Wheatgrass is the second unique plant that should be on every table. As well as , medicinal properties wheatgrass are unique. Not using this plant to strengthen your body is an unacceptable mistake.
Attention! The material contains information that is recommended to be used under the supervision of a specialist.
Creeping wheatgrass - description
Wheatgrass is a cereal. This grass is an aggressive perennial weed that is familiar to almost all summer residents and gardeners.
Its roots can stretch for tens of meters and therefore it is very difficult to get rid of it. This grass can sometimes reach 1.5 meters in height.
This plant has a thin, long root with many branches. Wheatgrass has thin, long leaves that can reach 40 cm.
Often found in fields and meadows. Wheatgrass blooms in June-July. Its flowers gather in spikes.
Medicinal properties
IN folk medicine wheatgrass has found widespread use. It is used for:
And that's not quite yet full list. It is believed that there are no diseases for which wheatgrass could not help. The main functions of this plant can be attributed to anti-inflammatory, nutritional, general strengthening and normalization of metabolism.
Most diseases fall under these functions, so this unique plant should be on every table, at least as a general tonic and to restore metabolism.
With our diet and stressful life, it is simply necessary to help our body be healthy.
Wheatgrass roots are mainly used to treat and strengthen the body. But sometimes juice and decoction are made from the fresh plant, which are used for partial loss of vision.
Wheatgrass contraindications
The plant has a number of contraindications. Contraindications include:
Acute pancreatitis;
Stomach ulcer during exacerbation;
Celicalia;
Some forms of allergies;
Individual intolerance.
It is also undesirable to give wheatgrass to children under 3 years of age.
Recipes
| Skin diseases | Boil 15g of rhizomes with roots of wheatgrass for 10 minutes. in a sealed container, leave for 4 hours, strain. Take 1 tablespoon 3-4 times a day for 2-4 weeks. |
| Diabetes | Wheatgrass works as a metabolic regulator. Traditional medicine recommends this recipe: take 4 tbsp. l. dry crushed wheatgrass rhizomes into 5 glasses of water, put on low heat and boil until the volume is reduced by one quarter. Then strain and take 1 tbsp. l. 4-5 times a day. |
| Haemorrhoids | Chronic inflammation of the colon, inflammation Bladder and urinary tract, a decoction of wheatgrass is prescribed at night in the form of a microenema with a volume of 30-60 g. To prepare a decoction, pour 2 tablespoons of raw material into 1 glass hot water, boil for 5-10 minutes, cool, filter and squeeze. Take 1/3 cup 3 times a day before meals. Instead of decoction, you can use fresh juice from the above-ground part of the plant. To do this, the stems are washed in running water, scalded with boiling water, passed through a meat grinder, diluted with water in a 1:1 ratio, squeezed through a thick cloth and boiled for 3 minutes. Take 1/3 cup 3 times a day before meals. Store in the refrigerator for no more than 2 days. |
| Sweaty feet | Sweating of feet with odor and suppuration. Rinse your feet thoroughly warm water with soap, rinse cold water. Take straw from barley or oats or wheat or weave wheatgrass between your fingers, like weaving baskets. Put on clean socks and sleep through the night. In the morning, throw away the straw, wash your feet, and put on clean socks. Repeat this daily at night. People consider it one of the the best means. It is enough to do this for a week and the disease goes away for many years. The smell, sweating of the feet, and suppuration disappear. |
| Fatigue | Pour 4 tbsp. tablespoons of crushed wheatgrass rhizomes with 5 cups of boiling water and boil until about a quarter of the volume evaporates. Take 2 tbsp. spoons 4-5 times a day before meals for 2-3 weeks. |
| Male diseases (infertility) | Pour two cups of boiling water over 2 tablespoons of creeping wheatgrass rhizome. Prepare a decoction. Take half a glass 4 times a day before meals. The rhizome of creeping wheatgrass is useful. Pour 1 tablespoon of wheatgrass into a glass of boiling water, let it brew for 30 minutes, strain and drink 1 tablespoon at a time. 3 times a day before meals. |
| Arthritis | Pour 4 tablespoons of dry, finely chopped wheatgrass rhizomes with 5 cups of water, boil until the volume is reduced by a quarter. Take 1 tablespoon 4-5 times a day. |
