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Snakehead moldavian is one of the plants of the family called labiates, in Latin the name of this plant will sound as follows: Dracocephalum moldavica L. As for the name of the Moldavian snakehead family itself, in Latin it will be: Lamiaceae Lindl.
Description of the Moldavian snakehead
Moldavian snakehead is an annual herb, endowed with a thin taproot. The stem of this plant is erect, branched and tetrahedral, and the height of such a stem will be about fifty to seventy centimeters. The leaves of the Moldavian snakehead are short-petiolate and opposite, they can be either oblong-ovate or oblong-lanceolate. On the edge, such leaves will be jagged, they are painted in dark green tones, while the apical leaves are lanceolate. The flowers of this plant are collected in racemose inflorescences, they are painted in pale purple tones. The fruits of the Moldavian snakehead are triangular oblong nuts, the length of which will not exceed three millimeters, and the width will not even reach two millimeters. The fruits of this plant are colored in dark brown tones.
The flowering of the Moldavian snakehead falls in the month of July, while fruiting will take place from August to September. Under natural conditions, this plant is found in Primorye in the Far East, in the Crimea, in the Irtysh region of Western Siberia, in the Daur region of Eastern Siberia, as well as in the following regions of the Caucasus: in the South Caucasus, West Caucasus and Ciscaucasia. The plant is also found in such areas of the European part of Russia: Nizhnedonsky, Ladoga-Ilmensky, Nizhnevolzhsky and Volzhsko-Don, as well as in the Tien Shan and Pamir-Altai regions of Central Asia.
Description of the medicinal properties of the Moldavian snakehead
Moldavian snakehead is endowed with very valuable healing properties, while it is recommended to use the herb of this plant for medicinal purposes. Grass includes the leaves, flowers and stems of this plant.
The presence of such valuable healing properties is explained by the content of tannins, essential oil, coumarins and the flavonoid moldavoside in the plant. The leaves and flowers of the Moldavian snakehead contain vitamin C and essential oil, and the inflorescences also contain essential oil.
As for the decoction of the herb of this plant, it was proved in clinical trials that positive results were obtained in children with pyelonephritis. In the experiment, the tincture of this plant increases the tone and increases the amplitude of intestinal contractions, and also increases the speed of blood flow and dilates the mesenteric vessel. It is noteworthy that the herb extract of this plant is endowed with the ability to manifest antibacterial activity.
Traditional medicine uses an aqueous extract of the herb of this plant as an analgesic, soothing, anti-inflammatory, wound healing, antispasmodic and anticonvulsant agent. Also, such funds are effective in dysfunction of the gastrointestinal tract, with numerous female diseases, headaches, aches with colds, heart palpitations, migraines and neuralgia, and besides this, they also stimulate appetite.
A decoction based on the seeds of this plant is recommended for use as an astringent and sedative. It has been proven that fresh crushed leaves of the Moldavian snakehead can very significantly accelerate the healing of purulent wounds: compresses from the herbal mass are recommended to be applied to sore spots with bruises and rheumatism.
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