How to get rid of aspen in the garden? Fire tree Aspen root system diagram

Despite the fact that aspen looks like a nice and harmless tree, people compare it to hydra.

The fact is that the “offspring” of aspen grow from its roots, “scattering” over a distance of 30-40 m throughout the area.

It turns out that if you cut down a tree, ten new ones will grow in its place. A real hydra.

Description of the tree

Another name for aspen is “trembling poplar.” Many legends are associated with the amazing property of aspen to tremble at the slightest breath of wind. One of them, the most famous, explains this phenomenon by the fact that the cross on which the Son of God Jesus Christ was crucified was made from its wood. The aspen trembles with horror, and in the fall it turns red with shame.

Aspen is found most often in forest-steppe zones, sometimes on the border of tundra and forest. You can see aspen not only across the vast territory of the Russian Federation, but also in Europe, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia and the Korean Peninsula.

Unpretentious aspen is found on the banks of ravines, reservoirs, along forest edges, in swamps, and mountains. Because of its deep root system, it can survive fires. It can spread at a high speed - up to 1 m per year, occupying an area of ​​​​several hectares for several years.

Aspen is considered a pioneer tree. More fastidious plants use underground tunnels left by rotted aspen roots to displace the aspen from its “habitated” place. The soil, which is enriched by aspen, also contributes to this.

Its leaves, falling to the ground, quickly decompose, turn into humus, making the soil fertile and attractive to other plants.

Beneficial features

In times of famine, the bark of the tree was dried and ground into flour, which was used as baking. Taiga hunters still use crushed tree bark as a food supplement in order not to get tired and to be more resilient during long and difficult treks.

Aspen, also known as common aspen, Euro-Siberian, or trembling poplar (lat. Populus tremula) is a species of common deciduous trees of the Dicotyledonous class, order Malpighiaceae, Willow family, Poplar genus. Limited common names: Judas tree, Osyka, Whispering tree.

International scientific name: Populus tremula Linnaeus, 1753

Synonyms:

Populus australis Ten.

Populus bonatii H.Lev.

Populus duclouxiana Dode

Populus microcarpa Hook.f. & Thomson ex Hook.f.

Populus pseudotremula N.I. Rubtzov

Populus repanda Baumg.

Populus rotundifolia Griff.

Populus villosa Lang

Tremula vulgaris Opiz

English titles: Aspen, Common Aspen, European Aspen.

German titles: Espe, Aspe, Zitterpappel.

Security status: According to the IUCN Red List (version 3.1), aspen is considered to be of Least Concern (LC).

Etymology of the name, or why the aspen tree trembles

A characteristic feature of aspen is its very mobile, fluttering leaves. Because of this, in Latin it was called “quivering poplar.” It's all about very long petioles, very flattened at the top. Because of them, the leaves are unstable and at the slightest movement of air they begin to oscillate and tremble. With a stronger wind blowing, the petiole turns along with the leaf blade. By the way, from the inside out, the aspen leaf is not green, but greenish-brown, so it seems that the tree is changing color.

The name “aspen” can be traced in both Proto-Slavic and Indo-European languages. According to Hoops, it was borrowed from the Iranian language, according to Pedersen and Liden, from Armenian. Many European and Asian peoples call the tree by similar names. M. Vasmer in the etymological dictionary of the Russian language gives the following examples: “Ukr. aspen, osika, other Russian. aspen, Bulgarian osika (Mladenov 388), Czech. dial osa, osina, slvts. osika, Polish osa, osina, v.-luzh. wosa, wosuna, p.-luzh. wоsa, wоsa “silver poplar” along with the Bulgarian. Yasika "aspen", Serbohorvian Jasika, Slovenian.”

Common aspen is a promising forest species for afforestation of ravine slopes and other unstable steep slopes. It protects eroded lands from further development of erosion processes and allows them to be returned to economic use. Trembling poplar regenerates well after cutting due to its ability to form root suckers. Therefore, plantings created on the slopes of ravines can be exploited without the risk of weakening the anti-erosion resistance of the territory for a long time. It is one of the reforesting tree species, under the protection of which valuable tree species grow.

