Rhododendron Lebedura
Rhododendron lebedura is one of the plants of the family called Ericaceae; in Latin the name of this plant will be as follows: Rhododendron ledebouri Pojark.
As for the name of the rhododendron lebedur family itself, in Latin it will be: Ericaceae Juss.
Description of rhododendron lebedur
Rhododendron lebedura is a semi-evergreen shrub whose height can reach one and a half meters. Such a plant is highly branched and densely leafy, and will also be endowed with branches protruding upward, which are covered with dark gray bark. Young shoots of rhododendron lebedur are quite short and thin, they can be colored either red-brown or brown. The leaves of this plant will be overwintering, soft-skinned, and will fall off after new leaves emerge and flower. On top, the leaves of this plant are painted in dark olive-green tones and are shiny, and from below, at first such leaves will be yellow-green, and later become brown. In outline, the leaves of Rhododendron lebedur will be ovoid-elliptical, their length can reach three centimeters, and their width will only slightly exceed one centimeter. The flower buds of this plant can be either single or two or three in the axils of the upper leaves of last year’s shoots. The corolla of rhododendron lebedur is painted in pink-violet tones, its length will slightly exceed two centimeters, this corolla is bell-funnel-shaped, it will be equipped with a wide bend and a short tube.
This plant blooms from June to July, with re-blooming occurring from August to September. Lebedura rhododendron will bear fruit from August. Under natural conditions, this plant is found on the territory of the Sayan Mountains in Eastern Siberia and the Altai region of Western Siberia. For growth, this plant prefers the slopes of mountain river valleys in the upper and mid-mountain zones, spruce forests, mountain slopes, deciduous and mountain forests, rocks and rocky placers.
Description of the medicinal properties of rhododendron lebedur
Rhododendron lebedura is endowed with very valuable healing properties, and it is recommended to use underground shoots of this plant for medicinal purposes. The presence of such valuable medicinal properties should be explained by the content of sitosterol, triterpenoids and the diterpenoid andromedotoxin in this plant.
It is noteworthy that the aerial part of rhododendron lebedur will be endowed with very valuable bactericidal and tonic effects.
As a very valuable tonic, it is recommended to use the following very effective healing remedy based on this plant: to prepare such a healing remedy, you will need to take one tablespoon of crushed leafy branches of rhododendron lebedur to about one full glass of boiling water. The resulting medicinal mixture should first be left to infuse for about two to three hours, after which this mixture based on rhododendron lebedur should be filtered very carefully. Take the resulting healing remedy based on this plant two to three times a day, regardless of food intake, one third or one fourth of a glass as a tonic. It is important to note the fact that to ensure the greatest effectiveness when taking such a medicine based on this plant, you will need to not only carefully follow all the rules for preparing a medicine based on rhododendron lebedur, but also strictly follow all the rules for taking this medicine.
