Practical application
Medical, vitaminozna, insecticides, antibacterial, and poisonous ornamental plants. Application celandine in medicine based on its stomachic, antiseptic, diuretic and fungicidal properties. In a scientific medicine use grass roots and rhizomes of – Herba Chelidonii cum Radice.

In celandine juice contains the following alkaloids: helidonin, homohelidonin, oksyhelidonin, protopin, alokryptonin, berberin, sparteyin; organic acids – malic, citric, and helidonova helidoninova, traces of essential oils, gums and resins. In celandine grass also contains choline, methylamines, histamine, tyramin, saponins flavony, vitamin C (up to 180 mg%), carotene (10 mg%), mineral elements – silicon, iron, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, sulfur, chlorine , aluminum, and radioactive potassium.

In folk medicine due to a complex of active substances contained in celandine, from time immemorial, it has gained popularity as an effective tool. Him treat skin diseases (lead warts, genital warts, corn, red wolf herpes, scabies, eczema, psoriasis). Recently, celandine successfully treat lupus. Fresh juice of celandine nebula treated eyes and spots on it.

Since ancient times in folk medicine celandine applied to liver (this is due to the presence of grass berberin), gall bladder, for treatment of cholelithiasis and hydrocephalus. There are indications of Chelidonium rabies treatment, venereal diseases, gastritis and bowel, breast tumors, gout, rheumatism, hemorrhoids, influenza, whooping cough. Decoction is used in people with epilepsy and the court, in it a bunch of children with skin diseases and scrofula. The plant has antibacterial properties. Fresh juice retains the growth of some pathogenic fungi (eg family tryhofiton).

In homeopathy essence of fresh roots curable disease of the liver, kidneys and lungs.

In the animal treated with fresh grass in sheep bloated stomach. Juice of celandine babeziyeloz treated cattle. In performing its juice equivalent chemotherapy drugs that treat the disease. Once treated horses decoction and powder from the root and herb celandine in liver, spleen and ash (from scurvy). Juice of celandine vydalyaly horses with wall-eye. Celandine treat scabies and wounds in animals. In addition, celandine detrimental effect on blood parasites, which pinch erythrocytes of cattle. But veterinarians interested in this plant not only as a drug but as a poisonous plant. There are cases of poisoning death of cows celandine, but it happens very rarely, because a bad taste and animals eat it reluctantly. When consumed a large number of celandine it also poisoned people. This is manifested in smoking in the mouth, the revelation of blisters and sores, vomiting, prolonged diarrhea, bloody urine appears.

Recently, celandine parodentoz treated (at Lubrication gum tincture reduced pain, itching, bleeding and accelerate the process of epithelial mucosa), also treat laryngeal papillomatosis and cancer. A positive feature as celandine herbs is that it contributes to hemoglobin, erythrocytes and leukocytes in blood.

Powder and extract of celandine herb acts as well blishok insecticide on vegetable crops, aphid, midyanytsyu and other pests of agricultural crops.

Juice of celandine is used in the technique for etching metals and niello. If adulteration to acid powder made from dried plants celandine, erosion of metal is delayed for 30 hours and replace gas with an unpleasant smell allocated gases that smell nice. Celandine is sometimes grown in shady areas of parks. Displaying decorative terry its shape.

Source: http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%96%D0%BB_%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9

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Heel Bone (Holosteum umbellatum) is an annual plant belonging to the carnation family (Caryophyllaceae). The plant is native, nutrient-poor, silty sand or stone in cemeteries, sand dunes, farmland and along railways. Been quite naturally occurs in Eurasia. The species is on the Dutch Red List of rare plants and greatly reduced.

The blue-green plant is 2-25 cm high. The bald or glandular fringed leaves are oblong. The top, oval, 1-1.5 cm long leaves are sessile and have a blunt point. The lower leaves are more or less elongated.

Been very blooms in March and April with white, the apex often pink flowers. The flowering stem is usually the star-shaped inflorescence glandular hairs. The screen consists of five to ten flowers. The flower has five petals. The edge of the petal is serrated. The petals are slightly longer than the calyx. The sepals are not fused, and have a slight edge. Steal the flower as the flowers are blooming beaten back, but looks back on later.

By 5 mm long fruits is one of six valves are opened firing cap. The seeds are 1 mm.

