Bellflower (Campánula) is a perennial (or one-two-year) herb from the Bellflower family. The rhizome is ligneous, short, short-pubescent stem is straight and glabrous, it can be slightly descended or long, creeping, creeping. The leaf is small, broadly lanceolate, the lower leaf is petiolate, the upper leaf is sessile, blue-violet in color. Corolla bell-shaped, located among paniculate or racemose dense inflorescences, the flower is blue, small. The fruit in the form of a capsule, when opened, forms a slit-like opening. The flowering period is summer and autumn, right up to the very frost.
Bell - species and places of growth
There are more than 300 varieties of this plant, which grows in countries with temperate climates. These are Central and Western Asia, Europe, the Caucasus, sometimes North America, Siberia. On the territory of Russia, there are more than 150 varieties, 15 of them are found only in the European part. The diverse habitat of these grasses includes meadows, forests, steppes, rocks, and desert areas.
Currently, some plant species are endangered due to fees for commercial bouquets. 12 varieties found in Europe are in critical condition, of which 6 varieties grow only in Italy. This bell is an equal-leaved, Transylvanian, trizoid bell. Peach-leaved decorative bell - honey plant, protected in Karelia, included in the regional Red Book.
Bell - medicinal properties
Bells are mainly used for decorative purposes, but with a number of medicinal properties, such as anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, sedative and analgesic, they are used to treat many diseases. These are fever, cough, headache, constipation, uterine bleeding, heavy menstruation, sore throat. For dog bites, poultices are used to help heal wounds.
Gargles and lotions help with diseases of the skin and breast, sore throat and stomatitis are treated with gargles. The bell is a good remedy for the treatment of lichens and panarits. Women can relieve menopause and menstrual pain. The bell just gives strength to weakened children if you add the decoction to the bathtub. The same methods relieve the course of epilepsy and sudden onset of fever.
Bell - dosage forms
For medicinal purposes, roots, fruits, herbs, leaves, seeds are used, and powder, decoctions, infusions and tinctures are made from them. The stems and flowers are harvested during the flowering of the plant.
Bell - recipes
- Even in the treatise of Avicenna, you can find a recipe for the treatment of leucorrhoea - ordinary tea made from freshly dried peach-leafed bells.
- For internal use, it is recommended to make an infusion of the herb:
Pour 2 teaspoons of fresh or dried raw materials (bell grass) with one glass of boiling water, leave for 2 hours to infuse, drink a tablespoon 3 times a day after meals.
- The decoction of the roots for the treatment of viral infections is prepared in the usual way in a water bath using only enameled dishes. Insist for 2 hours under a tightly closed lid.
Bell - contraindications
There were no special contraindications for the use of this medicinal plant, it is only necessary to pay attention to individual intolerance and hypersensitivity to this plant. Use with caution in pregnant women.
Bell - interesting facts
In England, there is a belief that bells bring prosperity to the house, so this flower is considered sacred there. It got its name because it looked like the bells worn on the chest by wandering monks. The tomb of Thomas Canterbury was a place of pilgrimage where the blessing of the sick took place, therefore the English bell is called "Canterbury Bells" and is considered a harbinger of good luck.
Useful characteristics of a bell
The bell has anti-inflammatory, hemostatic, analgesic and calming effects on the body. And this is the reward of those bioactive substances that are part of the chemical composition of this plant, namely carotene, caffeic and coumaric acids, kaempferol, quercetin, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium. There is also a lot of ascorbic acid in the leaves and flowers of the plant. For pharmaceutical purposes, trunks, flowers and leaves are used, harvested from June to August - during the flowering period.
For culinary purposes, young leaves are harvested in early May during the budding of plants, the roots are dug up in early spring or late autumn. When cutting off the tops of the plant, they try to leave larger specimens for divorce. Flowers are dried in the darkness, in perfectly open rooms, ideally, so that the plants are in bunches. After drying, the raw materials are folded into flat boxes, being careful not to wrinkle.
Bell application
In folk medicine, decoctions and infusions of the plant are used, it is also excellent in the form of a powder. Decoctions cure internal bleeding. fright and epilepsy in babies. Aqua infusion is advised to rinse the larynx for colds, tonsillitis. stomatitis. A decoction from the fruits and grass of the bell cure fever, sclerosis. constipation, glaucoma, and syphilis. Decoction baths are used in the treatment of nervous disorders. Once upon a time, compresses from grass were applied to the site of a dog's bite, and lichens and felon were cured with powders.
