Quinoa spreads out: description, useful properties, features of application

Quinoa is a plant that many gardeners consider a useless weed. They are trying to clear their site of it. Surely they will be surprised to learn that this inconspicuous grass has many useful properties and even is used in cooking.

Quinoa is spreading: description

It is a herbaceous annual plant, belonging to the family of amaranth (genus - quinoa). In height, it can be from 15 to 80 cm. The leaves are regular, the middle and lower have a rhomboid-lance shape and jagged edges. The upper leaves are whole-cut, sessile, without the ears.

The flowers of the quinoa are small, inconspicuous, collected in small tangles. These are the apical inflorescences. They have simple perianth, five petals, which sometimes coalesce. Sometimes the perianth is absent, and it is replaced by a triangular bract. Dioecious, but monoecious, with five stamens flowers has a swan spreading. Root system is rod-shaped, branched. The root penetrates deeply into the subsoil layer.

The fruit is dry, single-seeded, can be enclosed in bracts. Blossomed cherry blossoms from June to mid-September. Fruits appear in August.

Spread

Quinoa is widely spread in Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa, and is found in China. On the territory of our country, it grows practically in all territories, except the Far North. The quinoa also spread out in North America. She prefers treated areas, farmyards, gardens and gardens. Often you can find this plant along the roadsides.

Chemical composition

Quay spreading is particularly rich in useful substances during flowering. In the above-ground parts of the plant,

• Betaine;
• Saponins;
• carotene;
• ascorbic acid;
• Rutin;
• essential oil;
• cellulose;
• Proteins (up to 30%);
• Mineral salts.

Quicksilver: useful properties and description of medicinal compounds

Due to the content of a large number of medicinal substances, the plant has a calming, expectorant and anti-inflammatory properties. Pectins and fiber help to cleanse the body of toxins. The wound healing properties of the plant make it possible to use it in the treatment of certain skin diseases.

Quinoa is spreading, the medicinal properties of which have been known since ancient times, is successfully used in folk medicine. It prepares lotions and poultices for healing ulcers, wounds, skin inflammations. Quinoa helps to normalize the work of the digestive tract, relieve from exhausting dry cough, headache, cure jaundice and forget about stomach colic. Infusion of swans is used for thrush and prolonged, profuse menstruation.

Juice of swans (from worms)

To get fresh juice, you will need young, not coarsened stems and leaves of swans. Pass them through a meat grinder or grind with a blender. The resulting mass must be squeezed through gauze, folded into several layers. The resulting juice is recommended to take half an hour before meals on one spoon (canteen) three times a day.

Decoction for gout

This composition is prepared quickly and easily. You need a swan spreading - two tablespoons (dry and crushed leaves). Fill them with 0.1 liters of boiling water. Put the mixture on a slow fire for fifteen minutes. Now the broth should be filtered and the resulting amount of liquid to bring boiling water to the initial volume. This broth should be taken before meals on a tablespoon three times a day.

Decoction with thrush

Thirty grams of finely chopped (fresh) herbs pour 250 ml of water, put the container on a slow fire for about twenty minutes. Raw squeeze, and in the resulting broth add 500 ml of steep boiling water. Cool and use for douching (twice a day).

Decoction with stomatitis

Grind three teaspoons of dry grass to a powdery state. Pour it 300 ml of boiling water and leave for an hour in a tightly closed saucepan so that the broth is infused. Then the composition can be filtered, and the grass - squeezed. Decoction should rinse the mouth in the morning and evening.

Tea

Quinoa is spreading - the plant is unique. Her leaves can be used to brew tea, which will help with coughing. He will get rid of thick, hard-to-separate sputum.

Use in Cooking

Salad leaves are a delicious and very useful dish. It is recommended to people who are under stress, with lung and bronchial disease.

From the fully ripened seeds of the quinoa, they cook a delicious, nutritious porridge that tastes like a semolina to taste. In addition, the flour is prepared from the seeds, after having got rid of the impurity, the hammer. Such flour is an excellent addition for bread baking.

Quinoa is spreading - an excellent seasoning for second fish or meat dishes. The leaves of the plant are well dried and then ground.

Procurement of raw materials

In folk medicine, almost all of the plant is used: leaves, flowers, coarse stems and seeds. Preparing medicines based on quinoa can be done both from a fresh plant and from raw materials harvested in the summer. Do this in the flowering period. Dry it, like most herbs, under a canopy, in the air. A well-ventilated room can be used for this purpose. Seeds are harvested as they mature.

The green part of the plant in dried form retains useful properties throughout the year, and seeds - three years.

Contraindications

All medicinal plants have some contraindications. In this sense, the quinoa is no exception.

1. Medicinal preparations based on quinoa are not recommended for people suffering from cholelithiasis and urolithiasis.
2. Salicylates, which are part of the swans, can provoke bleeding in people with low blood coagulability.
3. Prolonged, uncontrolled intake of drugs based on this plant can exacerbate chronic diseases of the intestine and stomach.

In conclusion, I would like to say that, despite the presence of many useful properties, the swan spreader is not used in traditional medicine. It has quite serious contraindications, so do not start treatment without consulting your doctor, especially if you have chronic illnesses.