Hellebore: varieties, properties, methods of application, dosage, contraindications and recipes. Hellebore Caucasian - description, properties, treatment Contraindications and side effects

Large, with five greenish, whitish or purple persistent sepals and small petals, degenerated into tubular-funnel nectaries. Bloom in early spring.

Semi-double flowers have one or two additional rows of petals; terry - more. Their inner petals are usually very similar to the outer petals in color and shape. Often they are the same length, although they may be slightly shorter and narrower, wavy or pleated. Anemone flowers, in contrast, have cupped shape and no more than five outer petals in a ring surrounding much shorter and curved additional petals (sometimes funnel-shaped - an intermediate link between petals and nectaries), which may differ in color from the outer petals. These short, extra petals (sometimes known as "petalled nectaries") fall off after pollination.

Interspecific hybrids

Gardeners have also created hybrids between more distant species. The earliest was probably Helleborus × nigercors, hybrid helleborus niger and Helleborus argutifolius(formerly called Helleborus lividus subsp. corsicus or Helleborus corsicus), founded in 1931. Helleborus × sternii, hybrid Helleborus argutifolius and Helleborus lividus, first demonstrated in 1947, is named after famed British horticulturist Sir Frederick Stern. AT last years interesting hybrids created in the UK helleborus niger and Helleborus thibetanus (Helleborus"Pink Ice"), and between helleborus niger and Helleborus vesicarius (Helleborus Briar Rose). The horticultural value of these hybrids is being tested.

Folklore and history of use

AT folk medicine two types of hellebore were recognized as medicinal: black, which included different kinds hellebore, and white, now known as hellebore white ( Veratrum album (English) Russian, "false hellebore"). Although the latter is highly toxic and contains veratrin and the teratogens cyclopamine and yervine, it is believed to be the hellebore used by Hippocrates as a purgative.

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Hellebore, or Zimovnik(lat. Helleborus listen)) is a genus of perennial herbaceous plants of the Ranunculaceae family.

Botanical description

Hellebore usually grows in the mountains in shady places.

Significance and application

Species with leafy stems

The flowers appear from a large bud at the top of a wintering leafy shoot. After fruiting, this stem dies off, but is replaced by a new one, ready for the next wintering with a flower bud at the top.

Helleborus foetidus - stinky hellebore (the only representative of the group that can overwinter in the climate of central Russia)
Helleborus lividus - Blueish hellebore

stemless species

Flowers are located on a special flowering stem, which brings them to the surface. They have a basal rosette of leaves that begins to grow during flowering and is fully formed by the time of fruiting.

Helleborus bocconei
Helleborus caucasicus - Caucasian hellebore
Helleborus cyclophyllus
Helleborus dumetorum - bush hellebore
Helleborus multifidus - Multipartite hellebore
Helleborus niger - Black Hellebore ("Christmas Rose")
Helleborus odorus - Sweet hellebore
Helleborus orientalis - Eastern hellebore
Helleborus purpurascens - Red hellebore
Helleborus thibetanus - Tibetan hellebore
Helleborus viridis - Green hellebore

Application in ornamental gardening

M. is widely grown in gardens both as medicinal and highly ornamental plants. Gardeners especially appreciate their frost resistance, winter and early spring flowering and evergreen foliage.

A traditional garden favorite is M. "Christmas Rose" (H. Niger): its snow-white flowers (often turning pink with age) open in the middle of winter. He has a lot cultivars with large, double or pink flowers.

But the most popular M. in horticulture is undoubtedly H. orientalis and its colored hybrids (H. × hybridus). They bloom at the very beginning of spring, during Lent, and serve as a bright decorative spot in a shady mixborder, between bushes and under trees.

hybrid forms

Accidental and deliberate crossing of H. orientalis with some other related species and subspecies has greatly expanded the flower color range, which now covers gray, almost black, deep purple and plum, luscious carnation red, yellow, white and green. External surface sepals often have a greenish tint, which becomes more pronounced as the flower ages; individual flowers often remain on the plant for a month or more. Inner surface sepals may be marked with veins, dots, or pink, red, or purple spots. Very popular, for example, is the Picotee variety, whose light sepals have narrow edges of a darker color, or those varieties whose dark nectaries contrast with light sepals.

