Such a mysterious flower shot through the grass. Early spring garden protection from pests and diseases

Lumbago, popularly referred to as sleep-grass, has several varieties and also a variety of names. The plant is called: Easter flower, nap, sunflower and many other names. Sleep grass begins to bloom immediately after the snow thaws, with the arrival of the first warm days. These are small white buds that very quickly turn into quite large purple flowers. Dream grass or lumbago is a perennial plant belonging to the ranunculaceae family.

It can reach about forty centimeters in height. If we talk about sleep-grass, which predominates in Russia, this is undoubtedly an open shot.

Lumbago - flowers of lilac color, mainly grow in places where a large amount of sun penetrates: on the edges of pine forests, on hills or sandy soil.

Today this flower is included in the Red Book. Flowering time ranges from two to four weeks, from mid-April to May. The leaves of the plant remain until late autumn. Seed collection occurs in July. They form a kind of ball with long white fibers.

Growing and harvesting sleep grass

The plant is in the Red Book and picking it in wild places is prohibited.

In connection with its disappearance, people increasingly began to plant lumbago in their plots. The plant reproduces either by fluffy seeds or roots, and takes root quite well, especially in dry sandy soil. It is important to remember that this is a poisonous plant species. Direct contact of lumbago juice on exposed skin should be avoided, as it causes severe irritation.

Surprisingly, when dried, all toxic properties completely disappear. And remember, if you decide to prepare the lumbago yourself, do not dry it in the room where you live, the lumbago takes a long time to dry and all this time it will release toxic esters, especially from flowers.

Medicinal properties of sleep-grass or lumbago

Use of sleep-herb internally

Of course, the first thing worth noting is the powerful calming effect of this plant.

Due to the properties that influence the improvement of sleep, the flower was given the name - sleep-herb. If you just inhale the scent of its flowers for a few minutes, you will hardly be able to refuse sleep. It is also known that sleep herb has anti-inflammatory properties. It is used in the treatment of fungal diseases, and the plant also has analgesic properties.

Thanks to various tinctures and decoctions of lumbago, it is possible to treat more serious diseases.

Used in the treatment of pulmonary diseases, in particular tuberculosis. In these cases, the tincture is used in small quantities daily.

They use lumbago to treat many gynecological problems, as well as in the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases.

A woman is given a decoction of lumbago during labor pains to reduce pain manifestations, and also to speed up labor, but don’t get carried away with it! There are more effective herbs for reducing labor pains that are scientifically proven and safer.

Many people suffering from asthma also seek help from the healing properties of this amazing plant. Effective use of lumbago tinctures in the treatment of bronchitis, neurological diseases and gout.

This miracle herb can also cope with frequent headaches.

External use of sleep herb

Contraindications to the use of sleep-herb

You cannot use lumbago as a medicine if a person suffers from diseases such as: various types of gastritis, neuritis, diseases associated with the liver.

The effect of lumbago on pregnancy has not been studied, so you should refrain from taking sleep herb during pregnancy and breastfeeding, as this plant can cause a miscarriage.

Magical properties of the plant

Many people believe not only in the healing properties of sleep grass, but also in its magical powers. She protects from the evil eye and various kinds witchcraft influence on a person.

There are many legends about this plant. So in ancient times they said that someone who falls asleep in dream-grass automatically acquires the gift of prediction and foresight.

There are a lot of instructions for collecting sleep grass. An indispensable condition that must be fulfilled when going to collect dream grass is purity of thoughts. It is believed that grass collected with dew and then left in cold water until noon has special properties.

If you put such a collection under your pillow, you will definitely have a prophetic dream. It is better to collect herbs in solitude and silence; if you make a wish during the process, it will certainly come true. And dried dream grass promises wealth and happy life to the owner.

The healing properties of sleep herbs have been noted since ancient times.

Disillusioned with the effectiveness of traditional medicine, or not wanting to pollute their body with chemicals, many resort to the healing properties of this modest purple flower.

Buy a shot in the store

In 2016, the Ivanovo Herbs company launched an experiment on growing sleep grass (lumbago), and also took up the issue of spreading this plant throughout the territory of Ivanovo and neighboring regions.

This year we managed to collect several kilograms of flowers, lumbago grass and seeds. They can be purchased in our store.

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Dream grass plant.

The Russian name “lumbago” is associated with a legend. Somehow I became devilry hide behind the lumbago-grass. One of the archangels, in order to deal with the evil spirits once and for all, threw a thunder arrow and shot through the grass from top to bottom. Since then, the evil one has avoided the shot and does not come closer than 12 miles to him, and in an old herbal book on this occasion it is written: “Whoever carries grass with him, the devil runs away from that person, keep goods in the house, and build mansions at an angle.” put it down, you will live harmoniously.”

Another name - sleep-grass - was interpreted as a plant that brings sleep. For many peoples, it is associated with the idea of ​​sleep. Perhaps the very appearance of the plant, densely covered with soft hairs, fluffy to the touch, suggested a soft slumber, peace and rest. The Scandinavian epic “Edda” tells that as soon as the dream grass was placed under Brünnhilde’s head, she immediately fell asleep. The “Pechersk Patericon” (a Russian literary monument) tells how, during the all-night vigil, a demon walks around the temple and throws sleep-grass at the lazy monks.

Whoever it hits immediately falls asleep.

The Latin name of the sleep herb Pulsatilla goes back to the concept of “push”: the plant sways in the wind, as if receiving pushes.

In total, botanists counted 26 species of lumbago in the domestic flora. These are predominantly low herbs with large single flowers. They're all blooming in early spring, usually before the leaves appear.

Description of the dream-grass plant

Dream grass or lumbago is a perennial herbaceous plant with a vertical dark brown rhizome.

The stem is up to 20 cm high, unbranched, densely pubescent with soft hairs. The basal leaves are pinnately dissected, also shaggy from large quantity white hairs. Simultaneously with the leaves, a peduncle appears with a drooping large single lilac flower, similar to a small tulip.

The perianth is simple, with six lobes, pubescent on the outside. There is also a pubescent bract at the base of the peduncle.

