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CULTURAL AND WILD PLANTS
Fireweed narrow-leaved (Ivan-tea). Legends, myths, symbolism, description, cultivation, methods of application
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Fireweed narrow-leaved (willow-tea), Chamaenerion angustifolium. Photos of the plant, basic scientific information, legends, myths, symbolism
Basic scientific information, legends, myths, symbolism Sort by: Chamaenerion (formerly Epilobium) Family: Onagraceae (artiodactyls) Origin: Europe, North Asia, North America Area: Fireweed angustifolium is common in temperate and cold regions of the Northern Hemisphere, including Europe, Asia and North America. Chemical composition: Fireweed angustifolia contains flavonoids, phenolic acids, carotenoids, ascorbic acid, and minerals, including potassium, magnesium, calcium, phosphorus, and iron. Economic value: Fireweed angustifolia has many medicinal uses in traditional medicine. Also, the plant is used as an ornamental crop, and its leaves can be used to make tea, which is also called Ivan-tea. Legends, myths, symbolism: One of the Slavic legends is related to how Ivan Chai got its name. According to legend, when Prince Ivan Kupala left his wife to search for gold, she was waiting for him in the forest. When the prince returned, he found her on the banks of the river, where she died. She was overgrown with willow-herb, which the prince named after her. In Chinese medicine, willowherb tea is used as an herb to strengthen the kidneys and fight urinary tract infections. It is also associated with the opposition of masculinity and femininity in traditional Chinese medicine. In some cultures, fireweed is associated with the treatment of mental disorders. It is considered to be calming and stress-relieving and also helps with insomnia. In the culture of the northern peoples, Ivan tea is associated with spiritual strength and protection from evil. It also symbolizes fidelity and loyalty. In Chinese culture, willow tea is associated with femininity and masculinity, as well as the balance of these qualities.
Fireweed narrow-leaved (Ivan-tea). Chamaenerion angustifolium. Description, illustrations of the plant Ivan tea (fireweed). Legends, myths, history
Fireweed has traditionally been used in Rus' as an everyday tea drink that gives vigor and good health. Participants in the capture of Kazan and the conquest of Astrakhan, the warriors of Minin and Pozharsky, the walking freemen of Stepan Razin drank Ivan tea, which was an integral part of their life. Ivan lived in a village near St. Petersburg, he liked to flaunt in a red shirt. Most of the time, fellow villagers saw him in the forest, on the edges, among flowers and herbs. He loved the forest, studied the healing properties of plants. Seeing a scarlet color flashing among the foliage, they said: “Yes, this is Ivan, tea, walking!” No one noticed at what moment Ivan disappeared, but on the edges of the outskirts, beautiful scarlet flowers that had never been seen before suddenly appeared. When people saw them, they mistook the flowers for Ivan's shirt and began to say again: "Yes, this is Ivan, tea!" So the name stuck to the unexpectedly appeared flowers. People got used to them: beautiful flowers, but fragrant. And once the flowers got into a pot of boiling water and the broth turned out to be pleasant and refreshing. And so they began in that village of Koporye, near St. Petersburg, to make a healing drink from the leaves and flowers of willow-tea. Such is the legend about the appearance of Ivan-tea in Rus'. Drink of the sleeping gods. A long time ago, gods lived on Earth. They were powerful, but, unable to resist, unleashed a war among themselves. Avoiding their mutual extermination, Providence sent down a dream on them. It sent the seed of the fiery flower through the air to cover the ashes of the fires with a green carpet. The warring inhabitants inhaled the ethers of the fiery grass and marveled at the lush growth of the boiling piraeus. Pacified by the incense of green-pink fire and cooling the fighting ardor with its infusion, the gods retired from the earth, leaving war to people. Every time a person comes to calmness by turning to this heavenly messenger. Since then, the weed of fires has been a witness and moderator of the unbridled fiery element. As a product of fire, wind, earthly ashes and water, fireweed brings its calm and balanced living flame to man. By extinguishing their infernal fires, people resurrect the divine in themselves. Where weed in all this is just a help. Ivan tea is the drink of the sleeping gods, ready to wake up again in their eternal cradle - in man. In those days, when the reassured gods fell into a sound sleep from the aroma of fireweed, a one-year-old girl - the daughter of the goddess Lada, did not sleep. Thickets of fireweed interested her, and she decided to walk to them. Step by step, she approached unusual flowers, moving away from the camp of the sleeping gods. She went far from her camp, admiring the unusual flowers, each of which seemed more beautiful than the other. The girl felt so good among the flowers that she completely forgot about her parents sleeping in the distance, and she herself soon fell asleep when she was tired of walking. When the gods woke up and began to gather to leave the Earth, the goddess Lada began to look for her little daughter. But the thickets of fireweed were so dense and high that the gods could not find her. The gods were calling the girl, but she was sleeping and did not hear the call. However, the gods did not change their mind and left the Earth. And the goddess Lada, before leaving the Earth, said: “You will be the goddess of this magical flower that left you here, my