The plant was rejuvenated by planting and care. How to grow young: secrets of care and cultivation. Types and varieties

In the plant kingdom, the Crassulaceae family occupies not the last place among the plants decorating gardens and parks. They attract the eye with their unearthly charm, creating the impression that they are always young and are not subject to age and aging. For this ability, the plants were called ever-living and placed in a separate genus, Sempervivum L., first described by Linnaeus in 1753.

In scientific taxonomy, the genus has about 15 synonyms, and among the people they are associated for the shape and arrangement of leaf blades with the corresponding flower and are called stone rose, for thick “fat” leaves - hare cabbage, for the eternal youth of the rosette - juvenilia. The British call the young “hen and chicks” - the flowers, like chicks, huddle close to their mother during the flowering period. In Russia, folk synonyms are more diverse: tenacious, domestic onion, always alive, sprouts, wild garlic, steppe turnip, wild artichoke, roofing grass, thunder grass, roofing tenacious, etc.

Description

The genus Juvenile (Sempervivum) is represented by ground cover decorative foliage succulents. These are perennial herbaceous plants that form multi-leaved fleshy rosettes of leaves with a diameter of 1-20 cm. The root system is represented by a rhizome with small fibrous roots. They are usually located in the top layer of soil.

The leaves, arranged in the form of rosettes, sit tightly on strongly shortened shoots and stolons with small rosettes. Rosettes vary in leaf shape and color. The leaf blade is almost bare or covered with glandular hairs, dense, shiny. In color it can be green, red, silver, pink, burgundy, bordered along the edge, and change color in the cold season. The leaves are entire, ovate-elongated, acute or blunt-pointed. The edges are ciliated with glandular hairs. The arrangement of leaves is alternate, like tiles on the roof of a house, or circular, like a glass of rose.

The flowers are collected in complex paniculate-corymbose inflorescences on a high peduncle. The stem of the peduncle is straight, unbranched, and often also covered with small glandular hairs. All parts of the young plant that have glandular hairs have a pleasant, subtle aroma.

Young offspring (Sempervivum soboliferum)

The flowers are star-shaped (actinomorphic) with a double perianth. Sepals, like peduncles and vegetative leaves, are often covered with short, stiff hairs, sometimes simple. They are fleshy, fused at the base. The petals of the corolla are lanceolate-elongated, open. The color range includes white, pink, yellow, red, purple and other colors. A large number of petals gives the flower a double shape. Plants bloom in June-August. The flowers have a delicate aroma. Faded rosettes dry out and young daughter plants appear in their place.

The fruit is represented by polyspermous leaflets of ovoid or elongated lanceolate shape; they may also have pubescent glandular hairs like other plant organs. Very interesting feature acquired by the young during the process of adaptation to reproduction. Plants scatter babies (small rosettes) over a distance of up to a meter or more. The young plant has small aerial roots, which, when placed on the soil, grow quickly, anchoring the plant in the soil.

The genus Juvenile unites about 50 species and an endless number of varieties and hybrids, including natural hybridization. The genus is easily distinguishable, but individual species and varieties stone rose very similar in appearance due to rapid external variability under the influence of conditions environment. Therefore, in taxonomy there are no clear distinctions when describing species. The distribution area is quite extensive and covers almost all of Europe.

Marbled juvenile (Sempervivum marmoreum)

Species growing in Russia in open ground

Hybrid young(S. x hybridum hort.). The name combines numerous varieties and forms of hybrid origin. The group is interesting due to the unusual shape of the rosette, leaf blades, their pubescence and color. Rosettes can be gray, green of all shades, silver, pink, red, bronze, burgundy. Of the two-colored varieties, the most common are green-leaved forms with a red tip.

• red leaves - Othello,
• dark red – Topaz,
• brown with shades - Alpha, Betta,
• black-brown – Gamma,
• brown-green – Ural-Tourmaline,
• brownish-purple - Commander Hay.