Blooms in April - May. It grows in pine forests, on open sandy hills, on dry slopes in the west of the European part of the country from the Leningrad to Nikolaev regions.
The grass of the lumbago contains anemonin and saponins.

The extract from the leaves has a strong bactericidal and fungicidal effect. Used in veterinary medicine. Poisonous.

In many areas it is actively destroyed by primrose collectors. Protected, listed in the Red Book.

Beneficial features

Contains protoanemonin, hepatrilobin glycoside, saponins, vitamin C, camphor, tannins, resins, etc.
It has a diuretic, expectorant, bactericidal, sedative and analgesic effect. Stimulates liver functions.

Lumbago, like no other herb of the buttercup family, is rich in protoanemonin, a caustic substance that has an extremely strong bactericidal and fungicidal effect.

Saponins were found in the roots. The juice of this plant irritates the skin, causing discomfort.

Varieties

Open lumbago (P. patens). Plant from 10 to 50 cm tall.

Young leaves are round-heart-shaped, heavily pubescent, appearing after the flowers bloom. The flowers of the lumbago, open when blooming, are widely bell-shaped, later open, star-shaped, erect. The open lumbago blooms in April-May for 20-25 days.

Turchaninov's lumbago (R. turczaninovii). Plants from 5 to 35 cm tall. The leaves of Turchaninov's lumbago are dissected into long and narrow, linear and sharp segments, and develop simultaneously with the flowers.

The flowers of the plants are almost erect, half-open, blue-violet. Turchaninov's lumbago blooms in April-May.

Spring lumbago (P. vernalis). A plant up to 30 cm tall with a straight or slightly curved stem and leathery leaves that appear after flowering. The flowers of the spring lumbago are snow-white inside, with a slight purple tint on the outside, bloom in the second half of May and bloom for 20-25 days.

Multi-incision prostel (R.

Meadow lumbago (P. pratensis). Plant up to 30 cm tall.

The leaves of the meadow lumbago are strongly dissected into narrow lobes and appear during or after flowering. The flowers of the plants are lilac and violet. Meadow lumbago blooms in April for 25-30 days.

Common lumbago (P. vulgaris). Small plants up to 15-20 cm tall. The flowers of the common lumbago are blue and appear before the leaves, in April. The common lumbago has several very spectacular forms and varieties.

Crimean lumbago, or Haller's lumbago (R. halleri). Plants up to 30 cm high with densely pubescent stems.

The flowers of the Crimean lumbago are all shades of purple, densely pubescent on the outside. Plants bloom in May for 25-30 days.

Yellow lumbago (P. flavescens). Plants up to 45-50 cm tall with a large basal rosette of leaves. All parts of the yellowing lumbago are densely covered with silver-gray hairs.

The flowers of the plant are yellow.

Golden lumbago (R. aurea). The plant is up to 35-50 cm high. The leaves of the golden lumbago are pinnately dissected, lush green, on long petioles, covered with thick hairs, which is why they look fluffy. The flowers of the plants are wide open, golden yellow, and bloom in June.

Campanulate lumbago (R.

Mountain lumbago (R. montana).

Plant up to 20-30 cm tall with dark purple, almost black flowers. Mountain lumbago blooms in early May for 25-30 days.

Alpine lumbago (P. alpina). Plant up to 20 cm tall with white or yellow flowers.

Dream grass plant. Photo

Dream grass plant. Photo: USFWS Mountain-Prairie

Dream-grass.

Photo: Denali National Park and Preserve

Application

It has been established that sleep herb can have antimicrobial and antimycotic effects. She has sedative effect, reduces arterial pressure, slows down the heart rate and breathing.

IN official medicine this plant is not used.

IN folk medicine Decoctions and infusions of sleep herbs are given for headaches, neuroses, hysterical attacks, and insomnia. Externally, an infusion of the herb is used for joint pain, pyoderma, fungal skin infections, and scabies. It is believed that a decoction of the herb in small doses helps with lung diseases and weakness of the anterior abdominal wall. For articular rheumatism, take a tincture of sleep herb internally, and rub it into the affected joints.

In Chinese folk medicine, amoebic and bacterial dysentery are treated with infusion and dry extract of lumbago.

Homeopaths use sleep herb as an effective venotonic.

The fresh plant is poisonous due to its anemonin content, causing inflammation skin and mucous membranes. Upon contact with the skin, a reaction similar to a chemical burn of I-II degree occurs.

When taken orally, symptoms of damage to the mucous membrane of the stomach, intestines, and renal epithelium develop. The plant is not used during pregnancy, pyelo- and glomerulonephritis, gastritis and hepatitis.

Poisonous herbaceous plant. Protected by law and listed in the Red Book. In folk medicine it is valued for its sleeping pills, analgesics, antispasmodic, antimicrobial, enveloping, relaxing, and sedative properties. Decoctions, infusions, and alcohol tinctures are prepared from dry raw materials.

Fresh herbs are most often used in homeopathy.

Sleep-grass received this name among the people because of its pronounced hypnotic properties. Since ancient times, not only the Slavic peoples, but also the Mongols, Chinese, and indigenous people of Siberia and North America have known about its benefits.

Not only the sedative, but also the antimicrobial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, and expectorant effects of the herb are known. It is important to remember that sleep grass is a poisonous plant. Uncontrolled use and self-medication can lead to overdose and poisoning. Even inhaling the vapors from fresh weed can be hazardous to your health. Dream grass is found in myths and legends different nations. In ancient times, it was used to prepare a magic potion.

In what regions can you find lumbago?

Is harvesting grass allowed? What are the main indications and contraindications for use?

Habitat

Open lumbago, or sleep-grass, is found in Europe, especially in the middle zone and southern regions.

But it can also be seen in Northern Europe - Sweden and Finland. It also grows in Siberia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, Far East, in North America. Loves dry pine and mixed forests, open meadows and forest edges, sunny slopes, meadows and steppes.

Botanical characteristics

The shot is open.

Botanical illustration by Jacob Sturm from the book "Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen", 1796.

