I believe that many of us grow a money tree in our apartments and houses (or a fat woman, krassula, as it is also called). After all, you so want to attract wealth and prosperity to your home by all means. However, the money tree, in addition to the truly magical properties attributed to it, has medicinal properties that few know about.
Let’s talk about the medicinal properties and contraindications of the money tree and learn the recipes with this plant, because the fat woman can be treated along with other medicinal home plants, it is in no way inferior to aloe and Kalanchoe in its healing effect on the body.
- “Course towards wealth” – many believe that the higher the tree grows, the more it will attract wealth into the house, they also give advice to put a few coins in the pot where Crassula grows, then money will always be found in your house;
- “Health indicator” – if someone is seriously ill in the house, the money tree begins to fade, the leaves turn yellow or turn black and fall off, as if the plant absorbs the owner’s illness, poor energy at home, if the person recovers, the fat woman also comes to life;
- “Air purifier” – a money tree due to its ability to purify the air in the room, improves the well-being of its owners, even by its appearance it can have a positive effect on a person. Thanks to the money tree, your home will always be clean of negative emotions and full of good mood.
Money tree (fat woman). Homeland of the plant
the money tree feels great at home
Varieties and their botanical characteristics
The money tree unites over 300 plant species. Of these, the most common are tree-like, silvery, oval. These plants are distinguished by the color of the leaves – green, dark green, silvery, may have a reddish border or red spots on the seamy side of the leaf. All of these species have taken root well at home and are grown as indoor plants.
In folk medicine, for medicinal purposes, an ovoid or oval bastard is used, scientifically correctly called – a tree bastard.
What a fat woman looks like – a description of the plant:
A money tree flower can grow from ten centimeters to 4 meters in natural conditions. It has an erect tree-like crown of brown-brown color, green branches with sessile leaf plates of a round or oval shape. At the end of the shoots, an inflorescence is formed – paniculate or racemose, consisting of numerous umbrellas.
Distribution and growing conditions
The birthplace of the money tree is Africa, Madagascar and South Arabia. The bastard plant accumulates moisture in the leaves, which allows it to feel comfortable in these arid countries.
planting a flower should be carried out by cuttings that have put roots into the water
The money tree or bastard has taken root well at home and is grown as a houseplant. Flower propagation occurs by shoots or deciduous petioles. Before planting in the ground, they are kept in water and, after the roots appear, they are planted in a pot. The soil should consist of turf, leafy earth and sand (in a ratio of 1: 3: 1), good drainage, ash, brick chips and clay are imperative. The pot must be chosen heavy and deep, since the plant has a poorly developed root system that is not able to hold a large flower.
The tree does not require frequent watering, but it needs sunlight. It should be moisturized no more than once a week, and in winter – a couple of times a month.
under favorable home conditions, the money tree can bloom
Money tree – poisonous or not
The plant contains arsenic in small doses and therefore ingesting large amounts of it can be dangerous. Subject to the recommendations of the doctor and the recommended doses, the plant will not bring harm.
vermin
The reasons for the unhealthy appearance of the flower can also be infestation by pests. Some of them feed on leaves, roots, others – they drink juice from the plant along with nutrients. Mass propagation can lead to the death of a room culture.
Shield
The scabbard can be found on the stem. It is a small insect with a shell. It sucks the sap from the plant.
- Reasons for the appearance. The scale insect appears on plants with weakened immunity, which are not properly fed, grow in soil with an excess of nitrogen, in the absence of proper care. Infection occurs from plant to plant.
- Symptoms. The first sign of infection is sticky liquid on the trunk. In the future, the fat woman withers, her leaves fall off.
- Treatment. Destroy the scab by hand scraping with a brush. Treatments with alcohol, kerosene, vinegar rubdown, rubbing with tincture of garlic, red pepper are also effective. In case of severe infection, they resort to chemical treatment using Fitoverm, Aktellik, Metaphos.
spider mite
A spider mite can be found on the lower leaf plate. It looks like a small black dot. It is a sucking parasite that feeds on plant sap.
