What does rabbit cabbage look like and its medicinal properties?
Hare cabbage is a plant from the oxalis family. The foliage is shaped like hearts on elongated stems. Their shade can 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, the 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.
What is rabbit cabbage
This perennial has tuberous-thickened roots ending in thin shoots. The stem part has a cylindrical shape, stands upright, grows up to forty centimeters... The leaves are oval or round, the edges look jagged.
The flowers are smallish, they are pink, yellow-green or pale yellow. They are located on the upper parts of the stems in the form of corymbose inflorescences.
The plant is found in Belarus, European regions of Russia, Ukraine and Moldova.
Composition and useful properties
The herb contains a huge amount rutin, carotene, ascorbic acid... Present in it and oxalic acidwhich helps to stimulate peristalsis in the body. In addition, it takes part in hematopoiesis, supplies the body with iron, magnesium, and has the beneficial property of improving gastric secretion.
In addition, the plant contains tannins, glycosides, starch, organic acids, vitamins from group B, and calcium.
Healing properties
In traditional medicine recipes, it is used as a medicine both the aboveground and underground parts of the plant.
Cabbage is harvested during the flowering period, in sunny weather. The roots are best harvested in the fall. Drying hare cabbage is necessary in spacious rooms with good ventilation. The dug roots are cleaned of soil, not small pieces are cut, dried in a thin layer.
Foliage you can cleanse the skin from acne, the juice helps the heart muscle work, calms the nervous system.
Medicines activate breathing, constrict blood vessels. They are used during gastrointestinal diseases as a laxative and tonic. It is recommended to drink an infusion of hare cabbage for malaria or dropsy.
Made from dried cabbage, the powder is great for helping from epilepsy... In addition, the plant does an excellent job with warts and calluses... Fresh cabbage is recommended for cancer.
- The roots of the plant should be taken from impotence and other diseases that affect the male reproductive system.
- The extract is useful for eye diseases, periodontal disease, fractures and trophic ulcers.
- The leaves are used for burns, cuts, rashes, and inflammatory processes of the skin.
- Arthritis is treated with poultices, cabbage is brewed in the form of tea for kidney diseases, stomach pains, diathesis.
Hare cabbage recipes used in traditional medicine
Here are some simple recipes for making tinctures from this plant.
№ 1
- leaves - 20 g;
- boiled water - 200 ml.
The composition is taken 50 ml before meals, three to four times a day.
Helps great with gastritis, kidney disease, diarrhea, infertility, relieves fatigue and eliminates the ability to fatigue quickly.
№ 2
- plant (aboveground and underground) - 50 g;
- boiled water - 600 ml.
The cabbage must be chopped and boiled with boiling water, keeping in a thermos for four hours. The tincture prepared in this way is used for external use. for stomatitis, sore throat, burns, ulcers or cuts... It is also recommended for the removal of calluses and warts.
№ 3
- dried plant - 1 tsp;
- boiled water - 500 ml.
You should insist for two hours, separate the thick, drink 15 ml four times a day. Helps great from diarrhea.
№ 4
- fresh foliage - 15 g;
- boiling water - 500 ml.
The infused grass is filtered. You should drink twice for several days.
№ 5
- foliage - 7 - 8 g;
- boiled water - 250 ml.
It is necessary to insist for five minutes, then separate the thick. Helps great for diseases of the digestive system.
Decoction
To prepare it you will need:
- foliage - 20 g;
- hot water - 200 ml.
Leaves filled with boiling water are placed in a water bath, kept for ten minutes. As soon as the broth has cooled, it should be filtered. Reception is 25-30 ml three times a day with kidney disease.
The juice
The grass must be thoroughly rinsed, rinsed with boiled water, minced and squeezed. The resulting juice is diluted with pure water in a one-to-one ratio. Then it should be boiled for several minutes.
Reception is carried out three times a day with meals, the dosage is 5 ml. In addition, the 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. Because cabbage is high in oxalic acid, it should not be consumed by people with gout.
Irritation is possible with external use. To avoid side effects, it is recommended to take this herb, after consulting with the doctors in advance, observing the established dosages and treatment terms.
Hare cabbage can be grown at home. She is little exposed to harmful parasites. And if you suddenly find aphids or ticks, treat the grass with the necessary compositions purchased in the store.