What does dream grass look like? The average plant height is 15 cm, but at good conditions can reach 40 cm. In early spring, it shoots a stem (rarely two or three) from the rhizome. What is the botanical description medicinal plant dream grass?

• Perennial herbaceous plant.
• The stem is erect, covered with thick soft hairs.
• At the end of the stem there is a large bell-shaped flower of light purple color.
• The flower has numerous yellow anthers ( top part stamens).
• The leaves are silvery, heavily pubescent, dissected.
• Blooms in March-May depending on the area.
• Reproduces only by seeds.

Is it possible to collect grass

The grass is listed in the Red Book of Russia.

In particular, collecting the plant is prohibited in the Moscow, Ryazan, Lipetsk, Oryol, Tula, and Kaluga regions. In some regions, lumbago is becoming a rare plant. Belongs to a declining, vulnerable species.

For example, at the end of the 19th century there were sixteen populations of the flower, today there are only nine. What is the reason for grass dying out? Collection for bouquets, mass preparation as medicinal raw materials, overgrowing thick grass habitats of the plant.

You can grow dream grass in your garden and how beautiful it is decorative flower, and as medicinal raw materials.

IN medicinal purposes use the entire above-ground part. Experienced herbalists do not recommend preparing any home remedies from fresh herbs. Fresh stems, leaves and flowers contain protoanemonin, a toxic substance. During drying, after about 3–4 months, it evaporates. But the raw materials are not lost medicinal properties, becomes less toxic.

Healing effect

Medicinal properties of sleep herb:

• pain reliever;
• astringent;
• sedative;
• relaxing;
• hypnotic;
• anti-inflammatory;
• bactericidal;
• diuretic;
• choleretic;
• expectorant;
• enveloping;
• wound healing.

Chemical composition:

List of indications

What does sleep herb help with?

• Functional disorders nervous system. Main indications: migraine, agitation, insomnia, irritability, hysteria, headache. The herb also improves emotional well-being, improves mood, and relieves attacks of melancholy and depression.
• Respiratory system.

  An open lumbago gives antispasmodic and expectorant effect. It is prescribed for coughs (bronchitis, bronchial asthma, whooping cough).

• Benefits for women's health. The herb has a pronounced sedative effect and helps to calmly survive the premenopausal period. Relieves symptoms of PMS. Especially helps with cramping pain in the lower abdomen, headaches, unstable emotional state, tearfulness, irritability.

  Ancient herbalists describe that lumbago was previously given to women to stimulate labor and also relieve pain.

• The cardiovascular system.

  It is less often mentioned that the plant lumbago is beneficial for cardiac disorders, stimulates cardiac activity, relieves vascular spasms, and lowers blood pressure.

• External use. You can use rubs for joint diseases (rheumatism, gout, arthritis), treat wounds, eczema, fungal skin infections, and burns with strong infusions. The herb acts as an anesthetic and antiseptic.

Some sources indicate that lumbago herb helps with cataracts and glaucoma caused by increased intraocular pressure.

There is also information that the plant has antitumor properties and helps with cancer. It is also taken when benign tumors prostate gland in men.

What are the uses of sleep herb at home?

In what dosage forms can it be taken orally or used externally?

Decoction

How to properly prepare a decoction from dry medicinal raw materials?

1. Take 1-2 teaspoons of raw materials.
2. Pour a glass of cold water.
3. Boil for 1 minute.
4. Leave for 30 minutes.
5. Strain.

Average dosage - 1–2 tbsp. l. decoction 3 times a day (better after meals). It is recommended to take it to normalize sleep and psycho-emotional state.

It is important to follow the dosage and course of treatment prescribed by your doctor.

In case of overdose, inflammation of the mucous membrane of the gastrointestinal tract and kidneys is possible. The hardest and dangerous consequence overdose or individual intolerance to the herb - paralysis.

Infusion

Typically, the infusion is prepared for external use - washing wounds and skin, lotions and compresses. For extensive skin lesions, eczema, scabies, and joint pain, it is recommended to add it to medicinal baths.

1. Take 1 tbsp.
2. Pour a glass of boiling water.
3. Leave for 12 hours.
4. Strain.

Under the supervision of a physician, concentrated infusions (in small doses) can be taken orally.

Tincture

Alcohol tinctures can be made from lumbago (sleep grass).

They are used internally and externally.

1. Take 1 part of dry raw materials.
2. Pour 5 parts of 40% alcohol.
3. Leave for a week in a warm and dark place.
4. Strain.

Most often used for rubbing for rheumatic pain. Take 10 drops orally 2 times a day after meals, diluted with water.

Application in homeopathy

The sleep herb plant is used in homeopathy only in fresh form.

From fresh stems and flowers, homeopathic drops (Pulsatilla) are prepared. What are the indications for prescribing this drug?

• Headaches, migraines.
• Irregular periods.
• Neuroses.
• Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (despite contraindications in folk and traditional medicine).
• Diseases of the kidneys and bladder.
• Colds, inflammation of the throat, ears, respiratory diseases.
• Gout and rheumatism.
• Externally, the product is used to treat frostbite, eczema, and fungal infections.

Use in strict dosage and appropriate dilution under the supervision of a homeopathic physician.

Refers to toxic drugs due to high content protoanemonin.

Open lumbago (sleep-grass) - sedative, depressant. It is most often prescribed for neuroses and insomnia. In addition, the plant acts as a mild analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, and expectorant. It is used externally to treat wounds, burns and skin rashes, and is used for rubbing and compresses for joint diseases.

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Abstract on the topic:

Opened lumbago

Plan:

Introduction
• 1Botanical description
• 2Distribution
• 3Application

Notes
Literature

Introduction

The shot is open, or Dream-grass(lat. Pulsatilla pátens) is a perennial herbaceous plant, a species of the genus Lumbaceae of the Ranunculaceae family ( Ranunculaceae).

1.

Botanical description

Plant 7-15 cm tall.

The rhizome is powerful, vertical, dark brown, multi-headed.