- Causes of appearance… The mite appears on those plants that grow in a room with dry air and high temperatures.
- Symptoms… The presence of a spider mite is indicated by the presence of a cobweb on the stem and leaves.
- Treatment… Since this harmful insect does not like coolness and high humidity, one of the ways to combat it is to spray the plant and put a plastic bag on it for several days. After this time, the insect will die. They also fight the tick with soap rubdowns, treatments with Fitoverm, Bi-58, Karate, Iskra-M, Aktellik.
Mealybug
These parasites, feeding on juices, negatively affect the growth, development and decorativeness of the flower. They are easy to spot on the plant – they move quickly, covered with a coating of white.
- Reasons. The parasite appears on plants growing at temperatures above + 25 ° C and high humidity. Waterlogging of the soil contributes to its development. Infection occurs through the soil.
- Symptoms. A characteristic sign of a mealybug lesion is white, cotton-like discharge on the stem, leaves, and shoots.
- Treatment. Mealybugs are removed by wiping with soapy water, treatments with folk remedies – cyclamen broth, garlic, tobacco infusions. In case of severe infection, they resort to the use of insecticides: “Aktara”, “Confidora”, “Fitoverma”, “Biotlina”.
Root worm
This is a type of mealybug. It infects the root system. The parasite has a size of 2-3 mm, white. Pest detection occurs during transplantation.
- Reasons. The plant becomes infected when planted in non-disinfected soil.
- Symptoms. Yellowing, deformation and death of the leaves.
- Treatment. To get rid of the insect, you should shed the soil 2-3 times with the “Apploud” preparation. Transplantation with rinsing of the root system with running water also helps. Hot root baths are also effective.
Read more about how to transplant a money tree.
Now you have complete information on what to do if the money tree is sick. In order to prevent diseases and pests, you should plant the fat woman in the ground with the recommended composition, put it in a bright place protected from direct sunlight, and take good care of it.
Useful properties of the fat woman
Crassula leaves contain water, fiber and mucus, consisting of mucopolysaccharides, which have an emollient, enveloping, regenerating and astringent effect for health.
The flavonoids contained in the leaves have the following effects on the human body:
- bacteriostatic action;
- stimulate local immunity;
- fight bleeding;
- improve tissue regeneration and scarring.
Phytoncides have bacterial, antiviral, antiprotozoal, anti-inflammatory and antifungal effects.
for medicinal purposes, only fresh leaves are used, since all the healing power is contained in their pulp
The money tree and its medicinal properties are used in the treatment of the following diseases:
- Epileptic seizures;
- Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract;
- Intermittent fever;
- Skin lesions (trophic ulcers, boils, psoriasis, eczema, frostbite, burns, insect bites);
- Rheumatism, osteochondrosis, arthritis;
- Varicose veins;
- Angina, stomatitis, gingivitis, periodontal disease, herpes;
- Runny nose, cough, sinusitis;
- Ulcers, gastritis, colitis;
- Neuralgia, myalgia.
The money tree is used for cosmetic purposes for skin and hair care. Rinsing hair with a decoction of leaves helps to eliminate itching, seborrhea, dandruff, strengthen hair follicles and prevent hair loss.
For the face, the fat woman has an anti-inflammatory and antiseptic effect – it eliminates acne, blackheads, transforms the complexion, making it fresher.
Juice
The tool is used to lubricate wounds, rashes, burns, frostbite, sore joints. The juice is diluted to obtain a solution in the treatment of mucous membranes, mixed with a base for the preparation of medicinal ointments.
