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Useful properties and use of lamb, contraindications
Botanical characteristics of sheep
Baranets (lat. Huperzia selago) belongs to the Lycopodiaceae family. It belongs to the evergreen herbaceous plants, has a wide range of therapeutic effects. The stem of the ram is erect, strictly stretching upwards, reaching 30 cm in length. Leaves, or phylloids, are closely spaced, in many rows, have a needle-like, linear-lanceolate, entire shape, up to 1 mm wide. At the base, the leaves are expanded, towards the edge – serrated, rich green in color.
Sporangia are located in the middle or upper part of the stem or in the axils of the leaves; spore-bearing spikelets (strobili) are not born. Spores form in June. Buds form at the top of the stem, protecting themselves with small leaves. When autumn comes, the buds fall off. The root system of the sheep is undeveloped, weak.
Sheep grows well in peat soil, mostly moist, loves shade. Seating a ram by sowing in the soil is not easy – few of its spores germinate. It is recommended to propagate the ram with the help of processes, of which it has a lot. Sheep are harvested from August to September.
Sheep can be found in the coniferous forest belt of Russia, in Siberia, the Caucasus, Altai, the Carpathians and the Far East. It lives in swamps, coniferous forests, on rocks, on acidic, humus soils, as well as on crushed stone surfaces.
Useful properties of lamb
Sheep grass contains a certain amount of alkaloids (0,12-1,3%), including: nicotine, annotinine, clavatin, lycopodine, acrifoline, pseudoselagin, clavatotoxin, selagin, selagonine, serratidine, huperazine and others. The aerial part of the sheep contains triterpenoids of the seratin type, pectin compounds, many useful organic acids and fats, which include glycerides and oleic or palmitic acids.
The lamb also contains flavonoids, glycosides, resins and mucus, protein compounds, but the biological activity of this plant is due to the huge amount of alkaloids.
The use of sheep
In folk medicine, ram infusions are prepared for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis, neurasthenia, diarrhea, cystitis, to stop convulsions and glaucoma, by ingestion. Outwardly, with the help of ram infusions, skin diseases, alopecia and conjunctivitis are treated. In traditional Asian medicine, ram is used to treat tumors and blood diseases, memory disorders and myasthenia gravis.
Due to the content of huperazine A in some types of sheep, this plant has been used in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. There is a practice of making preparations from sheep for the treatment of chronic alcoholism. By such treatment, an aversion to the use of alcoholic beverages is aroused. This technique is practiced in specialized medical institutions.
Various decoctions and infusions are made from the upper part of the plant for the treatment of various diseases. After collecting the upper part of the sheep in the summer-autumn period, the grass is dried at temperatures up to 50 ° C in dryers or under a canopy. Dried grass is stored in dry places, after which infusions of various healing effects are prepared from it.
We should not forget that the sheep is poisonous. In frequent cases, it acts on the body as an emetic, laxative, and also an abortifacient. With possible poisoning, a person develops nausea, vomiting, dizziness, chills, low blood pressure and pain of a different nature. Sheep infusions should be used on the recommendation of a doctor.
Recipe for infusion of lamb in the treatment of chronic alcoholism: Pour 10 g of lamb grass with 200 ml of hot water, then boil for 10 minutes over low heat. Let it brew, cool and strain. The shelf life of these decoctions is two days. Before taking the decoction, alcohol is prohibited for 4 days. You should take 100 ml, then take 50 g of alcohol. After 10-15 minutes, the patient has gag reflexes, causing disgust for this product.
Baranets plaun
Baranets moss belongs to the family of rams. It is a perennial, evergreen and herbaceous plant with erect, well leafy stems. The leaves are linear-lanceolate, small, up to 1–2 mm wide and up to 10 mm long, stretching upward at an angle. The leaves grow densely close to each other, hard to the touch. A characteristic feature of the leaves is a barely noticeable white frame. New seedlings of ram are given brood buds that originate in the upper axils of the leaves.
Baranets club moss is widespread in the Northern Hemisphere of the Earth: from Russia to the Far East. In Russia, it can be found in tundra zones, in coniferous forests, closer to mosses, and also in subalpine phytocenoses. It grows profusely, occupying large areas of soil terrain and giving the appearance of a large, overgrown bush.
The clubmoss finds some use in dyeing: the upper parts of this plant dye the wool in yellow tones. Also, this plant is widely used in medicine: it serves as a sedative for nervous disorders, antihelminthic and analgesic. Its decoctions are used externally in the treatment of psoriasis and skin diseases. You should not forget about the toxicity of this plant and use it only by prescription.
Common ram
The common sheep grows on acidic, podzolized soils, in places with a temperate climate throughout the Northern Hemisphere. This plant is by no means ubiquitous: it likes to grow among coniferous trees. The ordinary sheep is not afraid of cold and frost, it shows particular resistance to such conditions.
Baranets ordinary is widely used in the treatment of alcoholism. It not only treats this harmful human addiction, but also removes toxins from the body, decomposed cells and destroys viruses and bacteria.
The recipe for the infusion of the common lamb from parasites: five grams of common ram grass should be poured with one glass of boiling water, let it brew in a thermos for one day, and then strain through a gauze bandage. You need to take 100 g of infusion three times a day before meals for a month.
Contraindications baranza
Sheep infusions and decoctions are specific remedies, since the plant itself is poisonous: it is worth remembering that it can only be used by prescription. The use is contraindicated in coronary heart disease, pneumosclerosis, atherosclerosis, emphysema, thyrotoxicosis, aortic aneurysm, coronary insufficiency, diabetes mellitus, as well as in bronchial asthma, epilepsy, gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer, kidney disease.
It is not recommended to use lamb for mental illness, brain diseases, liver disease, pregnancy, hernia, hemorrhoidal bleeding. It is forbidden to take people whose age is more than 60 years. When taking infusions of lamb, nausea, weakness, loss of strength and loss of consciousness may occur. If unpleasant consequences occur, the patient should take a horizontal position, raising his legs up, bring a cotton swab with ammonia to his nose.