2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
The decorativeness of the plant Zhivuchka (Ayuga) is gaining more and more popularity among flower growers and gardeners. An amazing gift of nature justifies its name not only by its unpretentiousness to living conditions and endurance, but also by its ability to help a person get rid of many ailments
Apt name
In epic times, when there was no high-precision medical equipment, people lived in harmony with nature, using its gifts to maintain vitality. Involving various herbs on the side of their health, they gave them apt names that spoke for themselves.
This also applies to the plant with the botanical name "Ajuga", which says nothing to the Russian ear. It is quite another matter when this ear hears the name “
Tenacious . Immediately reminiscent of tales of living water, capable of resurrecting even a deceased, and even supporting a person who succumbed to the attack of pathogenic microbes, all the more so.
Tenacity in medicine
Among two dozen species of Zhivuchek growing in Asia and Europe, only two species enjoy healing fame among people. This is
Tenacious creeping (Ajuga reptans) and
Tenacious geneva (Ajuga genevensis).
In the spring forbs of meadows, forest edges and glades, Zhivuchki stand out with delightfully beautiful blue candle inflorescences emerging from rosettes of basal leaves. During this period, it is easy to distinguish creeping tenacious from Geneva by the appearance of the stem. The first, for that and "creeping", which forms creeping shoots, pubescent on both sides. The tenacious geneva does not form lateral shoots, and the stem is covered with continuous pubescence, for which some gardeners call it "hairy".
In the first half of the 17th century, the English specialist in medicinal herbs, Nicholas Culpeper, actively used the drugs from Zhivuchka in the treatment of internal hemorrhages, bruises, wounds and burns, ulcers (including in the intimate parts of the body), hangovers (not alien, it turns out, and the British), tuberculosis.
True, the fact that he lived for only 38 years, struck down by tuberculosis, shows the powerlessness of Zhivuchka in front of Koch's annoying stick. As for severe injuries and burns, modern chemists, who have discovered substances that stimulate protein synthesis in Zhivuchka, confirm the ability of preparations from the plant to quickly heal ulcers and wounds, as well as rejuvenate the skin of the face, which women love to do so much.
Domestic folk medicine even during the Crimean War (1853-1856), which weakened for a long time the Russian Empire, which at that time lost its influence in the Black Sea region (History repeats itself periodically), treated the wounds and burns of soldiers with mashed leaves and Zhivuchka juice.
Currently, decoctions and infusions of herbs from the plant treat stomach ulcers, gastritis, diarrhea, rheumatism, urolithiasis, strengthen weak hair, and also use them for colds as a diaphoretic.
Procurement and use of raw materials
Herb Zhivuchki has healing properties, that is, tops, and the roots are used for plant propagation. The collection period is practically unlimited, starting in May and ending in early October.
A decoction of the herb is taken orally and used externally.
The juice from the leaves of the plant will relieve irritation from mosquito and bee bites, soften labor corns, and help discolor freckles (although, is it worth getting rid of them?).
Ground cover plant
The tenacious heals not only a person, but also the earth - a living organism that needs protection. Its creeping species, undemanding to the composition of the soil and resistant to diseases, cover the ground with a solid carpet, protecting it and beneficial soil microorganisms from the scorching rays of the sun.
For the gardener, Zhivuchka facilitates the fight against weeds, suppressing them at the root with their dense carpets of leaves, which are perfectly preserved after winter.
Contraindications
Pregnant women and nursing mothers it is better to use other herbs for treatment.
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Tenacious Geneva
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