At the beginning of development suburban area when there was nothing on it yet, we planted a bush brought from the forest. We liked it for its decorative effect: it blooms early, when the snow has not yet melted, the flowers are bright lilac color, leaves beautiful shape bright green. And at the end of summer, red berries appear on it. Planted and rejoice for many years. And they didn’t even bother to find out better what we are growing. True, a neighbor warned us that the plant is poisonous. And today, in one of the posts, I saw our joy and finally recognized her name.))
Why wolf's bast considered one of the most poisonous plants found in our country?
AT spruce forest wolf's bast bush bloomed with small pinkish flowers. Flowers sit right on the trunk and on the branches, as if attached to them.
How pleasing to the eye are these unpretentious flowers, how they smell good, fresh and gentle, just like spring!
Now there are no leaves on the branches of the wolf's bark yet, they will appear later, when the plant fades. The leaves of the wolf's bast are oblong, slightly pointed towards the end. These leaves grow in bunches at the ends of the branches. And below them, bright red berries the size of a pea appear on the branches by autumn.
G. Skrebitsky.*
The shrub grows in dense forests, thickets, blooms in March-April, the berries ripen in June-July. All parts of the plant (fresh and dried) are very poisonous, especially bast (wood fibers) and berries. Poisoning can occur upon contact with the plant, especially with its bark. The toxic component of the wolf's bark has a sharp, burning taste and is highly irritating.
In children, ingestion of 1-2 berries can cause severe poisoning, which very often ends in death!
Poison that enters the human body through the skin or digestive tract causes severe inflammation of the skin and mucous membranes, eventually affecting the central nervous system, circulatory system and kidneys.
Upon contact with the skin, symptoms of its inflammation appear: redness, swelling, vesicles on the skin, in severe cases - suppuration. The mucous membrane of the digestive tract and conjunctiva reacts in a similar way. In case of oral poisoning, the inflammatory process begins in the oral cavity and spreads to other parts of the digestive tract (stomach and intestines). There are pain in the mouth and stomach, salivation, thirst, swallowing disorders, nausea, vomiting, crampy pain in the abdomen and diarrhea, sometimes with an admixture of blood. General symptoms: headache and dizziness, agitation, fever, increased heart rate, weakness, shortness of breath, convulsions in children, difficulty urinating, hematuria, circulatory failure, which can result in death.
First aid - wash the affected skin, conjunctiva and mouth with water. Give the patient milk and/or protein chicken eggs and then transported to a hospital immediately.
What does a wolf's bast look like?
This shrub is not higher than one meter. However, if the shrub is grown, creating favorable conditions for it, then it can grow up to 2.5 meters in height (for example, a wolf bast bush in a garden or park). In spring, the stems of the shrub are bare, and pink flowers bloom on the branches. fragrant flowers, located in the axils of leaves that fell last year. Each sinus consists of three flowers.
The trunk with branches is gray-brown in color. Leaves are ovate. The fruit of the plant is light red in color, the shape is also ovoid.
From February to the end of March, this plant blooms beautifully, and on the territory of Russia, the flowering period is April-May.
The plant grows in dimly lit places, on soil with a lot of nutrients. You can meet a wolf's bast in the floodplain forest or on the edges of the forest.
According to legend, somehow the wolf was late for the council of animals. It can be seen running among the trees, in search of dinner. And the council at that time gave the plants names, and therefore not one of the plants was named after the wolf. The wolf was so angry that, out of vexation, he pounced on a bush standing nearby and began to rip off the bark from it with claws and teeth. Animals, wanting to calm the raging predator, named the plant wolf's bast in honor of him.
Medicinal properties of wolf's bast
Plants contain in all their parts toxic substances: meserine resin (causing stomach upset. And blistering and redness appear on the skin) and daphrin glycoside (leads to rapid bleeding). In the bark of the plant, the content of resins, waxes of coloring substances and wax was found. Fruits are a source of bitter and coloring substances, fat, coccognin and essential oil.
Considering the fact that this poisonous plant, then you can take it only after the permission of the doctor. Wolf bast preparations have antiepileptic, analgesic, laxative and hypnotic properties on the human body.
