In nature, many poisonous plants that are successfully used in medicine. One of them is a dye-broom or blood-thirsty gannet. It grows in the territory of Small and Central Asia, the Caucasus and Europe. We will talk about its properties in the article.
Description
Belongs to the plant family of legumes. The bush can grow to a height of 50-150 centimeters. Its branches are green, ribbed and almost always look up. The leaves are narrow and long (4 cm long, 1 cm wide), often pointed at the end, dark green. Grow on short petioles and have two awl-shaped prims. 
At the end of each stalk (shoot) multicolor tassel. The flowers are large, with a green cup and a bright yellow wreath. The fruit (bean) is linear, slightly curved. The seed is black-brown, elliptical in shape, slightly shiny. It grows mainly in pine and mixed forests in the meadows.
Chemical composition
Contains:
- alkaloids (methylcytizine, cytisine);
- flavonoids;
- tannins;
- triterpene saponins;
- resinous substances;
- organic acids;
- essential oil (0.02% in leaves and 0.03-0.04% in flowers);
- pigments (luteolin, genistein);
- ascorbic acid.
The elevated part contains many micro and macro elements:
- calcium;
- potassium;
- phosphorus;
- manganese;
- silicon;
- barium.
Important! The gorse is a poisonous plant, especially its seeds.
Growing up
Gorse is a light-loving plant, it is not afraid of direct sunlight. In a light shade it can grow, but it will bloom much worse. Prefers limestone or sandy soil, and it should be loose and well drained, and fertile soil - not for him, will wither. 
It will be great to feel on a slope or hill. The plant does not require special care, it will grow by itself. The main thing - do not pour it and do not put in sour soil.
Much more resistant to the drought fierce than to excessive abundance of precipitation. The plant does not like frosts, therefore for the winter it is desirable to cover it with fir branches or special material. If winters are mild and snowy in your region, then low shrubs should be planted: they can survive the winter without shelter.
Before planting in the prepared pit should be poured a little dry lime - it will help reduce the acidity of the soil. Next, you need to make a layer of stones and river sand for drainage. The size of the pit should correspond to the density of the root system of the plant.
We recommend that you read about how to independently determine the acidity of the soil at the site, as well as how to deoxidize the soil.
Replant the plant only need young, up to three years of age. And further - the older the gorse becomes, the stronger and thicker its root system is, without traumatizing, its transplantation is impossible. It is best to do this in early spring or in August-September. 
Important! After planting, it is desirable to mulch the root zone with the help of humus or peat.
Care
We have already said that the plant is very unpretentious, it needs watering only with a long absence of precipitation. Weeds are not afraid of him, but periodically it is necessary to feed. To do this, use potassium phosphate fertilizers or wood ash.
Nitrogen fertilizers should not be used, since the gorse itself is able to maintain the required amount of this element in the soil. To form a beautiful crown, young need to be trimmed in the spring. Overgrown plants can be given any shape, but without a hairstyle gorse looks good.
Completely exclude it, of course, is impossible. It is necessary to prune old (growing more than 3-4 years), sick, dried branches. Conduct this procedure in the spring. In the autumn they cut the inflorescences and prune the shoots, so that in the spring there will be a more violent flowering. 
Shrub life is short. Ten years later, its branches are strongly drawn out and become bare, losing attractiveness and expressiveness.
Breeding
Perfectly propagated by cuttings and seeds.
Cuttings
They are harvested in June by cutting the upper part of the stem with a length of 12-15 centimeters. Before preparing the petiole before planting it is not necessary, it is immediately buried in a moist sandy-peat soil, removing the lower foliage beforehand.
To make the seedling take root faster, greenhouse conditions are created around it. To do this, it is covered with a glass jar (plastic bottle) or planted in a greenhouse. Watering should be regular, airing is also necessary. It is advisable to prepare more cuttings, as 30–40% take root. 
Seeds
Seed collection is made in August. On the ripening of the fruit says its brown color, and the bean itself begins to open (crack). It is advisable to choose not open.
The collected seed is dried and planted in spring in open soil, goes deep into the ground by 2.5-3 centimeters. Requires regular watering. The flowering of such a plant begins at the age of two.
Harvesting and storage
So that the plant can be used for medicinal purposes, its ground part and the underground part during the flowering period are harvested. Inflorescences need to be collected separately. The stem is cut about 15 centimeters long, and the root system is dug out in the fall.
Harvested raw materials spread on the fabric in a single layer and dried in the shade or under a canopy, but always with good ventilation. Can be dried in a dryer at 45-50 degrees. The dried plant is packaged in boxes or fabric bags and stored in a ventilated room. You can store no longer than a year. 
Application
The plant is actively used in homeopathy and traditional medicine.
In medicine
Medicinal properties of gorse:
- hemostatic;
- choleretic;
Centaury, wormwood, red currant, plectrantus, white carrots, dandelion and chamomile also have a choleretic effect.
- tonic;
- vasodilator;
- antibacterial.