Herb infusion: 2 teaspoons of dry herb must be poured with a glass of boiling water, insisted for 15 minutes and filtered through cheesecloth. The infusion can be used externally to rinse the larynx or internally, at the rate of 1-2 tablespoons on an empty stomach 2-3 times a day.
Infusion from plants: 1 teaspoon of powder from inflorescences is required to pour a glass of boiling water and leave for 40 minutes, then cool and strain through a strainer. It is recommended to take the product in 1 tablespoon, if necessary.
Broth: pour 10 g of crushed roots into an enamel bowl, pour 250 ml of water and boil in a water bath for about 2 hours with a tightly closed lid. Drinking the remedy is necessary for 1 tablespoon 3 times a day after meals.
Bell seeds
The seeds of this flower vary in size: from powdery particles to larger specimens. They ripen in fruits and are used for its reproduction. You can sow seeds in autumn or spring, in the ground or in a greenhouse. Since the seeds are very small, they can be mixed with sand or grated chalk before sowing.
Bell flowers
With its own decorativeness, the flowers of this herb amuse the eyes of many amateur gardeners, taking a worthy place in their flower beds. Bells usually grow in the form of inflorescences, but they can also be single. Their color palette is very diverse: there are snow-white, pink, purple, blue and bluish flowers. The plant is called a bell because the flowers in some species are bell-shaped. They bloom profusely and for a long time in spring and summer.
Feeding the bell
In nature, there are about 300 species of this plant, which grows, in the main, in the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere. More than half of the species of bells grow in Russia, the Carpathians and the Far East. Grass propagation is done by seeds or seedlings.
For seedlings, use wood boxes or other containers with a layer of drainage from the inside. An earthy mixture is selected from leaf or turf soil, weathered peat and sand, disinfecting such a mixture with a potassium permanganate substance or boiling water. After planting, the seeds are not sprinkled with soil on top, but covered with paper or glass. At times, the soil should be sprayed with water, avoiding drying out. After the emergence of seedlings, the mini-greenhouse is removed. Plant pests are slugs and rust.
Bell varieties
Bells are frost-resistant perennials and midgets, grown mainly for rock gardens. There are also biennials - they are planted in flower beds. This grass is not difficult to grow, except for a few species that need to be protected from excess water in the winter season. The group of curb bells is also numerous, their varieties have different heights and they bloom from July to September. The varieties used for rock gardens are completely undemanding, they only need non-acidic, drained soil. The herb blooms profusely in June-July.
A blue bell grows in the form of a bush up to 40 cm in diameter and 40–60 cm in height. This unpretentious flower is one of the best rockeries adornments. Its blue flowers form capitate inflorescences. In one place, the grass can grow up to 6 years. The plant blooms from June to July, in a wild nature it prefers limestone mountains in the upper belt of European mountains. This species can be grown in rocky gardens, in flower beds, in flower pots.
The crowded bell is a herbaceous long-term medicinal plant. He has a scanty rhizome, red and hairy, with indistinct edges of the trunk, rounded or lanceolate leaves. The upper leaves are sessile, the lower ones grow on longish petioles. The flowers are grouped into the apical head, the inflorescences consist of 15–20 plants. Flowering occurs in June and August.
The plant is widely distributed in the European part of Russia, in Belarus, Ukraine, Siberia, Central Asia. This species grows in open glades and forest edges, in the steppes and in meadows. The plant is used as an analgesic, sedative and antiemetic agent.
Meadowbell is a perennial plant 15–20 cm high. It has a dense branched rhizome, erect or non-branched ascending trunk. Leaves are cordate or rounded-bud, long-petiolate. The flowers are collected in racemose inflorescences of blue or purple color. This species grows in areas with a temperate climate: in Siberia, the Caucasus, Central and Asia Minor, Europe. Its habitats are meadows, steppes, forests, from time to time the plant can be found in desert and rocky areas.
