Residents of temperate climatic latitudes of Europe, the Ukrainian Polesye and Transcarpathia know about the medicinal properties of the crested hen. Less commonly, primrose is found in the Caucasus. Some of its species were introduced into culture for cultivation in low-maintenance landscaped gardens and pharmacy gardens. Therefore, many land owners have the opportunity, without going beyond the limits of their compound, to admire the undergrowth of grass and to collect medicinal raw materials. What is the benefit of the chickens, that it can be treated, and whether all this is shown phytotherapy - this will be discussed.
Description
Botanists include the Crested Seed (Corýdalis) to a large genus of herbaceous perennials of the subfamily Dmyankovykh. Outwardly, it is a medium-grown culture with underground hollow tubers, straight, not prone to branching stems, fern leaves and lush red inflorescences. 
Each brush consists of 20 single flowers, which can be up to 3 cm in length. It is easy to distinguish grass from other plants, because, due to the nutrient reserve in root tubers, it starts vegetating and blooming early.
Important! In the wild, there are more than one hundred species of crested hen, but only a few of them are recommended for medical use. Others cause severe poisoning, which is manifested by depression of the central nervous system, cardiac activity, a decrease in blood pressure and respiratory depression.You can see the wild flowering primrose from the end of March to the beginning of May. In riparian forests, where heavy silty and clay soils, between hornbeams and oaks, there is a thick undergrowth of young stems. After flowering at the height of summer, they disappear.
In a garden setting, a medicinal potion grows in vineyards for a long time. Its negative characteristic is not controlled abundant distribution. This process is facilitated by ants that spread seeds from dry seed pods.We advise you to familiarize yourself with such medicinal plants as: comfrey, Tibetan lofant, gravilat, thistle, elecampane, highlander bird, Leuzea, coltsfoot, catnip, horsetail, ambrosia.Herbalists pay attention to the perennial species diversity. It is important to learn how to distinguish them, since useful properties and contraindications depend on the peculiarities of the species of the crested hen.
Of all the diversity, traditional medicine recommends harvesting:
- Marshall's crestedthat stands out with irregularly shaped flowers with yellow corollas and cylindrical seed boxes with shiny black grains;
- gollar's crestedwhich is characterized by white, pink-purple and purple-purple inflorescences.
Important! The crested hen is a poisonous herb with a narcotic effect. But its healing effect is recognized as official medicine. The plant is used in neurology and psychiatry.
Chemical composition
For medicinal purposes are used roots, stems, foliage and grass flower brushes. Found in them:
- alkaloids (bulbocapnin, kordiamin, korikavin, bikkulin, koribulbin, horse meat, koridalin);
- phytoncides;
- tannins;
- coumarin.
For example, low-dose bulbocapnine present in the crested crest causes drowsiness, and during overdose it paralyzes the central nervous system, lowers blood pressure and increases salivation.The same applies to bikukulin, which is a convulsive poison that blocks receptors. Koribulbin and koridamin help slow heartbeat.
The plants that also lower the pressure, like the crested bird, include: Jerusalem artichoke, bitter wormwood, honeysuckle, jujube, black chokeberry, White roasted, Klopogon, anise lofant, hibiscus.The therapeutic effects of herbs are precisely alkaloids, the presence of which makes it possible to classify the crested hen to a group of medicinal plants.
Important! The species of Siberian Crest is considered the most dangerous. In the household, it is used to bait rodents..
Beneficial features
The crested hen is not recommended for daily use. This is not the raw material that is added to teas as a tonic or kept at home for healing wounds. He collects only if there are certain health problems. 
Medications made on the basis of this potion are aimed at alleviating pain and correcting the activity of the central nervous system.
They also have a positive effect on arteries and internal organs. Therefore, they are used to treat the digestive tract, hypertension, paralysis, and seizures.
In pharmacies you can find powders of the root of the crested hen, recommended for liver diseases, menstrual disorders and other disruptions in the functioning of the reproductive system of women. 
Herbalists say that the proper use of medicinal herbs helps reduce fever, stop bleeding and normalize hormonal levels in women.
