Gravilat medicinal properties and contraindications. Perennial gravilat - benefits, planting and care. Methods of preparation and use

Geum urbanum L.
Rosaceae family - Rosaceae.
Common name: clove root, undergrowth, Benedict's grass, vixen.

Description

A perennial herbaceous plant up to 60 cm high. The rhizome is reddish in color, thick, creeping, multi-headed in old plants, has an astringent taste and clove smell, up to 22 cm long. The stem is erect, weakly branched, rough due to pubescence with whitish soft hairs. The basal leaves are lyre-shaped, intermittently pinnate, on long petioles, the stem leaves are short or sessile, alternate, tripartite, serrated, softly hairy with stipules adherent to the petiole. The flowers are small, light yellow with numerous stamens, on long thin stalks, located singly at the ends of stems or branches. The fruits are nut-shaped, tenacious achenes. Propagated by seeds and division of the bush.

Spreading

It is found throughout the European part of the country, in Western Siberia, Central Asia, in the southern regions of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, and in the Caucasus.

Habitat

It grows on the edges, clearings of deciduous forests, among bushes, in gardens and parks, along roads, in weedy places. Prefers open forests, meadows, river banks.

Flowering time

It blooms from May to August, the fruits ripen in June–September.

Collection time

Rhizomes are harvested in autumn or early spring long before flowering, and grass at the beginning of flowering plants.

Harvesting method

The collected roots are dried in air, in well-ventilated areas or in dryers at a temperature not exceeding 45°C. The rhizome smells and tastes like cloves. The shelf life of rhizomes is 3 years, herbs - 1 year. Store in a tightly sealed container, as the smell disappears if stored improperly.

Chemical composition

Up to 40% of tannins, essential oil, glycoside hein, starch, resins, and bitter substances were found in the rhizome. The yield of essential oil from the dry rhizome is 0.4%, the smell of the oil is clove. The leaves contain ascorbic acid - more than 100 mg%, carotene - more than 50 mg%.

Applicable part

The medicinal raw materials are the rhizomes and grass of urban gravilate.

Application

Urban Gravilate is recognized by official medicine. Preparations from this plant have anti-inflammatory, wound-healing, antiseptic and astringent effects. In addition, they have been found to have antimalarial, diaphoretic and restorative effects. Used for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, liver, gall bladder.

Gravilate rhizomes are used in homeopathy.

Gravilat has found even wider use in folk medicine in different countries. Gravilat is used both as an independent preparation and in mixtures with other plants. It is taken orally and used for baths, rinses, poultices and lotions for a wide variety of diseases. Below we provide a list of not all ailments that gravilat can help cope with. In folk medicine, infusion, tincture, powder and decoction of flowers, herbs and rhizomes of urban gravilate are used:

• For catarrh of the stomach;
• For dysentery;
• For colitis of various etiologies;
• When vomiting;
• As an antiseptic;
• For intestinal colic, flatulence;
• For neuroses;
• When sweating;
• As an anti-inflammatory;
• For cholecystitis;
• For nephritis;
• For cystitis;
• For pulmonary tuberculosis;
• For bronchial asthma;
• For pneumonia and cough;
• For C-vitaminosis;
• For catarrhal, hypertrophic, ulcerative-necrotic gingivitis and stomatitis;
• For periodontal disease;
• For helminthiasis;
• As a wound-healing agent;
• Like a sweatshop;
• As an antimalarial;
• As a tonic;
• For scrofulosis, rickets;
• As a hemostatic for heavy uterine and hemorrhoidal bleeding, weak gums;
• For liver diseases;
• As a choleretic;
• To stimulate myometrial contraction;
• As an antiviral agent;
• As an antitumor agent.

Contraindications

In general, urban gravilate preparations are well tolerated and have no serious contraindications, however, we must remember that since urban gravilate preparations increase blood clotting, its long-term use is undesirable for thrombophlebitis and a tendency to thrombosis. Use with caution in people with very low blood pressure and persistent constipation. Due to the high content of tannins, observe the dosage.

Other uses

• Sometimes the roots of urban gravilate are filled with water and, using a distillation apparatus, the water is distilled off, which is later used to flavor dishes, seasonings, and drinks.
• To flavor beer and sustainably preserve its properties, gravilate roots are placed in it for the entire storage period. In Sweden, this method protects beer from oxidation and produces a pleasant smell and taste. Kvass, mash and other drinks are flavored in the same way.
• An infusion of dry rhizomes together with orange zest gives white wine a vermouth taste.
• The root can be used to tint drinks. The color turns out to be a thick, dark cherry color.
• Fresh gravilate roots complement the taste of hops well, and sometimes even replace them completely.
• Dried and powdered urban gravilat root can be added to dough and used as a spicy seasoning for first and second courses.
• Salads, soups and purees are prepared from young fresh leaves and stems of urban gravilat.
• The rhizomes (as a possible substitute for imported cloves) are used as a spice. They are used to make seasonings for meat, fish, vegetable, and cereal dishes. Spicy seasoning is added to the dough for flavoring and brewed like tea.
• The rhizomes are suitable for tanning leather.
• The fur is colored reddish-greenish. From them you can get black and red-brown paints. In folk medicine it is used when blood appears in the urine of cattle.
• The plant exhibits insecticidal properties.
• Feed for sheep, pigs, horses.
• Honey plant.

