Plant hoof. European hoof

Many gardeners like to use plants on their plots that decoratively cover the soil under the trees and form a green and elegant carpet on it. The most common and unpretentious among them is the European hoof. It is a perennial, low and evergreen plant.

In nature, there are more than 60 species of this pretty grass. The most common and well-known are the Siebold's hoof, which grows mainly in the Far East, and the Canadian hoof, originally from the USA and Canada. The plant got its name for the interesting shape of a bright green leaf, which resembles the outlines of a horse's hoof.

For many years of reign in the gardens and forests of the European part of Russia, the European hoof has been awarded many different names. Most folk names are associated with its healing and beneficial properties:

• ipecac. Infusions and decoctions prepared from the root of the hoof are used to stimulate vomiting;
• wild pepper or wild ginger. If you pick a leaf of a plant and rub it with your fingers, you can feel its bitter taste;
• core. Clove tincture normalizes cardiac arrhythmia. In a number of countries, European wild ginger is used in pharmacological preparations used in chronic diseases of the cardiovascular system;
• fever grass. Wild hoof has an excellent anti-inflammatory and expectorant effect and is effectively used to treat acute respiratory viral infections, bronchitis, and a lingering cough.

Also, this plant is referred to as butterbur, earthen incense, undergrowth and turpentine root.

Note! The plant contains the poisonous component "azaron", the hoof should be used with extreme caution and only under the supervision of the attending physician.

Women during pregnancy and lactation, as well as young children, should not use preparations containing this perennial.

European hoof (Asarum europaeum) since ancient times it has been successfully used by healers and healers. Even the legendary scientist Avicenna prescribed the root of the hoof to his patients for the treatment of dropsy, hepatic ailments, and as a means to increase potency.

Botanical characteristics of the hoof

The plant has a brownish recumbent stem, which is covered with small hair roots and creeping roots of a larger size. Young shoots with roots spread along the ground and take root - this is how a small neat bush is formed, which gradually occupies more and more space. The plant grows up to 5-15 cm.

The hoof grass has small single flowers of a dark red hue in the shape of a bell. Perennial flowering can be missed if you do not look under its wide leaves. Flowers bloom in late spring, and a month later the bell flower turns into a small box with seeds. Very often, the seeds are taken away by ants who love to feast on them. It is with the help of ants that grass is pollinated by seed.

The flowers of the plant are bisexual, i.e. they contain both pistils and stamens. Due to this property, self-pollination of grass can occur if the ants have not done this.

In the winter season, perennial leaves are well preserved under snow cover; after wintering, some of them fall off the stem. The remaining last year's leaves are dark in color, they are thick and shiny. Young leaves are lighter and more tender.

On a note! To use the ungulate for medicinal purposes, its roots and leaves are usually used.

Roots should be harvested in spring or autumn. Leaves are best collected during flowering or immediately after it. However, they will not lose their properties, even if they are collected until the arrival of autumn. Clove leaves are dried in the shade, with good air ventilation or in dryers at a temperature not exceeding 35 ° C. The resulting raw materials are kept in glass containers, but not more than 1 year.

Pharmacological properties and uses of the herb

The chemical composition of the European hoof contains a sufficient amount of biologically active substances and trace elements. For example, essential oils, various useful resins, organic acids and their salt components, tannins, alkaloids, starch, etc. The evergreen perennial for medicinal purposes can be used both independently and in combination with other healing plants and herbs.

European hoof is used as an emetic, sedative, diuretic and choleretic agent. In addition, the herb helps:

• effectively deal with human helminths;
• remove chronic inflammatory processes in the body;
• improve digestion, used to treat gastritis, enteritis, some liver diseases and stomach ulcers;
• fight epilepsy, relieve headaches and some neurotic conditions;
• treat purulent acne and wounds, eczema and other inflammatory processes of the skin;

In addition, the essential oil extracted from the roots of the perennial is successfully used in dentistry, perfumery and the food industry.

Magical use of grass

The medicinal herb is used by traditional healers and official medicine for the preparation of tinctures, decoctions, powders, medicinal ointments and creams for external use.

