Great Burnet (burnet bloodwort, Di-Yu)

Common burnet - Sanguisorba officinalis.
Vitamin and medicinal greens that can be grown even on a windowsill!
Perennial herbaceous plant from the Rosaceae family. The period from full germination to the beginning of economic suitability is 90-115 days. Plant 60-100 cm high.
The rosette of leaves is semi-raised. The leaf is medium-sized, green, pinnately dissected, with a folded surface, the edge is notched.
Inflorescence – head, dark pink flower. Honey plant. Blooms from June to August.
Winter hardiness zones Z3 - Z8.
1.0 g = 430 seeds.

Burnet can be grown on light sandy soils. The weight of one plant is 15-30 g. It is grown through seedlings. When sown in late April - early May, seedlings appear in 18-30 days. In the first year, the plants form rosettes of basal leaves, in the second they bloom and bear fruit.
Recommended for use as fresh leaves and dried rhizomes as a seasoning for salads, soups, drinks, as well as in the canning industry. The yield of green mass is 1.2 kg/m2.
Young burnet leaves, containing vitamin C, are used in canning. In cooking, the leaves are used to flavor salads, soups, tomato, egg and fish dishes, drinks, and cocktails. Vinegar is infused on burnet. Boiled roots serve as a wonderful side dish for meat. The roots and leaves are brewed and drunk as tea. The burnet is of great value as a forage plant.
Medicinal properties.
The rhizome with roots has hemostatic, anti-inflammatory, bactericidal and astringent effects. An antiseptic effect against Escherichia coli has been established. A decoction or liquid extract of burnet is used for gastrointestinal diseases, intestinal, uterine and kidney bleeding, stomatitis and gingivitis.
In folk medicine, the decoction is used for headaches, sore throat, pulmonary tuberculosis, indigestion, and as an external remedy for wound healing.
Agricultural technology.
Undemanding to growing conditions. Grows well on sandy, sandy loam and calcareous soils. The burnet grows in one place for about eight years.
Sowing in early spring to a depth of 2-2.5 cm. Seedlings are thinned out according to a 20x45 cm pattern.
Care consists of loosening, weeding and fertilizing. Plants are harvested during budding. After the first cutting, burnet gives a second and, under favourable conditions, even a third cutting. The cut mass is dried in the shade and stored in well-ventilated areas.

Great Burnet, official burnet, burnet bloodwort, common burnet. Bot. syn.: Poterium officinale (L.), Sanguisorba microcephala K. Presl.