Mode of application

Powder

• For coughs, whooping cough and even asthma attacks, powder from the herb gravilata is prescribed in very small quantities, literally on the tip of a teaspoon, and immediately washed down with honey water (dilute 1 teaspoon of honey in 1/4 cup of warm boiled water).
• Gravilata herb powders, 1 g, taken 2 times a day before meals for coughing.
• Powdered root mixed with lard cures scabies and rashes.
• Sprinkling with Gravilata herb powder has a wound-healing effect.

Infusion

Infusion of herbs or rhizomes with roots

Infuse 2 teaspoons of herbs or rhizomes with roots for 2 hours in 1 glass of boiling water in a closed container, strain. Take 1/2 cup 2 times a day before meals for cholecystitis.

Infusion of herbs and rhizomes

10 g of crushed raw materials are infused in 200 ml of boiling water in a thermos for 2 hours. Take 1/4 cup 3-4 times a day.

Herbal infusion

1 tablespoon per glass of boiling water, leave for 2 hours - a good remedy for calming the nerves.

Infusion of roots (1 option)

Pour one tablespoon of roots into a glass of boiling water, leave for 2-3 hours in a sealed container or steam in a water bath for 30 minutes, filter after 10 minutes. Take a small sip or 2-3 tablespoons 3-4 times a day before meals for a diseased liver, gallbladder spasms, stomach pain, and especially for intestinal colic and vomiting.

Infusion of roots (2 option)

Pour two teaspoons of chopped fresh root into a glass of boiling water, bring to a boil and leave in a closed container for 2 hours, strain. Take 1/2 cup 2 times a day 30 minutes before meals for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (flatulence, diarrhea, dysentery, intestinal colic, vomiting).

Tincture

• Pour a tablespoon of crushed fresh urban gravilat root into 100 ml of vodka, leave for 1 month, strain. Take 10–15 drops, diluted with a small amount of water, 2–3 times a day before meals for nervous diseases and as a tonic for loss of strength.
• Five tablespoons of crushed gravilat roots pour 0.5 liters of vodka, leave for at least 15 days, take 20-30 drops (in some cases up to 1 teaspoon) 3 times a day, an hour after meals, for stomach cancer.

Decoction

A decoction of rhizomes and roots is used externally for joint and muscle rheumatism, dislocations, and for gargling with sore throat.

Herbal decoction

20 g of raw materials are boiled over low heat in 250 ml of water for 30 minutes. Take 1 tablespoon 3-4 times a day.

Rhizome decoction (1 option)

15 g of raw material is boiled in 200 ml of water for 30 minutes, then cooled and filtered. Take 1 tablespoon 4 times a day before meals.

Decoction of rhizomes (2 option)

Pour a teaspoon of chopped fresh root with a glass of boiling water, hold on low heat for 10 minutes, leave for 1 hour, strain. Take 1 sip several times during the day for uterine bleeding.

Decoction of rhizomes (option 3)

Pour two teaspoons of chopped fresh root with a glass of boiling water, hold on low heat for 10–15 minutes, leave for 2 hours. Rinse your throat or mouth with this infusion 4-5 times a day for sore throat, laryngitis, stomatitis and other diseases of the throat and mouth.

Decoction of rhizomes (4 option)

Pour a tablespoon of chopped fresh root into a glass of boiling water, hold on low heat for 20 minutes, leave for 1 hour, strain. Take 1 tablespoon 3-4 times a day 20 minutes before meals for bronchitis with dry cough.

Baths

Gravilat roots are included in a mixture of plants for baths for scrofulous and rickets children.

Goodies

Seasoning from gravilata rhizomes

Ingredients: rhizome gravilata.

Preparation: Grind the dried rhizomes. Use the powder as a spicy seasoning (10–15 g per serving) for first and second courses, sauces, and gravy. Store in a dark glass container in a dry place.

Gravilata salad

Ingredients: young leaves and stems of gravilata - 50 g, green onions - 50 g; egg - 1 piece; salt - to taste; sour cream, mayonnaise, tomato sauce - 25 g; dill and parsley.

Preparation: Wash the young leaves and stems thoroughly, blanch for 5 minutes, drain in a colander, then chop along with the green onions, add a chopped hard-boiled egg, and add salt. Season the salad with sour cream (mayonnaise, tomato sauce), sprinkle with dill and parsley.

Meat salad with gravy salad

Ingredients: meat - 50 g; potatoes - 30 g; fresh and pickled cucumbers - 30 g each; egg - 1 piece, canned peas - 20 g; gravilat leaves - 50 g; green onions - 20 g; salt - to taste; sour cream or mayonnaise - 25 g; dill and parsley.

