Wolf's bast is a plant belonging to the family Thymelaeáceae. This is a popular name, but according to the official classification it is called wolfberry, or common wolfberry. 14 of its species are found on the territory of Russia.

Description

This is a shrub, barely reaching a height of 1 m, with flexible thin branches. Its bark has a grayish-brown tint and is dotted with brown spots. The leaves are rounded-oblong on short petioles. The flowers are tubular, four-petaled, with eight stamens, reminiscent of lilacs. They are without peduncles and are located directly on the stem of the plant. wolf's face. The photo demonstrates this perfectly.

Distinctive feature

During flowering (April - early May), it is impossible to confuse this plant with any other. Its leafless branches are literally strewn with lilac pink flowers, collected in piles. If you sniff, you can feel the aroma of vanilla emanating from them. Just don’t get carried away by this smell, otherwise you won’t be able to avoid headaches and malaise.

Fruit

The fruits of this plant are berries that ripen in August. They are small in size, bright scarlet in color, oval, juicy. Just like flowers, they are located on the branches in a few groups. At this time, the branches already have leaves, although only at the tops.

Why did such an unusual name stick?

The names of shrubs, as well as other plants, are not born out of nowhere. Wolfberry has a very strong bark. Not even the bark, but the bast layer located under it, namely bast. Thanks to him, it is easy to break a branch of this shrub, but difficult to tear it off; considerable strength will be required. The adjective in the name stuck because the wolf has always been associated with evil and deceit. And this plant is exactly that.

Wolf bast is poisonous, and all its parts. The aroma of flowers is intoxicating, poisonous. A small drop of juice that gets on the skin will cause a burning sensation and irritation on the mucous membrane. If you unknowingly chew a twig, your lips will become swollen, your throat will be very sore, your eyes will become watery, your head will hurt, your temperature will rise, and you may experience vomiting and convulsions.

Spreading

Scientists have not come to a consensus on how wolf bast spreads. One version: birds peck the berries, digest them without problems and spread the seeds with excrement.

Why are there no thickets?

Wolf's bast in Russia grows in the Caucasus, Siberia and the forest-steppe zone of the European part of the country. However, this plant is quite rare. Botanists believe that thickets do not form because plants are capable of poisoning each other, since they contain toxic substances.

Application

Wolf's bast contains glycosides and flavonoids, which, when ingested by the human body, promote blood clotting, upset the digestive system, and form blisters and burns on the skin. However, in folk medicine these qualities are used to treat neuralgia, paralysis, gout, rheumatism, i.e. only as an external remedy. Tinctures are prepared from fresh bark collected during the flowering period.

In conclusion

If you come across a wolf's head, it is much safer to admire it from afar. It is a source of food for birds in autumn and a decoration. spring forest. In addition, the plant is protected as rare.

Wolfberry, according to Wikipedia, is not one clearly defined plant. This phrase is a collective name for many plants whose fruits are toxic or irritating. In a group popularly called " wolfberry", included wolfberry, raven eye, crowberry, belladonna, red elderberry, castor bean, honeysuckle honeysuckle and others.

Belladonna or belladonna

So a beautiful word, which translated means “beautiful lady,” is the name of a plant whose poisonous berries can cause the death of a person who eats it. Both the roots of this plant and its leaves are also harmful. Even just touching belladonna causes skin damage similar to a chemical burn. That is why people gave belladonna another name - wolf berry. The plant itself can grow up to one and a half meters in height. The famous belladonna Atropa, about which there is a legend. After all, the word Atropa comes from Atropos - the name of one of the three Fates. It was these Greek goddesses who allegedly held magical scissors in their hands with which they cut the threads of human lives. But in real life Wolfberry can suddenly end the lives of not only people, but also animals.

St. John's wort

Speaking about poisonous berries, we should remember others, such as the fruits of lily of the valley, juniper Tamariscifolia, and St. John's wort. And these plants ripen bright, attractive berries that just beg to be eaten. Many are confused by the fact that St. John's wort and lily of the valley are medicinal plants and should not be fraught with danger. However, the fruits of these plants are inedible berries. For example, St. John's wort is often used as a hedge in gardens and courtyards. You can also find this shrub in forests. The berries, when ripe, first turn red and then turn black or purple. They are used as medicinal plants They are used in medicine, but it is not recommended to simply eat the attractive berries - they are poisonous.

