2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
Ziziphus is one of the plants of the family called buckthorn, in Latin the name of this plant will sound like this: Zyzyphus jujuba Mill. As for the name of the ziziphus family itself, in Latin it will be like this: Rhamnaceae Juss.
Description of ziziphus
Ziziphus is also known under the following names: yuyuba and unabi, this plant is a spreading thorny shrub or a small tree, the height of which will not exceed four meters. This plant will be blessed with bare and reddish-brown outstretched branches. The leaves of this plant are alternate and medium-sized, they are ovoid in shape and pointed, as well as leathery and endowed with jagged edges.
The stipules of the ziziphus are spiny and rather large, while the flowers are rather small. The flowers are bisexual, stellate in shape, they are endowed with five welded petals, they can be either single, or three to five pieces in dense glomerular inflorescences. Such flowers of ziziphus are painted in greenish tones. The fruits of this plant will be spherical and small in size, they are shiny and colored in reddish-brown tones, and are also endowed with a whitish powdery sweet pulp and have a pleasant aroma. It should be noted that the fruit of the ziziphus is edible.
Under natural conditions, this plant can be found in the territory of Central Asia and Transcaucasia. For growth, Ziziphus prefers dry, sunny slopes of mountains and hills. In total, there are about a hundred different species that grow in the subtropical and tropic regions of Australia, Asia and Africa.
Description of the medicinal properties of ziziphus
Ziziphus is endowed with very valuable healing properties. The presence of such medicinal properties is explained by the content of tannins in the plant, which are found in the bark of the roots. The leaves contain anesthetics, resins, alkaloids, vitamin C, phytoncides, glycosides, while the fruits contain sugars and organic acids. It should be noted that by the time of the content, the fruits contain even more carotene, rutin and vitamin C.
Even in ancient times, Arab doctors used the healing properties of ziizfus against kidney stones, lung diseases, bronchial asthma, kidney and bladder diseases, and also as a mild laxative only when the fruits of this plant are ripe. If the fruits are still immature, then it is recommended to use them for diarrhea.
It is believed that the fruits of this plant are able to strengthen the stomach and help in getting rid of diarrhea, as well as stop hair loss, stop bleeding, strengthen and lengthen hair. The leaves are capable of softening hot tumors and can even dissolve them, and ziziphus leaves are useful for curing lung diseases and asthma.
The dry fruits of this plant in the form of syrup are recommended for use for chest pains and coughs: it is recommended to take about five to ten pieces. This tool is characterized by a fairly high degree of effectiveness.
As for the infusion of this plant, it should be used as a diuretic and tonic. In combination with other plants, such an infusion based on ziziphus should be used for the treatment of neurasthenia, as well as an expectorant and emollient for catarrhal symptoms and sore throat, and in addition, also for bronchial asthma. Ziziphus bark, together with other plants, is used as an astringent for diarrhea, as well as for fever and rheumatism. The seeds of this plant are very effective sedatives. It is noteworthy that the fruits of this plant are endowed with a very valuable antibacterial effect.
