Waybread

Perennial herb from the family of plantain, which has an outlet basal leaves with one or more flower arrows, with basal, thick, broadly ovate leaves. Found everywhere except the Far North. It grows in forests, water meadows, the fields, the roads, footpaths, gardens, vegetable gardens, around homes. Collecting leaves and grass during flowering. In our country there are about 30 species of plantain.

Plantain constantly accompanies man: persistently followed him, and he came to America where he quickly earned the living space. Wherever the footprints of European, would grow this undemanding plant. The Indians noticed this relationship and called plantain in its own way - "the white trail. Latin name of plantain "plantago" derived from the word "foot", "sole", "move" as pressed to the ground leaves are associated with the imprint of human feet walking. Russian name is associated with habitat - the road along the trails and horse-drawn paths. Species of his definition of "large" characterizes the size of the leaves, they are really big.

Abu Ali Ibn Sina is plantain leaves are used as wound healing and haemostatic. Waybread used in scientific medicine and in cosmetics. In life, everyone of us enjoyed the plantain leaf, applying them to the wounded or injured spot. Plant not only stops the blood and disinfect the wound, but it heals.

Medicinal properties of plants has long been known among the people. Recognized him and the doctors of antiquity. Anti-inflammatory properties of plantain, its ability to promote the rapid regeneration of damaged tissue allowed to use potions and the juice of this plant in cosmetics for preventive skin care. Include them in the composition of nourishing creams. Thanks to the antimicrobial properties contributes to the rapid cleanse wounds and ulcers. For oily, prone to acne inflamed skin are particularly useful mask from the crushed leaves of the plantain.

Apply a poultice of plantain seeds in inflammation of the eyes, ulcers, and for wrinkles. In Bulgaria, France, Germany, China and other countries have used psyllium for erysipelas, wounds, ulcers, dermatitis. Perfume industry produces a variety of medications - lotions and creams that contain natural extracts of plantain and other plants.

It does not look like a big plantain plantain bloshny. They are similar only in name, but apparently nothing in common: one who sees plantain bloshny the first time, wondering - how well a variety of herbs! In the wild growing in the Caucasus, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Russia, on the sands, dry slopes, cultivated in the Ukraine and Voronezh region. It is an annual plant with small leaves are opposite, with unprepossessing flowers, which become at maturity in the boxes, which sit small black smooth, shiny seeds that look like fleas, why it happened its name.

In medicine the seeds are widely used, and Plantain juice from fresh herbs that are used at the same illnesses that sap greater plantain. Seeds possess demulcent, shielding, anti-inflammatory and astringent action and are used in cosmetics for the same purpose as the seeds of Plantago major, used in the form of compresses, lotions and ointments.

Propagated plantain bloshny planting in fertile, loamy soil dry seeds , depth of seeding 2-3 cm. Seed crop in a continuous planting higher than by wide. As required produce processing and inter-row weeding. Clean seeds during their full maturity, the grass - at the time of flowering. Waybread multiplies the direct sowing of seeds into the soil. It can be sown in 3 periods: early spring, summer and late autumn, spring sowing is better stratified, and in the summer and fall - dry seeds. At the same place where he can grow up to 5 years.