grows on our planet great amount most different plants, and it is very difficult to understand this diversity. But some of these plants are able to bring a special benefit to a person: to prevent the development of certain diseases and even cure them. Just such a famous flower is the coltsfoot, which is found in almost all corners of our country. This perennial culture has long been used by man for medicinal purposes. Let's talk on www.site about such a plant as coltsfoot, give a description for children, tell legends about such a culture and remember together why it was called that.
About what the mother and stepmother looks like, a description of the plant
The coltsfoot is actually quite easy to recognize. This plant is one of the first to please us with attractive and bright colors. Often, even during frosts, on the thawed patches, the coltsfoot already shows her golden twigs, wrapped in warm hairs. After the sun warms up, the plant gradually blooms flowers. They scatter near roads, along the banks of rivers and streams, as well as on cliffs and meadows. If frost and cold are expected, the flowers immediately hide inside a fluffy collar, which can save the most delicate petals from the cold. Thanks to this property, people predict the weather by coltsfoot.
It is surprising that the flowers of such a plant appear long before the leaves. Only after the petals scatter "parachutes" with the wind, the coltsfoot is covered with foliage. Thanks to this feature, this plant received its English title, which literally translates as "son before father."
The main feature of the coltsfoot is the unique structure of its leaves. Their lower part is covered with very delicate hairs, and the surface of the leaf is more rigid and cold to the touch.
But where does it come from, why mother and stepmother, why was the plant called that?
Why is mother and stepmother called so?
It is thanks to the structure of its leaves that coltsfoot got its name. After all, delicate hairs are like the touch of a mother, and the hard surface is comparable to the hands of a stepmother. In the people, the plant is also called unilateral and double leaf. Thanks to medicinal properties coltsfoot also bears the name "king-grass" or "king-potion".
Legends associated with coltsfoot
There are several legends about coltsfoot in folklore. The first of them tells about an evil woman who really wanted to get rid of her husband's daughter from her first marriage. She did not want her husband to meet the girl and ex-wife. The stepmother lured the girl to a large cliff and pushed her down. The native mother discovered the loss of her daughter and rushed in search of her. But she did not have time, and ran when the girl had already died. In grief and rage, the woman clung to her stepmother, they fell off a cliff into a ravine together and crashed. And the next day, the bottom of the ravine was covered with an amazing plant with leaves that were soft on one side and hard on the other. Above the plant rose beautiful small flowers of a pleasant yellow color that resembled the color of a little girl's hair.
Another legend about the mother and stepmother plant speaks of happy family in which the mother suddenly died. The children stopped playing and singing, and the father stooped. Soon a young widow neighbor came into the trust of a widower and became his new wife. But life never returned to the house, because the stepmother is not a mother, her voice blows cold, and her touches are evil and prickly. As soon as the sun warmed up in the spring, the youngest daughter began to run with her longing to the river and shed tears for her dead mother. Once, crying, she raised her head: and near her feet a yellow flower blossomed. And on the same day, the stepmother disappeared without a trace, and ringing laughter returned to the house again. And the flower began to appear every spring to check whether the children are well, and disappear again. And in summer, leaves appear in its place: with a cold top and a warm, soft inner side.
Additional Information
The coltsfoot is one of the first honey plants. Honey from it turns out very tasty, fragrant and sugary. It can provide tremendous health benefits.
And the leaves of the coltsfoot have long been used by our ancestors to treat a variety of diseases. Most often they are used to combat coughs, as well as to eliminate heart ailments, shortness of breath, kidney diseases and many inflammatory processes.
mother and stepmother is amazing plant, which is found in many parts of our country and can be of great benefit to a person.
Botanical description. Coltsfoot ordinary - a perennial herbaceous plant. Rhizome long, creeping. Flowering stems 10-25 cm high, covered with scale-like, appressed, ovate-lanceolate, often reddish leaves. Basal leaves appear after flowering. They are long-petiolate, round-heart-shaped, 10-25 cm in diameter, angular, unequally toothed, leathery, at first covered with felt on both sides, then glabrous from above, below with white soft felt pubescence. Baskets solitary 2-2.5 cm in diameter, drooping after flowering. The flowers are golden yellow, marginal-reed, 8-10 mm long, almost twice as long as tubular, arranged in several rows. Tubular flowers are equipped with a tuft of simple hairs. Hemicarps 3.5-4 mm long with a volute of hairs.