Names in other languages:

• German: Dold-Spurr
• English: Jagged Chickweed, Chickweed Umbellate
• French: Holostee Hirsute, Holostee and ombelle

Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heelbeen

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Stephania tetrandra S. Moore is a species of flowering plant in the family Menispermaceae.
It is a herbaceous perennial vines growing to around 4 m tall, with a large, woody caudex. The leaves are arranged spirally on the stem, and are peltate, with the leaf petiole attached near the centre of the leaf.

Medicinal uses
Guang fang ji contains toxic amounts of aristolochic acid and can cause renal failure and even death; it is used in TCM only with great caution. In May of 2000 the FDA started detaining any plants or medicines suspected of containing aristolochic acid unless laboratory testing indicates the substances test negative for aristolochic acid. (Ony tests which use liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry [LC/MS/MS] method with a precision of less than 0.5 parts per million (PPM) are acceptable.) The traditional way of using guang fang ji is via water decoction. Since aristolochic acid has low water solubility this is believed to much safer than taking the herb as an uncooked powder.

Fen fang ji is of low toxicity (standard dose is: 4.5 to 9g, overdose can occur at 30-100g) and is traditionally used to dispel wind and dampness to relieve pain and to promote diuresis. It is acrid, bitter and cold. The part used is the root. The main active alkaloids are: tetrandrine (12 to 23 grams / kg) and fangchinoline (0.3-3 mg/kg). Also present are: cyclanoline, menisine, menisidine, oxofangchirine, stephenanthrine, stepholidine and bisbenzylisoquinoline.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephania_tetrandra

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The Giant Hogweed or Persian hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) is a species of plant that flowers family (Apiaceae). It is an exotic species occurring in the Benelux plant in Southwest Asia. In the 19th century as a garden plant species introduced to Europe.

The Giant Hogweed is a perennial and can, depending on location, in the spring in a few months time, grow up to 4 m high. It blooms with a variable number of screens, full of white flowers from June to August, after having flowered the plant dies. Depending on the location, the seedlings after one or more years to reach flowering stage. The plant prefers disturbed, nutrient-rich soil.

Because giant hogweed seed so powerful and its leaves all the light for other plants away, the species considered a weed. In areas not grazed down the invasive species of plants other way, there comes to him in the Benelux next big grazers and sheep no natural predators know.

The Giant Hogweed is not toxic, at least in comparison with eg monkshood (Aconitum) or the Taxus baccata, especially sheep love it. It contains sap furocoumarinen that people are strongly phototoxic. Exposure to sunlight after contact with the juice can in some people after 24 hours itchy red staining, followed by swelling and blistering. The injury may look like a burn and it can take two weeks before it healed. If there is a scar brown coloration. When the juice in the eyes, this can lead to blindness. As a precaution should therefore all contact with the sap should be avoided, if it happened, the juice as soon as possible, rinsed and exposure to sunlight on the skin area in contact with the juice have been avoided.

Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuzenberenklauw

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The swamp dried flower (Gnaphalium uliginosum, synonym: Filaginella uliginosa) is an annual plant, which belongs to the Compositae family (Asteraceae). The species is found in Europe. The botanical name Gnaphalium comes from the Greek word gnaphalon that a lock of wool does.

The plant is 5-20 cm high and the foot spread branches. However, there are also plants for higher branch. The hairy, lanceolate leaves have a narrowed leaf base. The upper stem parts are felt-like hairs.

The swamp dried flower blooms from June to October with yellowish white flowers. The oval heads are in clusters surrounded by leaves together. At the bottom flower head are no scales. The omwindselbladeren are brown to yellowish. The tubular flowers are yellow-white. The waste is composed of different Pappus hairs.

The plant is found mainly on sandy soils, which are moist to wet, rich food. The plant can grow in very acid soil.

Names in other languages:

German: Sumpf-Ruhrkraut

English: Marsh cudweed

French: Gnaphale des marais

Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moerasdroogbloem

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Snake weed (Echium vulgare) is a one-, two-or perennial species of Sweet Marjoram (Boraginaceae). In the Netherlands, the plant mainly in calcareous dunes, warm, slightly sandy soil fertilized. Out here it is a rare plant, especially in northeast Netherlands.

