In article it is a question of special medical characteristics of plants which influence the person.
Beyond the unknown
Beyond the unknown
The riddle hiding secret.
U.Churchill
From time immemorial the person aspired to decorate the dwelling various plants. The aspiration it was rather intuitive as quite often live plants helped people to recover from various illnesses. In 1928 the Soviet scientist-embriolog B. P. Tokin opened fitoncidy, the Greek name "fiton" – a plant, Latin – "cyto" – I kill. A practical way the scientist proved that the highest plants allocate special flying substances for self-defense: suppress growth of many microorganisms, kill pathogenic microbes, all that increase immunity of live organisms to infectious diseases, actively participate in breath and thermoregulation processes.
Our ancestors well knew about medical properties of separate plants. Slavs ate still from time immemorial, mainly, black bread with da’s kvass a radish with garlic, than rescued itself from many epidemic diseases. The use in food of garlic and onions can stop growth and development of tubercular sticks and even to destroy them. Fitontsida of garlic promote treatment of pulmonary and intestinal diseases, wounds, ulcers, skin diseases. Even after crushing it keeps the medical properties within 200-300 hours. It is a nature riddle. Garlic entered into an obligatory diet of the Roman legionaries, the slaves building the Egyptian pyramids, seamen, travelers. In days of the Great Patriotic War curative properties of garlic used in hospitals. A garlick kashitsa in a gauze napkin put to long not healing wounds. Such compress in only 10 minutes provided penetration fitoncidov in the struck fabrics and promoted their healing. The chemical composition fitoncidov the garlic, pathogenic microbes killing practically all types precisely isn’t known. It was possible to find out only that they have not albuminous nature. Pernicious action of one of components of garlic is capable to suppress growth and development of bacteria at cultivation even 6250 thousand times. Scientists managed to allocate this substance. It called alleply. The Siberian scientists on its basis created the unique preparation, capable to kill pathogenic microbes of dysentery and plague within several seconds. The American experts received other antimicrobic preparation – allipin.
Like garlic, the nature allocated with the same unique properties also onions. To prevent in the house a flu epidemic, it is recommended to smell the cut segments of onions.
Avicenna (Ibn Hsing) advised to apply onions from all diseases. The historic fact when the Arab nomads-saratsiny demanded in exchange for everyone captivated by them franc crusader on five bulbs is known. The price of human life was such. Russian proverb says Da’s garlic onions from seven illness.
Scientists investigated about 1000 plants which possess fitontsidny properties. The greatest activity notes: geranium, jasmine, laurels, myrtle, rosemary, ficus, xloroxitum, citrus (lemon) and others.
Geranium – the real live drugstore. Fitontsida of this plant kill streptococci and stafilokokki. Aroma of this plant calms nervous system, at hypertensive persons arterial pressure decreases. In order to avoid stresses, neurosises, doctors advise sleeplessnesses to keep this plant in a bedroom.
One more plant esteemed since ancient times, rosemary. Was considered that it keeps youth, does the person happy, drives away bad dreams. During the easing memory, a breakdown, overfatigue it is useful to apply a preparation from this plant. The drinks prepared on the basis of this plant, situmliruyut work of the central nervous system, possess toning action.
The ficus is memorable much since the childhood. It grows and at home, in school, in the foyer of clubs and cinemas. Unique air purifier. It very actively absorbs poisonous substances for the person (benzene, phenol, trifeoretilen) and turns them by means of special enzymes into amino acids and sugar. For scientists such "mechanism" while remains secret behind seven seals.
The champion among flowers on brought advantage is everything known unpretentious xloroxitum hokhlaty. This fast-growing plant forming on long escapes numerous "children". It is enough one such plant to weaken influence of oxides of nitrogen indoors where some hours gas welding worked. Cleaning properties of this flower surpass technical devices such as conditioners. Not without reason this natural "superbiovacuum cleaner" is used for purification of air in spaceships, at space stations.
Fitontsida are allocated not only plants but also mushrooms, in particular the plesnevy. In Russia from an old time a mold put to wounds, using it as bacterial means. English scientist A.Flemeng in 1929 established that the dry rot is capable to oppress growth of bacteria stafilokokka. In 1942 Z.Yermolaev and P. Balezin’s scientists received the first Soviet antibiotic penicillin from a mold.
