Wormwood
70 species of sage grow in byvschego CIS, and among them there are plants that have long been used by man for various purposes - wormwood, tsitvarnaya, Taurian, tarragon, etc. wormwood - a perennial herb with grayish-silver leaves with strong specific aroma . It can be found in the forest, the steppe zone of European Russia, the Caucasus, Siberia, Central Asia. Normally lives near the shelter, along roads, in gardens and field furrows, fallow lands and grazing, but the wormwood can be found at forest edges, large meadows, fresh cuttings. Harvested leaves and grass, sagebrush.Already in the XVII century, the juice of wormwood used in Russia for the healing of wounds, in diseases of the liver and kidneys, with a fever and "internal" diseases. Russian name "wormwood" associated with "flight", burn, burn, burn, ie, also points to the bitter taste. Because of this, it is used in scientific medicine as a means to stimulate appetite and digestion, and also as a means of normalizing the secretion of gastric juice. Grass and leaves are part of the choleretic and mouth-watering fees. Isolated from plant oil contains azulene; they treat burns received from X-rays, asthma, eczema.
Grass and leaves of wormwood used in medicine in 24 countries. In France, it even cultivate, calling "grass health, and is used as antihelminthic and tonic for the digestive remedy. In Germany - in the form of infusions, tinctures, and powder are used for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, flatulence, and as a spice for cooking sauces. In Indian medicine - as anthelminthic and bracing tool. In Bulgaria - in tuberculosis and epilepsy, in folk medicine and in science as a drug - in gastritis, liver and gallbladder, and sleeplessness, etc. In Poland - as wound healing and improving digestion. And the doctors of antiquity ascribed this miraculous power plant, calling wormwood "mother of many herbsť.
Pliny the Elder claimed that someone with you will have a list of wormwood, one can go to the very long journey and it will take this journey without fatigue. Not for nothing, and the generic name is derived from the Greek word "healthy" - the liaison with the healing effects. Abu Ali Ibn Sina widely used herb wormwood for treatment of various diseases - as an anthelmintic, choleretic, and menstrual irregularities, chronic inflammation of the eye, and the juice of fresh grass cured the jaundice and dropsy, with therapeutic goals received wormwood wine.
On the application of wormwood in cosmetics and dermatology, we find that information in the writings of physicians of antiquity: the mixing grass with ointments, anoint thee with hands and body, poultices deduced bruises, dyed hair and wormwood ashes, etc. The broth herb wormwood in the form of lotions and bath lifts itchy body heals pustular skin diseases. Included in the fees for the preparation of therapeutic baths.