Nightshade

The Solanaceae family includes potatoes, eggplants, tomatoes, peppers, physalis and nightshade itself. Nightshades also come in several varieties. Widely represented in middle lane In Russia, black nightshade is an annual herbaceous plant. It is found in ravines and gardens, on the shores of reservoirs and in bush thickets. The above-ground part of the plant is often used to make medicines. But you should be careful with berries. This plant is not as simple as it might seem at first glance. After all, the ripe fruits of nightshade have been used by people for food 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 select only ripe fruits of a bright black color.

Red elderberry

Both privet and red elderberry are not a rare old-timer in yards, especially in rural areas. There is a belief that the clusters of bright berries from these plants repel 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 blooms. But you absolutely cannot eat their berries - they are poisonous! This is especially true for fresh fruits hanging on branches and tempting 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 next year from a small piece of root remaining in the ground, a new plant will again reach for the sun.

Bittersweet nightshade is a subshrub with a long curly stem (up to 2 m, and in favorable conditions more), with a woody base.
The leaves are ovate-pointed.
The flowers are purple, in drooping racemes.
Blooms from late May to September.
The fruits are red, bittersweet, poisonous berries that ripen in June - October.

Distribution of Red Nightshade

Red nightshade is widespread in the European part of Russia, the Caucasus, Siberia and the Far East along the banks of reservoirs, damp places, and among bushes. Often found in populated areas, on the outskirts of villages, between vegetable gardens, and on garbage heaps. Often bittersweet nightshade is grown on personal plots, as a decorative vine.

Poisonous parts of Red Nightshade
The leaves, stem and fruits of nightshade are poisonous. As they ripen, the toxic properties of the berries of bittersweet nightshade, unlike black nightshade, do not disappear, since in addition to the poisonous glycoalkaloid solanine, which disappears when the berries ripen, there are also other toxic substances, in particular solidulcine and dulcamarin.

Symptoms of poisoning
Symptoms of poisoning with bittersweet nightshade are the same as for poisoning with other plants containing solanine and similar glycoalkaloids - abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, depression of motor and mental activity, difficulty breathing, cardiovascular failure. First aid is gastric lavage.

Poisonous berries picture, photo - red nightshade

Belladonna

Also known under the names belladonna, belladonna, sleepy stupor, crazy berry, crazy cherry (Atropa belladonna) - a plant of the nightshade family. Perennial herbaceous plant 1-2 m high with an erect, thick green or violet-colored stem, forked-branched at the top.
The leaves are petiolate, broadly lanceolate, alternate, but close in pairs, and one is always much larger than the others.
Belladonna flowers are solitary, drooping, emerging from the axils of the upper leaves, bell-shaped, dirty purple (sometimes yellow) in color.
Blooms from June until late autumn.
The fruit is a shiny black-blue poisonous berry, flattened-spherical, juicy, sweet and sour, the size of a cherry.

Spread of Belladonna
Belladonna is widespread in the Crimea, the Caucasus, and the Carpathians. Found in clearings, forest edges, and shady meadows.

Poisonous parts of Belladonna
All parts of the plant are poisonous. Poisoning more often occurs in children who are attracted to the poisonous belladonna berries that resemble cherries or grapes (even 2-3 berries can cause severe poisoning in a child). They, as well as other parts of the plant, contain very poisonous alkaloids such as atropine, hyoscyamine, scopolamine, etc.

Symptoms of poisoning
Signs of poisoning appear within 10-20 minutes. In case of mild poisoning, dryness and burning in the mouth and throat, difficulty swallowing and speaking, rapid heartbeat. The voice becomes hoarse. The pupils are dilated and do not respond to light. Near vision is impaired. Photophobia, flickering of spots before the eyes. Dryness and redness of the skin. Excitement, sometimes delusions and hallucinations. In severe poisoning, complete loss of orientation, sudden motor and mental agitation, and sometimes convulsions.

Poisonous berries picture, photo - belladonna

Calla lily (calla lily) marsh

Swamp whitewing is a succulent, thick-rhizomatous, creeping hydrophyte (a plant that grows half in water) 20-40 cm high with large shiny round-heart-shaped leaves (15-20 cm) on long petioles. The cob-shaped inflorescence is surrounded by a white (green on the reverse side) leaf-like blanket.
The fruits are juicy red poisonous berries collected in clusters.
It blooms in May and June, the fruits ripen from the end of June.

Distribution of Whitefly
The swamp whitewing is widespread throughout Russia in swamps and marshy banks of reservoirs.