- choose middle-aged green leaves;
- chop and squeeze the juice through cheesecloth;
- used for external use to lubricate diseased areas up to 6 times a day.
fresh leaves of the plant are the basis for the preparation of all medicinal products with bastard
Fresh leaves
The leaves are used internally to treat diseases of the stomach and intestines, externally – to heal skin ailments, as well as corns and corns. Juice is squeezed out of them, an extract and tincture are prepared.
- choose middle-aged green leaves, washed, remove the skin from the outside;
- apply to bruises, scratches, abrasions, bruises and other injuries up to 6 times a day.
- for the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases, eat two leaves a day before meals;
- for the treatment of stomatitis and periodontal disease, the leaves are slowly chewed and the remains are spit out.
Solution
Prepared from freshly squeezed juice, used for rinsing with lesions of the oral mucosa, as well as for washing the mucous membrane in the gynecological area.
- squeeze the juice from ten crushed medium-sized leaves;
- combined with a glass of boiled and cooled water;
- rinse the mouth or throat with the solution 3 times a day, treatment is carried out until the symptoms are eliminated.
decoction
The use of the agent has anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial and diuretic effects. It is indicated for diseases of the genitourinary sphere.
a decoction with a fat woman will help maintain women’s health, relieve inflammation, and cure cystitis
- leaves are cut into pieces;
- a dessert spoon of pulp is combined with 250 ml. water;
- keep in a water bath for 20 minutes;
- strain and use under Art. l. up to 3 times a day 20 minutes before meals.
Ointment
Recipe:
- medium leaves are crushed and squeezed out;
- combined with petroleum jelly in equal amounts;
- with a mixed agent, cotton wool is blotted, with which inflamed hemorrhoids and affected areas of the skin are lubricated.
Tincture
Alcohol tincture is used as compresses for arthritis and varicose veins, bruises and bruises, it can be rubbed with neuralgia and myalgia.
- a container for 13 is filled with leaves, pre-crushed;
- poured to the top with vodka or 40% alcohol;
- insist a month and filter.
Hair conditioner
Money tree strengthens hair roots, prevents hair loss and accelerates hair growth.
- take a liter of boiling water and 200 gr. chopped leaves;
- insist for an hour;
- filter and use warm to rinse hair;
- the procedure is recommended to be carried out 2 times a week for a month.
money tree not only decorates the room, but also cleans the air from germs and bacteria
Flower
Subject to simple rules for growing, the plant can please the owner with its unusual flowering. The fat woman blooms in early spring. Flowers appear on the branches, resembling white-pink stars, They are collected in paniculate inflorescences and exude a delicate sweetish aroma. Flowering lasts about 2 months. The plant blooms at the age of 5 to 10 years.
In order for the tree to bloom, it is necessary to keep it at low temperatures for a month. And then start a sharp care for him: carry out top dressing, watering, intensive spraying of leaves from a spray bottle.
REFERENCE! Flowers appear on young shoots and also have beneficial properties.
Alcohol tinctures are prepared from them and are also used to treat joints and rheumatism.
A little flower infusion can be added to the hand cream and thereby enrich its composition with microelements.
Such a cream will be more effective in caring for the skin, providing, in addition to softening, also an antiseptic effect.
Traditional medicine recipes with a fat woman
The recipes call for the use of fresh leaves, and to increase the effectiveness of the treatment, the branches are cut and harvested for a week in a cool and dark place. During this period, fermentation takes place, which allows you to increase the concentration of nutrients and increase their biological activity.
Fat woman with skin diseases
For the treatment of skin ailments, both fresh leaves and remedies with a fat woman are used – a decoction, juice, ointment or alcohol tincture.
remedies with a fat woman will help to get rid of many skin lesions and fungus
Helps to heal wounds, abrasions, frostbite, burns, bruises, festering wounds, trophic ulcers, boils, abscesses, abscesses, and in complex therapy – eczema, dermatitis and fungal infections.
Treatment of hemorrhoids
A sheet of the fat woman is cut along and applied to the affected area, securing with a plaster, the procedure should be done at night. The plant will easily and quickly relieve pain and irritation, relieve inflammation. Fat woman from hemorrhoids is effective in the initial stage of the disease.