However, the plant is often used for more than just medicinal purposes. Magic also recognizes his healing abilities.

Dried leaves of grass fumigate the house to purify it from unclean forces. To protect against the evil eye or damage, small dry roots of the plant are often hidden in wearable amulets and amulets. It was also customary to hang a dried hoof over the door to protect animals from the evil eye.

Alcoholism treatment, prescriptions

In Russia, this herb was successfully used to get rid of alcoholism. Moreover, the healers knew the recipes that were used when the alcoholic did not recognize his problem, i.e. treatment was carried out without the knowledge of the drinker. This recipe has survived to this day.

Recipe 1. One tablespoon of dry root is poured into a glass of water, simmered for 5 minutes and left for an hour. In order for the patient to receive the infusion without suspicion, 1 spoon of the product is diluted with 200 grams of vodka and allowed to be taken 2 times a day on an empty stomach.

Taking such a “mysterious vodka”, the patient develops vomiting and, as a result, an aversion to alcohol. After 3-4 treatments, alcohol will cause vomiting even without the use of hoof tincture.

There were also special methods of treatment when a person himself wanted to stop drinking and get rid of this addiction. Over time, the recipes for the treatment of alcoholism with the help of a green perennial were not lost, but only improved and slightly modified.

Recipe 2. Take 1 tsp. hoof and mixed with 2 tsp. green walnut skin. A teaspoon of the resulting mixture is diluted in 4 liters of wine and infused for 14 days. Take on an empty stomach 1 glass a day. This recipe also causes a feeling of nausea and vomiting, and as a result, self-medication occurs, by voluntarily giving up alcohol.

However, due to the fact that the plant contains the poisonous component "azaron", self-use of herbs from drunkenness is strongly discouraged. An overdose of the drug is unacceptable - it can lead to serious consequences and complications. Herb hoof from alcoholism is allowed only in special anti-alcohol collections that combine herbs and plants that are compatible with each other, which weaken cravings for alcohol and have a general healing effect. In particular, the StopAlcohol-Elite phytocollection has proven itself well, which, in addition to hoof, includes tansy, wormwood, and other unique plants of the northern and western parts of Russia.

Flower in garden design

Under natural conditions, wild hoof grows in the forest. On the garden plot, cultivars of the plant will be indispensable and full-fledged participants in the shady places of the garden, as well as decoration for the design of alpine slides.

The grass is harmoniously combined with other lovers of shady areas of the garden. For example, a European hoof will look great if an ornamental fern or small coniferous bushes grow nearby. The hoof adorns the garden for almost the entire season: in early spring, after the snow melts, the perennial will delight the owner with its green bushes, and with the onset of cold weather, it will go green and alive under the snow. The hoof does not require special care, loves watering and care. Timely removal of weeds will be useful.

Another advantage of grass is its reproduction on the site. To do this, you need to cut off the delenka from the main bush and plant it in a new place. The plant prefers humus-rich soils - loamy and clayey. You can breed at any time.

It is worth getting to know such a wonderful and useful plant and decorate your garden with neat European hoof bushes.

An evergreen ground cover creeping undersized plant whose leathery green leaves create a dense carpet. The hoof is well suited for decorating shady, unremarkable places where other ornamental garden plantings do not grow. Despite its modest, almost imperceptible appearance, the plant is used as an expressive garden decoration, planted at the foot of trees, along borders and paths, in addition, all parts of the hoof have a wide range of medicinal properties.

Kopyten is a representative of a perennial evergreen genus of the Kirkazonov family. The height of the plant is not more than 10 cm. The roots of the hoof are branching, creeping, with numerous thin adventitious cord-like roots.

The leaves are simple, reniform, 5-8 cm in diameter, opposite, leathery, dense, rounded, heart-shaped or triangular in shape, with an entire margin, well-defined veins, on long petioles, between which flower buds are formed. The outline of the sheet looks like a horse's hoof print, which is why it got its name. As a rule, the width of the sheet exceeds the length. The leaves of the hoof are glossy on top, rich green-emerald in color, covered with pressed small hairs on the underside. The foliage turns dark green during the cold season. With the onset of spring, until summer, the leaves gradually die off, making room for new ones.

