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Ligusticum Scottish is one of the plants of the family called Umbelliferae, in Latin the name of this plant will sound as follows: Ligusticum scoticum L. (L. hultenii Tern.). As for the name of the Scottish ligusticum family itself, in Latin it will be like this: Apiaceae Lindl. (Umbelliforae Juss.).
Description of Scottish ligusticum
Ligusticum Scottish is a perennial herb, the height of which will fluctuate between fifteen and seventy centimeters. The stem of this plant will be branched at the top, it is also bare and finely ribbed. The leaves of the Scottish ligusticum are endowed with long petioles, and the leaf blade itself is twice tripartite. The umbrellas of this plant will be seven to eleven rayed, they are endowed with rays of unequal length, in diameter their length will be about four to ten millimeters. During the flowering period, the umbrellas of the Scottish ligusticum are flat on top, and the petals are painted in white tones. The length of the fruits of this plant will be about six and a half to eight and a half millimeters, and the width will be equal to two and a half to four millimeters.
The flowering of Scottish ligusticum occurs in the month of July. Under natural conditions, this plant is found on the territory of all regions of the Far East, with the exception of only the Amur region, as well as in the following regions of the European part of Russia: Dvinsko-Pechora, Karelo-Murmansk and European Arctic. For growth, this plant prefers seaside meadows, foothills of rocks, pebbles and sandy-clay shores of the seas.
Description of the medicinal properties of Scottish ligusticum
Ligustikum Scottish is endowed with very valuable healing properties, while for medicinal purposes it is recommended to use the herb and roots of this plant. The presence of such valuable healing properties should be explained by the content of polyacetylene compounds, phenol and derivatives of myristin and crocatone, 3-methoxy-4, 5-methylenedioxycinnamic acid and coumarins in the roots of this plant. The leaves will contain coumarins, the flavonoid luteolin, while the fruits contain essential oils and coumarins.
The decoction, prepared on the basis of the roots of Scottish ligusticum, is recommended for use as an analgesic and lactogenic agent, and is also used for paralysis and asthenia. The infusion is also able to relieve headaches. The herb powder of this plant is used for dizziness and anemia three times a day, one gram at a time. It should be noted that the coumarins of Scottish ligusticum are endowed with antitumor activity. It is noteworthy that in Scotland and Kamchatka, this plant is even eaten.
To prepare a very effective remedy based on this plant, you will need to take ten grams of crushed dry roots of Scottish ligusticum in two hundred milliliters of water. The resulting mixture should be boiled over a fairly low heat for about six to eight minutes, and then such a mixture should be infused for at least two hours, after which this healing agent is very carefully filtered and added with boiled water up to the original amount. The resulting healing agent based on this plant is taken three times a day, one third of a glass.
With a headache, the following remedy is effective: to prepare such a remedy, you will need to take twelve grams of crushed dry roots of this plant for two hundred milliliters of boiling water. Such a mixture is insisted for two to three hours and carefully filtered, and the resulting healing agent is taken before the start of a meal, two to three tablespoons two to three times a day.
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