| Gastritis, colitis, enteritis, metabolic disorders | Take 5 teaspoons of crushed wheatgrass rhizome and pour 1 glass of cold boiled water. Infuse for 12 hours, strain, pour 1 cup of boiling water over the remaining mass of rhizomes, leave in a warm place for 1 hour, strain, mix both infusions. Take ½ glass 4 times a day before meals. |
| Exudative diathesis | Pour 1 tablespoon of dry crushed rhizomes of creeping wheatgrass into 0.5 liters of boiling water. Boil for 15 minutes, leave, covered, for 2 hours, strain. Take ½ glass 3-4 times a day before meals. |
| Constipation | Pour 5 tablespoons of crushed wheatgrass root into 0.5 liters of boiling water, simmer over low heat for 15 minutes. Cool, strain and do enemas for chronic constipation. |
| Decoction for the treatment of tuberculosis | Required: 250 ml milk, 2 tbsp. l. dried wheatgrass roots (or 1 tbsp fresh). Cooking method. Dry the wheatgrass roots, add hot milk and boil for 5 minutes. Strain. Mode of application. Cool the product slightly and drink in one dose. Take up to 3 glasses a day for tuberculosis. |
| Pulmonary tuberculosis | Boil 2 tablespoons of dried wheatgrass roots (fresh - 1 tablespoon) in 1 glass of milk for 5 minutes, cool slightly and drink in one serving. Take up to 3 glasses per day. The same decoction also helps with other intractable diseases. |
| Cholecystitis | Take 20g of wheatgrass rhizomes, pour 1.5 cups of boiling water. Leave for several hours, strain. Take 1 glass 3 times a day. The course of treatment is 1 month. |
| Cystitis, urolithiasis, articular rheumatism, gout | Pour 2 tablespoons of crushed wheatgrass rhizome with 1 glass of water, boil for 10 minutes in a sealed container, leave for 4 hours, strain. Take 1 tablespoon 3 times a day. |
| Tea mixture for juvenile acne | Wheatgrass 20.0; Tricolor violet 10.0; Horsetail 10.0; Nettle 10.0. Pour two heaped teaspoons of the mixture into ¼ liter of boiling water, let it brew for 10 minutes and then strain. Drink regularly 1 cup of tea 3 times a day. |
| Salts in joints | Often the cause of joint pain is general slagging in the body. How to cleanse yourself. Collect wheatgrass rhizomes from the garden and rinse thoroughly. Infuse one glass of rhizomes for 12 hours in a liter of boiled water, add honey to taste and drink half a glass 3-5 times a day. |
When to harvest wheatgrass
If used aboveground part plants, then like all herbs, you need to collect them in the first half of the day, when the concentration useful substances higher. Best time for collecting herbs for storage and drying during flowering, but for fresh consumption any time while the plant is green is suitable.
Wheatgrass roots are harvested in early spring (before emergence) or autumn (after the foliage withers). They are cleared of soil, washed and dried in a ventilated place. When drying, the roots need to be turned over periodically. The optimal temperature for drying in dryers is 50-60 Cº.
When the roots, when bent, stop bending and break (at an acute bending angle), the roots are dried. When drying in the sun, some of the nutrients may be lost, and in the shade it is not always possible to dry the roots well. Good way drying herbs and roots in a bathhouse.
The shelf life of herbs is up to 2 years, roots up to 3 years. The maximum benefit of dried raw materials will be in the first year of storage.
How to use
Infusion
For infusion, put 2 tbsp in a thermos. spoons of wheatgrass roots and pour boiling water over them. If you do this in the evening, the infusion will be ready by morning. In the morning, strain the infusion and drink throughout the day before meals.
Infusions are mainly used as an anti-inflammatory agent, as well as a laxative, diuretic and expectorant.
Decoction
For 1 l. take 25 grams of water. roots and cook over low heat until half the water is reduced. Then the broth is filtered and taken 3 times a day before meals. The decoction is used for osteochondrosis, salt deposition, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and kidneys.
Juice
Juice can be prepared from fresh greens of the plant and from its rhizomes. To obtain juice from the rhizomes, they are washed and scalded with water. Then it is passed through a meat grinder and mixed with water in a 1:1 ratio. Then the resulting mixture is squeezed through a thick cloth and boiled for about 3 minutes. Take 1 tbsp of juice before meals. spoon. The juice should be stored in the refrigerator, but no more than 2 days.