Recently, plants with double and anemone flowers have also been bred. Oddly enough, for this purpose it was necessary to reverse the evolutionary process, under the influence of which the true petals of M. were reborn into nectaries; now it is nectaries that become the material for additional petals of double, semi-double and anemone flowers.

Semi-double flowers have one or two additional rows of petals; terry - more. Their inner petals are usually very similar to the outer petals in color and shape. Often they are the same length, although they may be slightly shorter and narrower, wavy or pleated. Anemone flowers, in contrast, have a cupped shape and no more than five outer petals in a ring surrounding much shorter and curved additional petals (sometimes funnel-shaped - an intermediate link between the petals and nectaries), which may differ in color from the outer petals. These short, extra petals (sometimes known as "petalled nectaries") fall off after pollination.

Interspecific hybrids

Gardeners have also created hybrids between more distant species. The earliest was probably H. × nigercors, a hybrid of H. niger and H. argutifolius (formerly called H. lividus subsp. corsicus or H. corsicus), created in 1931 by H. × sternii, a hybrid of H. argutifolius and H lividus, first demonstrated in 1947, is named after the famous British horticulturist Sir Frederick Stern. In recent years interesting hybrids have been created in the UK between H. niger and H. thibetanus (H. "Pink Ice"), and between H. niger and H. vesicarius (H. "Briar Rose"). The horticultural value of these hybrids is being tested.

Folklore and history of use

In folk medicine, two types of hellebore were recognized as medicinal: black hellebore, which included various types of M., and white hellebore, now known as Veratrum album ("false hellebore"). Although the latter is highly toxic and contains veratrin and the teratogens cyclopamine and yervine, it is believed to be the hellebore used by Hippocrates as a purgative. Black hellebore was used by the ancients for paralysis, gout and other ailments, especially insanity. Black hellebore is also poisonous, causing ringing in the ears, dizziness, stupor, thirst, a feeling of suffocation, swelling of the tongue and throat, vomiting and bowel cleansing, slowing of the pulse, and finally collapse and death from cardiac arrest.

Hellebore is surrounded by legends; he is believed to be able to summon demons. helleborus niger, usually spelled "Christmas Rose", was revered because old legend who told how he blossomed in the snow from the tears of a young girl who had nothing to give to the Christ Child in Bethlehem. AT Greek mythology, Melamrus of Pylos used the Hellebore to save the daughters of the King of Argos from the madness caused by Dionysius, who made them run naked through the city, screaming, screeching and crying.

During the siege of Kirrha in 585 BC, Hellebore was rumored to have been used by the Greek besiegers to poison the city's water supply. The besieged were so weakened by diarrhea that they were unable to defend the city from attack.

Some historians believe that Alexander the Great died due to an overdose of Hellebore, which he was trying to cure.

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Links

Hellebore: information on the site GRIN(English) (Retrieved December 4, 2009)
Hellebore: information on the website "Encyclopedia of Life" ( EOL) (English) (Retrieved December 4, 2009)
Hellebore- article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (Retrieved November 4, 2009)
Hellebore in the Encyclopedia of Ornamental Garden Plants

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Genus perennial herbs buttercup families. St. 20 species, mainly in the south of Europe (including Ukraine) and the Caucasus. Blooms in winter and early spring. The rhizomes contain cardiac glycosides used in medicine. Poisonous. Ornamental plants… Big Encyclopedic Dictionary

Wintering (Helleborus), a genus of plants of the family. ranunculus. Perennial herbs with basal long-leaved leaves. Flowers large, regular, protogynous, sepals petaloid, greenish, whitish or purple; petals small, yellow Biological encyclopedic dictionary

Exist., number of synonyms: 2 plant (4422) hellebore (8) ASIS synonym dictionary. V.N. Trishin. 2013 ... Synonym dictionary

