Ivy-shaped budra is an evergreen culture that has been growing for many years. She has a stalk spreading along the ground, strongly branching and quickly taking root. The stem has four faces. The leaves are small, cross-opposite. This means that two leaves grow from one node: one is directed up and the other down. Budra belong to the Yasnotkov family, like mint, lemon balm. C. Linnaeus, an outstanding Swedish scientist writes that the name "budra" comes from a word from Ancient Greece, which means "field mint".
Boudra is used in folk medicine, in official medicine it is used in Germany and France. To make medicinal tea, it is harvested during flowering, from May to June, cut off the top of the plant with flowers with a knife. Then complete in bunches and suspend to dry. Drying should occur at a temperature of + 40 ° C.
Ivy-shaped budra
Useful properties of the plant
Only shoots, foliage and flowers have healing properties. Roots are not used in medicine. In pharmacies, Budra can be purchased in the form of herbal tea.
Therapeutic properties:
- saponins help against sclerosis, thin out sputum by coughing, and promote the synthesis of progesterone hormone;
- bitterness present in the grass improves appetite and promotes digestion, activates the production of gastric juice;
- tartaric acid is required by the body in stressful situations, increased radiation, diarrhea. It contributes to the expansion of blood vessels, helps the heart;
- choline helps the activity of the liver, brain, nervous system. Choline lowers bad cholesterol;
- Zinc and its compounds are needed by the pituitary gland, prostate and pancreas, it helps to burn fat.
The plant also:
- stops bleeding;
- used as a choleretic and diuretic;
- tones up;
- eliminates worms;
- lowers fever;
- anesthetizes.
Application in traditional medicine
Infusion and tea are drunk with:
- acute respiratory diseases;
- with diseases of the stomach and intestines;
- with liver diseases.
Poultices and compresses do:
- with fractures - accelerate tissue healing;
- pulp from fresh foliage is applied to abscesses;
- freshly squeezed juice clean wounds with pus, apply to ulcers and burns, rinse the mucous membrane with stomatitis or tonsillitis.
Note! Also, foliage is finely chopped, applied to abscesses, then they mature faster and are cleansed of pus. For pain in the teeth, the leaf will also help.
In the Caucasus, the culture is brewed and then applied to a purulent rash, acne, boils, urticaria. A plant brewed in water or milk is used for catarrh, asthmatic manifestations, cough, sore throat, menstrual disorders. In case of serious bruises, rashes or gout, you can swim in the bathroom with the addition of infusion of budra.
Contraindications
Budra is a poisonous culture. It can be used only after consulting a doctor, you should not change the dose yourself. Also, you should not use the budra during pregnancy and feeding the baby.
Ivy plants
Ivy plants grow along roadsides, along river banks, fields and meadows. In winter, their foliage is green. It is round or heart-shaped, the edges of the foliage are ridge. The leaves grow back, then grow old, and after they are replaced by younger ones. It grows from the end of April until the buds open, and then begins to grow after flowering has ended and almost to frost. Two-lipped flowers, 2-6 each, are in the axils of the foliage.
Description of Amygmental Ampoule Budra
Such a burda has a stem up to 60-70 cm long. On the stem are branches that are directed up and stand straight. When the culture begins to bloom from May to July, the buds are light azure or pale purple. Further, the fruits ripen, which break up into four smooth nuts.
For your information! Flowers and foliage emit a not very pleasant smell, so the plant has another name - "wild mint" or "dog mint".
Where grows
Culture is growing in all regions of Russia, it only does not exist in some areas beyond the Urals. Most of all, grass likes river floodplains and fertile alluvial soils.
Ampoule budra can grow in a flowerpot, cache-pot, baskets.
Budra in a cache-pot
For planting, 1 part peat and 1 part sand should be mixed as soil. First, a stalk is planted in a flowerpot, covered with a film and placed in a warm room with good, but diffused lighting, that is, not in direct sunlight. Constantly monitor the humidity of the earth. A flowerpot or planter put on a permanent place, cover with a film. If the air temperature is below 10 ° C, then the containers are brought from the street into the apartment.
The use of ivy buds in landscape design
The use of budra in the landscape is diverse. The foliage of the culture, hanging from bunches of hanging planters, looks charming. Designers like to decorate retaining walls, balconies and loggias with this culture.
Budra on the balcony
Important! The plant is quite resistant to many diseases.
Also, the ivy budra is used in landscape design to decorate flowerbeds, lawns and borders. In addition, it is planted in the country, as they prevent the drying of water in the soil, do not allow weed grass to grow. Budra looks like a "green veil." The plants planted together with the seaside astericus look great.
If the stems of the budra touch the soil, then roots grow on this place. The plant grows very easily, and so that it does not grow further, cut off extra shoots.
Grass grows well under the sun and in shading. She needs moderate hydration, it is enough to water 2-3 times a week. In heat and drought, it is recommended to spray the crop. They also advise planting it near small ponds. Plants are resistant to frost, they should not be covered for the winter.
Note! Budra is not considered a weed, as it is easy to get rid of, you can tear out if necessary. But it is growing very fast. Budra should be transplanted once every two years.
Budra Conjugate Variegata
Bacillus of this type has bright emerald foliage, completely covered with whitish spots. It is believed that this variegated plant loves heat more and prefers bright lighting. If you place it in the shade, then the variegated foliage loses its decorative effect.
Boura Conjugate Variegata
Landing and care
To plant the buds of the cone-shaped Variegat, first make a substrate of 1 part sand, 2 parts humus and 2 parts of leafy soil. Boudre, growing in the house, requires bright, but diffused lighting, windows should be covered with tulle curtains. The garden can be planted in partial shade.
Domestic plants need air temperature in summer + 18-25 ° C, and in winter indoors should be + 10-12 ° C.
In autumn, plants are watered often, in winter - once a week, and in summer and spring abundantly and often. In summer, it is better to spray plants, as well as in winter, if there are heating batteries nearby, which dry the air and lower humidity.
Indoor plants in the summer are better placed on the loggia, but make sure that they do not stand in direct sunlight.
Note!From April to August, top dressing is done once a month with complex fertilizer for indoor crops.
In the spring, they cut off the buds. Those shoots that remain after pruning are used for propagation. Transplant flowers if they do not grow at all or are constantly sick.
Ivy-shaped budra is an excellent option for decorating balconies and verandas. She is unpretentious in cultivation and care, and looks very attractive.
