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Oak maryannik (Ivan-da-Marya). Legends, myths, symbolism, description, cultivation, methods of application

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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

Oak maryannik (Ivan da Marya), Melampyrum nemorosum. Photos of the plant, basic scientific information, legends, myths, symbolism

Oak maryannik (Ivan da Marya) Oak maryannik (Ivan da Marya)

Basic scientific information, legends, myths, symbolism

Sort by: Mariannik (Melampyrum)

Family: Lamiaceae (Orobanchaceae)

Origin: Europe, Asia, North America

Area: Oak maryannik grows in forest clearings, forest edges, roadsides and other open places.

Chemical composition: The plant contains flavonoids, tripterpenes and other biologically active compounds.

Economic value: Mariannik oakwood has medicinal properties. It is used as a sedative and anti-inflammatory agent for diseases of the cardiovascular system, headaches and nervous disorders. It can also be used as an antiseptic and choleretic agent.

Legends, myths, symbolism: In European culture, oak maryannik is associated with the legend of St. Mary Magdalene. According to legend, St. Mary Magdalene used oak maryannik as a natural remedy. Symbolically, oak maryannik can be associated with the concept of treatment and health. In Celtic culture, the oak tree is associated with the goddess Brigid, who was the goddess of fire, healing, and poetry. Mariannik oak was used in her veneration, and the plant can symbolize healing, creativity, and mysticism. The symbolic meaning of oak maryannik can also be associated with the concept of female energy and the power of the feminine.

 


 

Oak maryannik (Ivan da Marya), Melampyrum nemorosum. Description, illustrations of the plant

Oak maryannik (Ivan-da-Marya). Legends, myths, history

Oak maryannik (Ivan da Marya)

The widespread and well-known plant Ivan da Marya (melampyrum nemorosum) got its popular name for its contrasting (contrasting Ivan-Marya, male-female) and very attractive color: golden-yellow flowers look good against the background of blue-violet covering leaves . Floral tube red-brown. The lip of the flowers also turns red over time.

From afar, it seems that Ivan da Marya (oak maryannik) blooms immediately with both yellow and blue flowers. But if you come closer, you will see that the flowers of this plant are yellow, and above them are beautiful blue leaves, which, as it were, cover these yellow flowers. Yellow flowers and blue leaves above them make Ivan da Marya a very elegant grass.

But the main hypostasis of the symbol lies in the sacred combination of fire and water, earthly and heavenly.

The combination of yellow and blue reflects the Kupala meanings of fire and water, widely used during the holiday. In this capacity, the flower was presented as a link connecting people with the gods and among themselves. It is no coincidence that alliances concluded on Kupala were considered indestructible, even if they were made without the knowledge of parents and relatives.

The newlyweds, holding hands, jumped over the fire, and then performed a ritual bath before an act of physical love. Such was the rite of concluding a sacred marriage, and its symbol was a flower, in which yellow (fire) correlated with the groom, and blue (water) with the bride. The same meaning was carried out in the rite of lowering (rolling) into the water a set fire to a wheel from a cart, as well as burning a doll dressed in a blue dress in a fire.

Ivan da Marya is one of the most powerful herbs. It practically does not affect a person’s thoughts, therefore it is used only in infusions. This herb allows the body to achieve harmony of yin and yang energy, helps a person achieve happiness in life, attracts to him what he lacks.

She removes evil spirits due to the fact that with the help of the reserves of the organism itself, it eliminates energy holes into which evil penetrates. It calms the nervous system, with the constant use of this herb, a person becomes noticeably prettier.

But this herb retains its strength for a very short time. Having collected it near the day of Kupala (when it ripens), you will be able to fully use it no more than a full lunar month. Dried, it loses about 10% of its healing properties every lunar month, although its chemical composition remains the same. But even more so, try not to miss the opportunity to wash yourself with a whisk of Ivan da Mary on the evening of July 7 (on Kupala Day) in order to wash off those entities that, having stuck to you, devour beauty and well-being.

