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Foxglove purple is one of the plants of the family called norichnikovye, in Latin the name of this plant will sound as follows: Digitalis purpurea L. As for the name of the family of foxglove purple itself, in Latin it will be like this: Scrophulariaceae Juss.
Description of foxglove purpurea
Purple foxglove is also known under the popular name of thimble herb. Digitalis purple is a perennial or biennial herb, endowed with a short rhizome and a fibrous root system. In the first year, this plant will form a rosette of oblong, basal, oval or oblong-ovoid leaves, which will be painted in dark green tones. The length of the leaves of such a plant will be about thirty centimeters, while the width will not exceed fifteen centimeters. In the second year, foxglove purple will form erect, furrowed, leafy stems, which will be velvety-grayish from pubescence. The length of the lower stem leaves of foxglove purple will be about ten to twenty centimeters, such leaves will be long-petiolate and ovate, the middle leaves are short-petiolate, while the upper ones will be sessile, either ovate or ovate-lanceolate. The edge of such leaves of this plant will be unevenly crenate. The upper surface of this leaf is painted in dark green tones. The color of foxglove leaves purple underneath will be grayish-green from the abundance of hairs. At the top of the stem, the flowers of this plant will form a one-sided raceme. The flowers are quite large, they are purple in color and are collected at the very top in a one-sided brush.
The fruit of the foxglove purpurea is an egg-shaped capsule endowed with wrinkled, oval-shaped seeds. The homeland of this plant is Western Europe, and they will be cultivated in the North Caucasus and Ukraine. It is noteworthy that foxglove purple is a poisonous plant, for this reason, care should be taken when handling this plant.
Description of the medicinal properties of foxglove purpurea
Foxglove purple is endowed with very useful healing properties, while for medicinal purposes it is recommended to use the dried leaves of this plant. It should be noted that the presence of such valuable effective properties should be explained by the content of 62 cardiac glycosides in the aerial part of this plant.
It is important to remember that drugs created on the basis of this plant will be rather slowly excreted from the body and have the ability to accumulate in tissues. For this reason, with prolonged use of drugs based on digitalis purpurea, the heart rate slows down to about a maximum of sixty per minute. There will also be a deterioration in the general condition, an effort of shortness of breath, a decrease in urine output in the presence of edema, sleep disturbances, increased anxiety, as well as the appearance of rather unpleasant sensations in the heart. If at least one of these symptoms occurs, drugs based on this plant should be immediately canceled, after which potassium salts should be prescribed, atropine should be administered. In the future, it is important to carry out those activities that will restore the normal activity of the heart.
Nevertheless, digitalis purpurea is effective in chronic cardiovascular failure, which can have a completely different origin, ranging from myocarditis, mitral defects and ending with myocardial dystrophy. Do not forget about caution when using such funds.
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