The flowers are goblet or bell-shaped, apical, small, not more than 1 cm in diameter, fleshy, bisexual, solitary, axillary, dark red-brown in color with 3-4 hard petals. In most cases, flowers form at the ends of young shoots and hide under dense foliage. A distinctive characteristic of the plant is that it is pollinated by ants, with their help the seeds are dispersed. Flowering period April-May. Flower buds are laid in the summer, flowering occurs a year later.

Stem branched, recumbent, brown, thick, up to 30 cm long, covered with short adpressed hairs.

The fruit is a seed pod. Seeds are about 3 mm long, with a fleshy white appendage.

Other names of the plant: wine root, vomit, blubber, wild pepper, hoof, wild ginger, turpentine root, emetic root, fever grass.

When describing the hoof, attention is paid to the presence of a smell and taste of foliage, reminiscent of hot peppers. Previously, a product (powder) was prepared from the ungulate, which was used as an additive to snuff.

Where does the hoof grow?

Most species grow in warm tropical zones, 13 species can be seen in the temperate zone of North America and Eurasia. On the territory of Russia, only 3 types of hoof can be found: the European species grows in the forest and forest-steppe zone of the middle zone of the European part of Russia, Western Siberia, Western Europe; intermediate species - in the territory of the Caucasus; Siebold's hoof - in the Far East. It occurs in isolation in Altai, rarely in the northern regions.

Species and varieties

According to various sources, the genus includes from 60 to 120 species, many of which are grown in the garden as ground cover ornamental plants. They cover the soil under garden trees so tightly that they leave no chance for weeds to grow. All species prefer shade and partial shade, but are able to develop well in illuminated areas. The soil is preferred moist, loose, rich in lime; in principle, soil of various textures is suitable.

In the natural environment (forest belt), the plant blooms for 5-8 years, in open areas and clearings for 3-4 years.

caudate hoof

caudate hoof

Homeland - the western territories of North America. An evergreen perennial creeping plant, forming a dense soil cover 10-25 cm high. A branched creeping rhizome grows up to 8-10 cm in a year. The greenness of the leaves is preserved in the cold season. Dense, leathery, long-stalked green leaf blades 5-10 cm long and 10-15 cm wide, heart-reniform, obtusely rounded or slightly pointed, with a deep and wide heart-shaped base. The lower side of the leaf is pubescent, the upper side is lowered along the veins. Flowers solitary, brown-violet with a white throat, on short pedicels. The petals narrow and stretch towards the top, resembling a thin tail in shape. The flowering period comes later than other species, in late May - early June.

caudate hoof

Withstands frosts down to -15 ... -18 C. Well adapted to the winters of central Russia. In case of freezing due to lack of snow, it quickly recovers. A distinctive feature is the rapid growth and tendency to dominate among other ground covers.

Siebold's Hoof

Siebold's Hoof

A type of plant with a short rhizome. Forms neat compact hemispherical bushes 15-20 cm high. The leaves are light green or gray-green, heart-shaped, fall off for the winter.

The flowers are dark purple-lilac, small, up to 1.5 cm in diameter, located at the base of the leaves. They bloom in May. Siebold's hoof is rarely used in culture.

European hoof

Perennial evergreen poisonous plant, with a branched creeping rhizome, a stem creeping along the ground. It is widely used in folk medicine, especially the European hoof has proven itself very well in the treatment of alcoholism.

Plant height is about 15 cm. The leaves are dense, leathery, heart-shaped, dark green, glossy, no more than 10 cm in diameter.

The flowers are unremarkable, brown-red, bell-shaped, axillary, small (no more than 1 cm), hidden in the thick of foliage, almost at the very ground. Fragrant, smells like vanilla.

Flowering period April-May, duration about 15-20 days.

Self-pollinating plants, seeds ripen in June. The hoof begins to grow even under the snow in early spring, and after the snow melts, the leaves unfold. Green foliage lasts about 14-16 months. In one place is able to live more than 30 years.

plant care

Extremely hardy plant. After planting the hoof, care as such is not required. The only thing is that during a hot, dry summer, watering may be required. Shelter for the winter does not require, it is enough to sprinkle the plant with snow.

