Uporabni del rastline / Useful part of the plant: list pljučnika / lungwort leaf (Pulmonariae folium)
Ljudsko ime: cmuleš, kuščernjak, plučnica, skrničnik, srčnica, zajčeki, zdravilna pljučnica.
Opis in nabiranje / Description and Collection
Je do 30 cm visok, raste po grmovju in listnatih gozdovih. Listi so temnozeleni z belimi lisami. Cveti marca in aprila. Cveti so rdeči, nekateri modri, drugi vijoličasti. Rastlino nabiramo, ko cveti. Povežemo jo v šopke in obesimo v zračnem prostoru. Večinoma ga bo pa treba posušiti še pri zmerni umetni toploti do 40°C zaradi letnega časa.
Lungwort plant is up to 30 cm tall and grows in shrubs and deciduous forests. The leaves are dark green with white spots. It flowers in March and April. The flowers are red, some blue, others purple. The plant is harvested during flowering period. It must be tied in bunches and hung in an airy place. Mostly, due to the harvesting time, it needs to be additionally dried at moderate artificial heat of up to 40 °C.
Uporabni deli rastline in delovanje / Useful parts of the plant and their effects
Zaradi kremenčeve kisline, sluzi in kalcijevih soli čaj močno vpliva na pljuča in druge organe, zlasti na dihala. Sploh velja pljučnik za izborno pomagalo pri vseh pljučnih boleznih, samo suličasti trpotec se more meriti z njim. Ko res ni več pomoči za pljuča, tedaj pomaga, tako pravijo, le še pljučnik. Kako bi se zmanjšalo število pljučnih bolnikov, ko bi ga bolj uporabljali! Pomaga pri katarju dihal, pri kašlju z izmečkom, pri pljučnici, gripi, bronhitisu in pljučni jetiki. Pljučnikov čaj zdravi še hripavost in vnetja v grlu, če ga pijemo in grgramo z njim. Čaj utrjuje tkivo, zavira vnetje, pospešuje izločanje seča, zdravi hemoroide. Če dalj časa uživamo mešanico: pljučnik, njivsko preslico in suličasti trpotec, pomaga celo pri hudi sušici. Slabotni in sušični bolniki naj pijejo 2- do 3-krat na dan čaj iz posušenega pljučnika z mlačnim mlekom. Pljučnikov čaj je treba piti pri krvomoku. Čaj blaži vnetje sluznice v želodcu in prebavilih, v ustih in žrelu, zdravi drisko in grižo: pijemo trikrat na dan po 1 skodelico. Vpliva tudi na bolni mehur in na kamne v mehurju. Čajna mešanica za pljuča in bronhije: po dva dela pljučnika in suličastega trpotca, pa le po en del kopriv in njivske preslice. 1 čajno žličko mešanice poparimo s 0,25 l kropa in popijemo po požirkih čez dan 3 skodelice čaja, oslajenega z medom. Mlado listje pljučnika lahko pripravimo kot špinačo ali solato.
The tea has a strong effect on the lungs and other organs, especially the respiratory tract, due to its silicic acid, mucilage and calcium salts. Lungwort is considered to be an excellent remedy for all lung diseases, and only the ribwort plantain can match it. When there really is no more help for the lungs, then, so they say, only lungwort can help. How the number of lung patients would be reduced if it were used more! It helps with catarrh, cough with expectoration, pneumonia, influenza, bronchitis and pulmonary jaundice. Lungwort tea also helps with hoarseness and sore throats if drunk and gargled with. The tea strengthens tissue, inhibits inflammation, promotes urinary excretion, helps with haemorrhoids. If a mixture of lungwort, horsetail and ribwort plantain is consumed over a long period of time, it even helps with tuberculosis. Weak and TB patients should drink tea made from dried lungwort with lukewarm milk 2 to 3 times a day. The tea soothes inflammation of the mucous membrane in the stomach and gastrointestinal tract, mouth and throat, helps with diarrhoea and dysentery: drink 1 cup of tea three times a day. It also has an effect on bladder pain and bladder stones. Tea mixture for the lungs and bronchi: two parts each of lungwort and ribwort plantain, and only one part each of nettle and horsetail. 1 teaspoon of the mixture is brewed with 0,25 l of boiled water and 3 cups of tea sweetened with honey are drunk in sips throughout the day. The young leaves of the lungwort can also be prepared as spinach or salad.
Izdelek patra Simona Ašiča, ki vsebuje pljučnik / Our products with lungwort leafs:
Viri / Sources:
1. Domača lekarna patra Simona Ašiča. Priročnik za nabiranje zdravilnih rastlin. Celjska Mohorjeva družba.
2. Domača lekarna patra Simona Ašiča. Recepti. Celjska Mohorjeva družba.
3. Willfort R. Zdravline rastline in njih uporaba. Založba obzorja Maribor.
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