Verbena medicinal: application in medicine and cultivation

Verbena officinalis is a herbaceous plant or semi-shrub that has a creeping or erect stalk reaching a meter height. The culture has small leaves of the opposite arrangement of the oblong form.

Small flowers are collected in panicles-inflorescences, which have different shades and colors. In nature, medicinal verbena occurs on virtually all continents, including Russia. The flowering period of the plant begins from the first days of summer and lasts until the end of October.

Verbena: care and cultivation

Breeding a flower does not require much effort and knowledge, but there are some characteristics of growing. To obtain seedlings, the seeds should be sown in early February. After the emergence of sprouts in March, it is already possible to pick up sprouts and plant them on the site. The bush prefers loamy soil with abundant humus content.

When growing a plant in the soil, it is necessary to add a little nitrogenous fertilizer in advance, the excess of additives will negatively affect the flowering of verbena. The plant prefers warm and bright places, it needs copious watering.

Verbena: clean vessels

A plant can be given such a characteristic for its useful properties, which can be used in folk medicine to purify the body. The chemical composition of the flower is high in flavonoids, iridovyh glycosides, steroids, tannins, alkaloids and carotene.

Useful effects on the body of people have essential oils, mucous substances, silica soluble acid, bitterness, which are part of the plant. Verbena drug has choleretic, analgesic, antispasmodic effect.

Thanks to its toning, restorative properties, it is easy to cope with many diseases. The plant normalizes the metabolism, allows improving the digestive tract. Reception verbena in the postpartum period increases uterine contractions and stimulates lactation.

Verbena officinalis: application

The plant in folk medicine is used for headache, colds, colic in the intestines. Fine medicinal potions are decoctions and teas from flowers and leaves of verbena. In addition, the plant is able to raise appetite, is used for neurodermatitis, cholecystitis, hepatitis, gastritis, cholelithiasis. For the treatment of the aforementioned ailments, infusion is prepared from a single tablespoon of herbs, which is poured with boiling water (1 cup) and insisted for 20 minutes. Take, pre-filtered, 2 times a day for 100 grams.

Verbena medicament perfectly strengthens and cleanses the walls of veins and arteries, restoring the vascular tone and damaged capillaries. Preparations created from plant raw materials, can reduce the viscosity of blood, increase the elasticity of blood vessels. The use of verbena tea allows to strengthen immunity, improve microcirculation, lower cholesterol. Verbena drug is effective for heart diseases, thrombophlebitis and varicose veins.

It is not recommended to use the plant for hypertension, children under 14 years of age. With prolonged use, the gastric mucosa may be irritated.