Veronica Flowing

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Veronica flowing is one of the family called norichnikovye, in Latin the name of this plant sounds like this: Veronica beccabunda L. As for the name of the family itself, in Latin it will be like this: Scrophulariaceae Juss.

Description of veronica streaming

Veronica flown is a herbaceous perennial plant, the height of which will fluctuate between ten and sixty centimeters. The rhizome of this plant is long, oblique and horizontal. The stems of the plant at the very base are rooting, ascending or erect, and in the upper part, these stems will be branched. The leaves of Veronica flowing will be opposite, and the leaf blades are rounded up to oblong-ovoid, in length they will be about a centimeter-seven centimeters, and in width they will not exceed two and a half centimeters. The cages of this plant are axillary, paired and loose, and also bare, the cages are endowed with ten to thirty flowers. The flowers of Veronica flown are on deflected bare pedicels, the corolla in diameter is about four to nine millimeters, and such a corolla in length will be about two and a half to four millimeters. In color, the corolla will be pale blue, endowed with blue stripes, in addition, the corolla can be pink, white, bright blue or even dark purple. The box of Veronica flowing is practically spherical, in length it is about three to four millimeters, the seeds of the plant are elliptical in length about half a millimeter, there are twenty to thirty seeds in the nest.

The flowering of the plant occurs in the period from April to September. Under natural conditions, this plant is found on the territory of the European part of Russia, with the exception of the Lower Volga and Karelian-Murmansk regions, as well as in Central Asia, in Western Siberia and in Eastern Siberia in some of its regions. The plant grows along the banks of rivers, swamps, lakes, as well as stony-gravelly slopes.

Description of the medicinal properties of Veronica streaming

For medicinal purposes, the herb of this plant is most often used, namely flowers, leaves and stems. It is recommended to harvest such raw materials throughout the entire flowering period. The plant contains carbohydrates and the following related compounds: fructose, sucrose, glucose and raffinose. Also in the composition of this plant there are also such substances: flavonoids, phenolcarboxylic acids, organic acids, higher fatty acids, iridoids, as well as the carbohydrate triacontane. Veronica flow is characterized by an active diuretic, anti-inflammatory, choleretic, analgesic, hemostatic and wound healing effect.

An infusion of the herb of Veronica flowing and the juice of its herb should be taken internally for hepatitis, various skin diseases, for scurvy and bronchitis. As for a decoction of the herb, it will be effective for rinsing throat diseases, and in the form of a poultice, such a remedy helps with injuries, and as a laxative such a decoction is used for hematuria. Veronica flowering leaves can be used fresh as a watercress substitute.

For hepatitis, arthralgia, scurvy, bronchitis, cholecystitis and various skin rashes, a decoction of this plant should be used three to four times a day, one third or one fourth of a glass. To prepare such a broth, you will need to take one tablespoon of chopped Veronica flowing herb for one glass of boiling water, after which the resulting mixture should be infused for two hours, and then it is recommended to strain this mixture.