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Alder gray is one of the plants of the family called birch, in Latin the name of this plant will sound as follows: Alnus incana (L.) Moench. As for the name of the gray alder family itself, in Latin it will be like this: Betulaceae S. F. Gray.
Description of gray alder
Alder gray is a medicinal tree or a large shrub, the height of which can reach twenty meters. Such a plant will be endowed with a light gray bark. The root system of this plant is superficial, the lateral roots will be thickened and coral-branched with mycorrhiza. Gray alder leaves are alternate and they will be located on soft-haired or tomentose-pubescent petioles. In shape, such leaves can be ovoid, oval and broadly elliptical, and they will also be pointed, but less often they can be blunt, and along the edge they are double-serrate. In a young state, such leaves will be densely pubescent, later they turn out to be almost naked on top and hairy, and below they are painted in gray-green tones. Gray alder flowers in earrings and dioecious. Male earrings are long, they are collected in two or three pieces in the upper parts of the shoots themselves, while female earrings will be short and oval, and also almost sessile, when ripe they will turn into elliptical cones, the length of which reaches fifteen millimeters, and they are colored will be in black and brown tones. The fruit of this plant is a flat, single-seeded nut with rather narrow membranous wings.
The bloom of gray alder occurs in the period approximately in May-April, even before the appearance of the leaves, while the ripening of the fruits occurs in the period from August to October. Under natural conditions, this plant is found on the territory of Ukraine, Belarus, the European part of Russia and the Caucasus. For growth, this plant prefers the banks of rivers and lakes, the outskirts of bogs, forest edges, glades in the forest and forest-steppe zones.
Description of the medicinal properties of gray alder
Gray alder is endowed with very valuable healing properties, while it is recommended to use the fruit of this plant for medicinal purposes. It is recommended to harvest such medicinal raw materials in the autumn or winter period of time, when such alder cones will completely lignify.
The presence of such valuable healing properties is recommended to be explained by the content of tannin, organic acids, gallic acid, alkaloids, glycosides of hyperoside and quercitrin, flavonoids, as well as the following acids in the composition of this plant: chlorogenic, protocatesic and caffeic.
The buds and bark of this plant are endowed with a very effective disinfectant, astringent, anti-inflammatory, diaphoretic and hemostatic effect. An infusion prepared on the basis of alder cones, as well as a decoction of the bark, is indicated for use in dysentery, acute and chronic enterocolitis, as well as as an adjuvant in complex treatment with antibiotics. Infusion of alder cones with sulfur will help to reduce fermentation and putrefactive processes in colitis in the intestines, and will also quickly normalize the stool.
It should be noted that the cones of this plant are part of the gastric tea. As for traditional medicine, here this plant is used quite widely as a hemostatic and fixing agent for bleeding from the gums and nose. In addition, such a remedy is used for gout, rheumatism and colds. A decoction based on the bark of this plant is recommended to gargle and gargle the mouth, which will help strengthen the gums.
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