Young burdock leaves how to eat. Burdock root is a food product for centenarians. Improving the appearance of the skin
What exactly is used and in what form
For medicinal purposes, the roots, leaves and seeds of burdock are used. On the basis of the roots, decoctions and infusions are prepared. The root is used fresh and in the form of a liquid extract. AT medicinal recipes burdock root powder is used. Infused with olive or almond oil, the root of the plant is used as the famous "burdock oil". The root is a part of ointments and tinctures, medicinal tea. Burdock leaves are used in compresses, lotions, to prepare a decoction. Fresh burdock juice is used for various diseases skin. Fresh burdock root is used in homeopathy.
Medicinal properties
Burdock root contains 0.17% bardan oil, 45% inulin, 12.5% proteins, antibacterial substances (polyacetylene components), potassium nitrate, sterols (sitosterol, stigmasterol), acids (palmitic and stearic), tannins. Burdock seeds contain arctin glycoside, leaves contain tannins, mucus and essential oils.
In herbal formulations, burdock is prescribed for chronic rheumatism, skin diseases (eczema, itchy skin, hair loss as a result of seborrhea).
Burdock root preparations have diuretic, choleretic, diaphoretic and disinfectant properties; stimulate the formation of proteolytic enzymes and accelerate the insulin-forming function of the pancreas; promote the growth of glycogen in the liver, have a beneficial effect on metabolism. A decoction of burdock root inside is prescribed for diseases metabolism(gout, articular rheumatism, kidney and gallstones, diabetes mellitus); with skin diseases (rashes on the skin and suppuration against the background of scrofula, boils, acne); with gastritis and gastric ulcer, with chronic constipation, hemorrhoids, edema, rickets and delayed menstruation. Burdock root powder is taken orally for gout. Burdock is part of the diaphoretic tea. An infusion of burdock leaves is drunk in violation of the functional activity of the stomach and fever, and an infusion of burdock fruit - with constipation. Young leaves have antibacterial properties. Juice from leaves and flowers, as well as an aqueous infusion of flowers, are used in folk medicine to treat wounds and skin cancer.
In official medicine
Among the pharmaceutical preparations created on the basis of the plant: burdock oil, dried burdock root for the preparation of medicinal preparations, burdock root extract.
In folk medicine
- As a diuretic, diaphoretic, choleretic agent and to enhance metabolism and remove toxins from the body, a decoction is useful: pour half a tablespoon of crushed burdock root into 200 ml of water. Boil over low heat for 10 minutes, let it brew for two hours. Take 100 ml in small sips 2-3 times a day.
- At diabetes a tablespoon of a mixture of crushed burdock roots, bean husks, blueberry leaves and walnut(in equal parts) insist in 250 ml of water, boil for 5 minutes, and take after meals during the day, drinking 5 to 6 glasses a day.
- For gout, gastric ulcer, metabolic disorders, itching of the body, a tablespoon of a mixture of burdock root, couch grass rhizomes, string grass, veronica herb and tricolor violet, pour a glass of water, simmer for a quarter of an hour, take up to 3 glasses a day (first fasting intake).
- For eczema, rheumatism, a decoction is taken orally, which is prepared from a mixture of burdock root and high elecampane (in equal proportions), while using ointment, therapeutic baths and warming compresses on the affected areas of the body.
- For chronic constipation, an infusion of burdock seeds is used: pour 20 g of seeds into 200 ml of boiling water, let it brew for 60 minutes, take 1-2 tablespoons up to 4 times a day.
- For dermatoses, psoriasis, neurodermatitis, urticaria, seborrhea, acne vulgaris, a decoction is recommended: 2 tablespoons of crushed root per 500 ml of water. Take half a glass four times a day, before meals.
- AT traditional medicine a decoction of burdock leaves is drunk as tea for malignant tumors, liver diseases, abscesses, wounds, warts.
- For allergies, mix a tablespoon of rose hips, crushed dandelion roots and burdock roots. Pour a tablespoon of this collection with a glass of boiling water and heat in a water bath for a quarter of an hour. Let the broth cool and strain. Drink 0.3 cup three times a day.
- For asthma, prepare a mixture of 4 tablespoons of burdock leaves, 4 tablespoons of aspen leaves and a teaspoon of fir needles. Collection pour 200 ml of cooled boiling water, pour half a teaspoon of soda and soak the infusion for 6 days in a dark, cool place. After that, strain the infusion and drink a tablespoon once a day.
- For rheumatism, a recipe is recommended: mix half a glass of burdock juice and linden honey. Infuse for a week in a cool dark place. Drink a teaspoon three times a day before meals.
- With sciatica, put 6-9 fresh burdock leaves on a clean cloth, press the dishes on top with a very hot water. Soak the leaves under a hot press for about 5 minutes. When brown juice begins to stand out from the burdock, the leaves should be applied to the affected area of the body. Cover the compress tightly with paper and woolen cloth, and leave for 2-3 hours.
- For hair loss, the following procedure is useful: pour 2 tablespoons of burdock roots into 200 ml of boiling water and heat in a water bath for about 10 minutes. Then cool the broth and strain. Add 100 ml of onion juice and 3 tablespoons of vodka. Rub this mixture into the hair roots several times a week for an hour or two before shampooing.
- For rheumatism, arthritis, ulcers, lichen, eczema, a decoction of a mixture of burdock roots, heather herb, nettle roots, marsh rosemary herb, tatar grass and lingonberry leaves is added to the bathroom.
- For hair loss and dandruff, wash your hair twice a week with a decoction of burdock root and calendula flowers in a ratio of 2: 1 (a handful of collection per liter of water). Or use a decoction: per liter of water, a mixture of burdock roots, heather herb and nettle (2 tablespoons each) and one tablespoon of hop cones.
- Burdock ointment for the treatment of skin diseases, seborrhea: a collection of fresh burdock root, oak bark, walnut leaves and calendula flowers (2: 1: 1: 1) is combined with a glass of sunflower, almond or olive oil, boiled for a quarter of an hour over low heat , cover with a lid and leave in a warm place overnight. In the morning, strain the oil decoction. The resulting ointment lubricates the affected areas. Burns, chronic rheumatism are treated with this ointment.
