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Meadow goatbeard is one of the plants of the family called Asteraceae or Compositae, in Latin the name of this plant will sound as follows: Tragopogon pratensis Scop. As for the name of the meadow goat family itself, in Latin it will be as follows: Asteraceae Dumort.
Description of the meadow goatbeard
Meadow goat is also known under the following popular names: milkman, devil's beard, Kozlov's beard, kakish, goby, kochetok, kosmatik, curly and many others. The meadow goat is a biennial herb. The stem of this plant will be erect and slightly branched, its height will be about thirty to one hundred and twenty centimeters. Such a stem will be endowed with one taproot. The leaves of the meadow goat are sessile and stalk-embracing, they can be both linear-lanceolate and linear. The leaves are also pointed and whole-edged. The flowers of this plant are painted in yellow tones, they are endowed with baskets, which will be provided with wrappers. The leaves of the meadow goat wrap are arranged in one row, while all the flowers of this plant are reed. There are only five stamens, the lower ones will be free, the anther is welded into a tube through which the column will pass. The ovary of the meadow goat is unilocular and lower, it will be single-seeded, endowed with one stem and a branched stigma.
The fruit of the meadow goat is a achene endowed with a feathery crest. Flower baskets after flowering will form rather large fluffy balls, which will very much resemble faded dandelion baskets. Under natural conditions, this plant is found on the territory of the European part of Russia, in the Baltic States, in Belarus and in the Carpathians in Ukraine. For growth, the plant prefers forest clearings, places along roads, meadows and outcropped limestones.
Description of the medicinal properties of the meadow goat
Meadow goatbeard is endowed with very valuable healing properties, while for medicinal purposes it is recommended to use the roots, milky juice and leaves of this plant. The leaves and juice of the meadow goat should be collected in the period from May to July, and the roots are collected in the autumn period.
The presence of such valuable medicinal properties should be explained by the content of triterpenoids, flavonoids, rubber, iso-inositol, ceryl alcohol, inositol, vitamin C and D-mannitol in the composition of this plant. The flowers of this plant contain lutein, carotenoids, trans-betataraxanthin, xanthophyll, violoxanthin, flavoxanthin and auroxanthin. Fatty oil and alkaloids are found in the seeds of the meadow goat grass.
The meadow goat is endowed with wound healing, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, diuretic and antiscorbutic effects.
It is noteworthy that this plant is used only in traditional medicine. A decoction of the roots and stems of the meadow goat should be used as an antiscorbutic agent, and the decoction of the root is used as an expectorant for bronchitis, catarrh of the upper respiratory tract and cough. In addition, such a decoction of the roots of this plant is used as a diuretic for kidney stones and various skin diseases.
The aerial part of the meadow goat can be used in the form of compresses as a wound healing and resorbing agent for phlegmons, tumors, as well as purulent wounds and ulcers. It is noteworthy that the freshly ground stems and fried roots of this plant can be used as food, while the fried roots are also used as a substitute for coffee.
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