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Elecampane Christ's eye

scientific classification

Intermediate ranks[show]

Domain:
eukaryotes

Kingdom:
Plants

The Department:
Flowering

Class:
Dicotyledonous

Superorder:
Asteranae

Order:
Astroflowers

Family:
Asteraceae

Subfamily:
Asteraceae

Tribe:
elecampane

Genus:
Elecampane

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Elecampane Christ's eye

International scientific name

Inula oculus-christi L., 1753

Systematics
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NCBI
557655

IPNI
226012-1

TPL
gcc-135684

Elecampane Christ's eye, or Elecampane eye (lat. Inula oculus-christi) - a species of dicotyledonous plants of the genus Elecampane (Inula) of the Asteraceae family. The taxonomic name was first published by the Swedish taxonomist Carl Linnaeus in 1753.
Synonym - Aster oculus-christi (L.) Cav..

1 Distribution and habitat
2 Botanical description
3 Meaning
4 Environmental situation
5 Notes

Distribution and habitat[edit | edit wiki text]
Known from Belgium, Netherlands, Great Britain, Luxembourg, Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Romania, Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia, Greece, Bulgaria, Croatia, Albania, Turkey, Macedonia, Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Russia (center and south of the European part, North Caucasus), Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Iran, Syria, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Iraq and Algeria.
It occurs in the steppes, on rocky and steppe slopes and among shrubs.
Botanical description[edit | edit wiki text]

inflorescences

Perennial 15-50 cm high, rhizome, rosette.
Stem with glandular pubescence.
The leaves are oblong, petiolate, glandular-pubescent.
Inflorescences-baskets with golden flowers; leaflets linear-lanceolate.
The fruit is a pubescent achene.
The number of chromosomes is 2n=16.
Blooms from May to July.
Meaning[edit | edit wiki text]
Grown as ornamental plant.
Environmental situation[edit | edit wiki text]
The plant is listed in the Red Books of the Voronezh and Saratov regions of Russia and the Dnieper region of Ukraine.
Notes[edit | edit wiki text]

For the conditionality of indicating the class of dicots as a higher taxon for the group of plants described in this article, see the section "APG Systems" of the article "Dicots".
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DEPARTMENT ANGIOSEEDS, FLOWERS
NEVASYL EYE, or EYE OF CHRIST
Inula oculus-christiL.
Family Asteraceae, Compositae - Asteraceae, Compositae

Status. Category 3. Status in adjacent regions. Included in the Red Book of the Saratov region. (category 2).
Spreading. Euro-Asian steppe species. Distributed in the Middle and East. Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, the Mediterranean, Asia Minor and Iran. V middle lane European Russia is known from the Voronezh, Penza, Samara and Saratov regions; it is also indicated for the Belgorod and Tambov regions. In the Voronezh region: Talovsky, Rossoshansky (near the former Voroshilov farm - VOR: 2), Bogucharsky (Khripunskaya steppe - VOR: 1; near the villages of Krinitsa and Lebedinka - VOR: 3; near the village of Zaliman - VU : 2), Kantemirovsky (near the village of Gartmashevka - VU: 1) districts.
Description. perennial herbaceous plant 25-50 cm tall, densely pubescent with long white adpressed hairs. Rhizome horizontal, creeping. The stem is straight, longitudinally furrowed, slightly branched in the upper part. The lower leaves are oblong or oblong-elliptical. The upper leaves are lanceolate, sessile, heart-shaped. Inflorescence in the form of a dense corymb with 2-4 baskets. The outer leaflets of the involucre are lanceolate, straight, sharp, white-haired. Reed flowers 1.3-1.6 cm, yellow. Tubular flowers 7 mm. Achenes linear-oblong, pubescent with red hairs, pappus with numerous setae
Features of biology and ecology. Blooms from June to August inclusive. It grows in forb-fescue-feather grass steppes and their petrophytic variants, in steppe meadows and among shrubs along the slopes.
Number and tendencies of its change. The current state of the species in the region has not been studied enough. Small populations are registered only in Kantemirovskiy and Bogucharskiy districts. Rarely seen in small groups.
limiting factors. Insignificant areas of habitats suitable for growth; active economic activity: plowing of virgin areas, grazing and driving of livestock, regular vegetation fell, haying until the fruiting of the species.
Security measures taken. It is protected in natural monuments: the Khripunskaya steppe and the Shlepchino tract (Bogucharsky district). Recommendations for the conservation of the species in natural conditions. Special studies of the distribution of the species in the region. Expansion of the territory of natural monuments: Shlepchino tract and Khripunskaya steppe.
Information about the preservation of the species in culture. There is experience in growing in the GBS RAS (Moscow) and the Donetsk Botanical Garden.
Sources of information: 1. Keller, 1931; 2. Kamyshev, 1976; 3. Kamyshev, 1978; 4. Agafonov, 20066; 5. Cadastre... 2001. Herbarium data - VOR: 1. Egorova (1959); 2. S. V. Golitsyn (1958); 3. V. V. Matyushenko (1960); VU: 1. S. V. Golitsyn (1958); 2. S. V. Golitsyn (1959). Compiled by: V. V. Negrobov; photo: A.I. Kirik.

