Amazing plant - Kalanchoe pinnate.

Do you want to have in your house not only a beautiful, but also an unusually useful plant? Then pay attention to the amazing representative of the family succulent - Kalanchoe pinnate.

This perennial herb came to us from warm countries and almost immediately became not only one of the most loved, but also extremely popular. Literally a few dozen years ago, Kalanchoe pinnate decorated window sills in almost every apartment. Our grandmothers considered him their irreplaceable assistant in the treatment of various ailments and diseases.

In recent years, Kalanchoe pinnate was a little forgotten, but thanks to its amazing healing abilities, beautiful appearance and unpretentiousness in the care, this plant is again very popular.

Kalanchoe - types and scope of use

Now about 200 species of Kalanchoe are known . It grows almost everywhere and pleases with a variety of sizes and shapes. Different species of Kalanchoe are very actively used in home floriculture. But if we talk not only about the decorative function, but also the healing abilities of this plant, the most common and known is the pinnate calanchoe.

The ripening has a bright, gray-green color. Shoots reach from 50 cm to 1 meter. Leaves and trunk - juicy, fleshy, filled with medicinal juice. The Kalanchoe multiplies both in vegetative mode and in seeds. And in the first and second cases the effectiveness of planting is almost the same.

Its healing properties have long been recognized not only as folk, but also as official medicine. Based on the Kalanchoe juice, a large number of wound healing ointments are produced .

The thing is that the pancake calanchoe juice has anti-inflammatory, wound healing, antibacterial, hemostatic, and also tonic effect. Preparations on its basis contribute to the fastest healing of tissues in burns and wounds, help the body to cope faster with the destruction of pathogenic organisms and, in addition, also stimulate the regeneration of tissues.

Therefore, in medicine, Kalanchoe-based preparations are used in almost all areas: dentistry, surgery, otorhinolaryngology, gynecology and cosmetology.

At home from the pulp and juice Kalanchoe make lotions for the treatment of burns, bedsores, various ulcers, long unhealing wounds. Inside the juice is taken with long-term non-catarrhal diseases, coughing, as well as inflammatory processes in the kidneys and stomach.

Many, probably, remember how loving grandmothers buried in their noses the juice of this plant with a cold or sinusitis.

Therefore, Kalanchoe pinnate is a plant that must be in every house. And care for him is not at all burdensome.

The plant prefers warm, sun-drenched place. Although in the summer the flower should be kept and put in a slightly darkened place. Watering should be quite rare, when the whole layer of ground in the pot will completely dry out. But from the "soul" Kalanchoe will not refuse. It is best to spray the plants in the morning hours. This will help to avoid possible burns, when sunlight hits the damp surface of the leaves.

Periodically, the plant is overgrown with "babies". On the edge of each large leaf appears a huge number of small bunches, already acquired roots.

Another undoubted plus of this remarkable plant is that the Kalanchoe pinnate is practically not prone to disease. Therefore, you will not have to further process leaves in the fight against pests.

Plants, growing in pots, periodically need to be fed, using special fertilizers.