- With erysipelas, young leaves of burdock are smeared with sour cream and applied to the affected areas.
- For dandruff, place burdock roots in a saucepan, cover with water and simmer over low heat. Cook until the roots are very soft. Then strain and cool the broth. Lubricate the hair roots with this decoction every day.
- Burdock root tincture is prepared on strong vodka (in proportions 1:10). Root tincture on vodka lubricates areas of the body affected by circular or nested baldness, red acne (inflammation of the sebaceous glands).
- Crushed (pounded) fresh burdock leaves are applied to wounds, hard tumors, gouty nodes.
Burdock ointment (based on roots): 40 g of fresh chopped roots insist for a day in half a glass of vegetable oil, then boil for a quarter of an hour. The ointment heals burns, ulcers, wounds well.
Recipe for burdock oil: Rinse 75 g of fresh burdock leaves, chop and pour a glass of vegetable oil, let it brew for a day, then boil for a quarter of an hour and strain. Rub into the scalp 60 minutes before washing. This procedure helps to strengthen the hair.
in oriental medicine
Chinese ancient medicine used burdock seeds (" niupangji”) in the treatment of fever, colds and coughs, arthritis, anorexia and various disorders of the gastrointestinal tract. In China, burdock seeds and all fresh parts of the plant were also taken internally as a diuretic when fluid accumulated in the tissues.
In scientific research
The herbalist (1653) of the British N. Culpeper says about burdock: “The leaves of burdock treat ulcers and inflammations on the skin. The composition of a small amount of burdock root and seeds (nuts) of pine helps with hemoptysis and purulent process in the bronchi and lungs. Pain in injured tendons can be relieved by applying burdock leaves. Burdock leaf juice mixed with wine is used for snake bites. Burdock root, crushed and mixed with a small amount of salt, is used externally for the bites of rabid dogs. Burdock juice combined with honey acts as a diuretic and relieves pain in the bladder. An infusion of burdock seed wine is useful for sciatica. Burns are treated with lotions of crushed burdock leaves and egg white.
Numerous recipes based on burdock were collected and actively used by the famous Soviet herbalist from Irkutsk, Elena Vasilievna Lohe, who made a huge contribution to the system of research on medicinal properties plants.
The pharmacological properties of burdock were investigated by J.S. Chan, L.N. Cheng, J.H. Wu etc.
The work of Karomatov I.J., Nurmukhamedova R.A., Badriddinova M.N. is devoted to the prospects of phytopreparations based on burdock.
aim scientific research Fedoseeva L.M., Knaub N.N. and Seligeeva T.G. is a histochemical analysis of the leaves and roots of burdock.
The therapeutic effect of the oil extract from the burdock root is analyzed in the work of A. G. Bekkuzhin and A. K. Berdgaleeva.
An important role for burdock preparations is predicted by scientists in the future in the treatment of cancer. For example, the antitumor effect of biologically active substances contained in burdock roots is described in the dissertation of Boev R.S.
In cooking
Salads from young leaves of burdock are part of the therapeutic and prophylactic diet. Young burdock root baked or fried is used as a substitute for potatoes. The dried root, cut into small pieces and roasted in the oven, is also an excellent coffee surrogate. From the roots of burdock, a thick, jelly-like jam is brewed, of a beautiful yellow-green hue.
Salad with burdock leaves
Dip young burdock leaves in boiling water for 1-2 minutes, then dry on a towel or napkin, finely chop, add chopped green onions, salt, grated horseradish and season with cream. For 150 g of burdock leaves, take 50 g of green onions, 30 g of horseradish, 20 g of cream and salt to taste.
Burdock soup
Ingredients: 100 g of burdock root, a quarter of an onion, 2 slices of bacon, a bunch of fresh parsley, two tablespoons of vegetable oil, 0.5 liters of water, 1 bouillon cube, salt, pepper to taste.
Wash and clean the burdock roots, cut into strips and soak in water. Finely chop the onion, chop the bacon, chop the parsley. Heat the oil in a frying pan, fry the bacon and onion, add the chopped burdock root, simmer everything over low heat. Pour in water, throw in the bouillon cube, cook the soup until the burdock root softens. Salt, pepper. Serve with chopped herbs.
Sandwiches with burdock
To prepare a snack, you will need: 2 leaves of burdock, a tablespoon of low-fat cottage cheese, carrots, onions, 5 dandelion flower buds, 2 tablespoons of kefir, a little grated cheese.
Rinse young burdock leaves, cut into neat, even squares or triangles. Prepare the filling: mix cottage cheese with chopped raw carrots, onions, add grated cheese, kefir, mix.
Put the sandwich mass on the leaves of burdock, decorate with a dandelion flower.
Burdock and dandelion beer
original recipe the drink, which has become traditional and popular, was invented in Britain in the Middle Ages.
To prepare such a beer (Dandelion and Burdock beer) you will need: 150 g of burdock root, 50 g of dandelion roots, 0.5 kg of sugar, 2 tablespoons of molasses, juice of one lemon, brewer's yeast (one bag), 4.5 liters of water. Rinse and peel the burdock and dandelion roots, cut them into thin slices and boil in half the water required for the recipe for 30 minutes. Remove from heat, add remaining water (cold), sugar, molasses and lemon juice, and stir until sugar is completely dissolved. Strain into a fermentation bowl, cover with a lid. When the liquid has cooled to room temperature, add brewer's yeast and stand for a week. Then pour into a special bottle and stand for another week. After that, the drink is ready. Store herbal beer in the refrigerator.
Burdock Root Chips
To prepare these chips you will need: a few large burdock roots, olive oil, sea salt. Wash the roots, peel and cut into thin strips. Drizzle the roots with a little olive oil, salt to taste. Preheat the oven to 220 0. Put the strips on a roasting pan lined with baking paper. Bake the chips for about 10 minutes until light brown, then flip and bake the other side of the strips. Salt if necessary.
