Lungwort has been considered since ancient times medicinal plant. Growing on the edge of the forest, lungwort was a primrose, delighting random passers-by with beautiful flowers.
To date, breeding scientists have been able to breed domestic variety plants that are already loved by gardeners.
Lungwort is popularly called water spring, lungwort and pulmonaria; it is classified as a dicotyledon and angiosperm. The plant differs from others in the amazing colors of its flowers, which can change the color of the petals from pink to bluish.
The question of where lungwort grows interests many amateur gardeners. The forest beauty is common in many countries and can be found:
- in Central and Eastern Europe;
- In Great Britain;
- in Belarus;
- in Ukraine;
- in Russia.
Lungwort officinalis is cold-resistant and shade-loving plant, therefore it prefers to grow mainly in shady forests, ravines, and often hides between bushes. The water spring reaches a height of 30 cm and has a strong rhizome. The flowers are very beautiful, in the form of purple or bluish bells. Loves moist air, prefers loosened alkaline soil. Blooms from April to May, bears fruit in summer. The fruits of the plant are in the form of nuts, no more than four pieces.
This type of herb is used as a medicinal remedy, as well as in cooking: recipes for dishes with the addition of honeydew have already appeared in cookbooks.
The plant got its name due to the smell that the lungwort exudes. It is considered one of the best honey plants, especially loved by bumblebees and bees.
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Types of lungwort
Pulmonaria includes many species. The most popular are:
Silverado reaches 27–30 cm in height; the lungwort flower is a perennial rhizomatous herb. The petals are usually purple, blue, pink and red. Loves shade and coolness, quite moisture-loving. It grows mainly in alkaline, loamy soils and begins to bloom in the spring.
Majestic differs from its counterparts in the rare color of its leaves - silver. Refers to perennial herbs, loves shade and moisture. The flowers of the plant are usually blue color, appear at the beginning of spring and delight the human eye with their beauty for about 3 weeks. Prefers sandy loam or loam.
Narrow-leaved lungwort is found in some areas of Central and Southern Europe, Russia and Ukraine, choosing light forests and chernozem soils. This perennial about 40 cm high, the petals are bright purple. This species is listed in the Red Book.
The mildest, or soft lungwort, is found mainly in the taiga, as well as in forests Western Europe, Central Asia and Siberia. Flowering begins in the spring season, the petals are bluish or purple in color, about 30 cm high. Prefers sandy or loamy soil.
Almost all types of lungwort have healing properties, are widely used in folk medicine. Some are listed in the Red Book
Useful properties and contraindications
The plant contains many useful microelements:
Thanks to the elements that lungwort is rich in, the plant is widely used as a medicine for:
- uterine bleeding (prepare a decoction based on honeydew);
- urolithiasis (prepare an infusion of herbs);
- wounds, cuts, scratches (disinfected with leaf juice);
- diseases of the pulmonary system (infusion taken orally).
Medunok has anti-inflammatory, wound-healing, sedative, diuretic, and medicinal properties; with its help, a person puts frayed nerves in order and treats many diseases, including viral skin diseases.
Since ancient times, honeydew has been used as an expectorant, effective in cases of severe wet cough. A decoction based on honeydew helps normalize metabolism and significantly increases the level of immunity. An infusion of plant flowers is considered one of the best diuretics, due to its mild effect on the bladder.
It should be remembered that there are certain contraindications when taking infusions and decoctions based on honeydew. In particular, it is not recommended to treat people with intestinal problems with the medicinal plant lungwort.
During treatment with aids based on medunka, there may be side effects. The most common are: stomach upset, bleeding, inflammation skin.
Pregnant and lactating women are not recommended to use honeydew; if a person is diagnosed with glomerulonephritis and pyelonephritis, the herb should be excluded from the list of medicines. An individual allergic reaction may occur due to intolerance to some of the elements that make up the honey.
It should be remembered that before using honeydew, consultation with a specialist is necessary.
Procurement of raw materials
Medunok is harvested in the spring season, during the flowering period. Mostly flowers and leaves are used for harvesting, less often - rhizomes.