Root leaves on long, not densely hairy petioles, rounded-heart-shaped in outline, palmate-tridissected with rhombic deep two-tripartite segments and with wedge-shaped, two-to-four incised or jagged lobes with sharp, often somewhat curved lobes, in youth, especially at the bottom hairy, later becoming hairless, appear after flowering and die off in autumn.

The stems are erect, covered with thick, protruding, soft hairs.

The leaves of the spathe are erect, divided into narrow linear lobes, and very hairy.

Peduncles are straight; flowers are erect, initially broadly bell-shaped, later star-shaped; perianth simple, six-leaved, with leaflets 3-4 cm long, narrowly ovate-pointed, straight, blue-violet, hairy on the outside; stamens are numerous, many times shorter than the tepals, yellow, the outer ones are transformed into staminodes (honey cakes); there are many pistils, with a long fluffy style 3-5 cm long.

Blooms in April - May.

Flower formula: .

The fruits are oblong, and the styles are very hairy.

2.

Spreading

Northern Europe: Finland (south), Sweden (east); Central Europe: Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia; Southern Europe: Romania; territory former USSR: Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, European part of Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Western Siberia, Eastern Siberia(south), Far East; Asia: China, Mongolia; North America: Canada (western Northwest Territory, Yukon, western Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan), USA (northern Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Colorado, Idaho, Montana , Washington, Wyoming, New Mexico, Texas, northern Utah.

Grows in dry coniferous and deciduous forests, in bushes and on slopes.

3.

Application

A very ornamental plant both in flowering and in fruit. Cultivated in flower beds (along with other types of lumbago).

In folk medicine, sleep herb is used for many diseases.

Notes

1. Ecoflora of Ukraine = Ecoflora of Ukraine (Ukrainian) / Vidpov.

   editor Ya. P. Didukh. - Kiev: Phytosociocenter, 2004. - T. 2. - 480 p.

2. According to GRIN data. See "Links" section

Literature

• Yuzepchuk S. V. Genus 528. Lumbago - Pulsatilla // Flora of the USSR.

  In 30 volumes - herba.msu.ru/shipunov/school/books/flora_sssr1937_7.djvu / Chief Editor acad. V. L. Komarov; The editor of the volume is B.K. Shishkin. - M.-L.: Publishing House of the USSR Academy of Sciences, 1937. - T. VII. - pp. 295-296. - 792 + XXVI p. - 5200 copies.

• Gubanov I. A., Kiseleva K. V., Novikov V. S., Tikhomirov V. N. 598.

  Pulsatilla patens(L.) Mill. - Open lumbago, or Dream-grass // Illustrated plant guide Central Russia. In 3 volumes - herba.msu.ru/shipunov/school/books/gubanov2003_illustr_opred_rast_sred_rossii_2.djvu.

  M.: T-vo scientific publications KMK, Institute of Technological Research, 2003. - T. 2. Angiosperms (dicotyledonous: separate-petalled). - P. 213. - ISBN 9-87317-128-9

Latin name: Pulsatilla.

Family: buttercups (Ranunculaceae).

Motherland

In nature, lumbago (sleep grass) is common in areas with a temperate, cold, and partly subtropical climate throughout the Northern Hemisphere.

The genus contains about 40 species.

Form: perennial herbaceous plant.

Description

Lumbago (sleep-grass) is a perennial herbaceous plant with a straight, hairy, erect stem from 5 to 40 cm in height. The basal leaves of the lumbago are petiolate, trifoliate, with wedge-shaped, two- or three-cut leaves and notched, linear-oblong lobules, hairy, filigree, collected in a rosette.

Sleep grass flowers are bell-shaped, solitary, very large, wide-open or drooping, with numerous stamens, densely pubescent on the outside, lilac, light purple, yellow, less often white or red, bloom before the leaves appear or simultaneously with them, in early spring, sometimes in early summer. The fruits of the lumbago - nuts covered with long hairs - are also decorative. Sleep-grass is a plant listed in the Red Book.

In ancient times, it was believed that dream grass was a magical, magical flower.

Plants also have medicinal properties.

Opened lumbago(R. patens). Plant from 10 to 50 cm tall. Young leaves are round-heart-shaped, heavily pubescent, appearing after the flowers bloom. The flowers of the lumbago, open when blooming, are widely bell-shaped, later open, star-shaped, erect.

The open lumbago blooms in April-May for 20-25 days.

Turchaninov's cross(R. turczaninovii). Plants from 5 to 35 cm tall. The leaves of Turchaninov's lumbago are dissected into long and narrow, linear and sharp segments, and develop simultaneously with the flowers. The flowers of the plants are almost erect, half-open, blue-violet.

Turchaninov's lumbago blooms in April-May.

Spring lumbago(R. vernalis). A plant up to 30 cm tall with a straight or slightly curved stem and leathery leaves that appear after flowering. The flowers of the spring lumbago are snow-white inside, with a slight purple tint on the outside, bloom in the second half of May and bloom for 20-25 days.

Multi-incision prostel(R.

multifida). Plants up to 10-30 cm high. Basal leaves are located on long petioles, covered with soft, erect hairs, appear at the end of flowering or after it. The flowers of the multicut lumbago are blue-violet, initially widely bell-shaped, later wide open.

Meadow lumbago(R. pratensis). Plant up to 30 cm tall. The leaves of the meadow lumbago are strongly dissected into narrow lobes and appear during or after flowering. The flowers of the plants are lilac and violet. Meadow lumbago blooms in April for 25-30 days.

Common lumbago(R. vulgaris). Small plants up to 15-20 cm tall.

The flowers of the common lumbago are blue and appear before the leaves, in April. The common lumbago has several very spectacular forms and varieties.

Crimean lumbago, or Haller's cross(R. halleri). Plants up to 30 cm high with densely pubescent stems. The flowers of the Crimean lumbago are all shades of purple, densely pubescent on the outside. Plants bloom in May for 25-30 days.

The lumbago is yellowing(R.

flavescens). Plants up to 45-50 cm tall with a large basal rosette of leaves. All parts of the yellowing lumbago are densely covered with silver-gray hairs. The flowers of the plant are yellow.