The use of the wolf's bark
Let me remind you once again that wolf's bast preparations should be taken in homeopathic doses, and only when your doctor gives permission for this. It is necessary to take preparations of this plant carefully and not hastily. Externally, an infusion of this plant is used for radiculitis, neuralgia, tumors, sciatica. This remedy had irritating and blistering properties. In some cases, a tincture or decoction is used for sore throat, dysentery, jaundice, and even a cold.
In the presence of a toothache, the wolf's bast has an analgesic property.
A decoction of a wolf's bark.
It is necessary to take 2 grams of plant flowers and pour 20 ml of boiling water over them. We put on fire for 20 minutes. Having removed the broth from the fire, it must immediately be filtered, and the raw materials must be squeezed out. The resulting volume must be brought to 250 ml with boiling water. take this decoction 5 drops three times a day.
Wolf bark powder.
This medicine relieves a person of toothache. It is very easy to make it yourself, because for this you only need to collect the flowers of the plant and grind them into powder. Next, take this powder and rub it on the sore spot. After that, you need to rinse the genus with warm boiled water.
Decoction-hypnotic wolf bast.
4 grams of plant roots poured with a glass of boiling water, you need to put for 30 minutes on water bath. After a quarter of an hour the broth is infused, it must be filtered. Take a decoction before meals, 1 teaspoon twice a day.
Tincture of wolf's bast fruit.
Take half a glass of 70% alcohol and fill it with 1 gram of the fruit of the plant (you can bark). Leave for 7 days for infusion. Strain with gauze. It is recommended to take this tincture before meals three times a day. Before you take this tincture you need to dilute. For example, put 2 drops of wine in a spoonful of water.
Wolf poisoning
All parts of the plant contain poison, so it is enough for a person to eat 3-5 berries of the plant and he will die.
Signs of poisoning are as follows:
Abdominal pain;
Urine with blood;
Salivation.
The death of a person can occur in case of cardiac arrest.
Measures for poisoning.
The first step is to wash the stomach, and then enter vaseline oil. In no case should a laxative be used for poisoning with this plant. The main goal is to eliminate irritation of the mucous membranes of the digestive tract, for which it is necessary to allow the victim to hold pieces of ice in his mouth, lubricate the mucous membranes with dikaip, and the poisoned person must take anestezin inside.
Be careful, do not stop near the wolf's bark, pass by!
Wolf tincture
To prepare it, take 10 grams of plant bark (crushed) and pour half a glass of alcohol (70%). Leave to brew for 2 weeks dark room. You need to take the tincture three times a day, 1 drop, but every day the dose should be increased by 1 drop. When a single dose is 30 drops, start the countdown in the reverse position, that is, reduce the dose by 1 drop. Before taking, dilute the tincture with 100 ml of water. The course of such treatment is 60 days. After taking a break for 14 days, you can resume the course, or take another poison.
Wolf bark contraindications
Since the wolf's bast is a very poisonous plant, it must be used strictly observing the dose. Children are strictly forbidden to use wolf bast preparations.
Read about other poisonous plants here:
*thanks heartily to PaniPolak for this quote.
Wolfberries is a collective, popular name for a number of plants, the fruits of most of which have toxic or irritating properties.
Since childhood, we have been told about toxic properties wolfberry. However, few people know that there are several varieties of such berries. For example, Belladonna is poisonous kind, while Dereza vulgaris is not. Also poisonous are Wolfberry and raven eye. Buckthorn brittle and Snowberry can cause vomiting or dizziness.
wolfberry often includes other inedible plants that have a specific color, for example, bright red. Thus, red elderberry and some types of black elderberry are also in some way wolfberry.
Belladonna (common belladonna)
or Krasukha, or Sleepy Dope, or Mad Berry, or Mad Cherry, or European Belladonna, or Common Belladonna, or Belladonna Belladonna (lat. Atrópa belladónna)
The specific name "belladonna" (belladonna) comes from Italian words and translated into Russian means " beautiful woman". In the old days, Italian ladies instilled belladonna juice into their eyes, the pupils dilated - and a special sparkle appeared in their eyes. In addition, the cheeks were rubbed with berries so that they acquired a “natural” blush. In Russia, this plant has long been known as "belladonna". Another name, "rabies", is due to the fact that atropine, which is part of the plant, can cause a strong excitement in a person, reaching rabies.
