From ancient times, many people firmly believed that, in the middle of summer on the night of Ivan Kupala, dissolves fern flower unprecedented beauty, who is credited with miraculous properties.
Description fern
It is a herbaceous perennial plant, whose height - from 30 to 100 cm. He has brown and thick rhizome with many appendages that resemble thread.Stem fern is underground.In May, there are young leaves (fronds), at first they are very similar to snails, and eventually they turn and become like hooks.Rachis - a petiole.Propagated fern spores, so no colors he can not be in principle.
Properties bracken are well known to people.The fact is that it is one of the oldest plants on earth.Fern leaves - scaly, pinnately complex.In autumn they appear sporangia, from which later poured controversy.
Distribution
Fern, useful properties which use folk healers, grows around the world.It can be found in the Nordic countries (Norway and Finland), he feels fine and hot in Mexico or Central Asia.Even in some regions of the Arctic in the summer it can be found.In Russia, the fern grows everywhere, from the Kola Peninsula to Siberia.It is most commonly found in forests, preferring spruce, fir, beech and mixed arrays.
composition
The fern root contains starch, alkaloids, fern-tannic hydrocyanic acid, essential oils, tannins, flavonoids, fat.Young shoots are full of vitamins, tocopherol, riboflavin, carotene, and niacin.
Fern: useful properties, application
in bracken contains protein, which in its composition and properties similar to that of this valuable material in crops.It is easily digested by the human body.Fern is included in the diet in the Far East taiga men and residents of Korea and Japan.Use it in food contributes to proper formation of the skeleton, normalizes metabolism, it leads to normal nervous system, increases the capacity of man, removes radionuclides from the body, improves the function of the endocrine system.
Some peoples of the world are used in cooking fern.From young leaves and shoots are prepared salads, and petioles fried, boiled, salted and pickled for winter.They are an excellent seasoning for meat and tastes like mushrooms.
Modern researchers do not cease to be surprised the healing properties of the root of the plant: it contains a number of unique components that help remove toxins from the human body, cleanse it.When skin diseases is quite effective fern.The use of drugs based on the root of a positive effect in treating long nonhealing wounds, eczema, rheumatism, chronic constipation, relieves headaches.In addition, recent studies have shown that these drugs improve the condition of the cardiovascular system (but in some diseases of the heart, they are contraindicated, so consult your doctor).
Medicinal properties
mainly products based on fern designed to combat intestinal parasites.The healing properties of a fern in the fight against this disease is due to its chemical composition.It contains substances that paralyze the muscles of tapeworms.
Folk healers used aqueous extract of the roots of fern to treat seizures, rheumatism.Infusion in these diseases is used topically.
Harvesting
Fern roots in folk medicine is most often used as a tincture of the roots of plants.They are harvested in September and October.Thoroughly clean off the ground, remove Flake fern and small roots.Dried material, usually in furnaces or in rooms with good ventilation.Store them in a tightly closed container.Feedstock can be stored up to one year.The roots of that inside browned, for the manufacture of drugs can not be used.
Fern: recipes
To prepare a decoction of the roots of bracken, you need to take 10 grams of dried and finely divided materials, fill it with a glass (200 ml) of boiling water.Composition heated up until the volume is reduced by half.Take it with honey 1 teaspoon.You can knead it with the flour, the resulting mass is divided into 10 equal parts and taken orally.However, you must know what regimen you may appoint a doctor.Self can not take such drugs.This is a very powerful tool to combat intestinal parasites.
It should be remembered that after his admission, be sure to take a laxative (saline) and do some cleansing enemas.Other laxative is not recommended so as not to cause absorption of funds in the blood.
External application
Fern useful properties are very versatile, can be used for outdoor use: bath, rubdown.Take 50 g of dry roots (or 100 g fresh), boil it for 2-3 hours in two liters of water under a closed lid.Add in the cool part of the bath (+ 27-32 degrees).
Russia has admitted to the use of a thick extract from the root of a fern.It is used in swine, bovine and pygmy catenary.This drug is short-acting, so after 30 minutes it is necessary to take a laxative to bring parasites from the intestine.
For the same folk remedy used, which is based on a fern.Recipes potions from this plant are simple, but the dosage must be strictly observed.From the dry root, fern prepare powder (60 g).Divide it into 30 pieces.Powder and castor oil to make the scheme:
1 day.During the day, take only liquid food.At night, take 2 tablespoons of castor oil.
2 day.Every 2 minutes for one hour fasting taking 1 part of powder, mixed with 2 ml ether root tinctures.The food does not take 6 hours and then take a laxative.
Contraindications
Remember that the extract of fern - a strong poison, so all the preparations on its basis should be used only if prescribed by and under the supervision of physicians.They are absolutely contraindicated in people with chronic liver disease, duodenal ulcer and gastric fever, tuberculosis, anemia.In addition, they should not be given to children under 2 years.
Overdose can cause nausea, vomiting, seizures, severe headache, sudden drop in blood pressure, dizziness, weakening of cardiac activity, respiratory depression and even death.
is strictly forbidden to use bracken in pregnancy.With an overdose of an urgent need to clean the stomach, take a laxative and to immediately seek help from a medical facility.
Fern, useful properties which can help with a rather serious illness can be very dangerous when uncontrolled reception and non-compliance with the dosage.
