Both humans and animals can get sick. But who gives medicine to a wild animal? His pharmacy is in the woods. He heals himself in the woods in search of medicine from a plant.
Both humans and animals can get sick. But who gives medicine to a wild animal? His pharmacy is in the woods. He heals himself in the woods in search of medicine from a plant.
From time immemorial, South American Indians have felt sick cougars (wild cats) scratching the bark of some tree. The Hindus used to treat sick people suffering from malaria with this bark decoction. This is how the henna tree was discovered (the Spaniards who conquered South America called this tree). Quinine extracted from the bark of this tree has been used all over the world as a medicine against malaria.
In our time, deer have helped scientists find a new medicinal plant - levzeya. In the fall, the deer gnaw the root of the levzeya in order to catch up with their opponent. It has been found that this root, which is eaten by deer, also gives strength to man.
But man did not always follow the beast. He also sought out medicinal plants himself.
The search for and application of medicinal plants began thousands of years ago.
In ancient Egypt, it was customary for both the sick and the healthy to drink cannabis oil on the third day of each month. In ancient times, people suffering from insomnia came to one of the cities of Greece. The patient fell asleep quickly after drinking a drink made from the poppy juice of the townspeople. The next morning, these strangers came to the temple of the goddess of farming and thanked the goddess for giving the people a flower that brought sleep and soothed the pain. The priests of the temple wore wreaths of poppies.
In some cases, the detection of medicinal plants has been costly to man because he first tested the effects of medicinal plants on himself. Zubturum leaf repaired the wound on the foot, and nettle leaf burned. A portion of the lemon fruit helps the hunter to hunt the animal tirelessly throughout the day, while the millet fruit causes the man to scratch his arms and legs and squirm like a madman.
Legend has it that the medicinal poisonous belladonna plant helped a villager in Scotland get rid of the enemy. The village was occupied by Danish soldiers. They drank beer in honor of victory and suffered defeat from victory. The poisonous juice of belladonna, which the Scots mixed into beer, paralyzed the Danish soldiers.
In ancient times, plants seemed magical and enchanting to people because of their lack of knowledge. Treasures were believed to have herbs that would find a place to hide, take away consciousness, and make the unloved love. Many legends have been woven about the human-like ginseng and mehrigiyoh root. The fact that Jenshen root gives strength to people who are weak and exhausted is certainly known as a miracle. Over time, science and science explained how a particular plant could be cured, and myths disappeared by themselves.
The healing properties of the herbs are due to the fact that they contain certain active chemicals: alkaloids, flavonoids, glycosines, vitamins, nutrients and others.
Many medicinal plants are used in medicine, and even today people have been able to study the chemical composition of plants perfectly. This in turn led to new discoveries. Nowadays, a drug called penicillin is made from a fungus called mold.
Some medicinal plants, such as mint, are propagated in plantations; anyone who doesn’t melt from brushing their teeth will enjoy peppermint oil every day. The substance that makes up the bulk of peppermint oil - menthol - makes toothpaste fragrant. Menthol is also added to validol and other heart disease medications, sedatives, and mint caramel, which is part of the astronauts ’diet.
Our country is also rich in wild-growing medicinal plants. Pearls grow in the forests, from which medicines are prepared for those suffering from heart disease, and a sedative is made from the valerian plant, which grows in the foothills and wet meadows. At every step in the meadows grow dalachoy (it is said among the people to cure 95 ailments), sagebrush, greens, gazakot, black andiz and other medicinal plants.
The effect of medicinal plants on the body depends on the amount of chemical compounds in them. These compounds accumulate in different amounts in parts of plants. Necessary parts of the plant for the preparation of the drug are collected at different times, for example, the bark, buds are taken in early spring, before or after flowering leaves, fruits and seeds ripen, roots, rhizomes are taken in spring or late autumn .
Medicinal plants are harvested when the air is open, when the dew rises. It is important to remember that most plants contain toxins. Medicines made from such medicinal plants can cause severe poisoning or various diseases, even if the toxins are slightly higher. Adonis, angishvonagul, bangidevona, belladonna, iris, kuchala, pearl, mingbosh, mingdevona and others are among such poisonous medicinal plants. Therefore, it is important not to take the plants by mouth, as well as not to touch the hand while picking them. Hands should be washed thoroughly after harvesting the plants.
Contaminated and diseased plants should not be collected. The pharmacy will explain to you in detail how to take which plant at what time.
When harvesting medicinal plants, it is necessary to leave a part so that they can grow and reproduce in the future.
Kids, you can also contribute to the collection of medicinal plants that can cure people’s ailments.