Diseases and pests

Due to the presence of essential oils in the composition of the plant, the hoof is quite resistant to various diseases and the attack of insect pests. During flowering, the fragrance of the flowers attracts many ants, which are highly undesirable in the garden.

Planting and reproduction

Wild hoof is a herbaceous plant for open ground. It is propagated by seeds, underground shoots and rooted parts of the stems. The fastest and most reliable way to propagate plants is by division. Landing is carried out at the end of summer on loose, moderately moist calcareous soil, in a shady or semi-shady area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe garden.

reproduction

When planting seeds, they germinate in autumn or spring. In the fall, they are sown in the ground immediately after collecting the seeds, in the spring after 90 days of stratification at a temperature of 0 ... + 5 C. On the surface of the earth after 1-4 weeks, at a temperature of + 15 ... + 18 C, shoots are shown - two leafy bright green cotyledons, a year later, the first middle leaf appears, the initial cotyledons die off only by autumn.

They resort to dividing the bush when it is necessary to transplant the hoof from the forest to the garden. With the help of a knife or a shovel, the rooted parts of the stems are separated or the rhizome is cut into plots. Care should be taken to ensure that the plot has a sufficient number of established shoots and roots.

Transfer

Due to slow growth, the plant rarely needs to be transplanted. The landing of the hoof is carried out immediately to a permanent place. The plant is transplanted in summer or autumn in the 4-5th year of life.

Application in traditional medicine

For medicinal purposes, European hoof is used. Currently, the use of the plant in traditional medicine is not as popular as it used to be. European hoof is often used in the treatment of alcohol addiction. Its rhizome is used as an emetic to instill an aversion to alcohol.

Also, dosage forms from the plant are used to improve digestion, with gastritis, jaundice, diseases of the stomach and liver, diseases of the upper respiratory tract, worms, scabies, and menstrual irregularities. Preparations from the leaves of European hoof are used for malaria. Lotions, juice and decoctions from the hoof are treated for skin lesions.

The chemical composition of the European hoof plant

The study of the chemical composition of the plant has not yet been completed. However, most of the biological and active substances that make up the European hoof have already been accurately determined. All parts of the plant contain essential oils, which include such toxic volatile substances as azaron, azaronic aldehyde, eugenol, azarin alkaloid, etc., as well as tannins (tannins), sugars, starch, bactericidal substances, mineral salts of potassium, calcium , silicalcite, etc.

Pharmacological properties of European hoof

Preparations based on European hoof-bearing strengthen the work of the cardiovascular system, cause constriction of blood vessels, thereby provoking an increase in blood pressure.

Medicines with European hoof have a hemostatic, bronchodilator, anti-inflammatory, sedative, antipyretic, antispasmodic, anti-sclerotic, wound healing, choleretic, laxative, anti-febrile, antihelminthic effect, and help improve sputum discharge. If the dosage is exceeded and misused, it causes vomiting, can provoke poisoning.

European hoof contraindications

All parts of the plant contain toxic substances, but most of them are contained in the underground part. When using hoof for medicinal purposes, one should be extremely careful, because if the permissible dosage is exceeded, poisoning can be provoked, which is accompanied by nausea, vomiting, heart palpitations, and increased blood pressure. Severe poisoning can lead to death.

Medicines based on European hoof are contraindicated during pregnancy, as they can provoke a miscarriage, as well as for people suffering from angina pectoris.

The medicinal properties and contraindications of European hoof should be taken into account when prescribing therapy. Before use, you should consult with your doctor about the allowable dose and duration of medication.

Used part

For medicinal purposes, for the treatment of various diseases, all parts of the plant are used - roots, rhizomes, leaves.

Decoction of hoof root

It is used to normalize the menstrual cycle with scant discharge, as a sedative for diseases of the cardiovascular system, and for convulsions in children. Used for fever, as an antipyretic. Lotions based on the medicinal herb of the hoof root are used for headaches, eye diseases.

