Sleep is a common benefit and harm. Grass gout: useful properties and contraindications, photos, recipes. Egg salad with gout and cucumbers

"To live to sleepiness" - so they loved to sentence in antiquity. It meant to survive the winter as soon as possible, to wait for the first spring sun, the first tender leaves breaking out from under the ground, the first green cabbage soup and vitamin salad ... Today, this dream for hostesses is an annoying garden weed, and for our ancestors it was a delicious dish that fermented and salted for the winter along with crispy cabbage. And benefit for the body was known to everyone - and it will relieve pain, and clean the intestines, and give strength.

Everyone saw, everyone remembers

Inconspicuous white umbrellas, triple patterned petals - that's all it is, gout, snitka, food-grass, yaglitsa, dedilnik. If not in the garden - go to the field, to the nearest clearing, to the neighboring forest. This grass has chosen the whole country - from European borders to Central Asia and Eastern Siberia.

No touching legends or romantic stories are told about the snitka - the story speaks for itself. Do you know who knew best how to cook snoot both in summer and in winter?

Seraphim of Sarov, who observed the strictest fast for three years and survived because he ate vitamin green “weed”: he dried grass, mixed green stew in water ...

And in the Great Patriotic War, in 1942-43, the nutritional value of dreamweed was recognized already at the state level. In hungry Moscow canteens, angelica was officially included in the menu, and employees even made special trips to the fields in the spring to harvest this herb ...

But how is sleepweed used in medicine? Medicinal properties are attributed to both leaves (fresh and dried), and thin, long roots that grow so rapidly throughout the garden plot.

But still, the most useful part is the tender green leaves along with the shoots that are just starting to break out of the ground in May ...

But not only a rich complex of useful acids, vitamins and minerals is famous for gout. Its medicinal properties and contraindications are explained by the fact that the chemical composition of angelica is in many respects close to the composition of human blood.

Therefore, the snitka has practically no contraindications. The only thing that can prevent cracking salads from food-grass and drinking medicinal decoctions is the individual intolerance of its components.

Medicinal properties of food-grass

Snitka has always been a favorite among livestock breeders - the best food for cattle after a long winter cannot be found. Appetizing young woodpecker was fattened after the cold weather of emaciated cows, given to rabbits and chickens. And what is the use of sleep for a person?

The Latin name for Snitka is Aegopodium podagraria. "Gout" is because the famous weed has long been used to treat gout and other joint diseases. And the full list of useful properties of food-grass looks even more impressive:

Normalizes metabolism, helps to cope with iron deficiency anemia (as part of salads, casseroles, in medicinal decoctions).
It has a noticeable diuretic effect, and due to the increased content of potassium, it helps to replenish the mineral reserve when taking conventional, pharmacy diuretics.
Stimulates not only the excretory function of the kidneys, but also increases blood flow. Therefore, doctors often recommend sleeping as part of therapy for problems with the kidneys and bladder.
It has a powerful analgesic and anti-inflammatory effect in arthrosis, rheumatism, gout, etc.
The skin also needs sleep. Its beneficial properties are actively used in the treatment of wounds, bedsores, diathesis, and alleviate the condition with erysipelas.
Baths and decoctions of goutweed are effective in the treatment of fungal skin diseases, including onychomycosis, a nail fungus that affects every fifth inhabitant of our country.
A young snitka is a safe and mild sedative, therefore, with mild forms of neurosis, experts advise garden gout. The benefits of weed are manifested not only in soups - soothing baths and decoctions will help you relax after working days and forget about endless worries.
The usual garden snitka will also help to improve digestion and make the lazy intestines work. This is known not only by traditional medicine, but also by modern scientists - gout is part of the well-known healing supplement with sea kale, which improves immunity and protects against constipation.

To enjoy 100% of the healing properties of goutweed, it is better to use it fresh. Edible: young shoots, petioles and leaves. In cooking, young shoots are used when the color of the leaves is still light green. Slut can be added to a salad, cooked from it sauces for meat / fish dishes, okroshka and cook soup.

This herb can be used when pickling vegetables as another spice, “sharing” with its peculiar aroma. Shchi is also prepared from goutweed, where it replaces cabbage - they say that this herb is especially good in this soup.

Such a dish will not harm your health: the young leaves of the plant are poured with boiling water for 10 minutes, the water is drained, and the leaves are crushed with a knife, grated horseradish and sour cream are added - bon appetit!

