Voroniy eye - a dangerous and curative plant

The plant of crow's eyes has different names in the people: the rannik, bear berries, crow's grass, crow's berries, crow, cross grass. It attracts attention with its shiny black berries, which can cause severe poisoning and at the same time have healing properties. Where does the crow eye grow and how is it used in medicine?

Habitat

Voroniy eye occurs in such regions as the middle band of Russia, Siberia, the Caucasus, Ukraine, Belarus. This plant loves moist soil and is found in shady deciduous, coniferous or mixed forests, on the slopes of ravines, in thickets of bushes. On the stem 30 cm high, there is a scaly leaf split in two. Above - 4 more leaves ovoid-rounded with a pointed tip. Because of this in science, the crow is called the four-leaved eye. True, there are plants that have three or even five leaves.

The rhizome of the plant is long and creeping, it can quickly expand to the sides. The plant is a perennial plant, and can reproduce both by seeds and shoots, which grow from the rhizome. Every year, one croup is added to the crow's eye shoot. Counting them, you can determine how old the plant is.

The crow's eye begins to bloom in May. However, it is very difficult to notice its flowers: they, though not small, but because of the greenish coloration do not attract attention to themselves. In their appearance it is even difficult to say how long the flower bloomed. He always looks the same both at the beginning and at the end of flowering. Stamens and perianth leaves just dry up as the pestle turns into fruit. Much more striking are the big berries: in July and August they reach full maturity and are clearly visible against the background of the leaves. Looking at these shiny fruits (because of their similarity to the raven's eye plant and got its name), somehow one does not want to believe that the crow's eye is a poisonous plant. But nevertheless, this is so: both berries and leaves, having got into an organism, can cause the strongest poisoning. It is accompanied by vomiting, diarrhea, dizziness, severe abdominal pain, seizures and violation of cardiac activity until heart failure .

What heals the crow's eye from?

In the Middle Ages, the crow of the eyes was considered a plant-amulet. People believed that it could disenchant the enchanted, and also protect them from plague and other such diseases. For this purpose, the berries of the plant were collected and sewed into clothing. But in general, the plants were afraid and used not very often.

In our time, the plant is used only in folk medicine and homeopathy. Both leaves and berries are used. Leaves harvested throughout the summer, and berries harvested in July or August. Dry them quickly in a room that is well ventilated.

In homeopathy fresh juice plants treat bronchitis, rheumatism, eye diseases, headache and dizziness. In folk medicine, grass is used, collected during flowering, which has anesthetic and anti-inflammatory properties.

Infusion of dry crushed leaves can be used for insomnia, convulsions and migraines. Spirituous tincture of fresh leaves and crushed berries (in equal proportion) helps with such diseases as migraine, concussions and bruises of the brain, arachnoiditis, protracted bronchitis, pulmonary tuberculosis. If you decide to harvest this plant for medicinal purposes, make sure that raw materials and medicines are stored under lock and separate from food. Because of the virulence of fruits and leaves, crow is not recommended to use the eye without consulting with specialists. For the same reason, the plant has no great popularity even in folk medicine, and it is possible to treat preparations on its basis only in small doses.