Pimpinella

Bedrenets-kamnelomka - Pimpinélla saxífraga – a perennial grassy plant from family celery. The root of a pimpinella has the spindle form. The stalk is ridge, branchy, quite thin, to the 50-60th. in height. The basis of a stalk has a socket from plumose leaves.

Stem leaves openwork – plumose and separate. Small, white flowers are collected in inflorescences – umbrellas. The pimpinella in July-August blossoms. About a plant curls many bees and other insects as a pimpinella a good melliferous herb. Before it specially put near apiaries. Fruits are rounded ovoid. Ripen in September.

The pimpinella practically in all territory of the European part of Russia grows. It is possible to meet him on a meadow, on glades, pastures, waste grounds, near roads.

Pimpinella very useful plant. He is used in the medical, cosmetic and culinary purposes. Dig out roots of a pimpinella for the medical and cosmetic purposes in the fall.

In cookery
In some countries it is cultivated as an edible plant. In Russia, especially in old times its umbrellas added to a various vegetable pickles.
At the beginning of September break umbrellas with seeds which use for addition in pastries and preparations of tinctures.

In traditional medicine
The root of a pimpinella contains: vitamins B, With, sugar, cellulose, essential oil, benzoic and acetic acids, saponina, furocoumarins, tannins, pectins, aromatic connections, fat oil, bitter substance pimpinellin, gum, pitch, salts of potassium, calcium.

Contain in leaves: - carotene, vitamin B, With, fats, flavonoids. In fruits - essential oil.

Medicines from a pimpinella possess the expectorant, knitting, sudorific, anti-inflammatory, krovoochistitelny and diuretic action. They are used at treatment of cough, chronic bronchitis, quinsy, laryngitis, asthma, pneumonia, pochechnokamenny disease, at stones in a bladder, gout, adenoma, prostatitis, violation of a menstrual cycle, female diseases and at gastric diseases.

Pharmaceutical industry from roots cooks teas and broths.

- Broth
And roots of a pimpinella to fill in 1 tablespoon of the crushed rhizomes with 1 glass of water, to bring to boiling, to lower fire and to boil within 10 minutes, to insist in a thermos of 8 hours, to filter, add 1 tablespoon of honey. To accept on 1 tablespoon every 2-3 hour.

Broth and tincture of a pimpinella has antifungal property and within one month kills all sexually transmitted infection.

In the people the root of a pimpinella is called "a tooth root" as if a root piece to put on a painful tooth, pain passes.

In old times washed with broth of roots of a pimpinella a body, for protection from infectious diseases.

For appearance
Presently essential oil is used in the perfumery industry at production of tooth-powders, pastes, creams.

In house cosmetics juice of a pimpinella remove freckles and pigmentary spots, greasing them or putting the gauze pieces moistened in juice.

- The pimpinella infusion purifying leather
To fill in 1 teaspoon of the crushed roots with 1 glass of warm water, to insist 4 hours, to filter, wash in the morning and in the evening.

- For the polluted skin
Or broth to mix 1 tablespoon of infusion with 1 teaspoon of honey and 1 tablespoon of cucumber juice, to put on a face a brush or to impose the gauze impregnated with liquid. In 10 minutes to wash water of room temperature.

- Broth for the cleaning and refreshing bathtub
To fill in 1 tablespoon of the crushed root with 2 glasses of boiled water, to boil half an hour on weak fire, to insist 1 hour, to filter, pour out in a bathtub which temperature does not exceed + 37C. To accept 10 minutes. After reception of a bathtub not to be wiped. It is possible to put on a terry dressing gown or to allow to dry liquids most.