Cotton grass
Multi-spike cotton grass is one of the plants of the family called sedges; in Latin the name of this plant will be as follows: Eriophorum polystachyon L. (E. angustifolium Roth.).
As for the name of the cotton grass family itself, in Latin it will be: Cyperaceae Juss.
Description of cotton grass
Multi-spike cotton grass is known under numerous popular names: squirrel, flax, swamp flax, whitehead, whitewort, swamp, hare’s fluff, downy flax, spiked wheatgrass, hare’s cannons and powder puffs. Cotton grass is a perennial herbaceous plant with short creeping rhizomes. The stems of this plant will be almost cylindrical, and their height varies between twenty and seventy centimeters. The leaves of cotton grass are linear, they will be keeled below and grooved above, and the width of the spikelets will be about twenty-four to twenty-five millimeters. The bracts of this plant are colored brownish-gray.
This plant blooms in the spring. Under natural conditions, multi-spike cotton grass is found in Siberia, the Caucasus, Belarus, Ukraine, the Far East and the European part of Russia. For growth, this plant prefers the tundra, swampy forests, swamps, banks of reservoirs and damp meadows.
Description of the medicinal properties of cotton grass
Multi-spike cotton grass is endowed with very valuable healing properties, and it is recommended to use the grass of this plant for medicinal purposes. The term grass includes leaves, flowers and stems.
The presence of such valuable medicinal properties is recommended to be explained by the content of xylan, galactan, pectin and waxy substances in the composition of cotton grass seeds, while alkaloids will be present in the cotton grass grass.
As for traditional medicine, here this plant is quite widespread. An infusion prepared from the grass of cotton grass is indicated for use in colitis, gastritis, gastric and duodenal ulcers.
It is noteworthy that in the past, an infusion based on the herb of this plant was used as an anthelmintic, namely, it was used against tapeworm. It should be noted that due to the presence of very effective astringent properties, an infusion or decoction prepared from cotton grass is used for enterocolitis, diarrhea and colitis.
For enterocolitis, it is recommended to use the following very effective remedy based on this plant: to prepare such a healing remedy, you will need to take one tablespoon of dry cotton grass per glass of boiling water. It is recommended to first leave the resulting medicinal mixture based on this plant to infuse for about one hour, after which this mixture should be filtered very carefully. Take the resulting healing remedy based on cotton grass three times a day before meals, two tablespoons. It should be noted that in order to ensure maximum effectiveness when taking a medicine based on this plant, it is recommended not only to strictly follow all the rules for preparing such a medicine, but also to strictly follow all the rules for taking this medicine based on cotton grass. If used correctly, such a healing remedy turns out to be very effective: the positive effect is noticeable quite quickly.
