Rabbit cabbage is a plant from the Kislick family. Foliage resembles with its heart shape on elongated stems. Their shade may be green or brown-red, with interesting patterns.
The plant begins to bloom in April, pleasing the eye until the middle of the autumn season. The flower looks simple, but it has a lot of unusual features. For example, in bad weather or on a hot day, leaves gather in a fold and fall. If you touch them with your hand, then the plant will fold the leaves in a few minutes.
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What is a hare cabbage
This perennial has tuber-thickened roots, ending in thin processes. Stem part has a cylindrical shape, stands straight, grows up to forty centimeters. The leaves are oval or round, the edges look jagged.
Flowers are small, pink, yellow-green or pale yellow. They are located on the upper parts of the stems in the form of corymbose inflorescences.
There is a plant in Belarus, the European regions of Russia, Ukraine and Moldova.
Composition and useful properties
Grass contains a huge amount rutin, carotene, ascorbic acid. Present in it and oxalic acidthat helps stimulate peristalsis in the body. In addition, it takes part in blood formation, it supplies the body with iron, magnesium, has a useful property to improve gastric secretion.
In addition, the plant contains tannins, glycosides, starch, organic acids, vitamins from group B, calcium.
Medicinal properties
In traditional medicine recipes used as a medicine. both aboveground and underground parts of the plant.
Cabbage is harvested during flowering, in sunny weather. The roots are best collected in the fall. To dry a hare cabbage is necessary in spacious rooms with good ventilation. The dug out roots are cleared from the soil, not small pieces are cut, dried with a thin layer.
Foliage you can clear the skin of acne, the juice helps to work the heart muscle, calms the nervous system.
Drugs activate breathing, constrict blood vessels. They are used during gastrointestinal diseases as a laxative and tonic. It is recommended to drink the infusion of hare cabbage with malaria or dropsy.
Made from dried cabbage powder helps a lot. from epilepsy. In addition, the plant copes with warts and calluses. Fresh cabbage is recommended for cancer.
- Plant roots should be taken from impotence and other diseases that affect the male genital area.
- Useful extract for eye diseases, periodontal disease, fractures and trophic ulcers.
- The leaves are used for burns, cuts, rashes, inflammation of the skin.
- Arthritis is treated with poultices, brewed cabbage in the form of tea for kidney diseases, stomach pain, diathesis.
Recipes with hare cabbage, used in traditional medicine
Here are some simple recipes for making tinctures from this plant.
№ 1
- leaves - 20 g;
- boiled water - 200 ml.
Reception of the composition is 50 ml before meals, three - four times a day.
It helps a lot with gastritis, kidney diseases, diarrhea, infertility, relieves fatigue and eliminates the ability for rapid fatigue.
№ 2
- plant (aboveground and underground part) - 50 g;
- boiled water - 600 ml.
Cabbage must be chopped and brewed with boiling water, keeping in a thermos for four hours. The tincture prepared in this way is used for external use. with stomatitis, sore throat, burns, ulcers or cuts. It is also recommended to remove corns and warts.
№ 3
- dried plant - 1 tsp;
- boiled water - 500 ml.
Should insist two hours, separate the thick, drink four times a day, 15 ml. It helps a lot from diarrhea.
№ 4
- fresh foliage - 15 g;
- boiling water - 500 ml.
Infused grass filter. Drink several days should be twice.
№ 5
- foliage - 7 - 8 g;
- boiled water - 250 ml.
It is necessary to insist five minutes, then separate the thick. It helps a lot in diseases of the digestive system.
Decoction
For its preparation will require:
- foliage - 20 g;
- hot water - 200 ml.
Leaves filled with boiling water are placed in a water bath, aged for ten minutes. As soon as the broth is cold, it should be drained. Reception is carried out on 25 - 30 ml three times a day. kidney disease.
The juice
The grass must be thoroughly rinsed, doused with boiling water, skipped in a meat grinder and pressed. The resulting juice is diluted with clean water in a "one to one" ratio. Then boil it for a few minutes.
The reception is carried out three times a day with meals, the dosage is 5 ml. In addition, juice is used as a remedy. for outdoor applications.
Contraindications for use
The plant is dangerous to the body if there is an individual intolerance. Since cabbage has a large amount of oxalic acid, it should not be used by people suffering from gout.
There may be irritation during outdoor use. To avoid adverse effects, it is recommended to take this herb having consulted in advance with doctors, observing prescribed dosages and therapeutic periods.
Bunny cabbage is quite possible to grow at home. It is little exposed to harmful parasites. And if you suddenly find an aphid or mite, treat the grass with the necessary compositions purchased from the store.