(lat. Inula helenium) is a perennial herbaceous plant that belongs to the Aster family (Asteraceae). Other names: ninesil, divosil; Ukrainian high oman, galagan; Slovak and Czech. oman pravý; Polish oman wielki.

The generic Latin name for elecampane Inula is derived from ínaein "to purify", apparently derived from the plant due to its cleansing effect on the body. The specific name helenium is derived from lat. words helios "sun" or helenion "basket" (due to the appearance of flowers), or from the Greek. helos "marshy meadow" (an indication of the plant's favorite habitat). ancient greek poet and the doctor Nicander of Colophon (II century BC) described in one of his poems the appearance of an elecampane flower from the tears of Helen of Troy (daughter of Leda and Zeus, because of whom, according to ancient Greek legends, the Trojan War began), crying over the bitten the serpent Menelaus. The legend has given the plant a reputation as an antidote, and because of Elena's beauty, it's also an excellent cosmetic product.

The Russian name "elecampane" comes from the "nine forces" capable, as the people believed, to heal nine ailments. The species name “high” was acquired by the plant due to the fact that it reaches a height of 2–2.4 m. e) used elecampane as medicinal plant. The plant was also used in the practice of the medieval Persian physician and scientist Ibn Sina (980-1037). The plant was also used in medieval Europe, and continues to be used in modern medicine.

Description of elecampane high

Perennial tall herbaceous plant (height from 60 cm to 2 - 2.4 m.). The rhizome is thick, fleshy, short, grayish-brown on the outside, and yellowish inside, many-headed, with multiple long thick and thin roots extending from it. The stems are straight, strong, furrowed, branching in the upper part, densely shortly pubescent with stiff white hairs, felted at the top.

The leaves are alternate, unevenly serrate-toothed along the edge, on the upper side - Green colour, wrinkled, hard-haired, from below - gray-felt. Basal leaves on long winged petioles, oblong-elliptical, pointed, obtusely serrated, very large (up to 45–50 cm long and up to 25 cm wide); stem leaves smaller, oblong-ovate, pointed; lower - on short petioles, 10–30 cm long and 3 to 12 cm wide; the upper ones are even smaller, sessile, with a heart-shaped base covering the stem.

The flowers are bright yellow, multiple, with a dirty white tuft of hairs instead of a calyx, marginal - reed, pistillate, median - bisexual, tubular, with 5 teeth. 5 stamens, pistil with lower ovary. The flowers are collected in large (6–8 cm in diameter) inflorescences - baskets located on the tops of the main stem and branches, and forming irregular shields or loose brushes. Basket wrapper - hemispherical, tiled, multi-row, its leaves are green, lanceolate, recurved, felt-pubescent. This type of elecampane blooms in July - September, in more southern regions from June to August. The fruit is a four-sided, oblong brownish achene with a tuft, which is 2 times longer than itself. Ripening of elecampane fruits occurs from August to October.

It is assumed that the homeland of elecampane is Central Asia. At present, the plant, in addition to Central Asia, is distributed in Europe, on the Mediterranean coast, in Turkey, in the Caucasus, in northern Africa, in the Middle East and in North-Western India, Western China and Mongolia. Naturalized in some states of North America. The plant grows on the territory of Belarus, Ukraine (with the exception of the Carpathians), in the Crimea. In Russia, it grows in the steppes, forests and forest-steppes of the European part, in the Altai, the Caucasus, the Urals, and Western Siberia.

Elecampane grows in forests and on their edges, in forest-steppes, among shrubs, in damp meadows and glades, along the banks of reservoirs, around swamps, in places of high occurrence and exit ground water. Traditionally cultivated in gardens and orchards. Like a wild plant, it grows along roads, in wastelands, on the outskirts of settlements.

Growing elecampane high

Elecampane is undemanding to the soil, it can be grown in any well-moistened area. Feels good in both well-lit and partially shaded places, resistant to cold. Propagated by seeds and root suckers (vegetatively). Elecampane is sown in early spring, the main measures for caring for it are loosening the earth, fertilizing and weeding. The distance between the rows of sown plants should be at least half a meter. It is worth considering that with the help of rhizomes and roots, elecampane can quickly grow throughout the garden.

