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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

Lungwort obscure (dark lungwort), Pulmonaria obscura. Photos of the plant, basic scientific information, legends, myths, symbolism

Basic scientific information, legends, myths, symbolism

Sort by: Lungwort (Pulmonaria)

Family: Icteric (Boraginaceae)

Origin: Eurasia.

Area: Lungwort grows in forest clearings, forest edges, shrubs and abandoned sites throughout Europe and northern Asia.

Chemical composition: The leaves of Lungwort obscure contains silicon, mannitol, glucose, fructose, tannins, mucus, vitamin C, carotene. The roots contain the alkaloid pulmonarin.

Economic value: Lungwort obscure is used in folk medicine as a remedy for cough and bronchitis. Its leaves can be used as food, for example, in salads. Lungwort is also cultivated for ornamental purposes due to its bright flowers and ornamental leaves.

Legends, myths, symbolism: In ancient times, it was believed that the obscure lungwort is a sacred plant that helps to gain spiritual insight and strength. It was also believed that lungwort promotes spiritual purification and protection from evil spirits. Symbolically, lungwort is associated with softness, calmness and relaxation. It is used in folk medicine to treat insomnia, headaches and other nervous disorders. It is also used as an aromatic plant to create a pleasant smell in the house. However, the most famous feature of the lungwort is its ability to attract cats. It is known that cats can smell the lungwort even at a distance and show a special interest in it, they can lick the leaves or wallow on them. Because of this, lungwort is also associated with cats and feline qualities such as lightness, flexibility and playfulness. In the symbolism of floristry, lungwort can symbolize memories, calmness, peace and softness.

Lungwort obscure (dark lungwort), Pulmonaria obscura. Description, illustrations of the plant

Lungwort obscure (dark lungwort), Pulmonaria obscura. Description of the plant, area, cultivation, application

It grows everywhere in deciduous and mixed forests, on loamy and sandy soils, in thickets, among shrubs, in clearings.

Indistinct lungwort is very close in appearance, influence to another species - medicinal lungwort.

Perennial herbaceous plant 15-40 cm high. Flowering shoots develop from the rhizome in spring. The leaves are small and green. In summer, after flowering, shortened shoots appear from the rhizome with bunches of basal heart-shaped ovoid leaves, dark green, narrowed into a long petiole.

Blooms in April - May. This is one of the earliest spring honey plants. The flowers are initially red, then purple-violet, collected in few-flowered curls, creating a corymbose inflorescence at the top of the stem.

The fruits consist of 4 nuts. The whole plant is dotted with glandular and simple hairs.

The grass contains mucus, tannins, silicon oxide, vitamins, carotene, traces of alkaloids, rutin, salts of iron, potassium, manganese, trace elements: vanadium, nickel, silver, strontium, titanium, etc.

In nutrition, they use useful greens of lungwort obscure.

Soups, borscht are cooked from it, vitamin salads, side dishes are prepared.

Salad with lungwort and radish. Grind lungwort leaves, add grated radish, chopped green onions, salt. Season with sour cream, or mayonnaise, or vegetable oil. 150 g lungwort, 150 g radish, 20 g green onion, 30 g sour cream (or mayonnaise, or vegetable oil), salt to taste.

Salad with lungwort and meat. Mix crushed lungwort leaves with pieces of boiled meat, hard-boiled eggs, chopped green onions, add lemon juice, salt. Top with sour cream or mayonnaise. 200 g of lungwort, 100 g of meat, 1 egg, 1 tablespoon of lemon juice, 25 g of green onion, 25 g of sour cream (or mayonnaise), salt.

Salad with lungwort and horseradish. Add grated horseradish, chopped green onions to the chopped leaves of lungwort, salt, mix. Season with sour cream, or mayonnaise, or tomato sauce, or vegetable oil. 200-250 g of lungwort, 25 g of horseradish, 20 g of green onion, 30 g of sour cream (or mayonnaise, or tomato sauce, or vegetable oil), salt.