Infusion 1: A cup of boiling water is brewed with gout (2 tablespoons), aged for 15 minutes in a water bath, filtered, squeezed and supplemented with water to a volume of 250 ml. Indications: gout, joint diseases, rheumatism, kidney and bladder diseases.

Infusion 2: Dried grass (10-20 g) is poured with warm water (0.25 l) and infused in a closed container for 2-2.5 hours. A strained infusion is taken for beriberi and gastrointestinal diseases.

Decoction: the roots of goutweed are crushed (40 g), poured with a liter of boiling water and boiled for 10 minutes, then infused and filtered for another half an hour. This decoction is used in compresses and the skin is simply treated with it. You can replace these procedures with taking a bath in which this decoction is added (recommended before going to bed for at least 30 minutes).

Alcohol tincture: the rhizome is finely chopped and a liter jar is filled by a third, then vodka is poured and the container is sent to a warm, dark place for 2 weeks. Indications: diseases of the digestive system. Reception: three times a day, 15-20 drops before meals.

Compresses: crushed fresh goutweed leaves are applied directly to the damaged area. Indications: inflammation, suppuration, skin diseases, gout, rheumatism.

Spring tea from goutweed for beriberi

We collect young shoots and leaves of goutweed, cut or tear with our hands to make one glass. We take a glass of boiling water, steam vitamin tea for 3 hours, then filter. Add honey to taste and drink every day 15 minutes before meals, half a cup.

Universal infusion of snitka

Such a recipe will help relieve an attack of rheumatism, cope with diathesis and improve kidney function. Pour two large spoons of crushed leaves and stalks of food-grass with boiling water (200 ml). Boil for 15 minutes in a water bath, then cool for 40 minutes. Then we need to strain our broth through gauze, squeeze out the grass, add some water so that 200 ml comes out again, and drink.

We stretch the pleasure for the whole day - you need to drink in 3-5 visits. You can be treated with goutweed for up to two months, while the grass grows young and fresh.

What can be prepared from sleepyweed - both tasty, and healthy, and unusual? Today, when the love for healthy food and natural products has become fashionable again, snitka returns not only to the tables of happy summer residents, but also to the exquisite menu of culinary portals. Meet the goutweed dishes - old and innovative recipes.

Salad of goutweed with horseradish

The most popular "green" dish is the goutweed salad, the recipe for its preparation can be changed and improved as much as you like. The easiest option is horseradish salad.

You will need: 150-200 grams of young gout, 25 grams of grated fresh horseradish (you can take your favorite snack), a spoonful of sour cream, salt.

We stand the washed gout for 10 minutes in boiling water, finely chop, add horseradish and salt, season with sour cream - and on the table.

Cold soup

You will need: a fluffy bunch of goutweed (about 300 gr), 2 cucumbers, a little dill and parsley, 3 eggs, salt and mustard to taste, kvass and sour cream.

First, cook the gout until half cooked - bring the washed weeds to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes over low heat. Finely chop the rest of the greens, cucumbers, mix with chilled gout and season with kvass, salt and mustard. Place boiled egg halves and sour cream in bowls. Tricky advice - if you replace part of the kvass with water, where the gout was cooked, the soup will be even more aromatic.

In classic dishes, gout will also look very harmonious - cooking recipes include omelettes, casseroles, hot soups, and vegetable caviar. You can add a tender snitka to morning cereals, stuffing for pies (not everything can be cooked with rhubarb!), stew and potato cutlets ... And if you want a delicious summer snack, then the following recipe is for you.

Tomatoes stuffed with goat cheese

You will need: 10-12 small strong tomatoes, 150 grams of curd cheese without additives, a large bunch of goutweed, a handful of peeled pine nuts, 50-70 grams of parmesan (or any hard cheese).

We cut off the tops of the tomatoes, remove all the insides, rub a little salt inside. Lightly fry the nuts, mix with washed and finely chopped gout. Add soft cheese, pepper, a little salt, carefully knead the filling.

Stuff the tomatoes, sprinkle with grated parmesan on top - and into the oven. After 20 minutes, the vitamin snack is ready! Serve only chilled, ideal in combination with rye toast.

How to stock sleep for the winter?

How to prepare a dream for future use is an urgent question for many housewives, especially if a tasty weed has already flooded half a garden, and you want vitamins in both heat and cold.

For drying, food-grass must be collected while it is young and tender, at the end of May - the end of June. Roots - already later, in July-August. You can dry the herb right on the site, under the open sun, and store it in glass jars with a tight lid. Healing baths, tonic decoctions and healing teas can be made from dried grass.

