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Properties and application of budra, variegated budra
Botanical characteristics of the ivy-shaped budra
Budra ivy is a perennial herbaceous plant. Its above-ground shoots with flowers located on them grow up to 50 cm long. The plant also has vegetative, creeping shoots lying on the ground, from the nodes of which roots grow, strengthening in the soil. The stems are quadrangular in shape, slightly pubescent. The leaves are opposite, attached with petioles, dotted with short hairs.
Flowers with a blue-violet corolla are located in axillary rings, adorn the plant from April to the end of summer. After flowering, fruits of an oval-elongated shape in the form of a brown nut appear. Budra plush grows in fields, along roads, in vegetable gardens, in gardens, in wastelands, loves fertile soils with high humidity. The plant is common in the vastness of Europe and Asia, adapted to life in North America. It can be found in all regions of Russia.
Useful properties of budra
Budra ivy is famous for its beneficial properties. In folk medicine, the aerial part of the plant is used to prepare various remedies. Budra is a real storehouse of natural substances, such as saponins, tannins and bitter substances, resins, organic acids, triterpenoids, steroids, fatty acids, iridoids, alkaloids, vitamins, phenolcarboxylic acids, flavonoids.
In medicine, due to the presence of essential oils, budra was used to improve the taste and aroma of medicines.
The medicinal plant has an expectorant, anti-inflammatory and antiseptic effect. The components of the plant have anti-sclerotic, choleretic, wound healing and anti-cold effects. Some of them improve appetite, normalize digestion.
Budra application
Budra ivy has a wide range of uses in traditional medicine. The plant perfectly relieves inflammation in the bladder, improves the condition of patients with liver cancer, relieves dropsy. Budra is excellent in the acute period of bronchopneumonia, with tonsillitis. The use of preparations prepared on the raw materials of this herb allows you to recover from diseases of the thyroid gland. Due to its antiseptic and wound healing properties, essential oil is effective for healing wounds, abrasions and ulcers.
Decoctions and infusions of ivy budra exhibit antitumor, choleretic properties, are recommended to increase lactation, have antibacterial and hypotensive effects. They are used for acute bronchitis, bronchial asthma, pulmonary tuberculosis. Diseases of the stomach, liver, spleen, convulsive conditions pass faster and are more easily tolerated by patients if the ivy-shaped herb is additionally used in the treatment process. It removes stones from the kidneys and bladder, is used against burns, expels worms from the intestines.
In the form of lotions, the plant is used to eliminate toothache, relieve itching while getting rid of scabies. The antiseptic properties of budra can be useful in case of hemorrhoids, pregnancy complications, severe, persistent cough and diseases of the upper respiratory tract. The ideal medicine is the fresh juice of the ivy-shaped budra, it can be instilled into the nose with a headache, 1-2 drops.
There are excellent recipes that can be used for baths and compresses for inflammation of the joints, dislocations and fractures of bones, for the treatment of skin from various rashes and scrofula:
- 1 tablespoon of herbs, taken in 1 glass of water, cook over low heat for 15-20 minutes.
- You can mix powdered leaves with vegetable oil or water.
These funds should be carefully rubbed into the affected areas.
Ivy budra tincture
Alcohol tincture: The tincture is prepared at a concentration (1:10) in 40% alcohol, infusing the contents in a dark place at room temperature for 8–10 days, shaking the contents periodically, then carefully filtered and stored in a dark place at room temperature. Take 15-20 drops 3 times a day before meals for diseases of the kidneys and bladder.
Alcohol tincture for bronchial asthma: Pour 25 g of leaves with 100 ml of alcohol or a glass of vodka. Insist in a dark place at room temperature for 10 days, shaking the contents from time to time, then carefully filter and store in a dark place at room temperature. Take 15 drops 3 times a day for bronchial asthma.
Budry herb tincture on vinegar: 15–20 g of dry chopped budra grass per 100 ml of table 9% vinegar. Insist 7 days in a warm dark place, shaking daily. Apply for rubbing into the skin twice a day for scabies.
Healing lotion: Mix 30 ml of broth with 30 ml of vodka, shake the bottle. Used to treat skin with acne.
A decoction of ivy-shaped budra
Pour a tablespoon of dry chopped grass with 1 cup of boiling water, insist in a water bath for 30 minutes, cool for 10 minutes, strain. Take 1/3 cup 3 times a day before meals for gonorrhea, pain in women in labor.
Five tablespoons of dried raw materials are boiled for 3–5 minutes over low heat in 1 liter of water, filtered after cooling. Use for washing, baths and compresses.
A tablespoon of budra herb per 250 ml of water, boil for 10 minutes. Used for baths, washes and compresses for gout, bone fractures, rashes, abscesses, ulcers, wounds and tumors.
Inhalation of the vapors of a decoction of the herb has an antiseptic and anti-inflammatory effect in case of catarrh of the upper respiratory tract and chronic rhinitis.
Budra honey
Ivy budra is a honey plant, bees actively visit budra flowers from May to June. From a plot of one hectare, where the plant grows densely, 14–19 kg of honey is obtained. Fragrant, incredibly healthy honey – light, with a golden hue, contains trace elements, organic acids, minerals and vitamins.
This is a very valuable product that can restore metabolism, make up for the lack of elements necessary for the normal functioning of various human organs.
Budra variegated
Budra variegated is a perennial ground cover plant of great interest to amateur gardeners. This amazingly beautiful plant decorates front gardens and gives a rich look to rocky gardens and compositions of tree roots, snags and ornamental plants.
The flowering time of the plant is May, in autumn the leaves of the variegated budra become pinkish-green. Budra grows very quickly, its shoots take root in every knot. It propagates by layering, dividing bushes and cuttings.
Contraindications
Budra ivy is considered a poisonous plant; when taking infusions and decoctions, overdoses should not be allowed. Not being careful when using it, you can get a toxic effect that can lead to sweating, heart rhythm disturbances, excessive salivation and pulmonary edema.