Tea
Wheatgrass roots are crushed and brewed as tea (2 tsp per glass of boiling water). Wheatgrass tea is drunk as a cleansing and strengthening agent with an anti-inflammatory effect.
Baths
For a therapeutic bath, take 100 grams. wheatgrass roots and. The raw materials are poured with 5 liters of boiling water and then boiled for 10 minutes. It turns out healing decoction which is poured into the bath.
This bath is good for skin diseases. You need to take a bath at least once a week for 30 minutes. Her temperature is about 37 Cº. Along with the bath, you should additionally take a decoction of wheatgrass.
Wheatgrass recipes
Fresh roots are used in many dishes. These can be soups, salads, vegetable dishes, side dishes and even baked goods.
For example, for soup, you can add 0.5 cups of crushed wheatgrass roots to 2 cups of water. For salad, the roots are passed through a meat grinder. In the casserole, the roots are crushed. Several recipes from the Internet.
Borscht made from wheatgrass.
4 liters of water + a bunch of wheatgrass (rhizome and greens) + dandelion green leaves + 6-8 potatoes + 2 medium carrots + a bunch of green onions + 2 eggs + green parsley + dill + salt. Wash the green dandelion leaves well. Place them in salted water for half an hour to remove the bitterness. Wash the wheatgrass. Place in boiling water and boil for 10 minutes. Then remove the wheatgrass and throw it away.
Add chopped potatoes and salt to this broth (brownish in color). Let it boil. Add carrots. Cook until the potatoes are ready. At the end of cooking, pour in the eggs, lightly beaten with a knife, while stirring. Add chopped green onions, herbs and dandelion leaves. Let stand for 15 minutes covered. You can add sour cream.
0.5 l of meat broth + 2 pcs. potatoes + 1 carrot + 1 onion + 50 g wheatgrass rhizomes + parsley + salt. Add potatoes, carrots, and onions to the meat broth. Cook until half cooked. Then add chopped wheatgrass rhizomes and parsley. Add salt. Boil for 5 minutes. Wheatgrass rhizome soup.
Wheatgrass rhizome salad.
Wash fresh rhizomes (120 g), mince or finely chop. Add onion (20 g), carrots (30 g), sorrel (5 g), dill (3-5 g). Season with vegetable oil or mayonnaise (10 g). Add salt.
Salad from wheatgrass rhizomes with other plants.
Mix boiled rhizomes (100 g) with blanched crushed leaves of nettle (50 g), dandelion, honey, plantain (30 g each). Add salt. Mix. Season with mayonnaise (sour cream, tomato sauce, vegetable oil) (100 g). Sprinkle with dill, parsley and green onions (15 g).
Porridge with wheatgrass. Mix wheatgrass (1:2, 1:1) with other cereals: pearl barley, buckwheat, millet, etc. Cook over low heat until tender. Salt at the end of cooking. Let sit in a warm place for 1-2 hours. Add milk or butter.
Potatoes baked with burdock, wheatgrass and onions
250g potatoes, 50g each of burdock roots and wheatgrass rhizomes, 40g onions, 50g vegetable oil, 10g crackers.
Peel the potatoes, boil, cut into slices. Peel the burdock roots, grate them on a coarse grater, rinse the wheatgrass rhizomes thoroughly and chop finely. Grease a frying pan with oil, layer potato slices, burdock, wheatgrass and fried onions, sprinkle with breadcrumbs, and bake in the oven.
Wheatgrass puree.
Wash wheatgrass rhizomes (250 g) thoroughly with cold water. Boil in salted water until softened. Drain the water. Skip and chop the rhizomes. Add: sauteed onion (50 g) + ground pepper (2 g) + salt. Refuel butter or sour cream (15 g).
The healing properties of wheatgrass are unique and give health to humans. Use this plant in your diet and prepare the raw materials yourself in advance, rather than using ineffective pharmacy options.
Good health to you!
Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor of the department. Vegetable Growing RGAU-Moscow Agricultural Academy named after K.A. Timiryazev
Science knows several dozen species of wheatgrass. In Asia alone, there are 53 species of it. But we all know, of course, creeping wheatgrass ( Elytrigia repens(L.) Nevski). This, well, very annoying weed, is found in almost any field and in the gardens of even very hardworking summer residents. He's just kind of ineradicable. But in the ecstasy of fighting this plant, we somehow don’t think that its rhizomes, extracted in spring and autumn when digging up beds or when conquering a new territory for edible plants, can be used as valuable medicinal raw materials and even as a vegetable paint that colors fabric in a wonderful gray color. In addition, it is a good forage plant. In cultivation it can produce a hay yield of up to 50-60 c/ha.
