Some medicinal plants and their pictures
Adonis( Goricvet) spring
The medicinal raw material is the entire aboveground part. The whole plant is poisonous! Collect during flowering and fruiting. Infusion stimulates and regulates the activity of the heart, dilates the vessels. Has a diuretic, analgesic and soothing effect.
Air marsh
Popular names: roast root, Tatar grass, lepeha, sycamore. It occurs along the banks of rivers, lakes, ponds, ponds. Use a rhizome. Harvest in the fall.
Althaea officinalis
Grows on wet places of rivers, lakes, streams, in meadows, in the forest. Rhizomes and roots harvested in autumn. Or in the early spring, leaves and flowers - in sunny weather, after dew.
Anise ordinary
The does not grow wild. They grow up in the kitchen gardens. Use fruits. Leaves are used for salads. The action is diverse.
Labrador tea marsh
Leaves are used, and young twigs. It grows in the marshes and coniferous forests. The plant is poisonous! Apply carefully!
Sandless immortal
Flower baskets are used. It grows on dry sandy soils, in pine forests and plantings. Height 15-20 cm.
Brown elder
Found in deciduous forests, cultivated in gardens and parks. Flowers, leaves, roots, berries are used.
Initial letter
Growing in meadows and thickets. Height 30-90 cm. Blooms from June to September. Used grass, sometimes roots.
Valerian officinalis
It occurs everywhere, except for northern areas. The height of the stem is 1.5-2 m. Use a rhizome with roots. Prepare after discarding the seeds. It grows on wet meadows, fringes, between shrubs, along the banks of rivers.
Three-leaf watch
It grows in the swamps, along the swampy banks of rivers, lakes, ponds. A long, thick, creeping rhizome. Blossoms in late May - June. The leaves are used.
Veronica officinalis
Teryan plant with creeping stem 10-30 cm long Grows in damp places, among shrubs Use all the grass, harvest during flowering. Blooms from June to August.
Highlander snake, or crayfish
Grows in the meadows, among shrubs. Height up to 1 m. Use a rhizome, which is excavated together with the roots in autumn or early spring.
Highlander pochechuynyy
Grows on damp meadows, along river banks. Height of 20-50 cm. Blooms from July to September. Use the grass along with the roots. Gather during flowering.
Highlander bird, or litter
It grows on roads, in yards, in weedy places, along the banks of reservoirs. The height of the stem is 10-40 cm. The shoots are recumbent. Use the grass, which is collected during flowering. Blooms all summer.
Gland naked
It grows on dry fields, in open sunny sandy places. Herbaceous plant. Height 5-15 cm. Use the grass. Gather during flowering. Blooms from May to autumn.
Devyasil high
It grows along the banks of rivers, lakes, in low shady places. The height is 1-2 m. The stem is straight. Use a rhizome with a root. Prepared in October for the second year of life of the plant. Dry in the shade.
Donator medicinal
Grows on fields, edges, along roads. Height 20-100 cm. Use the tips of flowering shoots along with the leaves. Cut at the beginning of flowering. Blooms all summer.
Oregano ash
It grows on the slopes of ravines, in forests, on the fringes, between bushes. Height 30-60 cm. Use all the grass that is harvested during flowering. Blooms from June to August.
Angelica officinalis, or angelica
It grows along the banks of rivers, lakes, in wet places. Height up to 2 m. Use rhizomes, roots, leaves and stems with flowers. Blooms in June-August. St. John's wort
Grows in the meadows, in the woods, among shrubs, on the fringes. Height to 60 cm. Use grass and flowers. Gather during flowering. Blooms from May to June.
is in the forest and forest-steppe zones. It grows on dry places, on glades. Stem height up to 30 cm. Use grass. Gather during flowering. Blossoms in in June and August.
Krovohleb medicinal
It grows on the edges of forests, among shrubs, on the outskirts of bogs. Height up to 1 m. Use root and grass. Collect in July - August. The roots are digging in late autumn. Blooms all summer.
Spindle erect, or kalgan
Distributed everywhere. Blooms in June - September. Use a rhizome. Harvested in autumn or early spring.
Mother-and-Stepmother
Grows everywhere, along ditches, banks of rivers, lakes, in the forest. Height to 25 cm. Use leaves and flower baskets. The leaves are harvested in June-July, and the flower baskets in April-May. Blossoms early in the spring one of the first grasses.
Medinica medicinal
Grows in shady places among shrubs, in woods. Height 15-30 cm. Use grass and leaves. Collect during the blossoming of flowers. Blossoms in April-May.
Comfrey officinalis
It grows everywhere, in meadows, in bushes, beams, floodplains of rivers. Height up to 1 m. Use the root. Harvest in the autumn, after fruiting. Blossoms from May to October.
Tansy ordinary
It grows everywhere, along roads, on vacant lots, near housing. Height up to 1 m. Use flower baskets without pedicels. Harvest during flowering. Blooms from June to the end of September.
Motherwort
Grows on the banks of rivers, lakes, in meadows, on vacant lots, near roads, near housing. Height up to 2 m. The tops of plants are used. Gather during flowering. Blossoms in June-July.
Rhodiola rosea
Grows in the northeast of Russia, along the banks of rivers, lakes, on the slopes. Height to 50 cm. Use rhizome and roots. Prepare after ripening of seeds. Blooms in May - June.
Licorice naked
Grows in the south of Russia, in floodplains of rivers, at the bottom of ravines, in crops. Height to 150 cm. Use roots and rhizomes. Harvest from March to November. Blossoms in May - July.
Cumin Common
It is found everywhere, in meadows, glades, fringes. Height up to 80 cm. Use fruits( mature) and young greens. Blooms in June - July.
Yarrow common
It grows everywhere, in meadows, in thickets, along roads, along ravines. Use grass, harvest during flowering. Height to 80 cm. Blossoms from June to October.
Horsetail
Growing like a weed in the fields, meadows, along the banks of rivers, lakes, on the sands. Height up to 20 cm. Summer shoots are used, which are collected in dry weather and quickly dried in the shade. Use sporiferous spikelets.
Chicory vulgaris
It is distributed everywhere, along the edges of roads, ditches on the borders. Height to 120 cm. Use rhizome. Harvest in the fall. In food use young shoots. Blooms in June-August.
Purity big
It grows everywhere. Height up to 80 cm. Use grass, collect during flowering. Blossoms from May to September.
Salvia officinalis
In the wild species is found in the south of Ukraine. Cultivated as spice. Height to 70 cm. Leaves with apices are used. Gather during flowering. Blossoms in June-July.