Mountain youngster (Sempervivum montanum)

(Sempervivum tectorum L.) in Russia, distributed in the European part. Characteristic are slightly flattened spherical rosettes of leaves up to 20 cm in diameter. The leaf blades of the rosettes are brownish-bronze or partially purple in color. The plant is pubescent. Late flowering. Flowering occurs in July-August and lasts 40-45 days.

(Sempervivum marmoreum Griseb.). Rosettes up to 5-10 cm, flat. They are distinguished by their pubescent leaves when young. Over time, the pubescence disappears, the leaf blades remain bare, green or red with a green rim. Some varieties change from summer brown leaves to winter red.

Rejuvenated roofing "Purpureum"

The Russian was rejuvenated(Sempervivum ruthenicum) is distributed wildly in the European part of Russia. Different for members of the genus tall, reaching a height of up to 35 cm. The stems and leaves are covered with glandular hairs. The leaves of the rosettes are obovate, and the stem leaves are oblong-lanceolate. Blooms in July-August for 35-40 days.

Photo gallery of species

Growing and care

The unpretentious plant was rejuvenated in cultivation and care. Open sunny or slightly shaded areas are desirable for it. It grows well on any soil, but does not tolerate flooding, swampy or waterlogged areas, or a high clay content in the soil. The best are light, water- and breathable soils of average fertility. On the rich, the rosettes of the young become loose, bloom less often, and lose their original decorative effect. At the same time, they cannot tolerate the burning sun and poor soils. They react by grinding rosette leaves, the tips of which turn red.

On sandy loam and sandy soils without watering, plants form large bright rosettes and bloom profusely. They never get sick, even in autumn and winter with constant high humidity (in the south). Easily tolerates frosts. They do not need artificial shelters from the winter cold.

Young species in joint planting

Landing in the ground

Purchased plant rosettes are planted in the ground from spring to September, timing the time so that young succulents take root. The soil for planting the young is cleared of weed roots, loosened and watered. It is better to prepare heavy soils for juveniles, especially “fat” and dense soils. Remove the top 5-10 cm layer of soil and fill the resulting ditch with a soil mixture of sand and peat (3:1). Young rosettes with a lump of earth are simply pressed into the soil. If the roots are somewhat damaged, it’s okay - they will grow back quickly. Plants are planted every 10-15 cm.

While the plants are young and there are empty spaces between them that are in a hurry to be occupied by weeds, you can carry out manual weeding, trying not to pull out the planted rosettes along with the weeds. When the soil is completely covered with rosettes, weeding and watering are not needed. From now on, care is limited to cleaning faded inflorescences and dried leaf rosettes.

Hybrid young

Watering

Plants do not need constant watering. Irrigation is used during planting and during prolonged drought. Plants are watered at an extremely low rate by running a hose with water under the sockets. Sprinkler irrigation should not be used. Stagnation of water in rosettes can lead to rotting of leaves and death of the plant.

Feeding

The young do not need feeding. The hairs covering the plant have the ability to capture, along with moisture, particles of organomineral components, which serve as nutrition. Partly nutrients The plant is supplied by roots. Fertilizing is allowed once for plants at least 3-4 years old, if the plant grows on poor soil and the leaves in the rosettes are noticeably crushed. You can feed the plant with a small dose of flower fertilizers.

Cobweb Juvenile (Sempervivum arachnoideum)

Wintering

Adult Crassula plants are frost-resistant. They do not need winter shelter. Young 1-3 year old plants are covered with spruce branches for the winter.

Reproduction

How to propagate a stone rose?

Methods of vegetative propagation

During vegetative propagation, young plants are produced; young rosettes are separated from the mother plant in the fall at the end of flowering. When air humidity is high, the children grow aerial roots, which anchor them in the soil. Young rosettes are planted as described above.

Some varieties of juveniles form thin stems with a vegetative bud at the end (future rosette) instead of babies in the axils of the leaves of the mother plant. Vegetative buds with stems are called mustaches. To propagate, the tendrils of the mother plant are pressed against loosened soil, covered with soil on top and carefully watered. The mustache forms a spine. The rooted mustache is separated from the plant and planted in a designated place.

