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Get down / Malva Sylvestris / is an annual overwintering to perennial herbaceous plant of the Mallow family. The mallow is also known by the names baba sharka, ox eye, mallow, kambula, kamilyak, moloha, okrelche, pampulka and turkey grass.
The stems of the plant are erect or recumbent, up to 80 cm high and branched. The leaves have long stalks, rounded, consecutive. The flowers of the mallow are large, 3-4 cm in diameter, with 1-4 cm long stalks. They turn purple, pink or white. The mallow has a disc-shaped fruit, concave in the middle, which after ripening disintegrates into many laterally flattened bean-shaped fruits.
The herb is found in Central, Southern and Eastern Europe. It is cultivated in Belgium, France, USA. In Bulgaria it grows all over the country, in grassy places, along roads, excavations, in rare forest plantations, along crops and elsewhere, and the plant's stocks are significant.
Types of mallow
There are more than 20 varieties of mallow in the world. The small-leaved tears / Malva sylvestris / grows along fences, next to old walls and screes, always in close proximity to inhabited land.
Malva vulgaris and other varieties are most common in flower and vegetable gardens.
Malva verticillata var. crispa / originates from East Asia, where it is grown as a vegetable and medicinal plant. Used for salads and soups, as a thickening component. The seeds of the plant are also edible, but difficult to collect.
Several species grow in Bulgaria tearswhich can also be eaten, but they are smaller, often reclining plants, with smaller leaves and astringent taste. Lettuce is also used as an herb. It has been reported to facilitate digestion.
Composition of mallow
The flowers and leaves of tears contain mucus, tannins, carotene, vitamin C, organic acids, traces of essential oil, mineral salts, sugars and phytosterol. The mucous substance of the leaves and flowers is characterized by a high content of xylose and arabinose. The flowers also contain the anthocyanin glucoside malvin. The seeds of the herb contain up to 18% fatty oil.
Collection and storage of mallow
Mallow blooms in the summer months. From the plant the leaves / Folia Malvae /, the flowers / Flores Malvae / and the stems / Herba Malvae / are used. The leaves are picked during the flowering of the herb, torn off with short stalks.
The flowers are picked together with the cups without stalks at the beginning of flowering. It is desirable to pick in rainy weather, after the dew. Overblown flowers should not be picked. The collected material is placed in baskets or baskets without crumpling.
Once the leaves and flowers are collected, the material is cleaned of other accidental impurities and dried separately, spread in a thin layer in an oven at 40 degrees or in ventilated rooms.
Sun-drying only the leaves is allowed until more moisture is released and they begin to wrinkle. The material is then dried in the shade.
The drug must dry quickly, because in the presence of moisture it worms easily. It must also be protected from insects and rust.
From 6 kg of fresh leaves is obtained 1 kg of dry, and from 5, 5, kg of fresh flowers is obtained 1 kg of dry. The smell of the dried herb can be somewhat unpleasant, and its taste is slimy.
Benefits of mallow
Get down is a medicinal, honey, fodder and ornamental plant.
It has anti-inflammatory, relieving, laxative, antispasmodic and sedative effects. It is used to treat hoarseness, angina, tracheobronchitis, cough, shortness of breath, emphysema. The drug helps with inflammatory diseases of the stomach, intestines, liver.
It is also recommended for skin diseases - boils, swelling, acne, colpitis, boils, burns and hemorrhoids. In Bulgarian folk medicine, the plant is used for inflammation of the kidneys and bladder, stomach ulcers and duodenal ulcers, mumps, rashes, difficulty urinating, breast cancer and skin cancer.
Mallow is also used to stimulate the secretion of milk in nursing mothers.
The flowers are also used as a dye in the beverage industry. They also dye wool in purple or gray.
Folk medicine with mallow
Folk medicine recommends tea from tears in inflammation of the mucous membranes inside the body, in gastritis, in inflammation of the mucous membranes of the bladder, gastrointestinal tract and oral cavity, as well as in ulcers of the stomach and intestines. For these diseases helps the soup of mallow leaves and barley. First put the barley to boil and when it cools, add the mallow leaves.
Iced tea from tears It is also recommended for lung obstruction, bronchitis, cough and severe hoarseness, as well as for laryngitis, tonsillitis and dry mouth. The tea is prepared by soaking a full teaspoon of mallow in 1/4 liter of water overnight. In the morning it is warmed slightly and consumed.
Mallow helps even with pulmonary effusion, which sometimes causes very severe shortness of breath. Take at least three glasses a day of the liquid with the soaked herb, and the strained and well-warmed leaves and flowers are applied as compresses at night on the bronchi and lungs.
Externally, mallow can be used for wounds, boils, swollen feet or hands resulting from broken inflammation of the veins. In these cases, baths are done on the feet or hands. In case of broken bones of the legs, when the leg is constantly overloaded and swollen, baths with mallow are highly recommended.
Eye baths and compresses with lukewarm mallow tea are also recommended when the tear fluid dries. To prepare baths, two handfuls of mallow are soaked and left overnight in 5 liters of cold water. The next day the water is warmed to the required temperature. The hands and feet are soaked in it for about 20 minutes. The water can be used twice more by reheating. Washes with lukewarm mallow also have a beneficial effect on itchy and burning allergies on the face.
The medicinal plant helps not only in laryngitis, but also in malignant diseases of the larynx. In such cases, two and a half liters of water are put together overnight with six teaspoons of the herb. In the morning, the liquid is warmed slightly and stored in a thermos pre-rinsed with boiling water. This is the daily dose, drinking four cups of tea a day, and the rest is used for gargling.
Leftover tea with tears they are used to prepare compresses. They are warmed slightly in a little water, mixed with barley flour, spread on a piece of linen and applied warm.
Cold tea can be replaced by infusion, which is prepared by pouring a tablespoon of the herb with 500 ml of boiling water. Drink one glass of wine three times a day.
Harms from mallow
Be careful with the intake of mallow, as in large doses the drug causes toxic effects.
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