Perennial gravilate is a herbaceous plant of
the Rosaceae family. Its characteristic feature is the presence of a creeping root, which is painted in brown-red color. The plant has a pubescent erect stem, reaching a height of about 50 cm (depending on the environment). Perennial gravilate has three - and five-lobed stem leaves. The flowers are large, solitary, light yellow hues. The flowering period of the plant is May-June.
Perennial gravilate has a fruit, which is a combined achene, the seeds of which end with a small hook. The natural range of the plant is Ukraine, Belarus, part of Russia and some parts of Western Siberia. Medicinal raw materials - aboveground and underground parts of the plant. In young shoots of gravilate there are carotene, tannins and ascorbic acid. Rhizomes and roots of a medicinal plant include tannins, gein glycoside, essential oil, resins and starch, and bitter substances in their chemical composition. Perennial gravilate has a number of medicinal properties that are used with great success in traditional folk medicine. Therapeutic decoctions and infusions based on it have hemostatic, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, wound healing, antiseptic and astringent properties.
City Gravilate
This herbaceous perennial plant of the family Rosaceae has a dark-colored stem, capable of reaching a length of about 130 cm, which directly depends on environmental changes. A characteristic feature of urban gravilat is the presence of a dense rhizome, which is painted in a bright brown color. Single, fairly large flowers are painted in a light yellow color. The fruit is multi-shaped in the shape of a ball. The chemical composition of this plant is represented by bitter and
tannins, essential oil, tar and starch. Therapeutic decoctions and infusions from it have a pronounced tonic, restorative, expectorant, diaphoretic, hemostatic, wound healing, anti-inflammatory and astringent effect.
River Gravilate
In a representative of this variety of gravilate, the pubescent upright stalk reaches a height of about 75 cm. A characteristic feature of this medicinal plant is the presence of a creeping brown root. The flowers are bell-shaped (drooping), the calyx has a reddish-brown color, the corolla is light pink or light yellow. The fruit is a collapsible achene with a hook at the end. Gravilate river blooms in the period from May to June, the ripening of fruits occurs in July-August. A lot is known about the benefits of urban gravilat. The chemical composition of its root contains resins, carbohydrates, tanides, starch, bitter and tannins, gein glycoside, essential oils, organic acids.
Due to the unique chemical composition, river gravilate has occupied an important place in folk medicine for the treatment of hemorrhoids, uterine bleeding, malaria, allergies, stomach diseases and rheumatism.