Rejuvenated in composition

Seed propagation

When propagating young by seeds, sowing is carried out in late February - early March. For sowing, prepare a shallow, wide bowl, which is filled with sand or a mixture of peat and sand, with a layer of 5-10 cm. Lightly compact the leveled surface, moisten it with water or root solution. Seeds are sown superficially. Sprinkle with a thin layer of light substrate or leave open. The bowl is covered with glass. Place it closer to the light (window sill) with an air temperature of at least +20*C. Before germination, the soil should be constantly moist (not wet). Ventilate daily. Shoots appear on days 5-7. The glass (film) is not removed until the seedlings are 2 weeks old, and then dropped into another container at a distance of 5-10 cm. In June, the grown rosettes are planted in open ground.

Diseases and pests

The stone rose does not get sick. After rains, if there is excess moisture, the roots and lower leaves may rot. As the soil dries, the disease goes away. Diseased plants must be removed.

Among the pests, the larvae of the cockchafer love to feast on plant roots. The larvae are collected by hand, and the plant is transplanted to another location.

Stone rose in landscape design

Use in landscape design

Considering that juveniles bloom once in a lifetime and die after flowering, breeding work is aimed at developing varieties and hybrids with different leaf colors.

Varieties and hybrids of juveniles are magnificent in mono-plantings with different colors of rosettes against a background of boulders. This feature is widely used by landscape designers to create living carpets and compositions.

The use of fat plants in the design of alpine slides, rock gardens, rock (stone) gardens, borders, ridges, and narrow flower beds is widespread.

Ground cover plants combine well in joint plantings with saxifrage, sedum, and arabis.

Their ease of care allows them to be used in the design of mini-gardens on driftwood, large stones, planters lying on their sides and other shaped garden containers.

The young flower is an evergreen perennial plant that can be planted both in open ground and grown at home. This ornamental plant, decorating the “alpine” slides with its appearance and creating incredible compositions. Juvenile received the name “stone rose” because of the dense leaves that form a round bud, similar to a rose.

Young in the photo

Juveniles: planting and care in open ground

Planting a plant in open ground is very simple. It is necessary to choose an open sunny place and soil that allows moisture to pass through (for example, sandy). You can plant the plant in open ground at the end of February. The distance between plants should be at least 15 cm.

In its habits, the plant is similar to cacti. If planted in clay soil, it will not grow well, since stagnant water is its first enemy. In this case, the soil can be diluted with sand and loosened.

Stone rose blooms for a long time (almost all summer). It is usually the “adult” individuals of the plant that bloom. Flowers have different colors and shapes.

Juvenile, photo of flowers:

Planting and caring for a rejuvenated flower

• The plant loves well-lit places. With a lack of light, it loses its appearance, and the leaves become faded.
• The flower can be sprayed occasionally in the morning or evening, when Sun rays do not harm leaves and do not leave burns.
• In summer, the plant thrives in open ground. In winter, there is no need to cover the flowers, since the flower is very frost-resistant. If desired, it can be covered with fir branches.
• The plant does not like stagnant water, so the soil needs to be watered occasionally. Dryness and heat are not as terrible for it as wet soil, in which the roots begin to rot.
• Juveniles do not like frequent fertilizing in open ground. The plant develops quite well under normal conditions. Occasionally you can fertilize cacti and succulents.
• The plant requires cleaning from weeds.

Find for landscape design

Due to the fact that this plant has so many species, and is also very unpretentious in care, it is very often used to form rockeries (small rocky gardens). Moreover, it gets along well with other ground cover plants (saxifrage, sedum, etc.).

The stone rose can be seen quite often:

• in rock gardens
• along the paths
• as an addition to ornamental shrubs
• in flowerpots

Thanks to its miniature root system, the plant can be planted in many places, including on the roofs of gazebos, which creates a sophisticated and cozy look for your garden.

Young people in landscape design, photo

Planting and caring for plants at home

Conditions of care:

• The plant loves well-lit places. In bright sun it begins to turn red, and in partial shade the leaves lose their brightness and become pale.
• A comfortable temperature for a flower is a temperature of 0°C and above.
• Stone rose does not like stagnant water, so in summer watering is carried out once a week. In winter, you can water it 1-2 times a month.
• The plant does not like frequent feeding. Occasionally in spring you can fertilize it with humus.
• Poor soil, consisting mainly of sand, is favorable. You can add coal to the sand. The fatter the soil, the larger the rosette of the plant, but flowering cannot be achieved under such conditions.
• The flower must be planted in a pot containing 1/3 drainage.