The middle bell is biennial, a very beautiful plant 1.2 m high. The trunk is upright, pubescent, strongly branched, with an abundance of small leaves. Flowers are collected in a loose brush, ordinary or double. This species blooms from June to September with snow-white, pink, purple or blue flowers. The plant serves as a beautiful addition to flower arrangements. In most cases, it is planted in flower beds with other perennials. It looks very beautiful in bouquets. After cutting, the flowers can stand in water for up to 10-12 days.
The milk-flowered bell is a perennial herb. Its trunk is straight, branched, with an abundance of leaves, it reaches a height of 50–150 cm. Fragrant milk-white flowers are collected in large racemose inflorescences. This species grows in the Caucasus, Asia Minor, northeastern Turkey and northwestern Iran. The plant is used in double borders, in meadow flower beds. This kind of bell looks great near water bodies. This plant is one of the longest lived. In nature, it can reach the age of 20 years, in culture - 12.
Contraindications to the use of a bell
These are personal intolerance and hypersensitivity. It is not recommended to use preparations from the plant for pregnant and lactating women, children under 6 years old. People with sharpened acquired diseases should abandon the introduction of this pharmaceutical agent. Be sure to observe the dose and consult a doctor before use.
Most gardeners know bells herbaceous plants only as ornamental. In the meantime, these attractive flowers are extremely beneficial. Almost all varieties of bells have medicinal properties, but the most valuable are coarse-haired, spreading, peach-leaved, round-leaved, nettle-leaved, Siberian, crowded and rapunzel-like. How to use different types of bells is detailed in this article.
1. How bells of all kinds are used
Bells (Campanula) belongs to the Campanulaceae family.
Parts used: grass.
Collection time: May-August.
Collection: the grass is harvested during flowering, tied in bunches and hung in a well-ventilated place. Shelf life is 2 years.
Cultivation: these unpretentious plants do well on any soil in a sunny place or partial shade. Easily propagated by seeds and self-sowing.
General use for bells of all kinds: the plant is used as an antitoxic, analgesic, anticonvulsant, antiulcer, hemostatic agent.
A decoction of herbs and an alcoholic tincture of bells is used for epilepsy, thyroid diseases, women's diseases, back aches caused by lifting weights.
Household purpose: used as ornamental plants. Many varieties have been bred with a variety of colors and flower shapes.
Despite the high healing properties, leukocytosis is a contraindication to the use of bell raw materials.
2. The use of the harsh bell
Description of the hard-haired bell (Campanula cervicaria L.): biennial plant 50-100 cm high, with a cylindrical thick root.
Stems and leaves are densely covered with rigid, bristly, almost spiny, protruding hairs. Stems are erect, rather thick and strong, striped longitudinally. The lower leaves are oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, with a wedge-shaped base, with short petioles; the upper ones are linear-lanceolate, pointed, sessile.
The inflorescence is long, spike-shaped. Bracts ovoid, acute, strongly widened at the base, concave, slightly shorter than flowers. Calyx ovate-conical, whitish, almost glabrous, with oblong obtuse teeth. Corolla light blue or blue, funnel-bell-shaped, 10-12 mm long, bristly-ciliate along the edge and outer veins, shallowly incised into ovoid sharp lobes. The pillar protrudes slightly from the rim. Fruits are capsules. Blooms in June-July. The fruits ripen in July-August.
Spreading: in Russia it grows in the European part and in the south of Siberia (up to Transbaikalia). In Central Russia, it is found occasionally in all areas. Grows in forests, clearings, forest edges, clearings, in thickets of bushes.
Used plant parts: grass. The plant contains choline - stimulates the formation of histamine, also hyperin (hyperoside, quercetin-3-galactoside); luteolin-7-glucoside.
The plant is listed in the Red Books of Moscow and St. Petersburg, Arkhangelsk, Vladimir, Voronezh, Lipetsk, Ryazan, Samara, Saratov and Yaroslavl regions, Karelia and Komi in Russia, Zhitomir, Rivne and Sumy regions.
Application: the plant has analgesic and antitoxic beneficial properties, the raw material of the bell stimulates lactation in lactating women.
The herb infusion is taken for stomach pains, lower back aches and thyroid diseases.
The herb infusion is used for washing with lichen (hence one of its popular names - "lichen").
