Veronica long-leaved (chest grass, dewlap)is a herbaceous perennial plantain family, its height - from 50 cm to 1.2 m. The plant has a straight sturdy stem, mostly bare or slightly pubescent, creeping long rhizome. Thick opposite leaves with prongs grow in a rosette. Flowers of long-leaved veronica of blue or bluish-lilac shade, on pedicels are located one by one, in the upper part of the stem are collected in a brush. The fruit of Veronica long-leaved is a box of slightly flattened shape. Veronica long-leaved, the photo of which can be seen below, blooms all summer.
Places of distribution of the plant arethe European part of the CIS, Central Asia and the Caucasus. Veronica long-leaved grass prefers wet meadows and river banks, you can meet it also in thickets and bushes.
As part of the herb - mainly flavonoids, essential oils, carotene, nitrogen-free compounds, chlorogenic and ascorbic acids, coumarin, cardiac glycosides, coffee acid, saponins, etc.
For medicinal purposes use flowering shootsplants. The stems of Veronica are neatly cut off, then they are placed on pallets installed in well-ventilated places (under a canopy, in an attic). The grass is laid out in a thin bowl, not more than 5 cm. Raw material from time to time stir.
Well-dried grass should be packaged inbags of paper or cloth bags made of natural fabric. Shelf life of raw materials - no more than two years, after this time, the medicinal properties of the plant are lost.
Fertile, moderately wet or wetDrained soils are best suited for a plant such as Veronica long-leaved. Growing and caring for the plant are not complex. It grows well in open solar areas. After flowering shoots need to be cut, the renewal of the bush is due to a new growth.
Propagate the plant with seeds that are sown under the winter. It is possible to multiply by division, which is carried out in the spring or autumn.
There is another method of reproduction thatis called the method of green propagation. It is produced in June-July. Young elastic shoots should be cut into cuttings 5-6 centimeters long with one or two internodes and planted in a greenhouse in fertile soil, from above it is necessary to pour sand in a layer of 4-6 cm. In September, roots are formed. Cuttings, which are rooted, are transplanted into the ground.
To decorate stony gardens, curbs and flower beds is also used veronica long-leaved. Photos show how you can apply the plant to decorate the garden.
In folk medicine, the aerial part of the plant and the rhizome are used. The first is harvested during the flowering period. Procession of the rhizome occurs from September to October.
Veronica long-leaved, the medicinal properties of whichknown for a long time, is a good antiseptic, has anti-inflammatory, wound-healing, hemostatic, cholagogue, spasmolytic properties.
The aerial part of the plant is used to make infusions that have antibacterial, antiseptic, anti-inflammatory properties.
Infusion is useful in the treatment of colds, coughs, dyspnea,pulmonary tuberculosis, liver problems, headaches, digestive disorders, uterine bleeding, hemorrhoids. They are also washed by wounds, places of snake bites.
To make infusion, one teaspoon of Veronica long-leaved is poured into a glass of boiling water. The agent is insisted for two hours, after which it is filtered. You need to take a quarter cup three times a day.
At diaper rash and sweating of feet fresh crushed flowers are used. Dried grass in the form of powder helps in the treatment of wounds, suppurating ulcers, diaper rash. From depriving rid poultices.
For the treatment of diphtheria and scarlet fever, the flowering tops of Veronica long-leaved were fried in fat, then they were used as poultices.
In diseases of the liver and bladder effectivelyuse of decoction. Broth from the rhizomes of the plant helps with jaundice, headaches, endometritis, gastroenteritis, diseases of the bladder, mental disorders. Homeopathy uses drugs based on the roots of plants that have good choleretic properties.
To prepare the decoction of the rhizomes of the tea plantA spoonful of raw material is poured into a glass of water, boiled for ten minutes over a small fire, filtered. Use two tablespoons three times a day, half an hour before meals.
Veronica long-leaved is not used during pregnancy. Also, contraindications for use are increased coagulability of the blood, severe liver or gall bladder pathologies.
With fungal infection of the skin and nails, you canPrepare the following remedy: freshly squeezed plant juice (200 ml) is poured with the same amount of alcohol, insisted for ten days in a cool place. Tincture is used to lubricate the affected areas two to three times a day, stored in a refrigerator.
For treatment of acute respiratory disease, acute and chronic bronchitis,pneumonia, pulmonary tuberculosis is used veronica long-leaved in the form of infusion. It is prepared in this way: dry powdered raw materials (three grams) are poured with boiling water (one glass), insist for an hour and a half, filter. Take a quarter cup three times a day.
For external use use the followinginfusion: ten grams of dry raw materials are poured with boiling water (300 ml), insist for two hours, then filter. It is used in the treatment of eczema, neurodermatitis, psoriasis, dermatoses, pyoderma, diathesis and rash in children.
With headaches, mental disorders,numbness, as an analgesic after birth is used infusion, prepared from one teaspoon of crushed dry plant roots and a glass of water. The agent should be boiled for five minutes, insist an hour, strain and take one or two tablespoons several times a day.
For the treatment of pharyngitis, sore throat, laryngitisa preparation is used that is prepared as follows: five grams of dry raw material is poured with boiling water (half a liter), insisted for two hours, filtered. Take half the glass up to four times a day half an hour after a meal, in addition, infusion can gargle.
Of course, you can use these medicines only after consulting a doctor. Otherwise, instead of being useful, you can aggravate existing ones and acquire new health problems.
