Field carnation: description, cultivation, care and collection of the plant

Field carnation belongs to the category of perennial plants, which is characterized by creep. This plant, like many other wildflowers, has a very attractive appearance.

Content:

• Plant features
• Growing and caring for field carnations
• Useful properties of field cloves
• How to collect carnations

Plant features

Feature of field carnation:

• This plant has a very spreading root system, which is located very close to the surface of the earth.
• The stems of this plant have a fine and knobby structure. The edges of the leaves are characterized by roughness, and their shape is narrow and long.
• The field carnation has a five-pointed flower.
• Each of the petals is characterized by a serrated shape.
• Flowers are arranged horizontally in relation to the ground. They have juicy colors and resemble small stars.
• Below the petals are greenish.

Field carnation inflorescences are characterized by the presence of two columns and ten stamens.

This plant blooms at the end of summer. After the field carnation fades in place of the flowers, an oblong-shaped fruit box appears. This box contains black seeds. The similarity of seeds with small scutes is noticed. The death of the stem is observed at the end of autumn.

Growing and caring for field carnations

Field carnation is grown mainly from seeds.

She loves dry soils:

• That is why, before sowing this plant, it is necessary to mix the earth with sand.
• You can sow seeds both in spring and autumn.
• When sowing in spring, the field carnation leaves after 12-18 days.
• If this plant is planted in the fall, then it will rise in the month of April.
• Sometimes transplant is practiced field carnation using rhizomes.
• But the plant is going through this process very painfully and may not survive.

Field carnation requires absolutely no maintenance.

This plant is fully adapted to all weather conditions. It tolerates drought with ease. The roots of the field carnation are located very close to the surface of the earth and therefore are able to absorb moisture even from ordinary dew.

Useful properties of field cloves

The field carnation is not only very beautiful, but also useful plant... Due to its excellent properties, it is often used in folk medicine.

This plant has such effects on the human body as:

• Diuretic.
• Hemostatic.
• Antispasmodic.
• Pain reliever, etc.

Applications of field carnation:

• This plant is often used to prepare an infusion, which is characterized by a high efficiency of hemorrhoidal and uterine bleeding. This infusion is also very effective for colds, epilepsy, diarrhea, convulsive seizures, rabies, suffocation, etc. Very often, the infusion of field cloves is used as a cardiovascular remedy for frequent neuroses and excessive excitability.
• To prepare a decoction or infusion from this plant, it is necessary to collect it. For this, both the leaves and the flowers of the plant are used.Field cloves contain ingredients such as a specific alkaloid, carotene, vitamin C, saponins.
• Essential oils are very often made from this plant, which are very widely used in accelerating the healing process of wounds. Thanks to this product, memory improves, appetite is stimulated, full functioning of the digestive tract is restored, blood pressure is normalized. Also, the essential oil of field clove is very often used for many diseases of the respiratory tract.

Despite the wide range of positive effects of this plant on the human body, its use has its own contraindications.

Field cloves can greatly lower blood pressure, therefore, hypotensive patients are not recommended to use its decoctions and infusions. Do not forget that self-medication is not always effective, therefore, before using this plant for medicinal purposes, you should consult a doctor.

How to collect carnations

The collection of this plant is carried out mainly during its flowering period, that is, at the end of summer:

• After collecting the field carnation, it is sorted out and sorted.
• When sorting a harvested plant, it is necessary to remove deformed specimens.
• Next, the collected flowers and leaves must be laid out in a thin layer on a pallet.
• It is necessary to turn this raw material regularly. This will keep it from getting damp. Otherwise, the collected potion can become damp and lose all its healing properties.
• To simplify the process of drying field cloves, it is best to use a special drying chamber. With this automatic device, you can get rid of the daily turning of the grass.
• Also, thanks to this unit, you can set the required temperature, with the help of which the grass will dry efficiently and not lose its useful properties.
• When the grass is completely dry, you need to pack it. For this, bags made of ordinary cloth are used.
• The storage of dry herbs should not exceed two years. After this period, the field carnation will lose all its useful properties.

The field carnation is a very beautiful plant. In addition, it has a lot of useful properties and therefore is very widely used in traditional medicine.

Facilitates the growing process field carnation is its unpretentiousness. Also, it does not require special attention throughout the whole year. The medicinal properties of this plant are very effective, which makes it possible to use it often enough to treat a variety of diseases.

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