Preparation: cut boiled or fried meat, boiled potatoes, fresh and pickled cucumbers, hard-boiled egg into cubes, add canned peas, chopped gravilat leaves and green onions, add salt. Mix everything, season with sour cream or mayonnaise, sprinkle with dill and parsley.

Gravilata salad with onions

Ingredients: young leaves of gravilat - 50 g; green onions - 50 g; salt - to taste; sour cream or mayonnaise - 25 g; eggs - 1 piece.

Preparation: Finely chop young gravilate leaves and green onions, add salt, season with sour cream or mayonnaise, and garnish with hard-boiled egg slices.

Vegetable salad with gravilate

Ingredients: fresh tomatoes and cucumbers - 60 g each; gravilat leaves - 40 g; green onions - 30 g; salt - to taste; sour cream (mayonnaise, vegetable oil) - 25 g; egg - 1 piece; parsley and dill.

Preparation: Chop fresh tomatoes and cucumbers, add chopped gravilat leaves, green onions, salt and mix. Season the salad with sour cream (mayonnaise, vegetable oil), garnish with slices of hard-boiled egg, parsley and dill.

Vinaigrette with gravilate

Ingredients: beets - 50 g; carrots - 50 g; potatoes - 50 g; pickled cucumbers - 40 g; green onions - 25 g; gravilat leaves - 50 g; salt - to taste; vegetable oil - 50 g.

Preparation: Cut the boiled beets, carrots, potatoes and pickles into cubes, add chopped green onions and gravilate leaves, add salt and mix. Season with vegetable oil.

Soup with rhizome gravilata

Ingredients: broth or water - 500 ml; potatoes - 150 g; onion - 20 g; carrots - 30 g; parsley root - 20 g; gravilat rhizome - 10 g; dill and parsley.

Preparation: Boil potatoes, onions, carrots, and parsley root in salted meat broth or water. 5 minutes before readiness, add the chopped gravilat rhizome. Before serving, sprinkle with dill and parsley.

Green cabbage soup with gravilate

Ingredients: celery roots - 10 g; parsley root - 10 g; carrots - 50 g; onions - 50 g; vegetable oil - 50 g; broth - 500 ml; sorrel - 100 g; gravilat greens - 40 g; salt - to taste; egg - 1 piece; sour cream - 25 g; dill greens.

Preparation: Chop celery roots, parsley, carrots, onions, saute until soft, put in salted broth and cook for 10 minutes. Then add sorrel, blanched herbs, salt and cook until tender. Before serving, place hard-boiled egg slices, sour cream and sprinkle with dill on a plate.

Kholodnik Minsk style with gravilate

Ingredients: sorrel - 100 g; pickled beets - 100 g; gravilat greens - 40 g; onion - 25 g; egg - 1 piece; kefir - 200 ml; cucumber - 150 g; sugar, salt - to taste; sour cream - 25 g; parsley and dill.

Preparation: Boil sorrel in salted water, add pieces of pickled beets, a little marinade, chopped herbs and bring to a boil. Cool. Grind the onion with the yolk of a hard-boiled egg, salt, add chopped protein, kefir, slices of fresh cucumber, sugar. Mix everything and put in a cool place. Before serving, season with sour cream, sprinkle with parsley and dill.

Balls with gravilate

Ingredients: minced beef - 400 g; gravilat greens - 150 g; onion - 50 g, egg - 1 piece, salt, pepper - everything to taste, vegetable oil - 75 g.

Preparation: Mix the ground beef and chopped herbs thoroughly, add finely chopped onion, raw egg, salt and pepper. Form the mixture into balls, bread them in flour and fry in vegetable oil.

Fish stewed with gravilate

Ingredients: fish fillet - 250 g; vegetable oil - 75 g; gravilat greens - 50 g; white sauce - 150 g.

Preparation: Cut the fish fillet into portions, sprinkle with salt and pepper, bread in flour and fry in vegetable oil. Sprinkle the fish with herbs, pour in white sauce, and simmer until done.

White sauce

Ingredients: flour - 2 tablespoons; broth - 200 ml; butter - 50 g; salt - to taste, citric acid - 1 g.

Preparation: To prepare the white sauce, lightly saute the flour, dilute with broth and simmer over low heat for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Cool the sauce a little, add butter, salt, citric acid, mashed egg yolk with a small amount of sauce and mix thoroughly.

Potatoes with gravilate and mushrooms

Ingredients: potatoes - 200 g; fresh mushrooms - 150 g; gravilat - 50 g; onion - 50 g; vegetable oil - 100 g; dill and parsley.

Preparation: Boil or fry potatoes. Boil fresh mushrooms in salted water until half cooked, strain, chop and simmer over low heat. A few minutes before it’s ready, add gravilate, sautéed onions, vegetable oil, and fried potatoes. Before serving, sprinkle with dill and parsley.