Plants that are confused with elecampane tall

Elecampane high cannot be replaced by another similar species with excellent properties - elecampane eye (it is also elecampane of Christ's eye).

When digging up the roots and rhizomes, there is a danger of confusing elecampane tall with the outwardly similar poisonous belladonna root (common belladonna), which is lighter on the outside, and if it is broken, a small cloud of dust or powder will rise (this is due to the high content of starch). Therefore, it is necessary to dig up the roots and rhizomes only in the areas that you marked during the flowering of elecampane (when the difference between the plants is clearly visible), or grown with your own hands.

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For treatment, rhizomes with roots of 2-3-year-old elecampane plants are used, much less often - their leaves. Rhizomes and roots are dug up in autumn, from the beginning of fruiting to the first frost (August - October) or in early spring, when the first leaves begin to bloom (March - early April). The leaves are plucked selectively, so as not to cause serious damage to the plant, in June - July, during the flowering period.

To restore the thickets, at least one adult healthy plant per 10 m2 should be left intact. Re-procurement of raw materials can be carried out at the same place no earlier than in 5-6 years. In order for elecampane thickets to recover sooner, several pieces of rhizome with renewal buds can be separated and immediately planted again in the ground without deepening - the upper part of the bud should be covered with soil no more than 1-2 cm.

For digging roots with elecampane rhizomes, narrow and long (about 45 cm) shoulder blades are best suited. When manipulating the plant, it is advisable to use gloves (garden or rubber) and take precautions to avoid irritation of the skin and mucous membranes. When digging, try not to damage the roots. To this end, the plant is first dug around the stem within a radius of 20 cm to a depth of 30 cm. After that, you should take hold of the stem at the base and pull out the rhizome along with the roots and a clod of earth.

The excavated underground part is shaken off and quickly washed off the ground in running cold water, the remains of the stems and thin roots are cut off, after which they are cut into pieces 3–12 cm long, if necessary, cut lengthwise into thinner pieces (1–2 cm). Chopped roots and rhizomes are best dried for 2-3 days outside, and then dried in a well-ventilated room or in a dryer at t up to 40 ° C, uncured raw materials are dried at t up to 35 ° C. When drying, the roots are spread in a thin layer to prevent mating and loss of healing qualities. It is important not to allow the raw materials to dry too slowly, since in the process of autolysis, beneficial substances are destroyed, as a result of which the raw materials change their natural color. As soon as the roots become brittle, drying is stopped. The shrinkage is approximately 3:1.

The rhizomes and roots of the plant, harvested in the spring at the wrong time, when the plants already have large leaves, will be flabby, such raw materials are not suitable for medicinal use. dried roots with outside grayish-brown, yellowish-white or yellow-gray on the cut with shiny brown specks - capsules filled with essential oil. The smell of the roots and rhizomes of elecampane is characteristic, fragrant, the taste is bitter, spicy. Rhizomes with elecampane roots can be stored carefully closed in a dry place for up to 3 years, as the raw material is highly susceptible to moisture, and bugs can start in it.

Useful substances contained in elecampane

The underground parts of elecampane (rhizomes with roots) contain inulin (up to 45%) and other polysaccharides (pseudoinulin, inulenin), bitterness, essential oil(1–4%), gum, saponins (friedelin), resins, vitamin E, mucus, traces of alkaloids, pigments, organic acids (acetic and benzoic), phytosterols (stigmasterol, β-sitosterol), pectins, wax. The composition of the essential oil contains sesquiterpene lactones - gelenin (a mixture of allantolactone and isoalantolactone), proazulene.

The grass contains essential oil (up to 3%), vitamins C and E; in the leaves - flavonoids, bitterness and tannins, fumaric and acetic acids, lactones; in seeds - about 25% fatty oil.

The use of elecampane in medicine

Preparations of elecampane rhizomes have an expectorant, anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, antiseptic, antifungal, bactericidal, antibacterial and antiviral (thanks to alantolactone), wound healing, analgesic, tonic, tonic, calming effect, accelerate metabolism, improve appetite and digestion, reduce intestinal secretory activity, regulate intestinal motility and secretory function of the stomach.

In addition, the underground parts of elecampane have a moderate diuretic, bile-forming and choleretic, hemostatic and blood-purifying, diaphoretic and astringent effect on the body. Elecampane - effective remedy, especially with ascaris.

Elecampane preparations are used for diseases of the respiratory tract (with a wet cough, tuberculosis, inflammation and emphysema of the lungs, tracheitis, bronchitis, bronchial asthma, whooping cough - frees the airways and bronchi from mucus and sputum), for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (gastritis, colitis, peptic ulcer, enterocolitis, gastroenteritis, diarrhea, belching, flatulence). The plant is effective in inflammatory processes in the joints (sciatica, rheumatism, arthritis, gout, inflammation of the sciatic nerve (sciatica), lumbago), is used for liver diseases (, jaundice, cirrhosis), kidneys (edema, urolithiasis), pancreatitis, anemia, diabetes, hemorrhoids.