Golden lumbago(R. aurea). The plant is up to 35-50 cm high. The leaves of the golden lumbago are pinnately dissected, lush green, on long petioles, covered with thick hairs, which is why they look fluffy.

The flowers of the plants are wide open, golden yellow, and bloom in June.

Campanulate lumbago(R.

campanella). Plant height is up to 30-35 cm. The leaves of the bell-shaped plant are strongly dissected, the flowers are narrow-bell-shaped, blue-violet or violet, bloom in April-May.

Mountain lumbago(R. montana). Plant up to 20-30 cm tall with dark purple, almost black flowers. Mountain lumbago blooms in early May for 25-30 days.

Alpine lumbago(R. alpina). Plant up to 20 cm tall with white or yellow flowers.

The petals of alpine lumbago flowers are slightly wavy and bent. The species blooms for a very long time.

Growing conditions

It is better to plant lumbago (sleep grass) in slightly shaded areas, although plants develop normally in open areas.

Lumbago is a flower that prefers deeply cultivated, fertile, well-drained, alkaline substrates, sand and gravel loams. Plants absolutely cannot tolerate stagnant water, so sleep grass should not be planted in lowlands or places where water accumulates; You can plant plants in areas sloping to the south to avoid flooding.

Lumbago is winter-hardy.

Application

Dream grass is a very beautiful plant that always has a place in the garden. Lumbago is planted in groups on the lawn, in mixed flower beds, various compositions, and in rocky gardens - rock gardens and rockeries.

Care

In hot, dry times, the lumbago should be watered without flooding the flowers.

Lumbago is a plant that develops better on fertile substrates filled with organic and mineral fertilizers, so it is necessary to fertilize. Sleep grass responds positively to the presence of lime in the soil. Mature plants cannot be replanted; lumbago does not tolerate transplantation very well. If it is still necessary to replant the lumbago, then do it in the fall or spring, digging up plants from big lump land.

Lumbago is a plant listed in the Red Book, so you cannot dig it up or pick its flowers.

In addition, dream grass is a flower that does not last long when cut. Also excavated wild plants may not take root on the site, since adult specimens tolerate transplantation very poorly.

Reproduction

Lumbago is a plant that can only be propagated by seeds.

It is better to sow sleep grass with freshly harvested seeds in June-July or in spring in warm soil. Shooting seeds are planted to a depth of 1-1.5 cm and sown thickly. Seedlings need to be watered abundantly (but not allowed to stagnate), and it is also recommended to mulch them. Mulch helps retain moisture in the soil and protects young shoots from cold or overheating.

You can buy lumbago at the garden center. Lumbago seeds can also be ordered online.

Diseases and pests

Typically, lumbago (sleep grass) is not susceptible to disease and is not affected by pests.

Popular varieties

Varieties of common lumbago

‘Rote Glocke’. A very beautiful red lumbago with velvety, wide-open flowers that bloom in April.

'Bells Red'. Another red shot. The flowers bloom before the leaves appear, often directly from under the snow.

The color of the petals ranges from wine-red to purple.

‘Mrs van der Elst’ is a variety with soft pink flowers.

I somehow started hiding behind this plant. Then one of the archangels, in order to deal with the evil spirits once and for all, threw a thunder arrow there and shot through the grass from top to bottom. Since then, the evil spirits have avoided the lumbago and do not come closer than 12 miles to it. On this occasion, it is written in an ancient herbal book that if you carry the herb with you, the devil will run away from that person.

Another name for the plant is sleep grass. We will present a brief description of it in this article. For different peoples, it is directly associated with sleep. Perhaps the appearance of the plant, fluffy to the touch, covered with densely soft hairs, spoke to people about rest, peace and soft slumber. The epic “Edda” says that after the dream-grass was under Brünnhilde’s head, she instantly fell asleep. At the same time, the Russian literary monument - the Kiev-Pechersk Patericon - tells how a demon wanders around the temple at night and throws this plant at the lazy monks. And everyone it hits immediately falls asleep.

The name of the sleep-grass plant, the description of which we give, in Latin sounds like Pulsatilla. Translated, this word means “push”: the lumbago sways in the wind, as if receiving pushes. Currently, botany identifies 26 species in the domestic flora. These are mostly low herbs with single large flowers. They usually bloom before the leaves appear in early spring.

Dream-grass: description for children

Lumbago is a perennial plant with a vertical rhizome of dark brown color. It has an unbranched stem, reaching a height of 20 cm, with soft hairs, and densely pubescent.

The leaves are basal, pinnately dissected, shaggy with a huge number of white hairs. Together with them, a peduncle develops with a large single drooping purple flower, reminiscent of a small tulip. A simple perianth consists of six lobes pubescent on the outside. At the base of the peduncle there is also a bracted pubescent leaf.

Lumbago (sleep-grass), care, cultivation, propagation of which is not particularly difficult, blooms in the spring. It grows mainly on sandy open hills, on dry slopes, and in pine forests in the Western European part of Russia.

The plant contains saponins, anemonin. At the same time, the extract from the leaves of the sleep grass has a strong fungicidal and bactericidal effect. Used in veterinary medicine. Very poisonous. It is actively destroyed in many areas by primrose collectors. The shot was included in the Red Book and is currently under protection.

Beneficial features

The plant contains the glycoside hepatrilobin, protoanemonin, vitamin C, saponins, tannins, camphor, resins and other substances. It has an expectorant, diuretic, analgesic, sedative and bactericidal effect. Stimulates liver function.

Sleep grass is rich in protoanemonin, a very caustic substance that produces a surprisingly strong fungicidal and bactericidal effect. Saponins were also found in it. The juice of this plant greatly irritates the skin, causing very unpleasant sensations.

Turchaninov's cross

This is a grass up to 35 centimeters high. The leaves are dissected into narrow and long, sharp and linear segments, developing together with the flowers. They are almost half-open, erect, blue-violet in color. The plant blooms in spring.