Drink made from gravilate rhizomes

Ingredients: rhizomes - 50 g; water - 1 l; sugar - 50 g.

Preparation: Pass cleanly washed rhizomes through a meat grinder, add water, bring to a boil, add sugar and leave for 3-4 hours. Drink chilled.

River Gravilat or rivulata is a species of perennial plants of the Gravilat genus of the Rosaceae family. Like another representative of this genus, urban gravilate, it is widely used in folk medicine for many diseases. Despite the significant differences in the appearance of these plants, their medicinal properties and chemical compositions are very similar. They have anti-inflammatory, wound-healing, hemostatic, antiseptic, tonic, diuretic and diaphoretic effects. In nature, the plant is found in European countries, Russia, China, Central Asia and North America. For its properties, appearance and growth characteristics, river grass has received such interesting names as devil's heads, snake root, water bergenia, odalen grass, mighty, vivishnik.

Botanical description

River gravel grows individually or in the form of thickets along river banks, the edges of swamps, ditches and other bodies of water, in swampy areas, in flooded meadows, and in bushes. The plant prefers moist and moist fertile soils with a slightly acidic reaction. It can be propagated by seeds or vegetatively by dividing the bush. The bush is divided in spring and autumn, planting parts in the ground at a distance of about 20 cm. Seeds are also sown in autumn or spring in beds in open ground or in greenhouse boxes, and grown seedlings are transferred to a permanent place in the summer or spring of the next year, if planting was carried out in the fall.

The rhizome is thick, creeping, brown in color, not deep in the soil, and in places covered with the remains of leaves. When cut, the root is yellowish in color and has a characteristic clove aroma, but less intense than that of urban gravilate.

The stem of the plant is dark red in color, erect, powerful, and may have branches. The cross-sectional shape is round, the outside is covered with pubescence, and the upper part is glandular. Its height reaches from 25 cm to 1 m.

The basal leaves are long-petiolate, lyre-shaped, complex pinnate, and have two or three pairs of lateral leaflets. Stem leaves are sessile or on short petioles, tripartite, with small ovoid stipules.

Flowering lasts from May to June, the flowering period is 20 days. Flowers up to 1.5 cm in size, bisexual, drooping on long pedicels, 2 to 5 pieces at the top of the stem. When flowering occurs, the inflorescence of the river gravilate straightens. Double perianth. The corolla is bell-shaped, five-membered, the petals are obtuse, wide, yellow or cream in color with dark red veins. The calyx is red-brown in color, the sepals are erect, covered with soft, thin white hairs. The stamens and pistils are numerous, the stamens are covered with hairs, and the pistils are collected in an ovoid head.

Interesting: The drooping arrangement of the flowers of the river gravilate can be regarded as a device with which it protects itself from moisture and is better pollinated.

The fruits ripen from July to August and are late-falling red achenes ending in a hook. The seeds are tenacious, easily stick to clothes, shoes and wool and spread over long distances in this way.

Chemical composition

For the preparation of medicines in folk medicine, aboveground and underground parts of the plant are used. The roots and rhizome contain:

• tannins (up to 25%);
• flavonoids;
• organic acids;
• glycoside gein;
• alkaloids;
• essential oil (up to 0.1%);
• bitterness;
• resins;
• carbohydrates.

The above-ground parts of the plant contain vitamin C, provitamin A, and tannins. The seeds are rich in fatty oil.

Interesting: The roots of river gravilat contain a red dye, so they are sometimes used to obtain red-brown dye and tanning sheepskin coats.

Beneficial features

The medicinal properties of river gravilate are used only in folk medicine; products based on it are not included in the list of pharmacopoeial drugs. It has the following types of pharmacological action:

• hemostatic;
• astringent;
• anti-inflammatory;
• painkiller;
• antiseptic;
• tonic;
• wound healing;
• sedative and mild hypnotics;
• diaphoretic.

As a general tonic, river gravilate is useful during the recovery period after serious illnesses, vitamin deficiency, and physical fatigue. The plant has a detoxifying effect and is effective against snake bites and barium chloride poisoning. Due to its astringent and hemostatic effect, its use is effective for uterine and hemorrhoidal bleeding. It has a positive effect on the nervous system. It helps with migraines, headaches, sleep disorders, neuroses and other nervous disorders.

In folk medicine, gravilate is used as an anti-inflammatory and antiseptic agent for such pathologies of the gastrointestinal tract and genitourinary system as gastritis, helminthiases, salmonellosis, colitis, dysentery, cholecystitis, nephritis, cystitis. Decoctions and infusions are effective for respiratory diseases of infectious etiology. They relieve coughs due to bronchitis, whooping cough, pneumonia, and help with fever.

