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1. Photos, basic scientific information, legends, myths, symbolism
2. Basic scientific information, legends, myths, symbolism
3. Botanical description, reference data, useful information, illustrations
4. Recipes for use in traditional medicine and cosmetology
5. Tips for growing, harvesting and storing

Immortelle, Helichrysum arenarium. Photos of the plant, basic scientific information, legends, myths, symbolism

Basic scientific information, legends, myths, symbolism

Sort by: Immortelle (Xeranthemum)

Family: Asteraceae (Asteraceae)

Origin: Immortelle originates from the Mediterranean region, but is also found in other regions of the world. It is a perennial herb that belongs to the Asteraceae family.

Area: Immortelle can be found in various regions of the world, including Europe, Asia, and North Africa. It has also been introduced into culture and distributed in many countries of the world.

Chemical composition: Immortelle contains various biologically active substances, including flavonoids, carotenoids, tripterpenes, coumarins and other compounds. These substances can have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial effects.

Economic value: Immortelle is popular in landscape design for creating beautiful flower beds and borders. It is also widely used in folk medicine as a remedy for diseases of the heart, nervous system, headaches, colds and other diseases. Some of the biologically active substances contained in immortelle can also be used in cosmetology for the production of creams and lotions.

Legends, myths, symbolism: In China and Japan, the immortelle symbolizes longevity, health and wealth. In traditional Chinese medicine, immortelle has been used to treat various ailments such as arthritis, skin conditions, insomnia, and depression. In Greek mythology, the immortelle was associated with immortality and wealth. It was considered a symbol of wealth and prosperity, and was also used in rituals associated with the worship of the gods. In the Christian tradition, the immortelle was associated with eternity and the immortality of the soul. In some cultures, the plant has been used in church ceremonies such as burials and All Saints' Day celebrations. In some cultures, the immortelle has been used as a symbol of eternal love. Its flowers, which retain their brightness and beauty for a long time, can symbolize unfading love and fidelity.

Immortelle, Helichrysum arenarium. Description, illustrations of the plant

Immortelle. Legends, myths, history

This flower is called so because, even if plucked, it does not fade for a long time. The flower likes to settle on mounds formed when digging holes and grooves, when sand is thrown to the surface from deeper layers of soil.

Ancient people endowed the immortelle with supernatural properties, suggesting that the soul of a person moves into a flower in order to communicate with living relatives and friends.

Among the people, the immortelle is often called cat's paws because, probably, its delicate inflorescences are similar in shape to cat's paws, and are soft, like their pads. The immortelle also has a legendary name - "nechui-wind".

According to legend, the nechuy-wind helps the blind to open the cursed treasures. On the night of Ivan Kupala, with a nechu-wind, a catchment area and a flowering fern in your hands, you had to pick a gap-grass flower and walk through the forest, the lawn until a pain appeared in your eyes. And as soon as she appears, pick up a spade and quickly tear the ground: the cursed treasure should be under your feet.

According to an ancient Indian legend, the immortelle was born as follows: in one village, a guy and a girl got married. Departing after the wedding from the bride's father's wigwam to her husband's parents, the young people met wild animals, which immediately tore them to pieces.

Residents buried the newlyweds on the banks of the river. And in the spring, a light lilac flower suddenly appeared at the place of their burial. The hunter, passing by him, exclaimed with emotion: "Live forever!", and nature accepted a good wish.

Since then, these flowers are popularly called immortelle.

Author: Martyanova L.M.

Immortelle. Botanical description of the plant, areas of growth and ecology, economic importance, applications

It is called immortelle because even plucked does not fade for a long time. The name of the flower came to us from France, from the French "immorteli", which means "immortelle" in translation. It is often referred to as "unfading", "survivable".

Immortelle prefers sandy soil and likes to settle on mounds formed when digging holes and grooves, when sand is thrown to the surface from deeper layers of soil. And therefore often found on the graves. Ancient people endowed it with supernatural properties, suggesting that the soul of a person moves into a flower in order to communicate with surviving relatives and friends in order to convey to them the last bow-greetings from the deceased.

Nowadays, no one believes such legends. But immortelle flowers continue to grow on mass graves and battle mounds. People want to believe that these sad flowers protect the sleep and peace of the dead heroes, do not give time and wind to wipe the expensive mounds off the face of the earth.

Popularly, the immortelle is often called cat's paws because, probably, its delicate velvety inflorescences are similar in shape to cat's paws and are soft, like their pads.

Cat's paws grow on dry slopes and meadows, along the edges of pine forests and mixed forests. Distributed even in the northern regions. They bloom from the second half of April to July with crimson flowers collected in a dense thyroid panicle.

In the villages, they were used to decorate icon cases with icons, which is why they were mistakenly called the Mother of God grass. The medical nickname for the cat's paw is chest grass; from it, our ancestors prepared "breast tea" for colds.

The immortelle also has a legendary name - nechui-wind.

