Parva Sedge

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Parva sedge is one of the plants of the family called sedges, in Latin the name of this plant will sound like this: Carex brevicallis Moevch. As for the name of the Parva sedge family itself, then in Latin it will be as follows: Cyperaceae Juss.

Description of Parva sedge

Parva sedge is a perennial plant endowed with a branched, hard horizontal rhizome, from which ordered deciduous shoots will branch off. The lower leaves of this plant are colored in brown tones and are scaly, while the middle leaves will be linear, and their width will be equal to three to five millimeters. The vegetative shoots of this plant are shortened, and the flowers will be unisexual, they are not endowed with perianths, and are also collected in inflorescences. Such inflorescences are stripes, which in turn will consist of flowers of the same sex. Generative shoots of Parva sedge will bear oblong-ovoid female spikelets, the length of which will be about one and a half to two and a half centimeters. Also, generative shoots also carry one apical oblong-clavate male spikelet, painted in brown tones.

The fruits of this plant are dry nuts. The flowering of this plant occurs in the period from the second half of April to early May. In a month and a half, the seeds will ripen and shatter. Under natural conditions, this plant is found on the territory of Moldova, in the western and southern Transcaucasia, as well as in Kharkov, Khmelnytsky and Kiev regions in Ukraine. As for the general distribution, this plant can be found in Western Europe and Asia Minor. For growth, Parva sedge prefers gentle slopes of gullies and river valleys, light hornbeam, beech and oak-hornbeam forests, flat areas of watersheds, mountains, meadows and slopes.

Description of the medicinal properties of Parva sedge

Parva sedge is endowed with very valuable medicinal properties, while it is recommended to use the leaves and roots of this plant for medicinal purposes.

The presence of such valuable healing properties should be explained by the content in the composition of this plant of alkaloids, brevicarine and harman. It was found that brevikolin has the ability to lower blood pressure, reduce vascular spasms, stimulate respiration and increase the contraction of the intestines and uterus, and will also be endowed with ganglion-blocking properties. In addition, such a beneficial substance will enhance the contraction of the uterus, lower blood pressure and completely stop uterine bleeding.

Brevikolin is used in obstetrics and gynecology for weak labor, uterine bleeding in the postpartum period and early discharge of amniotic fluid. Intravenous solutions of this substance are used for bronchial asthma, obliterating endarteritis, left ventricular failure and hypertension.

As for traditional medicine, here preparations based on Parva sedge are very widespread. An infusion and decoction, prepared on the basis of herbs, leaves or rhizomes of this plant, is used as an expectorant for furunculosis, gout, colds of the lungs, rheumatism, for skin and gynecological diseases that will accompany pain.

To prepare such a remedy, take two teaspoons of the rhizomes of this plant for two glasses of boiled water at room temperature. The resulting mixture based on Parva sedge is infused for eight hours, and then filtered very carefully. Take this remedy two to three times a day, half a glass.