Externally crushed fresh rhizomes in the form of compresses are applied to calluses to soften and remove them. Dry root powder is an effective healing agent. It is used to cover purulent wounds and ulcers on the skin. Infusions and decoctions of the roots and herbs of the plant are used for rinsing with sore throat, stomatitis, pharyngitis and other inflammatory diseases of the mouth and throat. For rheumatism, gout, arthritis, muscle and joint pain, apply compresses to problem areas and take baths.

Interesting: The leaves and roots of river gravilat are used in cooking. Fresh leaves are added to vegetable salads and soups along with other herbs. The dried, powdered root is an aromatic spice for baking and alcoholic beverages; its taste is reminiscent of cloves and cinnamon.

River gravilate flowers are a valuable source of nectar and pollen. The amount of nectar secreted per day by one flower is about 10 mg. The plant is a honey plant and, together with other herbs, is used by bees to produce honey. From 1 hectare of its thickets, bees can produce about 80 kg of honey.

Some people grow river grass for decorative purposes, forming them together with other flowers (phlox, peonies) into picturesque borders in their summer cottages, and also adding them to bouquets. The above-ground parts of the plant can be used in households as additional feed for cows, pigs, goats, sheep and horses.

Procurement of raw materials

The rhizome and roots of river gravilate are harvested twice a year in spring or autumn. After digging them out of the soil, they are shaken off the ground, cleaned of possible foreign impurities, washed with cold running water and dried in air. Then dry in dryers at a temperature of no more than 50 ° C, turning over periodically.

The grass is collected at the beginning of flowering. After cutting, it is dried in the fresh air under a canopy, in dryers or well-ventilated areas.

The prepared raw materials should be stored in a hermetically sealed container for one year. Fresh and dried roots of the plant have a characteristic clove aroma, but it weakens with storage.

Important: River gravilate is an endangered species. In some regions of Russia (Irkutsk and Saratov regions) it is even listed in the Red Book.

Methods of application

In folk medicine, decoctions, infusions and alcohol tinctures suitable for external and internal use are prepared from the herb, roots and rhizomes of river gravilate.

Alcohol tincture

Dried roots (15 g) are poured with 100 ml of vodka and left in a dark place for 1 month. Take the prepared product before meals, 15 drops, with a small volume of boiled water. It is effective for stopping bleeding, relieving fever, treating nervous disorders, loss of strength and chronic fatigue syndrome.

Decoction of roots and rhizomes

Dry crushed roots and rhizome of river gravilat are placed in a saucepan and 400 ml of boiling water is added to them. Boil the mixture for 10 minutes, then leave for 1 hour and filter. This product is used externally for gargling and mouthwash and in baths for joint and muscle pain.

Herbal mixture for gastritis

Prepare a mixture of medicinal herbs, including 4 parts each of river gravilat herb, plantain leaves, burnet leaves, thyme herb, 3 parts each of toadflax herb, fireweed, meadowsweet, lemon balm, coltsfoot and chamomile flowers, 2 parts each of heather and hop cones. Pour 1 tbsp into a thermos. l. the resulting collection and pour 300 ml of boiling water, leave for 6 hours, then filter. Take 100 ml of the product three times a day, half an hour before meals for one month. Then take a 10-day break and repeat the course of treatment.

Precautions

Traditional medicine based on river gravilate is usually well tolerated, but despite this, consultation with a doctor is still necessary before starting to use them. Contraindications to its use are:

• plant allergy;
• increased blood clotting;
• thrombophlebitis;
• pregnancy and lactation;
• hypotension;
• exacerbation of gastrointestinal diseases;
• tendency to constipation;
• childhood.

Video medicinal properties and use of gravilate:

Urban gravilate is a perennial herbaceous plant with a massive, creeping root, which in older plants can be multi-headed. The root is red, located obliquely, and an erect, rough, sparsely leafed stem emerges from it, covered with white down. Small yellow flowers located at the ends of stems and branches. The fruits are multi-tailed fruits that have hooks with which they are carried by animals. The plant reproduces by seeds and division of the rhizome. It grows on the outskirts and edges of forests and woodlands, in gardens, orchards, parks, on the outskirts of villages, near roads, in littered places, along the banks of rivers and lakes in Eurasia and North Africa.

Preparation and storage of urban gravilate

Rhizomes and gravilata grass are harvested for future use. The rhizomes are dug up in early spring or late autumn, washed well, cut into pieces of 2-4 cm and dried in the oven or in the air. The grass is cut before flowering begins in early May. The cut grass is finely chopped and dried either in the oven, or scattered on a linen or newspaper and dried on a windowsill or under a canopy in the air.

Use in everyday life

Urban gravilate is used as a spice, since the essential oil it contains has a clove aroma and a tart, spicy taste. It is used for preparing meat, vegetable, fish dishes and dough. Teas are made from the rhizome and added to beer and kvass to impart a special aroma and taste. Fresh gravilat leaves are added to the salad.

