Many gardeners love to use plants on their sites, which decoratively cover the soil under the trees and form a green and elegant carpet on it. The most common and unpretentious among them is European hooven. This is a perennial, low and evergreen plant.

In nature there are more than 60 species of this cute grass. The most common and famous is the Zibold's hooven, growing predominantly in the Far East, and the Canadian hoofer, originally from the USA and Canada. The plant received its name for the interesting form of bright green leaf, which reminds the outlines of the horse's hoof.

For many years of reigning in the gardens and forests of the European part of Russia, the European cooled has received many different names. Most popular names are associated with its healing and useful properties:

• ipecac. Infusions and decoctions made from the root of the waters are used to stimulate vomit urges;
• forest pepper or wild ginger. If you break the leaf of the plant and lose his fingers, you can feel his bitter taste;
• core. The coolest tincture leads to normal heart arrhythmia. In a number of countries, European coils are used in pharmacological preparations used in chronic diseases of cardiovascular activities;
• feverish grass. The hooven has an excellent anti-inflammatory and expectorant effect and is effectively used for the treatment of ARVI, bronchitis, a protracted cough.

Also, this plant is called like a white-pee, earthlock incense, undergrowth and turbid root.

Note! As part of the plant there is a poisonous component "Azaron", the use of hoofs should be used with extreme caution and only under the supervision of the attending physician.

Women in pregnancy and lactation, as well as young children, do not apply drugs containing this perennial.

European EUROPAEUM (Asarum Europaeum) Ancient times was successfully used by healers and healers. Even the legendary scientist Avicenna appointed his patient the root of the hoof for the treatment of water, hepatic tweeters and as a means to increase potency.

Botanical characteristic of hoof

The plant has a drowned lying stem, which is covered with small hairpins and creeping larger sized roots. Young shoots with roots steam on the ground and rooted - a small neat bush is formed, which gradually occupies an increasingly more and more space. The plant grows up to 5-15 cm.

Holy grass has small single single-red tint flowers in the shape of a bell. The flowering of perennial can not be noted if not to look under its wide leaves. Flowers bloom in the late spring, and a month later, the flower-bell turns into a small box with seeds. Very often, the seeds are melted with ants who love to be ease. It is with the help of ants that grass pollination occurs in a seed way.

Flowers of plants Obroat, i.e. Inside them are contained both pestles and stamens. Thanks to this property, self-pollution of grass may occur if it did not make ants.

In the winter season, the leaves of the perennial are well saved under the snow cover, after wintering some of them disappear from the stem. The remaining last year's leaves have a dark color, they are thick and brilliant. Young leaves bright and gentle.

On a note! To use the coat for drugs usually use its roots and leaves.

Roots should be harvested in spring or autumn. The leaves are best collecting during flowering or immediately after it. However, they will not lose their properties, even if they are harvested down until the autumn arrival. The wow leaves are dried in the shade, with good air ventilation or in dryers at a temperature of not more than 35 ° C. The resulting raw materials contain in glass container, but not more than 1 year.

Pharmacological properties and the use of grass

The chemical composition of the coolery of the European contains a sufficient amount of biologically active substances and trace elements. For example, essential oils, various useful resins, organic acids and their saline components, tanning components, alkaloids, starch, etc. The evergreen perennial dosage purposes can be used both independently and in combination with other healing plants and herbs.

European coil is used as a vomit, sedative, diuretic and choleretic agent. In addition, the grass helps:

• effectively fight with human helminty;
• remove chronic inflammatory processes in the body;
• improve digestion, used for the treatment of gastritis, enteritis, some liver diseases and ulcerative stomach disease;
• deal with epilepsy, remove headaches and some neurotic states;
• treat purulent acne and wounds, eczema and other inflammatory skin processes;

In addition, the essential oil extracted from the roots of perennials finds a successful use in dentistry, perfumery and food industry.

Magic use of grass

Therapeutic grass is used by folk healers and official medicine for the preparation of tinctures, decoctions, powders, therapeutic ointments and creams for outdoor use.

However, the plant is often used not only for medical purposes. Magic also recognizes his healing abilities.

The dried leaves of the grass fuse the house to purify it from unclean forces. To protect against the evil eye or spoilage into a native amulets and overalls often hide small dry roots plants. Also was the custom hanging the dried hooves above the door to protect animals from the unkinded evil eye.

Alcohol treatment, recipes

In Russia, this grass was successfully used to get rid of alcoholism. And the healers knew the recipes that were used in the non-recognition of the alcoholic of their problem, i.e. The treatment was carried out without the knowledge of a drinker. This recipe has been preserved to this day.

Recipe 1. One tablespoon of dry root is poured with a glass of water, 5 minutes boil on slow heat and leave for an hour. In order for the patient received by the infusion without suspicion, 1 spoon is diluted with 200 grams of vodka and allow you to take on an empty stomach 2 times a day.

Taking such "mysterious vodka" in the patient appears vomit urge and as a result, disgust for alcohol. After 3-4 procedures, alcohol will cause vomiting even without the use of the coolery tincture.

There were also special treatment methods when a man wished to throw drink and free himself from this harmful habit. Over time, the recipes for treating alcoholism with the help of green perennials were not lost, but only improved and changed a little.

Recipe 2. Take 1 tsp. hoof and mix with 2 l. Green walnut peel. The teaspoon of the resulting mixture is diluted in 4 liters of wine and insist 14 days. Take an empty stomach 1 cup per day. This recipe also causes a feeling of nausea and vomiting and, as a result, self-treatment occurs, by voluntary abandonment of alcohol.

However, due to the fact that the plant contains a poisonous component of Azaron, independent use of grass from drunkenness categorically not recommended. Overdose tools are invalid - it can lead to serious consequences and complications. The grass hooven from alcoholism is permissible only in special anti-alcohol gatherings combining the grasses compatible with each other, which weaken the thrust to alcohol and have a general wellness effect. In particular, the phytosborg "stoplumbling elite" has been well established, which, in addition to the welfare, includes Pijm, wormwood, and other unique plants of the northern and western part of Russia.

Flower in gardening design

In natural conditions, the wild hoofer grows in the forest. In the garden plot, the cultural varieties of the plant will be indispensable and full-fledged participants in the garden bar, as well as decoration for the design of the Alpine slides.

The grass is harmoniously combined with other lovers of pronted garden sections. For example, the European hooven will look great if there will be a decorative fern or small coniferous bushes nearby. The hoofer decorates the garden almost the entire season: the many-life will delight the owner with its green bushes after going to the snow, and with the onset of cold weather it will go under the snow green and alive. Special care hoist does not require, like watering and care. We can use the timely removal of weeds.

Another advantage of herb, is its reproduction on the site. To do this, you need to cut off the dealer from the main bush and put on a new place. The plant prefers the humus-rich soil - loamy and clay. You can multiply at any time.

It is worth introducing a closer look at such a wonderful and useful plant and decorate your garden with neat bushes of the coolest European.