Medicinal raw materials
Finding this plant in the vast expanses of our vast homeland will not be difficult. It is found almost throughout Russia - even in the Far East and Kamchatka as an alien plant. The rhizomes are collected, as already mentioned, thoroughly cleaned of soil, small roots, remains of leaves and stems, quickly washed with cold water and dried in a place protected from the sun, laid out on paper. Some authors recommend not washing them, but only shaking them off. Probably, such a recommendation has a right to exist, but in this case you must prepare the rhizomes yourself, or at least know where they were dug, and prepare from them not an infusion, but a decoction that needs to be boiled for at least a few minutes. Otherwise, there is a possibility of getting something bad from the raw materials in the form of worms or pathogens.
Before the revolution in Russian Empire Wheatgrass was specially prepared for pharmaceutical needs. In the Poltava province alone, over 200 pounds of rhizomes were collected annually. In the 19th-20th centuries, this raw material was an export item. Up to several hundred pounds of raw material was exported from the Voronezh province to Europe annually, and in the USSR it was prepared for sale in European countries. But alas, despite the fact that wheatgrass has not disappeared from the fields, it is no longer collected for import. But Poland, for example, exports wheatgrass rhizomes to Western Europe even today. Once upon a time, Russia also carried out such exports.
Chemical composition
The rhizomes contain the polysaccharide triticin, levulose (3-4%), mannitol (about 3%), inulin, inositol, fructose, mucous substances (up to 10%) and other carbohydrates, as well as agropyrene, glucovaniline, malic acid salts, protein substances ( about 9%), fatty oil, essential oil (up to 0.006%), carotene (about 6 mg%) and ascorbic acid (up to 150 mg%), essential oil (0.05%), carotene (up to 6 mg).
Medicinal properties of wheatgrass
Wheatgrass is not currently used in scientific medicine in Russia. It is only part of some dietary supplements intended to cleanse the body. Official medicinal preparations containing wheatgrass are produced in Germany and Switzerland for the treatment of inflammatory diseases of the trachea and bronchi, and also as diuretics. But in folk medicine it is still used very widely.
About him healing properties Avicenna also wrote. He considered this plant to be multifunctional and suggested using it for ulcers and bladder stones, for fresh wounds, and for various catarrhs. The great healer used squeezed wheatgrass juice mixed with honey and wine for eye diseases. Traditional medicine in Rus' also knew about the healing effect of wheatgrass, because it was not without reason that it was noticed that sick animals eat fresh young leaves of wheatgrass. Doctors treated them for colds, fever, stomach and liver diseases. It was believed that wheatgrass juice helped with loss of vision. In Western Siberia and the Urals, a decoction of wheatgrass is taken for urinary incontinence, diathesis, eczema, cough, tuberculosis, partial loss of vision, jaundice, and even syphilis - for almost all occasions. In Ukraine, wheatgrass is used for cholelithiasis, chronic enterocolitis, constipation, and scrofula. In Karelia, wheatgrass preparations are used for tracheitis, bronchitis, pneumonia, exudative diathesis, eczema, hypertension, and diabetes. In Moldova, wheatgrass is used to wash wounds and boils.
The property of rhizomes to restore metabolism when it is disturbed is very valuable and, accordingly, is used for kidney stones, metabolic arthritis and skin diseases. Many authors note that a decoction of wheatgrass rhizomes improves carbohydrate metabolism and hematopoiesis. Therefore he - good remedy for diseases associated with impaired mineral metabolism, urolithiasis and cholelithiasis, metabolic arthritis and osteochondrosis. Tricitin and levulose have a regulatory effect on disorders of mineral and carbohydrate metabolism.
For cholelithiasis and kidney stones, a decoction or infusion is used. Prepare a decoction at a rate of 1:10, take 1 tablespoon 3-4 times a day. Cold infusion is prepared at the rate of 15 g of rhizomes per 2 cups cold water, leave for 10-12 hours and drink 1/2 cup 3-4 times a day. When preparing such an infusion and taking into account the absence heat treatment raw materials, it is necessary to use washed rhizomes, and the raw materials should be properly crushed for better extraction.
