are covered with reddish-brown exfoliating bark. The stem is thin, climbing, highly branched, tetrahedral, prickly-rough. The leaves are light green, obovate, dense, woolly-spiky below, opposite, collected in whorls of 4-6 pieces, up to 9 long and up to 3 cm wide. The flowers are small, yellowish-green, up to 1.5 cm in diameter, collected in few-flowered semi-umbels at the ends of stems and branches. The fruit is a juicy black drupe up to 5 mm long; their juice leaves almost indelible dark wine-red stains. Blooms in June - September

Purpose

Application.

For medicinal purposes, the roots and rhizomes of madder dye are used. Madder roots in the form of an extract, as well as powder and other herbal preparations of the plant, loosen and destroy stones in the kidneys and bladder. In addition, plant preparations lower the tone and increase the peristaltic contractions of the muscles of the renal pelvis and ureters, thereby contributing to the movement of stones and their removal from the kidneys and urinary tract.

Dandelion root

Habitat and distribution.

Dandelion lives everywhere, often forming carpet thickets in meadows, gardens, lawns, along roads.

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Dandelion root is vertical, powerful, brown, white on the cut. Leaves - in a basal rosette, lanceolate-crenate, notched. The flowers are bright yellow, collected in inflorescences - baskets. The fruit is an achene with a tuft. All parts of the plant secrete bitter milky juice when mechanically damaged. Peduncle tubular, hollow. After flowering, a bare receptacle remains, hence the popular name - baldness.

Purpose

Applications

In folk medicine, dandelion is used: as an expectorant (for diseases of the respiratory system), a sedative and hypnotic - for disorders of the nervous system; diseases of the kidneys, spleen and gallbladder. The infusion of the root also helps with hemorrhoids.

It has also been noticed among the people that milk comes to nursing mothers if they use an infusion of the bark or salads from young leaves of the plant, but this should not be abused, otherwise the milk will be bitter. Dandelion is useful in the initial stages of diabetes.

Externally, the infusion is rubbed with differences in skin diseases - acne, boils and drug-induced dermatitis.

Dandelion root is used to stimulate appetite, with gastritis with secretory insufficiency, the bitterness of dandelion enhances the secretion of gastric juice, as a choleretic agent, a decoction of dandelion roots is prescribed for cholecystitis, cholangitis, cholelithiasis, hepatitis, dandelion roots are recommended for patients with diabetes mellitus, as a means of improving metabolism,
used as an anti-sclerotic agent, for chronic spastic and atonic constipation, decoctions of dandelion roots are used as a laxative.

Recipes

Infusion of roots. 1 tablespoon of raw materials per 200 ml of boiling water, insist 2 hours. Drink 1/3 cup 3-4 times a day for 15 minutes. before meals. To strengthen the appetite and as a choleretic agent.

Herbal infusion. 1 tablespoon of raw materials per 400 ml of boiling water. Insist 2 hours, filter, drink 1/2 cup 4 times a day before meals.

Peony evasive (Maryin Koren)

Habitat and distribution.

In nature, the peony grows in Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Altai, in the forest zone of Siberia from the Urals to the Lena and Baikal. It is rare - in the north of the European part of Russia. Maryin root is classified as a rare and endangered species, therefore it is listed in the Red Book.

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The most famous is the evasive peony, or Mary's root. This perennial herbaceous medicinal plant is famous for its roots. A plant up to 1 m high and above, with a thick tuberous rhizome and large, 20-25 cm long, brown-brown roots with a strong specific smell and sweetish taste. On the rhizome are large, purple-pink buds of renewal. Numerous stems are erect, glabrous, furrowed, pink-purple at the base, with leaf scales, usually one-flowered. The leaves are alternate, petiolate, up to 30 cm long, deeply dissected, leaf blades are smooth. The flowers are large, up to 13 cm in diameter, purple-pink, with five or more petals, often located one at a time at the top of the stem. Blooms from late May - June.

Purpose

Application.

