Vaida Dyeing

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Vaida dyeing belongs to a family called cabbage or cruciferous, in Latin the name of this family is as follows: Bressicaceae Burnett. The name of the very same Vaida dyeing in Latin: Isatis tinctoria L.

Description of woad dyeing

Such a plant as weida dyeing is also known under the following popular names: shank-grass, blueline, farbovnik, krutik and dyeing grass. This plant is a two-year-old crop, the height of which can reach about seventy to eighty centimeters. The leaves of the woad dye are basal, island-shaped, as well as oblong-lanceolate, hairy, in addition, they are also whole-edged or gnawed out. In this case, the middle and upper leaves of the dye woad will be linear, sharp and narrowly arrow-shaped. The inflorescence of this plant is paniculate and rare, while the petals reach about three to four and a half millimeters in length, and the petals will be yellow in color. Weida dyeing fruits are glabrous pods. The flowering of this plant occurs in the period from May to June.

Vaida dyeing is found in natural conditions on the territory of Ukraine, on the European part of Russia, in the Crimea and in Central Asia. As for the general distribution, this plant can be found throughout the Mediterranean, including even North Africa, as well as in Asia Minor, Central Europe, China and the Balkan Peninsula.

Description of the medicinal properties of woad dye

This plant is characterized by very valuable medicinal properties due to its composition. The roots of weida dyeing are most often used for medicinal purposes. The roots of the plant should be harvested even in the autumn period of time, for this you will need to dig up the plant and cut off its stem, after which the root is thoroughly washed in water, and also cut into plates and left until it dries.

In Chinese medicine, it is believed that indican and synegrin are found in the roots of weida dye. After the hydrolysis treatment takes place, indican begins its splitting into elements such as indoxyl and glucose. In the course of long-term scientific research, it has been proven that those roots that are lignified also contain indoxyl-5-ketogluconic acid.

In addition, in China, it has been scientifically proven that all the substances that make up the roots of this plant can help in the treatment of E. coli, typhoid bacilli, and also have a detrimental effect on numerous pathogens of dysentery. It is noteworthy that dyeing woad is also used for the effective treatment of a number of colds.

In Chinese medicine, it is recommended to use a decoction made from dye woad for a variety of epidemic colds, as well as for epidemic meningitis, acute hepatitis, epidemic encephalitis and common sore throat.

In case of mumps, it is recommended to prepare the following decoction from the roots of weida dyeing: for this you need to take sixty to one hundred and twenty grams of plant roots, from which the decoction is prepared. Such a decoction should be drunk at a time, but if you plan to cure a child with the help of such a decoction, then you will need only about thirty to sixty grams of weida dye roots.

With epidemic meningitis, you will need to prepare such a decoction: sixty grams of crushed roots of weida dyeing for two hundred milliliters of water, then this mixture is boiled over low heat until only one hundred milliliters of decoction is formed. Such a decoction of woad dyeing should be drunk at the same time or divided into two doses and drunk in the morning and in the evening.