Nature has given us a variety of lifeguardswhich can be found at every step, walking in nature. Truly under our feet is a priceless treasure! This is a medicinal plant. Some of them are common everywhere, but this does not lose its value and charm. Others, such as safflower-like leaves, are extremely rare and therefore highly valued. What is this beauty attracts seekers of natural treasures?
On the peculiarities of Leuzea safflower
This is not very popular, but extremelyvaluable in its composition and properties, the plant lives in the Altai. Leuzeu here is called the “maral root”, and also “strong” and is widely used in folk medicine. A flower, if it is comfortable, blows up to one and a half meters. On the lower part of the woody stem are razlapistye leaves, having an average length of about thirty centimeters. The leaves decrease with distance from the root, which, by the way, is quite special. The root system is quite powerful, but emit a woody root with a special smell. The flowers are fascinating - lilac-pink, consisting of small petals.
Healing properties of safflower levzei
In folk medicine, use the roots of the plant.On the basis of levzey make a drink. A few drops of the hood may appoint a doctor. The plant has a tonic property: if a person is tired, depressed, Levzeya will come to the rescue safflower-shaped (the price, by the way, is quite democratic - one hundred rubles per 25 g of root). It will expand blood vessels, accelerate the heartbeat, increase pressure, as a result - vascular tone and vigor. This property of leuzea safflower is used in the treatment of depression, when prescribed tincture as a stimulant. They also note improvements in the work of the brain, therefore they are prescribed to mentally tired people. The spectrum of actions of Leuzea is wide: from depression, and from fatigue, and from mental and nervous disorders, and from sexual impotence. Root thins blood and raises immunity. Low toxicity drugs.
Chemical composition
What provides stimulating root action?Until recently, the composition was covered with a veil of obscurity, but now scientists claim that the plant contains inulin, salts of phosphorus, calcium and arsenic, essential oils, gums and organic acids: citric, succinic, tartaric, fumarinic, and also tannins, also vitamins C and A.
Contraindications to eating root
Levzey's exciting propertysafflower. Feedback about it is only positive. However, it should be remembered and contraindications. Do not use this root for people with high blood pressure, as well as people with poor blood clotting or dilated vessels.
Application of safflower levzey
This is not very popular in our country.the plant, although growing it is not difficult - it will take root in any conditions, if you loosen the soil. Levzey - from a number of rare and endangered plants, therefore, it must be treated carefully. At the same time, cultivation is a rather promising business, because there is a need, and not only for medicine. Forage on the basis of leuzei contributes to the growth and development of still young calves, they note, for example, that the more valuable the antlers of deer, the more they consumed the root.