Grass, rhizomes and roots are collected as medicinal raw materials. The taste of raw materials is sweetish-burning, slightly astringent. The smell is sharp, peculiar.
Peony roots have long been used in China and are part of the anti-cancer drugs.
The plant has a sedative, anticonvulsant, analgesic, anti-inflammatory. bactericidal and tonic action. They are used as a means of moderately stimulating the release of hydrochloric acid from the gastric mucosa, and also as an antidote for poisoning.
In folk medicine - for hypertension, toothache, gastrointestinal diseases, stomach and duodenal ulcers, gastritis, diarrhea, liver diseases, in obstetrics and gynecological diseases as a tonic myometrium, for colds, malaria, fever, gouty and rheumatoid arthritis, metabolic disorders, paralysis, hemorrhoids, ascites, otitis, scrofula and tuberculosis of the skin, as well as cancer.

Recipe.

• Tincture of 10% from grass and peony roots evading 40% alcohol - a clear liquid of light brown color, bitter astringent taste, peculiar smell. Has a calming effect. Assign for neurasthenia, insomnia, vegetative-vascular disorders. Take 30-40 drops 3 times a day. The course of treatment is 25-30 days. Produced in bottles of 200 ml. Store in a cool dry place.
• Infusion of peony roots evading: 1 teaspoon of crushed raw material is poured into 400 ml of boiling water. Take 1 tablespoon 3 times a day 15-20 minutes before meals.
• A decoction of the roots of an evading peony: 1 teaspoon of crushed raw material is poured into 400 ml of boiling water, boiled for 5 minutes, then filtered. Take 1/2 cup 3 times a day 20 minutes before meals.

It should always be remembered that taking peony preparations, as a highly poisonous plant, requires great care and control of the attending physician.

cinquefoil root

Description.

Sabelnik is a perennial shrub up to 1 m tall.
The cinquefoil has a long creeping rhizome with a woody ascending stem.
The rhizomes are dug up in August-September, cleaned of earth and small adventitious roots, washed, cut off the stems and dried in the sun.
Dry the cinquefoil in ventilated warm rooms.

Purpose

Application.

Marsh cinquefoil has a renewing property for weakened body cells, cleanses the body of harmful substances and does not have any negative effect on healthy organs.
Sabelnik is used for cancerous tumors (breast cancer, rectal cancer, stomach cancer), for abscesses, boils, phlegmon, for diseases of the liver and gallbladder, for metabolic disorders.
The rhizomes of the cinquefoil are popular in folk medicine as a means of treating osteoarticular diseases: salt deposits in the joints of the arms and legs, dislocations and sprains.
The cinquefoil root is used to treat gastrointestinal and other internal bleeding, tumors of the gastrointestinal tract, hemorrhoids, it is used as an astringent for diarrhea, diuretic and choleretic.
It is also believed that cinquefoil is an analgesic and antipyretic.
Outwardly, cinquefoil is used as a wound healing and anti-inflammatory agent, in the form of rinses for weak gums and inflammatory processes in the oral cavity.
Some consider cinquefoil a good remedy for the bites of rabid dogs and for the normalization of metabolism.

cyanosis blue root

Description:

Blue cyanosis is common in the forest and forest-steppe zone of Siberia up to Chukotka inclusive: it enters the mountains, rising to the upper border of the forest belt.
Cyanosis grows in sparse forests, their edges, birch pegs, river banks and forest meadows.
Blue cyanosis is a perennial with a thick rhizome, from which numerous adventitious roots extend.

Stems solitary, up to 60 cm, sometimes up to 1 m tall. The leaves are alternate, unpaired, with 7-12 pairs of leaflets and one unpaired.

Blue cyanosis flowers are large, blue, sometimes violet-blue or whitish in terminal glandular-pubescent paniculate inflorescences.

Blue cyanosis blooms in June-July, bears fruit in August-September.

Purpose

Application:

A decoction of cyanosis blue roots is prescribed for acute and chronic diseases of the bronchi and lungs with abscesses, catarrh of the upper respiratory tract, pulmonary tuberculosis.
After the start of treatment with cyanosis, an improvement in the condition is observed, cough decreases, sputum increases, chest pain disappears, and inflammation decreases.
The roots of cyanosis are used as a sedative, the effect of cyanosis is 8-10 times greater than that of valerian.
Cyanosis has anti-inflammatory, healing properties.
Sinyukha is used to treat stomach ulcers.
The roots of cyanosis are usually consumed after meals, in order to avoid irritation of the gastric mucosa with saponins, which are rich in cyanosis.

licorice root

Description:

Licorice is a perennial herbaceous plant of the legume family with a strong root system.
Soloka fruit is elongated, slightly curved, brown in color with 2-6 seeds.
Licorice blooms in June - August, and the fruits ripen in August - September.
breeds

vegetatively and seeds.
Forms large thickets along the banks of the steppe rivers, on the sands.
Most commonlicorice Ural and licorice naked.

