Bird vetch – perennial grassy plant which is grown up as fodder culture. Also bird vetch serves as excellent melliferous herb, it is used in traditional medicine at treatment of some diseases.
Bird vetch – the perennial plant growing in favorable conditions to 2.5 m, at the same time its stalks fasten by means of short moustaches to the next plants. Fruits of bird vetch – the beans reaching 3 cm in length of 0.5 cm width. Farmers grow up this plant on forage to the cattle as it gives good gain of vegetative weight, has excellent nutritious qualities, and the plant once planted can be grown up within several years. After bevelling the bird vetch well grows, at the same time it perfectly takes out both long flooding of the soil, and drought.
The bird vetch has ability is long and abundant to blossom – this period falls on July-August, proceeds within 80-85 days. Flowers of blue-violet color are good melliferous herb. Many beekeepers specially sow it near the apiaries for improvement of medosbor.
As a part of bird vetch large number of protein and vitamin C, but its chemical composition is up to the end not studied therefore application of this plant in official medicine is still limited. However the bird vetch is applied at treatment of some diseases in traditional medicine. Infusions and broths of this plant use for treatment of gemorroidalny knots and bleedings, some benign tumors; at dropsy and hypostases – as diuretic; for treatment of viral hepatitis; for healing of wounds and stop of some types of external bleedings. At gemorroidalny pains and bleedings poultices from grass very well help. At treatment of viral hepatitis of 1 tsp of dried roots of plant it is filled in with glass of boiled water and it is carried to boiling. After that it is necessary to wrap up broth for 30-40 minutes and to accept ¼ glasses 3 times a day. At ascites and hypostases of 2 tablespoons of grass fill in with boiled water, bring to boiling and also wrap up. To drink 1/3 glasses 3 times a day. It is impossible to use bird vetch at any violations of salt exchange, at organism dehydration. Also individual intolerance of its components, atherosclerosis and metabolic disorder are considered as contraindication.
At all the advantages, the bird vetch has also essential shortcomings which do not allow to grow up it as herb or melliferous herb on personal plot where other cultural plants grow. The fact is that at this plant very developed rhizome, to which at all the most adverse conditions of cultivation. At hit in kitchen garden to get rid of it happens very difficult – it the plant is considered malicious weed. Of course, it does not belittle its useful properties, but when landing bush of this plant it is necessary to take measures for its non-proliferation, otherwise for one-two seasons that is capable to muffle other garden plants. As the bird vetch by means of roots expands, it is necessary to provide conditions which will not allow to make it – to plant seeds in old bucket without bottom enough, and this problem will be solved.