Soup with lungwort. In salted meat broth or water, boil potatoes, onions, carrots, parsley root, add chopped lungwort and boil for 5 minutes. Season with sour cream, sprinkle with dill and parsley. 500 g of broth, 200 g of lungwort, 150 g of potatoes, 20 g of carrots, 160 20 g of onions, 10 g of parsley root, 25 g of sour cream, salt, dill and parsley.

Soup with meatballs from lungwort. Pass the leaves of the lungwort and onion through a meat grinder, mix with minced meat, salt, add ground pepper. Form meatballs from the mass. In a boiling salted broth with boiled parsley roots, dip the meatballs with carrots and cook until they float to the surface. Before serving, if desired, season with sour cream. 200 g minced meat, 150 g lungwort, 30 g onion, pepper, salt to taste, 500 ml broth, 15 g parsley root, 25 g carrots.

Borscht red with lungwort. Boil carrots, parsley root, onions in salted meat broth. Strain the broth, add separately cooked beets, grated on a coarse grater, chopped lungwort leaves, bay leaf, season with beet or lemon juice and keep on low heat for up to 30 minutes (do not boil). You can season with tomato sauce to taste. Before serving, put sour cream in bowls and sprinkle with dill and parsley. 500 ml of broth, 200 g of beets, 25 g of carrots, 15 g of parsley root, 20 g of onion, 200 g of lungwort, 2-3 bay leaves, 200 ml of beetroot juice, 25 g of sour cream, salt, dill and parsley.

Potato pies with lungwort. Mash hot boiled potatoes or pass through a meat grinder, cool, add a raw egg, a little flour, salt, mix thoroughly. Cut the mass into cakes, put the filling with lungwort on the bottom, pinch the edges, form pies, bread them in flour and fry in oil or bake in the oven. Top with sour cream or butter before serving.

To prepare the filling, boiled beef and lungwort pass through a meat grinder, mix with browned onions, salt, pepper, season with oil. 500 g mashed potatoes, 1 egg, 1 tablespoon flour, 50 g breadcrumbs, 50 g vegetable oil, 50 g sour cream, salt. For the filling: 400 g of meat, 150-200 g of lungwort, 50-75 g of onions, 30 g of butter, salt, pepper to taste.

Pork stewed with cabbage and lungwort. Fry the pork pieces, put them in a duck bowl, add browned carrots, onions, parsley roots, chopped cabbage, a little water or broth and simmer over low heat. 10-15 minutes before readiness, put chopped lungwort leaves, bay leaf, sautéed flour diluted with water, pepper, dill seeds, caraway seeds, salt. Serve with boiled potatoes, sprinkle with dill and parsley. 400 g pork, 150 g carrots, 15 g parsley root, 200 g lungwort, 100 g onion, 400 g cabbage, 100 g tomato sauce, 3-4 bay leaves, 50 g fat, 1 tablespoon flour, spices, salt taste, dill and parsley.

Stuffed cabbage with lungwort. Remove the stalk from a dense head of cabbage, boil it until half cooked in salted water, disassemble it into individual leaves, cut off or lightly peel the thickened parts.

Cooked minced meat, boiled rice, chopped onion and lungwort leaves, pepper, salt mix. Put the mass on cabbage leaves, wrap in the form of an envelope and fry on both sides in oil. Then put the cabbage rolls in a duck bowl, pour in broth or water, boil for 1 hour, season with tomato sauce or sour cream and simmer for another 10-15 minutes. 1 head of cabbage, 500 g of minced meat, 50 g of rice, 50 g of onion, 200 g of lungwort, 100 g of vegetable oil, 100 g of tomato sauce (or sour cream), 400 ml of broth, spices, salt to taste.

In folk medicine, the herb Lungwort is used obscure.

