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Erect cinquefoil is one of the plants of the family called Rosaceae, in Latin the name of this plant will sound like this: Potentilla erecta (L.) Racusch. As for the name of the erect Potentilla family itself, in Latin it will be like this: Rosaceae Juss.
Description of erect cinquefoil
Erect cinquefoil is a perennial plant endowed with a tuberous and woody rhizome, the height of which will fluctuate between ten and twenty centimeters. The stems of this plant are either erect or erect. Such stems will be slightly short-haired, thin and well leafy. The root leaves of Potentilla erect will be trifoliate, they are on long petioles, while the stem leaves will be sessile and trifoliate with large stipules. It is noteworthy that the leaves on both sides will be pressed-haired, and very rarely they can be bare. The flowers of Potentilla erect are located on rather long thin pedicels, they will be single, and they will be about one centimeter in diameter. It should be noted that the petals of this plant are notched and they will be slightly longer than the sepals.
Blooming Potentilla erect falls on the period from June to July. Under natural conditions, this plant is found on the territory of Moldova, Belarus, Ukraine, in the Irtysh and Obsk regions of Western Siberia, as well as in all regions of the European part of Russia, with the exception of only South Transcaucasia. For growth, this plant prefers swamps, clearings, wastelands, light forests, forest edges, forest meadows.
Description of the medicinal properties of erect cinquefoil
Erect cinquefoil is endowed with very valuable healing properties, while for medicinal purposes it is recommended to use the rhizomes and grass of this plant. The concept of grass includes flowers, stems and leaves of erect cinquefoil. The rhizomes of this plant should be harvested in the period from September to October, or already around April-May, when the basal leaves grow back.
The presence of such valuable healing properties should be explained by the content of essential oil, tannins, organic acids, phenols, catechins, phenol carboxylic acids, anthocyanin glucoside, as well as lipids and the following fatty acids in their composition: linolenic, stearic, oleic, linoleic, lauric, palmitic and pentadecanoic.
Erect cinquefoil is endowed with a very valuable astringent, anti-inflammatory, hemostatic, bactericidal and restorative effect. It should be noted that the local anti-inflammatory effect will be directly related to those tannins, which will create a biofilm that protects tissues from mechanical, bacterial and chemical influences.
A decoction and tincture, prepared on the basis of erect cinquefoil rhizomes, is recommended for enterocolitis, enteritis, diarrhea, ulcerative colitis with bleeding from the intestine, dysentery, gastritis, duodenal ulcer and stomach ulcer, and also as a choleretic agent for cholecystitis, jaundice, cirrhosis of the liver, rheumatism, gout, ulcerative colitis, cholecystitis, acute and chronic hepatitis. An infusion prepared on the basis of the roots of Potentilla erect is recommended for use with nephritis. In dermatology, this plant is used internally for vasculitis, and externally used for neurodermatitis, cracked skin and upper limbs, as well as eczema.
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