In open ground, the plant is usually planted for decorative purposes in the form of “alpine” slides, and compositions are created at home.

Video: Stone rose in your garden

Juvenile (lat. Sempervívum) is a perennial plant of the Crassulaceae family. The name is formed from two Latin words, which literally translates as “eternally alive” due to the ability to remain viable in the most extreme conditions. People call it tenacious, stone rose, hare cabbage. The name “hen and chicks” came from England, since during the flowering period the young ones represent this image.

The plant is succulent. The stalk is hidden in the soil; on the surface there are numerous dense rosettes of leaves with a diameter of 1 to 15 cm. Leaf plates with solid edges and pointed tips, ovoid in shape.

The variety of varieties represents a wide range of colors: green, yellowish, silver, pink, burgundy, purple (almost black).

Juveniles are grown in gardens and on windowsills. The plant is unpretentious in care. With minimal effort, you can effectively decorate any landscape. Hare cabbage is used as a ground cover, most often planted on alpine hills, along garden paths, you can decorate a leaky shoe or plant it in a beautiful vessel or container.

The natural habitat is European countries, Asia Minor and Southeast Asia, and the Caucasus.

When the young blooms

Occurs once in a lifetime: at the age of 2-3 years, a peduncle appears in the summer; at the end of flowering, the upper part of the plant dies off completely. It should be carefully removed from the soil.

The erect peduncle is pubescent, ending in star-shaped small flowers of white, yellow, yellow-green, red, pink, and purple.

Growing young from seeds

Juveniles for open ground are grown from seeds in seedlings. Sowing should begin in February.

• Take plastic bowls, make drainage holes in them, fill them with sandy soil if later replanting in open ground follows, or with a soil mixture for cacti if subsequently grown indoors.
• Distribute the seeds over the surface, only slightly pressing them into the soil, spray, and cover with film.
• Provide bright, diffused lighting and air temperature within 18-20 °C.

• The first shoots will appear in about 5 days. Further care consists of minimal watering (about once every 3 weeks), avoiding water getting into the axils of the leaves. Do not remove the film for about two weeks.
• Grown plants need to be carefully planted in separate containers, capturing the roots along with the soil so that the earthen lump does not crumble. Use a fork or other auxiliary tool. After transplanting, do not water, let the roots heal for 1-2 days.

Transplant into open ground using the transshipment method with the establishment of real warmth, when there are no longer night frosts.

How does the young reproduce?

The easiest way to rejuvenate is by vegetative means.

The mother plant produces a large number of tendrils, at the ends of which leaf rosettes are formed. Propagation is carried out around the end of May.

If the space around the plant allows, you can loosen the soil, press the “baby”, sprinkle the mustache itself with soil, and water it. After a short period of time, they take root, forming a continuous covering. You can complement the composition with a pattern of stones - an interesting design for a summer cottage.

Another option: separate the shoot (rosette along with the tendril) from the mother plant and plant it separately (place it in a hole, deepening the tendril into the soil).

In some varieties, shoots develop in the leaf axils. After a while they fall off - collect them and plant them in a garden bed for growing. First loosen the soil to a depth of about 5 cm and water. It is better to plant densely to grow high-quality specimens.

Suitable site for growing juveniles

The main condition for successful growth is an open area with sunlight - the bushes will be compact and retain their variegated colors. Damp areas are contraindicated; falling leaves from bushes and trees can harm the plant.

The soil required is light, loose, with good drainage, the reaction is neutral or slightly alkaline. It is enough to dilute ordinary garden soil with sand. If the soil is too nutritious, the leaf rosettes are larger, but the colors are less saturated.

Planting and caring for juveniles in the garden

Can be done from spring to mid-September (so that the plants can get stronger by winter).