- (Helleborus) a genus of perennial herbaceous plants of the buttercup family. Leaves basal, long-petiolate, palmately or stopiformly dissected, leathery. The flowers are large, with 5 greenish, whitish or purple persistent ... ... Great Soviet Encyclopedia

A genus of perennial herbs of the buttercup family. Over 20 species, mainly in the south of Europe (including Ukraine) and the Caucasus. Blooms in winter and early spring. The rhizomes contain cardiac glycosides used in medicine. Poisonous. Decorative… … encyclopedic Dictionary

Hellebore Caucasian is a herbaceous perennial which belongs to the Ranunculaceae family. Latin name: Helleborus.

Other names: wintering, Christmas rose, helleborus.

Botanical description:

the leaves of Caucasian hellebore are long-petiolate, basal, stop- or palmate-dissected, leathery.

The flowers of the plant are large, have five non-falling sepals (purple, whitish or greenish), as well as small petals that degenerate into tubular-funnel-shaped nectaries.

Hellebore blooms in early spring.

The fruit of the plant is a multileaf.

Hellebore is used in decorative floriculture (mainly, its hybrid forms are used). It has 14 varieties, mainly distributed in Europe.

Chemical composition

plants are quite rich and diverse: glycosides, vitamins, alkaloids, essential oils, coumarins. Because of this, it has pronounced healing properties.

Application and medicinal properties

In folk medicine, Caucasian hellebore in many regions of our country is much better known as wintering. And it is widely used to improve people's health, and the results of taking it are quite bright and fully meet expectations.

Contraindications

It must also be taken into account that no matter how useful the Caucasian hellebore is, it still has contraindications: individual intolerance, pregnancy and lactation, childhood. In addition, it is necessary to strictly observe the proportions of the recipe, avoiding an overdose. For she may have Negative consequences: poisoning, sensation of ringing in the ears, heart problems.

Recipes and cooking rules

For cancer, tuberculosis, pleurisy, cough, hemorrhoids, take a decoction three times a day for a teaspoon, for the preparation of which you take: half a liter of boiling water, half a teaspoon of hellebore root, boil for 30 minutes in a water bath, and then insist a quarter of an hour and strain. Of course, in order to achieve the desired result, the intake of a healing liquid must be continued for quite a long time. The most important thing is to have a positive attitude and not abandon the treatment.

With pain in the lower back and legs, hellebore juice is effective, it must be rubbed into disturbing places 2 times a day. The property of the winter hut will significantly improve well-being within 7-10 days.

To get rid of hypertension, as well as people after a heart attack and stroke, this recipe will be very useful: rash on the tongue from 5 to 15 mg of hellebore powder on an empty stomach. It is important that a person take no more than 20 mg per day.

With epilepsy, such a remedy will alleviate the patient's condition: pour 10 grams of hellebore root with a glass of water, insist for 12 hours. Take the resulting medicine in the morning and evening, half an hour before meals, a teaspoonful.

At chronic insufficiency take half a teaspoon of hellebore root, pour a glass of water, make water bath”, then simmer over low heat for 25 minutes. Leave the remedy to infuse for three hours, then strain, take 6 times a day.

With constipation, it is very convenient to use wintering powder. To do this, it must be taken at bedtime, at ten to eleven o'clock in the evening, by mixing 5 mg of this powder with half a teaspoon of honey.

Universal prescription for disease prevention various kinds and general healing of the body: take hellebore infusion by a teaspoon on an empty stomach for 10 days, take the same infusion for 2 teaspoons for the next ten days, then take hellebore infusion for 3 teaspoons for ten days, then for the next ten days take the remedy for 4 teaspoons. After this course of treatment, take a break for a month. And then start treatment according to the same scheme, but now increasing the dose not every 10, but after 5 days. The total duration of such a health course should be from six months to a year. The healing infusion is prepared as follows: 5-10 mg of hellebore root is poured into 500 ml of boiling water, infused for 8 hours, then filtered. It is best to store the decoction in the refrigerator.

