Big burdock
Large burdock is one of the plants of the family called Asteraceae or Asteraceae; in Latin the name of this plant will be as follows: Arctium lappa L.
As for the name of the greater burdock family itself, in Latin it will be like this: Asteraceae Dumort.
Description of burdock
Large burdock is a large herbaceous plant, the height of which will fluctuate between sixty and one hundred and eighty centimeters. The root of this plant is fleshy, fusiform and weakly branched, and its thickness can reach up to sixty millimeters. The stem of the large burdock is ribbed and erect, and in the upper part it will be highly branched, and the color of such a stem is reddish. The leaves of this plant will be petiolate, alternate, broad-heart-shaped, mostly they are entire-edged, and less often they can be notched-toothed; such leaves are colored green on top, and gray-felt underneath. The flower baskets of this plant will be almost spherical; they are collected at the very ends of the branches in the form of scutes with a lilac-purple corolla; the flowers themselves are bisexual.
Large burdock blooms from July to August. It is noteworthy that this plant is also a good honey plant. Under natural conditions, this plant is found throughout Russia, and can also be found in the Far East and Siberia.
Description of the medicinal properties of burdock
Large burdock is endowed with very valuable healing properties. As for traditional medicine, the root of this plant is used as a medicine. This root contains starch, resin, and also traces of essential oil, which is burdock. The root of this plant is used as a diaphoretic and diuretic, and the dried root of burdock is included in the collection of blood purifying substances.
To prepare such an ointment, it is recommended to boil the root in finely chopped form. After the liquid has boiled away by half, it is recommended to add lamb or pork lard. Then this mixture should be poured into a pot, covered with dough, after which the resulting mixture is placed in a hot oven for just a few hours. The ointment should be rubbed into the scalp every night at night: for baldness and hair loss, this remedy is very effective.
Based on finely chopped burdock roots and young leaves, it is recommended to use an ointment that is used in the treatment of burns of various degrees. This ointment is prepared by boiling it with cow butter and water.
The seeds of this plant are endowed with a fairly strong diuretic effect, but this remedy is used quite rarely for the reason that collecting large burdock seeds requires a lot of time. It is noteworthy that previously burdock oil was obtained by infusing the bark of this plant with good wood oil.
For medicinal purposes, it is recommended to use the leaves and roots of burdock. It is recommended to collect the roots in the autumn, both in the first and second years of this plant’s life. The smell of such roots is rather weak, but at the same time very peculiar, and the taste itself will be sweetish. It is recommended to harvest the leaves of this plant in the month of May. It is noteworthy that during the experiments it was found that burdock root increases the deposition of glycogen in the liver. In fresh form or even as a liquid extract, the root of this plant is used to treat diabetes of varying degrees. This decoction is used three times a day: to prepare it, take twenty grams of roots per two hundred and fifty milliliters of water.
