Norichnik Shadow

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Norichnik shadow is one of the plants of the family called norichnikovye, in Latin the name of this plant will sound as follows: Scrophularia umbrosa Dumort. (S. alata Gilib., S. aquatica auct.). As for the name of the family of the shady scrub itself, then in Latin it will be like this: Scrophulariaceae Juss.

Description of the norichnik shadow

Noricum shady is a perennial herb, the height of which will fluctuate between forty and one hundred and twenty centimeters. Such a plant is naked, it will be endowed with fibrous roots. The stem of this plant will be tetrahedral, the leaves are oblong-ovate in shape, their length is seven to nine centimeters, and the width is about three and a half to four centimeters, while the length of the petioles will be equal to one centimeter. The length of the lower leaves of the shady norychnik is ten to sixteen centimeters, and the width will be about four and a half to seven and a half centimeters, sometimes such leaves can be heart-shaped. The bracts of this plant are lanceolate. The flowers of the shadberry will be on glandular pubescent pedicels of three in half-umbels. Such flowers are collected in a paniculate inflorescence, the length of which is sixteen to twenty six centimeters, and the width will be about five to nine centimeters. The corolla of this plant is painted in greenish-red-brown tones, its length is four to six millimeters, the capsule will be rounded or almost spherical. The seeds of the shadberry are colored in dark brown tones, they will be elliptical, their length will not reach one millimeter, and their width will be equal to half a millimeter.

The flowering of the shady-norichnik falls on the period from July to September. Under natural conditions, this plant is found in Central Asia, the European part of Russia, the Caucasus, Crimea, Western and Eastern Siberia, as well as in the Carpathians and in the Dnieper region of Ukraine. For growth, this plant prefers river banks, swamps, meadows, springs, irrigation ditches, coniferous and mixed forests from lowlands to the upper mountain belt. It is noteworthy that this plant is also poisonous.

Description of the medicinal properties of the shady vine

Noricum shady is endowed with very valuable healing properties, while it is recommended to use the rhizomes and grass of this plant for medicinal purposes. Grass includes leaves, flowers, and stems. The grass and leaves of this plant should be harvested between May and August, while the rhizomes are harvested in late autumn.

The presence of such valuable medicinal properties should be explained by the content of saponins, iridoids, carbohydrates and phenolcarboxylic acids in this plant. The grass will contain steroids, iridoids, carbohydrates, phenol carboxylic acids and their derivatives, as well as the following fatty acids: linoleic, linolenic, oleic and palmitic. Saponins, iridoids, tannins, phenolcarboxylic acids and their derivatives are present in the stems of the shady vine, saponins and iridoids are in the flowers, harpagid, aucubin, tannins and harpagid acetate will be in the fruits.

This plant is endowed with bactericidal, diaphoretic, anti-allergic and anti-inflammatory effects. The infusion, prepared on the basis of the herb of shady grass, will promote faster healing of wounds, and will also soften infiltrates. In folk medicine, an infusion of herbs and a decoction of roots are quite widespread: such medicinal agents are used for various skin diseases, goiter, infectious diseases, and also as a very effective antineoplastic agent.