Signs of poisoning
Signs of mild poisoning (appear after 10-20 minutes): dryness and burning in the mouth and throat, difficulty swallowing and speaking, rapid heartbeat (tachycardia). The voice becomes hoarse. The pupils are dilated and do not react to light. Violated near vision. Photophobia, flashing flies before the eyes. Dryness and redness of the skin. Excitation, sometimes delirium and hallucinations.
In severe poisoning, complete loss of orientation, sudden motor and mental excitement, sometimes convulsions. A sharp increase in body temperature, shortness of breath with the appearance of periodic breathing of the Cheyne-Stokes type, cyanosis (blue) of the mucous membranes, irregular weak pulse, drop in blood pressure. Possible death from paralysis of the respiratory center and vascular insufficiency.
A specific complication of atropine poisoning is trophic disorders - significant swelling of the subcutaneous tissue of the face, in the area of the forearms and legs.
wolfberry
Deadly wolfberry, or Common wolfberry, or Wolf bast, or Wolf berries, or Plokhovets, or Pukhlyak (lat. Dáphne mezéreum)
AT middle lane Russia blooms before all shrubs.
In Russia, it grows throughout the forest zone - in the north of the European part of Russia (including the Arctic region) and Western Siberia(on the border with the forest-steppe; to the east it reaches Baikal), in the North Caucasus and in Dagestan.
It grows more often in the undergrowth of dark coniferous and mixed forests, less often in broad-leaved forests of the forest-steppe. In the southern regions - in the subalpine belt of mountains. It grows well and branches with light clarification.
poisonous organs
Leaves, flowers, fruits are highly poisonous.
Picture of poisoning
Poisoning occurs when eating berries (often by children), chewing the bark, and also when the skin comes into contact with wet bark or when plant juice gets on it (dermatitis). Inhalation of dust from the bark causes irritation of the mucous membranes of the pharynx and respiratory tract, contact with the eyes irritates the conjunctiva. After eating the berries, there is a burning sensation in the mouth, pain in the epigastric region, nausea, vomiting, weakness, convulsions are possible. Poisoning proceeds according to the type of hemorrhagic gastroenteritis.
Crow's eye four leaf
It grows almost throughout Europe (except the southeast), in the Mediterranean and Western Siberia, in deciduous forests and mixed forests on fertile loamy soil. Found in coniferous forests. Prefers damp, shady places, thickets of bushes, shady ravines. It is also distributed in the forest-steppe.
Virulence
The plant is deadly poisonous. Children are especially often poisoned, who are attracted to shiny beautiful berries raven eye. Leaves act on the central nervous system, fruits - on the heart, rhizomes cause vomiting. Symptoms of poisoning: abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, dizziness attacks, convulsions, disruption of the heart until it stops. The use of the plant for medicinal purposes is prohibited.
Buckthorn brittle
alder buckthorn (lat. Frángula álnus), or brittle buckthorn (Rhámnus frangula)
It occurs in the forest and forest-steppe zone of Europe, the central regions of Western Siberia, in the north of Asia Minor, in most of the Crimea, in the Caucasus, in northern regions Central Asia.
Application in medicine
The bark and fruits have laxative and emetic properties and are used in traditional medicine. In official medicine, buckthorn bark (lat. Cortex Frangulae) has medicinal value. To avoid poisoning, do not use fresh bark. Toxic substances in it are gradually oxidized, so the bark is used after 1 year of natural storage or after warming up (1 hour at a temperature of 100 ° C). Raw materials are used in the form of a decoction, extract, as part of laxative and anti-hemorrhoid preparations, in the form of the Ramnil preparation.
elderberry red
Elderberry ordinary, or elderberry racemose (lat. Sambúcus racemósa)
The red elderberry is widespread in Eurasia and North America. The Western European part of the range covers the Mediterranean countries and the countries of Central and of Eastern Europe. In Russia, the plant is distributed from the western borders to Pacific Ocean. The plant is found in China, Korea and Japan, as well as in Canada and the USA (including Alaska).
