«cat's paw" - a perennial family Asteraceae, with direct stem with creeping shoots.At the height of 10 to 20 cm. Grass and leaves the bare top and bottom felted.The flowers are collected in baskets, on resemble a cat's paw, hence the name.The color can be white and pink.The flower has five stamens and the fruit (used in medicine part).The flowering period - from May to June."Cat's paw" - a herb that grows in the temperate zones of Asia, North America and Europe, as well as almost the entire territory of Russia, especially in the Urals, Siberia and the Caucasus.It settles on dry soils, mostly on sandy meadows, forests of pine and mixed, dry meadows and glades.
«Cat's paws": collection and preparation, cultivation
grass during flowering or flower basket is collected throughout the summer from June to September.Flowers preferably collect until they are opened.Dried in the open space under the roof.The dried herb should be stored in a dark, dry place not more than one year.Undemanding plant to survive during droughts in poor soil.The only condition for its growth - an open sunny place.The seeds should be planted in a greenhouse in the spring, pushing them into the shallow soil.
Flower "cat's paw": composition and application
Since the plant is composed of resin and tannins, vitamins B, C, and K, as well as saponins and phytosterols, it is widely used in medicine.The plant is not poisonous, so overdose is excluded.Mostly it is used in blood loss as a styptic.Due to its properties it helps blood to clot better than adrenaline and calcium chloride.Bloody vomiting, postpartum hemorrhage, hypertension, pulmonary tuberculosis, women's disease and many other ailments successfully cure "cat's paw" in the form of a powder or decoction in traditional medicine.When convulsions use flower leaf decoction and infusion as a sedative.When jaundice wash them well.When the children's skin diseases (diathesis, eczema, skin tuberculosis) children bathed in broth, or flowers, or they watered.Moreover, it is used in hepatitis and cholecystitis.But the infusion of the leaves of the plant to cope with high blood pressure.It acts as a sedative herb, helps with sleep disorders, it is used as a sleep aid.But for the healing of wounds and abrasions heal ointment made on the basis of a thick broth of leaves and flowers.
«Cat's paws": recipes
Gastrointestinal bleeding
1-2 Art.l.dried flowers using 200 ml of water.It should be boiled for five minutes and let stand for half an hour.Eat 1 tbsp.l.During each period of 10-20 minutes to stop bleeding.Also, cook and eat as cholagogue.
Infusion
Take 10-20 grams of dried herbs and flowers, pour 200 ml of boiling water.Then insist about five hours and filtered.
Contraindications
Be wary of thrombophlebitis as "cat's paw" contain substances that can curtail blood.In addition, increased blood pressure, excluding long-term use.