Purpose

Application:

Expectorants are prepared from licorice root. Licorice root is also part of a diuretic tea. Licorice is used to improve the taste of drugs andpill preparation.
From the licorice root, a medicinal preparation is used for gastritis, gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer.
Licorice root is also used in brewing, cooking confectionery and for technical purposes.
Licorice is also used in medical practice to improve the taste of medicines; it is part of diuretic teas.

Echinocea root

Description

Rhizome perennial, 60-100 cm high. The species is isolated from the genus Rudbecky. It blooms from July until frost, single flowers-baskets up to 15 cm in diameter. Differs in unpretentiousness and long flowering. Echinacea is used in group plantings, on lawns, flower beds, mixborders, suitable for cutting. A unique medicinal and ornamental plant.

Purpose

Application

Echinocea - is able to increase the body's natural defenses, to cleanse the blood and lymph, treat bacterial and viral infections, and is effective for diseases of the throat and respiratory tract.
For medicinal purposes, inflorescences, stems and roots of echinocea are used.
Echinacea is used in the form of alcohol tinctures, vegetable oil tinctures, water tinctures and decoctions, in combination with herbs.

Recipe:

Root decoction.
One tablespoon of dry crushed raw materials is poured into 300 ml of water, brought to a boil and infused in a water bath for 30 minutes or in a thermos for several hours. Then the infusion is cooled and filtered. The decoction is taken in accordance with the recommendations for 1-2 tbsp. spoon 3-4 times a day before meals.

Tincture of fresh roots.

medicinal plant ginseng- perennial herbaceous plant of the Araliaceae family (Araliaceae), up to 80 cm high, rarely higher. Underground organs - rhizome and thickened main root. The root is taproot, oblong-cylindrical, usually with 2-6 thickened lateral branches (processes) and with thin skeletal roots (lobes), has a total length of 60 cm or more; the thickness of the main root is up to 3 cm. On the main and lateral roots, numerous very fragile seasonal suction roots develop in spring and die off by autumn, after the death of which characteristic nodule-shaped tubercles remain on the roots.

Medicinal plant Common ginseng has a fleshy root (contains up to 75% water), fragrant, grayish-yellow on the cut. The rhizome of wild plants is usually thin, up to 10 cm long or more, with clearly defined, spirally arranged scars, which are formed annually when the above-ground shoots die off. The annual growth of the root of the medicinal plant Common ginseng averages 1 g or a little more. The above-ground shoot is usually single, much less often there are multi-stemmed plants - with 2 (sometimes up to 6-7) shoots. The stem is straight, thin, cylindrical, green or brown-red, glabrous, hollow inside. Leaves in young plants 1-2, in adults 4-5 (rarely up to 7); they are long-petiolate, usually five-fingered-complex, up to 40 cm long, located in a rosette at the top of the stem. Leaf petioles with a purple-red tint. In mature plants, a peduncle up to 25 cm high with one simple umbrella develops from the center of the leaf rosette; below it there are often smaller lateral umbrellas. The flowers are small, inconspicuous, with a white corolla. The fruit of the medicinal plant Common Ginseng is a bright red, lower, usually two-seed, often one-seed, rarely three-seed drupe.

Medicinal plant Common ginseng blooms in July, the fruits ripen in August - September. Propagated only by seeds. Seeds germinate only 18-22 months after autumn sowing (part of the seeds only in the 3rd or 4th year), which is associated with the underdevelopment of the embryo in them. Lives up to 150 years.

Wild ginseng grows in the south of the Khabarovsk Territory, in the Primorsky Territory, as well as in Korea, China, and Manchuria. It grows mainly in cedar-deciduous forests, sometimes with an admixture of fir and spruce, less often in oak or hornbeam forests with an admixture of aspen, maple, ash and linden. Prefers loose, humus-rich, moderately moist soils. Does not tolerate direct sunlight and therefore never found in open places.