Poisonous parts of the Whitefly
The entire plant is poisonous, especially the poisonous berries and rhizomes. Calla contains pungent saponin-like compounds, as well as volatile substances aroine type with irritating properties.

Symptoms of Whitefly Poisoning
Nausea, vomiting, salivation, diarrhea, shortness of breath, tachycardia, convulsions. First aid is gastric lavage and laxatives.

Poisonous berries picture, photo - marsh whitewing

Euonymus

Euonymus is deciduous shrub(Sometimes small tree) 3-4 meters tall, with “classic” elongated leaves, greenish small inconspicuous flowers.
Euonymus blooms in May-June. The fruits fully ripen in September-October.
The fruits are beautiful bright pink four-part capsules containing usually black seeds inside, covered (sometimes not completely) with fleshy orange or red pulp. As they ripen, the boxes open up.

Spread of Euonymus
Euonymus is found in the European part of Russia, in the Caucasus, some species grow in the Far East (up to Eastern Siberia), Sakhalin, Kuril Islands.

Poisonous parts of Euonymus
Everything about the euonymus is poisonous - roots, bark, leaves, but the greatest danger is posed by the poisonous berries, which attract with their bright appearance.

Symptoms of Euonymus poisoning
Eating poisonous euonymus berries causes vomiting and diarrhea; large doses of berries can cause intestinal bleeding.

Poisonous berries picture, photo - euonymus

Privet (Wolf Berries)

Privet is a genus of rather heat-loving shrubs of the olive family. Common privet is a deciduous shrub up to 5 meters high.
The leaves are simple, opposite. The inflorescences are white, similar to lilac flowers, also collected in panicles.
The fruit is a black berry. Privet blooms in May-July, after the leaves appear on it. Privet
The berries are poisonous, ripen in September-October and do not fall off for a long time.

Distribution of Privet
On the territory former USSR V natural form common privet is found. Its distribution area is the southwestern part of Russia, the Caucasus, Ukraine and Moldova.

Poisonous parts of Privet
The leaves and berries of the plant are poisonous. It is unlikely that anyone will eat the leaves, but the berries are quite similar to bird cherries.

Symptoms of Privet poisoning
After eating poisonous privet berries, diarrhea, colic, weakness, loss of coordination, convulsions occur within 1-2 hours, and in severe cases, death is possible.

Poisonous berries picture, photo - privet

Elderberry herbal (smelly)

Elderberry is a herbaceous perennial of the honeysuckle family with unpleasant smell, with a thick creeping rhizome, a thick furrowed (sometimes sparsely pubescent) stem 60-170 cm high.
Leaves with stipules, large (17-25 cm), pinnate with 7-11 pointed leaflets, pubescent along the veins.
The inflorescence of the grass elder is an umbrella-shaped panicle. The flowers are small, inconspicuous, white or reddish. Elderberry blooms in May - June.
The fruits of the grass elder are small black berry-shaped drupes with 3-4 seeds and red juice. The herbaceous elderberry bears fruit in August - September.

Distribution of Elderberry herbaceous
Elderberry is widespread in the southern part of Russia in the foothills and mountains, along the edges of forests and subalpine meadows. Often found as a weed.

Poisonous parts of Elderberry herbal
Elderberry leaves and flowers are poisonous. Unripe elderberry berries are especially poisonous.

Symptoms of Elderberry poisoning
The main symptoms of poisoning by poisonous elderberry berries are dizziness, headache, weakness, sore throat, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting. Characteristic staining of mucous membranes is blue as a result of the accumulation of oxyhemoglobin in the venous blood. Tachycardia gives way to bradycardia in the later stages. There is shortness of breath with a delay in exhalation, convulsions are possible. Death occurs from respiratory arrest due to acute heart failure.

Poisonous berries picture, photo - herbal elderberry

Wolfberry, daphne

Daphne - a low shrub is popularly called wolf's bast or wolfberry. In April, daphne branches are a meter and a half high, almost completely strewn with bunches of bright pink flowers, very similar to the color of lilac. From flowering plants a delicate, unique aroma spreads. Daphne leaves are narrow and dark green. Poisonous berries are oval, first green, then red, ripen in late July-August.

Distribution of Wolfberry
Wolfberry grows in the north of the European part of Russia, Western and Eastern Siberia, and the Caucasus. Prefers coniferous and mixed forests. It is also found in deciduous forests.

