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Turkestan gentian is one of the plants of the family called gentian, in Latin the name of this plant will sound as follows: Gentianella turcestanorum (Grand) Holub. As for the very name of the Turkestan gentian family, in Latin it will be: Gentianaceae Juss.
Description of Turkestan gentian
The Turkestan gentian is an annual or biennial herbaceous bare plant, which will be painted in green tones. The height of such a plant will fluctuate between three and sixty centimeters. The stems of this plant will be simple or they may be endowed with several short branches at the base, sometimes such stems may be weakly branched in the upper part, and they are always few-flowered. The leaves of the basal rosette are oblong-obovate in shape, their length is about ten to thirty-five millimeters, the number of veins will be three to five. In this case, the stem leaves will be lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, their length will be equal to twenty to fifty millimeters, and the width will be about six to fifteen millimeters. The upper leaves are sharp. The flowers will be five-membered, they curl at the tops of the stem and branches, and are also found on rather short pedicels. The calyx length will be about eight to eleven millimeters, the corolla is tubular, and in color it will be either yellowish or pale blue. The length of the corolla of this plant will be about nine to nineteen millimeters, while this length is slightly longer than the length of the calyx. The blades will be oblong-oval and half the length of the tube. The box of the Turkestan gentian is on a short stalk, it will be oblong-oval in shape. The seeds of this plant are rather small, round-oval in shape, smooth, and also brown in color.
The flowering of the Turkestan gentian falls on the period from July to August. Under natural conditions, this plant is found in Central Asia, as well as in Western Siberia: in the south and in the Altai region. For growth, the Turkestan gentian prefers swamps, wet meadows, river banks and streams, slopes, shrubs, forests, steppe slopes, as well as springs and places along irrigation canals starting from the lower mountain and up to the upper mountain belt.
Description of the medicinal properties of the Turkestan gentian
For medicinal purposes, it is recommended to use the herb of this plant. The concept of grass includes flowers, leaves and stems of Turkestan gentian. The presence of such valuable healing properties is explained by the content in the composition of this plant of flavonoids, coumarins, bellifolium pigment, as well as the following alkaloids: gentianaine, gentianine, gentianidin and gentianamine.
It should be noted that gentianin, gentianamine and gencyanidin are capable of producing hypotensive, sedative and anti-inflammatory effects. Gentianin is also endowed with tranquilizing properties in hyperglycemic and hypoglycemic coma, experimental psychosis and adrenaline diabetes. In addition, such agents will promote the healing of stomach ulcers in animals, and these agents will also exhibit anthelmintic and antibiotic activity.
For E. coli, it is recommended to use the following remedy: for its preparation, you will need to take two tablespoons of crushed dry herb of Turkestan gentian per three hundred milliliters of water. This mixture is boiled, and then infused for two hours and filtered. Take this remedy one third of a glass three times a day.
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