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Creeping buttercup is one of the plants of the family called buttercups, in Latin the name of this plant will sound like this: Ranunculus repens L. As for the name of the creeping buttercup family itself, in Latin it will be like this: Ranunculaceae Juss.
Description of creeping buttercup
Buttercup creeping is a perennial herb endowed with hooked roots. The stem of this plant is tall, its height will fluctuate between thirty and eighty centimeters. Such a stem of a creeping buttercup will be branched, straight and furrowed, it can be either naked or endowed with separated hairs to the middle. The basal leaves of this plant are endowed with a rounded heart-shaped plate in outline and a rather long protruding hairy petiole. Basal leaves almost to the very base will be three- and five-segmented lobes, which will be elongated lanceolate and slightly expanding upward, as well as also notched-toothed. The upper stem leaves of the creeping buttercup will be two- and four-divided into serrated or linear-lanceolate whole-edged lobes. It is noteworthy that the leaf blades of this plant are endowed with pressed hairs on both sides, and from below they will be painted in pale green tones. The peduncles of this plant are endowed with pressed hairs. Usually, the flowers of the creeping buttercup will be numerous, and their diameter is about two to three centimeters. The sepals of this plant are obtuse, ovoid, along the edge they will be endowed with spaced hairs. Most often, there are only five to seven creeping buttercup petals, and they will be painted in bright yellow tones. It is noteworthy that the receptacle of this plant is hairy. The fruit of the creeping buttercup is a composite achene, which will consist of many achenes.
Under natural conditions, this plant is found in Western Siberia, the mountains of Central Asia, in the south of Eastern Siberia, in the European part of Russia, in Ukraine and in Belarus. For growth, this plant prefers light forests, glades, edges, glades, embankments, gardens, places among fields, dry floodplain and dry meadows.
The flowering of the creeping buttercup falls on the period from June to the month of August.
Description of the medicinal properties of creeping buttercup
Buttercup creeping 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, leaves and stems of this plant. It is recommended to harvest such medicinal raw materials throughout the entire flowering period of the creeping buttercup.
The presence of such valuable medicinal properties should be explained by the content of carotene, quinoin, saponins, ascorbic acid, tannins, coumarins, alkaloids, flavonoids and lactones in this plant.
It should be noted that this plant is poisonous, for this reason, it is recommended to be very careful when handling this plant. creeping buttercup herb should be used externally and in the form of compresses for gout, rheumatism, wounds, boils, headache and neuralgic pain.
A broth prepared on the basis of creeping buttercup herb is recommended to be used for washing the skin that has been affected by scabies. In addition, it is recommended to apply crushed fresh leaves of this plant to abscesses and abscesses in order to accelerate their ripening. With proper use, such healing agents based on creeping buttercup turn out to be very effective and the positive effect will be noticeable rather quickly.
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