Blooms in April - May; bears fruit in May - June.
Together with T. farfara L., there are often species that are mixed with coltsfoot raw materials, but are not used in medicine.
Butterbur or false white - Petasites spurius (Retz.) Reichb. grows most often on the sandy banks of rivers and in damp places. It has triangular-heart-shaped basal leaves, with woolly ragged pubescence above, snow-white, felt, white or whitish-yellow below. Flowers in baskets, collected in a thyroid-spike inflorescence.
Butterbur or podbel hybrid - P. hybridus (L.) Gaertn. found in sandy areas. It has large round-triangular basal leaves, deeply cut at the base, almost bare above, grayish-white below, soft felt. The flowers are dirty purple with a violet tint, in baskets, collected in a dense spike-shaped inflorescence.
Felt burdock - Arctium tomentosum Schrank - a ubiquitous weed with oval-rounded, entire basal leaves with a distinct main vein.
Medicinal plant - leaves and flower baskets of coltsfoot are used as medicinal raw materials.
Area. Tussilago farfara is a Euro-Asian species recorded in North Africa and North America, apparently as an invasive plant.
Widely distributed in all regions of the European part of the CIS; in Siberia, it is common south of 60 ° N. sh., to the east it reaches Baikal. In the Caucasus, it grows almost everywhere, with the exception of the southern regions of Transcaucasia. IN Central Asia absent in the zone of deserts and semi-deserts, but widely distributed along the river valleys in the mountainous regions of East Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.
The northern border of the range of coltsfoot goes from the border of the CIS with Finland, captures the entire Kola Peninsula, the Kanin Peninsula, about. Kolguev and goes to the mainland to Vorkuta. Here it drops sharply to the south, turning towards the Ob, crosses it somewhat higher than Khanty-Mansiysk, and follows this latitude until the 1980s. then along the Yenisei it rises north to the Arctic Circle and again sharply turns south along this river. The eastern border of the range of coltsfoot from the Arctic Circle descends along the Yenisei to 6G with. sh., goes to the Angara and crosses it at 96 ° E. east of Krasnoyarsk passes along the western slopes of the Eastern Sayan, the foothills of the Western Sayan and through the central watershed part of Altai goes to Kazakhstan. To the east, single locations of the coltsfoot are noted on the Angara (above Bratsk), the Lena (in the Ust-Kut region) and on Baikal (in the region of the village of Vydrino and on the northeastern shore of the lake).
The southern border runs from the Amu Darya, capturing the Vakhsh valley, the spurs of the Pamirs, the Alai and Fergana ranges, the northern spurs of the Kyrgyz ridge, the basin of Lake. Issyk-Kul, Chui valley and slopes of Dzungarian Alatau. Then, through the Balkhash region, it goes to the Kazakh Altai, crosses the Irtysh at 48 ° N. sh. and near Semipalatinsk it turns to the west, crosses the Kulunda and Baraba steppes, approaches Tobol at 55 ° N. sh. Slightly below 50° N. sh. crosses the Volga and, skirting its arid lower reaches, comes to the Don and the Sea of Azov.
Outside the main range of the coltsfoot there are its isolated areas: in the Caucasus (forest regions of the Greater and Lesser Caucasus) and in the Turkmen SSR (Kara-Kalinsky region). Single locations are scattered along some rivers in Kazakhstan. As an alien plant, it was found once near Vladivostok.
Ecology. The mother-and-stepmother is characteristic of the forest, less often the steppe zones. Inhabits coastal cliffs, screes, banks of rivers and streams, damp ravines, young alluvial clay and sand deposits, along railway embankments, construction pits, places of open pit mining, clay and ballast quarries. On clay cliffs and on the banks of mountain streams, it sometimes forms continuous thickets. Often grows together with other herbaceous plants, often with ruderal weeds and shrubs in sparse cenoses that do not have continuous turfing.
Resources. More or less large preparations within 1-5 tons of coltsfoot leaves are carried out in Ukraine (Carpathian, Khmelnitsky, Cherkasy and other regions), in Belarus, Voronezh, Sverdlovsk regions Krasnodar Territory. In a small amount, coltsfoot is harvested in many regions of Russia.