IN summer period Instead of a decoction for gallstones, you can drink juice from fresh leaves and stems of wheatgrass, 1/2-1 glass per day.
The decoction is useful for cystitis, nephritis, and neuroses.
Herbalists love the term “blood purifying effect.” It is believed that such drugs are necessary not only for disorders of salt but also lipid metabolism. A lack of inositol in the body leads to an increase in cholesterol levels and degenerative changes in the liver. Often, when liver function is impaired, various skin rashes, furunculosis and other skin problems. In this case, wheatgrass is especially indicated, since the inositol contained in the rhizome regulates lipid metabolism in the patient.
Wheatgrass is effective for furunculosis, acne vulgaris and other skin diseases. In Bulgarian therapy it is used in the complex treatment of eczema, neurodermatitis, urticaria, collagenosis, baldness, and graying of hair. In addition, creeping wheatgrass is recommended in folk medicine for diabetes. The silicic acid contained in wheatgrass helps strengthen the vascular wall and acts as an anti-inflammatory. In Belarus, a decoction of wheatgrass roots in water or milk is recommended to be taken for pulmonary tuberculosis. And this recommendation is probably based on the presence of silicon in this plant.
Recipes for use
Recommended for use in pulmonary tuberculosis wheatgrass decoction with milk. Boil 2 tablespoons of dried wheatgrass roots (fresh - 1 tablespoon) in 1 glass of milk for 5 minutes, cool slightly and drink in one serving. Take up to 3 glasses per day.
For skin diseases, diathesis, rickets, hemorrhoids, baths with infusion of wheatgrass rhizomes are used (course of treatment is 10-15 baths). To do this, take 50 g of crushed rhizomes, boil in 5 liters of water for 30 minutes, filter and pour the cooled mixture into the bath.
Wheatgrass rhizomes are included in breast tea, which is due to the presence of various polysaccharides and, above all, mucous substances. But when chronic diseases, bronchitis, pneumonia, you can use juice from the fresh above-ground part of the plant. It is drunk for 3-4 months, 1/2 glass 3-4 times a day, 30-40 minutes before meals.
The anti-inflammatory and emollient effect of polysaccharides also explains the effectiveness of using wheatgrass for gastritis and enterocolitis.
Some sources provide data on the effectiveness of taking wheatgrass preparations for hypothalamic syndrome and multiple sclerosis.
And tea with wheatgrass is a good general strengthening remedy. Fatigue and weakness are relieved by drinking tea from wheatgrass rhizomes. At the same time, all components act together - both vitamins and minerals, saponins and related compounds. Tea is drunk regularly for several weeks, 1 cup 2 times a day.
Wheatgrass as a food plant
In general, all parts of wheatgrass have long been successfully used for food. Fresh wheatgrass rhizomes are used to prepare soups, salads, and side dishes for fatty meat, fish, and vegetable dishes. Dried rhizomes are ground into flour, from which porridges and jelly are cooked, it is added to wheat and rye flour when baking bread, cakes and pancakes. Surrogate coffee is prepared from roasted rhizomes.
Well, and finally, a couple of recipes for lovers of everything unusual:
- Spring vitamin salad from wheatgrass rhizomes with other plants,
Syn.: zhitets, plover, rye, ponyry, dandur, root-grass, dog-grass, worm-grass, etc.
A perennial herbaceous plant with long creeping underground rhizomes. It is used in medicine as a medicinal plant that has valuable medicinal properties: anti-inflammatory, blood purifying, emollient, diaphoretic, lactic, diuretic, etc.
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Flower formula
Formula of wheatgrass flower: O2T3P2.In medicine
Creeping wheatgrass is not a pharmacopoeial plant in domestic official medicine, but is widely used in folk medicine and homeopathy. The grass and rhizomes of wheatgrass have medicinal value; they are used as a diuretic, diaphoretic, expectorant and mild laxative. Sometimes in medical practice, wheatgrass rhizome is used as a medicinal agent that regulates salt metabolism, as well as an enveloping, laxative and blood purifying agent.
Contraindications and side effects
In cosmetology
Wheatgrass is used for allergic skin diseases as an anti-inflammatory agent for lichen planus, as an anti-inflammatory and antipruritic agent for pyoderma, including furunculosis, acne, viral skin diseases, hyperkeratosis, scleroderma and baldness. For furunculosis, a strong decoction of wheatgrass rhizome has a positive effect.
