Caring for a golden mustache at home. Golden mustache - cultivation and medicinal properties. Temperature and lighting

Golden mustache (scented callisia) - Callisia fragrans. Commeline family.

Fragrant rectantera, Fragrant spironema - this is the scientific name for a plant baptized by the people, like the Golden Mustache.

It's perennial herbaceous plant common in Central and South America and Mexico. There are 12 species in the genus, only one species is known in culture in the warm greenhouses of our country - fragrant Callisia.

For more than a hundred years, fragrant Callisia (Rectantera fragrant) has been cultivated as indoor plant. In Russia, Callisia has local names: Golden mustache, Far Eastern mustache, Venus hair, Live hair (thin hairs are pulled out when the leaf is broken and, as it were, hold two halves, this effect is absent in Dichorisandra), Corn, Homemade ginseng.

This is a rather large plant with two types of shoots, some are erect, fleshy in appearance similar to young corn, from 70 to 150 cm in height, with normally developed leaves 20–30 cm long, 5–6 cm wide, others are horizontal (whiskers) with underdeveloped leaves. Mustaches consist of "joints", at the ends of which a leaf panicle is formed.

At good care the plant sometimes blooms. The flowers are small, fragrant in dense bunches, collected in paniculate inflorescences. The smell is pleasant, like that of hyacinths, hence the name - Fragrant Callisia (Fragrant Rectantera). The plant becomes medicinal after at least 9 full-fledged "joints" are formed on the liana-like processes and they acquire a brown-purple color.

Reproduction and care of the plant Golden mustache

The plant reproduces by the apical part of the mustache, which is cut two joints below the panicle in the middle of the third and placed in a glass of water until roots form, then transplanted into a pot with soil. Most auspicious time for breeding March, April, but if necessary, you can breed all year round.

The plant Golden mustache is a heat-loving plant, loves a bright place, but not direct sunlight. Watering is moderate, especially in winter period, but you can not bring the earth to dryness (it is better to overmoisten than overdry), otherwise the plant will lose its leaves. The land should be dense, consisting of soddy land and greenhouse humus with the addition of up to 30% coarse river sand. The stem of the plant is weak, and therefore requires support. For the summer period, it is good to take the plant to the balcony, this will significantly improve the development of the plant. In warm areas, you can plant a plant for the summer period in open ground where it grows well. But do not forget that the plant must be planted so that on a hot afternoon it was in the lacy shade of the trees, and in the evening it was again illuminated by the sun. In open ground, the plant requires more intensive feeding. Here is how V. Latokhin from Volgograd describes his success in growing the Golden Mustache plant in the open field:

“It is not surprising that I undertook to grow it in the country. The plant propagates by shoots from the mustache, which are placed in water. When a sufficient number of white roots appears, the flower can be planted in the ground. But the best copy is obtained from the top of the flower, but the amount of stem should be minimal, otherwise the plant will not produce a mustache in the future.

In April, having fertilized the ground properly (a bucket of rotted manure, half a bucket of ash), I planted three flowers. Watered every evening, given the Volgograd heat. The plants got on well, I even had to put folders, as the mustache turned out to be thick, greasy. During the summer I harvested three mustache crops.

Sometimes the tips of the leaves turn brown and begin to wither, and the whiskers, having reached the healing age (9 joints), remain green.

The appearance of the above signs on the tips of the leaves indicates improper care: lack of mineral nutrition or intense solar exposure and insufficient watering, which should be carried out in the evening. At the same time, the disadvantage sun rays does not allow the production of a healing enzyme in the mustache and stem, a sign of which is the staining of the mustache and stem in a brown-violet color. To provide the plant with the necessary development mode, you need to periodically shade it or, conversely, expose it to the sun (but not on a hot afternoon). During the period of intensive growth, feed the plant with complex fertilizers for indoor flowers, and when grown in open ground, it is good to feed the plant with a mixture of ash and rotted manure. Keep the earth slightly moist, and in winter, when the plant enters a dormant state, even slightly dried.

The use of the golden mustache plant for various diseases

Unfortunately, we remember the great healing power of Nature too late, when the “thunder strikes”. While a person is young and energetic - he is not up to flowers and herbs, life is full of worries, problems and fuss. So let's take care of our health in advance.