The collected raw materials must be thoroughly dried. Usually this procedure is performed in a room where there are no direct sun rays. The room should be well ventilated.
The finished raw materials are placed in canvas bags. Can be stored for up to 24 months. The raw materials are used to prepare infusions, alcohol tinctures, and decoctions.
Previously, in former times, the lungwort flower was considered a modest primrose of the forests. It was on the edges that this unique flower appeared after the snow melted. Literally, ten years ago, not a single gardener thought about growing this plant. But now, thanks to scientific breeders, the flowerbeds of many gardeners are replete with various types of lungwort.
Scientists have achieved that the leaves of the plant have become decorative. And now, after flowering, the lungwort in the flower beds is pleasing to the eye decorative leaves plants of great diversity. These leaves may have spots, specks, dots, or a chaotic pattern. The edges of the leaves are sometimes wavy, sometimes straight. Breeders have even achieved that the lungwort flower began to bloom longer, extending its flowering period to 30 days. The sizes and shades of flowers have changed. But it is still a gorgeous honey plant and perennial.
So, let's talk about the plant itself, its history and the variety of natural and selected varieties, about sowing and watering, about its distribution area and use.
Lungwort has many names, one of which is Pulmonaria, which translates as “lung”. It is precisely for its ability to treat pulmonary diseases that the lungwort flower has become famous among the people. The Russian name of the flower is associated with the large amount of nectar that bees collect.
Characteristic features of the plant:
- The stem of the plant can sometimes reach up to 80 centimeters in height, but most often the lungwort plant reaches a height of no more than 50 centimeters.
- The root of the plant is long for a grass and has small tubers. The leaves of the lungwort are lanceolate-wedge-shaped, and many of them have down.
- The flowers are always paired small-flowered curls located at the very tops.
- Lungwort flowers have different structures: some have long pistils and short stamens, while others have the opposite. This prevents self-pollination.
- The fruit of the lungwort is a single-seeded crescent-shaped bean.
The second peculiarity of the flowers of this wonderful plant is the fact that in one inflorescence, on one stem, there can simultaneously be flowers of different shades and tones: from pale pink to dark purple.
This is due to the fact that the grass contains plant pigments - anthocyanins. They are responsible for the color of the petals. Due to the acidity of the juice, anthocyanins change the color of the petals. Young flowers have high acidity and the petals are colored soft pink; mature flowers have lower acidity, so their petals are blue or dark purple. That's the trick.
It was this fact that forced breeders to work and create plant varieties suitable for sowing in gardens, flower beds, and flower beds. After all, plant species growing in coniferous and broad-leaved forests of Eurasia are unsuitable for cultivation in artificial conditions. These plants prefer moist loamy or sandy soil.
The best option is slightly acidic, loose soil with a high humus content.
ABOUT medicinal properties Ah, plants make up legends. It is known that the famous herbalist Hildegard of Bingent, who lived in the 11th century, was one of the first to use herbs in the treatment of pulmonary diseases. Paracelsus, the great physician, also noted his passion for lungwort as a remedy in the treatment of pulmonary diseases.
Herbal decoctions and infusions have diuretic and anti-inflammatory properties. They have antitussive and wound healing effects. And a lungwort leaf applied to a wound promotes faster healing than plantain or Kalanchoe leaves.
IN medicinal purposes buds, leaves and even roots of the plant are harvested. Dry in ventilated areas at a temperature not exceeding +40 degrees. Store medicinal raw materials in crushed form in paper or fabric bags.
Lungwort is used to treat:
- Bronchial asthma.
- Tuberculosis.
- Cardiovascular diseases.
- Thrombophlebitis.
- Bronchitis.
- Pleurisy.
- Prostate adenomas.
- Uterine bleeding.
- Laryngitis.
- Thyroid gland.
- Anemia.
- Anorexia.
- Cystitis.
- Kidney diseases.
- Pneumonia.
At correct use lungwort cures the above diseases, raising seriously ill people to their feet.
Medicinal varieties include:
- Soft lungwort.
- The softest lungwort.
- Sugar lungwort.
- Lungwort obscure.