Opened lumbago

There are several varieties of sleep grass. The description for children usually includes one type - an open lumbago. It reaches a height of 50 cm. The leaves are heavily pubescent, rounded, heart-shaped, and appear immediately after the flowers appear. The flowers are broadly bell-shaped when blooming, then star-shaped, open, erect. This plant blooms in May for 20 days.

Multi-incision prostel

This dream grass has the following description: height up to 30 cm, leaves are on fairly long petioles, covered with soft hairs. They appear after flowering. At the same time, the flowers are blue-violet, first widely bell-shaped, and then wide open.

Spring lumbago

This is a plant reaching 30 centimeters in height, with a straight or curved stem, leathery leaves that appear after flowering. Spring lumbago has snow-white flowers on the inside, with a slight purple tint on the outside. They bloom in May and bloom for almost a month.

Meadow lumbago

Reaches a height of 30 cm. The leaves are cut into fairly narrow lobes and appear during the flowering period or immediately after it. The plant has violet or lilac flowers. It blooms in April for 30 days.

Common lumbago

This is a plant whose height does not exceed 20 cm. Common lumbago (or sleep grass) has several very spectacular varieties and forms. Its flowers are usually blue and bloom to the leaves.

Crimean lumbago

This is a plant reaching 30 cm in height, with a densely pubescent stem. Its flowers are of different shades of purple, densely pubescent on the outside. Blooms in May for a month.

The lumbago is yellowing

This dream grass is described somewhat differently from other varieties. This plant reaches 50 centimeters in height and has a large basal rosette of leaves. They are densely covered with silver-gray hairs. Has yellow flowers.

Golden lumbago

A plant reaching 50 cm in height. Its leaves are lush green, pinnately dissected, on very long petioles. Due to the fact that they are completely covered with thick hairs, they look fluffy. The flowers are golden yellow, wide open, and bloom in June.

Campanulate lumbago

This dream herb has a very interesting description. Its height is up to 35 centimeters. The leaves are heavily dissected. The plant is characterized by narrow bell-shaped flowers, violet or blue-violet. They bloom in late spring, in May.

Mountain lumbago

This plant is up to 30 cm high with dark purple, almost black flowers. Mountain dream grass blooms in early May, flowering continues for a month.

Alpine lumbago

A plant reaching a height of 20 centimeters, with yellow or white flowers. Petals are bent, slightly wavy. This species blooms for a very long time.

Sleep-grass: application. Description of indications for medical use

The plant has antimycotic and antimicrobial effect, reduces blood pressure, has a powerful sedative effect, slows down the breathing and heart rate. It is not used in official medicine.

Infusions and decoctions of sleep herbs are used for neuroses, headaches, insomnia, and hysterical attacks. Externally, lumbago is used for pyoderma, joint pain, fungus, and scabies. It is believed that a decoction of this herb helps in small doses with weakness of the abdominal anterior wall and lung diseases. The tincture is taken orally for articular rheumatism; it is also rubbed into sore joints. In Chinese folk medicine, dry extract and infusion of the plant are used to treat bacterial and amoebic dysentery. Homeopaths use it as a venotonic.

Need to know that fresh plant very poisonous due to the content of anemonin, which causes inflammation of the mucous membranes and skin. When contacting sleep grass, a 1st or 2nd degree burn occurs. In this case, when taken orally, symptoms of damage to the intestinal and gastric mucosa appear. The plant is not used during pregnancy, pyelonephritis, hepatitis and gastritis.

The open lumbago, which is popularly called sleep-grass, is a perennial herbaceous plant of the genus Lumbago from At the end of April or the beginning of May, immediately after the snow cover melts, you can see a fabulously beautiful primrose plant. With white, yellow, brown-red and purple petals of delicate flowers, lumbago announces the coming of spring.

Visual appeal

A plant that has flowers with six pointed petals of purple or lilac color is an open lumbago. Its root system is vertical, multi-headed. In the lower part of the stem, basal, pinnately dissected leaves are formed, and thin and long simple stem leaves are fused at their bases. Both are covered with light fluff. Each individual plant produces one large flower at the top of the stem, shaped like an erect or drooping bell.

Description

Wild grass has interesting features - an open lumbago. The description of the species indicates that when favorable conditions it grows up to 25 centimeters high, growing each year from a powerful dark brown root. Root leaves on long petioles grow after flowering and die off in the fall. The erect stem is also covered with soft fluffy hairs.

Dream grass flowers have numerous yellow stamens and pistils with long fluffy styles up to 5 centimeters in length. The outside of the petals is densely covered with down. Tender heads bloom either before the leaves appear, or simultaneously with them. The spring plant blooms in April and May, producing oblong and heavily hairy fruits at the end of the season, which give appearance special decorativeness.

Spread of the lumbago

Open lumbago - sleep-grass - prefers sod-podzolic soils, characteristic of thinned pine forests, as well as mixed pine-birch and pine-oak forests. Flowers grow on slopes and in thickets of berry bushes, on mosses and grass litter. Glades of lumbago can be found in the meadows and steppes of the European part of Russia, in Siberia and the Far East. In addition, the distribution area of ​​this species is Europe, Asia, and North America.

Types of lumbago

The genus numbers approximately 40 different types, growing in cold, temperate, subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Most (26 species of the genus Postrel) are observed on the territory of the republics of the former Soviet Union, including open lumbago, which grows in the Middle and in the south Western Siberia.

In light pine forests and on the edges there are Turchaninov's lumbago, spring, and meadow. On high vast plateaus and peaks of the Crimean mountains, as well as in the cracks of rocks of mountain ranges Central Europe you can find the Crimean species. Most varieties of sleep grass are listed in the Red Book of subjects Russian Federation, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Kazakhstan, Estonia. These include an open lumbago. The Red Book prohibits the destruction of the population of a rare plant that is in danger of extinction.

The following types of lumbago are known: alpine, ayan, spring, mountain, yellowing, golden, bell-shaped, Crimean, meadow, ordinary and many others. Primary colors: white, yellow, red, blue-violet, lilac.