The first written mention of the medicinal plant Ginseng is noted in the ancient Chinese work on the medicinal properties of Shennong-bencao, dating back to the 1st century BC, although it has been used in oriental folk medicine for at least 4-5 thousand years. And there was no more legendary plant in the history of all medicine. He was credited with the property not only to heal all diseases, but also to instill life in a dying person. The people called it the "root of life", "miracle of the world", "strike of immortality" and other equally loud names. The extraordinary glory of the plant gave rise to a real "ginseng fever" and became the cause of many tragedies and crimes. In 1709, Emperor Kan-Hi introduced an absolute monopoly on ginseng harvesting. Searches, extraction of a medicinal root were strictly scheduled. Pickers who received special permission went to the taiga under guard. Only at the edge of the forest was each determined the place of search and the place of exit from the taiga. For a strictly designated search time, the necessary supply of food was issued. The forests of China, where the medicinal plant Ginseng has been harvested for thousands of years, were depleted, therefore, from the middle of the 19th century, the Ussuri region became the most productive place for extracting the root.

Natural roots of a medicinal plant Common ginseng weighing 100-200 g is a rarity. In 1981, an unusually large ginseng root was found in China. Its weight was 500 g, and the length of the process was 65 cm. This root had many branches and pearl growths, which make it especially valuable. An even rarer specimen was found in 1905 in Manchuria during the construction of a railway. The plant was 200 years old and its root weighed 600 g. The root was sold in Shanghai for $5,000, which was only half of its true value.

For the first time in Russia, the medicinal plant Common Ginseng (it was brought by the Russian envoy to the court of the Chinese emperor, the boyar N. G. Sapphiry) came in 1675 from China.

For medicinal purposes, the roots of the medicinal plant Common Ginseng are used (of particular interest is the root, which in appearance resembles a human figure) (Radix Ginseng). When harvesting the roots (in September), the above-ground shoots are first cut off, then the roots are carefully dug up with garden pitchforks and shaken off the ground; in the process of subsequent sorting (into healthy, diseased, damaged and underdeveloped), the roots are thoroughly cleaned of soil. Commercial maturity of the roots of wild plants occurs after 25-30 years of ginseng life. In culture, the roots are dug out at the age of 5-8 years. The average weight of 6-7-year-old ginseng roots is 40-60 g. The plant is listed in the Red Book of the Russian Federation, therefore, wild-growing ginseng is harvested only under licenses. The dug out roots of the medicinal plant Ginseng are kept over vapors of water heated to 80 ° C for an hour and dried in the shade for at least one to two months, until they become completely hard, light brown in color. These roots are called red. They can be stored for many years. The smell of raw materials is weak, specific, the taste is bittersweet.

Extracted from the root: panax-saponin pacacquillon of unknown composition; essential oil, which includes sesquiterpenes; paiaxic acid, consisting of a mixture of fatty acids - palmigic, stearic, oleic, linogsic; ginsenin, phytosterol, mucus, resins, enzymes, B vitamins; a small amount of alkaloids of unknown composition; iron, manganese, aluminum, phosphorus, sulfur, silicon.

Medicinal plant Common ginseng - a strong energy reductant; in this regard, it is a means of tonic cardiac activity, restoring intellectual and physical strength and, accordingly, increasing excitability; finally, it increases the resistance of a poorly developing embryo. It is especially recommended to prevent the effects of aging and is considered a life-prolonging agent.

It is generally accepted that the medicinal plant Ginseng excites the central nervous system, which allows us to attribute it to substances that enhance excitation processes and weaken the processes of inhibition in the cerebral cortex. However, controversial questions about the effect of various doses of ginseng on the central nervous, cardiovascular and other systems have not yet been clarified. The stimulating effect of ginseng on the body is attributed to papaxin. Panaxic acid enhances metabolic processes and promotes faster breakdown of fats. Panakvillon stimulates the endocrine apparatus and increases the content of hormones in the body. Ginzenin regulates carbohydrate metabolism, lowers blood sugar and increases glycogen synthesis. Accelerates the healing of ulcers, increases the secretion of bile, the concentration of bilirubin and bile acids in it, increases the sensitivity of the human eye during adaptation to the dark, and suppresses the vital activity of some microorganisms.

Preparations from the medicinal plant Common ginseng are used for hypotension, mental and physical fatigue, decreased performance, fatigue, exhaustion, functional diseases of the cardiovascular system, anemia, neurasthenia, hysteria, sexual dysfunction, asthenic conditions caused by various diseases (diabetes , tuberculosis, malaria, etc.). It can be prescribed for atherosclerosis. In oriental medicine, it was believed that ginseng increases the body's immunity, and its systematic use helps to lengthen life.