Use in medicine
In folk medicine, flowers and fruits of the plant are used. In the treatment of colds, bronchial asthma, headaches and rheumatism drink an infusion of flowers. An infusion of flowers as an external agent is used for rinsing with acute tonsillitis (tonsillitis) and inflammatory processes in the oral cavity. As a laxative, jelly made from fruits is used.
Voronet krasnoplodny
Voronets krasnoplodny grows in coniferous and mixed forests, in the Far East, in Siberia and in the north of the European part of Russia.
Application in medicine
In the past, cohosh roots were used in folk medicine for asthma and goiter. Currently, its use is limited in homeopathy for rheumatism and muscle inflammation.
In folk medicine, a decoction of the herb is used for general weakness and loss of strength, heart attacks, headaches, and women's diseases (Vereshchagin et al., 1959). Fruits and grass are used for gastritis, peptic ulcer stomach and duodenum, with enterocolitis, as an antitumor agent for stomach cancer; a decoction of herbs with berries - with gastralgia. Infusions and decoctions from rhizomes are used for uterine bleeding, whites, delayed menstruation, with pulmonary tuberculosis, diseases of the nervous system. The plant is also used for malaria, rheumatism, asthma, goiter, skin diseases, as a calming central nervous system and cardiovascular agent (Schroeter, 1975; Krylov, Stepanov, 1979). In Tibetan medicine, a decoction of the herb is used for headaches, pain in the heart and gynecological diseases.
Installed positive action Voronets drugs as a cardiovascular, sedative. According to E. Yu. Chass, there are several cases of curing inoperable forms of stomach cancer with grass and black cohosh fruits.
A decoction of rhizomes or infusion is used for female diseases, general weakness. An infusion of herbs in Tibetan medicine and in Siberia is used for gastrointestinal and nervous diseases, headaches, and heart attacks.
Wolfberry, according to Wikipedia, is not at all one well-defined plant. This phrase is the collective name for many plants whose fruits are toxic or irritating. The group, popularly called "wolfberry", includes wolfberry, raven eye, raven, belladonna, red elderberry, castor bean, honeysuckle honeysuckle and others.
Belladonna, or common belladonna
So beautiful word, which means "beautiful lady" in translation, is a plant whose poisonous berries can cause the death of a person who has eaten it. The roots of this plant and its leaves are also harmful. Even just touching belladonna causes skin lesions similar to a chemical burn. That is why the people gave the belladonna another name - wolfberry. The plant itself can grow up to one and a half meters in height. Known belladonna Atropa, which is legendary. After all, the word Atropa comes from Atropos - the name of one of the three Fates. It was these Greek goddesses who allegedly held magic scissors in their hands, with which they cut the threads of human lives. But in real life wolfberry can just suddenly end the lives of not only people, but also animals.
St. John's wort
Speaking of poisonous berries, others should be recalled, such as, for example, the fruits of May lily of the valley, juniper Tamariscifolia, St. John's wort. And on these plants bright attractive berries ripen, which just ask to be put into the mouth. Many are confused by the fact that St. John's wort and lily of the valley are medicinal plants and should not seem to be fraught with danger. However, the fruits of these plants - inedible berries. For example, the St. John's wort family is often used as a hedge in gardens and yards. You can also find this shrub in the forests. When ripe, the berries first turn red and then turn black or purple. As medicinal plants, they used in medicine.But it is not recommended to eat attractive berries just like that - they are poisonous.
Nightshade
The Solanaceae family includes potatoes, eggplants, tomatoes, peppers, physalis and nightshade itself. Nightshades also come in several varieties. Black nightshade is widely represented in central Russia - an annual herbaceous plant. It is found in ravines and gardens, on the coasts of reservoirs and in bushes. The ground part of the plant is often used to make medicines. But with berries you should be careful. This plant is not as simple as it might seem at first glance. After all, the ripe fruits of nightshade have been used by the people since ancient times, both raw and as a filling for pies. But unripe berries can cause severe poisoning. Therefore, you should be extremely careful if this grows nearby. insidious plant. When picking berries for a pie, you need to carefully choose only ripe fruits of bright black color.
elderberry red
Both privet and red elderberry are not a rare old-timer in the yards, especially in rural areas. There is a belief that the clusters of bright berries of these plants scare away mice and rats. Perhaps that is why our ancestors planted these shrubs so actively. And in the spring they delight the eye with their beautiful flowering. But their berries are absolutely impossible to eat - they are poisonous! This is especially true of fresh fruits hanging on branches and seducing those who do not know about the dangers of these beautiful berries. Of course, it's better to just uproot this elderberry out of harm's way! But here lies the problem: this shrub is so tenacious that on next year from a small piece of root left in the ground, a new plant will again reach for the sun.