- Red lungwort.
- Lungwort longifolia.
- Lungwort officinalis.
Often all these species are called one thing - Lungwort officinalis, although all these species are unique and have different properties. All of them are capable of having a beneficial and healing effect on the human body.
Now Lungwort, like many breeding varieties, is grown under artificial conditions.
Available a large number of lungworts of variegated and flowering varieties:
- David Ward - leaf blade with silver spots and a white border.
- Golden Haze - with a yellow border.
- Berries and Cream.
- Majesty - almost entirely silver foliage.
- Silver Shimmer"s - with a curved edge.
- Mrs. Moon - red-violet flowers and lush graceful leaves.
- Dora Barnsfeld - light pink flowers.
- Argentea Group - heavily spotted leaves, almost silver, and initially red buds, the opening flowers are already a rich dark purple color.
- Silverado - large leaves with a silver central part, green border; white, blue, pink flowers on one plant at once.
- Little Star.
- May Bouquet.
- Northern Lights.
- Foreign Bowles Red, Janet Fisk and Margery Fish.
If we talk about growing in a garden, then it should be noted that growing is difficult. Preferred places: under bushes and. Watering the plant should be regular and moderate throughout the entire period. Throughout the growing season and towards winter, the root collars of the grass are mulched.
The soil should be loamy with a high humus content.
The plant is planted on open ground. They do it in early spring or at the end of August. Planting takes place in a hole with fertile soil with ash and mineral fertilizer. The plant should be immersed in the soil up to the rosette. If this happens in the summer, the leaves are shortened to preserve moisture.
Growing tricks:
- Every 3-5 years the bush is replanted, as over time it becomes bare and bifurcates.
- When transplanting, the rhizome can be broken into pieces by hand and planted in different places. This is done at the same time as the planting of lungwort.
- To improve plant growth after flowering, remove dried flowers and unnecessary leaves.
- It is necessary to avoid excess moisture in order to protect the rhizome from rot, snails and slugs.
- Lungwort is often damaged powdery mildew, so there are difficulties in growing healthy bushes.
In conclusion, we can add that the lungwort flower is not only decorative and medicinal plant. It is usually used in food as an additive to salad. For this, juicy young lungwort leaves are used. For example, in the UK lungwort is grown as a vegetable and.
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Lungwort photo and description of the plant will help you write a story about lungwort and prepare for the lesson.
Description of lungwort
Lungwort is one of the first honey plants. The plant is low, from thirty to fifty centimeters. Bees love this plant, and butterflies often hover around the delicate inflorescences. Everyone is attracted by the catchy appearance and fragrant honey smell of a sun-warmed flower.
Lungwort is often used as a medicine.
Lungwort is an impatient plant. There are no leaves on the trees yet, but she, exposing her barrel to the golden sun, has already blossomed. Flowers appear first Pink colour, they are most fragrant, then the flower turns blue (or purple), has less nectar than pink, and finally turns blue, with minimal nectar.
Lungwort leaves are able to protect themselves from the spring cold: the leaves of the lungwort are covered with special hairs, and therefore seem a little rough. These special hairs, like insulated clothing, protect the plant from sudden temperature changes. Some species of lungwort are cultivated as garden plants.
A story about a lungwort
More recently, lungwort was widespread in mixed and deciduous forests middle zone Russia. Today she already needs protection.
Its bright, eye-catching flowers appear against the background of last year's brown foliage about ten days after the coltsfoot begins to bloom. Like other snowdrops, lungwort is in a hurry to show its flowers to the first pollinating insects. She prepared a delicious treat for the guests: abundantly secreted nectar and pollen. Bees and bumblebees willingly visit it.
Lungwort, like a traffic light, has adapted to regulate the activity of insects. During its short life, lungwort flowers repeatedly change their color from blue to pink or purple. The change in color caused long debate among scientists, until it finally became clear that this was a kind of signal to pollinators.
Lungwort officinalis - medicine, which is used throughout the world to treat various respiratory diseases, including coughs, colds, and bronchitis. This medicinal plant is also used to treat gastrointestinal diseases, kidney diseases and urinary tract diseases.
