Autumn colchicum in the photo

The autumn colchicum in the photo is striking in its beauty. It’s amazing that at the time of nature’s preparation for winter, Colchicum in late autumn pleases the eye with bright flowers. All the trees have long since changed from green to golden, and even some have become bare, and the colchicum is just beginning to bloom.

Autumn colchicum belongs to the lily family. Blooms August - October. The popular name - aspen or wintering - received due to the fact that it blooms at a time when most plants and trees go into a dormant period.

Colchicum is very beautiful, you just want to pick an armful and take it home. But this cannot be done. It has poisonous properties. The juice of the tubers causes skin damage. Therefore, just admire its wonderful view in nature and don’t tear it up. All the same, it will not last as long in a vase as in the lap of nature. By the way, the bright color of not only plants, but also many animals, insects, and fish warns you of poisonous properties.

Colchicum in the photo known since ancient times. It was used for medicinal purposes already in Ancient Egypt. In the Hindu books of the Veda there is a note about yellow colchicum; it was written in the section of medicinal plants. And these books are already more than 2000 thousand years old. Then the Greeks learned about its beneficial properties and began to use it in medicine. Currently, medicine has not bypassed the colchicum. In small doses, the substance colchicine has a beneficial effect on the body, expanding blood capillaries. It is used in the treatment of gout, rheumatism, neuralgia.When using drugs with colchicine, great care should be taken, as they have severe toxicity. Colchicine delays the splitting of chromosomes during nuclear division; therefore, it is prescribed to patients with cancer.

Corms are used for medicinal purposes. They are collected on the eve of flowering in the third ten days of August. The seeds are also used for medicinal purposes; they are collected in June - July.