Carrot cookies with honey infused with burdock root
For the dough you will need: a cup of wheat flour, a teaspoon of baking powder, a quarter teaspoon of salt, 100 g butter, one egg yolk, half a cup of honey infused with burdock root, ¾ cup of grated carrots (take two medium root vegetables), half a cup of oatmeal, half a cup of light raisins, 3/4 cups of shelled walnuts.
For cream: 120 g cream cheese, 100 g butter, 1.5 cups powdered sugar.
To prepare honey infused with burdock root: a tablespoon of dried burdock root, ground into powder, 160 g of honey. Prepare honey in advance by mixing it with burdock root powder. Let honey brew for 5-10 days. Keep honey in a warm and not darkened place, stirring occasionally.
For the dough, sift flour, mix with baking powder, salt. Beat the butter, gradually adding the egg yolk, prepared honey and grated carrots. Combine flour with butter-egg mixture, oatmeal, nuts and raisins. Preheat the oven to 180 0 and with a spoon put the dough in portions on a roasting pan covered with baking paper, forming flat gingerbread cookies round shape. Bake the cookies for 15 minutes until golden brown, checking for doneness. When cookies are completely cool, decorate with cream (beat cream cheese, butter and powdered sugar, adding a drop of vanilla extract). Leave the cookies in the refrigerator for a while to set the cream.
In cosmetology
Burdock for hair
To strengthen the hair roots, a decoction is used: 2 tablespoons of burdock roots are poured into 200 ml of boiling water, then heated in a water bath for about a quarter of an hour. Strain the cooled broth and rub it into the scalp and hair roots after washing with shampoo.
Hair rinse with burdock: a mixture of calamus rhizomes, burdock roots, medicinal marigold flowers and common hop cones (each herb in a tablespoon) pour a liter of boiling water. Warm in a water bath for a quarter of an hour. Let the broth brew and cool. Strain and rinse hair after washing.
The following recipe is also useful for hair: mix a tablespoon of burdock roots, large plantain leaves, mint herb, St. John's wort and stinging nettle. Take 3 tablespoons of this collection, pour a liter hot water, heat in a water bath for a quarter of an hour. Cool the broth, strain and use as a hair rinse.
The use of such a decoction strengthens and makes hair healthier: mix the crushed burdock roots and calamus rhizomes in equal parts. 6 tablespoons of this collection is poured with a liter of water and boiled for a quarter of an hour. Then insist in a warm place. Rub the decoction into the scalp up to 3 times a week.
Firming burdock hair mask: mix one part cognac, 4 parts strained onion juice and 6 parts decoction of burdock roots. Rub the whole mass thoroughly. Rub into the scalp, then wrap with a towel to warm. Wash off the mask after 2 hours.
Burdock for skin
For oily skin, an infusion of a tablespoon of freshly chopped burdock roots and 200 ml of boiling water is recommended. Leave the infusion for half an hour, then strain. Soak a clean cloth or gauze in the infusion and apply to cleansed face for 10 minutes.
A decoction helps with acne: prepare a mixture of burdock roots and St. John's wort herb (a tablespoon). Collection pour 200 ml of boiling water and heat in a water bath for a quarter of an hour. Cool the broth, strain, and wipe the skin affected by acne with it.
Other uses
Burdock burdock is used to get rid of mice. They are scattered near supposed mouse holes. Burdock clings to the skin of a rodent, causes itching, irritation and dares from the habitat.
Burdock oil has found application in industry: in soap making, in the manufacture of drying oil and wrapping paper, in the operation of gyroscopic instruments.
In the fight against pests of agricultural crops (caterpillars of cabbage whites, scoops, moths), an infusion is used: pour half a bucket of chopped burdock leaves to the top with water. Infuse for at least 3 days. Then strain and spray garden and garden crops.
For skin diseases in pets and cattle, a decoction (one part of burdock roots per 10 parts of water) is used to wash animals.
- Until the beginning of the 19th century, burdock was not listed among the representatives of the flora of Western Europe. Burdock seeds were brought to the Western European region by Russian cavalry after the fall of the Napoleonic army.
- In Japan, burdock is cultivated as an ordinary vegetable and grown en masse in vegetable gardens. In this country it is known under the name "gobo".
- The symbolism of the burdock is associated with amazing property plants take root on any soil and grow in any conditions: it symbolizes vitality, endurance, perseverance and resistance to circumstances. In the folk oral tradition, there are well-aimed proverbs and sayings, in which the burdock flowers have a stable meaning of persistence, peskyness, importunity: “clung like a burdock”, “happy like a burdock”, etc.
- The famous Velcro was invented in the middle of the 20th century by the Swiss J. de Mestral thanks to burdock seeds. Engineer Mestral was considering a weed that had stuck to his dog's coat after a walk, and the principle of the structure of tenacious burdock Velcro prompted him to invent.
- In the history of painting, the plant is depicted on the canvas of I. I. Shishkin “Mugs”. And in literature, one of the most famous works, where thickets of burdock are the real hero of the story, is G.K. Andersen's fairy tale "The Happy Family". In it, the writer said the following about burdock: “The largest leaf in our region, of course, is a burdock leaf. Put it on your tummy - here's an apron for you, put it on your head in the rain - an umbrella!
- Astrology offers the following recommendations for the preparation of medicinal raw materials of burdock: the leaves are plucked in the first phase of the moon, when the sun is in the first decade of Libra (September 22 - October 1), from sunrise to noon. The roots are dug in the third phase of the moon during sunset. Burdock is associated with the energy of Jupiter and Saturn.
Harm of burdock and contraindications
Some individuals may experience allergic reaction due to individual intolerance to burdock preparations. Plant treatment of pregnant and lactating mothers is possible only with the permission and under the strict supervision of the attending physician. ,
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Botanical description
Burdock is a biennial plant that belongs to the Asteraceae (Asteraceae) family.
origin of name
Folk names for burdock - burdock, burdock (burdock), grandfather, dog lover, delay. Latin name of the genus Arctium- goes back to borrowing from the Greek language and is translated as " bear».
Kinds
Modern botany has identified 19 species of burdock, of which the most common are:
- 1 Burdock- the area of growth is very extensive, including Europe, Asia, the African continent, the Far East, India. The species is also known under the name "burdock". Source medicinal raw materials, a honey plant used in cooking, in industrial production.