Medicinal properties of aspen and its use in folk medicine

The benefits of aspen products have long been known to people in many countries around the world. A large number of preparations from this tree are used as medicine. The bark, young twigs, leaves, buds, ash and coal of trembling poplar are used. In Tibetan medicine, the bark is more often used for pneumonia, smallpox and malaria. It is useful as an anti-inflammatory and astringent, diaphoretic, anticoagulant and analgesic. In Siberia, since time immemorial, people have been treating with all parts of this plant.

Compound

• The bark, leaves and buds contain essential oil, bitter glycosides, salicin and populin, tannins (up to 18%) and resinous substances, as well as organic acids. By the way, the bitter taste of the buds and bark is due to the fact that they contain the glycosides salicin and populin.
• The leaves additionally contain carotenoids, vitamin C, flavonoids, and anthocyanins.
• The kidneys contain aromatic acids, triglycerides of phenolcarboxylic acids.
• The bark and young shoots contain aromatic acids, phenol glycosides, higher fatty acids (capric, lauric, arachidic, behenic, etc.), unsaturated fatty acids (oleic, linoleic, linolenic), carotenoids, vitamin E, phosphatides.

pharmachologic effect

• antiseptic;
• bactericidal;
• anticoagulant;
• reparative;
• diaphoretic;
• antipyretic;
• diuretic;
• astringent;
• pain reliever;
• restorative;
• anti-inflammatory.

What does aspen treat?

• Bacterial infections

Diseases caused by Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and bacteria of the enteric typhus group heal the leaves, and to a greater extent the buds of aspen. They contain essential oil, which explains their medicinal properties. The oil has anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial effects. Externally, tincture and decoction of aspen bark is used for sore throat, stomatitis, and gingivitis. A decoction and tea made from the leaves, buds and young twigs of trembling poplar also helps. An alcohol tincture of aspen buds is used as an antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and diaphoretic.

• Thrombosis

If there is a risk of a blood clot, treatment is carried out with aspen bark and buds. Preparations made from them are popularly called natural aspirin due to the presence of salicin glycoside in them. It stimulates blood thinning and prevents the formation of clots.

• Helminthiasis

• Respiratory diseases

Most often, a decoction and tincture of aspen bark with vodka is used for medicinal purposes. Their use is widespread for colds and bronchopulmonary diseases. A decoction of aspen buds helps with colds, bronchitis and pulmonary tuberculosis. An alcohol tincture of the plant's buds is used as an antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and diaphoretic. The plant has long been considered a strong antitussive product; it reduces the excitability of the cough center. But antitussive drugs should not be taken independently, without a doctor’s recommendation. There are diseases in which it is important not to eliminate the cough, but to cause sputum discharge with its help. It would be advisable to use this plant for obsessive, irritating cough (pulmonary tuberculosis, pleurisy, whooping cough, bronchial asthma).

• Furunculosis

Ash from burnt aspen branches is used for treatment.

• Toothache and other types of pain

The potency of aspen preparations is comparable to aspirin. They have strong antipyretic and analgesic effects. For pain relief, decoctions of the bark and kidneys are used.

• Diabetes mellitus type 2

Aspen bark is usually used for diabetes mellitus. It normalizes metabolism, the functioning of the pancreas and the endocrine system as a whole, and reduces blood sugar levels. The bark is indicated for type 2 diabetes mellitus, with insufficient insulin production.

• Kidney and bladder diseases

Preparations from the bark act as a powerful anti-inflammatory agent. Its decoctions are prescribed to improve urination in cases of nephritis, cystitis, and urethritis. As urine volume increases, more toxins left by bacteria are eliminated.