Composition and medicinal properties of gravilate

1. The rhizome contains essential oil, resin, starch, bitterness, glycoside hein, tannins, ascorbic acid and carotene.
2. Fresh grass also contains vitamins A and C.
3. Infusions and decoctions of gravilate are used in the treatment of stomach diseases, such as gastric catarrh, dysentery, flatulence, colitis of various etiologies, vomiting, and intestinal colic.
4. For cholecystitis, neuroses, nephritis, cystitis, pulmonary tuberculosis, bronchial asthma, cough, C-vitaminosis, catarrhal, hypertrophic, ulcerative-necrotic gingivitis and stomatitis, periodontal disease, helminthiasis, drugs based on gravilate extract are also useful.

The use of gravilate in folk medicine

Traditional medicine widely and successfully uses urban gravilate for medicinal purposes. Based on its above-ground and underground parts, decoctions and infusions are prepared.

For the treatment of colds, coughs, bronchitis, and for diseases of the kidneys, liver and gastrointestinal tract, a decoction of the root is prepared

15 g of crushed root is poured into 200 ml of boiling water and placed in a water bath for 30 minutes. Next, filter and take 1 tbsp. three times a day before meals.

For diarrhea, colic, cholecystitis, malaria and gastritis, make a decoction of the herb gravilata

20 g of chopped herb is poured into 250 ml of boiling water and placed in a water bath for 30 minutes,

The broth is cooled and filtered. Take 1 tbsp. three times a day before meals.

Infusion of gravilate roots for gastritis, stomach colic, diarrhea

This infusion is equally effective for treating all of the above diseases.

Take 10 g of prepared rhizome, put it in a thermos and pour 200 ml of boiling water. Leave for two hours, then filter and take 50 ml three times a day, before meals.

Gravilate root powder is used to treat skin ulcers and purulent wounds.

To obtain the powder, take cut dry rhizome and grind it in a coffee grinder. The resulting powder is sprinkled on sore spots.

Gravilate is also used as part of preparations for the treatment of many diseases.

For the treatment of hemorrhoids without bleeding

• take the grass of goose cinquefoil, urban gravilat, renal knotweed, shepherd's purse, woodruff, St. John's wort, watch leaves, fireweed, hazelnut leaves, orchis tubers, calendula flowers, mistletoe shoots, wheatgrass and steelweed rhizomes in equal parts and mix;
• 9 g of collection per 450 ml of boiling water, boil for 10 minutes;
• then pour into a thermos and leave for 2 hours;
• cool, filter and divide into 3 equal shares, which are taken 15 minutes before meals for 3 months.

Contraindications

Contraindications for the use of urban gravilate include individual intolerance to its components, as well as increased blood clotting, thrombophlebitis, chronic gastritis with low secretion.

Geumi urbanum L.

In the lowlands of the swamp
The flower is dormant.
Not lethargic, alive,
And he hung his head.

You can find out gravilat according to the following characteristics: stem 30-60 cm high, covered with soft hairs, leaves trifoliate. It blooms in June with yellow flowers - five upturned petals, a double calyx, many stamens and pistils.

Rosaceae family - ROSACEAE

Description. A perennial herbaceous plant 25–35 cm high. The stem is weakly branched and erect. The lower leaves are discontinuously pinnate, with a larger unpaired leaflet, the upper leaves are trifoliate or three-lobed. The flowers are erect, on long stalks; the calyx is double, in fruits it is bent downwards; corolla with 5 light yellow petals. The achenes, sitting on a cylindrical eminence of the flower bed, bear a long, hook-shaped, curved style at the apex. Blooms from May to August.

Geographical distribution. European part of Russia, Caucasus, Siberia, Far East.

Organs used: rhizomes with roots that have a pleasant smell (“clove root”).

Chemical composition. The whole plant contains tannins of the pyrogallic series, the rhizome and roots - the glycoside hein, the hydraulic breakdown of which releases an essential oil (up to 0.2%), almost entirely consisting of eugenol.

Application. In folk medicine, the underground parts of gravilate are used for certain gastrointestinal diseases and bleeding (including gynecological). According to G.G. Vostrikova, in Nanai folk medicine, the green parts of the plant are brewed in boiling water and the decoction is used for baths and washes for pustular skin diseases. Its leaves are effective as an external remedy for some forms of eczema (N.K. Fruentov, 1972). As noted by D. Yordanov et al. (1972), this plant has anti-inflammatory and antiseptic effects. In Bulgarian medicine, it is used for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (dysentery, catarrh), accompanied by fever, cough, bleeding gums, digestive disorders, flatulence, vomiting, intestinal colic, dysfunction of the liver, biliary tract and hemorrhoids.

It has not been used in scientific medicine. In folk medicine, aqueous extracts from gravilate are used as an astringent for various inflammatory processes of the gastrointestinal tract, especially diarrhea. They are used for liver diseases. As a hemostatic agent, infusions or decoctions of gravilate are used for bleeding, and externally for rinsing with bleeding gums and inflammation in the mouth and throat.

An infusion is prepared from a tablespoon of crushed herbs or roots per glass of boiling water and drink 1/2 glass 3-4 times a day.