Infusions and decoctions from the rhizome of the hoof are used for stomatitis, silicosis, hysteria, tumors, and also as a hemostatic agent. Powdered roots of the plant are inhaled through the nose for deafness, paralysis with loss of speech. The decoction helps with violations in the digestive system, bladder, liver, biliary tract.

A decoction of European hoof leaves

It is used to increase blood pressure and stimulate cardiac activity. A decoction of hoof leaves is used to wash purulent wounds, with various skin diseases.

The hoof is brewed with boiling water in a thermos for 2-3 hours, after which it is filtered, consumes 1-2 tbsp. l. three times per day.

Where to look for European hoof

The distribution areas of the hoof plant are very wide - almost the entire European territory of Russia, the Caucasus, Ukraine, Western Siberia.

It can often be found under the shade of trees and shrubs of broad-leaved and mixed forests with grassy undergrowth, in wet places on fertile land. In the natural environment, growing, plants form dense thickets - patches.

What is the medicinal hoof root used for: recipes

The plant has a wide range of medicinal properties. For the preparation of various medical products, crushed, dried raw materials from the underground part of the hoof and leaves are used. Using infusions, decoctions, lotions, tinctures, ointments, powders from the plant, you can improve the course of many diseases, as well as the state of the vital systems of the body. But one of the main advantages of the plant is that the root of drunkenness is used, added to alcoholic drinks and food, to develop a persistent reflex of aversion to alcohol.

European hoof from high temperature

Prepare a decoction of 0.5 tbsp. l. crushed dried roots, which are poured into a glass of water, boiled over low heat for 5-10 minutes, cooled, filtered. Add 1 tsp to a glass of warm milk. honey, butter and infusion of herbs, mix. Consume 1/3 cup at a time three times a day. The tool has proven itself in colds and infectious diseases to normalize body temperature. Due to this property, one of the names of plants sounds like a fever grass.

From scabies

To relieve itching and get rid of the scabies mite, juice from the leaves of the hoof is prepared. Fresh leaves are crushed, juice is squeezed out of them. Rub the affected area with the resulting medicinal liquid. Apply the hoof from scabies once a day, for 3-4 days.

Claw for intestinal diseases

Prepare a decoction of hoof in milk: 1 tbsp. l. crushed dry root pour 1 tbsp. milk, after boiling, cook for 5-10 minutes over low heat. Remove from heat, strain after cooling. Take 1 tsp. twice a day until the condition improves with poisoning, colitis, diarrhea.

The use of hooves from alcoholism

The main principle of treatment with the hoof of dependence on alcoholism is the use of a medicine, followed by the development of an aversion to alcoholic beverages.

Fresh raw materials have the best therapeutic effect. European hoof from alcoholism is used in cases where an alcohol-dependent person does not want to fight addiction on his own. If there is no trust in medications, there is a fear of their side effects, then in these situations they resort to non-traditional methods of treatment. The herb hoof can help with this.

It is not worth expecting that a single dose of a medicinal herb will help. The course of treatment is individual and depends on the degree of addiction to alcohol, the speed of instilling a reflex of aversion to alcohol.

In most cases, the hoof from alcoholism is used when a person does not want to stop drinking alcohol on his own. To do this, prepare a decoction: 1 tbsp. l. dried or fresh raw materials (root), pour one glass of water, bring to a boil over low heat. Boil up to 10 minutes. The broth is insisted for 40-60 minutes, then filtered, cooled, stored in the refrigerator. The resulting liquid is added to the food or drink of a person dependent on alcoholism, 2 tbsp. l. for every meal. Since heavily addicted people drink alcohol during meals, at this point they will experience nausea and vomiting. Also, a decoction of herbs (1 tablespoon) is added directly to an alcoholic drink, after drinking which, after 15-20 minutes, dizziness, nausea and vomiting will begin. In most cases, it is enough to use the decoction 4-6 times to develop a strong aversion to drinking alcohol.