Poisonous parts of Wolfberry
Wolfberry flowers are poisonous. When inhaling daphne pollen, irritation of the mucous membranes of the nose and respiratory tract is observed. Not only the flowers are poisonous, but the entire plant. It is not for nothing that one of the names of daphne is deadly wolfberry.
Wolf bast bark has an unusually bitter taste and, when put into the mouth, causes a burning and scratching sensation. Subsequently, blisters and ulcers form on the mucous membranes. Touching the wet bark of daphne or wolfberry to the skin can lead to the formation of ulcers.
The juice of the leaves and poisonous berries of wolf bast is no less pungent. Getting wolfberry juice into your eyes is extremely dangerous. This threatens the formation of difficult-to-heal corneal lesions.

Symptoms of Wolf Bast poisoning
After eating poisonous berries, you experience a burning sensation in the mouth, pain in the stomach, nausea, vomiting, weakness, and possible convulsions. But wolf bast contains not only meserein, which is highly irritating to the skin and mucous membranes, but also other toxic substances, in particular several types of coumarins, which cause increased bleeding.

Poisonous berries picture, photo - wolfberry

Black Voronets or Actea spicata

Voronets spica is a perennial poisonous herbaceous plant up to 80 cm high, with a thin branched stem, with large, long-stalked, double and triple pinnate leaves. The edges of the leaves are coarsely toothed.
The flowers are white or cream, small, collected in a fluffy panicle.
The berries are initially green, when ripe they are black, glossy, large, oval-cylindrical with a clearly visible trace of the perianth. The berries are collected in a brush.

Distribution of Black Voronets

Voronets spica black grows in the European part of Russia, in the Caucasus, in Western Siberia, in Altai, but is quite rare. Prefers shady, damp places in deciduous, coniferous and mixed forests. Usually grows in thickets of bushes and trees. The black raven does not like open spaces. It blooms in May-June, the berries ripen in July-August.

Poisonous parts of Voronets spica
The entire plant is very poisonous. The berries of the black crow are especially poisonous.

Symptoms of Voronets spica poisoning
The sap of the plant is irritating to human skin, leading to the formation of blisters. And even a small amount of poisonous berry pulp is enough to cause severe distress. gastrointestinal tract.

Poisonous berries picture, photo - black crow

Red-fruited crow (red; spiky red)

Red-fruited crowberry is a perennial herbaceous plant. The stems are thin, up to 70 cm high.

The leaves are usually triply pinnate and serrated along the edges. In appearance, the red-fruited crow is very similar to the spicate crow, but differs from it, first of all, in the color of the fruits, slightly smaller berries, and also in the lighter color of the leaves.
The flowers are small, white, collected in a vertical panicle.
The berries of the red crow are elongated-oval, medium in size, green at first, turning white as they ripen and then turning red. Located on a vertical brush.

Distribution of Red-fruited Voronets
Red-fruited crow grows in coniferous and mixed forests in the Far East, Siberia and the north of the European part of Russia.

Poisonous parts of Voronets redfruit
All parts of the plant are poisonous. The most toxic are the berries of the red crow. Eating just two poisonous berries for a child can end tragically. But accidental poisoning from the berries of the red crow is hardly possible, since the plant has an unpleasant odor and the berries are very bitter.

Symptoms of poisoning
Signs of poisoning by red crow berries are nausea, dizziness, increased heart rate, severe gastrointestinal upset.

Poisonous berries picture, photo - Red Voronets

Crow's eye

Crow's eye - perennial very characteristic looking. A low stem framed by spreading, usually four (less often, as in the photo, five) wide leaves ends in one single inconspicuous greenish flower that blooms in July-June. Then the raven's eye turns the flower into one berry, which turns black by autumn. The raven's eye is also known as cross-grass.

Spread of Crow's Eye
Crow's eye grows in shady, damp places of coniferous, deciduous and mixed forests throughout the temperate zone of Russia from Europe to Far East. Crow's eye is considered a medicinal plant, but it is better not to collect or use it yourself, since raven's eye is a poisonous plant.

Poisonous parts of the Crow's Eye
The crow's eye berry, like other parts of the plant, is poisonous. The plant contains saponins and cardiac glycosides.

Symptoms of Crow's Eye Poisoning
Poisoning with poisonous berries or other parts of the crow's eye causes irritation of the gastrointestinal tract, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, a sharp drop in heart rate to 60-40 or less beats per minute, cardiac arrhythmia, ventricular flutter and cardiac arrest.

