Buttercup Anemone

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

Description of buttercup anemone

Buttercup anemone is a perennial herb that will be endowed with a horizontal fleshy rhizome. It should be noted that most often this plant does not have basal leaves or is endowed with one long-petiolized leaf. Stems with a bulb of three short-petiolate leaves, which will be dissected into three oblong rather large and pubescent segments on top. It is noteworthy that sometimes they are two-part, and the middle one is most often divided into serrated-serrated lobes. Flowers of buttercup anemone are solitary, sometimes their number can be from two to five. Such flowers are on long pedicels, their diameter will be about one and a half to three centimeters. Such flowers are usually endowed with five or numerous tepals, which are painted in bright yellow tones.

This plant blooms in early spring. The buttercup anemone has spread throughout the entire European part of Russia, with the exception of only the Lower Don and Lower Volga regions, as well as also in Belarus, the Caucasus and Ukraine.

For growth, buttercup anemone prefers mixed and deciduous forests, as well as bushes, shady lawns and parks. In some cases, this plant can be found along river banks and in spruce forests. When handling this plant, it is very important to remember that it is poisonous.

Description of the medicinal properties of the buttercup anemone

For medicinal purposes, it is recommended to use the herb of this plant: stems, leaves and roots. In addition, the leaves and the juice of the roots of the buttercup anemone are also quite widespread. The plant contains anemonol, and when it breaks down, anemonin will be formed. It should be noted that anemonin has both antispasmodic and analgesic effects. Among other things, this plant also contains saponins, tannins, and resin. Ranunculin, when dried anemone, will form protoanemonin and glucose: protoanemonin has the properties of a mitotic poison.

As for the juice of the roots of this plant, it is quite often used to treat warts. As for the infusion of buttercup anemone herb, folk medicine recommends its use for paralysis, jaundice and increased heart rate, as well as for dysmenorrhea. External use of such an infusion is used as a skin irritant agent, as well as for scrofula, toothache, headache and rheumatism. Among other things, the infusion of buttercup anemone leaves will also be effective for various kidney diseases and edema, as well as as an expectorant for bronchitis, gout, paralysis, whooping cough and pain in the stomach. As already noted, this plant is poisonous, for this reason, this plant can only be used with a certain degree of caution. When handling buttercup anemone, one should not forget that the leaves of this plant have a narcotic effect.

For whooping cough, the following remedy, prepared on the basis of buttercup anemone, is especially effective: you will need to take one teaspoon of dry crushed grass for two cups of boiling water. The resulting mixture should be infused for about thirty to forty minutes, and after that it is recommended to strain such a mixture. This remedy should be taken three times a day, one tablespoon.