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Gentian reed is one of the plants of the family called gentian, in Latin the name of this plant will sound like this: GentianeIIa lingulata (Agardh) Pritchard. As for the name of the gentian reed family itself, in Latin it will be like this: Gentianaceae Juss.
Description of gentian reed
Reed gentian is an annual or biennial herb that is naked and colored in green tones, while the height of this plant will fluctuate between fourteen and thirty centimeters. The stems are thin and straight, while either only in the upper part, or from the very base, the stems will be branched, they are also endowed with four to five internodes. It should be noted that the rosette leaves of this plant are usually preserved at the time of flowering, they will be obovate and obtuse, their length will be about seven to ten millimeters. It is noteworthy that the stem leaves are much shorter than the internodes, they can be either ovate or broadly ovate, and at the very base they are slightly cordate. The length of the gentian reed leaves will be about seven to fifteen millimeters, and the width will be equal to five to ten millimeters. The lower leaves of this plant will be blunt at the top, while the upper leaves are sharp. The flowers will be five-membered and numerous, and the calyx will be about eight to eleven millimeters long, the corolla is tubular, it can be either whitish or dirty purple in color. The length of such a rim is about ten to twelve millimeters, and the blades will be oblong-oval in shape, they are also obtuse, and the length of the blades will be about four to five millimeters.
The flowering of this plant occurs in the period from May to June. Under natural conditions, this plant can be found in the south of Belarus, in the European Arctic, the European part of Russia, as well as in Western and Eastern Siberia in the Yenisei region, in the Dnieper region and in the Carpathians in Ukraine, as well as in the Balkhash region of Central Asia. For growth, gentian reed prefers swamps, wet floodplain and dry meadows, forest lawns, limestone outcrops, forests, bushes, roadsides and railroad embankments.
Description of the medicinal properties of gentian reed
For medicinal purposes, it is recommended to use the herb of this plant, the concept of grass includes flowers, leaves and stems of this plant. The presence of such valuable medicinal properties is explained by the content of quite a large amount of vitamin C in the leaves of this plant.
A decoction of the herb of this plant is recommended for various intestinal diseases, intestinal colic, stomach diseases, as well as for placental retention and female diseases. With regard to its use in veterinary medicine, here the properties of this plant are used for tendon tumors in horses.
In case of gastritis, which will be accompanied by increased secretion, it is recommended to use the following remedy, which has a rather effective reaction: for its preparation, it is recommended to use two tablespoons of dry crushed herb of this plant per three hundred milliliters of water. This mixture should be boiled over low heat for about three to four minutes, and then the resulting mixture is left to infuse for two hours, and then carefully filtered. Take this remedy for about one third of a glass three times a day.
It is noteworthy that all the useful properties of this plant have not yet been fully studied, therefore, the appearance of new methods of using the gentian reed is possible.
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