Recipe:
Infusion of the healing bell: 1 tablespoon of herbs in 1 glass of boiling water, leave for 3 hours, wrapped in a towel, filter. Take 2-4 tablespoons after meals 3 times a day.
3. Using the nettle-leaf bell
Description of nettle-leaved bell (Campanula trachelium L.): perennial plant 70-100 cm high. Stems are thick, straight, covered with hard hairs. The leaves are alternate, short, reminiscent of nettle leaves.
Lower leaves on long petioles, cordate-ovate, 8-10 cm long. The middle ones are on short petioles, the upper ones are sessile. Flowers on short stalks, forming a racemose inflorescence. Corolla bluish-purple, rarely white, 2.5-4 cm long. Blooms in July. Bears fruit in August.
Special signs: forest plant. Stem up to 1 m high, sharply ribbed. The whole plant is covered with long, stiff hairs. Corolla petals are long pubescent.
Spreading: European part of Russia, Altai and southwest Siberia. It grows from lowlands to the subalpine zone, in oak and ash forests, as well as in shrubs, along the borders and forest edges.
Parts of the bellflower used: grass. The plant contains stachydrin (coagulating) and choline.
The plant is listed in the Red Books of Moscow, Novosibirsk, Rostov and Smolensk regions, Altai and Karelia in Russia.
Application: dry herb infusion is used for gargling with sore throat, hoarseness and other sore throats.
Economic use: nettle bell leaves are used for cooking cabbage soup in the same way as young nettle leaves. Roots, after light heat treatment - into salads.
It is an ornamental plant.
The nettle-leaved bell is a very beautiful ornamental plant, on the basis of which many new varieties have been bred, including terry ones. The bells are pink, lilac, purple and white.
Recipes:
- infusion for external use (compresses, poultices and rinses): 2 teaspoons of herbs per 1 glass of boiling water, insist in a thermos for 1 hour, filter
- compress from fresh leaves: pour the leaves with boiling water, leave for 2-3 minutes and apply in the form of compresses to sore joints.
- infusion of Bologna bell grass for epilepsy: 3 tablespoons of herbs for 2 cups of boiling water, leave for 1-2 hours, filter. Take 60-75 ml 3-4 times a day.
4. The use of the herbaceous plant round-leaved bellflower
Description of the round-leaved bell (Campanula rotundifolia L.): herbaceous plant, reaches a height of 15 to 40 cm. Leaves: basal have a rounded shape, with a large toothed edge, die off by the time of flowering; stem - narrow lanceolate. Flowers - blue, blue or light purple, sometimes whitish, small, up to 1.5-2 cm in length, collected in a spreading inflorescence. Blooms in May-September. Fruiting from July.
Special signs: the species differs from the outwardly similar spreading bell (Campanula patula L.) in the following features: wide-triangular corolla lobes, the length of which is more than 2 times shorter than its tube, the corolla is blue or light-violet; calyx teeth pressed against the rim, sometimes deflected; drooping or deflected pedicels; plant 10-30 cm tall.
Used plant parts: flowers, grass, roots. The plant contains: betaine (hepatoprotective and metabolic agent, can prevent the risk of developing breast cancer (only in women who are able to give birth, during menopause and in women with removed ovaries, use is useless)); caffeic acid (bacteriostatic, choleretic); ursolic acid (antitumor, diuretic, metabolic disorders (diabetes), anti-inflammatory); ferulic acid (antihepatotoxic (effective!)); chlorogenic acid (choleretic); choline (stimulates the formation of histamine); esculetin (antispasmodic, fungi-static, vasoconstrictor, for bacterial diseases (bacillary dysentery)).
Collection time: flowers, grass - May-August, roots - October.
Collection: the grass and flowers are harvested during flowering, the grass is tied in bunches and suspended in a well-ventilated, dark place, the flowers are loosely laid out on paper, and constantly turned over during drying. The roots are dug up in October, dried in a well-ventilated warm room. The medicinal properties of the round-leaved bell are preserved for 2 years.
The plant is listed in the Red Books of Moscow and Karelia.
Application: a decoction of the roots of the round-leaved bell is used for throat tumors and neoplasms in the oral cavity.
Also used for bleeding, epilepsy and atherosclerosis.
Household purpose: ornamental plant.