- 2 Burdock- grows in Europe and those regions of Western Asia, which are characterized by a temperate climate.
- 3 Burdock felt (cobwebbed)- found in Europe, Siberia, the Central Asian region, China. Refers to edible plants. The oil extracted from the roots is used in cosmetology. It forms hybrids without difficulty if it grows in close proximity with other species.
Burdock is a biennial herbaceous plant, from 60 cm to 1 m in height and above. The root of the plant is elongated, fleshy, spindle-shaped, up to 0.5 m long. The stems are erect, furrowed, strongly pubescent - woolly-webbed, branched in the upper part. The leaf arrangement is alternate, the basal leaves are very large, the upper ones are much smaller, ovate or heart-shaped-ovate, green above, gray felt below. Lilac-purple flowers are collected in spherical baskets. Burdock blooms from July to September. The fruits of the achene ripen in September-October.
Burdock is a widespread weed plant. Grows in wastelands, along roads, in vegetable gardens, over river banks, in fields, near residential settlements, in weedy places, in places with high humidity(in floodplains, along the bottoms of beams), near hedges. Sometimes it forms small thickets, more often it grows in small groups or single specimens.
Growing conditions
Burdock reproduces productively by seed. Seeds are sown in autumn or spring; areas with soils unsuitable for the cultivation of other plants are suitable for sowing. The plant is completely unpretentious and does not require care.
In the first year, only basal leaves are formed in the burdock, and in the second year the plant forms stems, the flowering period begins, and with the completion of fruit ripening, the burdock dies off.
The roots of plants of the first year of cultivation are harvested in the autumn, and the second year - in the spring. The dug roots are freed from the soil, the aerial part and thin roots are cut off. Separated thick roots are thoroughly washed in cold water and cleaned with a knife from the bark. Burdock root is dried in the open air, under sheds, spread out in a thin layer on burlap or paper.
The leaves are harvested in July-August and dried in shady places, in a draft. Seeds are harvested as they mature. The shelf life of raw materials from roots is 5 years, leaves - a year, seeds - up to 3 years.
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Or burdock, (Arctium) is a well-known plant, the attitude towards which is ambiguous. Some fight him like malicious weed. Others go to the countryside to buy burdock in order to have an environmentally friendly medicine. There are gardeners who grow burdock in the beds.
Thickets of burdock
I saw such powerful two-meter burdocks that their strong “trunks” were chopped with an ax or cut down. No secateurs took them. Of course, the size of a "typical" burdock is usually more modest.
For medicinal purposes, burdock and cobwebby burdock are more often used.
(A. lappa). Popular names of this plant: burdock, burdock, burdock, burdock root, grandfathers, grandfather, burdock. The Latin name comes from the Greek word for bear, Arctos. The average height of the stems is up to 1.5 meters, there are plants with a height of 1.8 meters and above. Burdock root is powerful, fleshy, its fracture is white. Tenacious spherical baskets of raspberry-lilac flowers sit on separate branches. The fruit of burdock is an achene with a fly. Flowering continues until September. Seeds ripen in September-October. They have hooks for which they cling to the clothes of people or animals (“clung like a burdock”). This allows the burdock to spread over a large area. A well-developed plant with large leaves looks impressive.
On sale you can find seeds of the edible form of this burdock. For example, "Gobo" (it is also called "Japanese horseradish"). In Japan and some countries of Southeast Asia, this crop is grown specifically as a vegetable.
Burdock, photo from Wikipedia
burdock (A. tomentosum). This is a very common burdock, whose height is 60 - 120 cm. Baskets and stem are densely covered with whitish hairs resembling felt.
Burdock roots (the first and second years of life) are harvested at the end of summer, autumn or in early spring. They are only kept for one year. Leaves are harvested throughout the season. Some traditional healers pay attention to the collection period: there must be a growing moon. The most valuable among the people are the leaves cut in the Trinity. Fruits (seeds) are harvested on dry autumn days.
Burdock as medicine
The saying goes: “A medicine that costs a thousand coins grows at the very wattle fence”. Since ancient times, people in many countries were treated with burdock, and they ate it. However, do not forget that excessive consumption of burdock can result in poisoning. Physicians know about the medicinal qualities of burdock, and scientists comprehensively study its properties.
Burdock juice. The juice of fresh burdock leaves (with cuttings) can be infused with vodka (for five parts of juice - one part of vodka). The tincture is kept in a dark place. It is effective in the treatment of even diseases such as pneumonia and cracks in the intestinal walls. In addition, it is an excellent blood purifier.
Burdock leaves. Previously, fresh burdock leaves were used instead of mustard plasters. Leaves were tied around sore legs and knees, put on the forehead with a headache. It was also a mild sedative.
Burdock seeds. An excellent cleanser are burdock seeds, which are poured with boiling water and infused overnight in a thermos. Drink half a glass after meals several times a day. For 1 tablespoon of seeds, you need 1 cup of boiling water.
Rheumatism
Mix in equal parts the roots of elecampane and burdock (in parts by weight). Pour 1 tablespoon of the mixture with 1 cup of boiling water, leave warm for 20 minutes, strain. Take 1 tablespoon 3 times a day 20 minutes before meals. Use the infusion also for warming compresses. This is a highly effective remedy for rheumatism! (R.B. Akhmedov).
Tumor
The book by L. Kostina "Treatment with burdock" describes how burdock cured her six-year-old son. The boy had a tumor under his knee, which was slightly smaller than a chicken egg.
My mother advised to apply burdock. And so, every day for 2 - 3 weeks, I began to diligently make burdock compresses.
There was no result. Then, in desperation, my mother smeared his knee with lard and applied a burdock compress for the night. A rash appeared in the morning. Only now I found out that it was the burdock that “signaled” the end of the course of treatment. After 2-3 days, everything went away, and the swelling under the knee disappeared forever. These are the miracles that the healing burdock does.