daughter. From now on, let the name for you be Kipreya, and so that you do not die from human unpredictability, I will leave for you, my daughter, my Golden Ball. He will always be by your side. He will raise you and be your best friend. The goddess Lada said so and left the Earth. And he stayed with the golden girl Kipreya, like a ball woven from sunlight. So the little goddess remained on earth to live. The girl was left to grow in the Ivan-tea field. She grew up strong, healthy, beautiful and smart. She communicated with all nature and with the golden ball of her mother. And the goddess Lada knew that her daughter was living well. She was calm for the girl's life. But when Kipreya reached the age when the gods usually started a family for themselves, she could not find any of the men for her husbands. After all, people then were very different from the gods - the thoughts of people then were no longer so pure. Then Kipreya asked the ball to return her to the planet of her mother - the planet inhabited by the gods, so that there she could find her betrothed for herself. Lada's mother said: - My daughter, it was not in vain that I left you on Earth. But your betrothed is a man, not a god. He's sleeping. Sleeping spiritual sleep, not physical. And he will pass many lives before his awakening. When he wakes up, he will become like a god. But you will meet him only after a few hundred years. - How can I recognize him, mother? - asked Cypreya. - I will help you! - answered mother Lada. - I will make sure that all people on earth forget the history of the appearance of Ivan-tea, fireweed on earth. Forgotten for hundreds of years. You dry yourself Ivan-tea flowers and fall asleep for these hundreds of years, in the place where the Golden Ball will show you. When you wake up, you will recognize your betrothed - this will be the person who will be the first to unravel the appearance on earth of a magical flower - fireweed. - Well, mother, - the goddess Kipreya answered, - I will do so. I just want there to be no wars around the place where I will have to sleep for many years, so that this place is under the protection of a holy and enlightened person. Mom, what if the man-god betrothed to me will fall in love with someone until the moment when I can go out to meet him? What if he manages to marry someone before he meets me? - Cyprus got excited. - Don't worry. Having awakened spiritually, having become enlightened, he will condescendingly treat many earthly beauties. He doesn't want to marry anyone. After all, his heart will wait more than a man-woman. It will feel and wait for the goddess - you, Kipreya. And so it happened. Kipreya plunged into a deep sleep, and around the place where she slept, there was always the spiritual protection of saints and enlightened people. But one day other people came to these places. Outwardly, they seemed ordinary people, but inside they were different and differed from the rest by the purity of their thoughts. They came to these places to create a paradise on earth, similar to the paradise once created by God. And one of the first to come there was the enlightened chosen one of Cyprus. He was one of the most enlightened among these people, his heart was pure, and in his soul he felt the Awakening God. Earthly beautiful women interested him, but little. After all, in his soul he felt that the body can be outwardly beautiful, while inside there may be emptiness. With his soul, he sought and felt a goddess equal to him, and perhaps stronger. He was waiting for her, and while he was waiting, he often looked in the evenings at the thickets of willow-tea that surrounded around a piece of land on which he wanted to create his own paradise. I looked and looked and suddenly entered into an internal dialogue with this unusual plant. And they understood each other. This man considered a lot of information that this plant shared with him, and, in the end, as if from the depths of his heart, he seemed to remember how fireweed appeared on planet Earth. The miracle predicted by the mother - the goddess Lada came true. This man turned out to be very kind and generous, and told about the history of the appearance of Ivan tea and other people awakening from a thousand-year sleep. He placed the information where enlightened people often communicated with each other, giving everyone the opportunity to use it... He highlighted it in the largest and most beautiful letters, and placed many beautiful bright pictures. Fireweed taught this man to make tea out of him - the fragrant drink of the gods and the aroma of tea began to spread to the area where the goddess Fireweed slept with her deep sleep. She inhaled his scent and began to wake up. But when she woke up, it turned out that Kipreya had forgotten that she was a goddess. Although all the abilities of the goddess and the purity of thoughts remained in her as before, she began to consider herself a man. But, among people turning into gods, gods turn into people. But one day, Kipreya saw pictures posted by an enlightened person creating paradise in a place where people posted information. She remembered the story of her appearance on earth. She remembered everything that she had seen before she fell into a dream and really wanted to become happy on earth in the place where Ivan-tea grows. Goddess Lada and other gods promised to return to earth when Kipreya met her betrothed. From the flowers on Ivan Kupala, they traditionally collect a bathing suit (yellowhead), bear ears, a rich woman and Ivan da Marya. An ancient legend is connected with the latter about the pagan Perun the Thunderer and the goddess Zara bathing in rain streams, which sounds like a loud response in the Belarusian Kupala song. Author: Martyanova L.M.
