Portulaca oleracea

Portulaca oleracea - is an annual plant that loves the light. This plant has a bed-stem, middle-sized fleshy leaves and small yellow flowers. The fruit of it - is a box, which, after maturation pours the tiny black seeds. Purslane likes to grow on moist sandy areas, people often find it in gardens, next to the houses, gardens and fields. Scientists call this home to plant the western part of India, from where it spread to other regions of the Earth. This plant is found almost everywhere in Europe, Australia, China and the Middle East. The wild form of purslane is found in the Ukraine, central Russia, the Caucasus and Central Asia.

 The beneficial properties of purslane said Hippocrates, who believed that the plant is able to make cleaning the body, and advised his elderly and those recovering long after a serious illness. Avicenna has repeatedly talked about this herbal remedy in his writings. purslane leaves is very good bites and snakes, and insects, sleep disorders and dysentery. Medical raw material is remarkable combats insomnia, liver and kidney diseases. Since ancient times it was believed that if you put the leaves of the plants in the bed, then the dream will stop coming. In the nineteenth century, Russia was added to the food the leaves in large quantities, thereby suppressing sexual desire.