To prepare a decoction, take 1-2 tablespoons of herbs or roots per glass of water. Take a tablespoon 3-4 times a day (Sklyarevsky, 1970).

Gravilate is used as an antiseptic, as well as for scrofula, dermatitis, burns, dysentery, catarrh, flatulence, biliary tract disease, and cough. The eyes are washed with the decoction, and the root is chewed to strengthen the gums and teeth. The Nanais brew gravilata grass as tea and use it for baths and washings for pustular skin diseases (Shpilenya, 1989).

Gravilate has an expectorant, sedative, antacid, wound-healing, tonic, antimicrobial, anthelmintic, diaphoretic and antacid effect.

In folk medicine, powder from the root is used for inflammation of the upper respiratory tract, and for coughs with difficult-to-discharge sputum - 1 g 3-4 times a day. It has a more effective effect when mixed with honey. It is recommended to drink it with linden tea at night. Powder is sprinkled on purulent wounds and ulcers.

A decoction and infusion of rhizomes is used for inflammation of the mucous membrane of the stomach and intestines, especially with high acidity, for inflammation of the kidneys, gall and bladder, as an additional remedy in the treatment of tuberculosis and bronchial asthma.

Gravilate preparations effective for neuroses, are a tonic, increase potency, relieve headaches, eliminate insomnia, and are useful for rheumatism and hemorrhoids. In dental practice, this plant is used for periodontal disease, necrotizing ulcerative stomatitis and laryngitis.

Externally used in the form of baths for bleeding, rickets, skin tuberculosis and other skin diseases in children. In addition, gravilat finds use in a mixture with other herbs (Pastushenkov, 1990).

In Siberia, gravilat is used for heavy uterine bleeding, for malaria, loss of strength (Surina, 1974), for intestinal colic, bronchitis with copious sputum, as a hemostatic agent, as well as for pneumonia, fever, and allergies in children. Externally for allergies, scrofulosis, gingivitis (Krylov, 1972).

In Bulgaria - for enterocolitis, conjunctivitis, inflammatory diseases of the vagina and external genitalia. The aerial part is suggested as a good sedative for the nervous system (Petkov, 1988).

In Ukraine - for hemoptysis, night sweats, various nervous diseases, scurvy, to eliminate bad breath, and prolapse of the rectum or uterus (Popov, 1987).

Root decoction used for sore throat, cholecystitis, nephritis, cystitis (Sviridonov, 1986).

Gravilat is popularly called “snake root”. Studies have confirmed that preparations of gravilata rhizomes are an effective remedy against snake venom; they reduce the spastic effects of barium chloride. In Tibetan medicine it is used for tachyarrhythmias and as an antipyretic (Gorodinskaya, 1989).

The old name for gravilat is clove potion, clove root. The roots have a pleasant smell and are used to flavor medicines.

Methods of preparation and use

1. A tablespoon of crushed plant roots is poured into 1.5 cups of water, brought to a boil, cooled, and filtered. Prescribed orally, 1 tablespoon 3-4 times a day before meals.

2. Dry gravilat powder is taken orally, 1 g with honey 3-4 times a day.

3. Five tablespoons of crushed roots are poured into 0.5 liters of wine, infused for a week, filtered. Prescribe 1 tablespoon orally an hour after meals.

River gravity has drooping flowers with a reddish-brown hairy calyx, the stems are dark red. Its rhizomes smell like cloves and are used as a seasoning for dishes, to flavor kvass, beer, and impart the taste of vermouth to grape wine.

You can make a salad from young leaves. They contain more than 100 mg% vitamin C, over 50 mg% carotene. Found in the roots eugenol, theine, starch, resins. Gravilat dishes are healthy for diseases of the stomach, liver, kidneys, bladder, bloating, as a tonic for general loss of strength and nervous disorders. Tea made from leaves and dry roots of Gravilata is beneficial for bleeding gums, inflammation of the oral cavity and gums. The use of river gravilate is similar.

Leaves are collected during flowering, roots - in late autumn.

Gravilata salad: take 15-20 leaves, boil them with boiling water, add the same amount of green onions, cut, salt, pour sour cream or mayonnaise, garnish with a boiled egg.

Gravilata roots in soup put in 5 minutes before it is ready.

Urban gravilate (Benedict's grass, carnation) is a perennial herbaceous plant of the Rosaceae family. Gravilat can be found on the edges of forests, wastelands, and along roads throughout Europe. This plant is planted in gardens and parks as it has a number of decorative and medicinal properties.

Collection and preparation

In folk medicine, roots and rhizomes are used, as well as the herb gravilat urban. The grass is harvested at the very beginning of the plant's flowering, in the spring: collected and dried in well-ventilated areas, spread out in a thin layer, or in special dryers at temperatures up to 45°C. Dried raw materials are stored in paper bags for no more than 1 year.
The roots of the plant are dug up in early spring or autumn (before flowering or after flowering), cleared of soil and laid out on a flat surface in a well-ventilated room. The dried roots of urban gravilat are broken into pieces and stored in well-closed jars for 3 years.

