Syringa

Description

A shrub with heart-shaped leaves and lilac small fragrant flowers collected in pyramidal panicles. The height of 2 – 8 m.

The time of flowering. May.

Distribution. It is found in a large part of the country, widely cultivated as an ornamental plant.

Habitat. It is cultivated in parks, gardens, front gardens, and is found wild in shrubby thickets.

The part used. The flowers and leaves.

The time of collection. May.

Chemical composition

The flowers contain essential oil and glucoside syringin. The plant is poisonous.

Application

Lilac flowers have a diaphoretic, antimalarial and analgesic effect. The leaves contribute to the maturation of boils and purifying them from pus. Infusion of flowers is used for whooping cough and kidney diseases, and in a mixture with Linden flowers - as a diaphoretic and antimalarial agent. Lilac leaves are part of the main mixture of herbs used in folk medicine for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. The crushed lilac leaves are applied to wounds for their healing, and ointment from the flowers is used for rubbing in rheumatism. The internal use of lilac, as a poisonous plant, requires caution.

Method of application

1. Take equally lilac flowers and flower baskets of yarrow, add a small amount of flower baskets of tansy. 2 teaspoons of the mixture infuse for 3-4 hours in 1 cup of boiling water in a closed vessel, strain. Take 1/4 cup on an empty stomach for colds and a few hours before the onset of malaria.

2. Mix 2 tablespoons of flowers and rub with 2 tablespoons of fresh butter or vaseline. Use the ointment for rubbing in rheumatism.

3. 3 tablespoons of flowers infuse 3-4 days in 1/2 cup of sunflower oil. Use for rubbing.