Practical Americans consider pharmaceutical business by one of the most favorable. Therefore they carefully trace all novelties in this direction. Investigating such plant as shiitake, they in essence opened a new ginseng. In this plant were found improbable "mushroom" fitoncidy, capable to get into any viruses and to kill them. Victorious procession along the world shiitake began. It fitoncidy successfully fight against viruses of herpes, hepatitis and even AIDS. Researches of Japanese scientists show that on the basis of polysaccharides shiitake the effective anticarcinogenic preparation in the near future can be created.
The majority of plants is kept by the unique fitontsidny properties and the dried-up condition. Dry the flower and leaves continue to operate actively, striking harmful microorganisms and bacteria.
Recently all dried-up leaves of curative plants began to be used more often as aromatizator. For example, at violation of a dream the medical pillow prepared from a flower of hop is used. In a small linen sack from a leaky fabric place two tablespoons of a flower of this plant and put for the night under a usual pillow. The medical pillow is very popular in China from a flower of lilies, chrysanthemums, a nutmeg and a sandalovy tree. In India prefer to fill up on the pillows filled by petals of roses. In the Crimea to tourists offer small pillows with juniper branches, a mix of various herbs. At treatment of pulmonary diseases the combination of essential oil of an eucalyptus with basil oil gives good effect. At colds steam inhalation is useful. Fitontsida of needles of a pine, a fir, a juniper, leaves of an oak, a birch, a flower of a linden, a camomile, mint, a lavender, a wormwood, a sage, leaves of a black currant possess disinfecting, anti-inflammatory action.
The majority of plants helps people with fight against various diseases, but to some of them it is necessary belong very carefully. In small rooms it is not recommended to grow up such plants as an oleander, a magnolia, a gardenia zhasminovidny. They possess strong pleasant aroma, however can cause a headache, dizziness, weakness, nausea. If in the house there are small children it is not necessary to plant a box and a dieffenbachia. Ruta and an euphorbia at contact to skin can cause burns. The wolf bast, a foxglove, a yew, the fighter, a glatsiniya, an aronik and an euonymus are especially poisonous.
Scientific researches of the last years proved that coniferous trees allocate fitoncidov in 2-2,5 times more than the deciduous. At us in the Crimea experiment which yielded unique results was made. It appeared that one hectare of a coniferous forest (a pine and a cypress) allocates every days in the atmosphere to 4 kg of flying substances. The hectare of the juniper wood sates air with "health vitamins even more actively, to 30 kg.
Mysterious abilities allocated cactuses. Experts of World Health Organization, ranked as possible risk factors electromagnetic and ionizing radiation of displays, an electrostatic field, ultra-violet radiation of the screen of the computer and the TV. Uniqueness fitoncidov cactuses of a plant consists not only in ability to kill pathogenic microbes, but also in ability to extinguish weak radiating radiations of computer systems. Such unique they developed absorbing ability during evolution in the homeland, on highlands of South America, in the conditions of raised radiation. That is why these "hedgehogs" appeared near monitors of computers.
Features of a bioenergy potential of trees allowed scientists to divide them into donors and vampires. Long since the aspen associated with the witch and evil spirit. This tree possesses powerful absorbing energy. Our ancestors never built of it housing. Excess of energy helped at construction of baths, bridges, wells – they stood for eyelids. The cabbage won’t turn sour, if in a barrel with it poklast an aspen log. The aspen and medical action possesses.
In Dahl’s dictionary it is written that an aspen put in feet when feet cramps, and from headaches – to the head. The poplar and a willow belong to trees vampires, for some people – a chestnut. The most powerful bio-energetics at an oak. This tree helps to "bridle" highly arterial pressure, gives to the person special force and a lucidity of mind.
Acacia – the surprising natural donor. It is suitable for all, however is more favorable to women: increases mood, fills with harmony soul. The mountain ash is close to an acacia the positive action.
Now questions of an accomplishment of territories, environmental protections are directly connected with new approaches of interverny gardening which should mean a combination of esthetic perception of beauty of a form, colourings of flowers and leaves of plants and, certainly, achievements of an aromatherapy and herbal medicine.
Demal.
(On materials of popular scientific editions).