It is good to use an ointment with plant juice for the treatment of hemorrhoids; for this, the tampon is impregnated with the agent and injected into the anus for 15-20 minutes.
Cold drops
A fat woman helps from a runny nose, for this, plant juice is instilled in one drop into each nostril up to three times a day until it is completely cured.
for the treatment of rhinitis in children, the juice is diluted in half with water or vegetable oil
From varicose veins
To alleviate the symptoms of the disease, alcohol tincture helps well; it must be regularly rubbed into the diseased areas of the body.
With angina and toothache
A rinse procedure is carried out with a decoction of a fat woman or fresh juice of a plant diluted in half. The procedure has anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial effects, kills pathogenic microflora. In case of toothache, you need to chew fresh leaves, trying not to swallow them.
For the treatment of joints
Gruel from the leaves is applied to the affected joints or fresh juice is rubbed. The procedure warms up, removes inflammation, swelling and pain.
For nail fungus
A fresh leaf is cut lengthwise and fixed with a plaster on the affected nail. Change the bandage several times a day until the disease is eliminated.
With cystitis and diseases of the genitourinary system
To prepare a remedy, you need to take 5 leaves, grind and add a glass of boiling water. Insist and strain. Take orally according to Art. l. 2 times a day before meals. The course of treatment is 10 days.
For cold sores on the lips
A cotton pad is soaked with plant juice and applied to a sore on the lip, fixed with a plaster.
To eliminate itching from insect bites
The affected area is rubbed with plant juice several times a day until the symptoms are eliminated. The tool relieves itching, burning, has an antiseptic and anti-inflammatory effect.
How is a flower useful or harmful for human health?
Let’s consider what exactly the money tree flower is useful for human health, where it is used, how its healing properties are used.
This flower is known, thanks to the secreted phytoncides, for its ability to actively purify the air, including from bacteria and unpleasant odors.
Bastard juice has antiviral and anti-inflammatory properties, and it is mainly used to treat burns, skin irritations, herpes infections. The gruel from the leaves helps in treating acne, relieves itching after insect bites, with cuts – it can have a strong healing effect.
The peculiarity of the bastard plant is that the pulp and juice contains a small amount of arsenic. When the plant is consumed inside in large doses, nausea, diarrhea, headaches, confusion may occur. When applied externally, there are practically no contraindications, except for allergies.
Read more about the medicinal properties and contraindications to the use of the fat woman here.
Is it possible or impossible to keep a fat woman in the house?
Consider whether or not it is possible to keep it at home, whether it is harmful to health if there is a child in the apartment, whether the constant presence of Crassula is dangerous and why for a person. If there are pets or small children in the house who may accidentally taste the leaf, it is better to put the plant higher, in a place inaccessible to them, and not keep the flower in the nursery. In all other cases Crassula is a very unpretentious and extremely useful flower, which perfectly cleans the air and can help with some diseases.
Fatty’s leaves have lost their elasticity. Why do Fat Woman’s leaves wither?
The fat woman withers.
Fatty girl withers also for various reasons. First, it can be simple tightness in the pot, when the roots have already occupied the maximum space in the container, in this case you can solve the problem by transplanting into a more spacious pot.
Secondly, the reason that the Money Tree withers can be improperly adjusted watering… When the bay, the roots of the plant crack and begin to rot, along with them the trunk begins to rot, from this the leaves wither and wrinkle. Simply by reducing watering, the problem, alas, cannot be solved… It is necessary to get the plant out of the pot and examine its root system. If the earthy clod around the roots is wet and the roots are rotten, then they will have to be removed. You need to use new soil for the Fatty, and henceforth do not water so abundantly. Unfortunately, Crassula transplant is not a guarantee that she will survive… If over time she does not get better, we advise you to break off the cutting and root it. Do not worry, succulents reproduce very easily.
