{"id":573,"date":"2021-11-20T12:59:07","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T12:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2022.ar-calendar.ro\/decembrie\/"},"modified":"2022-10-12T10:57:05","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T10:57:05","slug":"decembrie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2023.ar-calendar.ro\/en\/decembrie\/","title":{"rendered":"December"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; el_class=&#8221;row-month-about&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;txt-type&#8221;]<strong>Witch-hazel family<\/strong> (Hamamelidaceae)[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;txt-attributes&#8221;]<strong>Features:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Its clusters of bright yellow flowers open in winter.<\/li>\n<li>Its oval leaves are densely toothed.<\/li>\n<li>Its fruits are protected in a light brown, woody capsule, which after reaching maturity, they open and the winged seeds fly away.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;txt-loco&#8221;]<strong>Habitat:<\/strong> moist woodlands where it can grow up to 5 m tall as a tree or shrub.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;735&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;row-month-desc&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;txt-medical&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4>Medicinal use:<\/h4>\n<p>Witch hazel is used primarily as a base for ointments. Having <strong>anti-inflammatory<\/strong> properties is often present in <strong>unguents for eczema and dermatitis<\/strong>. However, clinical studies have also shown it to be effective for hemorrhoids, sunburns, and in case of bruises, and skin injuries. Witch hazel or witch-hazel-based medicinal products, are efficient for the following problems: <strong>varicose veins, vasculitis, haemorrhoids, and lower limb vasoconstriction<\/strong>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;txt-home&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4>Domestic use:<\/h4>\n<p>The tea made from this plant is efficient against diarrhea, and a poultice made from a teaspoonful or two of the dried leaves brings relief in case of minor injuries. It is good to relieve circulatory problems and heal wounds.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;txt-know&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4>Curiosities:<\/h4>\n<p>As this medicinal herb is native to North America, it has been planted only as an ornamental plant in our country. The experts of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy in T\u00e2rgu-Mure\u0219 (Romania), led by K\u00e1roly Csed\u0151 M.D., Ph.D., researched its replacement with native European hazelnut (Corylus avellana) leaves.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; el_class=&#8221;row-month-about&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;txt-type&#8221;]Witch-hazel family (Hamamelidaceae)[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;txt-attributes&#8221;]Features: Its clusters of bright yellow flowers open in winter. Its oval leaves are densely toothed. Its fruits are protected in a light brown, woody capsule, which after reaching maturity, they open and the winged seeds fly away. [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;txt-loco&#8221;]Habitat: moist woodlands where it can grow up&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":784,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2023.ar-calendar.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/2023.ar-calendar.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/2023.ar-calendar.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2023.ar-calendar.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2023.ar-calendar.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/2023.ar-calendar.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":959,"href":"https:\/\/2023.ar-calendar.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573\/revisions\/959"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2023.ar-calendar.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2023.ar-calendar.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2023.ar-calendar.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2023.ar-calendar.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}