Favorable for open lumbago

The open lumbago, the photo of which is presented below, has a fairly wide range of distribution. spring plant feels equally good both in moderately humid climates and in drier places. Tender purple flowers They germinate not only on rich soils, but can also be content with poor, unmoistened soils. Particularly sensitive to light and especially need sunlight in spring, during the flowering period.

Botanical description of sleep grass

An open lumbago is suitable for rubbing the squeezed juice of the green on inflamed rheumatic joints. More Fresh Juice cures glaucoma. Another species - drooping lumbago, growing in the east of the country - has found its use in Chinese medicine. Decoctions of mature rhizomes are used as a hemostatic and astringent.

Naturally, before taking advantage of the miraculous properties of lumbago, it is necessary to obtain professional advice from a doctor. There are also certain contraindications due to the fact that the plant is poisonous. In particular, in the presence of diseases such as gastritis and other gastrointestinal pathologies, nephritis. Medicinal collection carried out during the flowering period of sleep grass, which lasts from April to May.

Since all types of lumbago have an incredibly attractive appearance, they look natural in group landscape plantings and will be an excellent decoration for lawns, alpine slides and park areas. And for those who want to dig up a rare and forbidden wild specimen of the open lumbago flower for their garden, it will be useful information that adult lumbago does not tolerate replanting.

Dream grass, also known as meadow lumbago, is a perennial herbaceous plant having decorative and medicinal value. She is a representative of the Lumbaceous genus of the Ranunculaceae family. In folk medicine as a bactericidal, sedative and antifungal agent use grass plants.

There are many legends and beliefs associated with this flower. Previously it was believed that it had magical properties, capable of protecting against evil spirits, witchcraft and the evil eye. According to one of the beliefs, a person who fell asleep in dream-grass acquired the ability to see prophetic dreams and was endowed with the gift of foresight. Meadow lumbago, due to its unusual appearance and properties, received a lot folk names, including arrow grass, dream book, cauldrons, samsonchik, dream potion, blackening lumbago, sheep grass, snowdrop, etc. natural conditions meadow lumbago is found in Western, Northern and Central Europe, the Caucasus, Western Siberia, and the European part of Russia.

Botanical description

Meadow lumbago prefers sunny, dry areas with light soils rich in calcium salts, so the places where sleep grass predominantly grows are pine forests, mixed forests, forest edges, slopes and sandy hills. Reproduction is carried out by seeds or dividing bushes.

The root is powerful, vertical, single- or multi-headed (in old plants), colored on the outside dark brown color. Every year, several leaves grow from it, collected in a basal rosette, and two or more flower arrows.

The stem is erect, 10 to 40 cm high, densely covered with soft hairs. The flower arrows are round in cross section, reach a length of 20 cm, emerge from the axils of the leaves, and bear one drooping flower on a long peduncle, surrounded by a plexiform cover. The length of the peduncle increases sharply by the time the fruit ripens and exceeds the length of the flower arrow. The blanket consists of almost erect leaves, divided into narrow linear lobes, densely covered with hairs.

Basal leaves appear after the plant has finished flowering and die off in the fall. They have long petioles, the leaf blade is broadly ovate in outline, pinnately dissected with linear pointed lobules. At first the leaves are densely covered with soft white hairs, and later become bare.

The flowering period occurs in April and May and lasts about a month. The flowers are solitary, purple in different shades, and bell-shaped. The perianth is simple, consists of 6 oblong leaflets, bent outward at the apex, densely covered with hairs on the outside. Stamens numerous yellow color, half as long as the tepals. They are located on a convex receptacle, the outer stamens are shorter than the inner ones. The pistils are located at the top of the receptacle, each having a single-locular ovary and a long style covered with hairs.

The fruits ripen in June-July. They are oblong, hairy, numerous nuts with a long feathery-pilose spine (up to 5 cm).

Chemical composition

The plant's herbs are used for medicinal purposes in folk medicine. To date, its chemical composition has been studied in some detail. It has been established that the above-ground part of the plant contains the following biological substances that determine the medicinal properties of meadow lumbago:

• organic acids;
• alkaloids;
• vitamin C;
• steroids (sitosterol);
• resins;
• gamma lactone (ranunculin)
• tannins;
• triterpenoids (beta-amyrin);
• flavonoids;
• anthocyanins (derivatives of perargopilin and delphinidin);
• anemonin;
• essential oils;
• minerals (P, Al, Fe, Zn, I)

Important: For medicinal purposes, open lumbago is also used, which is also called sleep-grass. Botanical description of it, as well as composition and healing properties similar to meadow lumbago, it only differs slightly in the shape and color of the flower.

Medicinal properties

Sleep-herb has hypotensive, sedative, hypnotic, antispasmodic, antimicrobial, fungicidal, hepatoprotective, diuretic, anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects. It stimulates respiratory function and slows the heart rate.

In folk medicine, products based on it are used to treat:

• glaucoma;
• initial stages of hypertension;
• increased heart rate;
• insomnia;
• increased excitability;
• convulsive conditions;
• metabolic disorders;
• hysteria;
• menstrual irregularities;
• headaches, dizziness.

The antispasmodic effect of lumbago helps relieve cough in whooping cough, bronchitis, bronchial asthma, reducing migraine headaches.

The medicinal properties of sleep herb are used for some gynecological problems. It helps restore function reproductive system, normalizes hormonal background And menstrual cycle. Previously, it was used during labor pains to speed up labor and reduce pain.

Externally, infusions, decoctions and tinctures of meadow lumbago are used to treat burns, wash wounds, lotions for fungal infection skin, baths for skin diseases, rubbing for joint pain, rheumatism and gout.

The herb of the plant is used in homeopathy. It is made from various drugs. For example, Pulsatilla compositum, which has a complex effect on the body and has a wide list of indications: viral infections, rheumatism, skin diseases, hypogalactia, bronchitis, tonsillitis, depression, etc.

Procurement of raw materials

Sleep grass should be harvested during the flowering period, but it is not recommended to do this in the summer, since at this time it contains the maximum amount of toxic substances. The grass is cut, cleaned of foreign impurities, laid out in one layer on paper or natural fabric and dried outdoors in the shade or in a closed but well-ventilated room. Dry raw materials are stored in paper bags or small linen bags for no more than 3 years.