In other areas
In addition to the medicinal effect, the rhizomes of creeping wheatgrass have great nutritional value. In the years of famine they were dried, ground and baked into quite decent quality bread. Currently, wheatgrass is used in cooking, for example, salads, side dishes for meat, fish and vegetable dishes, and soups are prepared from fresh rhizomes. Dried rhizomes are suitable for producing flour; they are used to cook porridge, jelly, beer, bake bread, and are also used as a coffee substitute.
The rhizomes of creeping wheatgrass, cleared from the ground, are used as feed for livestock, rabbits, and poultry. As a medicinal plant, wheatgrass is eaten by cats and dogs, especially in early spring - it is their favorite green. Creeping wheatgrass is a valuable hay and pasture plant; when cultivated it can produce a hay yield of up to 50-60 c/ha.
Some species (elongated wheatgrass, medium wheatgrass, and other species) are valued in breeding as plants widely used for producing frost- and cold-resistant wheat-wheatgrass hybrids that produce good quality grain.
Classification
Creeping wheatgrass (lat. Elytrigia repens) is the most famous species of the genus Wheatgrass of the family Poaceae, or Gramineae. The genus includes about 30 species of perennial grasses, common in extratropical regions. There are approximately 20 species in Russia, some of them (feather grass) are endemic to the steppes of the European part and Ciscaucasia and are listed in the Red Books of the USSR.
Botanical description
Creeping wheatgrass is a perennial glabrous or pubescent herbaceous plant 60-120 cm in height with a long, creeping, branched underground rhizome, forming numerous aboveground single daughter shoots. Root system fibrous, formed by numerous thin adventitious roots. The stems are smooth, glabrous or pubescent, and are enclosed in leaf sheaths for most of their length. The leaves are vaginal, linear, 5-8 mm wide, green or grayish, clearly ribbed on top, sharply rough, with blades at the base with small but clearly visible ears. The sheaths are long, at the place of their transition into the leaf blade there is a short outgrowth - the tongue. The flowers are small, green, inconspicuous, collected in spikelets of 4-7 pieces, which in turn form long inflorescences - a complex spike. At the base of the spikelets (1-2 cm long) there are two smooth, pointed, short-awned spikelet scales with 5-7 veins. Flowers with a strongly reduced perianth, enclosed in floral scales. There are 3 stamens, with rather large swaying anthers. Pistil with an upper single-locular ovary and two sessile stigmas. Creeping wheatgrass flower formula: O2T3P 2 . The fruit is a grain. It blooms in June-July, bears fruit in August-September.
Spreading
Creeping wheatgrass is distributed almost everywhere and is found throughout European Russia. A widespread and common plant of meadow communities, bare and overgrown substrates and banks of water bodies, as well as fields (a noxious weed), fallow lands, vegetable gardens, bush thickets, wastelands and roadsides. Prefers rich and well-aerated soils.
Thanks to its long rhizomes, it is able to quickly cover large areas, which is why wheatgrass is classified as a difficult-to-eradicate field weed. On 1 hectare there can be up to 250 million wheatgrass buds, which germinate very quickly when mechanically damaged, finding themselves at shallow depths or in loose soil.
Regions of distribution on the map of Russia.
Procurement of raw materials
Wheatgrass rhizomes are best harvested during autumn or spring plowing, as they contain the maximum amount of biologically active substances and large quantities carried to the soil surface. Raw materials harvested early in the spring, before the stems grow, are of great value. Having dug up the rhizomes, they are shaken off the ground and cleaned of remnants of stems and leaves. If natural drying (in the sun) is expected, the rhizomes are not washed, but only shaken off the ground. Washing is advisable if artificial drying is planned (in dryers at a temperature of 50-55°C). After drying, the rhizomes are piled up and ground by hand until small roots break off and the remains of soil and leaves fall off. The rhizomes are then weeded out or selected. It is recommended to store raw materials (rhizomes) whole in well-closed glass jars. The shelf life of raw materials is 2-3 years.
Raw materials must be treated with caution, as they are easily damaged by moths, beetles, weevils and other barn pests.
Chemical composition
Rhizomes of creeping wheatgrass contain carbohydrates: triticin, mannitol (2.5-3%), levulose (3-4%); agroperine, glucovalin, as well as salts of malic acid, protein and mucous substances, saponins, pectins, fatty and essential oils, carotene, ascorbic acid, mineral salts. Wheatgrass rhizome contains the most starch (up to 40%).
