Fitolakka, or American lakonos, the use of which by healers of many nations has been carried out since ancient times, is a perennial plant. His homeland is North America. Currently, this plant in large quantities grows in subtropical and tropical areas. In the North Caucasus and Transcaucasia, lakonos is found near residential buildings or along roads.
In folk medicine, the phytoluca for its strong healing qualities is also called the American powerful root. Moreover, the fruits, leaves and stems of this plant also possess medicinal properties. The healing representative of the flora is recommended in the form of tinctures and decoctions, syrups and ointments. But the root of the lacunosa nevertheless has the greatest medicinal value.
Alternative medicine recipes provide for its use in the form of alcohol rubbing and infusions, recommended for getting rid of various ailments.
Phytolacchi root is rich in saponins and starch, sugar and triterpenoids, fatty and essential oils, acids. The enzyme oxidase and the alkaloid phytolaccine are present in it. The fruits of this medicinal plant include vitamins PP and B1, as well as carbohydrates, anthocyanins, alkaloids and saponins. Leaves are rich in vitamin C and flavonoids. Potassium, saponins and triterpenoids were found in the seeds of phytolacchi.
Lakonos finds use in recipes of folk doctors precisely because of its composition, which includes many healthy elements. The plant produces a bacteriostatic and wound healing, as well as anti-inflammatory effect. Its berries can have a laxative effect, but due to the toxicity of the phytolucent its use should be carried out with strict observance of the dosages.
Finds lakonos application in the treatment of joints. In these cases, the root of the plant is used in dry or fresh form. It is crushed and placed in a container. After pouring the roots in warm vodka, the mixture is left to infuse for fourteen days in a warm room. The container must be tightly plugged. After exposure, the mixture is filtered and used as a tool for compresses applied to the foci of pain (spine, knees or elbows). When added to water, a healing infusion can be used for steaming the joints of the legs or hands. The course of such treatment lasts up to thirty days.
In the form of tincture, lakonos is used for otitis and pharyngitis, tonsillitis and laryngitis, tonsillitis and lumbago, as well as for a variety of post-infectious and neuralgic complications. With these pathologies, ten grams of fresh roots are poured with one hundred grams of medical alcohol. After insisting for two weeks, the drug is taken daily in the amount of fifteen drops, the use of which should be distributed evenly. This tool is an excellent immunostimulant. If you are intolerant to alcohol patients, a decoction of the roots of a medicinal plant is prepared. Raw materials in the amount of five grams are poured with a glass of boiling water. After settling, the drug is taken twice a day in the amount of several teaspoons.
The leaves of the plant lakonos find use in getting rid of boils, growths, lichens, various densifications, as well as hemorrhoid cones. Fitolakka is widely used by homeopaths. Preparations based on it are effective for the treatment of the lymphatic system and the motor apparatus.
The fruits of the plant lakonos application in folk medicine are in the form of a decoction. It is recommended for hypertensive patients. A decoction of the leaves and roots of phytolacchi is an excellent tool that produces a diuretic, laxative, expectorant and anthelmintic effect.