And how to prepare sleep for the winter for the dining table? Many recipes have been accumulated - both pickled snitka, and salty, and dressing for borscht, and also sauerkraut, like cabbage.

Sauerkraut with carrots

You will need: young shoots and leaves of goutweed, 2 carrots, water and salt (1.5 teaspoons per liter of water), 9 black peppercorns, 2 large spoons of hops-suneli seasoning, a crust of black bread.

Three carrots on a coarse grater, my grass, lay in layers: snitka, carrots, spices. Pour boiling brine (water and salt, nothing else). Top - bread crust and the usual oppression. After three days, you can send to the cellar.

Another gout, the benefits and harms of which are known to both doctors and cooks, is an excellent honey plant. Each sprig of snow-white goutweed releases 60 mg of sugar per day to the delight of the bees! And the artist Ivan Shishkin (the same one with bears in a pine forest) was so inspired by the beauty and taste of this grass that he created a whole series of paintings “Snotweed Grass”.

It's a shame, today the culinary properties of diaglitsa are valued much more than medicinal ones - this is confirmed by the reviews, which are praised primarily in salads and soups, and not in healing decoctions

To give softness to the skin of the hands (legs) and keep them youthful, baths from the infusion of goutweed will help, for which a handful of this herb is poured with a liter of boiling water and infused for at least half an hour. The same remedy effectively fights dandruff, for which it is necessary to rinse the hair with a decoction.

Especially the benefits of gout are used in the manufacture of face masks:

in order to rejuvenate: 2 tbsp. l. squeezed goutweed juice is mixed with natural honey (1 tsp) and grated cucumber (2 tbsp) - gauze is taken and the resulting mass is laid between its layers, such a mask is kept on the face for 15 minutes;

for dry skin: crushed goutweed leaves (2 tablespoons) are mixed with one chicken yolk and olive oil (1 teaspoon) - the mixture is used immediately after preparation, it should be kept on the face for 15 minutes;

for oily skin: crushed goutweed leaves (2 tablespoons) are mixed with crushed oatmeal (1 tablespoon) and warm milk (added until gruel is obtained) - the mask traditionally stays on the face for 15 minutes.

Features of planting variegated gout

A perennial plant of small height for decorating a part of the garden that is in the shade - variegated gout is ideal for this definition. The plant does not require unusual conditions, has various useful properties.

It is often considered a weed, but if planted next to a raspberry, it will additionally feed the bush. Grass covers the soil with a dense cover and retains moisture, preventing other weeds from spreading.

Planting, storage and use of variegated goutweed

It is most convenient to plant the gout with pieces of rhizome. To do this, you just need to divide the root into several parts. They are planted to sleep in cool weather, in early autumn.

Before this, the land is prepared: they dig up and free from weeds, fertilize with humus or compost. It is important not to replant the gout during its growth period, especially in hot summers, since the leaves quickly wither, turn yellow and twist.

Goutweed grows quite quickly, is resistant to cold climates, but prolonged frosts threaten the root. Dry soil and open areas interfere with the growth of goutweed. Wheatgrass easily displaces this grass, and hemlock is dangerous for it in wet areas.

For variegated grass, it is important to choose a place where it will not damage fragile flowers and trees. The plant is a quality natural feed for livestock, and bees can collect kilograms of honey from this herb.

The collection and storage of herbs is important to do correctly in order to preserve its healing qualities. It is necessary to collect the aerial parts of the goutweed during the flowering period. Dry the plant in the air, although special dryers can be used. The roots can be harvested after the plant has finished flowering and dried in the shade.

The leaves are stored in paper bags, and the roots are stored in wooden boxes. At the same time, medicinal properties are stored for no longer than a year. It is important that folk remedies are not used during pregnancy and lactation, as well as in the event of allergic reactions.

Why has snot always been considered a weed? It is impossible to eat it, because the stems and roots contain too little protein. You can only add leaves to salads or green soups, use as a seasoning. There are more proteins in the seeds, but the bitterness of the fruit due to the high content of flavonoids is unpleasant in taste.

Even flowers can ripen at completely different times. On the basis of goutweed, healing decoctions and infusions are prepared according to folk recipes. The composition of the plant is as close as possible to the content of human blood plasma, due to which its properties are so useful, and an overdose is impossible.

Plant care for decorative purposes

Snyt is interestingly combined with Rogersia and Delphinium, especially the hedge formed by thujas. The plant is planted in the shade and near the fences, bushes and trees in the garden are decorated. In this case, it is necessary to take into account the aggressive qualities of the grass.