Ivan-tea narrow-leaved (fireweed), Chamaenerion angustifolium. Description of the plant, area, cultivation, application
Grows in all areas on clearings, forest edges, burnt areas, near roads, on dry sandy soils, among shrubs, sometimes forms continuous thickets. Perennial herbaceous plant 60-120 cm high. Stems erect, cylindrical, slightly branched, densely leafy. The leaves are alternate, dark green above, bluish-green below, with prominent veins. Blooms in June - July. The flowers are purple-pink, collected in the final long brush, open from 6 to 7 in the morning. The fruit is a capsule, similar to a pod, consists of four wings, with numerous seeds, with a fluffy white tuft. One plant produces up to 20 seeds per season (up to 000 kg). The rhizome is long, up to 1 m. Fireweed leaves and roots contain protein, tannins, mucous substances, organic acids, flavonoids, carbohydrates, sugar, vitamin C (three times more than in orange fruits). Good honey plant. Fireweed is called Kapori tea after the name of the village of Kapori near St. Petersburg, where it was first used in Russia instead of Chinese tea. For economic purposes, fireweed is planted as an ornamental plant to fix soils on slopes, ravines, railway embankments. The stems are used to make burlap, ropes, wood for insulating tiles. Pillows and featherbeds were stuffed with downy seeds. In nutrition, young leaves, shoots, unblown flower buds, rhizomes are used. Seasonings, salads, side dishes, mashed potatoes, cabbage soup are prepared from them. Seasoning from fireweed. Young leaves and shoots of fireweed, lungwort, sorrel finely chopped, salt, put in glass jars, cover with plastic lids or parchment paper. Store in a cool place. Use for dressing soups, cabbage soup, borscht, second meat and fish dishes. Garlic can be added to the seasoning, it lengthens the shelf life. 250 g fireweed, 50 g lungwort, 150 g sorrel, 45 g salt. Lettuce salad. Blanch young leaves and shoots for 2-3 minutes, chop, add chopped green onions, grated horseradish, salt. Season with mayonnaise or sour cream. 100 g fireweed, 25 g green onion, 25 g horseradish, 25 g sour cream (or mayonnaise), salt. Salad with fireweed. Blanch young leaves and shoots of fireweed, sverbigu, sorrel, nettle, put in a colander, chop, add chopped hard-boiled egg, tomato sauce, salt. Sprinkle with dill and parsley. 60 g of fireweed, 50 g of sverbiga, sorrel and nettle, 100 g of tomato sauce, 1 egg, salt, dill and parsley. Salad with fireweed. Grate peeled carrots, add chopped apple, blanched leaves and shoots of fireweed, green onion, salt. Top with sour cream or mayonnaise. 200 g carrots, 80 g apples, 100 g fireweed, 25 g green onions, 25 g sour cream (or mayonnaise), salt. Salad with fireweed. Finely chop fresh cabbage and apples, add chopped carrots, green onions, blanched leaves of fireweed, coltsfoot, dandelion, nettle, salt, mix. Season with sour cream or mayonnaise and sprinkle with dill and parsley. 150 g of cabbage, 50 g of carrots, 80 g of apples, 25 g of green onions, 80 g of fireweed leaves, 50 g of coltsfoot, dandelion and nettle, 200 g of sour cream, salt, dill and parsley. Cabbage soup from fireweed. Boil potatoes, parsley root and cabbage in salted broth or boiling water. 5-7 minutes before readiness, add chopped greens of fireweed, sverbigi, sorrel. Season with browned carrots with onions, tomato sauce. Before serving, arrange the circles of hard-boiled eggs, sour cream, dill and parsley on plates. 