Lungwort is one of the first plants to bloom in early spring, right after snowdrops. Its leaves can be eaten either raw, added to salads, or boiled. But still, the main use of lungwort is as an expectorant and sedative (relieves irritation of the mucous membranes).
Description of lungwort
The name of the genus Lungwort comes from the Latin Pulmoa and means "light". The name of this genus was first given by the German botanist L. Fuchs. It got its name from the similarity of its leaves to human lungs. In the Middle Ages, it was believed that the medicinal value of any plant lies precisely in the similarity of this plant with certain human organs.
But in our country this herb is traditionally called lungwort, regardless of the genus. She received this name for the sweet nectar that her flowers secrete. This grass also has other names depending on its habitat. So, somewhere it is called “medunka”, “lungwort”. People have always loved this flower and respected its beautiful appearance. There is also such a name as the Jerusalem primrose or Jerusalem primrose.
Lungwort officinalis is low herbaceous plant, about 30 centimeters high and belongs to the genus Lungwort of the borage family. It grows wild throughout the world in many countries with temperate climate. We mainly have Lungwort obscure, Lungwort angustifolia and Lungwort soft. Lungwort grows in the Kaliningrad region.
Lungwort can be found in forests, among bushes, and on the slopes of ravines. She loves shady and damp places.
The main difference between lungwort and this entire genus is the ability to change the color of flowers, which at the beginning of flowering are light pink or pink and by the end of flowering become blue or purple. Flowers can often be found on one plant different colors. This property is explained by the presence of anthocyanins.
Lungwort has green, heart-shaped leaves that are pointed at the end with white or pale green spots. The upper part of the leaves of all types of lungwort is covered with small villi.
Lungwort is an excellent honey plant and bees and bumblebees love to visit it.
Lungwort grows in gardens and flower beds. Yet she is one of the most flowers.
The main medicinal part of lungwort is its leaves. The leaves are odorless, but have a specific bitter taste.
But in folk medicine, the roots and flowers of the plant are used for medicinal purposes. All types of lungwort can be used for medicinal purposes. But lungwort has the best.
Useful properties of lungwort
Lungwort contains saponnins, caffeic acid derivatives, allantoin, flavonoids such as quercetin, tannins, vitamins C and B, iron, copper, manganese, titanium, nickel, carotene. Lungwort also has a high mucus content, which is useful in the treatment of respiratory diseases, bronchitis and asthma.
This herb has long been used as an antitussive. But lungwort also has other properties, such as:
Sedatives;
Emollient;
Anti-inflammatory;
Diuretics.
Thanks to its composition, lungwort can be used to normalize metabolism, strengthen the immune system, accelerate wound healing and relieve inflammation.
Lungwort flowers are useful for strengthening the immune system, for bleeding and various inflammations. They are collected at the beginning of flowering, while they have not yet blossomed. The flowers of the herb can be used to make an alcohol tincture or brew as tea.
Less commonly used in treatment are the roots of the plant. Preparations from lungwort roots can be used internally and externally. Taken internally as a diuretic, anti-inflammatory, wound healing agent. Treat wounds, cuts, and ulcers with infusion and decoction of the roots.
Medicinal properties of lungwort
The use of lungwort only as an expectorant for respiratory diseases is not limited.
Lungwort tea is used to treat diarrhea, hemorrhoids, cough, asthma, flu, colds, bronchitis, and hoarseness. Mild diuretic properties make possible use for the treatment of kidney and urinary tract diseases.
A stronger decoction of lungwort can be used for pulmonary hemorrhages. A compress with lungwort decoction helps with an enlarged thyroid gland, swelling due to bruises and injuries.
It will also be useful for women. Medicines containing lungwort are used for excessive bleeding during menstruation.
Due to the presence of allantoin, which is known for its wound-healing properties, preparations with lungwort can be used topically in the form of compresses and lotions to treat skin problems such as eczema, burns, and ulcers.
Once upon a time, traditional healers used lungwort to treat weakened children suffering from anemia.
To treat tuberculosis, lungwort preparations were used together with badger fat or goat milk.