• Diseases of the joints and muscles

Remedies from aspen bark relieve inflammation, swelling, pain in joints and muscles, improve blood flow, and prevent salt deposition. They are recommended for arthrosis, rheumatic, gouty pain, radiculitis. It is also useful for such diagnoses to take medicinal baths with the addition of a decoction of aspen bark.

• Problems with the digestive system

Aspen bark treats gastrointestinal infections, including dysentery, digestive disorders, and inflammation of hemorrhoids. It is taken for diseases of the liver, spleen, bile ducts, stomach and intestines, to normalize appetite and secretion.

• Jaundice

An increased amount of bilirubin in the blood also helps eliminate a decoction of aspen bark.

• Prostatitis and prostatic hypertrophy

In Western Europe, there is a demand for preparations from aspen bark for diseases of the bladder, prostate hypertrophy, adenoma, and prostatitis. Treatment of prostatitis with aspen bark is carried out according to a certain scheme indicated in the instructions for the drugs.

Who is contraindicated for aspen treatment?

Aspen-based products should not be taken if:

• tendency to constipation;
• pregnancy and breastfeeding;
• allergies to substances contained in the plant.

In addition, do not forget that self-medication is dangerous! A doctor must make a diagnosis and prescribe medications!

Aspen as pet food

Aspen branches and leaves provide excellent food for pets. For example, goats and sheep even prefer this food to hay. In Russia, peasants harvested them and made brooms for feeding animals. Sheep suffering from poor digestion or fever recovered by eating aspen leaves. Cows fed this type of food in winter produce milk of the same quality as in summer when fed grass.

Wood flour can be obtained from aspen wood, which is suitable for feeding livestock, like meadow hay and clover. The bark is also nutritious, but old bark cannot be used in its natural form. Therefore, at the Leningrad Forestry Academy named after. CM. Kirov created a technology with which you can process old aspen bark and obtain a vitamin concentrate (aspen fat) from it.

How to get rid of aspen on the site?

Aspen produces active growth, occupying lands that are important to the owners. And if you cut it down, the root shoots will grow even faster and more abundantly. You can try to uproot stumps and roots, cut off shoots and wait for the underground part of the plants to die, buy a stain in the store and kill the trees with it. The most successful way: drill a deep hole in the stump and pour acid into it. This way the aspen will die quickly and for sure.

Pests and diseases of aspen, ways to combat them

Aspen leaves are damaged by the following pests:

• willow grass (lat. Leucoma salicis);
• aspen serrated corydalis (lat. Pheosia tremula);
• rusty-brown tassel (lat. Pygaera anastomosis);
• aspen mining moth (lat. Lithocolletis tremulae);
• aspen hairy sawfly (lat. Cladius viminalis);
• large aspen sawfly, or large willow sawfly (lat. Clavellaria (Pseudoclavellaria, Tenthredo) amerinae);
• aspen leaf beetle (lat. Chrysomela tremula);
• aspen yellow sawfly (lat. Cimbex luteus);
• aspen pipe maker (lat. Byctiscus populi);
• aspen bouquet mite (lat. Eriophies dispar);
• larvae of aspen leaf beetle (lat. Chrysomela tremula);
• aspen borer (lat. Poecilonota variolosa);
• small (lat. Saperda populnea) and big (lat. Saperda carcharias) aspen creaks.

The most common pest of aspen seeds is the poplar catkin moth, or frog moth (lat. Batrachedra praenqusta).

Insects that damage leaves and seeds are controlled at the caterpillar or larval stage. Trees are treated with chloroform, karbofos, methylnitrophos, benzophosphate. Microbiological preparations used include entobacterin, gomelin, insectin, and dendrobacelin.

Aspen gall midge Harmandiola cavernosa on an aspen leaf. Photo credit: Gilles San Martin, CC BY-SA 2.0

Pests of aspen trunks can also damage the roots and branches of trees. The most common pests that damage wood include:

• large poplar glass (lat. Sesia apiformis);
• large aspen barbel, or large aspen creaker (lat. Saperda carcharias);
• small aspen barbel, or poplar creaker (lat. Saperda populnea);
• green narrow-bodied borer (lat. Agrilus viridis);
• gray aspen barbel, or aspen clit (lat. Xylotrechus rusticus);
• aspen wood borer (lat. Acossus terebra).