Almost all types of bells are used as decorative ones. Low-growing ones are used for alpine slides and borders (for example, Carpathian bell (Campanula carpatica Jacg.)), Medium height and tall are used - not only for group plantings, but also as single clumps (broad-leaved bell (Campanula latifolia L.)). When choosing seeds, it is necessary to pay attention to the time and duration of the flowering of bells, the height of herbaceous plants, and also when planting, take into account the longevity of each species, so that when arranging the "bell paradise" bed, plants of the same age are placed on it. Spotted bell (Campanula puncatata Lam.) Is capricious when grown.
Given the benefits of the round-leaved bell, medicines are prepared on the basis of this plant.
Recipes:
- infusion for epilepsy, atherosclerosis: 1 teaspoon of flowers per 250 ml of boiling water, insist until it cools. Take 1/3 cup 3 times a day.
- baths for epilepsy: 100 g of herbs per 4 liters of boiling water, insist until cool and filter into a hot bath. The water temperature is 37-38 ° С, the duration of the procedure is 15-20 minutes.
- tincture for gargling with sore throat: grass with vodka in a ratio of 1:10, leave for 14 days, shaking often, filter. Use diluted (1: 5) for rinsing up to 8 times a day.
- decoction for throat tumors, neoplasms in the oral cavity, bleeding: 1 teaspoon of roots per 200 ml of boiling water, boil over low heat for 5 minutes, leave for 2 hours, filter, add boiled water to the original volume. Take 50 ml 4 times a day. For bleeding, take 1/2 cup 3-4 times a day.
5. Treatment with a peach bell
Description of peach bell (Campanula persicifolia L.): herbaceous perennial plant, reaches a height of 40-100 and even 160 cm. Contains milky juice. The root is fusiform, oblique, fibrous. The stem is erect, simple, rarely branched, glabrous, slightly ribbed. Stem leaves are alternate, narrow, linear or lanceolate, dark green in color, shiny, crenate at the edges (the upper ones are almost entire, less than the lower ones). Flowers - blue, blue-violet or light purple (rarely white), located on short pedicels, collected in a one-sided apical raceme of 3-8 flowers. The corolla is broadly bell-shaped, large, up to 3.5 cm long and in diameter, divided into lobes by no more than 1/3. The calyx is half as long as the corolla, inversely conical, furrowed, with long, pointed, whole-edged teeth. The fruit is a multi-seeded box with 10 veins, opening with holes at the apex. Blooms in June-July. Fruiting in August-September.
Spreading: european part of Russia. Grows in light forests, forest edges, found in thickets of bushes, in ravines. Forest view.
Used plant parts: grass. The plant contains: inulin; betaine; vanilla acid; diosmin; caffeic acid; ursolic acid; ferulic acid; chlorogenic acid; choline; esculetin.
The plant is listed in the Red Books of Moscow, Arkhangelsk, Lipetsk, Saratov, Smolensk regions and Stavropol Territory in Russia.
Diluted tincture can be used for throat ailments.
Household purpose: roots and young shoots can be used to make salads.
Peach Bell Treatment Recipes:
- infusion for leucorrhoea: 2 teaspoons of herbs per 200 ml of boiling water, leave for 2-3 hours, filter. Take 1 tablespoon 3 times daily after meals.
- infusion for epilepsy, female diseases: 1 tablespoon of dry crushed herbs in 1 glass of boiling water, leave for 2 hours, filter. Take 1 / 4-1 / 3 cup 3-4 times daily before meals.
- infusion as a pain reliever: 3 tablespoons of chopped herbs per 0.5 liters of boiling water, leave for 2 hours, filter. Take 1/41/3 cup 2-3 times daily before meals.
6.What helps the rapunzel bell
Description of rapunculus bell (Campanula rapunculoides L.): perennial herb 30-100 cm tall. The root is thick, branched, sometimes with long underground shoots. The stem is usually simple, straight, slightly ribbed. The inflorescence is long, racemose, one-sided. Flowers about 2-2.5 cm long, on short pedicels, drooping, blue-violet, solitary; calyx teeth linear-lanceolate. Blooms in June-September.
