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Useful properties and use of dubrovnik
Botanical characteristics of Dubrovnik
Germander – a small semi-shrub, a dense plant 20-45 cm high, belongs to the Lamiaceae family. Rising, rounded branches, pubescent with hairs, lignified at the base. The plant has numerous dark green oval leaves with a wedge-shaped base. In the middle of summer, lilac-pink or pink-purple flowers bloom, collected in an ear. The calyx is framed with teeth, the surface of which is strewn with hairs and long cilia. The fruit is brown nuts, wide, elliptical in shape.
The plant is found in the Caucasus, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Moldova, South and Central Europe, Asia Minor, Africa. Prefers sunny edges, calcareous soils and slopes with loose stony soil, grows in light dry forests. Dubrovnik is a honey plant.
Useful properties of Dubrovnik
The aerial part of the common dubrovnik contains stachyose, a well-studied carbohydrate belonging to the group of tetrasaccharides, and iridoids, secondary metabolites. The herb is rich in essential oil and diterpenoids, which have bactericidal, antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties. Among the useful substances of the plant, stigmasterol, beta-sitosterol, alkaloids, choline, vitamin C were identified. Dubrovnik is also valued for the presence of tannins, flavonoids, phenol carboxylic acids.
Fatty oil was found in the seeds of Dubrovnik. Infusions and decoctions of leaves and flowers are used in folk medicine as astringents. The anti-febrile and hemostatic (hemostatic) properties of dubrovnik are useful. Used as a spice in salads and soups, its incredible aroma enriches the taste of dishes.
Dubrovnik application
In the form of infusions, common dubrovnik is used as a diuretic, removes toxins in the urine for rheumatism and uric acid for gout. The plant helps to lower blood pressure, it is recommended for increased secretion of the stomach. taking medicinal products from dubrovnik helps to increase appetite, relieves inflammation in gastritis, relieves diarrhea, dysentery.
During colds, the miraculous diaphoretic properties of dubrovnik allow you to recover faster. With flatulence, gastric colic, dubrovnik tones and improves digestion.
Spleen hypertrophy is treated with powder from dry raw materials. Beli in women with various gynecological problems pass after douching with infusions and decoctions of dubrovnik. By applying napkins moistened with medicinal products to the affected areas with furunculosis, purulent wounds, taking baths with decoctions, you can completely get rid of skin diseases. Fresh juice, diluted in boiled water in a ratio of 1:2, in the form of washes and drops is used for eye diseases, and the drug taken orally 3 times a day in a teaspoon is an excellent prevention of many diseases.
Opening from Dubrovnik: 20 g of stems and leaves are poured with 1 cup of boiling water, insisted for half an hour in a boiling water bath. Then the remedy should be filtered and drunk before meals, 2 tablespoons 2-3 times a day.
Dubrovnik infusion: 15 g of flowers are poured into 1 cup of boiling water and kept in a boiling water bath for a quarter of an hour, then cooled for 45 minutes and filtered. It is recommended to drink the medicine before meals, 2 tablespoons 3 times a day. You can use the infusion for compresses, douching and washing wounds. The rest of the raw material is good to apply to diseased joints during an exacerbation of rheumatism. The infusion is also effective in reducing the number of red blood cells, with anemia and diseases of the spleen. Traditional healers advise taking an alcohol-based extract that has an effect on the tone of the uterus, which increases lactation, it is incredibly useful in the postpartum period.
Dubrovnik white
White Dubrovnik grows well, is unpretentious, pleases with flowering from the middle of summer, retains foliage and looks great in winter. It is known from history that a perennial semi-shrub – white dubrovnik – was used by the soldiers who took part in the Trojan War to restore strength. The medicinal plant stimulates the activity of the stomach, soothes pain, and increases appetite.
Decoction of white dubrovnik: it is necessary to mix the crushed ingredients – 10 g of dubrovnik, 10 g of common agrimony, 50 g of large burdock root, then pour 2 tablespoons of this mixture into 500 ml of boiling water, boil for 5 minutes, strain. Take the medicine should be 1/2 cup 4 times a day before meals. The antiseptic properties of the decoction quickly heal wounds. It is also recommended for rheumatism, dropsy, pulmonary hemoptysis, scrofula, hemorrhoids.
Dubrovnik essential oil is yellow-green in color, smells good, contains bornyl acetate. The oil is used as an aromatic substance in the food and perfume industries.
Dubrovnik white felt
This plant has white tomentose pubescence and numerous ascending, winding branches. This species looks great in landscape design, is valued for its healing properties. Decoctions and infusions of a medicinal plant are used for mycoses and abscesses. The beneficial effect of the herb is noted for gastralgia, dysentery, female diseases. A positive effect of dubrovnik on the gastrointestinal tract has been revealed, so it is recommended by healers for anorexia. As a wound healing agent, the plant is used for eczema in the form of decoctions and infusions for lotions. Dubrovnik white-felt normalizes stool with diarrhea, relieves spasms with enterocolitis, gastric colic.
Dubrovnik is indicated for pregnant women to improve well-being in case of ailments. The essential oil of the plant has a sedative effect, useful for eye diseases. It is widely used in perfumery and soap making.
Contraindications to the use of dubrovnik
Dubrovnik has practically no contraindications, but it is better not to use it for liver diseases. Taking any means, you need to be careful. Plant components can have both a positive and negative effect on the treatment process. You can not abuse and take decoctions in excess of the norm.