In China, the medicinal plant Common Ginseng is used in the form of powders, pills, tinctures, decoctions, extracts, ointments, and also in the form of a tea called ginseng. In China, where traditional medicine has known ginseng for 4,000 years and considers ginseng root to be the "supreme essence", all kinds of properties are attributed to it.

Tincture from the root of a medicinal plant Common ginseng: pour a root weighing 40-50 g with cold boiled sweet water for 3-4 hours, chop, pour 0.5 l of 40% alcohol or strong vodka and leave for 21 days in a dark place. Take 1 time per day 0.5 hours before meals, 1 teaspoon without drinking water. Drunk amount of tincture topped up with vodka for 14 days. The course of treatment is 90 days with two breaks of 10 days. This course of treatment can be repeated only after a year.

Ginseng root extract: a root weighing 40-50 g is crushed, poured with water and boiled until the liquid boils away to 50% of the original volume. Cool and drink 1 tsp. 2 times a day, morning and evening before meals.

Ginseng powder take 0.25 g 3 times a day, starting with small doses, gradually moving to their increase.

For myocardial infarction, take 20 g of ginseng root and 0.5 kg of bee honey. Mix root powder with honey, leave for 1 week, stirring frequently. Take 1/4 teaspoon 3 times a day (especially useful for low hemoglobin in the blood).

In case of heart failure, powdered dry roots of the medicinal plant Ginseng ordinary take 0.25 g 2-3 times a day.

Pour dry ginseng root with 70% alcohol in a ratio of 1:10. Take 10-15 drops 2-3 times a day.

In case of loss of strength, hypertension, exhaustion, nervous diseases, pour ginseng root with 50% alcohol in a ratio of 1:10. Infuse for a week. Take 15-30 drops 2-3 times a day before meals. The course of treatment is 30-40 days, then take a break for 2-3 weeks. Take no more than three courses in total.

Pour boiling water over ginseng root in a ratio of 1:10. Insist 1 hour. Drink 1 teaspoon per dose.

Powder of the root of the medicinal plant Common ginseng take 0.3 g 2-3 times a day before meals. The course of treatment is 30-40 days, then take a break for 2-3 weeks. Take no more than three courses in total.

With prolonged use of ginseng, side effects may occur: insomnia, headache, pain in the heart, palpitations, depression. It is dangerous in severe cases of hypertension with pronounced sclerotic changes in the vessels of the heart and head, as well as in feverish conditions and bleeding.

by Notes of the Wild Mistress

The king of forest animals is a tiger,
king of sea animals - dragon,
the king of forest plants - ginseng.
Chinese proverb

Ginseng(real ginseng, panax ginseng, gift of the gods, divine herb, stosil, man-root, etc.) - Panax ginseng A. Mey.

Ginseng. Story. legends

When in 1753 Carl Linnaeus got acquainted with this plant, the loud fame of an all-healing remedy had already reached Europe, and therefore it was given a name derived from the word panacea, meaning "a cure for all diseases." The specific epithet ginseng comes from the Chinese name of the plant, meaning root man, due to the similarity of the root of this plant with a human figure.

The first written mention of it is in the ancient Chinese work on medicines "Shen-nong-ben cao", dating back to the 1st century BC. BC e., although in eastern folk medicine it has been used for at least 4-5 millennia. And there was no more legendary plant in the history of medicine. He was credited with the property not only to heal all diseases, but also to instill life in a dying person. The people called ginseng "the root of life", "the miracle of the world", "the blow of immortality" and other equally loud names. A plant with such exceptional properties could not have arisen in the usual way, and therefore there are many legends about the origin of ginseng. One of them states that the plant is born from lightning. If lightning strikes the clear water of a mountain spring, the spring goes underground, and a plant grows in its place, which has absorbed the power of heavenly fire. Hence another name - the root-lightning.

Another legend tells that in ancient times a kind and powerful knight lived in China. Ginseng. He had a beautiful sister Liao. Once, protecting ordinary people, Ginseng captured the cruel and handsome leader of the Honghuzi Song Shiho. Liao saw him, fell in love with him and decided to release him from prison. Together they run to the mountains. Upon learning of this, Ginseng rushed in pursuit. After overtaking the fugitives, he enters into a duel with Song Shiho. The battle was fierce, but, finally, Ginseng manages to deal a strong blow to the enemy. Liao, who was hiding in the bushes, screamed. Ginseng turned to his sister's voice and, taking advantage of this, Song Shiho, himself already mortally wounded, plunged his sword into the enemy's back. Ginseng's sister mourned bitterly, and where her tears fell, an unprecedented plant with miraculous properties grew.