In folk medicine, extracts and tinctures of rhizomes with elecampane roots are recommended for malaria, colds, flu, headaches, dizziness, hypertension; decoctions for oncological diseases (cancer), thrombophlebitis. Elecampane will help with or without them (the plant regulates the menstrual cycle).

In homeopathy, the fresh underground part of elecampane is used, from which an essence is prepared, which is used for chronic bronchitis, joint diseases, neurasthenia, gynecological diseases (dysmenorrhea, metritis).

Long-term non-healing wounds are washed with a decoction, wiped with a decoction or lubricated with elecampane ointment for skin diseases (eczema, neurodermatitis, scabies, lichen, bedsores, trophic ulcers, boils, scrofula), they can gargle and mouth with inflammatory processes. Trophic ulcers are sprinkled with powdered dry root of elecampane. The roots and rhizomes of elecampane are a component of medicinal collections that are effective for prostatitis, epilepsy, cholangitis, Graves' disease, dropsy.

From the underground part of elecampane, the drug Alanton is obtained (it is the sum of sesquiterpene lactones), used to treat stomach and duodenal ulcers. Alanton helps to improve blood circulation in the gastric mucosa, activate the healing process of ulcers, increase the amount of associated of hydrochloric acid and reduce the content of pepsin, which positively affects the course of the disease. Assign Alanton inside of 100 mg (1 tab.) 3-4 p. a day half an hour before meals. The course of treatment takes 4-6 weeks, with non-scarring ulcers - from 6 to 8 weeks.

In addition to Alanton, rhizomes and roots of elecampane are contained in the following medicinal fees and means: expectorant collection; antitumor collection M.N. Zdrenko; herbal tea Amrita; phytopreparation Sodecor; Bittner's original large balm.

Application in other areas

Due to the content of inulin, the underground part of elecampane is actively used by the canning and confectionery industries. The roots and rhizomes are used in the distillery industry to color and flavor wines and liqueurs, and as a natural preservative. Inulin is obtained from the underground part of elecampane, which is used in dietary nutrition (primarily for diabetics), as well as the essential oil of elecampane (Oleum inulae helenii) - an extremely effective remedy for certain types of insects (for example, it destroys mosquito larvae).

Blue dye can be obtained from the roots and rhizomes of the plant. For this purpose, an infusion of them is mixed with potassium alkali or potash, or with potash and blueberry juice.
Elecampane, like most Compositae, is a honey plant. It also finds application as an ornamental plant, its garden molds used for decorating areas near water bodies in parks, in wet areas along highways and railways.