The growth of gout can be controlled by using a bed limiter. A bucket is suitable for this purpose, if you remove its bottom or make holes, or old iron sheets dug into the ground to a depth of twenty centimeters.

The flower-bearing parts are cut off so that the seeds do not populate neighboring areas when ripe. The grass is mowed, but not too often to prevent weakening of the plant's shoots. This is all that is necessary for high-quality care for variegated goutweed.

Snyt (lat. Aegopodium)- a genus of herbaceous perennials of the Umbelliferae family, common in Europe and Asia. There are eight species in the genus, but the common goat grass (Aegopodium podagraria), which is used as a melliferous, medicinal, fodder and vitamin plant, has become most famous. At the same time, goutweed is a weed that is very difficult to lime, but its variegated form is very popular among gardeners and is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant, despite its aggressive behavior. We will tell you what it looks like, how to grow it and what is its value.

Planting and care

Landing: sowing seeds - in spring or before winter.
Bloom: The plant is grown as a medicinal or decorative leafy plant.
Lighting: for decorative leafy species - shade or partial shade, for medicinal - bright light.
The soil: any.
Watering: regular, but moderate, during a prolonged drought - more frequent and plentiful.
Top dressing: when grown in poor soil in early summer, the plant is fed with a weak solution of organic or mineral fertilizer.
Pruning: during the summer to maintain decorativeness.
Reproduction: seed.
Diseases: anthracnose, powdery mildew.
Pests: aphids and spider mites.
Properties: the plant has medicinal properties.

Grass gout - description

The rhizome of the goutweed is creeping, horizontal; the stem is hollow, up to 1 m high, straight, furrowed, branching in the upper part. The lower leaves are twice trifoliate, with pointed oblong and sharply serrated leaves up to 8 cm long along the edge; the upper trifoliate leaves are located on short petioles and are smaller in size than the lower ones. On the upper side, the leaf blades of goutweed are almost bare, pubescent below, their venation is pinnate.

Small white flowers in the amount of 15-20 pieces are collected in umbrellas up to 15 cm in diameter and form a complex inflorescence with 20-30 rays. Umbrellas formed at the top of the stem are fertile, and the lateral ones are barren. The fruit of the plant is a brown oblong and flattened two-seeded boll up to 4 mm long.

Sowing goutweed

Sow the plant to gout, like any other herb. Sowing is carried out in spring or before winter. The sown area must be limited so that the gout weed does not spread throughout the garden. To do this, iron sheets or slate are dug in along the perimeter of the beds so that they go into the ground by at least 30 cm.

If you want to grow decorative gout on the site, then you can buy its seedlings in specialized stores or garden pavilions. It is better to plant them first in plastic or iron containers. with drainage holes, and then dig these containers into the soil in the flower garden.

In the photo: Flowering dreamweed

Snot prefers shady places and grows well under trees, and in a sunny place the variegated variety of the plant will not be as attractive.

Dream care

Watered regularly. During a drought, the plant requires more frequent watering, but water consumption should be moderate. Ornamental varieties and plant species need periodic sanitary pruning: diseased, dry and damaged shoots should be removed. Some gardeners renew their greenery by resorting to complete mowing of dreams.

To preserve the decorativeness of the plant, it is necessary to remove flower stalks with inflorescences in a timely manner, otherwise the gout will gradually degenerate into a wild-growing form: only common gout can grow from seeds that have spilled onto the ground.

When growing goutweed in poor soil, it is advisable in early summer apply fertilizer to the soil- organic or mineral. However, do not overdo it: sleepy can do without top dressing.

In the photo: Goutweed leaves

Snyt is a winter-hardy plant and can withstand frosts down to -39 ˚C, without requiring cover.

Pests and diseases

Snotweed can suffer from fungal infections that cause anthracnose or powdery mildew. You need to fight these diseases with the help of Skor, Horus, Maxim, Radomil Gold or other fungicides of similar action.

Types and varieties of sleepweed

As ornamental plants are grown:

A drought-resistant plant up to half a meter high, originally from Central Asia with openwork inflorescences-umbrellas of small white flowers and finely cut leaves of light green color.

In the photo: Alpine gout (Aegopodium alpestre)

Garden form of common goutweed with a wide light green, almost white border along the leaves.

In the photo: Variegated gout (Aegopodium podagraria Variegatum)

Both of these plants are not as aggressive as common goatweed, which, if you already plant it on the site, you are unlikely to get rid of it. However, many deliberately sow snotweed in their garden for its medicinal properties.

