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Ling: Description branched evergreen shrub. Leaves small, sessile, lanceolate korotkolineyno, almost triangular, with the bottom of a deep groove, obtuse, sagittate at the base and bent down a few, are located opposite to the four rows.
The flowers are small, bell-shaped, purplish-pink on short pedicels, arranged brushes. Fruit-spherical capsule with white hairs. Plant height 20-100 cm
Flowering time. July-August.
Habitat, grows on dry sandy places and vlazhnovatym, pine forests, mossy bogs, forming thickets.
The applied part. Herb (top branches with leaves and flowers).
Collection time. July-August.
Ling: Chemical composition. Heather grass contains tannins, dyes, calcium and kremnezemovuyu acid, sugar, flavonoid glycosides, bitter glycosides, saponins, citric acid.
Ling: Effects Sedative, hypnotic little, diuretic, diaphoretic, antipyretic, tonic, antibacterial, stimulates the excretory function of the gastric glands, calms the nervous system.
Ling: Applications. Heather is used for disorders of the nervous system of insomnia, fear, neurasthenia, acute and chronic pyelonephritis, an inflammation of the bladder (cystitis), kidney disease, heart diseases, and lack of mitral and aortic valves and mitral and aortic stenosis. Barley is used also for liver and biliary tract, arthritis, rheumatism, gout, prostate, for colds, for wounds, ulcers, rashes (outwardly).
Method of application.
1. 3 teaspoons of herbs to 2 cups boiling water, 4 hours. Drink 1 / 2 cup 3-4 times a day.