It just so happened that different concepts are hidden under the term "wolf berries".
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Firstly, wolf berries are one of the popular names for a shrub called wolf's bast(other names are wolfberry, wolf, daphne). This is amazing plant already in the spring, it begins to behave differently from the rest of the "respectable" bushes and trees: leaves first appear on them and only then - flowers. And the wolfberry is first covered with beautiful pink flowers(in April-May), and only then releases "whirlwinds" of narrow ovoid leaves on the tops of the branches.
Bright red berries of a wolf's bast the size of a pea sit directly on branches of 2-3 pieces, like sea buckthorn.
Despite the fact that they look very appetizing, you should never eat them, as they are highly poisonous! However, in the wolfberry, all parts of the plant are poisonous. Even a small drop of plant juice, falling on the skin or mucous membrane of the lips or eyes, causes irritation. If you eat a wolf berry, burning, nausea, vomiting, weakness will begin, convulsions may begin, the temperature will rise ... Therefore, try not to approach this beautiful bush!
"Wolf's bast" ... Why wolf? Probably because among the people wolves have long been the personification of deceit, cruelty and evil. And why bast? But because the bark of the wolf (more precisely, the bast layer under the bark) is very strong. Previously, paper, ropes, ropes were made from it, and even bast shoes were woven. Anyone who has tried to pluck a wolf branch "as a keepsake" knows that it is easy to break it off, but it is already more difficult to tear it off the bush. The reason is a strong bast.
Only after reading these lines, please do not treat this plant as an enemy if you happen to meet it in the forest! Firstly, it is quite rare and is listed in the Red Book. Secondly, the wolf's bast is a wonderful honey plant, and it blooms at a time when there are still very few other flowers. Thirdly, wolf - medicinal plant. Fourth, despite the toxicity, birds for some reason can eat wolf fruits without any harm to themselves, so do not deprive the birds of this source of food.
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Wolfberries are sometimes called forest honeysuckle. Its berries are very similar to the berries of the wolf's bast:
It can be distinguished from the wolf by two signs: its berries on short pedicels depart from the nodes (that is, from where the leaves leave), and not from the internodes. In addition, honeysuckle berries sit in pairs. They are not poisonous, like the berries of the wolf's bark, but still inedible. You bite the berry - and at first you feel a sweetish taste, but almost immediately you feel a strong bitterness in your mouth, which then does not go away for a long time.
By the way, forest honeysuckle is a close relative of edible honeysuckle. Its blue, with a bluish bloom, berries have a delicate aroma and a bitter-sour taste reminiscent of blueberries, contain a lot of useful substances and are valued for medicinal purposes. It is bred in gardens.
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And, finally, "wolfberries" is the collective popular name for all berries with black or red berry-like fruits that are inedible or poisonous. Here are some examples of such plants.
Summer is a time of rest in the country, in the forest. Some plants in your area are harmless, while others can be deadly poisonous. Today we would like to consider the wolfberry: to study it beneficial features and dispel some myths.
Since childhood, our grandmother told us about the poisonous properties of wolfberries. However, few people know that there are several varieties of such berries. For example, Belladonna is a poisonous species, while Common Dereza is not. Thus, wolfberry is a collective folk name that includes many varieties of the plant. Wolfberry and Crow's eye are also poisonous. or dizziness can be Brittle buckthorn and Snowberry. The honeysuckle plant is not poisonous.
In addition to the previously written, other inedible plants that have a specific color, for example, bright red, are often referred to as a wolfberry. Thus, red elderberry and some types of black elderberry are also in some way wolfberry.
A low shrub with small red berries that look a lot like goji is a standard wolfberry. It is this plant that is most often presented during the stories of parents or grandmothers.
