Hairy sedge
Hairy sedge is one of the plants of the family called sedges; in Latin the name of this plant will be as follows: Carekh hirta L.
As for the name of the hairy sedge family itself, in Latin it will be: Cyperaceae Juss.
Description of hairy sedge
Hairy sedge is known by many popular names: red wheatgrass, dekop, mulberry, silk grass, wheatgrass, expensive grass and medicinal sedge. Hairy sedge is a perennial plant whose height can reach forty centimeters. The rhizome of this plant is creeping and long. The stem of hairy sedge is smooth and triangular. The leaves of this plant will be hairy and flat. Staminate flowers are collected in small and rather narrow spikelets, two or three in number. The lower spikelets of hairy sedge are located on short and hairy stalks that will emerge from the sheaths of the bract leaves. The fruit of this plant is a triangular nut.
Hairy sedge blooms from June to August. Under natural conditions, this plant is found on the territory of Belarus, the European part of Russia and Ukraine. For growth, hairy sedge prefers moist sandy places in both oak and broad-leaved forests.
Description of the medicinal properties of hairy sedge
Hairy sedge is endowed with very valuable healing properties, and for medicinal purposes it is recommended to use rhizomes with adventitious roots of this plant. Such healing raw materials should be collected from September to October. The presence of such valuable healing properties should be explained by the content of starch, saponins, resinous substance, tannins, traces of essential oil, bitter substance coumarite and silicic acid in this plant.
It should be noted that in scientific medicine this plant has become quite widespread. In scientific medicine, hairy sedge is used as a very effective expectorant for various diseases of the upper respiratory tract. As for traditional medicine, a decoction and tincture prepared from the rhizomes of this plant are used. Such healing agents are used for bronchitis, laryngitis, furunculosis, gout, various colds, metabolic disorders, rheumatism, nervous diseases, skin diseases, as well as gynecological diseases that will be accompanied by pain.
A very effective remedy is a decoction based on this plant: to prepare such a healing remedy, you will need to take two teaspoons of hairy sedge rhizomes with roots in two glasses of boiled water. The resulting mixture should be infused for about eight to ten hours, and then it is recommended to strain this healing mixture very carefully. It is recommended to take the resulting healing remedy based on hairy sedge three to four times a day, half a glass.
In addition, the following healing remedy based on this plant is very effective: to prepare such a healing remedy, you will need to take one tablespoon of crushed rhizomes with roots in half a liter of boiling water. The resulting healing mixture should be infused for about two hours, and then this mixture is filtered very carefully. Take the resulting healing remedy based on hairy sedge three to four times a day, half a glass. To achieve the greatest effectiveness, it is important to carefully follow all recommendations for the preparation of such a healing remedy.
