Mongolian Oak

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Mongolian oak is one of the plants of the family called beech, in Latin the name of this plant will sound as follows: Quercus mongolica Fisch. ex Ledeb. As for the name of the Mongolian oak family itself, in Latin it will be like this: Fagaceae Dumort.

Description of Mongolian oak

Mongolian oak is a tree, the height of which reaches sixteen meters, and the diameter will be equal to one meter. However, most often the height of such a plant is about ten to fifteen meters, and the diameter is approximately twenty to thirty centimeters. The bark of the plant is painted in dark gray tones, sometimes it is blackish, and longitudinal cracks are also present on such a bark. The bark of the Mongolian oak will be quite thick. The mirrored bark of the young branches of this plant is painted in dark gray tones. Yearling twigs will be shiny, bare and light brown in color. Almost rather large, elongated-oval in shape, and their length is about one meter. The leaf petioles will be short, three to four centimeters long. Leaves are clustered at the ends of the shoots, mature leaves will be dense and almost leathery, they can be either elongated or oboval. To the base, such leaves are strongly tapering, they are endowed with incorrectly positioned and blunt teeth. Leaves can be of completely different sizes, from eight to fifteen centimeters in length, or even up to twenty centimeters, while the width will fluctuate between seven and fifteen centimeters.

Mongolian oak blooms in the second half of May, and acorns ripen at the very beginning of September. The length of wide-cylindrical acorns will be about one and a half to two centimeters, and the width will not exceed one and a half centimeters.

Under natural conditions, this plant can be found in Eastern Siberia and the Far East: in Primorye, Amur region, in the Okhotsk region and on Sakhalin. As for the general distribution, the Mongolian oak can be found on the territory of Korea and China.

Description of the medicinal properties of Mongolian oak

Mongolian oak is endowed with very valuable healing properties, while it is recommended to use acorns and the bark of this plant for medicinal purposes. The presence of such valuable medicinal properties is explained by the content of Mongolian tannins in the wood and bark of the oak; the leaves of this plant contain carbohydrates.

As for traditional medicine, here a decoction of the bark of this plant is used to treat abscesses and ulcers, stomach diseases, mushroom poisoning and internal bleeding. Also, this remedy is also effective for rinsing with inflammatory processes occurring in the oral cavity, pharynx, larynx and for healing burns.

Infusion of acorns can be used for douching for various female diseases, and also as an astringent. A decoction of Mongolian oak acorns is used as a fixative for chronic and acute colitis, and such a decoction can also be used as a substitute for coffee and feed for various poultry and animals. It is noteworthy that the leaves of this plant can be used for salting vegetables.

With diarrhea, stomach ulcers, with chronic enterocolitis, hemorrhoidal and internal bleeding, as well as with diseases of the spleen and liver, and in addition, in case of mushroom poisoning, it is recommended to use a remedy based on this plant. To prepare such a product, take ten grams of Mongolian oak bark per one glass of boiling water, the resulting mixture is infused for two hours, and then thoroughly filtered. Take this remedy one or two tablespoons three to four times a day before the start of a meal.