The distance between the bushes is determined depending on the size of the plant (small or “giant”) and the preferred density of the covering. The optimal distance is 5-10 cm. You can plant them at a considerable distance from each other, then pour a thin layer of sand between the plants and arrange the pebbles in a chaotic manner.

There is practically nothing you have to do to care for the plant.

For normal development of hare cabbage, natural precipitation is sufficient; water only during periods of prolonged drought. Occasionally loosen the soil.

Before it grows, weeding will be required to remove weeds - in the future the plant will displace them.

It does not need frequent feeding, but if the leaf rosettes curl, you should apply complex mineral fertilizer in liquid form.

How do juveniles overwinter in the open ground?

Mature plants overwinter well without shelter under snow cover. Young plants, and also if a snowless winter is expected, should be covered with spruce branches.

Transfer

After 3-5 years of growth, the plantings become too crowded, the leaf rosettes become smaller - they should be replanted. The plant tolerates the procedure well, but this must be done before mid-September.

Diseases and pests

If there is prolonged rain, the sockets may rot. At first they become transparent, then turn brown and turn into “jelly”. Simply remove them from the area. It’s good that the process does not spread to neighboring plants.

The larvae of the cockchafer can cause significant damage to the plant - they eat away the roots and base of the stem. If the area is infested with these insects, it is better to transplant the juveniles to another place. The larvae are removed manually using traps. Deep autumn digging helps, adding nitrogen fertilizers to the area, in the spring plant eggshell powder, plant turnips or lupins.

Possible damage to aphids, mealybugs - treat with an insecticide.

Beliefs and legends

According to ancient European legends, young people were dedicated to Thor, the Scandinavian god of lightning and thunder. According to the order of King Charlemagne, compact sockets were planted on the roofs of houses to protect against lightning strikes.

Ingestion of young leaves with wine served as an antidote. It was also believed that carrying a rosette of a stone rose with you protected against scorpion stings. The tincture, prepared according to a special recipe, improved a person’s vision and hearing. The plant is also sung by poets: in the work “On the Properties of Herbs” the young was given attention in 36 lines (6 lines more than for the rose).

In Rus', beauties rubbed the leaves of the plant on their cheeks to brighten their blush.

Types and varieties of juveniles for open ground

The species diversity is wide - about 60 specimens; breeders have added more than 4,000 varieties to the list.

Let's look at the most popular ones.

The shape of the rosette is spherical, slightly flattened, the diameter is 4-15 cm. The leaf blades are fleshy, large, with pointed tips. The leaves are green, the tips have a burgundy tint, there are varieties with brown-bronze and purple colors. The peduncle is pubescent, densely covered with leaves, reaches a height of 60 cm. The flowers are purple. The flowering period occurs in the summer months and lasts about 45 days.

Young offspring Sempervivum soboliferum

The diameter of the spherical rosette is about 5 cm. The leaf blades are light green in color with reddening tips. The flowers are greenish or pale yellow.

Calcareous Sempervivum Calcareum

The leaf blades are green-blue, the tips are decorated with purple spots, the diameter of the rosette is about 7.5 cm. The height of the peduncle is up to 30 cm, the flowers are pale pink.

Sempervivum arachnoideum

The leaf rosette is spherical, slightly flattened at the top, about 4 cm in diameter. The leaf blades have slightly curved tips. The color is light green with a red-brown tint, which intensifies in autumn. Thanks to the pubescence, the plant seems to be entwined with a cobweb. Red-purple flowers appear in the second half of July.

Large-flowered Sempervivum grandiflorum

The rosettes are loose, about 2.5 cm in diameter, the leaf blades are fleshy. Yellow flowers bloom on the tops of peduncles about 20 cm high. It is preferable to grow in acidic soils.

Young Pytton Sempervivum Pittonii

Very small leaves form a rosette up to 5 cm in diameter. The leaf blades are pubescent, green, with burgundy tips. The height of the peduncle is 12 cm, the flowers are light yellow.

