Theophrastus Cable Car

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Theophrastus cable car is one of the plants of a family called mallow, in Latin the name of this plant sounds like this: Abutiium theofrasti Medic. As for the name of the family of the theophrastus, in Latin it will be like this: Malvaceae Juss.

Description of the cable car theophrastus

Theophrastus rope-tree is an annual herb, the height of which will be about fifteen to twenty-five centimeters. The stem of this plant is straight and cylindrical, it can be either simple or branched at the top with short flowering branches. Such a stem is soft, short and spaced hairy, in the upper part it is endowed with thick glandular hairs and is almost velvety. At the bottom of the higher stems, it will be only scattered hairy and regularly reticulated sculpted periderm. The leaves of the theophrastus cable car will be long-petiolate, the length of their plates reaches fifteen centimeters. Such leaves are broad-ovate in shape, they are deep-heart-shaped, and at the end they will be long-pointed. On both sides, the leaves of this plant are green and velvety from a rather dense stellate pubescence.

Under natural conditions, this plant is found in Primorye in the Far East, in the south of Ukraine and in the Dnieper region, in the Caucasus, in Moldova, in Central Asia, as well as in the following regions of the European part of Russia: in the Trans-Volga, Upper Volga, Black Sea, Lower Volga and Lower Don regions. … For growth, the plant prefers places near wells, along roads and ditches, deposits, depressions, river valleys, estuaries, gardens, vegetable gardens and parks. Also, sometimes the theophrastus cable car is also found as a weed in crops.

Description of the medicinal properties of the theophrastus cable car

Kanatnik theophrastus is endowed with very valuable healing properties, while for medicinal purposes it is recommended to use the leaves, seeds, flowers and roots of this plant.

It should be noted that the plant contains mucus. The roots of this plant contain carbohydrates, saponins, flavonoids, uronic acids, methylpentosans, pentoses and pentosans. In the leaves of the theophrastus rope, there is rutin, vitamin C and the following mucopolysaccharides: uronic acids and amino sugar. It should be noted that the seeds contain fatty oil and alkaloids.

As for Tibetan and Chinese medicine, here preparations based on this plant are used as a wound healing, antiseptic, tonic and disinfectant. Also, such drugs are also used for bowel diseases, dysentery, cataracts, chronic appendicitis and numerous eye diseases. A decoction based on the seeds of this plant should be used as a diuretic, laxative and emollient. In folk medicine, the theophrastus rope is used as a diuretic and wound healing agent. It should be noted that this plant can serve as a substitute for both marshmallow and Thuringian hautma.

A decoction of the roots of this plant can be applied externally and internally: such a remedy is effective for various skin diseases, gastralgia and diarrhea. It is noteworthy that the theophrastus cable car can also be used as a substitute for forest mallow. A decoction of the roots, flowers and leaves of this plant is a valuable expectorant. A decoction of the leaves, seeds and flowers of this plant is recommended for gonorrhea, and the decoction of flowers is also used as a valuable diaphoretic.

It should be noted that the oil of this plant is endowed with diuretic properties, and it is also suitable for technical and nutritional purposes.