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White water lily is one of the plants of the family called water lilies, in Latin the name of this plant will sound as follows: Nymphea alba L. As for the name of the white water lily family itself, in Latin it will be like this: Nymphacaceae Salisb.
Description of white water lilies
The white water lily is also known under the following popular names: white water lily, adalen, balabolka, aquarius, white chickens, water color, water poppy, water companion, overpower, lchatte bile and big lapushnik. White water lily is a perennial herbaceous rhizome water stemless plant endowed with floating roots. The rhizome of this plant is creeping, from such a rhizome rounded leaves endowed with a deep heart-shaped base will depart. Also, quite long pedicels, which will bear single beautiful flowers painted in white tones, also depart from the rhizome. Such flowers will float on the surface of the water, they are weakly fragrant and will be endowed with a four-leafed green cup and white petals. White water lily stamens are numerous, while the stigma of the pistil will be divided and radiant. The fruits of this plant are berry-shaped, spherical in shape, they will ripen under water and turn green.
The flowering of the white water lily falls on the period from June to July. Under natural conditions, this plant is found on the territory of the European part of Russia, with the exception of only the Arctic, in the Crimea, in the North Caucasus, in the eastern Transcaucasia, Belarus, the Urals and in the southern regions of Siberia. For growth, this plant prefers stagnant and slowly flowing waters: lakes, ponds and river bays.
Description of the medicinal properties of the white water lily
The white water lily is endowed with very valuable healing properties. The presence of such medicinal properties should be explained by the content of tannins, starch, nympheir alkaloid in the composition of this plant, while oxalic acid, flavonoids are present in the leaves, and cardenolide, nymphaline, flavonoids of kaempferol glycoside and quercetin are present in the flower petals. The seeds of the white water lily contain fatty oil, starch and tannins.
For medicinal purposes, it is recommended to use flowers, leaves and rhizomes with the roots of this plant. The roots and rhizomes of the white water lily should be harvested in the autumn period, and the leaves and flowers are harvested from June to July.
The flowers of this plant are endowed with hypnotic, sedative, analgesic, antipyretic and emollient effects. As for traditional medicine, an infusion prepared on the basis of white water lily flowers is very widespread here. Such an infusion should be used as a valuable antipyretic agent, as a sedative for excessive activity of the gonads, which in particular refers to painful emissions. In addition, the infusion of flowers of this plant is also used to quench thirst in patients.
The infusion of white water lily flowers is also recommended to be used as a sedative for insomnia and as a very valuable hypnotic. Preparations based on the roots and rhizomes of this plant will help to reduce the inflammatory processes that occur in the skin. In the crushed form, the roots and rhizomes of the white water lily will be used as a very valuable external distraction, which in its effect will be very similar to mustard plasters. In the fight against hair loss, it is recommended to use a decoction of the roots of this plant in beer: you should regularly wash your hair with this decoction.
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