When a person realizes his “sad” situation and wants to get rid of the addiction himself, but at the same time cannot find the strength to overcome the addiction, he is told that in order to solve his “problem” he will have to drink an infusion of herbs that will help to avert the desire to drink. The patient is offered a glass of alcohol, with him he adds a decoction to it, after drinking - vomiting begins. The alcoholic is informed that such a reaction occurs only in addicts. To confirm their words, a similar liquid is added to the opponent’s glass of vodka, prepared in advance, close in consistency and color to a decoction (this can be tea, juice). The opponent drinks and nothing bad, similar to vomiting, happens to him. This technique acts on the subconscious of the addict, there is a desire to stop drinking and erase the stigma of an alcoholic.

The meaning of therapy is to develop a gag reflex when drinking alcohol and get rid of mental dependence. In the first days, the reflex is created under the influence of the action of the hoof, after the termination of the course of treatment, a conditioned reflex is created to take alcohol-containing drinks in the form of vomiting. A person has a pronounced aversion to any kind of alcoholic beverages.

Herb hoof for headaches

Prepare the infusion: 1 tbsp. l. crushed dried roots of the plant are poured with a glass of water, boiled for 15-20 minutes over low heat, kept for another 40-60 minutes. Cool to room temperature, filter the solution. A cotton cloth is moistened in the infusion, applied to the forehead for 15-20 minutes. Carry out the procedure 2 times a day.

Claw for ulcers and wounds

Prepare ointment for grinding. To do this, powdered dry roots (1 tablespoon) are mixed with 50 gr. petroleum jelly, sea buckthorn, cedar oil or badger fat. The drug lubricates the affected areas 2 times a day until recovery. This procedure helps with poor healing of wounds and ulcers, helps diabetics and people suffering from thrombophlebitis.

Help from skin ailments compresses from fresh leaves of plants. They are washed, crushed, with the help of gauze they are fixed to the site of the lesion for 40-60 minutes. The procedure is carried out twice a day until the disappearance of the skin lesion.

Hoof harvesting

In folk medicine, the leaves and rhizomes of the plant are used. The leaves are harvested in April-May during the flowering period. Many herbalists claim that leaves can be harvested throughout the summer. The rhizome is dug up in autumn (September-October) or in spring. The roots are washed from the ground in cold water, cut into pieces, dried in a warm, dark, well-ventilated place or in dryers / ovens at a temperature of + 30 ... + 35 C. The shelf life of dried raw materials is not more than 3 years. Store raw materials in glass jars with dark glass or in wooden boxes.

Use in landscape design

When decorating flower beds, hoofed hoof perfectly complements ensembles with fern, kupene, white flowers, and blueberries. In most cases, in landscape design, the hoof is used as a ground cover. It serves as an excellent backdrop for a harmonious combination of various garden compositions, both in the shade and in the light areas of the garden. Due to the characteristic feature of leaving the green mass for the winter period, it perfectly decorates spring glades next to snowdrops and lilies of the valley. Due to its compact, dense and miniature appearance, hoof is often used in the design of not only flower beds, but also borders, rockeries, and rock gardens.

Poisonous herbaceous medicinal plant!

European hoof is a medicinal plant and is widely used in folk medicine in the treatment of diseases, an effective remedy in the treatment of alcoholism.

Latin name: Asarum europaeum.

English titles: asarabacca, European wild ginger, hazelwort, or wild spikenard.

Family: Kirkazonovye - Aristolochiaceae.

Synonym: Common hoof.

Folk names: hernia, emetic root, hare leaf.

Pharmacy name: rhizome of the hoof - Asari rhizoma.

Used parts: roots, rhizomes, leaves.

European hoof - photo, description of a medicinal plant

Botanical description: European hoof is a perennial self-pollinating plant with a creeping root and stem. In the course of growth, the stem branches and takes root, forming significant patches in deciduous and mixed forests. The name European is due to the distribution of this species throughout Europe.

The rhizome of the plant reaches 50 cm. The whole plant is pubescent with short hairs. Long-stalked, heart-shaped leaves at the base are dark green, shiny above and light below. The hoof blossoms in April-May on the 3rd, and even the 8th year of life. Its small single drooping bell-shaped burgundy-whitish or reddish-brown flowers are not always noticeable, because they lie on the ground, covered with leaves. But the six-celled boxes ripening in June pour out triangular-ovoid seeds directly onto the soil, carried by ants through the forest.

