Valerian seeds "Cardiola", medicinal, 0.1 g

A grassy perennial. Popular medicinal plant, good honey plant. The stem is erect, height from 40 to 120 cm. The flowers are fragrant, collected in umbrellaous inflorescences, flowering time: May-August. Fresh leaves of valerian are used in cooking as a spicy supplement in salads, and the roots of biennial plants for the preparation of healing tincture, extracts or therapeutic tea.

The plant has sedative properties and for therapeutic purposes its decoctions are used as a soothing agent for insomnia, various neurosis and stress, spasms of the gastrointestinal tract or coronary vessels, headaches, inflammation of the lungs. The rhizomes are suitable for cleaning at the end of the second year of life, in September. Moil -loving, not demanding soil plant. Sowing in the spring in the earliest stages or in the winter. Seeds are covered in moist soil to a depth of 1-2 cm with rows of 40 cm. Sowing rate-0.5 g/sq.m. Care for sowing consists in weeding weeds, loosening of the soil, top dressing and combating pests.