Traditional medicine recipes with elecampane

Infusion of rhizomes with elecampane roots for external use for skin rashes and other skin diseases, inflammation of the gums, for wound healing. 100 gr. rhizomes with elecampane roots steam 1 liter. boiling water, let it brew for 4 hours, filter. Apply to wipe the skin and lotions for rashes accompanied by itching, difficult to heal wounds, scabies; with inflammation of the gums, this infusion rinses the mouth.
Cold infusion of rhizomes with elecampane roots for worms, hemorrhoids, gastrointestinal diseases, diarrhea, high blood pressure, colds, as an expectorant for bronchitis, pneumonia, tracheitis, and as a blood purifier for skin diseases. 20 gr. raw materials are insisted for 8 hours, bay 0.4 l. cold boiled water. Filter. Drink ½ stack. before meals (20-30 minutes) 4 p. in a day. You can add a little.
Elecampane root infusion in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and to speed up metabolism: pour ½ l of boiling water in a thermos for 2 tables. lies. crushed roots of elecampane, leave for 4 hours, drain. Drink 2 tables. l. 3-4 p. in a day. With reduced acidity of gastric juice, duodenal ulcer and stomach ulcer and gastritis, they drink 1/3 stack. such an infusion 3 p. per day.
Root tea with elecampane rhizomes with a strong or persistent cough: pour 1 liter. boiling water to 1 tsp. lies. elecampane rhizomes and leave for 15 minutes. Take the filtered infusion should be warm in a glass of 2 or 3 r. per day, you can add.
Napar from rhizomes with elecampane roots with lazy stomach syndrome and poor appetite. Use 3 r. per day for ½ tbsp. Napara from 30 gr. elecampane and 1 l. water. Soar in the oven all night (as an option - steam in a thermos).
Decoction of elecampane roots for uterine bleeding, leucorrhea, painful or irregular menstrual cycles, and flu. 1 teaspoon l. crushed roots per 1 stack. water, boil for 5 minutes, 2 hours insist, decant, drink 1 tbsp. l. 3-4 p. per day after meals. In addition, they douche with a warm decoction before going to bed. With the flu, drink 1 table. l. decoction every hour all day.
A decoction of rhizomes with elecampane roots. 20 gr. rhizomes and roots boil in 1 stack. water for 5 minutes, let it brew for 4 hours, filter. Take 1 table. l. 3-4 p. per day for 20 min. before meals as a gastric or expectorant, with duodenal ulcer and stomach ulcers, colitis, cholecystitis, pulmonary diseases, gastritis, with painful periods and prolapse of the uterus, pancreatitis, hypertension. The same decoction can be used to gargle and oral cavity with stomatitis, sore throat, apply for compresses for diseased joints with arthritis or rheumatism.
A decoction of rhizomes with elecampane roots with diseases of the respiratory tract, gastritis, peptic ulcer, gastroenteritis, diarrhea. 1 tables. lies. roots with elecampane rhizomes, pour 1 stack. boiling water and soak in a boiling steam bath, covered with a lid, for 30 minutes. Then the broth is allowed to cool for 15 minutes, filtered, the residue is squeezed out. Dilute by adding up to 200 ml. You need to take it warm in ½ stack. 2-3 p. per day 1 hour before meals. You can sweeten it a bit with honey. Store the broth in the refrigerator for no more than 2 days. The same decoction can be used externally for skin diseases for rubdowns, lotions, baths and trays, compresses.
whooping cough. 1 st. lies. rhizomes and roots pour 500 ml. water and let it boil for 15 minutes. on a small fire. The broth is cooled, filtered, the raw material is squeezed out. Take 2 tables throughout the day. lies. hourly.
Decoction of roots and rhizomes of elecampane for arthritis (for external use). To 100 gr. fresh roots of elecampane, pour a liter of boiling water and boil the roots at a low boil for 15 minutes, insist, decant. Make baths or compresses for sore joints.
Tincture of roots and rhizomes of elecampane with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, malaria, headaches, epilepsy, whooping cough. 400 ml of alcohol is poured into 50 gr. roots with elecampane rhizomes, tightly closed insist 10 days, sometimes shaking the mixture. Take 3-4 r. per day before meals, 15-20 cap.
with duodenal ulcer and stomach ulcer. 50 gr. fresh or dry roots with elecampane rhizomes pour 400 ml of vodka, let it brew for 10 days, sometimes shaking the mixture. 1 tables. drink a spoonful of tincture and immediately eat 2 tables. spoons of fresh pork lard (without salt) or an equal amount of fresh unsalted lard.
Root tincture with elecampane rhizomes with sclerosis. 30 gr. crushed dried roots of elecampane pour into a bottle. Pour in 0.5 liters there. vodka, let it brew for 40 days, drain. Drink 3 r. per day for 30 min. before meals, 20-25 cap. 40 days.
Tincture of rhizomes with elecampane roots with tuberculosis. Pour 500 ml of vodka into 2 cups of grated fresh rhizomes and elecampane roots and let it brew for 9-10 days, drink 1 table before meals. lies. 3-4 p. in a day. Continue treatment for 2-3 months.
Wine decoction (elecampane wine) from rhizomes with elecampane roots. To the 2nd table. l. crushed fresh rhizomes and roots of the plant pour ½ l. red wine (cahors, and for debilitated patients during the rehabilitation period - port wine), boil for 10 minutes, drain, let cool. Add 1 tables. lies. honey, stir. Use tincture of 50 ml 2 r. a day like tonic, tonic after illness before meals, and with gastric ulcer and hypoacid gastritis- after meal.
Elecampane wine. To 100 gr. crushed rhizomes with elecampane roots, pour 1 liter of red wine, let it brew for 7-8 days and drain. Drink 1/4 stack. in case of loss of strength, exhaustion, to improve appetite, metabolism and digestion.
