Forest Anemone

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Forest anemone is one of the plants of the family called buttercups, in Latin the name of this plant will sound like this: Anemone silvestris L. As for the Latin name of the family itself, it will be like this: Ranunculaceae Juss.

Description of the forest anemone

The forest anemone is a perennial herb, the height of which will be about thirty to forty-five centimeters. This plant will have a short rhizome. At the base of the stem of this plant, there will be two to five leaves, which are basal and are collected in a rosette. Such leaves of the forest anemone are on long petioles, the leaves can be palmate-three-five-part, and their lobes are rhombic incised-toothed. Under the flowers of this plant, there is a cover of three triply dissected, as well as whorled leaves with linear lobes. The flowers of the forest anemone will be single and rather large, such flowers are white in color. The fruits of this plant will be nut-like, as well as flattened, white-tomentose, and their nose is rather short.

This plant became widespread in the European part of Russia in all regions with the exception of the Nizhnevolzhsky. In addition, the forest anemone can also be found in Western Siberia, in the Far East in the west of the Amur region, as well as in Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, in Central Asia and the Caucasus: namely, in Dagestan and Ciscaucasia.

For growth, this plant prefers dry open hills, dry steppe meadows, fallow lands, light coniferous forests, shrubs, edges and rocky precipices. As for the soil, the plant prefers a calcareous or sandy soil. This plant is decorative, it is quite often used in various group plantings, and besides this, it is also used in the arrangement of rocky areas. Among other things, there are also garden forms of the forest anemone. It is noteworthy that this plant is also poisonous.

Description of the medicinal properties of the forest anemone

It should be noted that the forest anemone is endowed with quite valuable medicinal properties. It is noteworthy that the forest anemone has very effective antibacterial properties. In folk medicine, the forest anemone has found itself a fairly widespread use. In particular, a decoction made from this plant has found application in various nervous diseases, syphilis, gonorrhea, white, skin diseases, rheumatism, headache and toothache, and itchy skin. Among other things, such a decoction is also used for various diseases of the joint, as well as as a diuretic.

Forest anemone also has a diaphoretic, antiseptic and anti-inflammatory effect. For this reason, the plant is also especially effective for colds of both the upper respiratory tract and the throat. As for Tibetan medicine, here the forest anemone is used for hearing and visual impairment. The flowers of this plant can be used externally for abscesses.

To prepare a very valuable product, you will need to take ten fresh leaves of the forest anemone or two teaspoons of crushed dry leaves of this plant in one glass of cold water. This mixture should be infused for about twenty-four hours, at the end of this period of time, such a mixture should be filtered. This remedy will be especially effective in hearing impairment and should be drunk throughout the day. However, it should be noted that such a remedy should be used with a very significant degree of caution.