Medicinal purchase is a very common perennial plant found throughout Russia. It has many different names: wolfberry, wolf eyes, deaf grass, raven eyes, hellebore forest, lilies of the valley, Solomon seal. This plant since ancient times was very popular with Tibetan and Old Russian healers. The medicinal kupen was used to combat a variety of ailments: bronchitis, pneumonia, mastopathy, hernia, rheumatism, etc.
Some chemistry
In the world there are more than seventy species bought. In Russia, the most common drug is bought, pink and multiflorous.
The plant has erect stems, about a meter and a half high. The leaves are linear, oval-oblong, about ten centimeters long. The flowers are greenish-white, yellow, purple or pink: depending on the type of plant. The medicinal purchased in June blooms.
The roots and the aerial part of the plant are famous for their healing properties. They contain many useful substances.
The roots contain fructose, glucose, starch, arabinose, beneficial mucous substances, ascorbic acid. The leaves are rich in ascorbic acid. In the fruits formed after flowering, there are many cardiac glycosides: convalamarin, convalotoxin, convalarin.
The substances that make up the plant are toxic in large doses.
Plant description
At the medicinal product, the roots are arranged horizontally, giving several shoots in spring. Every year, the stems die, and the roots winter well even in Siberia.
The leaves on the stem are turned in one direction - down. They are green above and blue-green below. Flowers drooping, located one or two in the bosom of the leaf. Perianth simple, consists of six fused leaflets. Six stamens, they are attached to the duct. After flowering, the plant forms bluish-black poisonous fruits. They ripen in August.
Where grows
The purchased medicinal plant is found in the forests of the Caucasus, Siberia, and the Far East. It can be found in different types of forests: coniferous, mixed, deciduous. In central Russia, the plant is grown as a garden crop.
Workpiece Features
For therapeutic purposes, use roots, leaves, flowers. Preparations are carried out during the flowering period. Rhizomes are dug up in spring or late autumn, dried in a warm, well-ventilated room, after having previously been cleaned of the ground and small roots. The green mass is collected along with the flowers. It is dried under a canopy or in a well-ventilated area. Sometimes harvested berries are bought. They are harvested at full maturity and dried.
Pharmacological properties
The use of medicine purchased in medicine is due to its chemical composition. This plant has a pronounced expectorant, analgesic, hemostatic property. Also, the plant is able to purify the blood, envelop the digestive tract.
In different parts of the plant contains a lot of cardiac glycosides, which is why it is not used in scientific medicine. This is due to the pronounced toxicity of the herb and minimal effectiveness in cardiovascular pathologies.
Plant application
The herb bought medicinal is used for pain in the lower back, with hemorrhoids. To get rid of acne, use alcohol tincture.
Powdered root helps to cope with rheumatism, a bite of rabid animals, with bone fractures.
Roots, leaves, berries are used externally for wounds, cuts. If there is a swelling, then you can rinse the sore spot with a decoction of the root bought. Also, this tool helps fight toothache, treats bleeding. With a decoction make medical compresses for osteochondrosis, rubbing with gout, rheumatism and not only.
In ancient times, dry roots and berries were used as a blush.
For colds, pathologies of the respiratory system, dropsy, rheumatism, edema, rhizomes are used. A good therapeutic effect in osteochondrosis has a decoction of rhizomes.
In case of poisoning, berries are used as an emetic.
In ancient times, people applied plant roots baked in ash to places of burns and wounds.
In Tibetan medicine, roots are used to treat the gastrointestinal tract, and in gynecology, for diseases of the lymphatic system.
Traditional medicine recipes
Since ancient times, rhizome, flowers, berries, stems, leaves were bought medicinal, the photo of which is presented in this article, prepared and used to treat a variety of ailments. Decoctions were prepared from the plant, alcohol infusions and other medicines were made.
Rhizome Broth
The broth can be made on water or on milk.
To prepare a water decoction, take a teaspoon of crushed roots and pour a glass of boiling water. The product is placed in a water bath and boiled for half an hour. Then the product is cooled at room temperature, filtered. The drug is taken in a tablespoon three times a day, before meals. This tool helps well with bronchitis, pneumonia, and also helps get rid of helminthic invasions.
To prepare a milk broth, you need to take fifty grams of chopped roots bought and pour them with three liters of milk. Everything is placed in a container and boiled up to a third of the volume. The result should be a total liter of funds. It is filtered, and taken in a tablespoon twice a day. This remedy is used to treat a hernia.
Hemorrhoid Remedy
Hemostatic property helps to cope with hemorrhoids. To prepare the medicine, you need to take two tablespoons of the root and fill them with half a liter of boiling water. The tool is infused for three hours, then filtered. In this infusion of a medicinal product, a cotton swab is moistened and inserted into the rectum at night. The treatment lasts five days.
Analgesic effect
In folk medicine, purchased is used as an anesthetic. To do this, take five grams of fresh root and pour it with a glass of boiling water. The product is simmered for twenty minutes. Then the composition is allowed to brew for an hour.
This tool is used in the form of compresses for pain relief for rheumatism, bruises, gout, osteochondrosis.
Gout Treatment
The infusion bought helps cope with gout. To do this, boil five grams of the root in a glass of water for twenty minutes. Then the product cools. Ready composition rubbed sore spots. Also, the composition can be taken orally ten drops twice a day. The treatment of the purchased one lasts no more than a week.
From stomach pain
Kupena has an enveloping effect. To prepare a decoction, you need to pour twenty grams of the plant into a glass of water and boil. The tool is infused for a couple of hours, and then filtered. It is taken as an enveloping agent for pain in the stomach, a tablespoon.
Contraindications, harm
Kupena is an extremely poisonous plant. Do not exceed dosage when using purchased. Deciding to use this plant, it is necessary to strictly follow the recommendations and dosages of the attending physician, because in each case, infusions and decoctions have their own proportions.
It is impossible to use a kupena to pregnant women. Also, it is forbidden to apply to everyone who suffers intolerance to the components that are part of the purchased. With caution, the plant is prescribed to people suffering from disorders of the vestibular apparatus, since it can cause vomiting. When using the plant externally, it is important to remember that it can cause a burn.
If you suspect an overdose during use, you should immediately consult your doctor. Although, with proper heat treatment, toxic substances lose their strength and purchased becomes an indispensable tool in the treatment of a variety of ailments. However, you should not use this herb without the knowledge of a doctor, because only a doctor can determine whether it is possible to drink decoctions and infusions of this plant and in what dosages.