Lungwort is one of the earliest plants that can be eaten. In spring, most people experience vitamin deficiency. Salads with fresh young leaves (and flowers) are an excellent vitamin supplement.
If you are lucky enough to come across honey from lungwort, buy it without hesitation. Although such honey is very rare. Lungwort is not grown here as a honey plant. Therefore, bees collect only nectar from flowers in the forest or in garden beds.
This honey has good medicinal properties. After all, bees collect it not only to feed the queen during egg laying, but also to restore their strength after winter.
Honey is an excellent remedy for coughs and colds; it is also rich in vitamins. Honey should always be diluted with tea or water. It has a very rich taste and can cause a sore throat, irritating the mucous membranes of the throat and oral cavity. 
Preparation and storage of lungwort
Medicinal raw materials are harvested during the flowering of the lungwort. During this period, you can prepare flowers and grass leaves.
Dry the raw materials under a canopy in a well-ventilated area away from sunlight. You can use an electric dryer for fruits and vegetables, setting the temperature to no higher than 40 degrees.
Store dried raw materials in paper or cotton bags. Shelf life 2 years.
The use of lungwort in folk medicine
In folk medicine, lungwort is used in the form of decoctions, infusions, tinctures, and tea. Lungwort is also used in powder form.
How to prepare a tincture with lungwort
Chop freshly picked flowers and leaves and place them in a bottle or jar, filling the container halfway. Pour in vodka to completely cover the grass. Cover with a lid and place in a dark, warm place for 2 weeks. You need to shake the container daily.
The tincture is taken from 1 to 4 ml 3 times a day, after diluting it with a small amount of water.
When preparing an alcohol tincture from dried lungwort herb, fill the container one-third full. Next, the cooking process is the same as with fresh herbs.
Lungwort tincture on beer with honey
Pour two tablespoons of lungwort herb into 1 liter of natural beer. Add a tablespoon of natural honey to the saucepan. Place on the stove and simmer over low heat until the mixture reduces to half its original volume. Strain.
Take a tablespoon of this syrup before meals 3 times a day.
Beer tincture with honey can be taken for lung diseases such as laryngitis, tracheitis, bronchitis, and for pneumonia not accompanied by complications.
If any unexplained side effects appear when treating with lungwort tincture, stop drinking it. Do not take the tincture during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
How to prepare an infusion of lungwort
Pour one tablespoon of herb into a glass of boiling water and leave for 1.5-2 hours. Take a glass a day, divided into several doses.
Lungwort infusion is used to treat bronchitis, including chronic bronchitis; drink it for hoarseness. This decoction is also used in the treatment of hemorrhoids, inflammatory diseases of the kidneys and urinary tract.
In gynecology, the infusion can be used to restore the vaginal microflora. It will help relieve itching and irritation.
The decoction can be used to treat long-term non-healing wounds and other skin lesions, such as. Like ulcers, wounds, boils.
After consultation with a doctor, the infusion can be used to treat tuberculosis in children.
How to prepare a decoction of lungwort
The decoction is prepared in the same way as the infusion. After the herb has been poured with boiling water, you need to put it on the stove and boil for several minutes over low heat. Take a decoction of 100 ml 4 to 5 times a day.
Lungwort decoction is used in the treatment of diseases of the upper respiratory tract, colds, for gargling, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract as an anti-inflammatory, astringent, enveloping, expectorant.
A decoction prepared in a more concentrated form is used for douching for leucorrhoea and to treat various skin lesions.
When the lungwort is blooming, you can squeeze the juice out of it. The juice is taken 1 teaspoon 3 times a day with honey.
To preserve juice collected in the summer, use vodka in a ratio of 1 part vodka to 1 part juice. Store in a closed container (preferably a dark glass bottle) in the refrigerator.
Lungwort juice is an excellent remedy for many diseases. You can drink it during the course of treatment for a number of oncological diseases, leukemia. The juice is especially useful for treating anemia, as it contains elements that improve blood composition and help restore blood cells. 