Golden mustache has high healing properties, and it could be called the Elixir of HEALTH. But its unique properties are revealed especially clearly in complex therapy, that is, in combination with other drugs. Acting on the body indirectly, as a biogenic stimulant, it thereby creates a high therapeutic effect in the treatment of many diseases.

This best plant for the treatment of chronic pancreatitis. It also stimulates the immune system well. Promotes the upbringing of killer cells, thereby helping the body to successfully fight against pathogenic microflora. As a result of the recovery of the body, pain disappears, the function of the pancreas, spleen, and adrenal cortex is restored. Inflammation of the gallbladder and biliary tract, stomach, small intestine passes. The acid-base composition is normalized gastrointestinal tract(hereinafter referred to as the gastrointestinal tract), toxins are released from the body. In asthmatics, sputum viscosity is restored, hypersecretion is reduced, and swelling of the bronchial mucosa, which improves the functioning of the pulmonary artery, all this dramatically improves general state patients and often leads to a complete cure for bronchial asthma.

When using the Golden mustache for medicinal purposes, the beneficial effect of taking preparations from the Golden mustache on the thyroid gland has been noted more than once. The juice of the plant has high wound healing properties, it can be called fabulous "living water". It treats skin diseases well: lichen, ulcers, wounds, burns (daily applications with a cotton swab soaked in pure or diluted juice from the mustache of the plant, but in no case compresses and contact with mucous membranes with caution - see contraindications).

The plant also has a very inexplicable property that a decoction of leaves in a closed bottle indoors does not turn sour for months and even years. The conclusion suggests itself that the plant must have high disinfectant properties. However, under experimental conditions, at the Department of Immunology, neither the decoction of the plant, nor the juice squeezed from the mustache, had any suppressive effect on different kinds pathogenic microflora, but in the treatment of infected wounds, the Golden mustache juice has excellent disinfecting and healing properties. There is only one conclusion to be drawn, this happens only through the stimulation of the body's immune system by the Golden Mustache.

Contraindications when taking the plant Golden mustache

Always strictly follow the dosages given in the recipes, do not try to experiment on yourself, as a rule, this leads to disastrous results. You can get poisoned ordinary water, - a bucket of water drunk within two hours leads to death.

The body's response to an overdose medicines obtained from various parts of the Golden Mustache, which some zealous patients admit.

The most dangerous in this regard is the drug prepared from the stem of the plant. A decoction of one or two crushed joints of the stem per 0.5 l of water, when taken 50-100 g per dose 3 times a day, in the first days causes the patient a pleasant sensation of warmth spreading throughout the body, the state of health improves dramatically, and overall tone. But after 7 days, when the body gradually accumulates the drug, the so-called overdose occurs, health deteriorates sharply, this happens especially often in patients with liver disease and a spring-summer allergic reaction to flowering plants. Patients develop headaches, it becomes dark in the eyes, swelling of the throat and enlargement of the thyroid gland appear, the vocal cords are severely damaged, the voice "settles", and its restoration is difficult. After some time (1-2 weeks), the body, unable to remove the resulting homotoxin through the liver, the kidneys begin to “drive” it through the skin. Most often, severe itching appears in the abdomen, in place of which, weeping eczema appears, which is difficult to treat. At the first signs of an overdose, start taking enterosorbent and homeopathic preparations Sulfoderm and Normagast according to the recommendations of the manufacturer.

Golden mustache treatment

From the trunk of the Golden Mustache plant, only an alcohol extract is prepared (4–6 joints per 0.5 l of strong moonshine or 70 alcohol), used for rubbing for joint pain and osteochondrosis.

From a purple mustache, a tincture is prepared for oral administration, with malignant neoplasms and bronchial asthma (20-30 joints per 0.5 l of vodka, leave for 14 days, take from 1 to 40 and from 40 to 1 drops per course, just go through 3-5 courses with a ten-day break.Some patients with bronchial asthma and oncology have a reduced sensitivity to an alcohol extract from the Golden mustache plant.In such patients, taking a tincture by a teaspoon, or even a dessert, not only did not cause negative manifestations, but, on the contrary, leads to a sharp improvement health However, all these patients who conducted this experiment on themselves note that such an intensive intake should not exceed three weeks, after which you need to take a week break, during which you need to drink enterosorbent.After the break, they usually switched to standard reception of tincture of the Golden mustache.

