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Banewort is one of the plants of the family called buttercups, in Latin the name of this plant will sound like this: Ranunculus flammala L. As for the name of the family of buttercup, in Latin it will be like this: Ranunculaceae Juss.
Description of burning buttercup
Buttercup is a perennial herb, the height of which will fluctuate between fifteen and one hundred and twenty centimeters. The stems of this plant are solitary, they can be both ascending and erect, and will also be ascending, and can sometimes be rooting at the lower nodes, and at the top such stems will be branched. The basal leaves of this plant and the lower stem leaves are on equal petioles, sometimes they can be up to two times longer than the plate. The length of the burning buttercup plate is about three to seven centimeters, and the width will be equal to three to twelve centimeters. Moreover, the upper stem leaves of this plant are narrow and almost linear, they can be either short-petiolate or sessile. The peduncles of the burning buttercup are finely grooved, the flowers of this plant will be about ten to fifteen millimeters in diameter, they will be endowed with a corolla and five-leafed cups. The sepals of this plant will be hairy, their length is equal to three to four millimeters, the petals are painted in yellow tones, they will be broadly obovate and the length of such petals will not exceed five to six millimeters. The length of the fruitlets of the burning buttercup does not even reach two millimeters; they are naked and endowed with a very short nose.
The flowering of the burning buttercup falls on the period from June to the month of July. Under natural conditions, this plant is found on the territory of Belarus, Ukraine, Altai and the European part of Russia in all regions, with the exception of only the Lower Volga region. For growth, this plant prefers the banks of rivers, wet floodplain meadows, sedge swamps, sometimes the plant can be found in water, but most often the burning buttercup grows in the forest zone.
Description of the medicinal properties of the burning buttercup
Buttercup burning is endowed with very valuable healing properties, while it is recommended to use the herb of this plant for medicinal purposes. The presence of such valuable medicinal properties should be explained by the content of scopoletin and umbelliferone coumarin in the composition of this plant, as well as such gamma-lactones: ranunculin and protoanemonin. It is noteworthy that the herb of burning buttercup is very often used as a homeopathic remedy.
For scurvy, it is recommended to drink the juice made from the aerial part of this plant. It is recommended to drink such a juice based on burning buttercup diluted by two or three drops in half a glass of water. As for traditional medicine, this plant is quite widespread here, which is used to treat cancer.
Fresh mashed leaves of this plant are also recommended to be used topically: for this you will need to apply such leaves for scabies to sore spots, and these leaves of burning buttercup can also be applied to various tumors in order for them to dissolve more quickly or they are applied to abscesses. what happens to accelerate out of maturation. It is noteworthy that if the grass of this plant is left on the body for a long time, then it will cause quite severe irritation of the skin, as well as even its ulceration.
It should be remembered that the burning buttercup is a poisonous plant. For this reason, it is recommended that extreme care is taken when handling this plant. it should also be remembered that the internal use of this plant will require an even greater degree of caution.
