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Altai honeysuckle is one of the plants of the family called honeysuckle, in Latin the name of this plant will sound like this: Lonicera altaica Pall. ex DC. As for the name of the Altai honeysuckle family itself, in Latin it will be like this: Caprifoliaceae Juss.
Description of Altai honeysuckle
Altai honeysuckle is a low shrub, the height of which fluctuates between one meter and one and a half meters. The plant is endowed with a brownish-gray urinary bark. Young shoots are colored in reddish tones. The leaves of Altai honeysuckle are short petiolate, they are whole and oval-elliptical in shape. The flowers of this plant are painted in pale yellow tones. The fruits of Altai honeysuckle grow at the ends of fruiting twigs, in shape such fruits can be either ovoid or oval. Quite often, such fruits are double, they can be either black-blue in color or bluish from a wax coating.
Altai honeysuckle blooms in the month of June, while the ripening of fruits occurs in the period from July to August. Under natural conditions, the plant is found in the south of the Okhotsk region in the Far East, as well as in the following regions of Western and Eastern Siberia: Salair, Gornaya Shoria and Kuznetsk Ala-Tau. For growth, the plant prefers places along the edges, forest glades, as well as forest-steppe, coniferous and mixed forests.
Description of the medicinal properties of Altai honeysuckle
Altai honeysuckle is endowed with very valuable healing properties, while for therapeutic purposes it is recommended to use the fruits, leaves, flowers and branches of this plant.
The presence of such valuable healing properties is explained by the content in the leaves and branches of organic acids, tannins, vitamin C, the flavonoid 7-glucoside luteolin, as well as atocyans: cyanidin and chrysanthemum. The fruits of this plant contain tannins, catechins, organic acids, terpenoids and vitamin P.
The plant is endowed with valuable diuretic, astringent, anti-inflammatory, hypotensive and antispasmodic effects. A decoction of the bark and branches of Altai honeysuckle is recommended for dropsy and edema, and fresh berries should be taken for gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer, diarrhea, colitis, hypertension, anemia, malaria and atherosclerosis. Also, fresh berries of this plant can be used as a restorative agent, as well as as a general tonic.
As for homeopathy, here the essence is prepared from the fruits. Also, a decoction of the fruits is used externally for washing the throat, mouth and eyes. The fruits of this plant are used as a very valuable remedy that helps to improve memory. Outwardly, the juice is used for stomatitis and gingivitis. A natural dye was isolated from the fruit, which in the experiment was endowed with capillary-strengthening properties. It is noteworthy that triterpenic acids are endowed with very valuable hormonal properties.
As for traditional medicine, here a decoction of the bark is used for headaches and polyarthritis. The leaves are endowed with both protistocidal and antibacterial activity. In case of metabolic disorders, an infusion of Altai honeysuckle leaves should be used. For laryngitis, dermatoses, eye diseases and numerous female diseases, it is recommended to use a decoction prepared on the basis of the leaves and flowers of Altai honeysuckle.
The fruits of this plant are used to make jelly, juice and jam. Also, the fruits can be eaten fresh or dried.
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