The healing properties of rabbit cabbage

Hare cabbage is a perennial plant belonging to the genus Crassulaceae. It grows on sandy soils. You can meet cabbage near ponds, along carriages, where it merges with bushes.

Characteristics of rabbit cabbage

Rabbit cabbage has a tuberous root system. TO The roots of such a plant are rather thick and dense, which significantly complicates the tearing of the bush from the ground.The plant is characterized by a high straight stem, which has the shape of a cylinder. The height of the bush can reach 60 cm. Hare cabbage looks like an ordinary bush.

Usually hare cabbage has round or oval leaves of large sizes. No roughness is observed on their surface. They are completely covered with a thick layer of wax, and on their edges are small denticles.

The rabbit cabbage has small flowers. Inflorescences of pink or yellow shades are found. They consist of several flowers and are located in the upper part of the plant. Flowers are multi-leafed. Flowering plants last from early July to August. More often, rabbit cabbage is found in Europe.

The plant has useful healing properties.

Varieties of cabbage

There are several types of sour acid (another name for cabbage).

1. Violet acid is characterized by a pleasant lilac color. The tree grows up to 1 m high. This garden culture is often grown at home. Caring for it consists of timely watering (1 time per week).
2. Forest sour acid has the characteristics of similarity with another variety of stonecrop normal. The difference between them is that a forest variety can grow only in the wild (hence the name comes from). The flower of this species is not very large.
3. The red variety is more common in Siberia. The height of the bush reaches 60 cm. The flowers are presented in red or pink colors.
4. The usual stonecrop is a houseplant that can be grown at home. The best growth is observed in the wild. The height of the bush is about 70 cm. The flowers have a purple hue.

Useful properties of rabbit cabbage

Stonecrop or rabbit cabbage (these are 2 names of the same plants) is characterized by excellent medicinal properties for the human body.

A plant such as rabbit cabbage contains C vitamins, tannins, carotene, healing salts, various natural acids and flavonoids.

Product benefits:

1. helps to get rid of pain;
2. tones the whole body (after illness or overwork);
3. allows heal wounds as soon as possible;
4. perfectly helps to stop bleeding;
5. thanks to the use of leaves, you can quickly cleanse the skin of various inflammations (acne or acne);
6. helps to get rid of allergies, which manifests itself in the form of skin rashes;
7. the use of juice will normalize the functioning of the heart and central nervous system.

Rabbit cabbage, due to its rich beneficial composition, is used in folk medicine. Tinctures are used to treat diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (duodenal ulcer, ulcer or gastritis), hormonal balance (menstrual irregularities) or respiratory system diseases (bronchitis, asthma or pneumonia). Ointments prepared from finely chopped leaves, used for external treatment. They are used in the fight against osteochondrosis, radiculitis or with various cuts and burns. Rubbing rabbit cabbage helps to normalize the flow of breast milk. This method is especially effective in case of stagnation. The use of a decoction of such grass allows you to remove toxins from the body.

Harvesting cabbage

Cabbage used in folk medicine

In folk medicine there are recipes that use both the ground part of the culture and the root.

1. The grass should be collected and dried at the moment when the bush is just starting to bloom. It is better to collect flowers and leaves in sunny and dry weather, otherwise there is a risk of reducing beneficial properties.
2. Roots are better to dig out and collect in early September, when they absorb the maximum amount of nutrients from the soil.

Useful properties of rabbit cabbage are maximally manifested only if drying is carried out correctly. Usually, the green part of the plant is recommended to be dried in large rooms with good ventilation. Before you start drying the roots, it is important to clean them from the ground and top layer, cut into small slices and hang on the window of the shed or basement.

Infusion of rabbit cabbage

Often, rabbit cabbage is used as a tincture. There are several common recipes.

1. About 50 g of chopped leaves should be filled with 500 ml of boiled water. This mixture should be placed for 5 hours in a cool, dark room. After the specified time, the substance is filtered through a sieve or gauze and poured into a clean bowl.Take tincture 3 times a day, 30 ml before meals. It is believed that such an infusion is an effective remedy for gastritis, diarrhea, infertility, overwork or kidney failure.
2. You need to mix 25 g of the green part of the grass with 25 g of the root system. Such a mixture must be poured into 500 ml of boiled water and insisted in a thermal container for 5-6 hours. A similar tincture should lubricate the affected areas with sore throat, burns, cuts. Also, such an infusion actively helps get rid of warts, ulcers or corns.

Broth of rabbit cabbage

Sometimes rabbit cabbage is used as a decoction. To prepare it, you need 20 g of dry chopped leaves. They are added to 200 ml of warm water, and the mixture is placed on the stove.

Keep the mixture on fire for no more than 10 minutes, otherwise all useful properties will be destroyed by high temperatures. After the specified time, the dishes from the fire are removed, and put in a dark place until completely cooled. After that, it is poured into a clean bowl. Use should be about 20 ml of the drug, 2-3 times a day. Such a decoction will be effective in the fight against kidney diseases.

Juice of rabbit cabbage

The green part of the cabbage should be thoroughly washed under running water and poured with boiling water, insist for 20 minutes. After that, you should make porridge (using a meat grinder or juicer). The resulting juice is mixed with pure water in a ratio of 1: 2.

Every day, it is recommended to take 1 tbsp. lfasting juice, 3-4 times a day. The tool is used for external treatment. If there is a wound or inflammation on the face, then the cotton pad should be moistened in the juice and applied to the focus of inflammation or injury.

Rabbit cabbage flower

Decoction made from the flowers of this plant perfectly helps to cope with the general fatigue of the body and increases t onus of the whole body.This is an effective tool to improve the immune system. Use the broth 3 times a day, 30 ml. It is better to do this while eating.

Fresh flowers are edible, quite tasty. They help restore the body after a long and complex illness. It has analgesic and healing effects if applied to a wound or burn.

Conclusion

The benefits of rabbit cabbage are obvious. To date, there is no information about contraindications to the use of such a plant. Decoctions, tinctures and juices from cabbage can be used as a prophylaxis of the most common diseases.