In Ukraine, the reserves of raw materials are very large. Here, hundreds of tons of coltsfoot leaves can be harvested annually. However, with the increase in farming culture and the general improvement in land use, the thickets of this plant will gradually decrease. On a commercial scale, coltsfoot can be harvested in Stavropol Territory. Annual commercial harvesting of coltsfoot leaves (up to 100-200 tons) is possible in the Ukrainian Carpathians in the regions: Transcarpathian - 40-70 tons, Lviv - 20-30 tons, Ivano-Frankivsk - 20-50 tons, Chernivtsi - 20- 40 tons. Its reserves are large in the Novosibirsk region and in the mountainous forest regions of the Caucasus. For local needs, it can be harvested in the Pskov, Vologda and many other regions.
The leaves of the coltsfoot should be collected in the first half of summer, when they are still young, covered with a thick felt cover from below and not damaged by rust. They are torn off or cut off about half the length of the petiole. Dry in attics with good ventilation, under tile, slate or iron roofs or under sheds, spread on paper or fabric with a layer no more than 2-3 cm thick. Properly collected and dried raw materials are odorless, bitter in taste. Its humidity should not exceed 13%.
Chemical composition. Flower baskets contain faradiol, arnidiol, taraxanthin, stigmasterol, sitosterol, n-heptacosan and tannins. The leaves contain bitter glycosides (up to 2.63%), sitosterol, gallic, malic and tartaric acids, saponins, carotenoids (5.18%), ascorbic acid (5 mg%), inulin and dextrin.
Usage. In scientific medicine, coltsfoot leaves are used as an expectorant and emollient. It is used internally in the form of decoctions, as well as in the composition of breast and diaphoretic teas for bronchitis, laryngitis and bronchiectasis. It is also used for abscesses and gangrene of the lungs. Externally used in the form of poultices as an emollient, disinfectant and anti-inflammatory agent. In Western Europe, coltsfoot inflorescences also have medical use.
Coltsfoot is a good silage plant, as well as an early long-flowering honey plant, producing a lot of nectar and pollen.
(lat. Tussilago) - a genus of perennial herbaceous plants of the family Asteraceae, or Compositae ( Asteraceae). The only kind Mother and stepmother ordinary (Tussilago farfara). Among the people, this plant has a lot of names - mother grass, water burdock, cold lapukha, podbel, two-faced, butterbur. The grass is widespread in Eurasia (Western Europe, Siberia, Kazakhstan, mountains of Central and Minor Asia), in North Africa and North America. For growth, the mother and stepmother prefers clay and moist soils, free from turf. Although it can be found on pebbly and sandy river banks. It grows along the banks of rivers, lakes, meadows, embankments, slopes of ravines and landslides. The mother and stepmother is the most harmful in crops of vegetable crops, as it develops very quickly and grows intensively, which leads to the complete displacement of other plants.
mother and stepmother description
The root system is in the form of a long, creeping, branched rhizome, which deepens into the soil by about 1 m. Two types of shoots are formed from the buds located on the rhizome: vegetative and flowering. Already in early spring flower-bearing shoots begin to develop, they are erect, low, up to 30 cm high. Each shoot has a head (flower), which fades after flowering. The heads are bright yellow in color with a diameter of 2-2.5 cm. The flowers are both hollow, but barren. When ripe, the heads become fluffy, very similar to a dandelion. The flowering period begins as soon as the snow melts, in early spring.
Fetus- slightly curved cylindrical achene with a tuft. Flowering shoots die off after flowering.
Vegetative shoots begin to develop some time after the start of flowering. These shoots bear several round-heart-shaped, irregularly serrated leaves on long petioles that form a rosette. The upper surface of these leaves is smooth, and the lower surface is white tomentose. If you touch the leaf with your palm, you can feel that the leaf is warm from below and cold from above.