Taking a decoction of the leaves, according to observations for 20 years, has never caused any side effects, but only showed excellent healing properties for all diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.

Apply leaves to large open wounds during the healing of trophic ulcers, with deep burns on long time Not recommended. Despite the fact that in the first two days there is a significant improvement in the condition of the wound surface, but then, after 3-5 days, an allergic reaction occurs, sometimes very strong. It is better to use mustache juice diluted with boiled water 1:3, 1:5 for these purposes.

From all of the above, only one conclusion can be drawn: the medicinal component of the Golden Mustache plant is in a very concentrated form (especially the stem), and preparations prepared from various parts of the plant must be used strictly following the dosage.

And the last, most important instruction: before using the medicine, the mustache or the stem of the Golden Mustache plant, they must be kept under the freezer at t = 2–4 ° C in the form packed in food grade polyethylene for two weeks. The leaves, on the other hand, are torn off as needed from a growing plant and kept in the refrigerator for only 3 days and then brewed.

Golden mustache (Kallisia) can be grown at home on a windowsill or in a living corner, which many do. This unpretentious plant is very popular with parrots. And birds and animals, as you know, are never mistaken about what is useful and what is harmful.

Golden mustache is an undemanding plant, however, it also needs proper care. There are several universal rules that will allow you to grow a healthy and beautiful plant. After all, the healthier the plant, the more and more useful biologically active substances it contains. And accordingly, the treatment of any ailment will be many times more effective.

About what diseases the Golden Mustache is used for, we wrote in

I think everyone knows perfectly well that it is impossible to be treated with medicinal plants that are sick. Such plants will do more harm than good. Therefore, the better you take care of your handsome man, the more benefit he will bring to you.

Basic growing rules:

1. Golden mustache should be grown in wide ceramic pots or hydroponically.
2. Callisia loves good lighting. Give it to her. However, do not forget, Callisia is afraid of direct sunlight, so it is better to protect it from them.
3. In winter, it is better to put the Golden Mustache away from heating appliances. He will be more comfortable if the room temperature is cool, but not lower than 12 C.
4. Water the plant abundantly, but make sure that the soil is not waterlogged. In winter, Golden mustache is enough to water 3 times a week.
5. Tie the plant to a support so that the main stem does not bend under its own weight. This should be done before the plant has shoots.

IMPORTANT: if the care of the plant is correct, in winter time year, the golden mustache does not shed its leaves and continues to grow.

Reproduction.

Callisia is propagated by basal shoots, as well as leaf and stem cuttings. There are 2 ways to propagate the Golden Mustache at home:

1. Rooting cuttings in water. Cuttings are cut with a knife and immersed in water for 7-10 days. Vertical shoots with a rosette of large leaves give roots earlier than lateral shoots. And if you add a growth stimulator to the water, the cuttings will give roots in 4 days.
2. Rooting cuttings in the soil. Cuttings are cut and planted in pots with soil, watered abundantly and covered with plastic bags. Put the pots in a room with diffused light. After 3-4 days, the polyethylene is removed. The plant is plentifully watered and sprayed for several days, after which it is moved to a normal room.

Golden mustache can also be grown in the country, in a greenhouse or under a film. In this case, the plant should be propagated by rooting lateral horizontal shoots directly on the stems in the soil. The main stem must be tied or attached to a support. Shoots from the main plant do not need to be cut off. They are placed on the surface of the soil and sprinkled with earth. After they take root, they are cut off, and the plant is transplanted to another place.

Callisia can be immediately planted in open ground. In this case, the mustache is separated from the house plant in early April and placed in water. A month later, after the appearance of the roots, the plant is planted on the site. Before planting, the land should be well fertilized with a mixture of ash (1/2 bucket) and superphosphate (100 g).

If you properly care for the plant, you can harvest 3 crops over the summer. In autumn, the whole plant is cut off, from which medicines can be prepared at will. Under growing conditions, Callisia is usually resistant to diseases and is practically not damaged by them.