In addition to the listed species, aspen can be damaged by many types of glass beetles, borers and some types of bark beetles, for example, the gypsy bark beetle. Mechanical methods are used as control measures: uprooting infected stumps, timely cutting of plants. Biological and chemical methods are also used: creating crops using the shadow method, treating with insecticides.

Stem pests often cause butt and root rot, as they “open the gate” to wood-destroying fungi.

Fungus from the genus Melampsora on an aspen leaf. Photo credit: Rasbak, CC BY-SA 3.0

• It is worth walking through an aspen grove and you will hear the alarming rustling of its leaves, as before a storm. They don’t really like the tree for its “talkativeness”, giving it unflattering nicknames: “whispering tree”, “sworn tree”, “trembling tree”. According to legend, it was on an aspen tree that Judas, who betrayed Jesus Christ, hanged himself, and the Cross of the Lord was made from it. Allegedly, since then she has been trembling, remembering the inglorious death of the traitor. But in fact, aspen does not grow in Palestine.
• In paganism, aspen was considered a savior from evil spirits. For example, according to legend, vampires can only be killed by piercing them with an aspen stake.
• Aspen gets rid of excess healthy branches without breaking them. This process is called autumn branch fall. In autumn, the ground next to the tree is covered with thin young branches the length of a pencil or more.
• Aspen is used to create forest shelterbelts in the steppe zone of Russia. The tree forms dense thickets and prevents the penetration of steppe vegetation into cultivated lands.
• Aspen is a nurse tree in relation to spruce. Under his protection and with his help, young spruce trees grow faster.
• Aspen was included in the Red Book of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug in 2008.
• An old aspen tree, 150 years old, grows in the Poltava region of Ukraine.

Aspen is the most common type of tree. Despite its rapid development and growth, it is quite painful. Under favorable conditions, it reaches an age of no more than 100 years. Grows in cold temperate climates in moist soil. Found in many countries in Europe and Asia.

The specific name of the tree comes from the word “to tremble” - “tremere”. Due to the peculiar structure of aspen leaves, they characteristically tremble even in a slight wind. The plant develops well in mixed forests.

Features of the tree

Aspen is a slender deciduous tree from the Poplar genus of the Willow family. In height, like, it can reach up to 35 meters, and the trunk diameter is 1 m. The plant is dioecious, has a sparse crown and bark of a light greenish-gray hue. Young shoots have a cylindrical, round shape; old branches have clearly visible leaf scars.

Leaf buds are bare, reaching 5-10 mm, flower buds - 12-15 mm. The oval leaves are gray-green in color and have wedge-shaped endings. The long petioles are flattened on both sides and slightly curved. The leaf blade ends with jagged edges; the young plant can secrete nectar on them.

The tree reproduces by the root system, seeds and stump shoots. The tree blooms in early spring. Lush inflorescences resemble earrings in shape. Males are 10 cm long and brownish-brown or bright purple in color, females are light green. The capsules are filled with small seeds with silky white hairs.
With their help they are transported over considerable distances. Aspen plays an important role in shaping landscapes.

The base of the tree is formed by several powerful surface roots, 30-40 m long. Numerous root shoots are formed on them. With an increased influx of nutrients, dormant buds awaken. The length of the offspring can range from several meters to more than 10 m. Horizontal roots can grow together with the rhizomes of other trees, forming a single system with them. You can find out what it looks like in this article.

In the first year of life of young trees, their root system is characterized by increased intensity and duration of growth. The increase per day can be about 6 cm.

The plant has increased resistance to low temperatures and is not afraid of frost. Can grow in shaded areas in soil with high acidity and moisture. Aspen is not picky and easily sprouts from an ordinary branch. Widely used in woodworking, chemical, paper industries. In winter, the bark of young trees becomes the main source of food for many animals.