Poisonous berries picture, photo - Lily of the valley

First aid for berry poisoning

• Never pick or taste berries that you do not know.
• If you come to the forest with a child, then do not leave him unattended for a minute. Keep an eye on what berries he eats.
• If you come to an area unknown to you and the nature there is not entirely familiar to you, be sure to check with local residents, study the literature, look at websites on the Internet and find out what poisonous plants are typical for this area.
• Poisonous berries are actually dangerous only for those who do not know them by sight.

If symptoms of poisoning occur, such as fever, diarrhea, vomiting, convulsions, etc., seek medical advice immediately. medical care. While the doctor is on his way to you, do not sit idly by. After all, sometimes the arrival of an ambulance can take more than one hour.

The most first aid for poisoning with poisonous berries consists of stimulating vomiting - this procedure will free the stomach from toxic contents. To do this, the victim needs to be given 2-4 glasses of water (you can add activated carbon- 2 tbsp. per 500 ml, salt - 1 tsp. per 500 ml or potassium permanganate). In case of poisoning by poisonous berries, the procedure will have to be carried out several times. Among the medications, it is recommended to give the patient activated carbon, tannin, as well as any laxative and cardiac medicine. If you have seizures, you will have to use chloral hydrate. If there is no first aid kit, you can give the patient black crackers, starch solution or milk. It also wouldn’t hurt to do an enema (if possible). A victim of poisoning from poisonous berries should be wrapped warmly and taken to a doctor.

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It just so happens that the term “wolf berries” hides different concepts.

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Firstly, wolf berries are one of the popular names for a shrub called wolf's face(other names are wolfberry, wolfberry, daphne). This amazing plant already in the spring it begins to behave differently from other “respectable” bushes and trees: leaves appear on them first and only then flowers. And the wolfberry first becomes covered with beautiful pink flowers (in April-May), and only then produces “whirls” of narrow ovoid leaves on the tops of its branches.

Bright red wolf bast berries are the size of a pea, sitting directly on the branches, 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, all parts of the plant are poisonous. Even a small drop of plant juice, if it gets on the skin or mucous membrane of the lips or eyes, causes irritation. If you eat a wolfberry, you will experience a burning sensation, nausea, vomiting, weakness, convulsions may begin, your temperature will rise... Therefore, try not to approach this beautiful bush!

"Wolf's bast"... Why wolf's? Probably because among the people, wolves have long been the personification of deceit, cruelty and evil. Why bast? And because the bark of the wolfberry (more precisely, the bast layer under the bark) is very durable. Previously, paper, ropes, ropes, and even bast shoes were made from it. Anyone who has tried to pluck a wolfberry branch “as a souvenir” knows: it’s easy to break it off, but tearing it off from the bush is more difficult. The reason is a strong bast.

Just after reading these lines, please do not treat this plant as an enemy if you are lucky enough to meet it in the forest! Firstly, it is quite rare and is listed in the Red Book. Secondly, wolf's bast is a wonderful honey plant, and it blooms at a time when there are still very few other flowers. Thirdly, the wolfman - medicinal plant. Fourthly, despite the poisonousness, birds for some reason can eat the fruits of the wolfberry without any harm to themselves, so do not deprive the birds of this source of food.

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Wolfberry is sometimes called wild honeysuckle. Its berries are very similar to wolf bast berries:

It can be distinguished from the wolfberry by two characteristics: its berries on short stalks extend from the nodes (that is, from where the leaves come), and not from the internodes. In addition, honeysuckle berries come in twos. They are not poisonous, like wolf bast berries, but still inedible. You bite into a 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, bluish-tinged berries have a delicate aroma and a bitter-sour taste, reminiscent of blueberries, and contain a lot useful substances and are valued as medicinal. It is grown in gardens.

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And finally, “wolf berries” is a 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.

The name wolfberry refers to several plants at the same time. This is what they call belladonna, buckthorn, and raven's eye. But most often this is what is called wolf's bast or common wolfberry. In appearance, it looks like a low-branched deciduous shrub, the maximum height of which is 1.2 m. The plant is a representative of the Volchnikov family. The bush produces narrow dark green leaves, which are attached by short petioles at the very top of the shoots. The bark of the plant is very durable and has a dark brown, almost black tint, which gave rise to the plant being called bast.