500 ml of broth, 80 g of fireweed, 50 g of cabbage, sverbiga and sorrel, 25 g of carrots, 50 g of potatoes, 30 g of parsley root, 30 g of onion, 20 g of vegetable oil, 1 egg, 20 g of tomato sauce, 20 g sour cream, salt, dill and parsley. Botvinya. Rinse young whole leaves of beets, fireweed, nettles, quinoa in cold water, boil for 3-5 minutes, drain, finely chop, put in kvass, add grated horseradish, finely chopped green onions, fresh or lightly salted cucumbers, baked beets, salt. Sprinkle with dill and parsley. Serve cold with boiled fish. 100 g of beet leaves, 50 g of fireweed, nettle, quinoa, 100 g of cucumbers, 25 g of green onions, 20 g of horseradish, 50 g of beets, 500 ml of kvass, salt, parsley and dill. Fireweed roots fried. Rinse the young roots thoroughly with cold water, cut into pieces 2-3 cm long, breaded in breadcrumbs and baked in the oven or fried in ghee or sunflower oil. 200 g of fireweed roots, 20 g of breadcrumbs, 50 g of top-deny or vegetable oil. Porridge from fireweed groats. Grind the dried roots into cereals, pour into boiling milk, salt, add sugar and cook until tender. 200 g of fireweed groats, 500 ml of milk, sugar, salt to taste. Fireweed flour. Grind the dried fireweed rhizome in a coffee grinder. Use in a mixture with grain flour for baking bread, pancakes, pancakes. Fritters from fireweed. Mix fireweed flour and grain, add kefir or yogurt, egg, sugar, salt, mix thoroughly. Fry pancakes in vegetable or ghee. Drizzle with sour cream or butter before serving. 100 g fireweed flour, 200 g grain flour, 500 ml kefir, 1 egg, sugar, salt to taste. Fireweed tea. Fireweed leaves, dried apples, wild rose, mountain ash, carrots, cudweed mix in equal amounts. Brew the mixture like tea. Kaporsky tea from fireweed. Dry fireweed young leaves in the air, twist into tubes, put in enameled cast iron or clay pots, slightly moisten with water or milk, add large pieces of carrots (you can add oregano and peppermint), keep in a warm oven or stove for several hours. Then remove the carrots, dry the leaves in a warm oven, cut into strips. Use for brewing tea. 200 g of fireweed leaves, 100 ml of water or milk, 150 g of carrots, 5 g of oregano and peppermint. In folk medicine, leaves, stems, flowers, rhizomes of fireweed are used. They have an astringent, analgesic, hypnotic, wound healing, mild laxative effect. Infusion of fireweed herb. Infuse 20 g of dried herb in 200 ml of boiling water for 2 hours, then strain. Take 1 tablespoon 3-4 times a day before meals for colitis, gastritis, peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum, headache, insomnia. A decoction of the leaves of fireweed. Boil 15 g of crushed leaves in 200 ml of water for 15 minutes, leave for 1 hour, then strain. Take 1 tablespoon 3-4 times a day before meals for gastritis, colitis, gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer. The decoction is used for washing wounds, ulcers, bedsores. A decoction of the rhizomes of fireweed. Boil 10 g of rhizomes in 250 ml of water for 20 minutes, strain. Take 1 tablespoon 3-4 times a day for gastritis, colitis, bleeding, anemia, acute respiratory diseases. Use as a gargle for sore throats. Fresh crushed leaves can be applied to festering, long-term healing wounds, ulcers, bedsores. Use steamed flowering grass for compresses on painful places (joints, muscles, bones.". Contraindications have not been established. Harvested grass, leaves, fireweed flowers during flowering, dried in the shade, under a canopy, in attics, open verandas, in well-ventilated areas. The roots are dug up in autumn, cleaned from the ground, dried in dryers, ovens, ovens at a temperature of 65-70 ° C. Store raw materials in a dry, ventilated area, periodically monitoring. Shelf life of grass - 2 years, roots - 3 years. Authors: Alekseychik N.I., Vasanko V.A.