The plant is very prolific. Maximum amount seeds, which is able to give one plant - about 19 thousand seeds. Seeds have high germination capacity and germinate in the soil from a depth of up to 2 cm.
mother and stepmother harmfulness
Mother and stepmother bring harm agriculture littering plantations with cultivated vegetables. Measures to combat this weed should be aimed at the destruction of young rosettes. The maximum efficiency of this method will be achieved on early stages plant development. Very good results in the struggle are shown by a combination of surface treatment techniques with layer-by-layer deep loosening and cutting of rhizomes. Mother and stepmother shows resistance to widely used herbicides. It is necessary to use substances that penetrate into the rhizome. For example, tordan, banvel.
mother and stepmother medicinal properties
Since ancient times, the mother and stepmother was considered a medicinal plant. IN Ancient Greece and Rome it was prescribed in the treatment of bronchial asthma and bronchitis. In Paris, the emblem of pharmacies was the image of this plant. Such emblems were hung over every shop that sold medicinal herbs.
The aerial part of the plant is used as a medicinal raw material. Flower heads are harvested during flowering, that is, in March-April. They are usually separated from the stem. It is necessary to dry in the shade, spreading out on paper in one layer. The collection of leaves begins after flowering, when they become smooth, but have not yet begun to become covered with brown spots. The best time for this is early summer. Dry the leaves as exactly as the flowers, in the shade and in one layer. Dried inflorescences are stored for two years, and leaves - three years.
The plant is very rich in useful trace elements. The leaves contain zinc, which allows the use of coltsfoot as an anti-inflammatory agent in the treatment of tonsillitis, hoarseness, laryngitis, colds and others. infectious diseases. Herb tincture is used externally in the treatment of skin infections, wounds, burns. Mother and stepmother have a beneficial effect on digestive system, relieves diarrhea and is an appetite stimulant.
Also, the mother and stepmother is an indispensable assistant in maintaining and restoring the beauty of the skin and hair. This plant has a high content of amino acids - cystine, sulfur and silicon dioxide. Cystine helps to strengthen and grow hair, high level silicon soothes the scalp, eliminates dandruff and dead cells, gives elasticity and shine to the hair. Mother and stepmother extract will help increase skin elasticity, thanks to this extract, the work of the sebaceous glands is regulated.
Mother and stepmother is able to normalize metabolism. Sometimes it is used for weight loss.
Application medicines based on this plant has contraindications. Do not use infusions and decoctions long time, more than 1.5 months. Do not give to children under two years of age. It is also forbidden to take the mother and stepmother during pregnancy and lactating women. In no case should people with liver diseases consume this plant in any form.
Be careful! Self-medication is dangerous to life and health. Before using drugs, be sure to visit a doctor.
mother and stepmother photo
Common mother and stepmother (Tussilago farfara) 
Leaves of mother and stepmother (Tussilago farfara) 
Seeds of mother and stepmother (Tussilago farfara)
Tussilago farfara L.
Taxon: Aster family (Asteraceae) or Compositae (Compositae)
Folk names: coughlegon, podbel, recumbent grass.
English: Coltsfoot
Description:
Common coltsfoot is a perennial herbaceous plant up to 25 cm in height. Rhizome creeping, branched. Flowering stems grow early in spring before the appearance of leaves, straight, cobweb-pubescent, densely planted with oblong-ovate, sharp, brown-red scaly leaves. Green leaves appear after the flowering of the plant, they are basal, large, dense, on long, thin, felt petioles, rounded heart-shaped, serrated along the edge, their upper side is smooth, hard and cold (stepmother), the lower one is white felt, soft and warm ( mother). Flower baskets (inflorescences) solitary, on tops of stems, drooping after flowering. In the evening, as well as in wet weather, the inflorescences close. The flowers are golden yellow, marginal - with a narrow-tongued corolla, arranged in several rows, median - tubular, with a five-pronged corolla, shorter than the ray ones. The fruit is a linear-oblong achene with a hairy tuft, capable of germinating a few hours after entering the soil. Blossoms in April - May, the fruits ripen in May - June and are carried by the wind. Propagated by seeds and vegetatively.
Spreading:
Distributed almost throughout the European part of Russia, the Caucasus, Siberia and Central Asia. It grows on moist clay soils along steep banks of rivers and streams, in wastelands, garbage places, slopes of roads and embankments, forest clearings, edges, worked out quarries, and drained swamps. Quite often forms continuous thickets.
