Patrinia

Useful properties and applications patrinia Siberian

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Botanical characteristics patrinii

Patrinia is a perennial herbaceous plant of the family Valerian. Its erect stems 0.3–1.2 m covered with short hairs. Rhizomes many-headed, long, thick, gray in the fracture. Leaves radical, pinnate or incised, are opposite. Lower leaves fall off early. Flowers at the ends of the stems are gathered in dense corymbose inflorescence bright yellow. Fruit membranous, slightly fluffy.

Patrinia blooms in June-July. It grows in the meadows and forests of the Far East and Siberia, in the foothills of Middle Asia, Kazakhstan and Altai. It can be found on coastal gravel and sand, rubbly and stony slopes of the mountains.

Useful properties patrinii

The chemical composition of the plants contains saponins, fructose, rhamnose, xylose, oleanolic acid, vitamins A, C, D , and essential oil. The roots contain a significant amount of alkaloids. In order to use medicinal roots and rhizomes of the plant, less grass. Raw materials are dug in late summer and autumn, cleaned from the soil, residues of stems and leaves, finely cut, dried in the shade outdoors.

Application patrinii

In scientific medicine the plant is used as a substitute for Valerian. Power of the sedative effect and the regulating effect on the heart muscle it is much superior to Valerian. Patrinii of drugs prescribed for insomnia, anxiety and neuroses of the heart. In folk medicine, remedies based on plants recommended for enteritis, gastroenteritis, enterocolitis, and disorders of the nervous system. Effective decoctions and infusions of herbs in pulmonary diseases, including with tuberculosis of the lungs.

Decoction used as an emetic, they are effective for bleeding, hemoptysis, cystitis, fever, thrombosis. Dosage forms patrinii help with jaundice, malaria, hepatic and renal colitis. It is a good antitoxic agent.

Patrinia infusion: 2 tablespoons of crushed rhizomes, pour 200 ml of water, insist 2 hours in a cool dark place, strain and drink after meals for 1 tablespoon.

Patrinia Siberian

This light-loving perennial herb has long, thick root from which grows several erect stems. Patrinia Siberian flowers are bright yellow and grow on the ends of the stems, collected in dense paniculate inflorescences. Basal leaves entire, above – pinnate or incised. This species blooms in June and July, does not tolerate excess moisture.

The plant listed in the Red Book of the Middle Urals and the Republic of Bashkortostan. It is distributed in Middle and Eastern Siberia, on Sakhalin island, the Kuril Islands, North-Eastern China and Japan, growing on rubbly and rocky slopes of the mountains.

In order to use medicinal roots and the roots of plants. In folk medicine patrinia used as a sedative, a styptic and anti-inflammatory drugs. Scientific methods revealed that she is having a devastating effect on some pathogenic fungi, including the causative agent of ringworm, as well as increases blood clotting.

Patrinia scabiosifolia

It is a perennial plant. Its stem glabrous or slightly pubescent, branched. Strongly splayed leaves that grow in pairs at the base of the branches. Basal leaves wither away early. Small yellow flowers are collected in paniculate-corymbose inflorescence. This species blooms in June-July. Distributed in Siberia, Mongolia, Korea, China, the far East, grows in the steppe and subalpine meadows, forests of rare.

In folk medicine, the aboveground part of the herb used in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis, haemorrhage, acute gastro - enterocolitis, as well as many other diseases that occur with increased body temperature. Drugs from patrinii subisolates have antiseptic, choleretic, diuretic, astringent and tonic properties. As an external anti-inflammatory plant used for postpartum complications, malignant tumors, infected wounds, parasitic skin diseases.

Contraindications to the use of patrinii

The use of drugs patrinii in diseases of the oral cavity may cause irritation of the mucous membrane. They are contraindicated when thrombosis, hypotension. Overdose drugs may occur headache , and sleep disturbance.