Fireweed (willow-herb, Chamenerium angustifolium), Chamenerium angustifolium (L.) Scop. Botanical description, habitat and habitats, chemical composition, use in medicine and industry
Perennial rhizomatous herbaceous plant, up to 150 cm in height, of the onager family (Onagraceae). Leaves alternate lanceolate. The flowers are lilac, purple, sometimes white with a deep four-separated calyx, with a short tube and an irregular corolla. Inflorescence - final rare long brush. The fruit is a capsule, the seeds are oblong-oval, with a tuft. Blooms from late June to mid-August. Range and habitats. Distributed everywhere, grows in forest clearings, clearings, forest edges, wastelands and dried peat bogs. Chemical composition. The leaves contain up to 10% tannin of the pyrogallic group, alkaloids - about 0,1%, mucus - up to 15%, vitamin C, sugar, pectin. The roots of the plant lack tannin and contain less mucus. Application in medicine. Fireweed preparations have low toxicity, have anti-inflammatory and enveloping properties, due to the tannins of the pyrogallic group and the mucus found in the plant. In addition to the high content of tannin, the plant has mucus, which also has an anti-inflammatory effect. Whole fireweed leaves have a significantly lower anti-inflammatory activity, while crushed leaves have a higher anti-inflammatory activity. This phenomenon is observed in connection with the combined action of tanides and mucus. Fireweed was used as an anti-inflammatory agent for stomach ulcers, gastritis and colitis. Authors: Turova A.D., Sapozhnikova E.N.
Ivan-tea narrow-leaved (common willow-herb), Chamaenerion agustifolium (L.) Scop. Description, habitats, nutritional value, culinary use
Ivan-tea is a perennial, rhizomatous herbaceous plant from the fireweed family. The stem is erect, up to 150 cm high. The leaves are alternate, lanceolate, sharp, dark green. Flowers in long racemes, large, purple-purple. It grows almost on forest clearings, burned areas, embankments and slopes, along roads and ditches. Excellent honey plant. One flower contains up to 25 mg of nectar. In the thickets of willow-tea, bees are a real expanse. The chemical composition of Ivan tea has not yet been studied enough. But the fact that its leaves are rich in tannins, vitamin C and chlorophyll has long been known. 100 g of the green mass of Ivan tea contains 23 mg of iron, 1,3 mg of nickel, 2,3 mg of copper, 16 mg of manganese, 1,3 mg of titanium, 0,44 mg of molybdenum and 6 mg of boron. This is not so small for one plant. If we take into account that iron, copper, manganese are stimulants of hematopoiesis and in a certain way increase the protective properties of the body, and fresh tea from the leaves of this plant has a beneficial effect on insomnia and headaches, and also normalizes intestinal activity, then the interest that manifests itself becomes quite understandable. to Ivan tea. From the young shoots and leaves of willow-tea, soups, salads can be prepared, and fresh roots can be used raw and boiled instead of asparagus and cabbage. Dried roots are used to make flour, baked bread, pancakes and cakes, and roasted roots are used to make coffee. It is no coincidence that attempts are being made to introduce this plant into culture. Author: Koshcheev A.K.
Fireweed narrow-leaved (willow-tea), Chamerion angustifo Hum (L.) Holub. Botanical description, distribution, chemical composition, features of use.