Young Russian Sempervivum ruthenicum

The leaf rosette has a diameter of 20-35 cm. The leaf plates are oblong, wedge-shaped. The peduncle reaches a height of 35 cm, is pubescent, covered on all sides with oblong leaves. The loose corymbose inflorescence consists of yellow flowers about 10 cm in diameter.

Sempervivum globiferum

The diameter of the dense leaf rosette is 3-5 cm, the leaves are small and green. The peduncle extends 15 cm, ends in an umbrella inflorescence; the flowers are yellow-green.

Marbled Sempervivum marmoreum

Compact rosettes with a diameter of up to 10 cm. It is distinguished by a reddish tint of the leaf blades, the edges and tops are greenish. The flowers are red in color with a white border.

Young or dwarf Sempervivum pumilum

The rosettes are very tiny: up to 2.5 cm in diameter. The color is green, the tops of the leaves are pointed, as if covered with cilia. Blooms at the end of June. The lilac-purple petals are decorated with a darker stripe running down the center.

Young Caucasian Sempervivum caucasicum

With a leaf rosette diameter of about 4 cm, the height of the flowering stem reaches 20 cm. The color of the corollas is lilac-purple, violet. When planting, be sure to add calcium to the soil.

Young Wulfen Sempervivum wulfenii

It is preferable to grow this species in alkaline soils. The leaf blades are glossy, green, the rosette diameter is about 5 cm. The peduncle rises 15-25 cm. The flowers are lemon-colored, with a purple spot at the base.

Rejuvenation in landscape design

Traditionally, juveniles are used to create a continuous living carpet and frame borders. An asymmetrical, loose fit appeared in the 18th century. The tenacious plant is planted on alpine hills, southern slopes, and you can even plant it on the roof of a gazebo.

Suitable partners for group plantings are,. Do not combine with vigorously growing crops.

Syn: tenacious, homemade onion, always alive, sprouts, wild garlic, steppe turnip, wild artichoke, roofing grass, thunder grass, roofing tenacious, etc.

A perennial herbaceous plant with thick, succulent leaves. Shows valuable medicinal properties, in particular anti-inflammatory, analgesic, disinfectant, anti-scorbutic, wound-healing, soothing, etc. It is grown as an ornamental plant.

Ask the experts a question

In medicine

Russian molodilo is a non-pharmacopoeial plant, not used in official medicine, but is popular among traditional healers from different countries, who use it for fever, stomach ulcers, diarrhea, cardiovascular diseases, diseases of the respiratory tract and oral cavity.

It is also known that Russian youth is used in homeopathy as a remedy for menstrual irregularities.

Contraindications and side effects

Use of the plant during pregnancy, breastfeeding and childhood highly undesirable. Also, experts do not recommend using the plant if you have an individual intolerance or a tendency to allergic reactions.

In cosmetology

In cosmetology, Russian youth has been used for a long time: even the beauties of ancient Kyiv used the plant for a natural blush on the cheeks. The whitening effect of the plant's fresh herb is currently used in spas for various cosmetic procedures, especially to remove freckles and age spots.

In other areas

Russian rejuvenation has decorative value. Back in the Middle Ages, the population of Europe planted the plant on the roofs of houses over the entire surface. Currently, other species are also bred for decorative purposes (roofing, Caucasian, mountain, hybrid, dwarf, cobweb, etc.).

Classification

Russian young (lat. Sempervivum ruthenicum) - belongs to the genus Molodil, or tenacious (lat. Sempervivum), of the Tolstyankov family (lat. Crassulaceae). The genus Molodilo unites about 30 species of perennial herbaceous plants, distributed mainly in countries with warm, dry climates: in southern Europe, Western Asia, North Africa(1 type). In the former USSR - 15 species, in the European part and in the Caucasus (Caucasian juvenile - Sempervivum caucasicum). In European Russia there are 2 species, including the Russian juvenile (lat. Sempervivum ruthenicum).

