Sprawling Bell

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Sprawling bell is one of the plants of the family called bellflower, in Latin the name of this plant will sound as follows: Campanula patula L. As for the name of the sprawling bell family itself, in Latin it will be: Campanulaceae Juss.

Description of the spreading bell

The spreading bell is a biennial herb, the height of which will fluctuate between ten and seventy centimeters. The stem of this plant is branchy and slender. The lower leaves of the bellflower, spreading in shape, can be either clawed or oblong-obovate, while the middle and upper leaves are linear-lanceolate or lanceolate. The flowers of this plant are quite large, their length can reach three centimeters. Such flowers are located on rather long pedicels, which are collected in a loose and paniculate inflorescence. The teeth of the calyx of a sprawling bell will for the most part be strongly deflected and spread apart. The corolla is most often colored in blue-violet tones, and sometimes it is white, and the corolla is also endowed with dark veins. The blades of such a rim will be large and somewhat bent. The fruits of the spreading bell are capsules that sit on straight stalks and will open with holes at the top.

The flowering bellflower sprawling falls on the period from the beginning of summer to the autumn period. Under natural conditions, this plant is found on the territory of the European part of Russia, Ukraine and Western Siberia. For growth, the plant prefers forests, glades, edges, meadows and fallow lands.

Description of the medicinal properties of the spreading bell

The sprawling bell is endowed with very valuable healing properties, while it is recommended to use the roots and grass of this plant for medicinal purposes. The concept of grass includes flowers, leaves and stems of a spreading bell.

The presence of such valuable medicinal properties should be explained by the content in the herb of this plant of steroids, triterpenoids, saponins, cardenolides, alkaloids, anthocyanins, phenolcarboxylic acids and their derivatives, as well as the following nitrogen-containing compounds: choline, stachydrin and betaine. In the stems, leaves and flowers of the campanula are alkaloids.

A decoction prepared on the basis of the roots of this plant is recommended for use in hydrophilia. As for traditional medicine, a decoction is quite widespread here, which is prepared on the basis of the herb of the spreading bell. Such a decoction of the herb should be used for headaches, laryngitis, epilepsy and numerous female diseases. The decoction of the roots and the alcoholic extract of the herb of this plant are endowed with very valuable anticonvulsant properties.

For migraines and anxiety, it is recommended to use the following spreading bell-based remedy: to prepare such a remedy, you will need to take one teaspoon of the spreading bell roots for one glass of boiling water. The resulting mixture should be boiled over a fairly low heat for four to five minutes, then this mixture is left to infuse for one hour and boiled water is added up to the original amount of decoction, after which such a healing mixture is filtered very carefully. The resulting product is taken on the basis of a spreading bell three to four times a day, one third of a glass. It is noteworthy that in order to achieve the greatest efficiency when taking such a remedy. It is necessary to strictly observe all the norms of preparation and reception of this remedy on the basis of a spreading bell.