The presence of iodine makes the juice an excellent remedy for thyroid diseases. Everyone knows the simple one folk way using iodine tincture as a prophylactic agent. Lungwort juice can be used in the same way as iodine.
Lungwort juice has hemostatic properties.
When using juice preserved with vodka for oral administration, it must first be diluted with water in a ratio of 1 part juice to 10 parts water.
In powder form, lungwort is taken 1 teaspoon with milk.
How to make lungwort tea
To prepare tea, pour 1 tablespoon of herb into 150 ml of boiling water and leave for 10-15 minutes. After insisting, strain. Lungwort tea tastes bitter. Therefore, you need to add honey to it and acidify it lemon juice. Drink tea with lungwort 3 times a day.
Lungwort contraindications
Unfortunately, the lungwort has not received much attention from scientists. Its effectiveness and safety cannot be fully confirmed or refuted from a scientific point of view. The only thing that can be said in its favor is that this herb has been used by people as a medicine for many centuries.
Side effects may include stomach upset, prolonged bleeding, and skin inflammation.
Do not take lungwort during pregnancy and breastfeeding. And the reason is that no scientific evidence about its effect on the body during this period of a woman’s life. Before use, be sure to consult with your doctor about the advisability of treatment with lungwort.
You cannot be treated with lungwort preparations for glomerulonephritis and pyelonephritis.
Individual intolerance to this herb may also be a contraindication.
Overall a sucker safe remedy, which people have been using for hundreds of years.
Traditional medicine recipes with lungwort
For treatment, both lungwort herb alone and in collections are used. Below are recipes for using lungwort to treat various diseases. Before use, consult your doctor.
For the treatment of the upper respiratory tract
Chest collection with lungwort. Take 2 tablespoons of linden, calendula, tricolor violet, coltsfoot, pine buds, wild rosemary and elderflower. Mix and chop all the herbs.
To brew, take 3 tablespoons of the mixture and pour 3 cups of boiling water into a thermos. Leave for 8 hours. Drink 100 ml infusion several times a day.
This collection is taken for bronchitis with asthmatic complications.
Brew 2 tablespoons of lungwort herb with half a liter of boiling water and leave for 4 hours. Strain and drink 150-160 ml before meals 3 times a day. 
For the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases, hemorrhoids
Collection 1. In equal proportions, chamomile, lungwort, yarrow, speedwell, nettle, white willow leaves, lingonberry leaves. Pour two tablespoons of the mixture into a thermos with 500 ml of boiling water and leave for 30 minutes. Strain and drink half a glass 3 times a day warm.
Additionally, place candles with apilak at night.
This collection can be taken for uterine fibroids. As an additional procedure - douching and tampons with celandine infusion.
Collection 2. Take wormwood, sage, plantain, lungwort, and centaury herbs in equal proportions. Pour a tablespoon of the mixture into a glass hot water. Add 1 tablespoon of honey and simmer in a water bath for 10 minutes. Cool and strain. Top up to the original volume and drink 1 tablespoon 3 times a day before meals.
Pour 10 grams of dry lungwort herb into 100 grams of boiling water. Leave for 2 hours and strain. Take 100 ml 2-3 times a day for diarrhea, hemorrhoids and other diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.
For intestinal diseases, lungwort can be brewed with flax seeds, mixed in equal proportions.
Collection for intestinal diseases. 40 grams of lungwort, 100 grams of rose hips, 1 tablespoon of flax seed and 1 tablespoon of comfrey.
Pour the collection into a thermos with 1 liter of water and leave overnight. Strain and drink in small portions throughout the day.
For joint diseases
Collection. 4 parts knotweed, 2 parts marshmallow and bedstraw, 1 part lungwort, speedwell and hawthorn each. Mix the herbs. Take 3 teaspoons of the mixture and pour 2 glasses of hot water. Leave for half an hour and drink 100 grams after meals.
For the treatment of urinary tract and kidneys
Collection. Take one part of each herb: lungwort, plantain, sage, centaury and wormwood. Pour a tablespoon of crushed collection into 1 glass of water and add a tablespoon of honey. Boil over low heat for 5 to 10 minutes. Let cool until room temperature and strain. I drink a tablespoon of the decoction 3 times a day before meals.