Europe is in the range of central Scandinavia to Spain. In North America the plant is introduced.

The plant is a host for dental Cynaeda (single host), Coleophora onosmella, Coleophora pennella, thistle butterfly (Cynthia cardui) Ethmia bipunctella, Lobesia abscisana, Lobesia artemisiana, Tinagma balteolella, Tinagma ocnerostomella and motvlindertje Douglasia ocnerostomella.

The tarragon is pollinated by honey bees, bumble bees and wild bees as andoornbij, geelgespoorde houtmetselbij golden Mason (Bee Osmia aurulenta), large wolbij (Anthidum manicatum), small wolbij (Anthidium punctatum), nepetabij (Anthophora quadrimaculata) slangekruidbij (Bee Osmia adunca ), white rouwbij (Melecta luctuosa) and zwaluwbij (Bee Osmia anthocopoides).

According to the physician of Roman Emperor Nero, Dioscorides, helped the root, if drunk with wine, against snake bites.

The root is used in the past as a basis for red paint. Young leaves can modestly in turn be processed. The plant contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids and therefore should not be used internally. The juice can be used for compresses with boils.

Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slangenkruid

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European cocks foot (Echinochloa crus-galli) is a plant of the grass family (Poaceae). The plant can exceed 1 m tall. Although the plant can grow in heavy pollen and a large root system, is an annual plant. The plant has green or red-faced, ovoid spikelets. Within this Aartje the lemma of a barren flower Awn. The spikelets are in clusters spike which is itself part of a plume. The fruit is a fruit crop. The plant has no tongue and leaf sheaths have any hair.

Some plants lacks the needle on the lemma of the barren flower. These are some of the subspecies Echinochloa crus-galli subsp. submutica counted. The other plants are Echinochloa crus-galli than in subsp. crus-galli counted.

The European leg will roosters around the world. Only in tropical Africa, the fewer species were found. In the Netherlands and Belgium, they are common, although they in some cooler regions, such as the Ardennes and the Wadden Sea are much rarer. European cocks leg comes since the introduction of agriculture in Western Europe here.

European cocks leg is a recast of plant foods rich soil. She is common in fields and vegetable gardens. She also industrial areas to be found. Also reworked berms, she found. Possible benefits from the brine them that winter is scattered.

European cocks leg is considered one of the most notorious weeds. In corn fields, the corn plant species for a tough competitor. The plant is like a C4 plant maize and therefore immune to many pesticides used in corn fields.

The name “cock-leg ‘in many areas for elder. But as local names may vary in other regions called samphire cocks leg. The region name roosters foot related name for a variety of crops used as buttercups.

Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanenpoot

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Strawberry Spinach is the name of a certain species of plants. By some botanists, they are a separate genus, Strawberry Spinach (Blitum) counted. Usually they are in the genus Chenopodium (Chenopodium) counted.

The leaves are cut with long protruding crooked teeth. Its color is light green. Initially, the plant forms a rosette, later several stems grow. Strawberry Spinach are characteristic of the red false fruits, which resemble strawberries. The apparent benefits include red swollen flower vestures. The plant is also in no way related to the strawberry. The plants from the Mediterranean and parts of Asia. In the Netherlands he was culture, where the plant was prepared in the same way as spinach. Because of this vegetable was ousted because he leaves them easier to harvest mechanically. In strawberry spinach should be picked from the stalk

In Western and Central Europe, two species known Strawberry Spinach:

Red Strawberry Spinach (Chenopodium foliosum Asch.)

This species bears red fruits appear in the leaf axils. Since the beginning of the twentieth century it was established at a few places in the calcareous dunes of the Netherlands from where he is slowly spreading. In Belgium GRIN Taxonomy. He grew up converted Biodiversity Information. When this plant is classified in the genus Blitum than is the scientific name Blitum virgatum L. Chenopodium virgatum name is not recognized.

Characteristic of this kind that the apparent fruits in a schijnaar stand. In Belgium and the Netherlands GRIN Taxonomy he is in the wild entirely unknown. Classified in the genus is named Blitum Blitum capi Tatum. photo

The planting season for these plants is from March to July, the sowing depth is two to three inches. Because the decorative appearance, these types of weather longer applies.

Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aardbeispinazie

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