Mountain Fireweed

2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38

Mountain fireweed is one of the plants of the family called fireweed, in Latin the name of this plant will sound as follows: Epilobium montanum L. As for the name of the fireweed family itself, in Latin it will be like this: Onagraceae Juss.

Description of mountain fireweed

Mountain fireweed is a perennial herb, the height of which will be about one meter. The stem of this plant is solitary and erect, it can be both branched and simple. At the base of such a stem, short shoots will develop in the fall, endowed with rosettes of leaves. As for the leaves of the mountain fireweed themselves, they will be painted in dark green tones, and in shape they will be ovoid-lanceolate. Such leaves will be opposite, and the apical leaves are alternate. The flowers of the mountain fireweed are located on the tops of the stem in the axils of the upper leaves, the petals will be colored pink, the seeds will be either brown or gray in color, and at the tops such seeds are rounded in shape.

The flowering of mountain fireweed occurs in the period from June to September. Under natural conditions, this plant is found on the territory of the Daursky region of Eastern Siberia and in Western Siberia, as well as in the Far East on Sakhalin and in the south of the Kuriles. As for the general distribution of this plant, it is found in Iran, Asia Minor, the Balkans, the Mediterranean, Scandinavia, Central and Atlantic Europe. For the growth of fireweed, mountain prefers wooded slopes, mixed and dark coniferous forests, as well as the outskirts of forests, places among shrubs, shady and damp places.

Actually, it should be noted that the mountain fireweed is a rare species that is endowed with a relict distribution mainly in the east of Siberia. It is noteworthy that in the Irkutsk region this plant will be located at the eastern border of the range. Most often, mountain fireweed will grow singly, but sometimes it can also be found in small groups.

Description of the medicinal properties of mountain fireweed

Mountain fireweed is endowed with very valuable healing properties, while it is recommended to use the herb of this plant for medicinal purposes. The concept of grass includes leaves, stems and flowers of mountain fireweed. The presence of such valuable medicinal properties should be explained by the content of tannins in the composition of this plant. The infusion, prepared on the basis of the herb of mountain fireweed, is a very valuable and effective hemostatic agent.

In case of bleeding, it is recommended to use the following remedy based on mountain fireweed: to prepare such a very effective remedy, you will need to take two tablespoons of crushed dry herb of this plant in one glass of boiling water. The resulting mixture should be infused for two hours, and then it must be very thoroughly filtered. It is recommended to take the resulting remedy based on mountain fireweed either one third of a glass, or half a glass three times a day: the intensity of the intake will directly depend on the severity of the initial bleeding. It is important to note that in order to achieve the greatest efficiency when taking such a remedy based on dry crushed herb of mountain fireweed, one should not only strictly observe all the rules for preparing such a remedy, but also carefully follow all the rules for its preparation.

It should be noted that due to the fact that the chemical composition of this plant has not yet been fully studied, its use for medicinal purposes may be incomplete, and after a certain time, we can expect the emergence of new remedies based on mountain fireweed.