Actively used for:
- hypothyroidism;
- nervous breakdowns;
- jade;
- liver problems;
- gout;
- urate diathesis;
- tumors in the digestive tract;
- thyroid problems;
- respiratory diseases;
- uterine bleeding;
- migraines;
- rahite;
- jaundice;
- malaria;
- constipation;
- hemorrhoids;
- cystitis;
- fractures.
For the treatment of cystitis in traditional medicine, they also use the orchid, the lungwort, the lupus bifolia, the cranberries, the juniper, the physalis, the calendula, and the soft gravel and thuja.
Such a wide spectrum of the plant's action is provided by its alkaloids, essential oils, glycosides, tannins, flavonoids, organic acids. They endow the gorse with the listed healing properties.
In dermatology
For the treatment of skin problems are widely used tinctures on alcohol and decoctions of dye-broom. They have an antibacterial effect that allows you to quickly overcome the fungus, furunculosis, versicolor, scrofula. Also actively used in the manifestation of dermatitis, pyoderma, ringworm. 
For some diseases (lichen, scrofula), in addition to rubbing, it is necessary to take baths from the gorse.
From the inflorescence you can make lotions for hardened corns and warts:
- Recipe lotions for corns and warts. 50 grams of dry inflorescence and the same amount of fresh beans is poured 500 ml of vodka and infused in a well-closed container for seven days. It is necessary to shake the tincture periodically. After a week, decant the liquid and make lotions on problem areas several times a day. The duration of treatment is 10 days.
In the fight against warts, they also use chard, Adam's apple, agave, jade, rocambol, spawn, echinacea and Phrygian cornflower.
- Recipe for removing lichen and scrofula: You will need 4 tbsp. l crushed flowers and foliage foliage. Pour them with a liter of boiling water and stand for an hour. Decant and pour into a bath with a water temperature of 35-37 degrees. In the bathroom to lie twenty minutes. The frequency of the procedure is twice within seven days. This procedure should be combined with other methods of combating diseases.
Did you know? In 1899, the substance genistein was obtained from the gorse. By its action, it is antioxidant and anthelmintic. It also has an estrogen-like effect.
In other areas
In all parts of the plant contains a yellow dye - scoparin, so the leaves, flowers and young shoots are actively used for the production of bright yellow and green paint. She dyed wool, silk. Yellow lacquer is also produced from the inflorescences.
It is a good honey plant: bees love to collect nectar and pollen on it. Gorse love to eat goats and sheep. If the cows do not have any other good food, they will also be happy to eat the plant, but then their milk and products from it (cheese, butter) will have a bitter aftertaste.
The gorse trowel has a decorative shape, which is good to use for gardening and decorating sites with limestone soil. A decorative form has a longer flowering period. Also with it you can strengthen the slopes of the hills.
The plant is able to retain nitrogen in the soil, so it is actively used to saturate the soil with this element. On enriched fields, yield is improved. 
The people living in eastern Transcaucasia eat young shoots and buds. They are treated with boiling water or steam, and after they are pickled.
Recipes of traditional medicine
Since the plant is poisonous, then when cooking from it decoctions and tinctures need to be extremely careful. Also, do not self-medicate. Need to consult a doctor.
Infusion gorse
- To prepare the infusion for ingestion, you need a tablespoon of inflorescence pour 500 milliliters of boiling water and leave to infuse. Taken on a tablespoon three times a day.
- Alcohol tincture is prepared from 50 grams of fruits and inflorescences. They are poured 0.5 liters of vodka and insist a week. It is used as a lotion. Infusion is processed only sore spot.
- Infusion with uterine bleeding: 3 tbsp. l dried, detailed gorse is filled with a glass of boiled water. Defend within an hour. Squeeze. Take should be a tablespoon three times a day.
- Infusion for hypofunction of the thyroid gland: Mix one part of the dried gorse with two parts of the wheat grass root. Pour boiling water in the ratio of 1:20 (the proportion of water is large). Take 1 tbsp. l three times a day.
Broth gorse
- For internal reception is prepared from 15 grams of the above-ground part of the gorse, filled with half a liter of boiling water. The mixture is put on a slow fire and cook until half the liquid has evaporated. It is used in the amount of two tablespoons every two hours until you achieve the desired effect (laxative, diuretic, choleretic). The frequency of treatment: once every two days.
- Bath decoction: 4 tbsp. l dry crushed gorse (the upper part of the plant) is diluted in a liter of water and cooked over low heat for seven minutes. Cool, decant and pour into the bath. Take a bath 20 minutes three times in seven days.
- Decoction for the treatment of rheumatism and arthritis: four tablespoons of the aerial parts of the plant is filled with 0.5 liters of water and cooked over low heat in a sealed container for half an hour. Defend hour, decant. From the thick, slightly squeezed through cheesecloth, a lotion is made on the problem area for an hour. Per day, no more than three lotions. Broth can be rubbed with massage movements sore joints also no more than three times a day.
As you can see, Droke Drock is used for many ailments. But it should be remembered that it is contraindicated for pregnant and lactating, people with ischemia, with high blood pressure and serious kidney problems. In all other cases, in order to avoid poisoning, the dosage should be strictly followed.