According to legend, the nechuy-wind helps the blind to open the cursed treasures. For what it was required on the night of Ivan Kupala with a nechu-wind, a catchment area and a flowering fern in their hands to pick a flower gap-grass and walk around the lawn until a pain appeared in the eyes. And as soon as it appeared, it was necessary to pick up a spade and quickly tear the ground: the cursed treasure should be under your feet.

According to Indian legends, the immortelle was born as follows: in one village, a guy and a girl got married. Departing after the wedding from the bride's father's wigwam to her husband's parents, the young people met wild animals, which immediately tore them to pieces. Residents buried the newlyweds on the banks of the river. And in the spring, a light lilac flower suddenly appeared at the place of their burial. The hunter, passing by him, exclaimed with emotion: "Live forever!", and nature accepted a good wish.

They assure that if immortelle powder is sprinkled on a cut or wound, healing will come faster, and if hung in places where a moth has started, the insect will disappear.

Sometimes the colchicum flower is considered to be an immortelle, whose large pinkish or bluish-lilac flowers do not go out until late autumn. Colchicum is widespread in the south of Ukraine and the Caucasus. During flowering, it is devoid of leaves, in connection with which it is also called a golyak.

And the most decorative are the special colchicum, from one bulb of which three or four inflorescences are formed, and also autumn colchicum, with one tall large flower and half a dozen small ones.

They bloom from late September until frost.

Author: Krasikov S.

Sand immortelle, Helichrysum arenarium L. Botanical description, range and habitats, chemical composition, application in medicine and industry

Synonyms: yellow cat's paws, cumin, golden, sunny gold, dried flower.

Perennial herbaceous plant 20-35 cm high, Compositae family. Leaves alternate, lanceolate, 2-6 cm long.

The flowers are yellow in spherical baskets collected in corymbose panicles. Marginal flowers in a basket female, median bisexual.

The fruit is a seed.

Blooms from late June to September.

Range and habitats. Grows on sandy soils on the sunny slopes of mountains in the steppe regions of Eastern Europe, Ciscaucasia, Central Asia, South Siberia.

Chemical composition. Immortelle inflorescences contain flavonoid glycosides (salipurpuroside, kaempferol and isosalipurpuroside), flavonoids (naringenin and apigenin), sugars (1,2%), vitamins C and K. In addition, phthalides, macromolecular alcohols, resins (3,66% ), steroid compounds, dyes, essential oil (up to 0,05%), inositol, tannins, fatty acids, mineral salts and trace elements. The sum of extractive substances is 26,8%.

The composition of the essential oil includes cresol, free acids, including caproic acid.

The inflorescences contain: ash - 1,32%; macronutrients (mg / g): K - 16,30, Ca - 7,00, Mg - 1,20, Fe - 0,13; trace elements (CBN): Mn - 0,38, Cu - 0,51, Zn - 0,39, Cr - 0,08, Al - 0,03, Se - 17,10, Ni - 0,71, Sr - 0,38 .0,02, Pb - 85,20. B - XNUMX µg/g. Concentrates Se.

Application in medicine. Infusion and decoction of immortelle flowers increase the secretion of bile, gastric and pancreatic juice, increase the tone of the gallbladder, change the chemical composition of bile in the direction of increasing the cholesterol-cholate coefficient. Other types of immortelle, such as Helichrysum plicatum, also have these properties. The action of immortelle is associated with flavones, which activate the formation of bile and increase the content of bilirubin in bile.

Infusions and decoctions slow down the evacuation function of the stomach and intestinal motility. Helichrysum preparations are of low toxicity, but with prolonged use they can cause congestion in the liver. Immortelle has antibacterial activity, which is associated with the presence of resin acids.

Immortelle is used mainly for diseases of the liver and biliary tract. Under the influence of immortelle drugs, bile secretion increases, the composition of bile changes due to an increase in the content of cholates, and the content of bilirubin and cholesterol in the blood decreases.

Flamin (Flaminum). The sum of flavones of immortelle sandy. It is an amorphous powder of yellow color, bitter taste. Applied for chronic inflammatory diseases of the liver, gallbladder and biliary tract-cholecystitis, cholangitis, hepatocholecystitis. Assign inside 0,05 g 3 times a day 30 minutes before meals. Children over 7 years of age are prescribed the same dose as adults. If necessary, the dose is increased to 0,1 g 2-3 times a day. Treatment continues for 10-40 days. Available in tablets of 0,05 g.

Dry immortelle extract (Extractum florum Helychrysi arenarii siccum). Granulated powder of immortelle flower extract. Assign 1 g 3 times a day for 2-3 weeks. The course of treatment, if necessary, is repeated after 5 days.

Collection (tea) choleretic. For 400 ml of water 10 g of the mixture: immortelle flowers 4 parts, shamrock leaves 3 parts, mint leaves 2 parts, coriander fruits 2 parts. It is used for the same indications as other immortelle preparations. One teaspoon is poured with 2 cups of boiling water, insisted for 20 minutes, filtered, cooled and taken warm, half a cup 3 times a day 30 minutes before meals.