Hellebore for weight loss

The use of Caucasian hellebore to improve well-being is indeed very common. Recently, this plant has been especially popular as a means for losing weight. In principle, any variant of its intake actively contributes to weight loss and its normalization. This process occurs gradually, without rapid jumps. Perhaps the best for weight loss is the above universal recipe taking frostbite. You just need to be patient and follow the rules of admission. This weight loss option is the most gentle for the body, in addition, it is quite reliable, after such weight loss the figure will remain in excellent condition for a long time. And human health will also improve significantly.

Of course, before starting treatment with hellebore, in without fail you should consult a good doctor. It is very important that in most cases, people taking this remedy do not experience any side effects. Unless, at first, chronic diseases can worsen slightly, but then the state of the body improves and stabilizes, and this is the most important thing.


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Hellebore, or Zimovnik(lat. Helleborus listen)) is a genus of perennial herbaceous plants of the Ranunculaceae family.

Botanical description

Hellebore usually grows in the mountains in shady places.

Significance and application

Application in ornamental gardening

M. are widely grown in gardens as both medicinal and highly ornamental plants. Gardeners especially appreciate their frost resistance, winter and early spring flowering and evergreen foliage.

A traditional garden favorite is the Christmas Rose Hellebore ( helleborus niger): its snow-white flowers (often turning pink with age) open in the middle of winter. It has many cultivars with large, double or pink flowers.

The most popular hellebore in gardening is undoubtedly Helleborus orientalis and its colored hybrids ( Helleborus × hybridus). They bloom at the very beginning of spring - in early March in middle lane Russia, and serve as a bright decorative spot in a shady mixborder, between bushes and under trees.

hybrid forms

Accidental and intentional crossbreeding Helleborus orientalis with some other related species and subspecies has significantly expanded the color range of flowers, which now covers gray, almost black, dark purple and plum, juicy carnation red, yellow, white and green. The outer surface of the sepals often has a greenish tint, which becomes more pronounced as the flower ages; individual flowers often remain on the plant for a month or more. The inner surface of the sepals may be marked with veins, dots, or pink, red, or purple spots. Very popular, for example, is the Picotee variety, whose light sepals have narrow edges of a darker color, or those varieties whose dark nectaries contrast with light sepals.

Semi-double flowers have one or two additional rows of petals; terry - more. Their inner petals are usually very similar to the outer petals in color and shape. Often they are the same length, although they may be slightly shorter and narrower, wavy or pleated. Anemone flowers, in contrast, have a cupped shape and no more than five outer petals in a ring surrounding much shorter and curved additional petals (sometimes funnel-shaped - an intermediate link between the petals and nectaries), which may differ in color from the outer petals. These short, extra petals (sometimes known as "petalled nectaries") fall off after pollination.

Interspecific hybrids

Gardeners have also created hybrids between more distant species. The earliest was probably Helleborus × nigercors, hybrid helleborus niger and Helleborus argutifolius(formerly called Helleborus lividus subsp. corsicus or Helleborus corsicus), founded in 1931. Helleborus × sternii, hybrid Helleborus argutifolius and Helleborus lividus, first demonstrated in 1947, is named after famed British horticulturist Sir Frederick Stern. In recent years, interesting hybrids have been created in the UK helleborus niger and Helleborus thibetanus (Helleborus"Pink Ice"), and between helleborus niger and Helleborus vesicarius (Helleborus Briar Rose). The horticultural value of these hybrids is being tested.

Folklore and history of use

In folk medicine, two types of hellebore were recognized as medicinal: black, which included various types of hellebore, and white, now known as Veratrum album("false hellebore"). Although the latter is highly toxic and contains veratrin and the teratogens cyclopamine and yervine, it is believed to be the hellebore used by Hippocrates as a purgative. Black hellebore was used by the ancients for paralysis, gout and other ailments, especially insanity. Black hellebore is also poisonous, causing ringing in the ears, dizziness, stupor, thirst, a feeling of suffocation, swelling of the tongue and throat, vomiting and bowel cleansing, slowing of the pulse, and finally collapse and death from cardiac arrest.