Botanical description

Russian rejuvenated is a perennial herbaceous plant. Non-flowering shoots in the form of spherical rosettes. The leaves are simple, succulent without stipules, alternate, glabrous, oblong-lanceolate; the lower ones are in a dense basal rosette, often spherical and reminiscent of dense cabbage heads. Numerous rounded daughter rosettes are formed in the leaf axils, which settle next to the mother rosettes and together with them often form continuous thickets on the soil surface. Flowering shoots up to 40 cm high, also with alternate leaf arrangement. The flowers are actinomorphic, cyclic, bisexual, 6-16-membered, yellowish, pink, or purple, collected in corymbose-paniculate inflorescences. The androecium is 2-circular, the number of stamens is twice as large as the number of petals. The gynoecium is apocarpous. Ovules are numerous. At the base of the carpel there is a nectar scale. The fruit is multi-leafed, pubescent with glandular hairs. Before the flowers bloom, the branches of the inflorescence are curled. It blooms once in a lifetime (in July-August), after fruiting the plant dies. Reproduces using stolons. It hybridizes very easily both in nature and in culture. Currently there are many varieties.

Spreading

Found in the European part of Russia. It grows mostly in mountains, forests, dry sandy forest clearings and edges, rocky places, sometimes in sparse pine forests, and is often found on limestone outcrops along steep river banks. In our country it is included in many regional Red Books (Belgorod, Bryansk, Volgograd, Kaluga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Penza, Rostov and Saratov regions). It also grows in several specially protected natural areas of Russia.

Regions of distribution on the map of Russia.

Procurement of raw materials

The medicinal raw materials are fresh leaves of the plant, collected during the flowering of the plant (in July-August). The leaves of the Russian young are not stored for future use.

Chemical composition

Chemical composition plants were studied in some detail by L.A. Gumenyuk and his group (1970, 1971, 1972), as well as Gnedkov, Schroeter (1977).

The aerial part contains: phenol carboxylic acids (caffeic acid, 1,4-dicopheoylquinic acid), coumarins, flavonoids (kaempferol, quercetin, quercetin 3-galactoside, rutin, astragalin, isorhamnetin 3-glucoside, 7-glucuronide and scutellarein 7-rutinoside), organic acids (citric, malic, oxalic).

Pharmacological properties

Russian molodilo exhibits pronounced medicinal effects, in particular analgesic, disinfectant, wound healing, sedative, anti-inflammatory, antiscorbutic, etc. In addition, the plant has a detoxifying effect.

Use in folk medicine

IN folk medicine Russian youth is used quite widely. For example, traditional healers recommend taking crushed young leaves with granulated sugar or honey for heart failure. In addition, preparations based on young in folk medicine are used for fever, stomach ulcers, diarrhea, cardiovascular diseases, as well as respiratory diseases, ulcerative stomatitis, painful menstruation, epilepsy and worms. A tincture of the leaves of the plant is used to treat diseases of the eyes and ears. A decoction of the plant is used to rinse the mouth for thrush. Also, crushed leaves of the plant are used for hemorrhoidal cones, calluses on the feet and warts. This remedy also helps with insect bites. A mixture of crushed leaves, honey and butter used for external treatment of cracked breasts in nursing women. An ointment made from finely crushed leaves of the young plant with lard is applied to long-term non-healing wounds. Juice of fresh leaves with honey or oil is also used as an analgesic, anti-inflammatory and detoxifying agent for bee and snake bites.

Young Russian is widely used in home cosmetology. For example, crushed leaves or juice mixed with vegetable oil or lard are used to remove warts, freckles, as well as for bruises, swelling and various skin inflammations. Freshly squeezed juice from the leaves of the plant is also used to remove warts. A decoction of young leaves is used to wipe the skin after prolonged exposure to the sun. And the juice of the leaves of the plant is applied to the face in the morning and evening to give freshness and blush.

Historical reference

Russian jujube has been used for medicinal purposes since ancient times. The antidote properties of juvenilia were described back in the Middle Ages by the French pharmacist Odo in his poem “On the Properties of Herbs.” The ancient Greeks consumed young wine along with wine in case of poisoning with strong poisons. In the Middle Ages, it was believed that rejuvenation could scare away evil spirits, protect against witchcraft, and even protect a house from lightning; for this purpose, the plant was planted on roofs.

