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Stefan's crane is one of the plants of the family called geraniums, in Latin the name of this plant will sound as follows: Erodium stephanianum Wild. As for the name of the Stefan's crane family itself, in Latin it will be like this: Geraniaceae Juss.
Description of stefan's crane
Stefan's crane is a perennial plant that is flattened, and below it is endowed with an admixture of rather long flattened hairs. The stems of this plant are ascending, their height is about fifty to sixty centimeters. In outline, the leaves will be ovoid, double-pinnately dissected into sharp, lanceolate and whole lobed lobes, endowed with segments running down the shaft. The leaves are painted in purple tones, their length is six to eight millimeters, the length of the valves is one millimeter, and the spout reaches a length of thirty to forty millimeters.
Stefan's crane blooms during the period from July to August. Under natural conditions, the plant is found in the Altai region of Western Siberia, in the Far East, in Central Asia, as well as in the Angara-Sayan and Daursk regions of Eastern Siberia. As for the general distribution, this plant is found in Tibet, Mongolia, Japan, on the Korean peninsula, as well as in Northwest and Northeast China. Stefan's crane most often grows in the Irkutsk region, in the Republic of Buryatia and in the Trans-Baikal Territory.
For growth, this plant prefers places along the banks of rivers, fallow lands, roadsides, as well as steppes and rocky slopes. Fruit ripening occurs in the month of September.
Description of the medicinal properties of Stefan's crane
Stefan's crane is endowed with very valuable healing properties, while it is recommended to use the herb of this plant for medicinal purposes. The presence of such valuable healing properties is explained by the content of tannins and essential oil in the plant. It should be noted that the raw material is the entire dried aerial part of Stefan's crane. This plant also contains quercetin and other flavonoids.
The plant helps to eliminate the blockage of the channels of collateral circulation, and will also stop diarrhea and reduce rheumatic symptoms. Stefan's crane is also considered a very valuable anti-inflammatory and astringent agent.
It was found through laboratory studies that a decoction based on the herb of this plant is endowed with antibacterial properties against pathogens of dysentery, diplococcus and Staphylococcus aureus. As for traditional medicine, here a decoction made from nine to fifteen grams of grass is recommended for use for minor injuries, rheumatic joint pain, acute gastroenteritis, corneal blisters, menstrual irregularities and sciatic nerve inflammation.
For all of the above diseases, including inflammation of the sciatic nerve and rheumatic pain in the joints, it is recommended to use a remedy based on Stefan's crane. To prepare such a product, you will need to take one hundred and twenty grams of grass per liter of vodka. The resulting mixture should be infused for five to seven days, after which this mixture is very carefully filtered. Such a remedy is taken on the basis of Stefan's crane twice a day in a small glass, about fifteen milliliters in volume. It should be noted that in order to achieve the greatest efficiency when taking such a drug, one should not only observe all the norms for its preparation, but also strictly follow all the features of its reception.