European hoof has a peculiar bitter taste and spicy smell. When rubbing a fresh plant, the smell intensifies.

Habitat: grows throughout Europe.

Collection and preparation. Leaves and roots of European hoof are used as medicinal raw materials. The roots of the plant are dug up in spring or autumn. They are washed with cool water, cut into small pieces and dried in the oven or in a drying cabinet.

The leaves of the wild hoof are harvested during the flowering period of grass: in April, May and until mid-June, although traditional healers believe that the leaves can be harvested almost all summer. Dry the product in a warm place, avoiding direct sunlight, in a well-ventilated area at a temperature not exceeding fifty degrees.

The plant is stored for three years in wooden boxes, previously lined with paper. This plant is poisonous, so precautions must be taken when harvesting and harvesting it.

Chemical composition. Cleft hoof leaves contain asarone, a camphor-like substance. The essential oil isolated from the plant also contains pinene, eugenol and borniol acetate.

The use of hoof in folk medicine

Traditional medicine uses the roots of the plant, along with the leaves in the form of an aqueous or milky decoction, as a diuretic, improves digestion, anthelmintic, is used as a folk remedy in the treatment of alcoholism, heart disease, women's diseases, and in large quantities an emetic. Milk removes bitterness and levels the poison of the roots. Therefore, milk broths are more popular. They have a regulating effect on menopause and irregular periods.

A decoction of the leaves and rhizomes of the hoof is used as a lotion for eczema of a nervous nature and headaches. European hoof is used in mixtures with other herbs for jaundice and bronchitis.

European hoof is an effective folk remedy for alcoholism, a decoction of the roots of which is added to vodka. Because of their poisonousness and ability to induce vomiting, this concoction is intended to induce severe nausea and withdrawal from alcohol.

ATTENTION! The plant is poisonous, use in strict dosages, as directed and under the supervision of a doctor!

European hoof treatment

1. Alcoholism. Treatment for alcoholism with a hoof will be more effective if it is carried out without the knowledge of the patient.
   In 200 ml of water and add 1 teaspoon of crushed plant roots, boil for 10 minutes; leave for 30 minutes in a warm place, strain and place in the refrigerator.
   Add directly to alcohol or food. First, 1 tablespoon, if the effect is weak, you need to gradually increase the dosage. More than 2 tablespoons at a time can not be added.
2. Arrhythmia is flickering. 1/2 teaspoon of crushed root pour 200 ml of boiling water. Wrap, insist 1 hour, strain and top up to the original volume. Drink 1 tablespoon as a sedative.
3. Parkinson's disease. Pour 1 tablespoon of crushed leaves with 500 ml of sunflower oil, leave for 2 weeks in the sun or in a warm place. Use to rub the spine several times a day for 5 minutes.
4. Helminthiases. Take a decoction of 1/5 teaspoon of crushed European hoof leaves in 200 ml of boiling water. During treatment, drink 1 tablespoon of decoction 2 times a day.
5. Hypotension arterial. Pour 1 gram of leaves with 200 ml of boiling water, wrap and leave for 1 hour. Drink 1 tablespoon 15 minutes before meals. Dose strictly!
6. Dyspepsia(indigestion). 1/2 teaspoon of crushed root pour 200 ml of boiling water (or goat's milk), heat in a boiling water bath for 1 minute, strain and add to the original volume. Drink 1 tablespoon before meals.
7. myocardial infarction. 1/2 tsp crushed root, pour 200 ml of boiling water (or goat's milk, heat in a boiling water bath for 15 minutes. Strain and add to the original volume. Drink 1 tablespoon before meals as a sedative.
8. Conjunctivitis. Pour 2 grams of crushed root with 200 ml of boiled water, heat in a boiling water bath for 30 minutes, remove from heat and leave for 10 minutes. Strain. Rinse eyes with decoction in the morning and evening.
9. metrorrhagia(uterine bleeding). Drink with milk 1 time per day, on an empty stomach, 0.2-0.5 g of plant root powder.
10. Migraine. Take the powdered root on the tip of a folding knife (0.2-0.5 grams), pour into a glass of milk and drink on an empty stomach in the morning.
11. Myocarditis(inflammation of the heart muscle). 1/2 teaspoon of chopped European hoof root pour 200 ml of boiling water in a thermos, leave for 1 hour. Strain and top up to original volume. Store the infusion in a thermos for no more than 24 hours. Drink 1 tablespoon as a sedative.
12. Cholangitis, cholelithiasis. An aqueous infusion of hoof leaves with the addition of inflorescences in equal parts. Dosage: 1 tablespoon of crushed plant mixture per 200 ml of boiling water.
13. Enteritis, acute enterocolitis. 1/2 teaspoon of chopped European hoof root pour 200 ml of boiling water (or goat's milk), heat in a boiling water bath for 1 minute. Strain and top up to original volume. Drink 1 tablespoon before meals.

