Sleep has been used by people for a long time. Recipes from this healing herb have been known since the times of Ancient Russia. Initially, the culinary ingredient eventually became widely used in traditional medicine and cosmetic purposes. Snyt, whose recipes today have undeservedly lost their former popularity, is most often used by healers, not cooks.
This is a herbaceous perennial plant (Umbelliferae family) with a hollow and straight stem branching at the top. The variegated gout reaches a height of 0.5 - 1 m. White small flowers are collected in an umbrella. It has two types of leaves: the upper ones are small, dissected, on short petioles and the lower ones are oblong-ovate, large, twice trifoliate. The fruit of the plant is an oblong, dry, slightly flattened two-seed. You can meet sleepyhead, the medicinal properties of which are not inferior to its nutritional values, almost throughout the entire territory of the Russian Federation. It grows on the edges, forest glades, clearings, wastelands and as a weed in vegetable gardens.
This plant is a real pantry of useful substances. It contains macro- and microelements: potassium, magnesium, iron, manganese, copper, boron, titanium. Availablealso a whole set of acids: citric, malic, phenolcarboxylic. In addition, gout contains flavonoids (kaempferol and quercetin), coumarins, vitamins A and C, sugars (fructose and glucose), glycosides, essential oils, nitrogen compounds, saponins, starch (in roots), phytoncides, enzymes, proteins.
In cooking, goutweed is used, recipes with which take into account the beneficial effects of this plant. Leaves, young shoots and petioles are eaten. They cook soups, borscht, cabbage soup, make side dishes, seasonings for fish and meat dishes, salads. In addition, the petioles are pickled, and the leaves are fermented for the winter. Plants shift vegetables, due to which they get a peculiar aroma. Due to the fact that it can be added to any second, first courses and snacks, recipes for a variety of he althy foods do not exclude this ingredient. This seasoning enriches food with useful microelements and vitamins, gives it a piquant taste.
Not only culinary, but also medicine recognizes that sleepy has beneficial properties. The plant and preparations based on it have a wound-healing, anti-inflammatory, diuretic, analgesic, fungicidal (antifungal) effect. With their help, you can enhance the detoxification function of the liver, improve the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract, and normalize s alt metabolism. From the juice of young shoots, gouts get an effective blood purifier.
Preparations based on this plant are prescribed by doctors and traditional healers for diseases of the kidneys, gastrointestinal tract, bladder, respiratory diseases, rheumatism, gout, exudative diathesis, withskin fungus. There are no contraindications for use. Compresses are made from the roots of the plant, which help with inflammation of muscle tissue. Goutweed is also used to treat anemia. In home cosmetology, the juice and leaves of the plant are used. They are used to make masks for dry and oily skin, anti-aging products.