The plant is classified as a medicinal plant and is widely used in folk medicine:

• Kidney-based drugs are taken orally for cystitis and joint diseases;
• for gastritis, pancreatitis, diabetes and fever, decoctions from the bark are used;
• an infusion based on tree ash helps with adnexitis;
• ash is added to various healing ointments;
• infusion of buds with alcohol helps relieve pain from hemorrhoids and dysentery;
• The leaves are used to create hot poultices for rheumatism; the juice is used to treat lichen and warts.

The tree is well known in folklore; it was used to drive away evil spirits from a person and his home. People believe that it has magical properties and is able to absorb negative energy.

Main varieties of aspen

There are 7 varieties and one hybrid tree in the Poplar genus. These include:

• common or Eurasian;

Common aspen

• trembling or American;

“Trembling”

• large-toothed aspen;

“Coarse-toothed”

• Chinese;

“Chinese”

• Japanese;

“Japanese”

• sedge or black poplar;

“Osokor”

• white poplar

White poplar

There are many related tree species. These include laurel, hairy, fragrant, Maksimovich, Korean, Ussuri, Amur, balsam poplars, David's aspen and many others. Each of them differs in the structural features of the root system, the shape and shades of the crown, trunk, leaves and peduncles.

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Duration and stages of life

On average, the lifespan of aspen is from 60 to 80 years. Under favorable growth conditions, it can live up to 100, and in rare cases – 150 years.

With age, tree wood loses its beneficial qualities. It is often affected by fungi, is prone to heart rot and becomes the target of attacks by various pests. For this reason, they are cut down at the age of 40-45.

The formation of a mature aspen tree occurs quite quickly. The first year of life is due to the rapid growth of seedlings. They are capable of reaching a height of up to 1 meter. The root system is actively developing, the shoots even grow up to 2 m. Their leaves differ significantly from those of an adult tree. They are softer, larger in size and slightly pubescent.

Rapid growth of aspen is observed for 50-60 years, then it slows down significantly. Ten-year-old plants reach a height of up to 8 meters. The foliage of the tree develops first, after which the shoots grow in length and thickness. The active growth of aspen is influenced by two main factors - the amount of precipitation and air temperature.

In autumn, the tree attracts attention with its bright palette of colors. Its leaves can be yellow, fiery red or pink. It is worth noting the specific smell that appears only in aspen trees. It is reminiscent of bitter vanilla and lasts even after the leaves have fallen.

Tree care

Proper tree care involves choosing the right place to plant it and watering it. The plant is planted in the ground in the form of seedlings or seeds. Seedlings are transplanted in the spring to give them time to take root in a new location. Aspen is not picky and quickly takes root. It is planted away from residential structures, since due to the early appearance of rot in the trunk, the tree can easily collapse. The fluff during flowering causes an allergic reaction in some people.

Aspen seeds

The distance between each planting hole must be at least 2 meters. Otherwise, instead of trees, the seedlings will grow into a single bush. The recesses themselves should be shallow.

It is important to have an additional drainage layer of 8-10 cm from crushed stone or pebbles. With its help, the soil will retain moisture and create favorable conditions for aspen growth.

For the full development of seedlings, it is worth ensuring:

• correct choice of soil. Fresh, fertile and well-draining loamy or sandy loam soil is suitable;

• regular watering of the plant. Artificial cultivation of aspen requires periodic soil moisture. During dry periods, watering should be plentiful. The tree cannot tolerate dry soil;

• feeding It is applied at the stage of transplanting seedlings or planting them in the ground. In the future, fertilization is not required due to the powerful and well-developed root system. More often, mullein is used in a ratio of 1 kg per 20 liters of water and superphosphate - 20 g per the same amount of liquid;
• pruning thick branches from February to April. Young branches can be cut all year round;

• cutting down mature trees over 50 years old. Young shoots quickly appear around their stumps.

The soil at the site where the seedlings are planted needs additional loosening and weeding. Proper care will accelerate the growth of young aspen and its healthy development in the future.

