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Mary ambrosia is one of the plants of the family called Haze, in Latin the name of this plant will sound as follows: Chenopodium ambrosioides L. As for the name of the family of the ragweed, in Latin it will be like this: Chenopodiaceae Vent.
Description of marie ambrosia
The ragweed is an annual or perennial herb, the height of which will fluctuate between thirty and eighty centimeters. Such a plant will be endowed with a very pleasant smell, it is branched, it can be either naked or endowed with scattered hairs at the top. The leaves of this plant are medium or oblong or oval-elliptical in shape, above and below such leaves are endowed with sessile glands, painted in golden yellow tones. The length of such leaves will be about six to eight centimeters, and the width will be about two to three centimeters, often on peduncles and upper branches such leaves are reduced and entire.
The inflorescences of ragweed mari are terminal, they can either be located only in the leaf axils, or paniculate. The flowers of this plant can be either unisexual pistillate or bisexual. The ovary of this plant at the top is endowed with short-stalked and hooked-bent glands backward. The seeds of this plant are smooth, shiny, they are painted in black-brown tones, they can be either oval-rounded or rounded in shape.
Under natural conditions, this plant is found in the Caucasus, the Black Sea and Volga-Don regions of the European part of Russia, as well as in the Black Sea and Sredne-Dneprovsky regions of Ukraine. As for the general distribution, ragweed can be found in the Balkan Peninsula, Africa, the Mediterranean countries, China, Asia Minor, Australia, North and South America.
Description of the medicinal properties of Mari ambrosia
The ragweed is endowed with very valuable healing properties, while for medicinal purposes it is recommended to use the roots, fruits, tops of the shoots and the herb of this plant. Grass includes leaves, flowers, and stems.
The presence of such valuable healing properties is recommended to be explained by the content of triterpene saponins, flavonoids, alkaloids, vitamin C, essential oil, as well as the following acids in the composition of this plant: maleic, oxalic, citric and succinic. The seeds of this plant contain fatty oil.
It is noteworthy that in the traditional medicine of Latin America, a powder based on the roots of this plant is quite widespread. Such a healing agent is recommended for the treatment of malignant tumors. As for Chinese medicine, here the aerial part of ragweed mari is used in various medicinal teas as a tonic, strengthening and calming agent for the nervous system. A decoction prepared on the basis of the herb or pills from the powder of the herb of this plant should be used for hookworm, pinworms and worms.
Outwardly, a decoction based on the herb of this plant in the form of baths is used for itching and eczema. Indian medicine uses an infusion of the herb mari ambrosia as an anthelmintic agent. A decoction of the herb is used for bruises and erysipelas, as well as for washing various wounds and in gynecology as an anti-trichomonas agent. The essential oil of ragweed mari is used as an anti-asthma, anthelmintic and stimulating remedy, while the tops of the shoots of this plant are considered raw materials for the production of henopodia oil.
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