A rare plant that can simultaneously please the eye and bring health benefits. These include big stonecrop.
Feverish grass distributed in Russia, the Mediterranean, Western Europe, the Balkans.
Molodil often found in ravines, broadleaf, coniferous and mixed forests.
Description
Sill large (sedum maximum) - perennial plant, belonging to the family of Crassulaceae.
Other names - creak, hare cabbage, live grass, hernia grass, feverish grass. Homeland plants consider Japan, China, Korea.
The height of the stems is up to 90 cm. The rhizome is short, creeping. Stems are straight, firm. The leaves are opposite, sessile, flat, fleshy with a bluish bloom.
Inflorescences are bristle-paniculate, 4-10 cm in diameter. Small flowers, with petals of white and pink, white and greenish-pink color. Possess a peculiar smell. Fruits are greenish pyatilistovka.
Flowering period: July August. The plant tolerates any temperature, but does not tolerate high humidity.
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Care
As a succulent, hare cabbage prefers lighted places. For cultivation should choose the places that fall does not fall asleep leaves.
In one place, the scratch grows up to 5 years. The plant prefers fertile garden soil.. For planting, a mixture of sand, compost and leaf earth is used in equal shares.
Mineral fertilizers only needed during active flowering.
Sedum propagated by seed, division or grafting. In the first case, in the fall or spring, seeds are sown in boxes.
To do this, use a light sandy ground. When sowing in the fall, boxes are taken out onto the street and covered with snow. If sowing is done in spring, covered boxes should be kept for about 14 days at a temperature of 0 ° С + 5 ° С.
After the appearance of two true leaves, the plant must be dived and landed on a permanent place. After 1-2 years, the plants begin to bloom. This method is suitable for growing stonecrop in greenhouses.
The cuttings of the plant root very quicklytherefore, in order to propagate the sedum in this way, it is sufficient to spread the prepared cuttings about five centimeters in length on the selected site, cover it with a small layer of soil and water.
Two weeks later, seedlings are transplanted into the ground. This method is used from June to September. Also, after flowering shoots can be cut and spread in a dry place. In a few months, processes with roots are formed.
In spring, live grass can be propagated by division.. For this, the rhizome is cut so that each part has roots and buds.
It is recommended that the incision sites be treated with a fungicide, dried for several hours. Then land in open ground. This method is more suitable for young plants.
Transplant sedum in the ground need to carefullywithout damaging the root system. A plant with a large lump of earth is planted in a new place in the spring.
When growing Sedum at home in winter, plants are watered no more than once a month.
In the summer of hernia grass watered more often. It should not be abundantly watered creak, because at the same time there is a danger of rotting the root and death of the plant.
In preparation for the winter you need to cut the shoots just above the level of the soil. Plants younger than three years are not pruned.
Young sedums are transplanted once in 2 years, old - once in 4 years.
Diseases and pests
Bunny cabbage suffers from pests such as weevil, sawfly, aphid, thrips.
Insectacrycides (Actellic) are used to fight insects.
Sawfly caterpillars You can lure on the cabbage leaf.
Fungal infections characterized by the appearance of dark spots on the stems and leaves. The affected parts of the plant must be removed and burned.
Application
Sedum has healing properties.
For use in traditional medicine, the above-ground part of the plant harvested during the flowering period is used.
The collection of raw materials is carried out in dry weather. The grass is dried in well ventilated areas.
Harvested raw materials used for two years. Roots harvested in September - October. They are cut into pieces and dried in air. Raw materials are used for three years.
Collected fresh leaves are stored in a cool dark place. In this case, within three days there is a noticeable increase in the number of active substances.
Rabbit cabbage contains ascorbic, malic, citric and other organic acids, amino acids, catechins, carotenoids, tannins and mineral salts.
Sedum used to treat purulent skin diseases, improve blood composition, for the treatment of stomatitis and periodontal disease, for the treatment of joints, for bone splicing.
Infusion of herbs increases metabolism, accelerates tissue repair, has anti-inflammatory, hemostatic and tonic properties, stimulates the heart.
Water infusion used as an antiscorbutic, for diseases of the gallbladder and liver, pulmonary tuberculosis.
The use of infusion of fresh herbs daily for a month is recommended for the treatment of helminthiasis.
Sedum juice consumed inside with epilepsy. Used externally for the treatment of wounds, burns, dermatological diseases. Included in the composition for the treatment of lichen, gum disease and thrush. Mashed leaves are used to treat hemorrhoids.
Used to treat dermatological diseases. water distilled through crushed fresh leaves. For the treatment of wounds and the healing of ulcers, fresh juice or leaf puree is used.
Before applying the mashed leaves of the ulcer, it is recommended to heat the mass, which will accelerate healing. For the treatment of neurodermatitis and eczema, oily infusion is applied to the affected skin with a cotton swab.
The stonecrop preparations are used for burns and corneal opacities, ulcerative lesions of the gastrointestinal tract.
Creeper Extract used as a biostimulator.
Sour young leaves are used in cooking for salads and soups. Rabbit cabbage is the basis of the biogenic stimulator "Biodegrad".
Do not use juice feverish grass people suffering from a violation of the secretion of enzymes and gastric juice. Stonecrop preparations are contraindicated in malignant tumors.
Do not use drugs of this plant without prior consultation with the attending physician.
In chemical composition, ordinary, purple and Caucasian stonecrops are close to the stonecrop, which expands the raw material base for the production of biostimulants.