Another legend tells that in the mountains of Manchuria, among dense forests, two warring tribes lived. The first seems to have descended from the mighty and just king of the forests and animals of the tiger, the second - from the predatory and insidious lynx. They were born to the leaders of the tribes at the same time for a boy. Growing up, they played together, became friends, and a long-awaited truce came between the tribes. The boys have grown up. The first, the heir to the tiger, was a squat, strong man, strong, courageous and generous, and his name was Ginseng. The second, Song Shiho, heir to the lynx, was handsome but ambitious, selfish, greedy and cunning. Parents, blinded by the beauty of their son, forgave him for his bad deeds. One day, a terrible misfortune struck their land, and the Yellow Dragon, a monster that killed people, settled in their lands. Everyone rallied in the fight against misfortune, and only Song Shiho went over to the side of the enemy. The battle was long and fierce, Ginseng fought fiercely, and finally, the terrible dragon was defeated. Pitiful and already mortally wounded crawled at the feet of the winner and Song Shiho. But, choosing the moment when Ginseng turned away, he struck him with a treacherous blow in the back. Ginseng was buried at the top of a high mountain, and when people returned home, at the place of his death, they saw an unprecedented plant miraculously grown. And the grateful tribesmen said: “This grass has grown from the blood of our deliverer, let it bear his glorious name.”

"According to other legends, the most beautiful girl named Mei, who was imprisoned by the emperor in his castle, turned into ginseng, a werewolf boy turned into ginseng, ginseng is the son of a tiger and a red pine."

The plant that arose in such a miraculous way, of course, had supernatural properties: it turned into a wild beast, a bird, a stone, and even a man. Therefore, it is difficult to detect it. Fleeing from people, the plant spawned a great variety of similar twin plants, which are called "pantsui". This is not real ginseng, but the more the pancui root resembles a human figure, the closer it is to genuine ginseng and the stronger it is. Pay attention to the shape of the leaves and their number, the height of the plant and the shape of the stem. In China, they believed that only an honest person could find ginseng. We will meet the cherished plant in the forest, the picker covered his face with his hands, fell to the ground, lamenting loudly: “Pantsuy, do not leave! I am a pure person, my soul is free from sins, my heart is open and I have no evil thoughts.” And only after waiting for some time, he carefully opened his eyes in the hope that the ginseng believed him. There was also a belief that at night, during its flowering, the plant glows with an unusually bright light. If a root is dug up on such a night, it will be able not only to heal the sick, but also to resurrect the dead. However, it is difficult to get such a root, because it is guarded by a dragon and a tiger. Only very courageous and strong people can find the luminous root. Such is the belief.

The extraordinary glory of the plant gave rise to a real "ginseng fever" and became the cause of many tragedies and crimes. In 1709, Emperor Kan Hee introduced an absolute monopoly on the collection of ginseng. Searches, extraction of a medicinal root were strictly scheduled. Gatherers who received a special permit for collection went to the taiga under guard. Only at the edge of the forest was each determined the place of search and the place of exit from the taiga. For a strictly designated search time, the necessary supply of food was issued. The forests of China, in which ginseng has been harvested for thousands of years, were depleted, therefore, from the middle of the 19th century. The Ussuri region became the most productive place for extracting the root. Every year, about 30 thousand Chinese went to the taiga. V. K. Arseniev wrote: “One must be surprised at the endurance and patience of the Chinese, in tatters, half-starved and exhausted, they go without any roads, virgin soil. How many of them died from cold and hunger, how many got lost and went missing, how many were torn to pieces by wild animals! And yet, the more hardships, the more dangers, the more gloomy and inhospitable the mountains, the more remote the taiga and the more tiger tracks, the more zealously the Chinese seeker goes. He is convinced, he believes that all these fears are only to frighten a person and drive him away from the place where expensive armor grows.