Dreamweed properties - harm and benefit

Medicinal properties of goutweed

The composition of goutweed includes flavonoids kaempferol and quercetin, useful for the human body, which have high antiviral and antitumor activity. They also increase the elasticity of blood vessels and help get rid of allergies. Falcarindinol and falcarinol contained in goutweed reduce the risk of cancer and destroy fungal infections. It also contains a substance such as apigenin, in which American scientists have discovered the ability to stop the development of cancerous tumors and reduce the size of existing formations. Further studies of the substances that make up the goutweed may lead to the creation of a drug with a new principle of action on cancer cells.

Surely avid gardeners are well aware of a plant with a creeping root system called gout. Like nettles, grass grows rapidly, crowding out all useful and harmful land. Summer residents are actively fighting the weed, not suspecting what medicinal value they are destroying. However, there are those who plant grass as a decorative element in their backyards.

The plant is revered by traditional healers. The benefits of sleepweed have long been known to our great-grandmothers. In ancient Rus', it was used for therapeutic purposes. Collected during the period of active flowering, then dried and prepared medicinal potions. It is grown as a valuable food raw material. There are many culinary recipes based on sleepweed.

Greens are added to cabbage soup, salads, fortified drinks are prepared. Young shoots exude a pleasant aroma and give dishes a piquant taste. Petioles of leaves are harvested for the future: salted, pickled. Dried herbs are used as spices. Therefore, do not rush to scold the weed, which has such valuable qualities.

The plant of our ancestors

People who are well versed in medicinal herbs will never confuse snoot with other plants. If you do not have such experience, then it is extremely dangerous to collect greens in the wild on your own. Since outwardly the grass gout, the benefits and harms of which are at different levels, is very similar to the U bare stem with complex umbrellas at the top. Flowering begins in the month of July.

It is found almost everywhere: in Russia, Asia and Europe. In the wild, it grows on roadsides, forested areas, ravines, creating extensive thickets. For medicinal purposes, all parts that are pre-dried are used. The packaged product is sold in pharmacy chains.

The benefits of gout herb for the body

The main advantage of the most ancient plant is the presence of a whole bunch of irreplaceable elements. Mother nature gave mankind a unique creation suitable for eating and treating. The benefits and harms of dreams are unknown to the average man in the street. We will try to explain in detail all the nuances.

Flowering grass is replete with ascorbic, lemon and greenery is enriched with chemicals: copper, iron, manganese, potassium. It is a source of flavonoids, essential oils, organic acids, disaccharides, coumarins. The composition contains the substance apigenin, known for its anti-cancer properties.

The plant has anti-inflammatory, wound healing, strengthening, analgesic and diuretic effects. Folk healers recommend using for recovery after a severe or prolonged illness. Helps to stabilize well-being, get rid of beriberi and strengthen the immune system. These aspects make it possible to call grass a magical remedy in the fight against numerous ailments.

The plant is famous for its ability to prevent oncological pathologies, stop viral and bacterial diseases. In Rus', fresh leaves healed skin lesions, fought rheumatoid diseases. Decoctions and infusions were used to treat cystitis, pyelonephritis, and gout. Grass gout, the benefits and harms of which are due to the content of unique substances, improves the functioning of the digestive system.

Contributes to the normalization of metabolic and metabolic processes. Consumption has a beneficial effect on blood vessels: their strength and elasticity increase. With the help of greens, it is possible to cure thrombosis, inflammatory diseases of internal organs. The herb relieves edema, removes excess fluid, has a beneficial effect on nervous processes, eliminates weakness and dizziness, and also rejuvenates epithelial tissue.

Healing nutritious products are made from the gruel of the plant. Infusion relieves dandruff. The benefits and harms of goutweed have been thoroughly studied and researched by specialists in various fields. The herb is recommended for the strong half of humanity. The seeds of this plant prevent the occurrence of impotence, restore sexual desire. It should be noted that during the intake, the body is cleared of toxins, radionuclides and decay products.

Is there any danger in using it?

The benefits of dreaming are endless, this is confirmed by the reviews of most ordinary people. According to doctors and folk healers, the plant has no contraindications. The only person who should not use it is people with hypersensitivity and individual intolerance. When harvesting crops, you should choose environmentally friendly areas, away from industrial plants and highways.