Composition and use in folk medicine

Gravilate is rich in: tannins, bitterness, starch, vitamin C, carotene, catechins. Medicines prepared on the basis of gravilate have: anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, wound-healing, astringent, hemostatic (promotes blood clotting) and diaphoretic effects.

Preparations prepared on the basis of urban gravilate are recommended for the treatment of:

• respiratory tract diseases;
• gastritis, colitis, cholecystitis, pancreatitis;
• bleeding;
• cystitis, nephritis;
• malaria;
• diseases of the reproductive system;
• uterine bleeding;
• scurvy;
• stomatitis, gingivitis and other oral diseases;
• conjunctivitis;
• wounds, burns;
• after snake and insect bites;
• headache;
• nervous disorders and sleep disorders.

Urban gravilate is also used as a general tonic after a long illness. This plant is also added to antitumor preparations.

Recipes

Infusion:

• 10 g crushed gravilat roots;
• 200 ml boiling water.

Pour boiling water over the plant material in a thermos, close and let it brew for 2 hours. Strain the finished infusion and drink 1/4 cup 3 times a day. The infusion is recommended for gastritis, cholecystitis, and kidney diseases.

Root decoction:

• 15 g of crushed gravilat roots;
• 200 ml boiling water.

Pour boiling water over the gravilate and cook in a water bath for 30 minutes. Cool the finished broth and strain. Take 1 tablespoon warm 3-4 times a day. A decoction of the roots is used for throat diseases, uterine bleeding, and is used for gargling.
Also, a decoction of the roots of urban gravilate is added to baths to treat rickets and scrofula in children.
Herbal decoction:

• 20 g of herb gravilata;
• 250 ml boiling water.

Pour city boiling water over the gravilate and cook in a water bath for half an hour. Then cool the resulting decoction, strain and drink 1 tablespoon 3 times a day. A decoction of the herb is good for headaches, sleep disturbances and nervousness, as well as diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (gastritis, etc.). The decoction is also used for rinsing for stomatitis and other inflammatory diseases of the oral cavity.
Urban Gravilate Root Powder take a pinch (on the tip of a knife) 3-4 times a day before meals for diarrhea, bronchitis and bronchial asthma. It is recommended to drink the powder with 1/4 glass of water with the addition of 1 teaspoon of honey.

Hemostatic decoction:

• 2 tbsp. crushed gravilate root;
• 500 ml boiling water.

Pour boiling water over the gravilate and simmer over low heat for 10 minutes. Then wait until the resulting broth cools and strain it. Drink in equal portions throughout the day.
For uterine bleeding, prepare a more concentrated decoction:

• 40 g crushed gravilate root;
• 1.5 tbsp. boiling water

Pour boiling water over the root and simmer over low heat until half the liquid has evaporated. Strain the finished broth. Take 1 tablespoon every hour.
To powder wounds, use dried leaves of urban gravilat, having previously ground them to a powdery state. Fresh leaves of this plant are applied to eczema-affected skin.

Herbal infusions

Collection for gastritis:

• 1 part urban gravilate root;
• 1 part galangal root;
• 2 parts sage leaf;
• 2 parts of coltsfoot sheet;
• 3 parts chamomile flowers.

Prepare a collection of the indicated plants. Pour 10 g of the collection into 450 ml of boiling water and cook in a water bath for 10 minutes, then remove from the stove and let it brew under the lid for 2 hours. Drink the prepared decoction throughout the day in equal portions 4 times before meals. The recommended course of treatment is 3-4 weeks.

Collection for chronic cholecystitis and cholangitis:

• urban gravilate root;
• tansy flowers;
• calendula flowers;
• corn silk;
• bird knotweed herbs;
• 450 ml of boiling water per 10 g of collection.

Plant ingredients are taken in equal parts. Prepare and use the decoction as in the previous recipe. The recommended course of treatment is 2 months.

Collection for the treatment of depression:

• urban gravilate grass;
• celandine grass;
• bitter wormwood;
• lemon balm herb;
• strawberry grass;
• nettle herb;
• oregano herb;
• rue herb;
• watch grass;
• dog-rose fruit;
• birch leaf;
• Echinops leaf;
• valerian leaf;
• fireweed leaf;
• Tatar flowers;
• linden flowers;
• oat straw;
• hyssop shoots;
• angelica root;
• 450 ml of boiling water per 10 g of collection.

Take all ingredients in equal parts and prepare a decoction as in the two previous recipes. Continue treatment for six months.

Contraindications

• pregnancy and breastfeeding;
• hypotension;
• tendency to thrombosis and thrombophlebitis;
• chronic constipation;
• increased nervous excitability;
• individual intolerance.

Products based on this plant should not be given to children.
Even in the absence of contraindications, avoid overdose!