Kurai (plant): description, use

What is kurai? A plant or a musical instrument? Both are true. The umbrella family is united in one word - kurai. But the musical instrument is also called, which is made from their dried stems.

The Urals finbridge is best suited for these purposes. No wonder this plant became a symbol of Bashkortostan. There they treat him with respect and even depicted on the arms.

It should be said that kurai is a plant that has a burning toxic juice. If it gets on the skin, it causes a burn, and getting into the eyes - blindness. But people have adapted to this neighborhood, especially since some members of this family have medicinal properties.

Pride of Bashkortostan

The Urals' reebpler did not become a symbol of Bashkortostan for nothing. In addition to producing a longitudinal flute from it - the national Bashkir instrument, it has healing power. For medical purposes, the herb and roots of this plant are used. Stems, leaves and roots are rich in useful substances, including essential oils, coumarins, saponins, acids, flavonoids.

From properly harvested raw materials make infusions and decoctions. They are drunk when the organism is infected with helminths. They are also useful for various skin diseases. At panaritiums, furuncles, abscesses, ulcers to wounds poultices are applied from the roots of this plant. Decoctions drink with various lung diseases. In addition, powder made from roots, can stop bleeding, soothe pain, heal wounds.

There are many of those

Rebarplant Urals or Kurai is a plant that grows not only in Bashkortostan. Representatives of its genus spread not only across Russia, for example in Siberia, but also in Mongolia, Japan, Korea and China. It is easy to recognize, since the umbellate family includes plants with flowers of a certain type. This gave the name to the whole family.

Rebroplodnik of the Urals blossoms in June-July. On its flowering shoot there are several brush-shaped flowers. And the central ones are larger than the lateral ones. The thickness of the stem of the embryo is 1-2 cm. In height it reaches 70-120 cm. Its leaves are triangular, feathery.

There are others

Kurai is a plant that can be different. This name can be referred to as other representatives of the umbrella family. For example, angelica (angelica). It is also called the beautiful word "angelika", because it is so useful that, according to legend, Archangel Michael himself used it to cure the sick.

The flowers of Angelica also have the shape of an umbrella. It differs from other plants of this kind with its specific odor, coming from the rhizomes. Its flowers before ripening have a green color, and then change it to white, yellowish or pinkish. The trunk is large and hollow. Angelica loves to grow along water bodies.

Very useful

Kurai is a medicinal plant. Not an exception and Angelica. But for the preparation of raw materials it is the medicinal angelica that will suit you . And his brother Angelica wood for these purposes is not good. Treat angiomas with an angina disorder of the intestine, where it normalizes the microflora. Apply it in urology, as a diuretic and anti-inflammatory agent. It also helps to cleanse the body of parasites. The juice of this plant helps the otolaryngologists to fight otitis and noise in the ears. Also its juice is treated with vitiligo and psoriasis.

The properties of this plant are studied in various countries. For example, in Japan, preparations are made from Angelica that improve blood circulation, which help to recover after a stroke. And in China they consider it very useful in the fight against female ailments. Kurai is a flower that helps to normalize the hormonal balance, gives strength, restores energy. In addition, it compensates for the loss of iron during menstruation and makes them less painful. It will also cope with the negative manifestations of menopause.

But there is another representative of the umbrella, which is known as a harmful and dangerous weed.

Description of cow grouse

This plant is called Heraclium. It's not hard to guess, it got it in honor of a mighty hero. And in fact this plant is big, powerful, strong and with it it is very difficult to fight. In the people it is called cowboy. Although at first glance it is not clear what relation this plant has to food, because it is not what it is, it is impossible to take it into hands.

The fact is that earlier, during the food deficit, it was actually used for food. Brewed soup, candied, and from the roots drove vodka. It also serves as an excellent feed for livestock. That is why they began to grow it in our country. The idea was submitted by JV Stalin. But during the reorganization of the planting of this herb ceased to control, so over time they grew larger, and now we have to spend huge efforts fighting this weed.

Insidious weed

In fairness, I must say that not all of its varieties are dangerous. Some of them, growing, for example, in the Caucasus, Siberia, Crimea, are not poisonous. But one that grows in the middle band, one must be wary. It's not for nothing that little children are taught not even to approach cow-beetroot closely. All parts are poisonous to him. Even the smell of this plant can cause an allergy or cause a nasopharyngeal burn. And if the burns obtained from contact with the cow grouse are very extensive, then a person can die.

In this case, a cunning mechanism operates. The plant does not burn the person. Its juice, when it gets on the skin, deprives it of the ability to protect itself from exposure to the sun. In this case, a person may not even notice that his veils are damaged. He will pay attention to this only after some time, when the coumarin contained in the plant will begin to act. Then on the skin under the influence of the sun, terrible burns are formed, which will heal very long.

Symptoms of poisoning coumarin are nausea, lethargy, headache. Therefore, one must be careful not to come into contact with unfamiliar plants while walking around the city. If contact still occurs, you should immediately consult a doctor, covering the skin from sunlight. Allergy sufferers should take antihistamines.

How to deal with it?

It is best to study in advance the appearance of the poisonous plants in the area where you live. Borshevik has large green leaves that can grow to a length of up to half a meter. He himself grows in height by 1.5 meters. But this is on average, in fact, it often grows above the person's head. The stalk is hollow inside, covered with villi.

Blossom cowbler in the middle of summer, then he is especially dangerous. His flowers are large, representing inflorescences, consisting of many small umbrellas, which, in turn, are made up of tiny flowers.

Yes, kurai is a flower, but it is better not to put it in a vase. If this plant has started to get to your house, it is necessary to fight with it. Otherwise, it will kill all other plants. The fact is that other representatives of the plant world can not survive near the cowworm. They perish from its poison.

How to deal with this weed? It is possible to mow out its thickets, wearing safety clothing, better moisture-repellent, glasses, boots and gloves. You can burn when the plant dries up in autumn. Sometimes they dig young shoots. But the roots of the cowworm are powerful and often survive, even if they are damaged. The main thing is not to stop and lead an uncompromising struggle to the full victory.

Not everything is so bad

And yet the man himself is to blame, that he has to fight with cow-weevil. Is it not better to grow it under control, as it was conceived at the beginning. After all, this unpretentious and vigorous plant, moreover, actively growing, is an excellent and inexpensive feed for livestock. In addition, it has medicinal properties. Infusions of the cow-weed treat diseases of the digestive tract, alleviate muscle spasms, purify purulent wounds, have a calming effect. So everything is in the hands of man. And it's up to him to decide how to make a dangerous plant his friend.