Dyagil

Lately even more often it is necessary to hear that people too came off by nature though are its part and at it can find both drugs, and extension of youth. It is necessary to admit the fact that our ancestors better us understood herbs and successfully used their medicinal properties.

Here, for example, there is such plant "дягиль" which name came from a Slavic root and means: "to grow healthy, be strong".

On a legend, in dyagil the athlete giant struck by an enemy spear turned. Because it is visible and the plant it grows in height to two and a half meters. National names of a plant - the cowshed, potogon, a bunch.

Dyagil medicinal – Archangelica officinalis L - a two-year grassy plant from family umbrella or celery. At a plant the vertical shortened rhizome, outside of brown color, and on a break – white with wrinkled roots. The direct thick hollow furrowed branchy stalk with a glaucescent raid reaches in height of 2-2.5 meters. Because of a stalk cavity, it kind of dutost, dyagil sometimes call a dudnik.

Carved top leaves huge, lower it is less, have the blown-up vagina which is partially covering a stalk. Blossoms dyagil for the second year. Small white or yellowish-green flowers are collected in inflorescences – big umbrellas.

Dyagil exhales a strong smell and is a fine melliferous herb.

It is interesting what on dry meadows dyagil can not blossom decades. Moisture the most necessary component for development dyagilya. Seeds of a plant have an appearance of flat testicles of brown color, and them there are more than one thousand.

The homeland dyagilya call the North of Europe and Asia, but it is widespread on the whole Europe including in Russia. Grows on water meadows, in the shaded places, on coast of the rivers, lakes, streams, on swamps, in ravines. It is cultivated in many countries of Europe. In Russia and in Ukraine it is grown up on kitchen gardens and in gardens as spicy and a herb.

In the medicinal purposes roots and rhizomes dyagilya are used.
Roots of a plant contain: vitamin C, organic acids, tannins, essential oil, coumarins and other valuable substances.

Medicines from dyagilya are used not only by national, but also official modern medicine. They have toning, exciting, diuretic and sudorific properties.

They are applied to improvement of digestion at indigestion, at boyaznyakh digestive tract, diseases of airways.

- The toning tea
To make 1 dessertspoon of the crushed dry root 1 glass of boiled water, to insist 10 minutes. To accept ½ glasses 2 times a day.

In cookery as spicy seasoning is used by the dried-up blossoming escapes, leaves, scapes and roots of a plant. Roots flavor muscat wines, liqueurs, gin. From fresh leaves and stalks cook jam, do a fruit candy, add to salads and garnishes.

Cosmetic properties dyagilya impress not less. Broth dyagilya wash tired skin. From broth it is also possible to prepare ice cubes which especially refresh skin in the summer during a heat. Broth from dyagilya removes irritation of skin.

- Broth
To make 1 teaspoon of the crushed roots 1 glass of boiled water, to insist 10 minutes, to filter. To wash in the morning and in the evening. To do wipings.

- For disposal of small wrinkles
To mix 1 teaspoon of broth with 1 teaspoon of honey and 1 tablespoon of soft cottage cheese. To mix, apply carefully to skin for 10 minutes, to Wash away warm water, to wash cool.

- Face pack
To fill in young leaves with boiled water so that water only covered leaves, in 5 minutes leaves to crush, add sour cream and to put for 10 minutes on a face. To remove the tampon moistened in warm water. To wash – cool.

- Bathtubs from dyagilya do skin more elastic and smooth, give it pleasant aroma.
dyagilya to make 2 tablespoons of the dry crushed roots in 1 liter of boiled water, to insist 20-30 minutes, to filter and pour out in a bathtub. Water temperature in a bathtub should not exceed 38 degrees. Take a bath of 15 minutes. Course of 10-15 bathtubs.

- Hair rinse after washing with broth from roots dyagilya for disposal of dandruff and giving to hair of splendor and aroma.