Myoma, fibroma
Collect the roots of 2-year-old burdock, wash, finely chop, dry in a draft in the shade. After drying, crush or grind. Take 5 g, pour 2 cups of boiling water and insist (preferably in a thermos) for 12 hours. Then strain.
Take 100 g 4 times a day for a month. Take a break of 10 days and continue to take until recovery. (L. Kostina).
Skin diseases
For the treatment of neurodermatitis, lichen, eczema, urticaria, with itching of the skin, to prepare a medicinal decoction, pour 1 tablespoon of burdock roots with 1 glass of hot water, boil for 10-15 minutes in a water bath, filter, cool and take 1 tablespoon 3 - 4 times a day.
For the treatment of skin diseases, you can prepare an infusion of dried leaves and inflorescences of burdock. To do this, 1 tablespoon of raw materials must be brewed with 1 cup of boiling water, boil for 5 minutes in a water bath, cool and strain. The gauze moistened with infusion is applied to the affected areas of the body.
The same infusion is used for local baths in the treatment of skin diseases of the hands and feet. A glass of infusion is poured into a vessel with a capacity of 3-5 liters. The diseased limbs are lowered into the vessel. The duration of the procedure is 15-20 minutes. The water temperature is 20 degrees (M. Polevaya).
For headache
Burdock is boiled in water, a cloth is moistened in the broth and applied to the head.
Diabetes
10 g of dry crushed burdock root per 1 glass of water, boil for 15 minutes, leave for 1 hour. Take a tablespoon 3-4 times a day. (L. Kostina).
Osteochondrosis
An excellent tool. Squeeze juice (2 cups) from fresh May burdock leaves, add 2 cups of honey, 1 cup of vodka.
Take a tablespoon 3 times a day before meals. Keep refrigerated. (L. Kostina).
Rheumatism, polyarthritis
Pour a tablespoon of burdock roots with 2 cups of boiling water. Insist, wrapped, 2 hours, strain. Take half a cup hot 3-4 times a day for rheumatism.
Burdock leaf relieves pain. Moisten a fresh leaf of burdock in cold water, apply to the sore spot with the reverse side and bandage. When the pain is gone, take it off.
You can pick burdock leaves with long cuttings in the summer, dry them in the shade. In winter, it is enough to soak the leaf in warm water and apply it on sore spots. The action is the same. (L. Kostina).
Cosmetic properties of burdock
Everyone has heard about how good it is for hair Burr oil. You can buy it or make your own. The easiest way: pour 75 g of crushed burdock roots with sunflower or olive oil, leave for a day (in heat), then boil for 15 minutes over low heat, stirring occasionally so as not to burn. Strain and pour into a jar. Burdock oil, which is sold in stores and pharmacies, is often made with almond oil.
Scalp and hair strengthening. The scalp should be wiped (spread, rubbed) with burdock oil 1 - 2 hours before washing. It is a time-honored, excellent hair strengthening product that helps with problems such as dandruff, scalp rashes and hair loss. Instead of burdock oil, you can use a concentrated warm decoction of burdock roots.
Burdock food
Soup with burdock leaves. Cook chopped potatoes and grated carrots almost until fully cooked. The amount of salt is determined by taste. This takes approximately 10-13 minutes. During this time, sauté the onion and chop the burdock leaves. Add them to the soup and cook for a few more minutes. Turn off the gas and let the soup brew under the lid for 10 minutes. In the finished soup, add sour cream, herbs and chopped boiled eggs. Chopped nettle leaves and sorrel can be put into this soup.
Burdock soup with rice. At home I have a set of postcards “Advice to housewives. Wild Herb Dishes" with recipes for 4 servings. This is not exotic, but quite tasty and healthy food. One postcard shows a recipe for gossamer burdock soup.
300 g of burdock leaves, 80 g of onions, 40 g of rice, 40 g of fat, 200 g of potatoes, salt, pepper to taste.
Boil peeled, chopped potatoes and rice until tender. Add chopped burdock leaves and browned onions to the soup 10-15 minutes before serving.
Burdock roots. In the old days (especially in famine years) in the villages, burdock roots were a familiar food. They were boiled, steamed, stewed and fried. Dried or roasted root powder can replace coffee.
Young leaves and shoots are eaten cooked and eaten as delicious vitamin greens. You can safely use young burdock leaves of the first year of life, which are a bit like spinach, for food. Later, the leaves will become bitter. The roots are boiled, stewed, fried, baked and even jam is made from them.
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burdock
Young leaves of burdock, along with petioles, but only peeled, are used in salads, soups and green cabbage soup or fried in oil.
Burdock roots accumulate from 19 to 45% inulin by autumn. Studies have shown that daily intake of inulin significantly increases the number of beneficial bacteria in the intestines and colon. Biologists call them bifidobacteria. These bacteria enter without fear and doubt, and fight with salmonella, staphylococci, enterococci and other harmful "byaka" and defeat them.
Together with other roots, they are put into soups and borscht as a seasoning, or fried with butter, previously rolled in breadcrumbs.
And by adding boiled potatoes to boiled roots, and making mashed potatoes from them, you can make cutlets or meatballs from them. Boiled fresh roots are eaten as a side dish or as an addition to vegetable stews.
For future use, burdock roots are pickled with vinegar and spices, and also salted with sorrel.
Dried and ground into flour, burdock roots, mixed with double the amount of rye or wheat flour, are used for baking bread and cakes.
Dried or roasted roots make a tasty and nutritious drink. They say that a mixture of burdock roots and acorns is especially good.
Enterprising Japanese grow burdock as a garden vegetable in their beds. The Japanese generally prefer not tops, but roots. Burdock roots are similar to carrot roots, only much longer and smaller in diameter, and, like carrots, they are harvested and eaten only in the first year (burdock is a biennial plant).
Burdock roots are harvested, like any root plants, in the fall. Distinguishing a first-year plant is easy - it does not have a stem with seed flowers. The burdock of the second year of life will definitely go into tune and its root will become flabby and bitter. Unlike garden root crops, carrots, beets, turnips, etc. burdock root does not freeze even in 40 degree Siberian winters and can be harvested in the spring, before the central stem begins to appear.
