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Common groundwort is a family called Asteraceae or Compositae, in Latin the name of this plant will sound as follows: Senecio vulgaris L. As for the name of the common groundwort family itself, in Latin it will be: Asteraceae Dumort.
Description of common groundwort
Common groundwort is an annual or biennial herb, endowed with a straight ribbed stem, which can most often be branched. The height of such a stem will be about twenty to one hundred centimeters. The leaves of this plant are oblong, with the lower leaves tapering into a stalk, while the rest of the leaves will be sessile. The leaves of the common groundwort will be serrated and pinnately lobed in shape. The flower baskets of this plant, oblong in shape, will gather in a sparse inflorescence, which will be corymbose-paniculate. These flower baskets are painted in yellow tones. The fruits of the common groundwort are oblong achenes.
The flowering of the common groundwort continues throughout the summer period. Under natural conditions, this plant is found everywhere in Siberia, Ukraine and Russia. It should be noted that this plant is a weedy plant and for this reason the common groundwort is found in fields, forest edges, in vegetable gardens and in forest-steppe.
Description of the medicinal properties of the common groundwort
Common groundwort is endowed with very valuable healing properties, while it is recommended to use the herb of this plant for medicinal purposes. It is recommended to harvest such raw materials throughout the entire flowering period of the common groundwort.
The presence of such valuable healing properties should be explained by the content of mineral salts, alkaloids, ascorbic acid, rutin, senecyphylline, dye and inulin in the composition of this plant. The leaves of this plant contain carotene.
Common groundwort is endowed with anti-inflammatory, hemostatic, wound healing, antispasmodic and hypotensive effects.
As for traditional medicine, here this plant is quite widespread. Common groundwort is recommended for inflammation of the large intestine and gallbladder, angina pectoris, bronchial asthma, gastrointestinal colic, as well as exacerbation of gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer. In addition, such medicinal agents are used as a means that will regulate menstruation and affect the contraction of the uterus both in women in labor and in menopause. Common groundwort juice is used as a wound healing agent for the expulsion of worms and for hysterical convulsions. It should be noted that when handling the common groundwort, the utmost degree of caution should be observed, due to the fact that there have been cases of poisoning by means of this plant in cattle. In addition, treatment with any drugs based on this plant should be carried out under the direct supervision of a physician.
With neurosis of the heart and angina pectoris, it is recommended to use the following remedy based on this plant: for the preparation of such a remedy, ten grams of grass is taken per forty grams of seventy percent alcohol. The resulting mixture should be infused for about two to three weeks. Such a remedy based on the common groundwort should be taken three times a day, thirty drops.
Outwardly, when the mammary glands are hardened, hemorrhoids and furunculosis, you should use such a remedy: rub the grass with sunflower oil and then the remedy is completely ready for use.
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