Folk recipes for recovery

As mentioned above, the benefits of goutweed lie in the vitamin-mineral complex, which allows us to call the plant one of the most healing for humans. Using simple, but at the same time effective recipes, you can improve your health for many years. The first cooking option helps to improve the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract, relieves fungal skin lesions and rheumatism.

It is necessary to take 30 grams of dried raw materials, pour boiling water (250 ml) and put on the stove to languish for 10 minutes. Filter the finished mixture, dilute with boiled water (100 ml). Drink daily an hour before meals, three times a day for 70 grams.

We strengthen the defenses and improve the functional activity of the intestinal tract

The gout plant (the benefits and harms are described above) is an excellent alternative to chemical preparations in strengthening weakened immunity. The following recipe received a lot of positive exclamations. For 400 grams of boiling water, you should take 20 grams of dry grass. Leave the liquid for two hours, then strain. Use two tablespoons, 3-4 times a day, half an hour before meals.

Wound healing, anti-inflammatory and analgesic

With erysipelas and rheumatism, doctors advise applying lotions from carefully crushed fresh leaves. Painful joints and inflammation of the bladder are treated with the following infusion: pour 30 grams of raw material with a glass of boiling water, sweat in a water bath for 10 minutes. Strain the cooled liquid and combine with a glass of water. Take three times a day, 15 ml. The benefits of dreams are priceless, so why not take advantage of the gifts of nature.

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Sleep, benefit and harm which have been known since ancient times, is unlikely to cause positive emotions in a knowledgeable person. The reason for this is the essence of this plant. This grass is known as a very harmful weed, which has long been trying to get rid of. Many succeed, but in some areas this plant grows so strongly that even chemical reagents do not allow it to be completely eliminated.

In Latin, this plant is called Aegopodium podagraria, and in Russian it was known as sleepy. What is the reason for this name, no one knows for sure. Possibility, it's all about the sound the grass makes when the wind blows. In general, gout is a perennial plant with a creeping rhizome, furrowed and tubular stem, which reaches a height of one meter.

The leaves are egg-shaped and have serrated edges. The lower leaves branch in three directions, and closer to the top, their size begins to become smaller and smaller. The flowers are located at the ends of the shoots, the color is white, the size is very small. The endings themselves resemble multi-beam umbrellas.

Snyt can be found not only in garden plots. It grows in wastelands, gardens and parks, as well as forests and meadows. The spread is incredibly fast. It is considered a very malicious weed, despite all the useful properties. Young leaves and flower shoots can be easily eaten. Caloric dreamweed equals zero.

Use of gout

Petioles with young shoots are also used in cooking. Greens must be collected at a time when it has not yet opened and has a pale green tint. The problem is that with age, this plant acquires a specific taste that a person is unlikely to like. But many animals are happy to eat it.

In borsch, cabbage soup, okroshka and other soups, this plant is added as greens. It can also be seasoned with fish, meat and side dishes. Also, young shoots of this plant, as in the case of cabbage, can be fermented and left for the winter. Petioles can be pickled separately, as well as added to various mixtures of vegetable crops. This will add an unusual aroma to the blanks.

largely due to its composition. In particular, this herb contains choline, a substance that plays a huge role in metabolism. Also in goutweed you can find a huge amount of nitrogenous compounds. It contains vitamin C (about 100 grams), querticin, kaempferol, malic acid, citric acid, trace elements, mineral salts, essential oil, as well as elements that strengthen the walls of blood vessels.

In the rhizomes, starch, resins, saponins and essential oils can be found. Also there you can find apegenin, falcardinol, falcarinol, di- and monosaccharides, natural antibiotics, salts of potassium, magnesium, iron, manganese, boron and copper.

The beneficial properties of goutweed are really diverse, but is it possible to eat this plant? Whatever advice we give you or you hear from friends, consult your doctor. Each organism is individual and if something is beneficial to one, then the second can bring great harm. Make an appointment with a doctor, specify all the symptoms and the desired effect, and he will prescribe the most effective remedy for you.

