Rock Oak

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Rock oak or the sessile oak is one of the plants of the family called beech, in Latin the name of this plant will sound as follows: Quercus petraca (Mattuschka) Lindl. As for the name of the beech family itself, then in Latin it will be like this: Fagaceae Dumort.

Description of rock oak

Rock oak is a tree, the height of which can reach twenty to thirty meters. The length of the leaves of this plant will be about eight to twelve centimeters, and the width will be equal to three and a half to seven centimeters. The leaves will remain dry on the plant until spring, from above they will be naked and bright green, and from below they are pale. The length of the acorns of the rock oak will be about one and a half to two and a half centimeters. The flowering of the rock oak falls on the period from April to May.

Under natural conditions, this plant is found on the territory of Russia in the Black Sea region and the Crimea, as well as in the Caucasus and in the following regions of Ukraine: in the Carpathians and in the Dnieper region. For growth, rock oak prefers mountain slopes up to a height of about one and a half thousand meters above sea level. It is noteworthy that sometimes the plant forms pure stands.

Description of the medicinal properties of rock oak

Rock oak is endowed with very valuable medicinal properties, while for medicinal purposes it is recommended to use acorns, bark, leaves and galls of this plant.

The presence of such valuable healing properties is explained by the content of tannins and acids in the plant. The wood contains tannins, the bark of the plant contains triterpenoids and tannins, and paraffin and flavonoids are found in the leaves.

It is noteworthy that this plant is a substitute for coffee. A decoction of oak bark, prepared in a ratio of one to ten, is used in the treatment of acute and chronic inflammatory diseases of the oral cavity, as well as in the form of applications and rinses for gingivitis and stomatitis.

The plant can be used as an antidote for poisoning with bleached, dope and mushrooms, as well as alkaloids, for food poisoning. This requires the use of a twenty percent oak bark decoction as repeated gastric lavages.

Also, a twenty percent decoction of oak bark in the form of applications is used for burns and frostbite: napkins moistened with cold broth are applied to the affected areas on the first day. In case of children's diathesis and various skin diseases, it is recommended to use a decoction of the rock oak bark in the form of local and general baths, as well as washings and applications. When sweating, local baths from a ten percent decoction of the bark of a rock oak or a decoction of the bark taken in equal proportions with a decoction of sage are considered quite effective. For various gynecological diseases: erosion of the uterus and vaginal walls, colpitis, vulvovaginitis, prolapse of the vaginal walls, prolapse of the walls of the vagina and uterus, douching with a ten percent decoction of this plant should be performed.

The bark of rock oak is used for colitis, enterocolitis, dysentery, peptic ulcer disease, gastrointestinal bleeding, paraproctitis, proctitis and hemorrhoids. Twenty percent aqueous solution of rock oak leaves extract is used in the complex treatment of purulent-septic diseases in newborns.

For chronic enterocolitis, hemorrhoidal bleeding, stomach ulcers, diarrhea, frequent urge to urinate and in case of mushroom poisoning, it is recommended to use the following remedy based on rock oak: to prepare it, you will need to take ten grams of bark in one glass of boiling water. The resulting mixture is infused for two hours, and then filtered. Take such a remedy one or two tablespoons three to four times a day.