2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
The scientist Theophrastus 2, 5 thousand years ago in the collection "Research on Plants" first described the unique properties of cattail. He noted that the children of Greece love to feast on the tender, fleshy bottoms of young specimens. Further study of the plant confirmed its medicinal properties
Areas of use
It's hard to find a second crop with such a wide range of uses. All parts of the cattail have found application in the following areas:
1. Food (cooking);
2. Decorative;
3. Applied (economic);
4. Floristics.
5. Construction.
6. Medicine.
Each person who has encountered this plant in his life will be able to add his own few points.
Cooking
In places where cattail grows, the local population bakes young shoots, rhizomes, pickles, fries. Flowering arrows at an early stage of development are similar to asparagus.
Residents in Russia added cattail to fish and meat dishes as a seasoning. Southern nations ground dried rhizomes to a powdery consistency. Unleavened cakes were made. The stickiness was increased by the rye-wheat additive.
There is a technology for preparing raw materials for future use: the peeled roots are washed, cut into pieces, dried in an oven or oven to a brittle stage. Crushed into small fraction by any means at hand.
Slices roasted before drying replace coffee after grinding. When added to flour, pollen is a valuable nutritional component.
Decorative and landscape direction
In landscape gardens, cattail are planted in shallow water for decorating large bodies of water. In miniature ponds, it is placed in containers, limiting its distribution over the entire surface.
Cattail looks beautiful next to the rush, reed, gorse, marigold, calla. Creates the atmosphere of a natural natural landscape, adds naturalness to the composition. It strengthens the soil well, purifies water.
Applied industry
All parts of the plant are used in everyday life. When dry, leaf plates retain their elasticity. They are used in the manufacture of household furniture, house shoes, rope, bags, yarn, ropes, twine. The masters turn the processed stems into "matting" (coarse fibrous tissue).
Shoots, leaves are suitable for weaving durable mats, rugs, original mats, luxurious baskets. The ears impregnated with resin and fat serve as a torch. Down from ripe inflorescences is used for stuffing mattresses, pillows, serves as an additional component along with wool in the production of felt and felt.
Floristics
Cattail inflorescences are equally good in one-component dry country-style bouquets, complex compositions. They remain decorative for 2-3 years with proper care. Varnishing the cobs after drying increases durability.
The stems for arrangements are cut twice per season. At the very beginning of summer, young, graceful shoots are harvested without the characteristic brown "pubescence". Dried in a dark room tied in bundles "head" down. The second cleaning is carried out in the middle of summer. Plants acquire a finished decorative look, similar to ice cream sundae in chocolate.
Autumn cut degrades the quality of the material. There is a high probability of "fluffing" of the cobs when dry.
Building
In the southern regions, roofs of houses are covered with cattail. It keeps warm well, does not rot for a long time. The fluffy part has thermal insulation properties. Paper, cardboard from sheet plates, stems are suitable for technical purposes.
The medicine
Fresh shoots rich in vitamin C help with vitamin deficiency, scurvy, anemia, fatigue, weakness. Flowers, cobs stop internal bleeding of various origins. Treat gynecological diseases, cystitis, urethritis.
Ointment from "down" relieves the effects of burns, frostbite. Decoctions, infusions of leaf plates, rhizomes reduce sugar in blood vessels, stop inflammatory processes, and have an astringent effect. A decoction of the cobs is used to treat bronchial asthma.
Leaf gruel is applied to open wounds, abrasions, cuts for disinfection, stopping blood, and rapid healing. Chinese doctors use pollen for bone tuberculosis, tissue necrosis, breastfeeding.
Try planting an unusual plant in your garden. It will become the highlight of any composition. A bouquet of "inflorescences" placed in a vase will remind you of a hot summer on winter evenings.
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