The benefits of sleepweed

This plant is excellent in the fight against rheumatism and gout. To do this, you need to grind the leaves and attach them to sore spots. Inflammatory processes, as a rule, are removed within a couple of tens of minutes;
When the body is severely deficient in vitamins and minerals, you can use this herb to replace the needed deficiency. One spoonful of juice can significantly increase immunity and fill the human body with energy.
Snyt is often used to treat and prevent iron deficiency anemia and hypovitaminosis. It is also excellent for the treatment of arthritis and arthrosis;
This herb is able to normalize the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract, remove inflammation in the gallbladder and liver, and also have a choleretic effect;
Coumarins contained in goutweed are used to stimulate the function of the CNS (central nervous system) and also destroy bad cholesterol. Also, this plant can be used to combat blood clots - gout liquefies the old ones and prevents the formation of new ones.
As you can see to dream of benefit and harm has a variety, but that's not all. It is able to treat various types of edema, diseases of the bladder and kidneys. This herb normalizes renal blood flow, and also stimulates the excretory function. Due to the high content of potassium salts, eating this plant, you avoid the occurrence of hypokalemia;
Regularly using this plant, you will feel a noticeable wound-healing, anti-inflammatory and antifungal effect. No wonder it is used to treat erysipelas, diathesis and fungal inflammations.

Harm

At the moment, there are no contraindications to the use of this plant. Of course, there may be individual intolerance, but other properties are unknown. Everyone who used gout noted only a positive effect. In any case, if you start to feel any discomfort, you will need to see a doctor right away.

It is also better not to collect plants that grow near roads and buildings with harmful emissions. Perhaps such a herb will not have a direct negative impact, but it can bring additional harm. Since you have decided to use gout, it is better to collect it somewhere in your yard or in the forest.

Here, perhaps, is all that can be said about the dangers and benefits of sleep. As you can see, this plant, despite its weed appearance, can serve a person. If you have any additions or comments - write them in the comments below. Do not forget to subscribe to updates to receive a lot of relevant and useful information about food products and their benefits.

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Most often found along forest roads or at the edge of a forest. Growing, common gout spreads along the ground forming small green rugs. It is difficult to confuse the grass with any other vegetation. The long trunk ends with three branches. On each branch there are three divided leaves, it is the leaves of goutweed that are valued for their saturation with useful substances.

In appearance, the gout is similar to the yarrow. Both form small flowers collected in inflorescences at the top of the plant. Despite their resemblance, they are not related. They belong to different genera and belong to different families.

Snyt vulgaris

Perennial plant, found up to one meter high. The stems are straight, hollow and corrugated. The upper leaves are triple, broad and serrated. The inflorescences are enclosed in an umbrella, with 15-20 rays, strewn with small white flowers.

The fruits are small and have long, curved styles. Flowers are visited by many types of insects, so they are characterized by a generalized pollination system and are an excellent honey plant.

It is assumed that the Russian name of the plant comes from the word snet, that is, the grass was equated with edible products. There are also other names: marsh kupyr, yaglitsa and snitka. There is an expression among the people: to live to sleep.

If there is enough food until that time to wait for the first shoots of goutweed, then it will be possible to overwinter without much hunger. Goatweed grass was widely eaten on a par with traditional cabbage. It was fermented no less than white cabbage.

Snyt goes well with absolutely any dish. The most delicious are the early shoots of goutweed to taste, reminiscent of carrots or leaf celery. Gout is added to salad, soup, it is saturated with separate main courses. Harvesting gout is accompanied by it or drying for the winter.

Collection should be carried out in an environmentally friendly place. The gout is unpretentious and there is a great chance to meet it in city parks, but it is better to refuse to collect gout in the squares. The plant easily absorbs carcinogens from factory pipes and car exhaust fumes.

Snyt useful properties and contraindications

The plant is characterized by a long list of useful properties. Common gout is saturated with useful trace elements and vitamins, and the best part is that gout appears in very early spring. As soon as the snow melts, with the first rays of the sun, the grass begins to break through from the ground.

Seraphim of Sarov preferred to sleep fresh and prepared a valuable product for the winter. I ate it during a long fast for 3 years. History knows quite a few cases when gout remained the only source of food.

So, in wartime, goutweed leaves literally saved people from hunger. Residents of the cities traveled to the forests, collected grass, carrying out the preparation of a valuable product for the winter.

Snyt vulgaris medicinal properties

Folk healers have long owned recipes for making gout to alleviate all kinds of ailments. Since ancient times, she was offered to use it to treat gout - a disease of the joints affected by uric acid salt, which is deposited inside the joint as a result of a metabolic failure.

In order to relieve pain symptoms, gout, or rather herbal poultices, has been used since time immemorial. Herbal poultices, by the way, can also be used to relieve the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis or astrosis.

Relying on anti-inflammatory and anesthetic properties, healers succeed in alleviating the condition of patients to some extent. More effective goutweed compresses are obtained from fresh green shoots.

The positive properties of the analgesic effect determine the appointment of gout in the treatment of myositis - an ailment accompanied by the development of an inflammatory process in skeletal muscles.