It has an expectorant, astringent, emollient, wound healing, diuretic, hemostatic effect.

Infusion of herb Lungwort obscure. Infuse 20 g of herbs in 400 ml of boiling water for 2 hours, strain. Drink 100-150 ml 3-4 times a day 30 minutes before meals for pneumonia, bronchial asthma, hoarseness, colds, pulmonary tuberculosis, colitis with diarrhea, gastritis with high acidity, gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer, anemia, urolithiasis diseases, gynecological diseases, hemorrhoids.

Infusion of herb lungwort (for external use). Infuse 100 g of herbs in 500 ml of boiling water for 2 hours. Use for washing wounds, ulcers, especially festering, not healing for a long time, burns, douching for women's diseases, making lotions, compresses for abscesses, carbuncles, taking baths for eczema, diathesis, skin rashes.

Collection infusion with lungwort obscure. 40 g of lungwort grass, 25 g of flaxseed and crushed comfrey root, 1 (K) g of pounded rose hips, insist in 1 liter of boiling water for 12 hours, strain. Drink sips throughout the day with diarrhea, abdominal pain.

The herb Lungwort obscure is part of the anti-inflammatory, diuretic, pectoral, gastric preparations.

Contraindications have not been established.

The aerial part of the plant is harvested during flowering or in autumn, when the basal leaves are still preserved. Dry immediately in the air, in a well-ventilated area (with prolonged lying, the grass darkens).

The dried herb is dark green in color and has a bitter taste. Stored in boxes lined with paper.

Shelf life - 1 year.

Authors: Alekseychik N.I., Vasanko V.A.

Lungwort obscure (dark lungwort), Pulmonaria obscura. Recipes for use in traditional medicine and cosmetology

Ethnoscience:

• From cough: Pour 1 tablespoon of dry lungwort with 1 cup of boiling water for 10-15 minutes. Strain and drink the resulting infusion as a tea 2-3 times a day.
• For a cold: make an infusion of dry lungwort and use it to gargle several times a day.
• For wounds and burns: Apply fresh lungwort tincture to the affected area to speed up the healing of a wound or burn.
• For skin diseases: use a fresh lungwort tincture to wash your skin to reduce inflammation and itching.
• For stomach pain: Pour 1 tablespoon of dry lungwort with 1 cup of boiling water for 10-15 minutes. Strain and drink the resulting infusion before meals.

Cosmetology:

• Mask for the face: mix lungwort with clay and water to make a thick paste. Apply to face for 15-20 minutes, then rinse with warm water. This mask will help improve skin tone and reduce inflammation.
• Face tonic: pour 2 tablespoons of dry lungwort with 1 cup of boiling water for 10-15 minutes. Strain and use as a facial toner to hydrate and soothe the skin.
• For hair care: add lungwort to your shampoo or hair conditioner to strengthen your hair and soften your scalp.
• Body lotion: mix lungwort with essential oil and glycerin to make a body lotion that will help hydrate and soften your skin.
• Aromatic massage: add a few drops of lungwort oil to your base body massage oil to relax and soothe your mind and body.

Attention! Before use, consult with a specialist!

Lungwort obscure (dark lungwort), Pulmonaria obscura. Tips for growing, harvesting and storing

The obscure lungwort (Pulmonaria obscura) is a perennial plant that grows in temperate climates.

Tips for growing, harvesting and storing lungwort:

Cultivation:

• Lungwort obscure prefers a penumbra place and moist soil.
• The plant does not need special care and can grow in any temperate climate.
• The plant can be grown from seeds or cuttings.

Workpiece:

• Lungwort leaves can be used fresh or dried.
• Leaves should be harvested during flowering when they contain the maximum amount of nutrients.
• To dry the leaves, hang the ties in a cool, dry place or use a dryer.

Storage:

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

Lungwort has many health benefits, including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antimicrobial properties. Lungwort leaves are used in cooking and in folk medicine.

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