Wild chicory

Chicory inlybus L.

The Asteraceae family is Asteraceae, or Compositae is Composilae

 

What does it look like? A perennial herbaceous plant 30-150 cm tall, with a thickened spindle-shaped rhizome and a branched stem with spreading branches. Basal leaves are 1-hundred-pinnate; stem leaves are lanceolate, acute-toothed, stem-wrapped, alternate apical leaves are entire. Seated baskets, single or 2-3. The flowers are blue, rarely white, even more rarely pink. Blooms in June – September.

Where does it grow? On the edges of roads, near ditches, on borders, on slopes – throughout the territory of Ukraine.

What and when are collected? Leaves and flowers – during flowering, roots – in autumn or spring.

When is it used? Fresh leaves are used for salad in case of chronic cholecystitis, coffee is made from the roots – they act as choleretic, promote digestion.

It is used in the form of tea: for inflammation of the lungs, for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, for poor digestion (increases appetite), and most importantly for cirrhosis of the liver, jaundice, cholecystitis, pancreatitis, also for swelling of the spleen, for constipation, hypochondria, hysteria, and heartburn , toothache. Add 1 teaspoon of root and leaves to 1 cup of water and boil for 10 minutes. Drink 2 glasses a day, in sips, half an hour before meals. Aqueous infusion of flowers calms the central nervous system and strengthens cardiac activity (diuretic effect in dropsy of cardiac origin). It is widely used for gastritis with increased secretion of mucus, enterocolitis and colitis (a decoction of 20 g of chicory root or grass in 1 glass of water, drink spoonfuls three times a day as an appetizing agent and 70-100 ml three times a day as a laxative), as well as in kidney diseases, scurvy, exhaustion, anemia (fresh juice is taken 1 tablespoon in a glass of milk, three times a day, for 4-6 weeks), with hemoptysis, gout, spasmophilia and joint diseases; chicory root with sugar – for worm infestation. It is also used as a blood-healthy remedy for acne, boils, rashes on the body (antimicrobial action). Improves metabolism (lactucin bitterness, choline, intibin and chicoryin glycosides, pectin, inulin, gum, sugar, tannins, silicic acid, taraxosterol act); helps diabetics who suffer from urinary incontinence. rashes on the body, (antimicrobial effect). Improves metabolism (lactucin bitterness, choline, intibin and chicoryin glycosides, pectin, inulin, gum, sugar, tannins, silicic acid, taraxosterol act); helps diabetics who suffer from urinary incontinence. rashes on the body, (antimicrobial effect). Improves metabolism (lactucin bitterness, choline, intibin and chicoryin glycosides, pectin, inulin, gum, sugar, tannins, silicic acid, taraxosterol act); helps diabetics who suffer from urinary incontinence.

In case of chronic liver diseases, 3 tablespoons of a mixture of chicory grass, St. John’s wort, St. John’s wort, St. John’s wort flowers, chamomile flowers, marigold flowers and buckthorn bark in a ratio of 3:4:2:4:1:4:3 are infused for 12 hours in 3 glasses of water, then boil for 5 minutes, infuse again for half an hour, strain and drink (half a glass 4 times a day an hour after meals.

It is used in the treatment of eczema to remove the scab and cleanse the affected body, because the decoction of chicory has an antimicrobial and astringent effect. Horsetail grass and rose petals are put into the chicory decoction while it is still hot. When it cools down, strain it and pour it into a bottle. Lotions are applied until a clean red spot remains on the surface of the scab (without epidermis) and without signs of inflammation. Compresses are applied to swollen glands, abdominal pain due to inflammatory processes in the stomach and intestines

3 decoction or fresh leaves; when overtired, painful places are rubbed with alcohol tincture.

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