Video

The method of pruning and removing aspen is shown in more detail in the video below.

Preparing aspen for winter

An adult tree tolerates low temperatures and frosts well. It sheds its leaves for the winter. Annual shoots freeze easily and require additional protection. When growing a plant at home, it is placed in a greenhouse or covered with film. If it cannot be moved into the house, then the soil is covered with a thick layer of spruce branches.

It is important to ensure a high level of humidity in the areas where aspen grows. The soil is watered daily, without touching the plant itself with water.

Disease and pest control

Aspen is susceptible to a large number of fungal diseases. It can infect other nearby plants with them. Armiliaria mellea (Quell) can cause tree trunk and root rot. The fungus enters the trunk through wounds on its surface or through the passages of aspen beetle larvae. The root becomes infected through other affected rhizomes. As a result, old and too young trees wither.

Various fungi affect not only the roots, but also the trunk of aspen, its branches, leaves, fruits and seeds. They lead to withering of the tree and premature falling of its fruits. Diseased seedlings curl, turn black and die. To prevent the spread of rot, the affected plants are dug up and individual sections of them are cut off. Seedlings of young plants can be protected with a thick layer of sphagnum peat.

The result of a tree being infected by a fungus

Aspen is also subject to a large number of attacks from various pests. These include willow moth, aspen leafminer, red-winged leaf beetle, bouquet mite, serrated corydalis and many others. They mainly affect the leaves of the plant. A common pest of seeds is the poplar catkin moth. Most insects are destroyed at the stage of formation of larvae and caterpillars by treating the wood with insecticides.

Aspen roots attract mole crickets and water rats. Destruction is carried out using special poisons. The grass around the trees should be mowed in advance.

In winter, the bark of the plant attracts hares and moose. It becomes their main source of food. You just need to scare the animals away from the plantings.

Despite the short lifespan of aspen, it has a fairly powerful root system and develops quickly. The appearance of new shoots contributes to the growth of trees over a large area. The plant is not fussy and can be easily grown by novice gardeners. Easily affected by pests and fungal diseases, close attention to the condition of aspen is necessary. You will also be interested in our article “” and of course material about.

Trembling poplar (aspen) - (Populus tremula L.) is one of the most common types of poplars, belonging to the genus poplar (Populus) of the willow family (Salicaceae). Distribution area: European part of Russia, Caucasus, Western and Eastern Siberia, Far East, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Western Europe, East Asia. It is located on the territory of many nature reserves in the European part of Russia, the Caucasus, Siberia, the Far East, Crimea, and the Baltic states. It grows in different types of forest as an admixture and secondary species, and also occasionally forms pure aspen forests. In the mountains it can rise to a height of 2000 m. In many areas of the Far East, from Kamchatka to Primorye and the Kuril Islands, a species close to aspen grows - David's poplar - Populus davidiana Dode.
In the steppe zone, where it reaches, together with the oak, the southern border of the distribution of forest vegetation, it forms dense thickets along the forest edges, preventing representatives of steppe phytocenoses from penetrating under the forest canopy. This feature of aspen is used to create forest shelterbelts in steppe regions.

This is a large tree up to 35 m high and 1 m in diameter with a sparse crown and light greenish-gray bark. Old branches are very “broken”, with clearly visible leaf scars. Young shoots are round, without ribs or stripes, often bare and as if varnished, but sometimes slightly pubescent, greenish or greenish-brown in color. Aspen prefers rich, well-moistened soils. Light-loving and very winter-hardy. Like all poplars, aspen is a dioecious plant, but not with a clear distinction between the sexes. Many trees have flowers of both sexes, but one of them is strongly predominant (usually male). Some trees have flowers of only one sex.
Flower buds are thick, dark, greenish-chestnut or red-brown, not very sticky, initially pubescent, then bare. Aspen blooms at the end of April, long before the leaves bloom. Male catkins with brownish-brown scales, when blooming, sharply lengthen (up to 10 cm), and their yellowish-green pollen is carried by the wind for many kilometers.

