Contents
Description, care and recipes for the use of elm
Elm hornbeam: botanical description of the plant
Elm hornbeam is a beautiful deciduous tree, the height of which reaches 25 meters. The tree grows quickly and beautifully, it has a beautiful and spreading crown. On short petioles in an alternate position are large, sharp-pointed elm leaves. As soon as flowering begins, small yellow-green flowers bloom on beautiful and powerful branches, which are collected in brushes of several pieces. The elm fruit is a nut that is covered with a membranous lionfish.
Elm is a long-liver, and if favorable conditions are created for it, it will live for three centuries. The trunk of an elm is smooth at first, but in places where branches appear, it has roughness. From March to April, the plant blooms, and by the beginning of autumn its fruits will appear.
In Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia, elm is very common. It can be seen on plains, forest edges, along rivers.
Healing properties of elm
Elm has an astringent, antimicrobial and diuretic effect on the human body. Preparations from the bark help relieve inflammation of the mucous membranes. The plant has a diuretic property. Elm contains many important substances, such as carotene, vitamin C, steroids, fatty oil and friedelin. Elm bark is used as a means of inhibiting the absorption of cholesterol.
Growing and caring for hornbeam elm
Elm prefers both areas that are well lit and give good shade. The best soils for elm are loose, fertile and alkaline. Elm is a drought tolerant plant, but despite this, it grows best in a fresh and moist substrate.
Elm is a plant that is demanding on the soil, because of this it needs to be watered during the dry period, fertilized. Lime has a very good effect on elm, so it is added to the soil when planting and growing a tree. It will not be superfluous to trim the elm, with the help of which the crown of the plant is formed. The crown will keep its shape for a long time after pruning.
Elm application
Elm preparations are used for colds, inflammation of the mucous membrane of the stomach and intestines, various skin and vascular diseases, syphilis and gonorrhea. Elm infusions, tinctures, decoctions, teas and baths are widely used in folk medicine. Rheumatism, gout and arthritis can be cured with an elm infusion compress. With gonorrhea, you can use the crushed fruits of the plant, boiled in milk.
Elm bark tea. To prepare it, you need to take 3 teaspoons of elm bark, pour 250 ml of water into a bowl with bark, put on fire until it boils. Next, remove the composition from the fire and filter. We take this tea a cup a day. This medicine helps with diarrhea. You can also use this tea in the form of lotions and rinses.
Infusion of hornbeam elm. It won’t be difficult to prepare it. You need to take 1 tablespoon of the leaves of the plant and pour a quarter liter of water. We put the product for 3 minutes on a small fire and remove. We leave to infuse for 1 hour. After insisting, we filter, and then you can safely use it as compresses or a laxative, 1 glass per day.
Elm decoction for cancer. To prepare it, take 10 grams of elm bark and fill it with a glass of water. Bring everything to a boil and after 10 minutes remove from heat. We insist the broth in a warm place for two hours. You will see that the volume of the medicine has decreased, which means that now we dilute it with boiling water until the broth reaches its original volume (there should be a glass of ready-made broth). Don’t forget to strain! Before meals, about half an hour, take this medicine 2 tablespoons daily.
Elm bark powder. This powder helps with inflammation of the middle ear. You need to take the bark of an elm and grind it with a coffee grinder into a powder. Next, we take cotton wool, moisten it in boiling water and dip it in elm bark powder. This cotton should be put into the inflamed ear.
Young leaves are applied to wounds that do not heal for a long time.
A decoction of elm bark is used for skin diseases such as ulcers, rashes or scabies, in the form of a bath.
Elm Contraindications
No contraindications to the use of elm for medicinal purposes have been identified, only if a person has a personal intolerance to the components that make up the plant.