Hellebore is surrounded by legends; he is believed to be able to summon demons. helleborus niger, commonly called the "Christmas Rose", was revered because of an old legend that told how it blossomed in the snow from the tears of a young girl who had nothing to give to the Christ Child in Bethlehem. In Greek mythology, Melamrus of Pylos used the hellebore to save the daughters of King Argos from the madness caused by Dionysius, who made them run naked through the city, screaming, screeching and crying.

During the siege of Kirra in 585 BC, hellebore was rumored to have been used by the Greek besiegers to poison the city's water supply. The besieged were so weakened by diarrhea that they were unable to defend the city from attack.

Some historians believe that Alexander the Great died due to an overdose of hellebore, which he tried to cure.

Classification

Kinds

According to The Plant List for 2010, the genus Hellebore includes 14 species:

Helleborus abchasicusA.Brown- Abkhaz hellebore
Helleborus bocconeiten.
Helleborus caucasicus A.Braun - Caucasian hellebore
Helleborus cyclophyllusBoiss.
Helleborus dumetorumWaldst. & Kit. Willd.- Bush hellebore
Helleborus foetidus- Stinky hellebore
Helleborus lividusAiton ex Curtis- Blue hellebore
Helleborus multifidusVis.- Hellebore multipartite
helleborus niger L. - Black hellebore, or Christmas rose
Helleborus odorus Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd. - Fragrant hellebore
Helleborus orientalisLam.- Eastern hellebore
Helleborus purpurascens Waldst. & Kit. - Hellebore blushing
Helleborus thibetanusFranch.- Tibetan hellebore
Helleborus viridis L. - Green hellebore

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Prince Andrei stopped him by the hand.
- No, wait, Pierre. The princess is so kind that she does not want to deprive me of the pleasure of spending the evening with you.
“No, he only thinks of himself,” the princess said, unable to hold back her angry tears.
“Lise,” said Prince Andrei dryly, raising his tone to the degree that shows that patience is exhausted.
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- Bonsoir, Lise, [Good night, Liza,] - said Prince Andrei, getting up and politely, like a stranger, kissing his hand.

The friends were silent. Neither of them began to speak. Pierre glanced at Prince Andrei, Prince Andrei rubbed his forehead with his small hand.
"Let's go to dinner," he said with a sigh, getting up and heading for the door.
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He waved his hand vigorously.
Pierre took off his glasses, which made his face change, showing even more kindness, and looked in surprise at his friend.
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“It’s funny to me,” said Pierre, “that you yourself, you consider yourself incapable, your life a spoiled life. You have everything, everything is ahead. And you…
He did not say that you were, but his tone already showed how highly he appreciated his friend and how much he expected from him in the future.
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Helleborus caucasicus

Description

perennial herbaceous plant 20-50 cm high. Leathery wintering long-petiolate basal leaves are dissected into 5-11 elliptical serrated segments. The stem is simple, slightly branched above. Flower stalk with 1-3 flowers. Flowers up to 8 cm in diameter, initially drooping, pale-colored, greenish-white or greenish-brown. The fruit is leaflets, free at the base, with a straight long spout. Blooms in winter and early spring.

Spreading

Distributed in the North Caucasus, in Georgia. It grows in forests, on the edges, on the slopes. It is bred as an ornamental plant.

Used part

For medicinal purposes, roots and rhizomes are used, which contain glycosides that are potent on the heart: helleborin, deglycogellebrin (corelborin), which breaks down during hydrolysis.

Application

In the roots and rhizomes, glycosides that are potent on the heart were found, from which the drug Corelborin is produced. It is prescribed for cardiovascular insufficiency II-III degree. to the central nervous system corelborin acts as a sedative, in case of kidney diseases - as a diuretic; externally used to treat tumors, hemorrhoids, pleurisy, tuberculosis, for washing festering wounds and hair growth.

Recipes

a decoction of the rhizome in small doses (1/2 teaspoon of the root per 0.5 l of water) is boiled to the condition of one glass; 1 teaspoon 3 times a day.

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