Dried grass can be used for medicinal purposes no earlier than six months later. It is believed that this time is enough for toxic compounds that can cause poisoning to the body to completely evaporate.

Warning: When harvesting meadow grass, you need to protect your hands with rubber gloves, since fresh grass juice when it comes into contact with the skin causes inflammation and burns.

Methods of application

In folk medicine, sleep herb is used in the form of infusions, decoctions, and alcohol-containing tinctures internally or externally. For some diseases, fresh plant juice is used.

Vodka tincture for rubbing

Dry sleep grass in an amount of 10 g is crushed, mixed with 200 ml of vodka and the composition is infused for 7 days in a dark place. Use externally for rubbing pain syndrome for joint diseases and rheumatism.

Aqueous infusion for the treatment of hypertension, glaucoma and mental disorders

Dry raw materials (40 g) are poured with a glass of boiling water, left for 40 minutes and filtered. Take the drug 15 - 20 ml 3 - 5 times a day at approximately equal intervals between meals. For hypertension, treatment lasts 2–3 weeks, for mental disorders – 2–3 months. At mental illness drink the infusion 30–50 ml 3–4 times a day for several weeks.

Infusion for external use

Decoction for medicinal baths

Dried raw meadow lumbago (4 tablespoons) is crushed, combined with 1 liter of water and boiled over low heat for 3 - 5 minutes. Cool the composition to room temperature, filter and pour into the bath.

Precautions

Treatment with meadow lumbago is contraindicated in the following cases:

• gastritis;
• inflammatory processes in the kidneys, liver;
• pregnancy and breastfeeding;
• intolerance or allergies;
• diseases of the intestines and stomach.

Overdose may cause damage to the gastrointestinal mucosa.

Important: Apply folk remedies based on sleep-herbs for the treatment of any diseases is permissible only after consultation with a doctor. The plant is poisonous and, if used incorrectly, can cause significant harm to the body.

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The touching flowering of the amazing plant lumbago in early spring deserves the attention of gardeners. Fearless flowers are not afraid of spring frosts; they are considered true primroses.

Lumbago (Pulsatilla) - more often called dream grass or snow tulips. With snowdrops, the name is associated with early flowering. Flowering is coming as soon as the snow melted.

Sleep-grass is also not a coincidence name; the plant is poisonously capable of inducing drowsiness. It is believed that evil spirits are afraid of the flower. According to legends, it has a legend from biblical times, when the devil was an angel. Fleeing from the Creator's wrath, the devil dodged the arrow and fell through the ground. The arrow shot through the flower and gave it special powers.

Thanks to breeders, hybrids of this plant grown in plots. There are about 40 varieties.

The stem of the flower is straight, with fibers. It blooms with large buds and looks like tulips. Emerging from the soil -
rushes upward. Reaches 30 cm. Depending on the variety, the color has its own shades from white-golden to purple.

Blooms from April to May. The withered bud lengthens and nuts form inside.
Although the varieties of this flower have Russian origin. You don't often see him at the dachas.

This is due to the fact that the plant is listed in the Red Book. The meadow shoots growing on the sunny slopes are protected.

Distribution area of ​​the plant - where it can grow

The plant of the buttercup family can be found in the wild more often in Siberia, the Caucasus and the Urals. In Altai there is a center for speciation of the genus Postrel created by scientists. The most popular types are ordinary, red, Crimean. Scientists are conducting research working to preserve the primrose.

Blooming in early spring, they grow in Leningrad region, Baikal region and Far East.
Grows on soddy-podzolic soils in pine, oak and birch forests. Its habitat is lingonberry, mossy, heather slopes.

Light-loving plant loves open areas. Gardeners grow in spacious areas where there is enough shade or partial shade.

It goes well with perennials in alpine hills and rockeries.

Is it possible to grow it in the country?

Cultivated species are successfully grown by gardeners. Attempts to grow a plant from wild flower seeds not always successful. Even if the primrose grows.

Due to mutation and the absence of wild conditions, the shot will have a slightly different appearance:

• open flowers may be small
• the shade of the buds will differ from the mother's
• flowering may not occur for a long time

Not every variety offered for sale takes root. If you buy seed, germination and successful growth are not always guaranteed. You need to select according to the description, taking into account the climate.

It is necessary to create the right care, then it will be able to adapt to country conditions.

Features of planting and care in open ground

Plant difficult to transplant. At dachas it is propagated mainly by seeds. Unfortunately, it will bloom in its second year. With patience, you can achieve this miracle on your site.

It happens that due to mutation, the flowering of high-mountain varieties is delayed by years. Therefore, it is better to purchase conventional types of lumbago. They are less whimsical and there will be no problems with flowering.

Landing rules:

1. Seed material is planted in summer - from June to July. Take fresh seeds, they must not be expired.
2. There are varieties that are sown in the fall, then they germinate in early spring.
3. You can try sowing lumbago in containers in the spring. Until planting in the ground, keep them on the windowsill. Plant the resulting seedlings in July.
4. By experimenting with planting several varieties in a flowerbed at once, you can get interesting shades and flower shapes.
5. Needed for shooting peat soil and drainage.
6. Seeds in open ground sown thickly. Seed planting depth is 1.5 cm.
7. Germination occurs after 3-3.5 weeks.
8. Being a perennial flower lives in one place for decades. In order for it to delight you with its flowering every spring, it must not be disturbed (replanted).
9. In hot summers, you need to monitor moderate watering. The soil should not be dry. Avoid excess moisture.
10. Mixtures of lime and nitrogen are used as fertilizers. Several times a season, fertilization is required in the form of light fertilizing with potassium and phosphorus.

Shoots are ornamental plants for the entire season; they bloom beautifully in early spring, and during fruiting and in autumn they delight with orange-colored foliage.

Remember that lumbago does not tolerate transplantation well, there is a risk of plant death.

On your site you can grow amazingly beautiful flowers that appear almost immediately after the snow melts. Plant only hybrid varieties, do not collect them from the wild - this is prohibited by law.