Contraindications. The roots of the plant are poisonous, do not abuse them. In case of an overdose, the internal organs of the gastrointestinal tract are affected. The plant is contraindicated in heart failure.

Poisonous!

The parts used are rhizome, fresh leaves.

Popular names - hare leaf, gryzhnik.

Pharmacy name - hoof rhizome - Asari rhizoma (formerly - Radix Asari).

Botanical description

At the hoof, green, kidney-shaped, mirror-shiny, long-leaved leaves are also striking in winter. New leaves grow in spring from the axils of the scaly leaves of the creeping branched rhizome. The stem, as in youth and the whole plant, is a little shaggy-hairy. In the axils of the leaves sit inconspicuous brown-red, somewhat drooping single flowers in the shape of a bell. Blooms in April-May.

To about European pyten is very common, it grows quite secretly in shrubs, deciduous forests and shady ravines, but sometimes it is also found near fences, on forest edges.

Active ingredients

Essential oil with asarone - a substance like camphor, tannins, flavonoids, sugar, resin, starch.

Use in homeopathy

Asarum homeopathic original tincture is prepared from fresh rhizome and is used for evening "hot flashes", nervous exhaustion, cold hands, colds.

Healing action and application

It has choleretic, diuretic, anti-inflammatory, emetic, expectorant, sedative and laxative properties.

In folk medicine, wild ginger is used against dropsy, constipation, headache, sciatica, with scanty menstruation, and as a laxative. It improves the activity of the heart, constricts arterial vessels, increases the tone of venous vessels and slightly increases blood pressure, acts as a choleretic, diuretic, anthelmintic, anti-inflammatory and sedative. In addition, it regulates the work of the stomach and normalizes menstruation. It has been experimentally proven that the use of hoof gives a positive effect in gastric ulcer, liver and bladder diseases, chronic, mainly of nervous origin. The hoof is used for bronchitis. In folk medicine, an infusion of the leaves is also used to heal wounds.

Most often, hoof is used as an emetic and expectorant. The strongest emetic action is possessed by rhizomes with roots and freshly crushed leaves (used in the treatment of alcoholism). Dry leaf powder has laxative properties. The roots are so poisonous that they cause vomiting even with a slight intake (5g of dried root powder).

Claw extract was added to the drink to induce weaning. There is nausea leading to vomiting. Care must be taken, as the irritant action of the hoof can lead to damage to the intestines, gallbladder, kidneys, and liver.

Recipes

1. Pour 5 g of dry rhizome of wild hoof into 200 ml of boiled water (an overdose is unacceptable!), mix and mix 1 tablespoon of the broth with 100 ml of vodka and let the patient drink. The mixture causes vomiting. The duration of treatment is several days, until a persistent aversion to alcohol appears. For the treatment of alcoholism.
2. Infusion of roots. Pour 200 ml of boiling water over 2 g of raw materials and let it brew for 30 minutes. Strain and take 1 tablespoon 2 times a day. As an expectorant.
3. Infusion of leaves. Pour 200 ml of boiling water over 1 g of raw materials and let it brew for 1 hour. Strain and take 1 tablespoon 3 times a day. With hypotension.
   

Contraindications

The plant is poisonous. An overdose usually causes damage to the stomach and intestines (vomiting), gallbladder, liver, and kidneys.