Oil infusion of elecampane with acne and pimples, with eczema, scabies, neurodermatitis. 20 gr. ground to a state of powder root with elecampane rhizomes pour 200 ml. vegetable oil (sunflower, olive). They insist for 2 weeks, setting it so that the sun falls on the container with the infusion, sometimes shaking the contents, after which you need to rearrange the infusion in a dark place. Lubricate with oil infusion of elecampane the affected areas of the skin 2-3 r. per day.
Juice from rhizomes with roots of elecampane with natural honey in (mixture 1: 1), will help with a strong cough with phlegm, whooping cough and bronchial asthma (alleviates asthma attacks). Drink 1 teaspoon. spoon for 20 minutes. before meals 3 p. in a day.
Honey mixture with elecampane with oncological diseases (cancer) of various localization: 200 gr. ground on a coffee grinder into a fine powder of dry rhizomes with roots of elecampane mixed with 500 gr. fresh natural honey. Let the mixture brew for 24 hours, eat 3 r. 1 table per day. lies. in 15 min. before meals.
Powder from rhizomes with elecampane roots for worms, high blood pressure, cholecystitis, hemorrhoids, gastritis, hepatitis, colitis, peptic ulcer, duodenitis. They take on the edge of a knife (about 1 gr.) Powdered elecampane roots. Take this powder 2 p. a day before meals with water. As an anthelmintic agent (especially with roundworms), such a powder is also taken in 1 g. (on the edge of a knife), but more often: 3-4 p. a day before meals with water.
Elecampane ointment with scabies. Such an ointment is prepared in small portions and stored in the cold so that it does not go rancid. 1 tables. lies. powdered elecampane roots are mixed with 4-5 tables. lies. unsalted lard, boil for 15 minutes, filter hot. Lubricate the areas affected by scabies 1 p. a day before bed. In the morning, these areas are thoroughly washed with a warm, strong decoction of elecampane. Repeat the procedure until the condition improves. To enhance the effect, 2 tables can be added to this ointment. spoons of birch tar and from 2 tables. spoons of sulfur powder. This ointment is rubbed at night for several days, also washed after it in the morning with a strong decoction of elecampane: 50 gr. roots per 1 liter. water. The entire treatment time should be every day at without fail change clothes and linens. In addition to washing, these things must be ironed with a hot iron. Scabies passes even running.
Ointment with elecampane for skin diseases. 1 part of powdered rhizomes with elecampane roots is combined with 2 parts of homemade pork lard or butter, rubbed until smooth. Apply ointment to the affected areas. Stored in the refrigerator.
Ointment with elecampane with eczema. Take 1 table. lies. elecampane roots and horse sorrel leaves. Everything is thoroughly crushed and rubbed with 1 stack. unsalted butter. Apply to the affected areas of the skin.
Elecampane root ointment for the treatment of long-term non-healing or inflamed wounds. To 1 tbsp. lies. powdered elecampane root and 1 tbsp. lies. finely chopped poplar buds pour 0.5 stack. melted duck fat, boil for 1 minute, turn off, cover and let it brew for 2 hours in heat. Apply the ointment to a clean cloth and apply to the wound.
Ointment with elecampane for skin diseases. mixed in equal parts pork lard, petroleum jelly and fish oil. To 2 parts of this fatty base, add 1 part of elecampane root ground into powder. This ointment is applied to problem areas of the skin. Stored in the refrigerator.
for coughs and allergies. Mix, taking in the same amount, the roots of elecampane high, marshmallow officinalis and licorice naked. Since the evening 2 stack. cold water pour 2 tsp. lies. mixture of crushed roots, cover and leave to infuse until morning. Drink 1/3 cup, slightly heated, you can with honey. When coughing, drink 1/2 stack. 2 p. in a day.
Medicinal collection with elecampane with hypertension and with helminths (worms). Mix, taking in the same amount, the roots of elecampane and tansy flowers. 1 teaspoon lies. collection, steam in a thermos 2 cups. boiling water, brew 1.5 hours. Drink 1/3 stack. 3 p. per day 1 hour before meals.
Medicinal collection with elecampane whooping cough. Mix well, first grinding, 1 tsp. lies. roots and rhizomes of elecampane and thyme herb. Brew 1 stack. water, insist and filter. Give to children (not younger than 3 years and only under the supervision of a doctor) with whooping cough, 1 teaspoon. lies. every 2 hours.
Medicinal collection with elecampane with rheumatism. Mix in equal proportions (by weight) crushed roots of elecampane and large burdock. 20 gr. mixture pour 1 stack. boiling water, insist 1 hour, drain. Take 1 table. lies. 3 p. in a day. Use the same infusion for warm compresses.
Medicinal collection with elecampane with anemia and chlorosis (blood disease). Mix, taking in equal parts by weight, grass, crushed roots of high elecampane and yellow gentian. By 3 teas. l. collection, pour 0.5 liters of boiling water, cook over low heat for 10 minutes. Take in small sips, drinking the entire amount of the decoction during the day.
Tea with elecampane to strengthen immunity: take 1 tables. a spoonful of crushed elecampane roots and rose hips - boil over low heat for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and pour 1 table with this decoction. a spoonful of herbs and 1 table. a spoonful of leaf - insist 1 hour. Use the resulting infusion instead of tea leaves and drink throughout the day like regular tea.
Breast collection with elecampane for respiratory diseases, colds and flu. Mix, pre-grinding, 2.5 table. l. rhizomes with roots of elecampane high, 1 table. l. leaves of sage officinalis, 2 table. l. marshmallow root, 3.5 table. l. coltsfoot leaves and 1 table. l. fennel fruit. 1 teaspoon l. collection brew 1 stack. boiling water, and when infused, filtered. Take warm up to 3 stacks. per day as a mucolytic, expectorant, disinfectant, analgesic, antipyretic and anti-inflammatory agent.

