Sleep-grass is a beautiful and healthy plant.Even in ancient times, it was considered a symbol of a victorious weapon, and the juice was used to lubricate spear tips. Our ancestors believed that in this way they could drive out evil power. The wounds received during the battles were treated with sleep-grass.
В давние времена ее очень часто применяли при ritual and magical rites. Son-grass was used as a talisman from the evil eye, and dried flowers were kept as an amulet to attract wealth to the house. Legend has it that a person who has fallen asleep in the sleep of grass can foresee the future.
According to popular recipes, fresh grass sap rubbed the joints when it aches, and also facilitates labor contractions and bathed with various skin diseases.
In general, the opened chamber (sleep-grass)is a perennial culture, which belongs to the family of buttercups. It blooms in May-April with single dark purple flowers, shaped like ordinary garden tulips. Fluffy leaves create an additional decorative effect.
Basically, this rare plant is distributed in Europe, Canada and North America. Most often lumbago can be found in coniferous and dry deciduous forests.
Recently, sleep-grass is often planted in homestead land. If you decide to grow this amazing plant yourself, be sure to consider several important factors.
Lumbago develops well on rich soils withgood structure. Loves organic fertilizer. It is adversely affected by excessive moisture and dampness. The best place for planting bushes sleep-grass - in partial shade.
An adult plant takes root when transplanted.badly. If the need arises, then it is better to do so before the beginning of the growing season - in early spring. An old bush can be divided into several buds. The plant will take root with regular and moderate watering.
Sleep-grass is frost-resistant and does not need special care. During the dry season, additional watering may be required.
Reproduces backache seeds, which the windspreads a considerable distance. If you decide to sow sleep-grass yourself, it is best to do it in November, and grown seedlings in the winter to cover the leaves so that they do not freeze out. The first flowers will appear only in the third year of life.
Sleep-grass: a description of the healing properties
In the course of various studies it was foundthat sleep-grass has antiseptic and antifungal properties. It slows down breathing, lowers blood pressure and pulse rate. Official medicine does not use this plant. However, in folk medicine, it is used quite widely.
The name of the dream-grass speaks for itself.Broths from the lumbar cure headache, hysterical seizures, neurosis and insomnia. Outwardly, it is used for pain in the joints, fungal infections of the skin and scabies. Chinese traditional medicine infusion of sleep-herbs treats bacterial and amoebic dysentery.
It should be noted that a fresh plant is poisonous.When its juice comes in contact with the skin, a chemical burn of grade I-II occurs. Only after four or five months of storage, dried leaves of sleep-grass lose their toxic effect. Dry them in a well-ventilated, shaded area.
Since sleep-herb is a potent drug, the plant should be used very carefully and in no case be used during pregnancy, hepatitis, pyelonephritis or gastritis.
Unfortunately, because of its beautiful decorative properties, sleep-grass is uncontrollably destroyed and today it is listed in the Red Book.