Special signs: malignant hard-to-eradicate weed of gardens and nurseries. Possesses remarkable ability for vegetative reproduction. In the first year of development, a small rosette of leaves and a taproot are formed, and the next spring, numerous new rosettes and roots develop from the buds of the root. In a relatively short period of time, the rapunzel bell covers a large area. Since in the second year of life, flowering shoots are formed from the rosettes, intensive seed propagation is added to vegetative propagation (each plant gives up to 15,000 seeds that have high germination and volatile properties due to their lightness and the presence of a small wing).
Spreading: European part of Russia, Western Siberia, Northern Kazakhstan. It grows on the edges of deciduous forests, in sparse bushes, in gardens and parks.
Parts of Rapunzel Bell used: roots and grass. Various parts of the plant contain: vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) -crn .; inulin - crn .; quercetin (quercitin) -rast .; kaempferol - plant; choline - rast.
Collection time: grass - June-August, roots - September-October.
Collection:
The plant is listed in the Red Data Books of Sevastopol, Tomsk and Yaroslavl regions, Kalmykia and Udmurtia.
Cultivation: it is undemanding to soils, but it develops better on well-cultivated, drained, with sufficient nutrition, neutral or slightly alkaline soils. Do not plant them in areas flooded with rain or spring waters. The plant is unpretentious, cold-resistant, resistant to diseases and pests.
Application: decoction and infusion of the roots of the rapunzel-shaped bell helps with bronchitis, pneumonia, catarrh of the upper respiratory tract, is used as an expectorant and as an anesthetic.
Fresh leaves are used as a wound healing agent.
Household purpose: young leaves and roots are edible.
Rapunzel-shaped bell has decorative properties.
Recipes:
- decoction for bronchitis, pneumonia, catarrh of the upper respiratory tract: 1 tablespoon of chopped roots in 200 ml of water, boil for 5-6 minutes in a sealed enamel bowl, leave for 2 hours. Take 1 / 3-1 / 2 cup 3 times daily before meals.
- infusion for sore throat, headache, fever: 1 tablespoon of herbs per 250 ml of boiling water, leave in a water bath for 30 minutes, filter. Take 2 tablespoons 4 times daily before meals.
7. Uses and Applications of Sprawling Bell
Description of spreading bell (Campanula patula L.): biennial herb 10-70 cm high. The stem is thin, branched. The lower leaves are oblong-obovate or cinched, the middle and upper leaves are lanceolate or linear-lanceolate. The flowers are large (up to 3 cm long), on long pedicels, collected in a loose, paniculate inflorescence. Calyx teeth for the most part strongly deflected, spread apart. Corolla is blue-violet (rarely white) with dark veins; its lobes are large, somewhat curved. Fruits are capsules, sit on straight stalks and open with holes at the top. It blooms from early summer to autumn. Fruiting from July.
Special signs: the species differs from the outwardly similar round-leaved bell (Campanula rotundifolia L.) in the following features: its corolla lobes are lanceolate triangular, the length of which is less than 2 times shorter than the length of the corolla tube, the corolla is violet-blue, sometimes almost white, with intensely colored veins; calyx teeth, usually strongly deflected from the rim; pedicels are usually erect; plant 30-60 cm tall.
Spreading: European part of Russia (all regions), Western Siberia. on fresh, mineral-rich soils: in meadows, pastures, glades, edges of light forests.
Used plant parts: roots, grass (stems, leaves, flowers). The herb contains: betaine; vanilla acid (anthelmintic); diosmin (bactericidal, anti-inflammatory); scolimozide (choleretic); stachydrin; ursolic acid; chlorogenic acid; choline.
Collection time: grass - June-September, roots - October.
Collection: the grass is harvested during flowering, tied in bunches and hung in a well-ventilated place. The roots are dug up in October, dried in a well-ventilated warm room. The shelf life of raw materials is 2 years.
The plant is listed in the Red Book of Moscow.
Spreading bell application: decoction of herbs in folk medicine is used for epilepsy, laryngitis, headache, female diseases.
The decoction and alcoholic extract in the experiment show anticonvulsant properties.
A decoction of sprawling bell roots is considered useful for hydrophobia - a manic fear of water.