Fireweed family - Onagraceae. Perennial herbaceous plant. Rhizome thick, creeping; numerous additional buds develop on vertical and horizontal roots, which contribute to rapid vegetative reproduction. Stem erect, 50-150 (200) cm high, rounded, simple, glabrous, densely leafy. Leaves alternate, sessile, sometimes with very short petioles, linear-lanceolate, pointed, wedge-shaped narrowed towards the base, sometimes almost round, finely glandular-toothed or entire along the edge, dark green above, shiny, gray-green below, purple-red sometimes pale pink. Inflorescence - brush. The fruit is a fluffy, slightly curved box. Seeds glabrous, oblong, with long, thin, white hairs at the top. Blooms in June - August. The fruits ripen in August - September. Grows in dry sandy places in light forests, often in clearings, along railway embankments, near crops. Found throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Roots and leaves contain 10-20% tannins, up to 0,4% ascorbic acid, carotene, sugars, pectin, mucus, alkaloids; seeds - up to 40-45% fatty oil. Before budding, the aerial part of the plant contains up to 20% protein, phosphorus, calcium, cobalt salts, and up to 15% mucus.
In ancient times, the leaves served as a substitute for tea. From the roots they made flour, which, when fermented, gave an alcoholic drink. Fresh young shoots and leaves are suitable for preparing vitamin salads, boiled they can be eaten as vegetables. In folk medicine, the plant was used for gonorrhea, syphilis, the leaves and the flowering aerial part - as a wound healing agent, for otitis media, tonsillitis, gastric ulcer, migraine and as a sedative. The plant is a good fodder for livestock, eaten fresh and ensiled. A wonderful summer honey plant. The nectar is dominated by glucose and fructose. Honey is watery-transparent with a greenish tint, delicate taste. It crystallizes shortly after pumping out with large snow-white grains. Among the honey plants of the herbaceous flora of the forests, it can be put in the first place. Decorative plant. Suitable for fixing soil, ravines, railway and highway embankments. Authors: Dudchenko L.G., Kozyakov A.S., Krivenko V.V.
Fireweed (fireweed, Ivan tea), Epilobium tetragonum L. Classification, synonyms, botanical description, nutritional value, cultivation
Synonyms: Epilobium adnatum Gris. Names: Arm. apuzan; German Weiden roslein; fr. lepilobe a epi. Perennial plant, with a straight stem, often strongly branched, 20-70 cm high and above, slightly pubescent, with four protruding lines like ribs; at the base of the stem, short shoots appear by autumn, bearing rosettes with leaves at the ends. Leaves, with the exception of the uppermost ones, are opposite, glabrous, lanceolate, sessile, with slightly descending margins, gradually narrowed from base to apex, sharp, finely serrate-toothed, 3-8 cm long and 5-10 mm wide. Petals are pale pink, obovate, notched at the top. The ovary is densely pubescent; box 5-6 cm long; seeds dark brown, obovate. It grows in Europe, the Caucasus, Western Siberia, Central Asia, Iran. Young leaves of fireweed akin, as well as other types of fireweed, can be eaten like a salad. Author: Ipatiev A.N.
Fireweed. The value of the plant, the procurement of raw materials, the use in traditional medicine and cooking
The forest broke off quite suddenly, farther stretched boundless distance, sprayed with pink foam. This is a young fire pit, the brainchild of a fiery storm that devoured the horse stand and the undergrowth, spitting out only black coals. And the miserable spectacle would have had to remain for a long time, if not for the fireweed. Immediately, as soon as the scorched earth cooled down, green oblong leaves broke through the ashes, pushing the coals apart. Day by day the burn healed, and now the ashes swayed with tall grass, over which the lilac-pink sultans of the new settler soared. Other fire victims need years to renew, but even one summer was enough for fireweed to be reborn, and even fill the entire space of this destitute land. And the secret here is quite small. After all, fireweed, in other words, Ivan-tea, is a powerful root-spring plant, its horizontal roots, securely hidden under a layer of soil, are abundantly strewn with buds. From each bud, an ankle-length stem with sessile alternate leaves, excised by a mesh of veins, is pulled out. In addition to vegetative reproduction, Ivan-tea is also spread by seeds. When the peaks of the inflorescences are still blazing with might and main, the wind is already blowing white fluffs around: in place of a row of flowers, fruit-boxes appeared, like thin pods, and tiny seeds, equipped with long white hairs, spilled out of them. Each faded stalk can shake off up to forty thousand of these seeds, and a whole hectare of land occupied by fireweed produces up to four billion seeds in a summer with excellent germination and excellent germination