People, admiring this flower, composed a beautiful legend. In dry, sunny weather, Ivan da Marya went into the forest to pick mushrooms. But they did not have time to reach the forest when the wind came up, clouds came running up, lightning flashed, a thunderstorm began. There was nowhere to hide, and the brave Ivan blocked the beautiful Marya.

As soon as the bad weather subsided, Ivan and Marya returned home, and in the place where he saved the girl, grass rose with beautiful purple leaves, which, like Ivan Marya, protected yellow flowers from the weather. So the name Ivan da Marya came from here.

Another legend tells that a bow-legged, with hooves, very curly disheveled Goblin lived in the forest.

He lived in his own way, grieved in his own way, and rejoiced in his own way. He was not afraid of loneliness, he had no friends, he did not know what love was. So it would have gone on, but suddenly Leshy fell in love. I saw somehow in the spring under a bush a small-eyed yellow violet - Maryushka and disappeared altogether. Violet stands, blooms, flaunts, does not even look at Leshy. And Goblin, trying to draw attention to himself, let's brag that he can do everything, knows everything. But the violet does not look at him. Goblin decided to propose to her, they say marry me. And the violet answered: "I love Ivan, I will marry him." This is what she said for the purple Ivan blooming nearby.

The time has come, two violets, yellow and purple, got married, and lived together as one house, one flower. In that flower, the yellow petals are Maryushka, and the purple ones are Ivanushka. And there was neither Maryushka nor Ivanushka separately in the forest, but there is a single forest flower Ivan da Marya. And Goblin is still staggering in the forest, grieving and complaining to everyone. The flowers of Ivan da Marya abundantly secrete nectar and are deservedly considered a good honey plant.

The Ivan da Marya flower has adapted very interestingly to the distribution of seeds - ants help it in this. The fact is that the seeds, similar to wheat grains, have a bag with fragrant oils. For ants, these oils are a delicacy, which is why they drag seeds. And that's all the flower needs. And this flower is also interesting in that it has suction cups on its roots that attach to the roots of other plants. So the flower is fed with the juice of foreign plants. This flower is poisonous!

And it also has healing properties: heals wounds, heals the heart, skin. Just think, a small flower, but how many people need it: seeds for ants, pollen for bees, tinctures from leaves for medicines for people. Yes, and just look at the flower, it's nice to admire.

Oak maryannik (Ivan da Marya)

Other legends associated with Ivan and Marya tell of forbidden love.

According to one version, the brother and sister did not know about their consanguinity and got married, for violating the custom they were turned into a flower by God. According to another, the transformation took place by the consent of the lovers, who could not cope with their passion and did not want to part. The harshest version of the legend says that the sister wanted to seduce her brother, and he killed her for this. As a death wish, the girl asked to plant this flower on the grave.

Ivan da Marya is sometimes called the tricolor violet, and sometimes the tenacious Geneva, meadow sage and periwinkle. Why? They also have two brightly different colors (the violet has a third, white, is not taken into account).

According to another legend, brother Ivan and sister Marya lived in a hut on the lake.

The lake is quiet, but the glory is bad. In this lake there was a Vodyanoy.

As night falls, Vodyanoy begins to disturb the water, to raise mud from the bottom. On such moonlit nights, mermaids come out of the water and hide from the Waterman in the trees. And then they are called woodworkers.

And brother Ivan punished sister Marya in the event of his absence not to leave the hut, if the dashing did not happen. He ordered her to sit quietly and not sing songs. Ivan went to the forest to hunt. Marya did the housework and got bored. She sat by the window and sang a song. Suddenly he hears a thin voice calling her to go outside. Maria looked out the door and gasped. There, mermaids lead round dances. They saw Mary and called to her. They put a wreath on their heads and recognized her as their queen.

Suddenly, the terrible head of Vodyanoy peeped out of the bushes and his clumsy hands reached out to Maryushka.

Ivan returned from hunting, but Maryushka is not at home. He looked everywhere for her, but did not find her. Bathing week has arrived.

And Ivan decided to weave himself new bast shoes and go look for his sister.