Recipes using a medicinal plant spreading bell:
- decoction: 1 teaspoon of roots per 200 ml of boiling water, boil over low heat for 4-5 minutes, leave for 1 hour, filter, add boiled water to the original volume. Take 1/2 cup 3-4 times a day.
- decoction for epilepsy, headache, female diseases, laryngitis: 3 tablespoons of dry chopped herbs per 400 ml of water, boil over low heat for 3-4 minutes, leave for 1 hour, filter. Take 1 / 3-1 / 2 cup 3 times a day, slowly, by sips.
- tincture as an anticonvulsant: grass with vodka in a ratio of 1:10, leave for 14 days, shaking often, filter. Take 25-30 drops per 50 ml of water before meals.
8. Using the Siberian bell
Description of Siberian bell (Campanula sibirica L.): biennial plant; the stem is straight, ribbed, branched, 20-70 cm high. The whole plant is covered with stiff hairs. Basal leaves are petiolate, oblong-spatulate.
The flowers are numerous, rather small, 2-2.5 cm in diameter, collected in a racemose panicle, fade by the end of flowering.
Corolla narrow-bell-shaped pink or bluish-lilac. Calyx with 5 teeth and 5 appendages bent downward. Blooms in May-July. Fruiting from July.
Spreading: found in the European part of Russia, in Western Siberia (all regions), in Central Asia. It grows in dry forests, meadow steppes, fallow lands, steep river banks, sometimes in crops as a weed.
Used plant parts: grass (stems, leaves, flowers). Nitrogen-containing compounds were found in the grass: betaine, choline.
The plant is listed in the Red Books of Kaluga, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Tver and Yaroslavl regions, the Republics of Mari El, Udmurtia and Chuvashia in Russia, Belarus.
Application: a decoction of the herb is drunk for sexually transmitted diseases, as a fixative for diarrhea, and is used for rinsing with toothache.
In the Carpathians it is used as a hemostatic agent.
The drugs in the experiment cause the expansion of peripheral vessels, improve the work of the heart, and reduce blood pressure for a short time.
Household purpose: the roots are edible.
Recipe on how to use the Siberian bell:
- decoction: 3 tablespoons of chopped dry herbs in 2 cups of water, boil for 3-4 minutes over low heat, leave for 1-2 hours, filter. Take 1 / 3-1 / 2 cup 3 times a day. This broth can also be used for rinsing.
9. Treatment with a crowded bell
Description of crowded bell (Campanula glomerata L.): perennial herb 20-60 cm high with a fibrous root system. Stem erect, glabrous or pubescent with short hairs. Leaves are elliptical, smooth. The flowers are bright blue, bell-shaped, collected at the top of the stem in spherical inflorescences. The fruit is a capsule. Blooms in June-August. Fruiting from July.
Used plant parts: grass and seeds. Various parts of the plant contain: vanilla acid - plant; hyperin (hyperoside, quercetin-3-galactoside) - plant; isoramnetin - plant; quercetin (quercitin) - plant; kempfe-roll - plant; caffeic acid - vegetable; rutin - plant; ferulic acid - vegetable; chlorogenic acid - plant; choline - crn., rast.
Collection time: grass and flowers - June-August, fruits - as they ripen.
Collection: the grass and flowers are harvested during flowering, the grass is tied in bunches and hung, and the flowers are laid out on paper in a well-ventilated place. The fruits are harvested as they ripen and, if necessary, dried. The shelf life of raw materials is 2 years.
The plant is listed in the Red Data Books of the Omsk Region in Russia.
Application: decoction and infusion of herbs have long been used in folk medicine as a sedative, anti-inflammatory and analgesic for headaches, fever, sore throat, female bleeding.
Lichens are sprinkled with grass powder, a herb poultice is applied to the dog bite.
Lotions with a decoction or infusion of herbs are used externally for breast and erysipelas.
Trays with a decoction of herbs are used for bathing children with epilepsy.
A decoction of herbs and fruits, as well as a powder from fruits with seeds, is used to improve memory in atherosclerosis, cough, fever, glaucoma, joint aches, constipation, gastritis.
The alcoholic extract in the experiment has a sedative and anticonvulsant effect, the infusion has an antiulcer effect.
The crowded bell helps with heavy menstruation, uterine bleeding in menopause, leucorrhoea.