Pharmacological properties
Creeping wheatgrass root and preparations made on its basis (tinctures, decoctions, freshly squeezed juice) are recommended for the prevention and treatment of cholelithiasis and urolithiasis, and also for use as a diuretic, for the treatment of diseases of the biliary and urinary tract: cystitis, nephritis, urethritis, urinary incontinence, chronic infections Bladder).
Wheatgrass root has enveloping and mild laxative properties; it is effectively used for the prevention and treatment of diseases of the liver, spleen and gastrointestinal tract (colitis, enteritis, cholecystitis, hepatitis, gastritis, gastric catarrh, etc.). Wheatgrass also has an expectorant effect; taking decoctions and infusions from wheatgrass roots is effective for diseases of the lungs, bronchi and various inflammations of the upper respiratory tract, accompanied by sputum production. The roots and rhizomes of creeping wheatgrass have healing and anti-inflammatory properties, they are used to combat skin diseases - acne, furunculosis, eczema, trophic ulcers, various types dermatitis.
Wheatgrass helps strengthen the walls of blood vessels, it purifies the blood and lowers cholesterol levels, normalizes blood pressure, improves lipid metabolism and metabolism.
Use in folk medicine
In folk medicine, wheatgrass rhizome is used much more widely than in official medicine. In folk medicine, wheatgrass rhizomes are used as a diuretic, anti-inflammatory, enveloping, mild laxative and metabolism-improving agent. In the form of decoctions, wheatgrass rhizomes are drunk for diseases of the liver, lungs, kidneys, urinary incontinence, urethritis and cystitis, taken for chest pain, fever, jaundice, irregular periods, aches. For furunculosis, childhood diathesis and eczema, children are bathed in a bath with the addition of wheatgrass rhizome juice and given to drink, especially with rickets. The juice of fresh wheatgrass leaves is used to treat colds, ARVI, bronchitis, cholelithiasis, urolithiasis, and pneumonia. Healing baths with an infusion of wheatgrass herb are recommended for skin diseases (lichen planus and blistering dermatitis), rashes, scrofula and hemorrhoids, and for chronic constipation, enemas are recommended; the decoction can also be taken orally. A decoction of dried wheatgrass rhizomes is used as an anti-inflammatory agent for rheumatism, inflammation of the bladder, gout, jaundice and dropsy. Creeping wheatgrass is a good remedy for diseases with disorders, metabolic arthritis and osteochondrosis. Preparations of creeping wheatgrass quickly cure furunculosis, help with juvenile acne and other skin diseases. Wheatgrass is included in the collection for compresses for dry, delicate skin with reduced resistance and pyoderma (for oral administration). Together with stinging nettle, wheatgrass is used to treat premature graying. For sweaty feet with an unpleasant odor, apply wheatgrass to them at night.
Wheatgrass is eaten by cats and dogs; it has an anthelmintic effect.
Historical reference
The generic name of the plant comes from the Greek. "elytron" - scales. Old Latin name of the plant (Agropiron repens). It has a number of popular names: zhitets, ryan, ryan, ponyr, dandur, root - grass, dog grass, worm - grass, etc.
Literature
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The most malicious and eternal enemy of any gardener is weeds. No matter how you look after your garden, weeds still come from somewhere. Wheatgrass is considered one of the annoying, difficult to remove weeds. From year to year, new ways to combat it are being invented, but it has amazing vitality, which is the envy of many cultivated plants.
To get rid of the pest and free the area from thick grass, you need to put in a lot of effort. Therefore, only a comprehensive, targeted strategy can save the garden from the occupier plant.
photo of wheatgrass
Description of the plant
This herb belongs to the grass family. Is perennial plant with long knotty creeping roots that go 2 meters into the soil along its entire perimeter. The height of the plant reaches 1.2 m. The leaf is narrow-linear, flat, with roughness, gray or greenish in color. The flowers are long, narrow, like spikelets.
The plant usually blooms in late spring or early summer. The fruits appear in mid-July and ripen in early September. A healthy plant produces about 10,000 seeds, which retain their properties and sprout for 12 years. Wheatgrass grows in any soil - cultivated or not. Being an aggressor, it easily makes its way through hard ground, taking away moisture and nutrients from plants that get in its way.
