Since ancient times, herbal medicine has been widespread in Russia, and the healer's occupation was equated with divine gift. The list of medicinal herbs was then quite wide, but a plant called flight-grass was in special honor.
What does flight-grass look like?
The grass flight is nothing more than the legendary fern flower, which, as many ancient beliefs said, bloomed only on one single night of the year - before the holiday of Ivan Kupala. As soon as this herb is not called: wild cornflower, and coastal, and God's grass, and weeping grass. This plant can reach a height of up to a meter, the stems are mostly upright, often grows bushy. The inflorescences are distinguished by beautiful lilac small flowers that are located along the entire stem.
In Russian spiritual verses it is said that the flight-grass grew out of the tears of the Mother of God, shed during the torment of Jesus Christ. Hence the plant has another name - plakun-grass.
Since ancient times in Russia, the flight-grass was collected for the holiday of Ivan Kupala, and at the dawn. At first, all iron was removed from the body and magic words were sentenced. In the house, this mythical herb served as a kind of amulet. Anyone who planned to spend the whole day in swampy places, without fail, took some weeping grass with him.
Domestic animals were given flight-grass as a sedative, adding it to food. For small children, they put grass under their pillows to sleep well. The name plakun-grass was given by healers, because it was believed that all evil spirits, demons, she made to cry. Fly-grass this flower was named because it was transferred from one place to another.
According to the ancient Slavs, the buds of the flight-grass burst with a crash and bloom with a golden or red flame. Their light is so bright that you can go blind.
There is an old Russian belief that this herb is transferred from one place to another by itself. Hence it bears this name. Its flowers shine with the most iridescent colors, and at night, during their flights, they seem to be stars falling from the sky to the earth. Again, according to legend, a flight-grass will help in joy and good luck. Also, according to ancient legend, the flowering fern showed the way to the treasures and treasures that were hidden deep in the earth. Finding this flower is not easy, but if you are lucky, all your wishes will be fulfilled.
Fly grass and the 21st century
Now there are many amulets made precisely from the fern flower. Such items are considered masculine. They give their owner wisdom, good luck and contribute to the achievement of all goals and the fulfillment of desires. Nobody knows where this flower grows. It is difficult to see it on sale in modern pharmacies. Some scientists are inclined to think that the flight-grass is a kind of invention of our ancestors. Meanwhile, healers and Slavic sorcerers still find flight-grass, and use it in their rituals.