Traditional medicine practiced cooking decoctions of the crested for the treatment of nervous disorders, accompanied by convulsions and tremors, neuralgia, arthritis, arthrosis, contusions, injuries of the muscular-ligamentous apparatus.
Did you know? The structure of crested flowers does not allow the plant to be pollinated by insects with short proboscis. Its nectar is available only to bumblebees, mosquitoes, and purring flies.
The use of therapeutic properties
Before you start herbal medicine, be sure to consult with your doctor. Do not neglect his opinion about the feasibility of such a drug and its dosages. 
Folk healers, summarizing the clinical picture of typical diseases, advise:
- In violation of the menstrual cycle, gynecological diseases and colitis, three times a day to take an infusion of 12 teaspoons of chopped tufted tubers and half a liter of boiling water. When the liquid is infused, it is cooled and divided for reception into equal parts.
- In case of inflamed furunculosis, pyoderma, insomnia, nervous breakdowns and internal bleeding, take morning and evening (while improving condition only evening reception) a suspension of 2 teaspoons of dry crested roots ground into dust in a glass of hot water.
- With paralysis, tremor, muscle pain, arthritis, brew 1 tablespoon of crushed grass tubers in a glass of boiling water. Take three times a day and 1 tbsp. a spoon.
Did you know? The official name Cordidis was given to the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus, who discovered a new plant in the XYII century. Translated from the Latin language, it means "chub the lark", which is based on the intricate shape of the flower.With the development of myopathy, when the patient has a weakened activity of the muscle tissue, he is prescribed the drug Sangviritrin. It is based on the extract of the roots of the hollow crested crest. Often the treatment takes place under the supervision of medical personnel, because after applying the medication the skin can get a severe burn.
Also, psychiatrists and neurologists practiced the use of other herbal medicines, but the therapy takes place under inpatient conditions under strict supervision.Contraindications and side effects
Treatment with a crested bird should be prescribed only by a doctor. Indeed, in this case, errors in the preparation of tools and the choice of dosage may be irreparable. Alkaloids present in the grass have a very strong effect on the human body.
It is strictly forbidden to take the drug and pharmaceutical preparations based on it.:
- pregnant women;
- women during lactation;
- children under 12;
- diabetic patients;
- people suffering from obesity;
- epileptics;
- asthmatics;
- having angina;
- people who have a tendency to diarrhea;
- patients with acute ulcers in the gastrointestinal tract.
Did you know? In the folk crested ape is called "tadpole" or "peanut." As the ancient legend says, a young rooster was turned into a plant, which with its singing woke a malicious old witch.In case of uncontrolled intake of infusions and decoctions of the chickpea, there is a high risk of poisoning. It can occur if a person stays for a long time in the same room where the collected grass dries.
The side effects include loss of vision, severe headaches, dry mouth, tearing and intense salivation.Symptoms of intoxication will remove tincture of autumn crocus, foxglove, black walnut.In the case of the first signs of intoxication, you should immediately call an ambulance. Before the arrival of the doctor, be sure to rinse the stomach with potassium permanganate and take a suspension of activated carbon.
Procurement rules
Often, for therapeutic purposes, harvested tubers are harvested because they contain the most alkaloids. Begin collecting the raw materials after the plant enters the fruiting phase. This period falls on June. 
Roots dig, shake off the soil, washed and cut into small slices for drying. Then lay out the blank on a sheet of cardboard or a cloth flap and leave for a few days. Dry crested need to in a well-ventilated area, away from direct sunlight. Many housewives for the preparation of medicinal herbs use attics.
Important! All work associated with the collection and preparation of raw materials of the crested hen should be carried out in a mask and latex gloves. This is done in order to protect the respiratory tract and hands from toxic substances released.Dry roots are preferably crushed to a powder. Then the potion is poured into a glass container with a tight lid and set aside in a dark place. You can store raw materials for a year.
In the case of the crested hen, first weigh its medicinal properties and side effects, carefully study the contraindications, do not forget to consult a doctor. After all, the grass does not forgive mistakes.
