Burdock cobwebby: description, photo

Each gardener more than once fought on beds with a green weed, which has large leaves and inflorescences-baskets with small hooks along the edges. This two-year-old plant is cobwebby. The family of astroids, to which he belongs, has 11 species. Virtually all of its representatives are considered medicinal plants.

Where is the burdock cobwebby?

The plant is very common. It can be found in steppe zones and in forests. The habitat is practically the entire Eurasian continent. This kind of burdock can be seen in the Caucasus, in many countries of Europe. In Russia, the plant is spread even in the Far East and Siberia.

Characteristics of the plant

Large, small and felt burdock is common on the territory of Russia. In the people it is called burdock, burdock. The plant is rather unpretentious, meets on the roadside, grows in garbage dumps and under bushes. The leaves of the grass, growing, do not give the opportunity to grow a single plant next to you. If you have met with huge green leaves on your garden, you should know that it is a cobweb. Photo of the plant allows it not to be confused with any other.

Chemical constituents

Traditional medicine has long used the useful qualities of plants to help patients. After all, its leaves and roots are surprisingly rich in chemical composition.

The leaves of the plant contain bitter substances, mucus, essential oils and trace elements, and all known vitamin C in them is several times greater than in lemon, beet, pepper. The useful ingredients and roots of burdock are rich . Annual roots, sweet in taste, are saturated with essential oils, protein and carotene. Prepare them in the fall, pre-rinsing, cutting into small pieces and drying in the shade.

Use in cosmetology

Many women use burdock oil to strengthen hair. Its fatty oils and phytosterols favorably affect the hair follicles. Perhaps, this is the most accessible tool that can control the work of the sebaceous glands of the head. Even our great-grandmothers knew about this property, so they used a burdock cobwebby. Photos of plants can often be seen on bottles with shampoo.

Beneficial features

Burdock has a lot of useful properties. Consider the main ones:

• Wound healing action. Green leaves of the plant are used for burns, pre-chopping them. Kashitsa from greens, possessing antibacterial property, promotes the fastest healing, relieves painful sensation.
• Prophylaxis of cancerous growths. Joint research by Indian and Russian chemists has confirmed the ability of plant roots to provide relief for melanoma. If there are internal neoplasms, take a remedy that includes burdock roots, eggs and butter. The May leaves of burdock are especially appreciated.
• Used to maintain liver health. Her diseases involve the use of herbs, one of the components of which is burdock. The chemical constituents of the plant (carbon tetrachloride and acetaminophen) reduce inflammation and have a beneficial effect on liver cells.
• Help the digestive system. Herbal decoctions treat such diseases of the digestive system as ulcer, gastritis, and dysbacteriosis. Mucous substances of the plant envelop the walls of the esophagus, protecting it from the effects of toxins. Infusions of seeds purify the body, while reducing the glucose content in the blood.
• To maintain the immune system. During the autumn cold, tea made of burdock improves immune resistance, improves blood circulation, helping the body to resist viruses and bacteria.
• Diuretic action. In pharmacy kiosks, a burdock is a common diuretic, the root system of which is filled with substances that stimulate the work of the kidneys and, as a consequence, perform the function of excretion of toxins.
• Help with allergic reactions. The property of the plant to remove the manifestations of atypical dermatitis, characterized by pruritus of the skin, is due to the ability of burdock to inhibit genes and to improve the quality of immune molecules. Dressings with decoction of the plant are applied to the affected areas after bites of mosquitoes and bees.
• Antiinfective property. The active substance polyacetyl, which enters the phytochemical composition of the roots of the herb, resists infections, stimulating rapid healing.
• To improve the work of the heart. The high content of vitamin B ₆ in the roots of burdock makes this plant indispensable for maintaining a healthy heart. A glass of warm tea with the addition of an extract of the plant will provide a daily dose of this vitamin.

Use of the plant for food

Do not rush to remove the cobweb from its beds. What kind of plant is this, says the fact that the Japanese specially cultivate it, inventing a lot of delicious dietary dishes not only from the leaves, but also from its roots.

Few people know that the root system of plants during the summer accumulates inulin. Its quantity reaches 45%. The substance is classified as food fiber, so necessary for normal digestion, acting as a prebiotic. In pharmacology, the extracts of burdock produce fructose.

The green mass of grass is used to make salads, add to the side dishes, meat dishes, and crushed, boiled in the milk of the hostess's housecoats put in jam and syrups. The mug with sorrel is well combined in summer salads. Interesting taste qualities are fish dishes with boiled roots of burdock. Do not spoil it and meat dishes.

In the summer, raw materials are harvested for future use, marinating it with spices and vinegar.

Contraindications

The green leaves of burdock and its roots should not be used when:

• Hypersensitivity to plant components. Excessive use of ointments and infusions can cause a manifestation of severe allergic reactions.
• During the gestation of a child, women should be protected from the use of ointments with burdock.
• Long-term use of the extract can cause the opposite effect.
• Diseases of the digestive system with severe pain colic do not allow the use of grass.
• Do not give extracts from the grass to children under 12 years old.
• An overdose of grass extracts can cause a change in mental state in both children and adults.

Interesting facts about the plant

Burdock is an excellent honey and is appreciated by beekeepers.

Under good conditions, the plant is able to exceed the mark of one and a half meters in height.

Thanks to the hooks on the flowers, a zipper was invented. Prickly inflorescences are attached to clothes and animal wool, extending to long distances from the place of growth, and unpretentiousness allows the grass to grow in any, even the most inappropriate places.

Prepared by the leaven of raw burdock can destroy the pests of the garden, not using chemicals.

Mixing the flour from the roots of the grass with rye, bake bread cakes, and the roasted root is added to coffee drinks.

The inhabitants of the Caucasus and Siberia consider burdock a vegetable plant.

In the common people, the phases often sound: "I hung my ears with a burdock," "simple as a burdock," "burst like a mug", but this does not at all detract from the positive properties that a plant can give to a person.