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Primrose

Primrose contains saponins up to % 10, as well as glycosides, essential oils and flavonoids. In some places, its flowers are used in jam and wine production. Its leaves are added to salads or consumed as stuffing in meat dishes. Silkworms love the leaves of the primrose, while honeybees prefer the nectar of its flowers. 

We can summarize the medicinal effects of the primrose plant and the methods of using them by dividing the plant into three: flowers, roots and leaves: 
Kullanılan Kısımlar: Çiçek, yaprak ve köksaplardır. Çiçekler çiçek açmaya başlarken (Mart- Nisan aylarında) toplanır. Gölgede veya 40 dereceye kadar ısılı fırınlarda kurutulur. Usulüyle kurumayan çiçekler yeşil renk alır. Usulünce kurutulan çiçekler portakal sarısı, çanağıda beyazımsıdır. Kokusu bal kokusunu andırır, tadı tatlımsıdır. Kabul edilen rutubet %12 dir. Balya halinde paketlenir. 

Yapraklar çiçek açma ve yeva solma devresinde (Nisan-Mayıs aylarında) toplanır. Gölgede veya 100 dereceye kadar ısılı fırınlarda kurutulur. Kuru yapraklar yeşil, kokusuz ve tatlımsı kezzettedir. Kabul edilen rutubet %12 dir 

Chemical Composition: Flowers contain saponins and flavonoids, vitamin C, essential oil, yellow dye, primverase enzyme, primverin, primulaverin, cyclamine glycosides, etc. 

Yapraklar çok miktarda ( %6 kadar) vitamin C, Provitamin A, primverin ve primulaverin glikozidleri, %10 kadar saponin, eterik yağ, primulaverin, primverin, primverin glikozidleri, terpen bileşimi primulagen A,devolemit, vitamin C, provitamin izleri, primula asidi vs. ihtiva eder. 

Diseases in which it is used: It has expectorant, nerve-soothing, pain-relieving and slightly emollient effects. 

Use in folk medicine

Primrose flowers are used in folk medicine for headaches, epilepsy, nervous weakness with tremors, heart weakness, insomnia, paralysis, etc. The leaves are used as a salad due to the vitamin C they contain, and boiled ones are used against headaches, coughs, etc. The rhizomes are used for bronchitis, whooping cough, insomnia, dizziness, spurs, shortness of breath, nystagmus, difficult urination, kidney inflammations, etc.
Primrose flowers are antispasmodic, sedative and relaxing, especially in stress-related tensions. 

It cures headaches of nervous origin. It is also effective against migraine headaches. 

It is a cure for insomnia. 

To provide these effects, the flowers of the plant are collected in spring. The green flower envelope is removed and discarded. The flowers are dried in the shade. An infusion is prepared by taking 1-2 teaspoons of the dried flowers, pouring 1 glass of boiling water over them and letting it brew for 15-20 minutes. Drink one glass of this infusion two or three times a day. 

The root of the primrose softens the chest. It is an expectorant. 

It is a diuretic. It is a remedy for bronchitis, cold, shivering and cough related to chills. 

It is diuretic, laxative and carminative. 

It is antispasmodic and sedative in tensions related to stress. It calms and relaxes the body. It is good for insomnia. To provide these effects, the rhizome of the plant is dug up in the fall and carefully dried. 1 teaspoon of the crushed root is taken and boiled in 1 glass of water. Then, the heat is reduced and the heat is continued for 5 more minutes to prepare a decoction. One glass of this decoction is drunk three times a day. 

Fresh leaves of primrose are effective in treating boils. The leaves are wrapped around the boil. By changing them frequently, the boils are healed. 

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