Contraindications

Elecampane is toxic! Use drugs from it should only be prescribed by a doctor. Exceeding dosages can cause poisoning and vomiting, other symptoms of poisoning may be present: nausea, diarrhea, dizziness, weakness, respiratory failure, weakening of cardiac activity, coma, and even death. Therefore, if signs of poisoning appear, it is urgent to call ambulance. Remember that compliance with dosages almost completely eliminates the possibility of poisoning. And in some nations, elecampane in small doses is part of the culinary recipes for drinks, desserts and even soups.

Contraindications to the use of preparations of elecampane high: pregnancy; ; severe kidney disease or cardiovascular system idiosyncrasy (allergy); children's age up to 3 years. Elecampane lowers blood pressure, which means that it is contraindicated for hypotensive patients. Elecampane wine, unlike an aqueous decoction of the roots, increases the acidity of gastric juice, it should not be taken with hyperacid gastritis and peptic ulcer during an exacerbation.

also known as the eye of Christ, in Latin the name of this plant will sound like this: Inula oculus christi L. As for the name of the elecampane family, in Latin it will be like this: AsteraceaeDumort.

Description of elecampane

Elecampane is a perennial herbaceous plant, the height of which will fluctuate between twenty-five and forty centimeters. This plant will be quite densely covered with white hairs. The root diameter will be about one to three millimeters, this root is horizontal and creeping. The stem of elecampane will be straight and simple, and in the upper part such a stem will branch out a little. The length of the lower leaves will be about twelve to fourteen centimeters, and the width is about one and a half to three centimeters, such leaves will be obtuse. The upper leaves are lanceolate, their length is two to six and a half centimeters, and the width does not exceed two and a half centimeters.
The diameter of the baskets of elecampane ocellar will be about three to four centimeters, they will be in a thick shield. The reed flowers will be tridentate and they are colored in yellow tones, their length slightly exceeds one centimeter. The diameter of the five-toothed tubular flowers will be about seven millimeters. Achenes are ribbed, pubescent and brown. The flowering of elecampane ocellar falls on the period starting from June and ending in the month of August. V natural conditions this plant can be found in the Crimea, the Caucasus, Belarus, Central Asia, as well as in the European part of Russia: namely, in the Volga and Black Sea regions. For the growth of elecampane, the ocellar prefers steppes, places among shrubs, as well as steppe grassy dry slopes. It should be noted that sometimes this plant also acts as a weed, and this plant is also an ornamental.

Description of the medicinal properties of elecampane

Elecampane is endowed with very valuable healing properties, while it is recommended to use the herb of this plant for therapeutic purposes. The concept of grass includes stems, flowers and leaves of elecampane. The presence of such valuable healing properties due to the content of alkaloids and sesquiterpenoids in the composition of the plant. The aerial part of this ratsenia contains rubber, essential oil, flavonoids, coumarins and aromatic compounds.
This plant can be used as a very valuable wound healing agent, and its beneficial properties are used in various diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. The leaves and flowers of elecampane are endowed with antifungal, antibacterial and antiprotozoal properties. Crushed fresh leaves or dry powder based on them can be used topically in the treatment of a variety of cuts and wounds.
For the treatment of gastritis, peptic ulcer of the duodenum and stomach, as well as the rectum, it is recommended to use a fairly effective remedy based on elecampane: to prepare it, you need to take one tablespoon of chopped herbs of this plant in one glass of water. The resulting mixture should be boiled for three to four minutes, after which this mixture should be infused for two hours and carefully filtered. To achieve the greatest efficiency when using such a remedy, it is necessary to strictly observe not only all the rules for the preparation of this remedy, but also all the rules for its administration. Take such a remedy based on elecampane ocellus, one third of a glass or half of it three times a day before meals.

It is also known under the names: Elecampane officinalis, Wild sunflower, Elecampane, Elecampane, Oman.

Elecampane has been known since ancient times. Even during the reign of Emperor Ivan the Terrible, many healers and healers considered elecampane as a plant against all diseases.

At that time, soldiers took a bunch of elecampane with them on campaigns and it was believed that by putting it on a wound, during sleep, the plant was able to heal the wound and give the patient a second life.

Elecampane is a plant of the Compositae or Asteraceae family.

