Juniper

Common juniper (mozhzhuha, Veres) belongs to the magnificent family of fir during his appearance on Earth pushed away from our day to 50 million years ... Nevertheless, live with us 20 species of this genus, of which 4 occur in our country.

Juniper ordinary - one of many "relatives" of cypress - dioecious evergreen coniferous shrub, 1-3 m, rarely - tree up to 8-12 meters, with conical or ovoid crown. Male inflorescences in the form of yellowish spikelets are sessile in the axils of leaves on the ends of branches. Of the ordinary-looking female inflorescences are fastened numerous, subsessile globular fruits - shishkoyagody. In a mature state, they become black and blue with a glaucous bloom. Begins to bear fruit at the age of 5-8 years, abundant harvests are repeated in 3-5 years. Ensuing fruits ripen in autumn next year.

Where growing juniper, the air is always clean. In the summer of 1 hectare of juniper bushes allocates fitontsidov 6 times greater than conifers, and 15 times more than deciduous. Experts believe that this amount is enough to improve the air mid-largest city. It is interesting that our ancestors were fumigated juniper house for rehabilitation of their homes. And if the house was sick, then rubbing the needles of juniper floors. They say that in olden times it was decided to go to the baths not only with birch, but with juniper twigs, into which one must add the nettles ... Amateurs and now soared such brooms. In Russian huts mistress rake the ashes from the furnace of the broom "mozhzhuhi", surviving both the mosquitoes and flies. Did our ancestors and that juniper can sanitize the dishes. Before harvesting pickles in store cleaned and steamed juniper barrels, tubs under the cucumbers, cabbage and mushrooms. Many people have been known disinfectant action of juniper: the smoke of this plant are fumigated, not only housing but also warehouses with food and furs.



medical significance has only common juniper; related species - Siberian juniper , dwarf and oblong - not approved for use. Common juniper is widely distributed in forest and steppe zones: the northern reaches of the Kola Peninsula in the east - to the rivers Lena and Shilka; southern border goes through Moldova, Voronezh, southern Urals, along the foothills of the Altai to Transbaikalia. Grows in the undergrowth of coniferous and mixed coniferous-deciduous forest often forms thickets by cutting and garyam on glades and clearings. Prefers poor podzolic and sandy soils of moderate humidity. All kinds of juniper in varying degrees, need protection: almost all of them grow very slowly, most of them have violated the natural seed regeneration. It is now impossible to speak of great importance to the wood of juniper in the economy of the planet. Juniper forests on the globe so short that they cut down - a crime.



The experience of North American Indians to treat skin diseases and tuberculosis of various origins, their patients, they are permanently settled in the thickets of juniper, not allowing them to go out there on any pretext. Food brought to them there.



as drug use ordinary fruits of juniper essential oils that contain acetic acid, malic acid and formic acid, sugar, pectin, tar and other substances. (Have a diuretic effect, increases bile production and biliary excretion, increase secretion of gastric juice and intestinal peristalsis, has a bactericidal effect. Contraindicated in acute inflammatory diseases of the kidneys - nephritis and nefrozonefritah. In this regard, the fruit of juniper are usually prescribed in combination with other herbal remedies in the various fees and medical teas.



At all times juniper highly valued in cosmetology and dermatology. They got rid of baldness, strengthens the hair. Now it is widely used as microbicides in, treatment skin diseases, as well as in combination with other plants - for the strengthening and growth of hair. Bulgarian beauticians prescribe juniper bath and rub with dermatitis, skin rashes. Polish experts use juniper for dermatitis, beauticians Germany - with skin diseases (scabies, shingles, skin rashes ).



fruit harvested in late autumn, when they fully ripen and become black and blue: they just shake the branches to spread out in advance under a bush, flag, grasping the trunk of his hands in tight rein, so as not to prick. upholstering the bushes with a stick in no case be, as this has not showered ripe fruit and pine needles that litter the raw material. In addition, after declining productivity okolachivaniya fruiting juniper bushes. is strictly forbidden to cut the branches in the collection of fruits! After collecting raw material was purified by winnowing machines, sieves or wooden "roller coaster" of pine needles, twigs and unripe shishkoyagody. dried in the air or heat drying at a temperature not exceeding 40 œ C. Periodically, raw materials need to shovel in order to avoid samosogrevaniya. Shelf life 3 years.