Puppeteer - grass from drunkenness

Poisonous plant named after the Flemishbotany - hellebore Lobel - simply called a puppeteer-grass. This perennial plant, the stem of which reaches half a meter in height, has yellowish-green panicle inflorescences about 50 cm long.

Нижние листья темно-зеленого цвета имеют elliptical, upper, growing along the whole stem - ovoid, pointed, covered with a short whitish fuzz, gradually decreasing closer to the inflorescence. The question arises: the puppeteer grass where grows? It grows in floodplain meadows, glades. Avoiding dry land, prefers places with close groundwater storage. The plant grows on the European territory of Russia, in the Caucasus, in Small and Central Asia, in the Far East, in Western and Eastern Siberia.

Medicine

Puppeteer - grass, rhizome of which since ancient timesused in folk medicine for the treatment of neurological diseases, rheumatism. In addition, infusions of this herb are used to treat pneumonia, as a febrifuge, as well as to treat eczema and even typhoid.

Кукольник-трава, фотографии которой вы видите в The article is very poisonous. In modern medicine, it is prohibited for use as a component in various active food supplements. The puppeteer's root contains about six different alkaloids that affect the gastrointestinal tract and the cardiovascular system and are able to suppress the work of the central nervous system. A puppeteer grass is so poisonous that a few grams of fresh root of a plant can kill an adult horse. Especially high content of poison in the root in the autumn and spring, which accounts for the collection of the drug. Greens are poisonous in the initial period of growth - in early spring, when the leaves had not yet developed. The collected leaves and roots are dried in a well-cooked room.

Treatment of drunkenness

However, this plant is most popularReceived among those who wish to cure their loved ones from drinking. The fact is that a puppeteer is a grass, a decoction of which roots is incompatible with alcohol and causes rejection by the body. It is assumed that the decoction of the root added to the alcoholic drink will cause vomiting every time. The alcoholic, unaware of the true causes of such an organism reaction, will decide that he has drunk a low-quality drink. If every use of alcohol ends in vomiting, the drinker will gradually begin to give up drinking and finally get rid of this addiction. There is another positive factor in mixing broth in alcohol. The reaction of rejection causes weakness, as a result of which the aggressiveness of the alcoholic decreases.

Recipe

The recipe for cooking broth is very simple:on a teaspoon of the crushed roots of the puppeteer (a little less than 10 grams) is taken a quarter cup of boiling water. The decoction is infused for an hour, and then filtered. Broth store in the refrigerator, in the place inaccessible for anyone except you. In small doses (no more than 3-5 drops per meal), it is mixed into the food. In total, the rate of decoction per day should not exceed 10 drops. This is a very strict dose, since its excess can lead to irreversible effects.