Lubka

Useful properties and use of grass love


Useful properties of love

Lubka

Lubka refers to herbaceous plants of the orchid family. Its habitats are forests with a mixed type of vegetation, pine forests, meadows with moist soil in the European part of Russia, in southern Siberia. In folk medicine, the roots of the plant are used, consisting of several large tubers called salep. They are dug up at the end of flowering, dried in dark rooms.

The chemical composition of the roots includes mucus (mannan), it has an anti-inflammatory, enveloping effect in various diseases. In addition, due to the presence of starch, protein substances, sugar, mineral salts, bitter substances, essential oil and the content of calcium oxalate, tubers have tonic and tonic properties. The diuretic effect of the plant, which helps to lower blood pressure, has also been noted.

The use of a love

Root tubers of Lyubka bifolia can be used for enterocolitis, intestinal and uterine bleeding. The cleansing effect with their help is useful in case of poisoning with various toxic substances, love is also well suited for nourishing the body during exhaustion, which is observed after an illness (cold, flu). Enveloping properties help relieve pain, normalize the work of the gastrointestinal tract, prevent the absorption of toxic substances into the mucous membrane of important organs.

The powder from the roots is used orally, diluted in a ratio of 1:20 or 1:40 with water, or a decoction is boiled and administered through enemas. To form mucus, the raw material is mixed in a ratio of 1:10 with water or milk and shaken well until a homogeneous mixture is obtained. Traditional medicine has proven in practice the excellent effect of love for the treatment of impotence. The anticonvulsant property of the plant can be used for indigestion, diarrhea, inflammation of the bladder. The decoction helps to cure tuberculosis.

Infusion of love: 30 g of tubers should be poured into 0,5 liters of wine, insist and consume 1 tablespoon 3 times a day.

You can soften the tubers by boiling in milk and use for external use.

Lyubka double

Lyubka double grows in the same place for many years, its tubers are ovoid-oval in shape, growing every year. The plant has a fragrant aroma, it is called the northern orchid. This species requires protection, it is on the list of the rarest herbs, so its preparations are limited or completely prohibited. Attempts by gardeners to breed Lyubka on their plots have not yielded results. The forest dweller, when transplanted from the forest, does not take root at home. Healing tubers are used to treat women’s diseases, cough.

Iranians recommend preparing a special drink “kokuya”.

Recipe № 1: 1 teaspoon of tuber powder should be shaken in a glass of boiling water, hot milk or broth, add 1 tablespoon of wine and take half a glass 3-4 times a day.

Recipe № 2: 2 g of tuber powder should be poured with a glass of boiling water, shaken and boiled for 15 minutes. It is recommended to drink a decoction of 1 teaspoon 2-3 times a day. This remedy is used to treat catarrh of the upper respiratory tract and diseases of the oral cavity.

Contraindications to the use of love

Lyubka is contraindicated in hypertension, chronic insomnia. The use of the plant is limited to people with a predisposition to allergic diseases.

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