Another advantage of burdock over other wild-growing edible plants is that it grows nearby, it does not need to be specifically looked for in the forest.
The only difficulty is the roots of burdock, because of their great length, it is difficult to dig out. It is better to dig with two bayonets, or choose places with soft earth, from which the dug up root can be pulled out without breaking off. Burdocks readily grow in landfills, but try not to extract the roots of these plants near such places, it is not known what harmful substances they could take in.
The dug roots are thoroughly washed and peeled with a vegetable peeler, which removes a thin layer of peel. Before cooking, the cleaned blanks can be put in water acidified with vinegar or lemon juice for 10-15 minutes to bleach. But at home, this is usually not required.
"Japanese Salad"
Cut boiled burdock roots into cubes, add cucumber, also cut into cubes, corn, sesame or mustard seeds, season with mayonnaise and soy sauce. If you are not a vegetarian, corn can be substituted for chicken.
Salad "Forest Fairy Tale"
Boil chopped burdock root in small pieces in salted water, drain and cool. Add a few drops of soy sauce, mayonnaise and mustard seed. Greens to taste.
Burdock stew
Cut the burdock root into thin strips, and fry with onions in vegetable oil. Add salt and pepper to taste. As the onion and burdock root are fried, pour them with a small amount of water and simmer over low heat under a lid until the root softens. Served with boiled potatoes, rice or buckwheat. Burdock tastes like asparagus.
But for those who haven't eaten asparagus, burdock root seems similar to celery or parsley roots, but with a more fibrous texture. The Japanese appreciate the burdock root just for this, the fibers of the root perform the same role as the bran, and are good for intestinal motility. And, of course, in burdock, as in wild grass, there are much more vitamins and useful substances than in store-bought vegetables grown on chemistry.
Perhaps in a certain number of years, we, like the Japanese, will be happy to buy burdock roots in supermarkets. But why wait and pay money, because you can dig up roots for free now, and make some simple dish out of them!
With love Oksana Motorina
The article was prepared on the basis of Internet materials.
Hello, friends!
Traditional healers believe that there is not a single disease that could not be cured with herbs, and among plants there is a unique species called burdock (or burdock), which treats almost everything and at the same time has no contraindications. So I wanted to tell you what burdock heals. To be honest, I didn’t even suspect what he was capable of and how unique he was until I began to prepare this article.
Burdock or burdock - useful properties
The scientific name of the herbaceous plant is burdock. The name comes from one of the versions from the Old Russian word "lop", meaning leaf. For their large, one might say the huge size of the sheets, they called this plant of the aster family so.
And among the people it is also called burdock because after flowering it is covered with small thorns that cling to clothes or animal hair, sometimes they say: “stuck like burdock”.
The plant can be up to 1.5 meters high, in its lower part there are broadly ovate leaves with a large serrated edge, and at the top - smaller leaves.
This is such a strong and powerful plant!
Burdock big photo
It has a fairly large, fleshy root up to 80 cm long.
Burdock blooms in July-August with purple flowers collected in round baskets.
Where does burdock grow
This plant can be found in the countries of Europe, Asia and America everywhere: along roads, in fields, wastelands, among shrubs and in various weedy places.
And in Japan, for example, burdock is grown as a garden plant and used for cooking. After all, burdock, although we consider it a weed, can not only be used for treatment, but also eaten.
Burdock roots are boiled into soup, fried and baked, and eaten like vegetables. Dried roots are ground into flour to make cutlets and cakes.
My mother told me that after the war, in times of famine, it happened that they ate only burdock cutlets, and so they survived.
Burdock has unsurpassed medicinal properties, which have been known since ancient times. For medicinal purposes, both leaves and roots of burdock are used.
Burdock leaves: benefits
The leaves contain polyester oils, a storehouse of vitamin C, which is six times more than in lemon, tannins, acids, mucus.
Thanks to active substances, you can get a diuretic effect, increase sweating, relieve pain, normalize the functioning of the liver, gallbladder, sugar levels, lower cholesterol, remove toxins and normalize metabolism. The latter seems to me very important, because without it, no treatment will lead to the proper result.
The juice from the leaves kills cancer cells and prevents new ones from developing.
Burdock leaves heal wounds and any damage to the skin, relieve itching and allergic reactions.
If you have sore joints, it is very useful to drink juice or infusion of burdock leaves.
Burdock has a milk-producing effect, it is a folk safe remedy, which can be used by young mothers after childbirth, if they have little milk. You can drink both the infusion of the leaves and the decoction of the roots.
What is useful burdock root
But the greatest beneficial features found in roots. They contain:
- palmitic and stearic acids
- slime
- squirrels
- inulin
- stigmasterin
- sitosterol
- bitter substances
- various vitamins and minerals.
In addition, they contain starch and polysaccharides, which can also be used in diabetes.
Preparations prepared from burdock root have multifaceted types of action:
- diuretic
- diaphoretic
- choleretic
- painkillers
- antipyretic
- wound healing
- mild laxative
- anti-allergic
- disinfectant
- antiseptic
- antimicrobial.
Their intake improves the general condition, increases urination, normalizes blood counts, while inflammation of the stomach and colon disappears, and pain disappears.
What does not cure burdock! And heals wounds, and heals eczema, and other skin diseases, and kidney disease, and gastritis, and colitis, rheumatism, diabetes, hemorrhoids and much more. A decoction of the roots strengthens the hair and even helps with baldness.
Read more about everything that burdock treats, how to use the leaves and roots, read on.
Harvesting leaves and roots of burdock
How to prepare burdock leaves for the winter probably does not need to be told for a long time, this is the usual way, as with other plants: they are collected mainly in May or June (until the plant has bloomed), cut and laid in a thin layer in the shade in a ventilated place, periodically turn over, and after they dry, put them in bags or jars. They can be stored for one year.
The leaves can also be frozen: to do this, they should be washed and hung up so that the glass water and the leaves dry. Then they scroll through a meat grinder and put it in plastic cups, freeze it, and then put it in a plastic bag so that nothing evaporates. As needed in winter, it will be possible to get a glass from the freezer and prepare infusions.