Seeing a modest stalk of a plant, the seeker respectfully kneels down and, after reciting spells, carefully examines the plant itself and its surroundings. With the greatest care, he rakes the old scorched leaves around it and with a special bone spatula begins to carefully dig it out, trying not to damage the thinnest lobes. The shape of the root is especially carefully studied, since it mainly determines the value of the find. “If the divine forces created a healing root in the image and likeness of a person, then its shape should also resemble a human figure,” Chinese doctors are convinced of this even now. Young plants with 1-2 leaves were not dug up, they were saved for the future. At the same time, everything around was brought back to its previous state: fresh grass was planted in place of the trampled grass, the crushed grass rose, and the plant itself “closed”, that is, at a height of 25-30 cm, the stalk was surrounded by a red rope, the ends of which were attached to two wooden flyers. No one dared to touch such a "locked" ginseng. On the way back, lucky seekers could fall prey to robbers, hunghuz, who were waiting for them. At the exit from the taiga, at the appointed place, the collector was expected by officials who strictly took into account the entire collection. Only after that was it allowed to go to the imperial palace. When crossing the Great Wall of China, the collector paid a special tribute for the collected roots. Taking root, the officials reduced his pay for all sorts of violations. These violations included violation of the terms of stay in the taiga, deviations from the route, damage to the roots, etc. As a result, the assembler received an insignificant payment for his work. The roots of the highest quality were placed at the disposal of the emperor, while the less valuable ones were sold to the court nobility. At the end of the XIX century. on average, about 4000 roots were harvested per season with a total weight of about 36 kg. The average weight of the roots was 20-40 g. Roots weighing 100-200 g are considered to be very rare. The largest known root was discovered in 1905 during the construction of a railway in Manchuria. Its mass was 600 g, and the age of the plant, according to scientists, was about 200 years. This root was sold for 5 thousand dollars, which, according to the Manchu merchants, was not even half of its value.

"There was a very original way of identifying a real ginseng root from a fake one. Seven-mile runners were given ginseng root by mouth. If the root was real, the runner won, if the fake one, he lost."

The first dry ginseng roots were brought to Europe by Dutch merchants in 1610. Having bought a large consignment of roots, they hoped to profitably sell them at home. But by that time, Europeans had already learned to be skeptical about all kinds of all-healing remedies, which, through the works of alchemists, quite often appeared on the market. In addition, the methods of using the root were not exactly known. And for almost a century, the unfortunate roots were the object of malicious ridicule. But in the East, his popularity continued to grow. There he was considered the greatest value. The Chinese emperors sent it as a gift to the French king Louis XIV. In 1725, the pope received a rich package with roots. From that time on, the fame of ginseng in Europe began to grow. The first written report about ginseng was made by Semedo Alvaro in 1642.

In Russia, they first learned about ginseng in 1675 from the work of the Russian ambassador to China, the boyar N. G. Spafariy. The essay was called "Description of the first part of the universe called Asia, which also includes the Chinese state with its other cities and provinces." In it, Spafarius writes: “They have a great many roots and herbs, and chinzen is the most expensive and laudable .., and they call it so that it belongs to every person .., and that root is boiled and given to those who are weak from a long sickness and great help is given.

Then the root was delivered to Russia. Here, this message was treated very respectfully, and already under Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich it was highly appreciated. In any case, when in 1689 the Russian physician Lavrenty Blumenthal received a request from Berlin, he reported in detail on the methods of making and using ginseng root. But due to limited reserves, he was known to very few. When at the beginning of the 20th century the Chinese Bogdykhan sent selected roots as a gift to the Russian Tsar, they did not use them at court and transferred them to the Botanical Museum of the Academy of Sciences (Petersburg), where they can still be seen today. True ginseng was found only in Asia. A closely related species, five-leaf ginseng, grew in the forests of North America. In 1718, the French missionary Lafito, who lived among the Iroquois in Canada, reported that the Indians collect a plant similar to ginseng and call it "man's foot." Moreover, they use peculiar methods of preservation and are used as a universal medicine. Subsequently, this type of ginseng was found in other parts of North America. A new wave of "ginseng fever" has begun. Crowds of seekers of happiness and wealth rushed to the untouched forests of the New World. In the early years, more than 200 tons of this plant were collected annually in the forests of America. In the second half of the XIX century. European markets were flooded with North American ginseng. Immoderate collection soon led to the depletion of reserves and by the end of the 19th century. no more than 50 kg of roots were exported from America annually.

What is the reason for such an extraordinary glory of the plant? How justified is it? The French missionary Zhartou in 1714, when describing ginseng, refers to Chinese