I found a sticky tree across the lake, peeled it off, wove bast shoes and went to look for Marya.

He walked, walked, sees - there is a naked sticky tree with which he bast tore. Went on looking. But wherever he goes, he finds this sticky everywhere. Ivan got angry and decided to cut down the sticky he had peeled off. He waved his ax, and the sticky tree says in a human voice: “Don’t cut me down, Ivan, I’m your sister Marya. and throw it in my face." As soon as she said this, the bast shoes carried Ivan far into the forest. He found wormwood grass. And Ivan threw it into the sticky wormwood-grass, sister Marya came out of the sticky tree, hugged her brother, and began to cry. They abandoned the house by the lake, went to live far, far away.

And they still live inseparably and call them always together - Ivan da Marya.

Author: Martyanova L.M.

 


 

Oak maryannik (Ivan da Marya), Melampyrum nemorosum. Recipes for use in traditional medicine and cosmetology

cultivated and wild plants. Legends, myths, symbolism, description, cultivation, methods of application

Ethnoscience:

  • Tincture to improve appetite: Pour 1 tablespoon of dry herbs of oak maryannik with 1 cup of boiling water, leave for 15-20 minutes, strain. Take 1 tablespoon 2-3 times daily before meals.
  • Treatment of digestive disorders: Pour 1 tablespoon of dry herbs of oak maryannik with 1 cup of boiling water, leave for 20 minutes, strain. Take 1 tablespoon 2-3 times daily after meals.
  • Treatment of skin diseases: mix 1 tablespoon of dry herbs maryannik oak with 1 glass of boiling water, leave for 20 minutes, strain. Add 1 tablespoon of honey and apply to the affected areas of the skin several times a day.
  • Cold treatment: Pour 1 tablespoon of dry herbs of oak maryannik with 1 cup of boiling water, leave for 20 minutes, strain. Take 1 tablespoon 2-3 times a day.

Cosmetology:

  • Mask for the face: mix 1 tablespoon of oak maryannik with 1 egg white, apply on face for 15 minutes, then rinse with warm water. This mask helps improve skin tone and eliminate redness.
  • Face tonic: pour 1 tablespoon of oak maryannik with 1 glass of boiling water, leave for 20 minutes, strain. Add 1 teaspoon of apple cider vinegar and 1 teaspoon of honey to the resulting decoction. This toner will help shrink pores and soften the skin.
  • Cleansing milk: mix 1 tablespoon of oak maryannik with 1 glass of warm water, leave for 20 minutes, strain. Add 1 teaspoon honey and 1 teaspoon coconut oil. This milk will help cleanse the skin of impurities and make it softer and more hydrated.

Attention! Before use, consult with a specialist!

 


 

Oak maryannik (Ivan da Marya), Melampyrum nemorosum. Tips for growing, harvesting and storing

cultivated and wild plants. Legends, myths, symbolism, description, cultivation, methods of application

Oak maryannik (Melampyrum nemorosum), also known as Ivan da Marya, is a perennial herb that is used in folk medicine as an antibacterial and anti-inflammatory agent.

Tips for growing, harvesting and storing oak maryannik:

Cultivation:

  • Oak maryannik prefers a sunny or partial shade place and medium soil.
  • The plant can be grown from seeds or cuttings.
  • The plant does not require special care and can grow in temperate climates.

Workpiece:

  • Flowers and leaves of oak maryannik can be used to prepare tinctures, decoctions and other medicines.
  • Flowers and leaves should be collected in spring or summer when they contain the maximum amount of nutrients.
  • Hang the ties in a cool, dry place or use a dryer to dry flowers and leaves.

Storage:

  • Fresh flowers and leaves can be stored in the refrigerator in a plastic bag or container for several days.
  • Dried flowers and leaves can be stored in a glass jar or container in a cool, dry place for several months.

Oak maryannik contains flavonoids, phenolic compounds and other biologically active substances that can be beneficial to health. Follow these tips for growing, harvesting, and storing oakwort and using it as a medicine. However, before using oak maryannik for medicinal purposes, it is necessary to consult a doctor.

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