Harvesting of the roots is usually carried out in autumn in September - October or early spring before the leaves appear. It is believed that it is at this time that the maximum beneficial properties accumulate in them. Although herbalists say that you can dig up the roots at other times, then when you meet this plant, and suddenly there will not be such an opportunity later, in any case, there will be benefits.
Roots are taken from a young plant of one to two years of life. They are carefully cleaned from the ground, washed, then cut into thin small strips, and it is better to cut along the root, so they dry faster. Dry in any way: in the shade under a canopy or in a dryer. Dried burdock roots can be stored for up to 5 years.
Treatment with burdock leaves
The plant is used both externally and internally.
What do burdock leaves treat:
- long-term non-healing wounds
- eczema and other skin problems
- burns
- bedsores
- cholelithiasis
- hepatitis
- dysbacteriosis
- gout
- rheumatism
- headache
- joint pain
- inflammation of the throat and nose
- sore gums
- duodenal ulcer
- various cysts and tumors
- stomach cancer
For skin problems, the affected areas are sprinkled with crushed leaves.
For the treatment of ulcers, burns, bedsores, you can scroll the leaves through a meat grinder, squeeze out the juice and mix it with crushed leaves. Such a composition is smeared on sore spots.
For headaches, a whole sheet is used, which is tied to the forehead.
In all cases of using the sheet, it must be applied to the sore spot with a shaggy (wrong side).
Burdock leaf juice
In spring and summer time it is useful to drink juice from fresh burdock leaves for many of the above diseases, it can even cure stomach cancer and other oncologies.
Juice is obtained by scrolling the leaves through a meat grinder. You can store it for no more than 3 days in the refrigerator.
Juice is taken in courses, of course, not constantly, lasting no more than a month. It is necessary to start taking with a teaspoon once a day, gradually increasing the number of doses up to 3 every two days.
Burdock leaf infusion
If it is not possible to make juice and make an infusion of leaves in the autumn-winter period, it will also be beneficial.
It is necessary to prepare the infusion, and not the decoction, it is not necessary to boil the raw materials for a long time, so as not to lose all the useful properties.
The leaves are crushed and poured with boiling water in the proportion: 200 ml per 1 tablespoon. water. Insist for 40 minutes and you can drink a tablespoon before meals.
Burdock leaves for joint pain
Here, as in many similar cases, it is necessary to approach comprehensively.
Take a burdock leaf, tear it apart and put it on the sore spots in two to four layers, secure with a bandage. Burdock draws out inflammation, relieves swelling.
Alternatively, take the juice or infusion internally. Drink this drink and you will get a great healing effect.
How to treat a heel spur with burdock
Pick the nettle, wash it so that it removes its thorns, dry it a little and chop it with a knife.
Put the nettle on a burdock leaf and attach it to the heel with a bandage. Hold the compress for 30 minutes or more - as long as you can stand it, while avoiding nettle burns.
What does burdock root treat?
Burdock is able to fight all inflammatory problems, viruses and fungi, resolves all kinds of tumors, treats stomach cancer, strengthens immune system. Burdock root is good for the liver, it improves its functioning.
What diseases does burdock root treat?
- gout
- inflammatory diseases of the kidneys
- cholelithiasis
- cirrhosis
- urolithiasis
- gastritis
- colitis
- dysbacteriosis
- diabetes
- rickets
- haemorrhoids
- rheumatism
- eczema
- boils
- gynecological problems
- prostate diseases
- oncological diseases.
Burdock root is used for weight loss excess weight is associated primarily with metabolic disorders, which can restore the intake of burdock root tincture.
For treatment, a decoction or tincture of alcohol is prepared. They also make a tincture in oil, which is used externally.
How to prepare a decoction of the roots
A tablespoon of prepared raw materials is poured with boiling water in a volume of 250 ml, boiled for 30 minutes over low heat, stirring occasionally. Then after 10 minutes filter.
Take orally half a glass 2-3 times a day before meals.
For the treatment of skin diseases, a lotion is made from a decoction.
Burdock root tincture
To prepare the tincture, high-quality vodka is used, half a liter of vodka is taken for 3 tablespoons of roots, insisted for 14 days, filtered, taken in a teaspoon.
Burdock roots insist on lean unrefined oil(sunflower, olive, almond).
They lubricate wounds, various skin rashes, cracks, treat sore gums, make tampons and treat hemorrhoids.
3 tablespoons of necessarily dry chopped roots are poured into 500 g of oil. Raw roots are not suitable, they can ferment. It is better to insist for 21 days in a dark place, while shaking the jar with roots every day. But if you urgently need it, then after 10 days it is quite possible to use it. There is no need to strain the tincture.
How to Treat Burdock Psoriasis and Eczema
With psoriasis, you can wipe the skin with burdock juice and drink juice from the leaves or an infusion of the root.
A.P. Popov recommended making compresses: boil chopped burdock root in the amount of 4-5 tablespoons for 20 minutes in water in an enameled bucket, cool to a comfortable warm state (39-40 degrees). Then, in this decoction, a fabric folded four times is moistened, slightly squeezed and wrapped around sore spots. Cover with a dry cloth and woolen things. Keep such a compress for 2 hours, and it is better to leave it overnight. A six-day course of treatment is carried out, which can be repeated after a one-day break.
Burdock root for hair
Burdock root tincture in oil is the well-known burdock oil, which we often use to strengthen hair and for baldness.
It is rubbed into the scalp on its own or as part of masks before washing the hair.
When using burdock oil, the hair becomes shiny and thick.
Burdock large - Contraindications
Burdock heals everything! It is very difficult to name some kind of disease that burdock could not defeat - this is a wonderful plant! He has practically no contraindications. The only caveat is the use by pregnant women and children. And in all cases, do not forget to follow the norm, eat right and follow the recommendations of the attending physicians.
Healing burdock - burdock familiar from childhood
Wherever we are - near the house, by the road, on a wasteland, on the banks of a river, in a forest, in a garden or in a kitchen garden - a green creation of nature called Arctium lappa L., known to most as a large burdock, relentlessly pursues us, lazily spreading its huge leaves. Unfortunately, we know very little about its miraculous properties. For the first time I encountered extraordinary healing properties burdock in Altai forty years ago.