Height can reach 2 m.

It has a thick rhizome with long, numerous roots. Stems are angular, erect, branched closer to the top of the plant.

The leaves are unequally toothed, alternate, twisted, dark green above, felted below, gray-green, oblong at the base narrowed into a petiole, the lower ones are petiolate, but the upper ones are semi-embracing, sessile.

The flowers are yellow - golden, collected in baskets, which are located on the cones of stems and branches.

The fruit is an oblong, brown, tetrahedral achene.

Elecampane is distributed throughout Europe and Asia, as well as in Central and North America.

Elecampane prefers light areas, has good frost resistance and dry resistance. Not susceptible to the level of radiation in the atmosphere.

Elecampane leaves are cut off from young plants in baskets or special devices. After collecting them, they are laid out and sorted out, discarding dry and spoiled leaves.

Dry the leaves in the shade outdoors, stirring from time to time, to obtain high-quality - dried raw materials.

Digging up the roots of elecampane in early spring or in late autumn, when the shoots have already died or have not yet formed. For medicinal purposes, the roots and rhizomes of plants that are older than three years are used. Up to three years, the plant takes root and accumulates all useful substances and minerals.

The dug roots are washed with water and cut into rings, 5-10 cm each. The cut roots should lie in the open air for several days, after which they are dried in well-ventilated, warm rooms. It is best to dry the roots of elecampane dryers, at a temperature of 30 to 40 degrees.

Elecampane is one of the few plants that grows well in almost all soils.

The plant prefers sunny places in the garden and in the garden.

The plant propagates by seeds and cuttings. Elecampane tolerates drought well and has good frost resistance.

To grow a plant, you must first dig up the ground well and fertilize it with minerals or rotted manure.

Seeds must be put on a wet cotton wool or sown in pots. In the process of seed germination, a sprout is formed, which, at a height of about 5 - 10 cm, can be transplanted. A hole is dug, 10 cm deep and about 20 - 25 cm in diameter. You can sow several sprouts in one hole, pouring water almost along the edge. Wait until the moisture is absorbed almost completely and then sprinkle with earth to the first leaf.

Elecampane sometimes needs to be tied up, as the stems begin to sag under the weight of many flowers. It is necessary to break through the plant almost every week, removing the grass.

In autumn, when the plant is already beginning to prepare for winter, and the stems begin to dry out, it is recommended to cut off the upper part at the root, since after that it will spoil the view of the entire site.

Elecampane exists about 110 species. Only 40 species grow in Ukraine. The most famous types are:

Inula rhizocephala Schrenk - Elecampane rhizocephala
Inula royleana - Elecampane Royla
Inula salicina - Elecampane
Inula orientalis - Oriental elecampane
Inula oculus-christi - Elecampane of Christ's eye
Inula ensifolia - Elecampane swordtail
Inula crithmoides - Elecampane crithmoides
Inula helenium - Elecampane tall
Inula germanica - German elecampane
Inula magnifica - Elecampane magnificent
Inula hirta - Elecampane rough or Elecampane hairy
Inula caspica - Caspian elecampane
Inula britannica - British elecampane
Inula conyzae - Elecampane splayed

Useful and medicinal properties of elecampane

V medicinal purposes use the leaves and roots of elecampane.

Substances contained in elecampane: vitamin E, vitamin B and bitterness, organic acids, pigment, saponins, gums, gelenin, alkaloids, proazulene, resins, inulin, mucus, pseudoinulin, essential oil, gelenin, inulucine, allantol, allantone camphor, gelenin.

Elecampane preparations improve sputum expectoration, reduce intestinal secretory activity, normalize metabolism, stimulate the formation of bile, increase diuresis, and have antimicrobial and antihelminthic properties.

Inside, elecampane preparations are used for chronic and acute bronchitis, enterocolitis, functional diarrhea, colitis, chronic and acute pharyngitis, gingivitis, tracheitis, difficult-to-heal wounds, and periodontal disease.

As a drug, infusions are used, but most often decoctions.

Small, dry leaves of elecampane are poured with a glass of boiling water. Heat in a water bath for half an hour and remove. Strain as it cools. Consume in a warm form, 15-20 g for half an hour before meals.

2 tablespoons of crushed raw materials (leaves) are poured into 0.5 liters of boiling water. Put on fire and boil until 1/3 of the water has evaporated. Then insist 1 - 2 hours and filter. The resulting broth is washed with the oral cavity 4-6 times a day. Helps with stomatitis, gingivitis and periodontal disease.

An essence is made from fresh rhizomes and roots, which is used in homeopathy. It turns out that the drug has an antiseptic, anti-inflammatory and capillary-strengthening effect, and also accelerates the renewal of the gastric mucosa.