Collection and preparation:
Medicinal raw materials are the leaves of the coltsfoot (Folium Farfarae), which are harvested in the first half of summer, 2-3 weeks after the baskets are seeded (in June - July). They are cut off with their hands with a small (up to 5 cm) part of the petiole, after the dew has come off. You should not collect very young leaves that have pubescence on both sides, as well as those affected by rust and starting to turn yellow. Leaves are harvested away from grazing areas and walking dogs. Dry raw materials in attics, in other rooms or on outdoors spreading in a thin layer. In the process of drying, they should be carefully turned over 1-2 times so that both sides of the sheet dry evenly. Can be dried in dryers with artificial heating at a temperature of 50-60 °C. Shelf life of raw materials is 3 years.
Flower baskets are collected at the beginning of flowering plants - in March - April, tearing them off with your hands and removing the rest of the stem. Dry them in the shade, laying out a thin layer in one row. Their shelf life is 2 years.
The main procurement areas are located in Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Voronezh and Vologda regions of Russia.
Chemical composition:
The leaves of the plant contain glycoside tussylyagin, inulin, essential oil, tannins, mucous substances, sitosterol, gallic, malic, tartaric and ascorbic acids, saponins. The flowers contain triterpenes faradiol and arnidiol, tetraterpene taraxanthin, stigmasterol and sitosterol, heptacosan hydrocarbon and tannins.
The leaves contain: ash - 10.20%; macronutrients: K - 37.70, Ca - 10.90, Mn - 4.30, Fe - 0.20; trace elements (CBN): Mg - 0.14, Cu - 0.78, Zn - 0.60, Co - 0.27, Mo - 0.40, Cr - 0.03, Al - 0.07, Ba - 0 0.05, V - 0.02, Se - 25.00, Ni - 0.21, Sr - 0.01, Pb - 0.24, Ag - 8.00, I - 0.09, Br - 107.10 . B -40.00 µg/g. Cd, Li, Au were not detected. Concentrates Cu, Se, Ag, Br.
Pharmacological properties:
Due to the content of a significant amount of mucus in the leaves, coltsfoot has an enveloping effect on the mucous membranes of the mouth, throat and larynx, protecting them from irritation. In addition, mucus, saponins and organic acids soften and thin the dry discharge in the upper respiratory tract, restore the natural movement of the ciliated epithelium in the trachea and bronchi, promote faster evacuation of inflammation products and significantly improve sputum expectoration. Tannins of the plant, carotenoids and sterols have a pronounced anti-inflammatory effect: they reduce hyperemia of the mucous membranes, actively influence various phases of the inflammation process.
Application in medicine:
Leaves. In practical medicine, infusion - as an expectorant, disinfectant and anti-inflammatory in diseases of the upper respiratory tract; as an astringent - in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. They are part of the breast and diaphoretic fees. IN traditional medicine decoction, infusion, juice - for pulmonary tuberculosis, bronchial asthma, bronchitis, pleurisy, pneumonia, runny nose, flu, inflammatory processes oral cavity, toothache, arthritis, myositis, allergies, epilepsy, malaria, edema, shortness of breath, gastrointestinal diseases, peptic ulcer of the stomach, catarrh of the stomach, diseases of the heart, bladder, kidneys; externally - for skin diseases, mastitis, boils, erysipelas, ulcers, burns, as well as to strengthen hair and with abundant dandruff. Crushed dry leaves are smoked for shortness of breath, shortness of breath and to reduce toothache.
Leaves, flowers. In folk medicine, infusion, powder - for laryngitis, tracheitis, bronchitis, pneumonia, bronchial asthma, gastritis, enteritis, cystitis, nephritis, hypertension, disorders nervous system. In the form of tea - with exudative diathesis, general weakness of the body.
Medications:
Infusion for bronchitis.
With a glass of boiling water, brew 1 tbsp. l. leaves of coltsfoot and insist 1/2 hour, and then filter. Take 1 tbsp. l. 3 - 4 p. in a day.
Infusion for external use.
With a glass of boiling water, brew 1 tbsp. l. leaves of a medicinal plant and leave for an hour, then filter, squeeze out the raw materials. Lubricate sore spots several times a day.
Decoction as an expectorant.
Pour a glass of hot water over 1 tbsp. l. leaves of coltsfoot and heat for 15 minutes at 100 ° C in a water bath. After 45 minutes, filter and squeeze the raw material. Bring the volume of the broth to 250 ml. Take 0.5 cups 2 - 3 r. a day before meals.
