Spreading Quinoa

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Spreading quinoa is one of the plants of the family called Haze, in Latin the name of this plant will sound as follows: Atriplex patula L. As for the name of the family of the sprawling swan, in Latin it will be like this: Chenopodiaceae Vent.

Description of the spreading quinoa

Spreading quinoa is an annual herb, the height of which will fluctuate between twenty and ninety centimeters. The stem of this plant is straight and branched. It should be noted that almost all the leaves of the spreading quinoa will be alternate, on both sides they are painted in the same tones, most often the color will be dark green. The lower leaves of this plant can be either rhomboid-lanceolate or lanceolate, usually they are also endowed with a spear-shaped base, and such leaves will also be whole-edged or serrated. The upper leaves of the spreading quinoa are lanceolate and whole-edged. The bracts of the female flowers of this plant are free almost to the very base and are rhombic-ovate.

The flowering of the spreading quinoa falls on the second half of the summer period. Under natural conditions, this plant is found on the territory of Ukraine, the Caucasus, Belarus, the European part of Russia and Siberia, and extremely rarely this plant will be found in Central Asia and Kazakhstan. It should be noted that this plant is sometimes grown as a vegetable crop. For the growth of the spreading quinoa, the spreading prefers the banks of rivers, places along the roads, vegetable gardens and wastelands.

Description of the medicinal properties of the spreading quinoa

Spreading quinoa is endowed with very valuable healing properties, while for medicinal purposes it is recommended to use all aerial parts of this plant, which should be harvested throughout the entire flowering period. The presence of such valuable medicinal properties of this plant should be explained by the content of ascorbic acid, carotene, saponin and betaine in the composition of its aboveground part, while phospholipids will be present in the seeds of the spreading quinoa.

The preparations made on the basis of this plant are endowed with a tonic, anti-inflammatory, expectorant, diuretic, sedative and hemostatic effect. Infusion of spreading quinoa in folk medicine has also become quite widespread: such a healing agent is used for chronic bronchitis, hemorrhoids, jaundice, dry cough and gout. In addition, such a drug is also used for leucorrhoea, scanty menstruation, various gynecological diseases and during childbirth to facilitate the exit of the child's place.

In case of hysteria, a salad is recommended, which was prepared on the basis of fresh young leaves of the spreading quinoa. In addition, such a salad should also be used as a vitamin remedy, for lung diseases and for delayed menstruation. It is permissible to apply fresh crushed leaves of this plant to the wounds. It should be noted that sometimes spreading quinoa seeds are also used as an anti-constipation and emetic.

For jaundice and gout, it is recommended to use the following very effective remedy based on spreading quinoa: to prepare such a healing agent, you will need to take twenty grams of the herb of this plant for two hundred milliliters of boiling water. The resulting product should be infused for two hours, after which such a mixture based on this plant should be very thoroughly filtered. Take the resulting healing agent based on spreading quinoa one hour before the start of a meal three times a day, one glass or half of it.