The name of the genus Sempervivum comes from the Latin. “semper” - “always”, “vivum” - “alive” for the ability of leaf rosettes to maintain viability in difficult living conditions. The popular English name for juveniles is “Hens and Chickens” - “hen and chickens”. This is due to the fact that at the moment of flowering the plant really resembles a hen surrounded by numerous chicks.

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Young (Sempervivum tectorum) is a herbaceous perennial evergreen plant of the Crassulaceae family. The root system is superficial, characterized by weakness and shallow penetration into the soil. It was this property that was used for planting plants on roofs in order to strengthen the roof and gave the plant its second name (roofing rejuvenator).

The stem is erect, grooved, grows 20-30 cm in height, and is gradually covered with white hairs. The leaves are fleshy, pointed at the top, forming dense, closed, pointed rosettes of a spherical shape, similar to cabbage. The leaves are covered with a dense skin, which allows them to slow down the evaporation of moisture, grow in a spiral manner, and at the tips of the leaves there are hairy tufts that envelop the rosette in a cocoon.

The flowers are small, pale yellow or greenish-yellow, collected in umbels. The fruit is a complex leaflet, the seeds are small and dusty.

Juvenile - species and places of growth

Young roofing (stone rose, hare cabbage) prefers sandy, gravelly, rocky soils, clearings of pine forests. Open hills and river banks. The entire territory of Russia, except the Far North, is inhabited by this original plant. It grows in the Caucasus and Europe, and is also found in the regions of Asia Minor and South-West Asia, and on the African continent.

Back in the Middle Ages, residents of civilized areas of Europe planted stone roses on the roofs of houses, so that the plant completely spread over the entire surface. Types of plants: young roofing, Caucasian, mountain, hybrid, dwarf, cobweb, etc.

Rejuvenated - medicinal properties

Since ancient times, this plant has been used for medicinal purposes. The ancient Greeks believed that, together with wine, it could save from poisoning by the most powerful poisons. The antidote properties of the plant were described back in the Middle Ages by the French pharmacist Odo in his poem “On the Properties of Herbs.”

The analgesic, disinfectant, anti-inflammatory, wound-healing, sedative, anti-scorbutic effects of Molodil are used to treat various diseases. These are fever, stomach ulcers, diarrhea, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, ulcerative stomatitis, painful menstruation, epilepsy and expulsion of worms. Stone rose tincture is used in the treatment of eyes and ears; a decoction of the herb can be used to rinse the mouth for thrush.

Molodilo - dosage forms

The medicinal raw materials are the leaves of the plant, which are collected when the plant blooms. The chemical composition has not been fully studied, but there is no doubt about the presence of malic and lactic acid, mucus, tannin resins, and trace elements in the leaves.

Molodilo - recipes

- Hemorrhoidal cones, calluses on the feet or warts can be removed with the help of crushed leaves of mothweed, if they are applied to a large area. This remedy also helps with insect bites.

— A mixture of crushed leaves of molodil, honey and butter is used to treat cracks in the breasts of nursing women. Homeopathic remedies from stone rose are used in the treatment of menstrual disorders.

— The plant has a whitening effect on the skin - it can remove freckles and age spots, and the beauties of ancient Kyiv used this plant for a natural blush on the cheeks to look like a plump apple.

A decoction of stone rose leaves to treat the stomach: pour 1 tbsp in a thermos. spoon of fresh leaves, leave for 1.5-2 hours, drink 2-3 spoons before meals.

Young - contraindications

There are no contraindications identified for treatment with this plant.

Comments

Metra 05/21/2016

If only after removing freckles you don’t end up with a stone face or a roofing face :) I prefer cosmetics

Katyusha 05/06/2016

So many interesting things have been written about this plant! I re-read the article twice. Thank you. Of course, this itself made you look younger, I have seen it many times. But I couldn’t even imagine that this plant was so miraculous. And the beauty recipes intrigued me too))

Gulya 05/06/2016

I also didn’t expect that this plant had such healing qualities. Such an extensive list of diseases that young people treat. But, still, judging by the name, this plant was discovered precisely in connection with imparting beauty. I'll definitely try to rejuvenate myself!)