Recipes for using the crowded bell in folk medicine:
- infusion: 2 teaspoons of herbs in 1 glass of boiling water, leave for 1 hour, squeeze the raw materials, filter. Take 1 tablespoon 3 times daily before meals. The same infusion can be used for rinsing and lotions.
- infusion for paresis, paralysis, ischemia, diseases of the peripheral nervous system: 1 teaspoon of flowers in 1 glass of boiling water, leave for 1 hour, filter. Take 1-2 tablespoons 2-3 times a day between meals.
- infusion for heavy menstruation, headache, gastritis, to improve memory: 2 teaspoons of chopped fresh or dried herb of crowded bell, for 1 cup of boiling water, cover and keep in a water bath for 15 minutes, allow to cool, squeeze the raw material, filter, bring with boiled water to its original volume. Store no more than 2 days. Shake well before use. Take 1 tablespoon 30 minutes before meals.
- infusion for febrile conditions, atherosclerosis, cough, to improve memory: 1 teaspoon of crushed dry seeds in 1 glass of boiling water, leave for 2 hours, filter. Take 1 tablespoon 3 times a day 30 minutes before meals.
The plant is a member of the bellflower family. There are more than three hundred species in it today. Bell is a perennial. It grows in height from 7 centimeters to one and a half meters, depending on the species. This medicinal plant mainly has erect stems. However, there are species with curly stems.
The plant has a large and dense main root, and many small roots depart from it. The bell has simple and whole-edged leaves. The flowers of this medicinal plant are blue, blue, purple. There are even edible bells that are used to make salads, for example.
The bell is unpretentious to growing conditions.
Procurement and storage
For the preparation of a wide range of traditional medicine, the stems, flowers and leaves of the bell are used. Usually they are harvested during the flowering period. In this case, it is necessary to ensure that insects and other plants do not get into the collection. Collect raw materials in those places of their growth, where there are many plants. The collected raw materials are dried in the air under awnings. You can do this in dryers, but at a temperature not higher than 40 degrees. To store the ready-to-use, dry raw material of the bell, take bags made of natural fabric, pack the raw material there and store it in dry rooms at a stable temperature. The shelf life of dry bells is one year.
Household use
The flowers of the plant contain pollen and nectar. These are good honey plants, so they are sown in apiary areas. It is also a plant, some of its types are used for culinary purposes. Young leaves are collected and added to vitamin salads.
Composition and medicinal properties
The bell contains biologically active substances in the form of carotene and kaempferol, coffee and citric acids, potassium and magnesium. Preparations based on it have a sedative and antitussive properties. Decoctions of this medicinal plant are good helpers in the treatment of inflammation of the throat. Infusions on this plant are the basis of compresses for rheumatism, they also heal fresh wounds.
The use of a bell in traditional medicine: recipes
The plant is actively used by herbalists in the form of tinctures, infusions and decoctions. Ointments and balms are made on its basis for external use. We recommend using individual recipes from the traditional medicine piggy bank to make sure of the effectiveness and healing properties of this herbal remedy:
- Treatment of infectious and viral diseases. Pour three tablespoons of dry raw bell into an enamel saucepan. Boil raw materials in 500 grams of water for 5 minutes on low heat under a lid. After an hour, the liquid is filtered and squeezed out. Drinking a decoction for viral infections is necessary in half a glass after meals.
- Analgesic infusion for diseases of the stomach and kidneys. Take 20 grams of dry raw bellflower and brew with half a liter of boiling water. Let the healing liquid infuse for two hours. Then it is filtered and consumed in a third of the glass once for pain. The maximum dose of infusion per day is two glasses.
- Soothing bath. To prepare the infusion, you will need 100 grams of dry bell grass, which is brewed with a liter of boiling water. After its complete cooling, the liquid is filtered and poured into the bath. This water treatment has a calming effect on stress and neuroses.
- Treatment of sciatica and joint pain. For a compress, you need to prepare an infusion of two tablespoons of dry raw bellflower in a glass of boiling water. After a 40-minute infusion, the healing potion is filtered. Cotton swabs soaked in liquid are applied to the places of pain. Compresses should be done several times a day.
Contraindications for use
It is prohibited to use drugs based on this remedy for leukocytosis. Individual intolerance to the bell is possible.