The same decoction is used for burns, inflammation of the veins, boils, wounds in the form of compresses. And also with inflammation of the throat in the form of gargles. Well, in the form of enemas for inflammatory bowel diseases.
Pharmaceuticals:
Infusion of coltsfoot leaf(Infusum folii Tussilaginis farfarae): 5 g (1 tablespoon) of raw materials are placed in an enamel bowl, pour 200 ml of hot boiled water, cover with a lid and heat in boiling water (in a water bath) with frequent stirring for 15 minutes, cool at room temperature 45 min, strain. The remaining raw material is squeezed out. The volume of the resulting infusion is adjusted with boiled water to 200 ml. The prepared infusion is stored in a cool place for no more than 2 days. It is taken warm, 1/3-1/2 cup 2-3 times a day, 1 hour before meals, as an expectorant.
Decoction of coltsfoot leaves: 5 g of raw material is poured into 200 ml of boiling water, boiled for 10 minutes, infused at room temperature for 10-15 minutes, then filtered. Take 1 tablespoon 3-4 times a day.
coltsfoot leaf juice: pressed from May or June leaves. They are washed, scalded with boiling water, passed through a meat grinder and squeezed. Ready juice is diluted with water (1:1) and boiled for 2-3 minutes. Take 1 tablespoon 3 times a day after meals. The course of treatment is 7-10 days.
Contraindications:
Follow dosages to avoid vomiting, nausea, or abdominal pain. The plant is contraindicated in exudative eczema, since its action aggravates this disease.
Photos and illustrations:
We were known visually, but we did not know what they were called. About the name of others, such as coltsfoot, you will not need a photo for identification, we somehow guessed ourselves, without any clues.
Remember, it's all about the leaves, one side of which is green and smooth, the other is slightly fleecy and white. The bottom side is the "mother". It is warm, soft, slightly damp, just alive. The upper part is the “stepmother”. She is cold and harsh. And it is from these leaves that we immediately recognize this plant with our eyes closed. And the leaf is so similar to a human palm - it even has veins on it.
Coltsfoot. Properties
The benefits of each plant or product are determined by its properties, which mainly depend on the beneficial substances contained in it. This also applies to such a plant as coltsfoot. Wikipedia says scientifically that the real name of this herb is Tussilágo farfara. It is made up of two syllables tussis and ago and literally means "coughing away". The word farfara means "floured" - the lower part really gives such an impression.
This name is true. Parents, grandmothers, herbalists and even doctors recommend brewing coltsfoot for bronchitis, cough, laryngitis, pneumonia. She owes this to tannin, glycoside and mucus (and no need to frown - this is not the mucus you thought of).
But not rich in tannin alone medicinal plant coltsfoot. There are tannins, sterols, carotenoids, polysaccharides, mineral salts, tartaric and malic acids, elements of iron, potassium, magnesium and calcium. And our ancestors from early spring added coltsfoot to salads, perhaps because of the content in flowers and leaves. Try it, maybe you will like it.
What can be treated by coltsfoot?
This noble plant is coltsfoot. The herb, the use and action of which was appreciated by such famous medical characters as Avicenna and Hippocrates, deserves respect. No wonder it is otherwise called the mother-grass or the king-grass. Even for preventive purposes, you can simply dry the coltsfoot in the spring and constantly add it to tea. There will definitely be no harm.
In all other cases, a coltsfoot is useful, reviews eloquently confirm this. Take the plant in the form of decoctions, teas and infusions.
- Decoction coltsfoot . Warm 3 large spoons of leaves (crushed) in a water bath with a glass of boiling water for 15 minutes. Dosage 3 spoons after each meal.
- Infusion of coltsfoot . 3 large spoons of flowers and leaves are brewed in a water bath with a glass of boiling water for 15 minutes. After another 45 minutes, strain well and dilute in a glass to full. Drink the infusion should be warm, store in the refrigerator.
- Tea from coltsfoot leaves . 2 large spoons with the top insist in a glass of boiling water, like tea. Dosage - one cup three times a day.
Successfully used coltsfoot for coughs and colds, because it has a secretory, diaphoretic and anti-inflammatory effect. We make a decoction (see the recipe above) and drink it in a spoonful every three hours as an expectorant. If you add honey, lemon or to the broth, it will be much tastier.