vigor. What a help it is to the roots, throwing arrows of shoots! It turns out that the fire is not able to cope with Ivan-tea, they steadfastly endure, they have all the hardships of the forest number, which can quickly tighten its black abrasions .. In summer, with its multi-storey foliage, the fireweed will cover from the withering thick heat of all those who have gathered at its foot - seedlings of tree species, tender grasses. And in autumn, when a sudden frost severely beats the green shoots, fireweed helps young plants: it upsets cold winds and even warms the wards a little. It is noticed that the air is warmer in the fireweed thickets. It can be seen that this plant can radiate heat, creating its own microclimate. In any case, surrounded by Ivan-tea, the life of small forest settlers does not stop longer. Fireweed is a good honey plant. Just the champion of bee pastures. If you look at its flowers on a fine day, then at the base of the petals it is easy to detect droplets of a light liquid. This is nectar, it is not without reason that bees pilgrimage through fireweed bushes. Up to twelve kilograms of honey per day grows in each hive, If the beekeeper takes care of the fireweed land in time. It is estimated that from a hectare of such land, bees can store up to a thousand kilograms of honey. Yes, and Ivan-tea treats winged workers with more than one nectar! From its flowers, the bees remove their bread - perga, and from the shells of this pollen they can prepare a very valuable glue.
Fireweed blooms from July to September, when the bee family is at its strongest, which is why it provides the main bribe. And another great quality of this honey plant: reliability. As soon as a fresh north wind blows, even in the lime and clover forests the nectar dries up to the point that the bees do not fly there, but at the same time the fireweed continues to pay tribute to them in full. Interestingly, Ivan-tea generously bears honey only on light soils, and on clay and in the swamp it is scarce. Pumped out fireweed honey is completely transparent, the glass poured by it seems empty. When it gets old, it will become grainy and whitish. Connoisseurs assure that fireweed honey is the sweetest. Fireweed has long been known as "Koporsky tea" because of the village of Koporye, near St. Petersburg, from where hundreds of pounds of tea surrogate were exported for many years. They made it like this: young fireweed leaves were dried, scalded in a tub with boiling water, ground in a trough, then thrown back onto baking sheets and dried in the free spirit of a Russian oven. After drying, the leaves were crushed again, and the tea is ready. In appearance, it was very similar to the real one, although it did not have a characteristic smell, and upon careful examination, crystals of the smallest druze are easily noticeable in it. When brewed, the color is indistinguishable from natural varieties. Nicknames such as "wild hemp" and "wild flax" fireweed received because of the bast properties of its stems give up to 15 percent of the fiber yield. Once upon a time, ropes were twisted from this fiber and yarn was twisted, suitable for dressing coarse matter. "Borowoe Potion" - this name was given by healers, they treated headaches with infusions of fireweed leaves and even tried to relieve inflammation in ulcers. The rhizomes of the fireweed were not left without attention; in case of crop failure, they were used as food. They were dried, ground and the resulting flour was mixed into bread, which made it sweetish. They also baked fireweed cakes from flour. So there were folk nicknames for this plant "bread box" and "miller". Well, the "down jacket" - from down, pillows and mattresses were stuffed with fireweed down. They also called fireweed: the virgin grass, magpie eyes, elushnik, willow-grass (leaves are almost like willows), hoof-grass, jumping and cockerel apples (young leaves taste no worse than lettuce) In scientific use, the popular name of fireweed has long been fixed - " blooming Sally". Fireweed is found not only in burnt areas, it is also common on the edges, and in steppe birch pegs, and in tall grass meadows, and along embankments of roads. And in the mountains, he climbs up to a height of 2300 meters, coming close to subalpine plants. Author: Strizhev A.N.
Fireweed narrow-leaved (willow-tea), Chamaenerion angustifolium. Recipes for use in traditional medicine and cosmetology
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Fireweed narrow-leaved (willow-tea), Chamaenerion angustifolium. Tips for growing, harvesting and storing
Angustifolium fireweed (lat. Chamaenerion angustifolium), also known as willow-herb or narrow-leaved epilobium, is a herbaceous plant common in the temperate and subarctic zones. Tips for growing, harvesting and storing fireweed angustifolia: Cultivation:
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