Collection 2. Take lungwort grass, lingonberry and black currant leaves in equal proportions. Pour the mixture into a thermos with 500 ml of boiling water and leave for half an hour. You can infuse it in a jar or saucepan, wrapping it in a towel. Take 2 tablespoons 45 times before meals.
For the treatment of non-healing wounds
Mash fresh lungwort leaves to release the juice. Apply the resulting pulp to the affected area of skin or wound.
Vitamin salad with lungwort
Lungwort leaves are used for salad, egg And green onions. Season the salad with sour cream, butter or mayonnaise.
The salad can also be made with lettuce, radishes or radishes.
In addition, the leaves and flowers can be added to okroshka or cold soup, or prepared as green soup.
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Before the snow has time to melt, the first bright spring flowers appear, filled with life-giving power, among which medicinal primroses. With coming spring weather these early flowering plants just by their appearance they talk about approaching soon summer with him bright sun and warm rains.
Medicinal primroses include lungwort (Pulmonaria obscura). The herb of this medicinal primrose is collected during flowering. Lungwort decoction has hemostatic, emollient, anti-inflammatory, expectorant, diuretic and enveloping properties.
When treating respiratory diseases, the decoction is taken orally. Therefore, the lungwort also has Russian name- pulmonary This decoction is also used externally to wash abscesses and purulent wounds.
Lungwort prefers partial shade and grows well in moist, loose and humus-rich soils. Lungwort is sown in June and propagated by seeds. After flowering ends, lungwort leaves retain their decorative properties until the end of summer.
Spring nomad or spring chin (Lathirus vernus) is also a medicinal primrose, which is used in folk medicine, collecting leaves, stems, and flowers from April to June.
Healers prepare a decoction from the herb, which has long been used to treat rheumatism and pain in the heart; they also use the decoction for stomatitis, to rinse the mouth and throat for sore throats, and to wash purulent ulcers and wounds.
Spring nomad can be easily propagated by dividing the bush or cuttings of rhizomes, which are done in September-October. Any soil is suitable for this plant, but it must be moist.
The nomad prefers to grow in the shade of trees. Only flowers provide decoration to the plant. When growing the medicinal spring primrose, you should remember that it is poisonous and should be taken with great caution.
Another medicinal primrose is Adonis vernatum ( Adonis vernalis) or spring adonis. The name Adonis is given to this primrose in honor of Aphrodite’s lover Adonis, who died while hunting. The grief-stricken goddess, in memory of her lover, raised Adonis from the blood beautiful flower, which blooms every spring.
The plant lives on the slopes of hillocks, which are well warmed by the sun, as confirmed by the Russian names Montenegrin and Adonis. During the flowering period they collect aboveground part adonis, which is used in medicine.
For medical use, a hot infusion is prepared from the collected raw materials, which is taken for insomnia, cardiac neurosis, heart failure and as a diuretic.
Growing the medicinal Adonis primrose is fraught with some difficulties. To plant this plant, a well-lit place is required. The soil must be dry, light and fertile and, moreover, contain lime and have good drainage. Adonis is also poisonous, so it should only be used in everyday life under medical supervision.
In addition to its medicinal properties, adonis is also very decorative. It fits well into group plantings and looks impressive on alpine hills and among sparse bushes. Pairs very well with anemones, primroses and other early flowering plants.
Medicinal primrose – buttercup anemone (Anemone ranunculoides). The above-ground part of this plant is harvested during the flowering period and used in folk medicine. Anemone infusion has analgesic, expectorant, bactericidal, hypnotic and sedative effects.
It is also used externally for washing purulent wounds and eczema.
Preparations made from ranunculus anemone cannot be used for inflammation of the kidneys and diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.
Anemone is propagated by dividing the bush, seeds, and rhizomes. Medicinal primroses anemones bloom at 2-3 years of age. Anemone is used for group plantings, along paths, near trees and shrubs.
Not only do they have medicinal properties, they can also be used to decorate alpine slide or create beautifully flowering group plantings, decorating a garden or suburban area.