A local chiropractor advised my mother to drink the juice from the leaves and roots of a young burdock against a tumor (one of the diagnoses made by doctors was cancer) that she was diagnosed with. At first I was rather skeptical about this. But a year later, when the mother drank all the "summer preparations" and went to see a doctor, it turned out that the tumor had disappeared. Since then, I have been very sensitive to this plant and every time I learn something new about burdock, and my mother is alive and well. Modern medical research and experiments only confirm what the sorceress said forty years ago: "Your tumor, my daughter, will go away if you drink the juice of a young burdock."
burdock like medicinal plant known since ancient times and is mentioned in many medieval herbalists.
Burdock as it is
Burdock is a biennial plant, reaching a height of up to one and a half meters, belongs to the Compositae family (Asteraceae). Its root is large, fleshy, ribbed, brownish in color. The leaves are petiolate, large, broadly ovate, serrated along the edges. Blooms in July - August. Along with greater burdock, felted burdock (Arctium tomentosum Mill) is used in medicine, which is distinguished by smaller leaves and flower baskets. Both of these species are distributed in almost the entire European part of the CIS, Western and Eastern Siberia, Central Asia, Europe, the Himalayas, China, Japan, Asia Minor, as well as in Argentina, Uruguay, and the USA.
Chemical composition and the mechanism of biological action on the body in both species is the same. Mighty burdock roots are a real treasure trove of biologically active substances. The roots contain the polysaccharide inulin (up to 50%), essential bardan oil (up to 0.18%), protein (about 12%), vitamins A, B, C, E, P; minerals: salts of chromium, cobalt, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, silicon, sodium, zinc, calcium, copper, manganese, selenium and sulfur; fatty oil consisting of oleic, linoleic, palmitic, stearic acids, tannins, flavonoids, iridoid glycosides, polyacetylene hydrocarbons, sitosterol, stigmasterol, alkaloids.
Burdock abroad: food and medicine 
Young burdock roots (before flowering) are edible.
In Japan burdock is cultivated as a garden plant, and it is called "gobo". Roots ground into flour are added to the dough when baking bread. They can be eaten boiled, baked, fried, fresh; you can replace potatoes in soups, make cutlets, flat cakes. The roots are boiled with sour milk, vinegar, sorrel, and inulin undergoes hydrolysis to form fructose sugar, which is easily absorbed by the body. This produces a sweet and sour jam. Roasted roots can serve as a substitute for coffee or as a substitute for chicory. The young leaves are used in salads and soups.
Burdock roots are currently an official medicinal raw material and are recommended in the form of a decoction as a diuretic. However, in reality, the spectrum of its pharmacological action is much wider.
So, in Poland and Germany, a fresh root or an extract from it is used not only as a good diuretic and diaphoretic, but also for skin diseases and for strengthening hair.
In Austria, biennial burdock root is used as a mild laxative and cholagogue. 
Recent studies by Japanese doctors have established the cytostatic effect of burdock root, i.e. it retards the growth of malignant tumors.
In Chinese medicine, the fresh plant and seeds are used as a diuretic for edema, are prescribed in combination with other plants for hemorrhages, for the treatment of syphilis, and for intoxication from insect bites and poisonous snakes. External extracts from the root are used for eczema, boils, scrofuloderma, and also for inflammation of the mucous membranes of the genital organs.
In Bulgarian folk medicine, burdock root is used as a diuretic and metabolic enhancer, for kidney stones and Bladder, with gastritis and stomach ulcers. Outwardly with dermatitis, accompanied by skin itching, in the form of a compress. Burdock root infused with almond or olive oil, known as "burdock oil", is used as an external remedy to strengthen hair and eliminate dandruff.
Scientists have found that at the end of the first year of vegetation, burdock roots accumulate up to 50% of inulin polysaccharide. It was noted that in raw burdock root inulin during this period is not in a free state, but in a bound state with other biologically active substances: essential oil, organic acids, sulfur-containing compounds and natural glycosides.
The study of the stability of natural "inulin complexes" obtained from fresh burdock roots showed that when the raw material is dried, the natural inulin complexes are destroyed with the loss of essential oil and the release of chlorogenic and neochlorogenic acids. This reduces the anti-inflammatory activity of inulin complexes and the biological value of raw materials. Accordingly, the juice of fresh burdock root is much more active than extracts from the dry root. Research of the Kyiv Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education (KMAPO) named after. P.L. Shupik and the National Medical University. A.A. Bogomolets showed that the anti-inflammatory activity of herbal remedies obtained from fresh burdock root of the second year of vegetation is 8-10 times higher than the activity of similar herbal remedies obtained from dry raw materials.
In this "ripe" state, burdock root is most active in terms of its anti-inflammatory effect and as a "purifier" of blood and bone tissue. Herbal remedies made from fresh burdock root exhibit high anti-inflammatory properties in rheumatism, polyarthritis, gout, and also show the ability to increase bone hematopoiesis.
Burdock in Russia: pharmacologists say...
In domestic medicine, burdock root finds many uses:
With kidney stones,
diabetes,
Gout and rheumatism
dropsy,
hemorrhoids,
Rickets and scrofula
furunculosis,
chronic eczema,
And also from the bites of poisonous animals.
A decoction of burdock root is also used for venereal diseases, aching joints. The root extract improves the composition of blood and urine in patients with gout while improving the clinical status. Fresh or in the form of a liquid extract, burdock root is indicated for diabetes.
The use of burdock in folk medicine could not but attract the attention of scientists. The results of a detailed study of the pharmacological properties of this plant confirmed its uniqueness. Domestic pharmacologists have established the antitumor effect of burdock root alcohol extract in experimental malignant tumors in animals.
Extracts from the roots in animal experiments have shown a beneficial effect on hematopoiesis and antitoxic effect in case of poisoning with benzene and ethyl alcohol. Burdock root juice is effective against bacteria that cause purulent-septic diseases in humans. It has been experimentally established that the use of burdock root increases the deposition of glycogen in the liver.