Aspen seeds

Thanks to the hairs, seeds are easily transported over long distances. Aspen bears fruit annually and abundantly, but its seedlings appear rarely, since this requires very favorable conditions, and the germination rate of seeds drops extremely quickly.

Aspen leaves

They sit on long petioles flattened laterally. This does not allow the petioles to bend, but makes the leaf blade oscillate and tremble even with weak air movement, for which the tree was so named.

Glands at the ends of the lower leaf teeth can secrete nectar when young.

Aspen bark

Aspen root system

Aspen propagation

Aspen forests

Aspens have many different life forms. For example, in aspen forests you can often find forms with green or gray bark. In the latter, the base of the trunks is usually much darker than in the greenbarks. The difference in the color of the bark is especially noticeable in the spring, before flowering, at a time when intense sap flow begins. Individual aspen trees also differ in the timing of leaf bloom, so in the spring you can notice “early” and “late” specimens in terms of leaf appearance. In addition, there are individuals that are distinguished by vigorous growth and are considered “gigantic” and are therefore valuable in forestry. This form has a triploid set of chromosomes (Populus tremula gjgas), whereas in nature individuals with a diploid set of chromosomes predominate.

Application of aspen

The annual layers are faintly visible. The medullary rays are not visible.
Matches and ethyl alcohol are made from it, it is used in the hydrolysis industry, and is suitable for turning. Aspen firewood is low in calories, but produces a long, low-smoking flame that is suitable for making pottery and brick.
The so-called ploughshare was made from aspen wood - specially shaped planks that were used in Russian wooden architecture to cover church domes. The play of light and shade on old plowshares gives the coatings created from them a silvery sheen.

The wood is used for buildings and various crafts, to produce cellulose, wood pulp and wood shavings.

Medicinal tincture of the kidneys is used for dysentery, gastritis, hemorrhoids and cystitis. Pounded into an ointment, they are used for chronic ulcers, joint pain, and for healing wounds.

A medicinal decoction of tree bark helps to improve the functioning of the digestive tract, with diarrhea and gastritis.

Fresh aspen leaves are used to treat hemorrhoids. For rheumatism and gout, the leaves are used in the form of poultices. The juice of fresh leaves treats lichens and removes warts. Preparation of medicinal raw materials The buds, leaves and bark of aspen are harvested. The bark of the medicinal aspen tree is stored during sap flow by making circular cuts on the young branches of the tree, then connecting them with longitudinal cuts and removing them. Aspen bark is dried in the shade, spread out in one layer.

Common aspen buds are harvested at the beginning of swelling in early spring. Air dry in the shade or in ventilated areas.

Medicines from aspen

Brew 1 teaspoon of aspen buds with a glass of boiling water, leave for about an hour, drain through cheesecloth, squeeze out the raw materials. Use 5-6 times a day, 1-2 tbsp. spoons.

Decoction for diarrhea

Pour 1 tbsp with a glass of boiling water. spoon of aspen buds and boil over low heat for about 25 minutes, then leave for 45 minutes, drain through cheesecloth, squeeze out the raw materials. Consume 1-2 tbsp before meals. spoons 3 times a day.

Decoction for jade

Pour a glass of boiling water over 1 tbsp. a spoonful of young aspen bark, leaves, twigs, boil for 10 minutes over low heat, then cool, peel, drain through cheesecloth. Drink 1/2 glass 3 times a day.

Tincture

Pour vodka over the buds of aspen trees in a ratio of 10:1. Then leave for 72 - 96 hours, filter. Use 3 times a day, 10 - 20 drops.

Ointment for joint pain

Mix crushed aspen buds in equal quantities with vegetable oil.

For hemorrhoids

Apply tree leaves to hemorrhoidal cones for 2 hours, then wash the sore spot with boiled cool water. Carry out the procedure 3 times a week.

Aspen - contraindications