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The golden mustache is propagated by cuttings, shoots (whiskers) throughout the year. The most favorable time for breeding is March, April, but if necessary, you can breed all year round.

2. When diabetes prepare such an infusion. And crush a leaf of a plant with a length of at least 15-20 cm with your fingers and pour 1 liter of boiling water. Wrap and let it brew for a day, strain. Take nasty golden mustache in a warm form, 50 ml 3-4 times a day 40 minutes before meals.

3. For bronchial asthma, take this tincture: pour 1.5 liters of vodka into 35-50 joints. Insist 9 days, strain. Tincture good quality should be purple. Take 1 dessert spoon 3 times a day 40 minutes before meals. A prerequisite is not to drink anything and not to seize.

4. In case of inflammation of the oral mucosa and gums, chew the leaves (a rosette of leaves, not a mustache). Swallow the juice and spit out the pulp. Store leaves in the refrigerator.

5. With leukemia. 1 part crushed golden mustache plant mixed with 1 part (by volume) buckwheat honey and 2 parts Cahors. Insist 40 days. Take 1 tbsp. spoon 3 times a day 40 minutes before meals. Drink 0.5 cups of decoction of flowers horse chestnut(1 tablespoon of flowers per 1 liter of water.

In whatever form you use the golden mustache (infusion, tincture, balm, juice, etc.), in the first 2-3 days of admission, you need to reduce the dose and the amount of intake by at least half in order to find out how your body will react to the new medicine. If there aren't any side effects- Gradually increase the dose to the norm specified in the recipe.

6. For pain in the stomach and intestines, chew the stem of the plant in the morning and evening before meals. Swallow only juice, spit out the pulp.

7. In case of a stomach ulcer, chew one joint of a golden mustache at night, spit out the cake.

8. With angina pectoris. Pass the stem and leaves of the plant through a meat grinder, squeeze out the juice, mix with honey (1:1) and take this mixture 1 tablespoon 2 times a day, morning and evening.

9. For mastopathy, make compresses: from leaves or tincture (13-15 joints per 0.5 l of vodka). This tincture can also be taken orally, 1 tablespoon one hour before meals.

10. For polyps of the large intestine, take this tincture: 15-17 joints pour 0.5 liters of vodka. Insist in a dark and warm place for 12 days. Take 1 dec. spoon 1 time per day 30-40 minutes before meals.

11. With glaucoma. Tear off one or half a sheet (if large) of a golden mustache, squeeze the juice into a spoon and instill fresh juice with a pipette, 2 drops in both eyes.

12. With bumps on the fingers, make compresses. First apply a sheet, then polyethylene and cotton wool. Secure with a bandage. Change the compress every 12 hours. After a few weeks, the bump will disappear.

The material is taken from the magazine "Be healthy".

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Fragrant callisia is the name of the golden mustache in scientific circles. This plant has medicinal properties not a little less than in scarlet and Kalanchoe. Unlike these plants, it is not approved by the Ministry of Health and continues to be debated. But lovers of traditional medicine do not pay attention to these discussions.

In recipes traditional medicine the use of the golden whisker is quite wide. It is popularly called homemade ginseng. If you are concerned about such ailments as bronchial asthma, gastrointestinal tract, pulmonary diseases, gallbladder, spleen, then you can use this plant without worrying about the negative consequences. There is an opinion among the people that with the help of this plant it is possible to alleviate different kind painful sensations. For example: relieve itching, heal burns, bruises, relieve lichen, ulcers. In order to use this plant for medicinal purposes, it is not necessary to buy it, you can grow it at home.

Callisia fragrant is a very large houseplant, reaching 1 m in height. Propagated by shoots, they resemble creepers (whiskers). The mustache is made up of joints. They are purple-brown in color and have a broom of leaves at the end. Medicinal can be safely considered a plant with nine and big amount joints on the shoots.

Having planted a golden mustache at home, you need to remember that no matter what he loves heat and light, he in no case accepts direct sunlight.

soil for the plant

To plant callisia, you need to mix several types of soil:

• greenhouse humus;
• sod land;
• river sand, preferably coarse.

At the bottom of the pot for planting, it is desirable to make drainage. For drainage, you can use eggshells, preferably from raw eggs. To improve the effect, crush the shell with sand.