Here is a review from one of the caring mothers:
“The mother-and-stepmother’s decoction, like gulls for coughing, has been familiar to me since childhood. That's why I decided to give it to my child. I won’t say that the next day the child jumped up, and there was no cough or fever. But the fact that the night passed relatively calmly, and the child did not come in with a dry cough - I can assure you of this.
In addition to coughing, coltsfoot also relieves other ailments.
- Tuberculosis. It is best to drink juice, for which only fresh leaves are suitable. Grind the leaves and squeeze the juice out of them. Then pour the same amount of water and boil a little. The course is a week or a half. Dosage three times a day before meals, a tablespoon of juice.
- Dropsy, suffocation, scrofula.
- atherosclerosis and myositis.
- Stagnation of bile and cystitis.
- hypertension and arthritis.
- Runny nose (you can bury the juice diluted with water).
- Stomach ulcer and allergy.
- Stomatitis, toothache.
- Problems with the intestines.
- If the nerves are shaking.
- For general strengthening of the body and spirit.
You made juice, but the pulp (slurry) remained. Don't rush to throw it away. It perfectly heals wounds, boils, cuts, burns, treats diathesis and mastitis.
You are in the field, barbecue or just went for a walk. And do you have a headache? A doctor is not needed if a coltsfoot is growing at hand, or rather, under the foot. With the smooth “stepmother” side, attach the leaf to the forehead and temples. It will relieve pain and lower the temperature.
Remember the mythical forest and meadow nymphs - wreaths always flaunt on their heads. When they were invented, they were invented as cheerful creatures with excellent mood, whose head does not hurt. Take a closer look, if there is mother-grass in their wreaths - our mother-and-stepmother? After all, they were invented by people who are quite close to nature ...
Recipes fees with mother and stepmother
The plant itself is strong and efficient. But you can also improve its medicinal qualities.
- Equal parts coltsfoot (leaves), . A glass of boiling water per spoon collection. We insist. We drink from tonsillitis - a glass a day for three visits.
- Violet tricolor, coltsfoot (leaves), calendula (flower), anise - all in equal parts. 2 spoons per glass of boiling water - infusion for affairs (15 +45 minutes). Relieves asthmatic cough. You need to drink just a glass for the whole day.
- Coltsfoot, calendula (flowers) 2 parts, 1 part. Pour a glass of boiling water, insist for half an hour. Strained infusion is injected with sinusitis into the maxillary sinuses. But after washing with a solution of (isotonic) sodium chloride.
- Coltsfoot, licorice root, pine buds (2 shares each), calendula, marshmallow root, wild rosemary (1 share each). Pour two tablespoons with a glass of boiling water, warm. Drink a glass of ha a day. The infusion helps with asthma.
- Coltsfoot (leaves), pine buds, plantain. 2 spoons per cup of boiling water. Drink throughout the day against whooping cough.
Mother and stepmother for the benefit of our beauty
Having fresh or dried coltsfoot at home and not using it to enhance your irresistibility is simply unacceptable. Let's start at the top.
From water, paints, curls, hair becomes brittle and weak, and even dandruff appears. Hair coltsfoot will have an effect stronger than some cosmetics. We mix leaves and coltsfoot in any proportions. We make a strong decoction, add a couple of drops to it essential oil for fragrance and rinse hair after each wash. After the procedure, it is no longer recommended to use a balm.
In summer, corns and corns appear on the legs. Let's get rid of them like this. First, we make baths, adding coltsfoot infusion to the water. And then we turn the cake into gruel and apply it to the feet at night. She will also get rid of.
Children and teenagers can wipe their face with infusion so that diathesis and age-related pimples disappear.
Coltsfoot for weight loss is effective in combination with other herbs. So, you can make tea from birch leaves (2 parts), (3 parts), coltsfoot (1 part) and corn stigmas (2 parts). Add part of the hay and drink a glass per day in two doses (0.5 liters of boiling water for 2 tablespoons of the mixture).
This mixture improves metabolism and dulls appetite. The result will be noticeable in a few days - a second wind will open, you will want not to walk, but to fly, vision and memory become clear, you are mobile, as if you had lost several years. Perhaps it was this cocktail that Lyudmila Gurchenko drank in the film “The Recipe for Her Youth”.
natural aphrodisiac.