Beneficial features
As already noted, only two types of wolfberry are not poisonous - Dereza and real honeysuckle. However, only the fruits of the first shrub are suitable for consumption. Decoctions and teas are made from these berries, they are discussed below.
It is very difficult to get a wolfberry in Russia. Its habitat is Ukraine, the Caucasus and Moldova. But, if you manage to buy Dereza somewhere, you will forever forget what a cold, runny nose, etc. is, because this plant strengthens the immune system, making the body more resistant to diseases.
Other types of wolfberries cannot boast of such properties, but they can become useful in the household. From poisonous fruit some gardeners make poison for pests. It is worth noting that these are quite effective, but do not differ much from purchased substances: store-bought poisons and those made on their own harm the garden. It is categorically impossible to touch the wolfberry remedy: if it gets into even the smallest wound, it causes poisoning, moreover, quite serious.
Plants that have an attractive appearance are used to decorate the summer cottage and garden. For example, privet will perfectly complement landscape design, forming a living fence.
Some types of wolfberry are used in medicine for making. And in Nepal, local firms produce paper from wolf bast.
Thus, poisonous fruits, although unfit for consumption, have become an integral part of industry and decor.
wolfberry fruits
Wolfberry is relatively easy to recognize among other plants. A poisonous plant grows in a forest area, very similar to currants. However, where the wolfberry grows, currants cannot exist. The color of the wolf's bast is peculiar: the berries are dark, they may have purple hue. Also distinguishing feature- the surface of the fruit is glossy. In this regard, it is impossible to confuse a plant with dereza.
The berries contain solanine - a very strong poison. If you eat a dozen fruits, then a person will experience dizziness, indigestion, weakness, vomiting, and impaired coordination of movements. But a large dosage can kill, moreover, in a short time.
There is also a wolfberry with red fruits. They strongly resemble goji, but are identical in properties to black fruits. Very often, citizens who want to lose weight go in search of local ones. As a result, they end up in the hospital in critical condition. Remember, although berries are similar to the famous weight loss remedy, they have nothing in common except appearance, Dont Have.
wolfberry leaves
Each shrub has its own leaf shape. In this regard, it is difficult to remember certain types of wolfberry from the foliage. It is worth noting that the leaves are also poisonous, just like the root, trunk and, of course, the berries themselves.
Dereza leaves are small, oblong, have a clear oval shape, the tip is slightly pointed. Color is rich green.
The leaves are of no value. It is not used to make medicinal tea or decoction.
Application of wolfberry
As already noted, wolfberry is used in medicines, as it has a number of useful properties:
- normalizes the work of the heart;
- nervous system;
- kidneys and liver;
- supports immunity;
- treats diseases of the eyes, joints and intestines.
Dereza is very similar to barberry. It turns out very tasty, and also healthy drink. Below is the tea recipe.
Prepare a spoonful of barberry and 250 milliliters of water. Grind the dereza by passing through a meat grinder or using a blender. Put the berry mass in a thermos. Fill her up hot water, but not boiling water, because dereza will lose all its properties. Wait half an hour for the tea to brew. You can drink this drink instead of regular tea.
Is wolfberry dangerous?
Dereza is rich in minerals, amino acids, vitamins B and C, iron, polysaccharides, etc. If you eat even a small amount of harmful fruits, you will find yourself in a hospital bed. And if you eat berries in large quantities, then death is possible. Rarely do doctors manage to save a person.
Decoction of wolf berries
If you suffer from a rectal fissure, hemorrhoids or spastic colitis then prepare the next decoction.
- Boil 20 grams of coda dereza for 20 minutes in a glass of water.
- Pass the decoction through a fine sieve or cheesecloth.
- Use in the morning and evening before meals on a spoon.
A decoction of 60 grams of wolfberry, 20 grams of dandelion roots, 20 grams of parsley (fruits), the same number of fennel fruits and twenty grams of peppermint will improve digestion. Pour 20 grams of herbal mixture half a liter hot water(80°). Insist 30 minutes. Drink two glasses at a time in the morning.
This remedy is also a diuretic.
For the treatment of constipation, this recipe is useful: grind thirty grams of dry wolfberry bark, fill it with 200 grams of alcohol. It should be insisted for at least a week. Take a little (no more than a spoonful) in the morning or afternoon.