Caring for medicinal plants

In the warm season, specifically in spring and summer, the flower needs to be watered every day. In this case, do not use a large amount of liquid. Waterlogging of the soil can adversely affect plants and their development. In autumn and winter, callisia should be watered 3 times a week. most optimal temperature for the normal development of the plant, 26 ° C is considered, humidity will be preferable - 55%. In winter, the period of calm for most plants, it is recommended to reduce the temperature regime in which the plant is contained. After rooting, the flower is fed with liquid fertilizers. The leaves are sprayed with softened water every three days.

With good development and growth, callisia needs to be attached to an additional support, because the plant can break under the weight of its weight and lateral processes.

It can be concluded that the golden mustache is not a very fastidious plant. It can safely grow and multiply at home.

reproduction

There are three ways to reproduce:

1. You need to take the cuttings and place them in water by 3/4. After 10 days, the appearance of roots will be noticeable. After that, the plant can be planted. To accelerate the growth of roots, you can add epin, a stimulating growth, to the container where the stalk stands.
2. Cuttings without roots are planted and sprayed with water. After you need to cover with plastic wrap and put in a room with low lighting for 4 days. When we remove the film, it will be necessary to water sparingly water. After a day, move to a place with normal lighting and water for another 4 days. During this time, the stalk in the ground will take root and begin to develop normally.
3. When a mature plant has put out enough side shoots and at the same time it is growing in a sufficiently large pot, then it is worth using the third method of reproduction. We attach the main stem of the plant to the support, and sprinkle the shoots with earth. After 5-7 days, the shoot is cut off from the main stem, then carefully dug up and transplanted for independent development.

Fragrant callisia will not only decorate the room, but will also be useful for medicinal purposes.

botanical name: Callisia fragrans.

Golden mustache plant - family . Commeline.

Origin. USA, Mexico.

Description. Golden mustache or fragrant callisia does not look as attractive as decorative types of callisia, but it is valuable medicinal plant and is able to purify the air in the room from harmful substances. Creeping perennial herbaceous evergreen plant with oblong-elliptical, pointed leaves up to 25 cm long and up to 5 cm wide. Drooping stems grow up to 90 cm in length. The leaves are glossy green, turning reddish-purple in good light. The flowers are white, fragrant, with three oblong petals, short-lived.

Height. This species grows rapidly and can reach a height of 20 cm. The drooping stems of the plant grow to 90 cm.

2. Golden mustache - home care

2.1. Growing

Pinch off the tips of young shoots regularly to keep the plant compact. If pruning is not carried out, the plant will look untidy.

2.2. Diseases and pests of the golden mustache

The tips of the leaves turn brown and dry out with insufficient air humidity. Rotting during waterlogging and stagnant water, especially in the autumn-winter period.

The most common pests are aphids, spider mites and thrips.

Insects - pests

2.3. How to transplant

Fragrant callisia are transplanted every year in the spring into larger pots.

2.4. Reproduction of the golden mustache

Callisia is a close relative of Tradescantia and also propagates by cuttings taken in the spring. Cut the cuttings 5 ​​- 10 cm long and remove the lower leaves from them. Root in a damp mixture of peat and sand, or in a plain glass of water. Powdered growth hormones can be used for rooting. Cover young plants with a clear plastic cap or glass to maintain humidity and place in a warm spot in partial shade. Rooting takes 2 - 3 weeks.

2.5.Growing land

Well-drained and nutritious soil based on peat with the addition of coarse sand and perlite.

2.6.When it blooms

The flowers are usually inconspicuous and appear in the summer.

2.7. Watering the golden mustache

Watering is plentiful, however, it should be slightly dried upper layer soil before the next watering. Always remove excess water from the sump. During the dormant period, the frequency of watering is reduced.

2.8 Content temperature

Moderately warm content. The ideal temperature is around 18°C. When kept in warmer conditions, it is necessary to increase the frequency of watering and air humidity. In winter, when the plant is resting, it should be placed in a cooler place with a temperature of 10 - 15 ° C.

2.9. Top dressing

Every two weeks during the period of active growth, they are fed with standard liquid fertilizers. During the dormant period, feeding is stopped.