Marshmallow drug
Marshmallow drug, Prosvirnyak, marshmallow, Kalachik, alteynogo root alteynogo grass, wild poppies - a pretty high plant of the family Malvaceae.
erect stem ligneous below, above green, juicy, slabovetvisty, ends pink, rarely white flowers, resembling flowers hollyhocks, but a smaller size. In the wild form is found in central and southern zone of the European part of our country in the Caucasus, Western Siberia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Crimea, in the Altai. Marshmallow grows in wet meadows, along ditches, in floodplains, between bushes. Introduced into cultivation in the specialized state farms in the culture blooms only for a second year.
gather grass during the flowering and marshmallow root (autumn).
as a medicinal plant was known in ancient times, it is mentioned Theophrastus, Pliny, Dioscorides, Avicenna ... Dio-skorid, for example, wrote: "it is called" Altan "for its numerous medicinal properties. Ibn Sina says: "... the title is in Greek from the word mnogopolezny. Althea were treated in ancient Greece and Rome, and in the Middle Ages was already cultivated in monastery gardens. Leaves, roots and seeds were treated wounds, dysentery, coughing up blood ..., widely used with external targets.
In Russia, more plant was known as "Kalachik", "eating Communion bread", "marshmallow drug" because of its characteristic shape, disk-shaped fruits that resemble a product made of flour - or Prosvirov Proskurov.
in the grass and roots of marshmallow are contained mucous substances of the polysaccharides, a lot of starch, carbohydrates, pectin, sugars, fatty oils.
marshmallow is used primarily in the treatment of catarrh of the throat and airways . Widely used for cosmetic purposes. All parts of plant are used as emollient, enveloping, anti-inflammatory agent. Infusion of the flowers used in the treatment of inflammation of the mucous membranes of the eyes, inflammation of the eyelids, they rinse the throat. For greasy, acne-prone skin sore is particularly useful mask of finely shredded leaves. Aqueous solution of Marshmallow root (1 - 2 tablespoons of the root in a glass of cold water, press a few hours) removes the inflammation of various skin diseases.
Complete replacement Marshmallow drug - a close view of marshmallow Armenian. It differs less hairiness of leaves and fruits and more dissected middle leaves. Propagated mostly marshmallow seeds, germination increases the stratification.