Shchitovka.
The scale insect is very visible on the plant.
It is very difficult not to notice the scabbard on Tolstyanka, it looks like such a tubercle, as in the photo above. It is better to remove insects from the plant by hand, and destroy, treat the plant with soapy water and use a chemical agent against the scale insect – Fitoverm. The instructions describe a detailed guide to action.
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Health to your plants!
The stalk is pulled out from the Fat Woman.
The fat woman pulls out from insufficient lighting.
The stalk of the Fat woman is stretched in response to a lack of light, the plant tries with all its might to reach the source of illumination, therefore it stretches upward. Most likely, you have chosen a not very good place for your pet.
The solution to the problem – you should move the Money tree to a lighter window sill (make sure that direct sunlight still does not fall on it) or arrange for an additional plant for the plant.
Fatty’s bacterial infection and how to treat it?
Bacterial rot on Tolstyanka manifests itself as brown spots, like a fungal infection.
A bacterial infection is more difficult to treat than a fungal infection using potent drugs. Bacterial rot treatment is carried out fungicides (10 g of medicine per 10 liters of water)… In addition, it is necessary to carry out local antibiotic treatment, particularly penicillin. The most effective treatment – injection, however, it is possible to treat the Fatty Woman with the help of sheet processing.
It’s fun! The fat woman is absolutely resistant to antibiotics, and even a high dose of the drug will not harm her!
The fat woman has black spots. What is it?
Blackening of the leaves of the Tolstyanka.
In case of blackening of Crassula leaves 2 options are possible, which must be distinguished. It may be trite sunburn and completely uncommon infectionthat will destroy your plant in a matter of days or weeks. How to tell a burn from an infection? Examine the affected areas carefully. Burns are always local, and will appear only in the place where directly the sun’s rays fell. Solve the problem by simply changing the location of your plant.
If you find rabble in hard-to-reach places where the sun could not get in, in principle, but you are dealing with bacterial infection.
Why does the fat woman turn pale and fall off the foliage?
The fat woman threw off the foliage.
Answer the question why fat woman is losing leaves is not difficult… Several options are possible. Typically, this happens either from underfilling, or from waterlogging, it is also possible your the plant is stressed and thus reacts to it. With the first two cases, everything is clear: if you too rarely watered your pet, then it is a matter of drought, if you have constantly wet soil and it does not dry out, then you flooded the plant.
The solution to the problem is to adjust watering and reduce feeding.
But what the plant can experience stress from is not entirely clear. The most likely reason is watering with cold water… Do not forget that the Fat Woman is still a tropical plant and a cold shower is not at all for her.
The solution to the problem is to water the Fatty Woman with settled water at room temperature, and preferably warm.
The fat woman does not grow.
A fat woman can stay small if she does not have enough nutrients to grow.
Sometimes the absence of visible signs of growth is associated with the dormant period of the plant, for example, in the winter season in a cool room. However, there are also other reasons – lack of lighting or nutrients, as well as poor watering.
If your Fat Woman is standing far from daylight, this is most likely the reason for the lack of growth.
The solution to the problem is very the same as in the previous case – changing the location or additional lighting.
If the Money Tree stands in a well-lit place, but still does not grow, think about how often you water it, perhaps you forgot about it and the plant did not receive moisture for the second month. How long ago did you add top dressing to the soil?
The solution to the problem is to water the smelt and then add top dressing (use a dosage 2 times less than indicated on the package).
The Fat Woman’s leaves turned red.
The reddening of the leaves in the Fatty Woman is associated with the active sun.
If your Fat women blushed leaves, then we can definitely talk about her stay in the active sun. The consequences of direct sunlight falling on the Fatty Woman can be even more sad, in the form of brown sunburn. The problem is solved by shading your plant from the sun’s rays.
Important! You do not need to pick off the reddened leaves!
