Small bloodshed
Sanguisorba minor
Such a frightening name has quite a seemingly innocuous plant from the family of Rosaceae. Moreover, the original appearance - openwork leaves and a peculiar shape of the inflorescence - makes it just beautiful. In the people, the bread called the bread is called the red-head, the hernia, the button, the twig, the wild mountain ash, the grass sow, etc.
As a medicinal plant, the bug is known since the 16th century.
Description: perennial herbaceous plant up to 1 m high, has a long( 12 cm) lignified rhizome with long, thin lateral roots. Stem is hollow, ribbed, comparatively branched. Leaves up to 6 cm long. Flowers are small, on long peduncles, collected in heads or spicate inflorescences up to 3 cm long. Perianth dark reddish-brown. Fruits - dry single-seeded nuts up to 3.5 mm long brown. Blossoms in June-August, fruits ripen in August-September.
Composition: roots with roots contain tannins, gallic and ellagic acids, saponins, lossans, sterols, gentria-kontan, starch, essential oil, ascorbic acid and carotene.
Cultivation: prefers sunny or semi-dark areas, light, calcareous soils. Every year it is recommended to fertilize with compost. Seeds are sown in open areas in holes or rows to a depth of 0.5-1 cm and lightly sprinkled with light peat crumb after watering. When growing a bug, it should be borne in mind that although it is undemanding to soils, it develops well on loose, rich in humus. In the early spring after the snow falls, it is recommended that under the plants the complex mineral fertilizers be applied to the plants at a rate of 30-40 g / m2, by covering them at a shallow depth. During the vegetation, the soil is maintained in a loose, weed-free condition. In the case of mildew drop, almost complete pruning of plants is made, after which new healthy shoots appear. Peduncles are removed to promote the development of leaves. It is possible to grow in tubs.
Collection: roots and rhizomes are harvested during the fruiting period of plants in late August-September. After excavation they are cleared from the ground, shaken, cut off the stems and washed, preferably in running water. Then they spread out on burlap, matting for sunflower. After podvyalivaniya raw materials are ground and dried in the sun, spreading pieces of a thin layer on paper, cloth and stirring occasionally. Store the dried roots of the blood-groove in bags, in a dry, well-ventilated room.
Medicinal properties: decoction of rhizomes with roots and liquid extract of hemorrhoids are used as an astringent and hemostatic agent for intestinal diseases( diarrhea, internal bleeding in dysentery, hemorrhoids), hemoptysis, uterine bleeding. Tea and fresh leaves excite appetite, improve digestion, purify blood.
Application: young rhizomes can be used for food, including them in vinaigrettes and salads. In the Caucasus, they use for food and leaves the blood-grouses, they contain ascorbic acid and have a strong cucumber-like odor. The leaves are added to vegetable salads, to a sandwich and used for flavoring soft drinks, like borage. Inflorescences of blood-grouses contain coloring matter. In everyday life, they can be used for painting fabrics in red and gray. Of the dried roots of the blood-sucking, an extract is also prepared on 70% alcohol, which is used as an effective astringent and hemostatic.