Anti-inflammatory properties relieve the symptoms of exudative diathesis. It also helps to sleep with infectious inflammation of the skin that occurs against the background of a decrease in the natural protective functions of the body, known as erysipelas or erysipelas.

To achieve antifungalabout the effectgout is introduced into the ointment formulation or insisted on alcohol. The resulting drugs are suitable for use as topical drugs.

An even more communal list of diseases that can be formed is cured by the internal use of goutweed. Increased dose vitamin C contained in the plant effectively stimulates the immune system, achieving a strengthening effect. It is known that raw leaves were chewed to avoid the occurrence of scurvy, a disease associated with a critical lack of vitamin C.

Useful properties of goutweed are determined by microelements

There is evidence of a positive effect of gout on the efficiency of the functionality of the gastrointestinal tract, liver and kidneys. The diuretic effect reduces swelling, gout is great as an accompanying tool in the fight against high blood pressure.

Iron deficiency anemia is not a pleasant disease. Snyt acts as an inexhaustible source of an irreplaceable microelement - iron, as it contains it in a high concentration. Whether it's a salad filler, or an ingredient in soups, and even an ordinary decoction - in any case, gout will replenish the daily intake of the most important substance.

Goutweed is used as a prophylactic, plant cytotoxins trigger the process of necrosis inside the malignant cell that resist the formation of tumors. In the same time, detoxification the sleepy component is used in therapy and cleanses the body as a result of intoxication after chemotherapy.

Snyt acts as an assistant in the fight against blood clots, resisting their formation, and in addition, dissolves the formed blood clots.

The roots of goutweed are also used. The root system plays a key role in the fight against depressive states, causeless neuroses and normalizes sleep. A great idea to get rid of insomnia is to take a hot bath with goutweed roots and brew a cup of tea from them.

Snyt contraindications for use

In general, there are no contraindications to the use, the use of goutweed in food is not limited to age limits. True, there is a concept - individual intolerance, when, for inexplicable reasons, the body rejects a particular product. If you are faced with such a problem, unfortunately you will have to give up on sleepiness.

With a certain degree of caution should be taken when taking gout during pregnancy and postpartum lactation. It is also not worth pinning hopes on healing from all diseases as a result of the constant intake of dreams for therapeutic purposes. Co-administration of drugs with gout sprouts is allowed, but professional advice from your doctor is necessary.

Without a doubt, the goatweed plant belongs to the edible species. It is valued for its medicinal properties, but consumption in excessive amounts can lead to an allergic reaction. Cases of rashes on the skin, the occurrence of nausea and vomiting, which led to acute headache, were recorded.
If you have liver problems or suffer from high stomach acid, it is not recommended to eat the seeds.
It has been observed that the consumption of goutweed leads to an increase in the sensitivity of the skin to ultraviolet radiation. Sleep should be avoided in your diet if you plan on sunbathing. Caution is also needed for people prone to nosebleeds, in some cases there was a deterioration in blood clotting.

Snyt cooking recipes

The simplest dish is chopped vegetables, but simply a salad. With the advent of spring, of course, you can make a salad from. But it is better to cook a salad of goutweed, the more it is much tastier and healthier.

We randomly cut fresh leaves of goutweed on a cutting board.
For spiciness, add onions.
Crumble a boiled egg.
Spread radishes in small slices.

Salad from goutweed is ready, season to taste with sour cream or vegetable oil. Salt and pepper to taste. We get a salad with a delicate sweetish taste and a completely free, multivitamin complex to boot.

The leaves of gout are suitable for soups, borscht, it turns out delicious with a classic recipe. The first and second courses are seasoned with dried herbs in winter. Braised like cabbage, it goes great with mashed potatoes.

In front of pasta from ground leaves with cheese, we are simply sure that few people can resist. Cabbage rolls, stuffed peppers - try it and you will be pleasantly surprised by the subtle forest notes.

Love pickles for the winter? Great! Pickled leaves resemble cabbage. Roots and cuttings are better -. In order not to be left without vitamins for a long winter, you need to conserve the gout and use the seasoning until spring:

Dial 1 kg of fresh goutweed leaves.
Prepare 100 grams each: parsley, celery, dandelion leaves.
Pour boiling water over, leave for a couple of minutes and drain by putting in a colander.
Finely chop dry ingredients.
Chop 300 g carrots and 100 g onions.
Mix with greens. Arrange in glass jars and fill with 10% cold saline solution. Sterilize and roll up.

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