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Buttercup pungent is one of the plants of the family called buttercup, in Latin the name of this plant will sound as follows: Ranunculus acris (L.) (R. aceranct. CR. Stevenii Andrz.). As for the name of the caustic buttercup family itself, then in Latin it will be like this: Ranunculaceae Juss.
Description of caustic buttercup
The caustic buttercup is a perennial herb that is adpressedly pubescent, it is endowed with fibrous roots and a straight, branched stem. The lower leaves of this plant are long-petiolate, the plate in their outline will be pentagonal, as well as palmate with rhombic and serrated lobes. The upper leaves of caustic buttercup will be almost sessile, they are tripartite and endowed with linear-toothed legs. The diameter of the flowers of this plant is about one and a half to two centimeters, they are endowed with five pressed-haired sepals and five golden-yellow petals. The fruit of caustic buttercup is a spherical multi-root. Such nuts are oblique, they will be endowed with a curved or straight nose.
The flowering of this plant occurs at the end of spring and summer. Under natural conditions, caustic buttercup is found on the territory of Ukraine, Western Siberia, Belarus, as well as the European part of Russia, with the exception of only the south and the Far North.
Description of the medicinal properties of caustic buttercup
Buttercup caustic is endowed with very valuable healing properties, while it is recommended to use the herb of this plant for medicinal purposes. The concept of grass includes flowers, stems and leaves of this plant. Such medicinal raw materials should be harvested throughout the entire flowering period of caustic buttercup.
The presence of such valuable medicinal properties should be explained by the content of ranunculin glycoside in the composition of the fresh herb of this plant, which, upon hydrolysis, will be split into glucose and proteanemonin lactone-hydroxyvinylacrylic acid. Actually, such a glycoside ranunculin is an oily liquid, which will be endowed with a very characteristic and rather pungent odor. It should be noted that such a compound is unstable and, over time, will be converted to anemonin, and then to inactive anemic acid.
Also in the fresh grass of this plant are tannins, alkaloids, saponins, glycosides, carotene, vitamin C and the following flavonoids: kaempferol, quercetin and their glycosides.
As for traditional medicine, caustic buttercup has become quite widespread here as a very effective blistering and locally irritating agent. Also, such a plant is used for headaches, gout, rheumatism, burns, wounds, furunculosis and as a tonic. A broth prepared on the basis of caustic buttercup flowers is recommended for use in tuberculosis, hernia and various gastric diseases.
It is noteworthy that earlier a decoction of the flowers of this plant was used for malaria. It is recommended to rub with ointment from flowers for colds, and besides this, cotton wool, which was previously moistened with caustic buttercup juice, should be applied to aching teeth. For liver diseases, decoction of flowers in small doses is quite effective. Homeopathy uses the fresh herb of this plant for neuralgia, gout and various skin diseases. In Mongolian medicine, this plant is considered a stimulant, and Tibetan medicine uses caustic buttercup as a wound healing agent. In addition, Tibetan medicine uses the fresh herb of this plant in the treatment of purulent processes.
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