Decoction of immortelle (Decoctum Helychrysi). It is prepared from 10 g of crushed immortelle flowers, which are poured into 200 ml of water at room temperature, covered with a lid and heated in a boiling water bath with frequent stirring for 30 minutes, cooled for 10 minutes, filtered, squeezed and water is added to 200 ml. Take 1 tablespoon 3-4 times a day 10-15 minutes before meals.

In folk medicine, a mixture is used for chronic anacid gastritis: immortelle, corn stigmas, yarrow, peppermint, nettle, plantain - 1 part each, St. John's wort and chamomile - 2 parts each. One tablespoon is taken from this mixture, brewed like tea, they drink half a glass 3 times a day half an hour before meals in a warm form.

In folk medicine, immortelle sandy is used for gastritis, constipation, colitis, it is used as a hepatic remedy, for the regulation of bile formation and bile secretion, the appointment of immortelle preparations is justified in the initial stages of cholelithiasis.

Other uses. Decorative plant. It is used to create dry bouquets. Since dried immortelle sandy plants do not change their shape or color for years, they were placed between windows in winter as a memory of summer.

The resinous substance contained in all parts of the plant contains the antibiotic arenarin, which suppresses bacteriosis in cultivated plants.

Grass can be used to dye fabrics yellow.

The amount of nectar in the inflorescence does not exceed 0,5 mg in favorable years, but the flowers are readily visited by bumblebees, bees and flies.

Authors: Turova A.D., Sapozhnikova E.N.

Immortelle, Helichrysum arenarium. Recipes for use in traditional medicine and cosmetology

Ethnoscience:

• For the treatment of the liver and gallbladder: prepare a tincture of immortelle, pour 1 cup of boiling water with 1 tablespoon of chopped herbs and leave for 30-40 minutes. Drink a glass of tincture 2-3 times a day before meals to improve liver and gallbladder function.
• For the treatment of diseases of the bladder: prepare a decoction of immortelle, pour 1 cup of boiling water with 1 tablespoon of chopped herbs and simmer for 10-15 minutes over low heat. Drink a glass of decoction throughout the day to reduce inflammation and irritation of the bladder.
• For the treatment of hemorrhoids: prepare a decoction of immortelle, pour 1 cup of boiling water with 1 tablespoon of chopped herbs and simmer for 10-15 minutes over low heat. Soak cotton swabs in the decoction and apply to the affected areas of the skin 2-3 times a day.
• To strengthen immunity: prepare a tincture of immortelle, pour 1 cup of boiling water with 1 tablespoon of chopped herbs and leave for 30-40 minutes. Add honey to taste and drink throughout the day to boost your immune system and boost your body's defenses.

Cosmetology:

• Face tonic: mix 1 tablespoon of dried immortelle herb with 1 cup boiling water and leave for 30 minutes. Refrigerate the tincture and use it as a tonic to hydrate and refresh your face.
• Face cream: Mix 1 tablespoon of jojoba oil and 1 tablespoon of immortelle oil. Add 10 drops of rosemary essential oil and mix well. Apply the cream to your face in the morning and evening to hydrate and nourish the skin.
• Mask for the face: Mix 1 tablespoon dried immortelle herb with 2 tablespoons oatmeal and enough water to make a paste. Apply the mask on your face for 10-15 minutes, then rinse with warm water. This mask will help reduce inflammation and irritation on the skin.
• Body massage oil: Mix 1 tablespoon of immortelle oil, 1 tablespoon of jojoba oil and 5 drops of lavender essential oil. Use this body massage oil to improve circulation and reduce inflammation.

Attention! Before use, consult with a specialist!

Immortelle, Helichrysum arenarium. Tips for growing, harvesting and storing

Immortelle (Helichrysum arenarium) is a perennial herb from the Asteraceae family, known for its medicinal properties and used in traditional medicine.

Tips for growing, harvesting and storing immortelle:

Cultivation:

• Immortelle is best grown in full sun with good drainage soil.
• Seeds can be sown directly into the ground in spring or fall, or pre-sown in containers and grown indoors.
• Plants do not require special care, but it is recommended to water them regularly during periods of drought.
• Helichrysum blooms in summer and the flowers retain their vibrant color even after drying.

Workpiece:

• Collecting immortelle is best done in dry weather during the flowering period.
• Harvested flowers should be dried in a well-ventilated place in the shade, avoiding direct sunlight.
• Once the flowers have dried, they can be stored in paper or cloth bags in a cool, dry place until use.

Storage:

• Dried immortelle flowers are best stored in a cool, dry place out of direct sunlight.
• It is recommended to use glass or ceramic containers for storing immortelle, as they retain the freshness and integrity of the plant better than plastic containers.

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