Flattened Plow

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Flattened plow is one of the plants of the family called lycopods, in Latin the name of this plant will sound as follows: Lycopodium complanatum L. (Diphasiastrum complanatum (L.) Holub). As for the name of the flattened lymphatic family itself, in Latin it will be like this: Licopodiaceae.

Description of flattened lyre

The flattened plow is known under many popular names: misery, ram, boric acid, bor-zille, boron-potion, zelenika, empty misery, zelenika, porushnik and mischief. The flattened plow is a perennial herb, endowed with a rather long branched stem, the length of which can reach one and a half meters. Such a stem can be either almost aboveground or submerged in the mail. This stem is endowed with ascending or erect branches, which will be endowed with fan-shaped diverging and flattened branches, and their length will be about thirty centimeters. The leaves of the flattened lyre will be, as it were, opposite and scaly crosswise, they will be fused not only with each other, but also with the stem. The lateral leaves of this plant will be dorsal, ventral without keel and keeled, while they turn out to be somewhat smaller than the lateral leaves or can be almost equal to them. The spore-bearing leaves of this plant are pointed and rounded, the spikelets are about one and a half to two and a half centimeters long, they will be single or they can be collected in two or three pieces on rather long legs.

In natural conditions, oblate lymphoid can be found on the territory of Siberia, Belarus, Ukraine, the Far East and the European part of Russia. For growth, this plant prefers subori, pine forests and can sometimes be found on light soils in the tundra.

Description of the medicinal properties of the flattened lyre

The flattened plow is endowed with very valuable healing properties, while it is recommended to use the entire aerial part of this plant and its spores for therapeutic purposes.

The presence of such valuable medicinal properties should be explained by the content of glycerin, protein, sitosterol, phytosterol, sugar and non-drying fatty oil in the composition of this plant, which in turn will consist of glycerides of arachidic, oleic, tanacetic, lycopodium, dioxystearic, oleic and palmitic acids. The spores of this plant are endowed with a very effective anticonvulsant, choleretic, hemostatic, diuretic effect.

Actually, the spores of the flattened lyre themselves are a rather fine free-flowing powder that will be greasy to the touch, not endowed with taste and smell, and also painted in pale yellow tones. It is noteworthy that the spores of this plant can be used as baby powder for bedsores.

As for traditional medicine, here this plant is quite widespread. The infusion, prepared on the basis of herbs and spores of the flattened lymphatic, is recommended for spasms, various diseases of the liver, kidneys, bladder and gastrointestinal tract, and is also used as an anti-inflammatory agent for respiratory diseases. Outwardly, such an infusion based on the spores of this plant is used for washing, lotions and baths for a variety of skin diseases: wounds, bruises, boils, lichen, scabies, itchy rashes and skin lesions. The dry powder of this plant is indicated for use as a powder for diaper rash and wounds. As a diuretic, take a tablespoon of crushed dry herb of this plant in half a liter of boiling water: this mixture is boiled, insisted and thoroughly filtered. The resulting healing agent is taken on the basis of a flattened lyre one tablespoon three times a day.