In central Russia the plant blooms early spring, before the leaves appear. The flowers can be white or pink, which have a pleasant aroma, but if inhaled for a long time they cause headache. The plant is pollinated by bees and the collected honey is not toxic. In mid-summer, bright red fruits ripen.

Chemical composition of berries

Beautiful appearance berries attract attention, but you should know that wolfberry is poisonous plant. In the old days, arrow spears were lubricated with its juice before going hunting.

Description chemical composition, which makes the plant so poisonous:

• meserein - has a strong irritant effect, after which redness and small pimples appear on the skin, and when inhaling bark dust, it irritates the mucous membrane of the respiratory tract;
• Daphnin glucoside - has antibacterial properties, but at the same time causes bleeding.

Wolfberry also contains tannins, flavonoids, mineral salts, wax, and gum.

But thanks to its special composition, the plant has not only poisonous properties, but also medicinal. Therefore, it is widely used in homeopathy. In pharmacies you can purchase products made from wolfberry, which effectively treat skin diseases, as they relieve inflammation and eliminate various types suppuration.

Consequences of eating wolfberry

Wolfberry berries have a pronounced burning taste, so it is unlikely that anyone will be able to eat them in large quantities. But to intoxicate the body, it is enough to consume 3 berries, which causes poisoning digestive system.As a result, a person experiences the following symptoms:

• nausea;
• excessive salivation;
• stomach cramps;
• diarrhea;
• limb spasms;
• burning sensation in the mouth;
• swelling of the oral cavity;
• vomit;
• dizziness.

When small particles of the plant come into contact with the mucous membrane of the eye, conjunctivitis develops. Under the influence of an intoxicant it is affected nervous system human, metabolic processes deteriorate, and sometimes renal failure occurs.

An adult body is able to resist the effects of poison, but if a child eats wolfberry, serious health consequences can occur, including death, depending on the amount of fruit eaten.

First aid for poisoning

After the first symptoms of poisoning appear, you need to know what first aid should be provided to the victim before the doctor arrives in order to avoid more serious complications:

1. 1. Rinse the stomach thoroughly weak solution potassium permanganate 0.01% per 1 liter of water, which will help remove undigested remains of wolfberries from the stomach.
2. 2. It is necessary to provide the person with plenty of fluids, which will help quickly remove toxins from the body.
3. 3. During the first hour after eating the berries, you need to drink activated carbon three times at the rate of 1 tablet per 10 kg of weight.
4. 4. To stop vomiting, you should swallow small pieces of ice.
5. 5. In case of defeat skin they need to be washed under running water, and then with a solution of potassium permanganate in a ratio of 0.02% per 1 liter of water.

If the body is intoxicated with wolfberries, it is prohibited to carry out therapy with diuretics or laxatives, as this will further complicate the situation.

Mulberry ( mulberry tree) - beneficial properties and application

Medicinal properties

Since ancient times, wolf berries have been used in folk medicine for certain diseases. They have analgesic, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties, so their use is effective for rheumatism, gout, and radiculitis. In some cases, the use of wolfberry preparations is allowed for the treatment of scrofula, purulent tonsillitis, esophageal tumors and thrombophlebitis.

For treatment, it is necessary to collect the bark of the bush before the sap begins to flow in the branches, therefore optimal period January-February is the time for this, and the berries must be picked when ripe. The collection of raw materials must be carried out while observing certain precautions:

• work only with gloves and a respirator;
• after completing the procedure, wash your hands thoroughly several times with soap;
• dry separately from other products and out of the reach of children.

Before starting treatment with wolfberry-based drugs, it is recommended to consult a doctor who will determine the dosage and duration of therapy based on individual characteristics patient.

In most cases folk remedies Wolfberry is used externally. For treatment skin diseases, inflammation and suppuration, it is recommended to prepare a tincture with alcohol:

• pour 70 g of crushed dry wolfberry bark into a container;
• pour 250 ml of medical alcohol;
• Close the lid tightly and leave for 14 days;
• Apply as a lotion to problem areas of the skin.

Based on this tincture, you can prepare an ointment for the treatment of gout and rheumatism. This requires 1 part medicinal tincture mix with 2 parts butter, such a product should be stored in the refrigerator, separate from other products. Lubricate problem areas three times a day.

Wolfberry is a plant that can cause harm if used improperly, but if all precautions are taken, it is effective. medicine and provides significant health benefits. IN lately The shrub remains on the verge of extinction, therefore it requires special treatment; it should not be used without certain knowledge in this area.