Agricultural crops die from this pest, since it needs elements and minerals much more than they do. Moreover, the weed emits toxic emissions that fall on the ground and also poison everything around it. Wheatgrass is widespread in countries with temperate climates. It is favorably influenced by moisture, humus, and nitrogen-containing soils.
The weed reproduces in the traditional vegetative way - by roots. Good conditions give them the opportunity to sprout several buds per internode. The root consists of many such nodes at a distance of two centimeters from each other. It follows that square meter rhizomes are about 14 thousand buds. The buds on the root are always active. When the root divides, they become active and grow, giving life to a young shoot.
Wheatgrass also effectively reproduces by seeds. An adult pest produces about 300 grains, which are viable for 5 years. Seeds actively grow at positive temperatures, lying 6-11 cm in the soil. Unfavorable weather inhibits the ripening of seeds, which leads to their death.
Medicinal properties
Wheatgrass is endowed with amazing healing properties that our ancestors have used since ancient times. Its roots revealed a high content of polysaccharyl triticin, saponin, essential oils, organic acids, carotene, vitamin C and ascorbic acid.
Wheatgrass is used as:
- anti-inflammatory
- painkiller
- enveloping
- diuretic
- expectorant
- sweatshop
- blood purifying
- laxative
Used for the following diseases:
- gout
- rickets
- rheumatism
- scrofula
- chronic eczema
- furunculosis
- arthritis
- anemia
- liver disease
Typically, the herb is used to cleanse blood vessels and remove toxins from the blood. This has a good effect on the general condition of the body, which leads to the relief of fatigue and stress.
In many European countries, wheatgrass is actively used in treatment. The entire plant (roots, leaves) is used for these purposes. As a supplement, it is recommended to be used for catarrh of the upper respiratory tract, as a diuretic, and for metabolic disorders.
Wheatgrass tea minimizes acne, having a beneficial effect on the skin.
They also eat weeds. For these purposes, roots ground into flour are used. Various products are made from flour in the form of bread, cakes, and gingerbread. Young rhizomes are used for soup, salad, and side dish.
Pets also do not hesitate to feast on this grass. As soon as the young shoots of this plant emerge, they happily replenish their body useful vitamins and substances by eating wheatgrass stems.
The weed is also known for its good cleaning effect against radioactive radiation. Thanks to the tannins in its composition, it expels strontium from the body.
photo of wheatgrass root
How to remove wheatgrass from the garden forever
To get rid of an annoying plant, you need to carry out a whole range of measures. The effectiveness of actions depends on timely measures taken. The fight against weeds includes the use of mechanical, chemical, and folk remedies.
TO mechanical method relate:
- Soil treatment in autumn. After harvesting, you should dig up the garden a couple of times.
- Select roots. To do this, use a pitchfork that is capable of picking up the entire bush. The bush removed in this way is taken away from the garden and disposed of.
- Spring harrow. Using a cultivator before sowing cultivated plants partially gets rid of wheatgrass roots located underground by cutting them.
- Trimming young animals. Cutting right to the root or weeding makes it vulnerable. The pest subsequently dies.
- Shading. A plastic film is laid out on the area, pressed down with something heavy on top. Lack of light reduces the growth and reproduction of the plant to nothing and it dies.
The chemical method allows you to quickly get rid of wheatgrass.
To choose the right product, you should consider some factors:
- Action of herbicide. Continuous and selective. The first is designed to remove all vegetation, the second clears a “specific” planting.
- Penetration of the product. The reagent (systemic) gets inside, covering the entire plant. The reagent (contact) is destroyed at the application site.
- Type of crop. Vegetables respond differently to each herbicide. Therefore, when purchasing a potent drug, you should make sure that it is compatible with this type of crop.
You can remove wheatgrass from the garden folk remedies:
- A strong solution of baking soda poured on the weed will weaken it.
- Salt poured onto the plant and watered with water, after penetrating into the soil, blocks the growth of the pest.
- A blowtorch used to burn out creeping wheatgrass weed.
- Make a solution from citric acid(60 ml) and water (1000 ml). The leaves are sprayed with the composition.
- A solution of vinegar and salt. Vinegar (2 l), salt (50 g), detergent(10 g) mix thoroughly with each other, sprinkle the weed in the morning.
Pest control takes a lot of time. Applying various ways resistance and influencing its vulnerable sides, you can destroy the weed, freeing your area from the aggressor.