Ambrosia - grass, fearsome at all allergy sufferers.After all, when it blooms, its particles of pollen into the air, causing a runny nose, swelling and sometimes suffocation.From it difficult to hide, and people suffering from allergies, nothing to do but to go to a smaller air and taking medications that suppress the symptoms.Unfortunately, almost all the vacant lots, fields, and sometimes in the yards of private and even high-rise buildings is growing ragweed.The flowering period of this herb usually falls at the end of the summer.This is the time people try to the maximum amount of time to spend in nature, so plenty to enjoy its beauty.
Ambrosia: what it is and where it grows
Initially this wild herb of the family Asteraceae was distributed only in the Americas.Due to the development of trade and other international relations, it was brought to Europe.Now this quarantine grass grows almost everywhere, except in the extreme north and south of the planet.
Bustle it delivers not only allergies, but also farmers.Quite often the main weeds in the fields is just ambrosia that is it knows of any farmer who grows on his own land cereals or vegetables.In addition, the detection of particles of pollen, and even more seeds of this herb on any cargo and its international shipping will be immediately canceled.Similar actions are taking place only in the presence of harmful bacteria or other dangerous parasites.
use in medicine
Despite the huge damage caused by this plant to man, he has a certain positive qualities.In particular, the part of many folk remedies used for hypertension, to control parasites and some other illnesses, it is used ambrosia.What is it in terms of raw materials for drugs, classical pharmacology unknown.Yet there are many examples of successful use of folk remedies on the basis of leaves, seeds, and even pollen.
Types ragweed
turns out, most of the species of plants are harmless enough (there are about 40).Trouble they cause only as a weed, but otherwise they do not pay attention.Allergy is also only a few species of grass - ragweed polynnolistaya, tripartite and golometelchataya.It is their pollen annually makes mourn millions of people around the world.They are dedicated to the destruction of the whole raid by sanitary-epidemiological, utilities and other services.It is up to them, trying their best to get rid of gardeners and farmers, janitors and simple tenants of apartment buildings.And specifically these types of plants are likely to have in mind when I use the word "ambrosia".What is it and it looks like the main causative agent of hay fever knows almost everyone who suffers from it.Those who, fortunately, is deprived of the disease, we can say that is very similar to ragweed sagebrush.
How to deal with this pest
Unfortunately, all known to humanity ways to combat this weed are basically just mechanical.That is, the plants should be mowed several times to prevent any further propagation and flower clusters, or to uproot even the young shoots.The usually engaged employees sanepidemstantsii, utilities, as well as farmers and gardeners.
