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Ural ribcarp is one of the plants of the family called Umbelliferae, in Latin the name of this plant will sound as follows: Pleurospermum uralense Hoffm. As for the name of the Ural ribcarp family itself, in Latin it will be like this: Apiaceae Lindl. (Umbelliferae Juss.).
Description of the Ural ribcarp
The Ural ribcarp is a perennial herb, the height of which will fluctuate between sixty centimeters and two meters. The stem of this plant is thinly grooved, naked, solitary, at the top under the inflorescence, such a stem can be either coarse-haired or short-haired, and its thickness will be about one to two centimeters. The length and width of the leaves of this plant will be about ten to twenty-five centimeters, and at the base, such leaves will be trifoliate. The terminal umbrella of the Ural ribcarp will be quite large, in diameter its size will be about ten to twenty centimeters, it will be endowed with twenty to forty short-haired and hard-haired rays. In addition, such an umbrella will be surrounded by several smaller umbrellas, which are located at the very tops of the branches, which in turn emerge at the base of the final umbrella. In diameter, the length of such umbrellas will be equal to four to seven centimeters. The ribcarp petals will be painted in white tones, they will be ovoid in shape, and their length is two to three and a half millimeters. The fruits of this plant are endowed with thin sharp ribs, and their length is six millimeters, and their width is four millimeters.
The flowering of this plant occurs in the period from June to the month of July. Under natural conditions, the Ural ribcarp is found in the Far East, Western and Eastern Siberia, as well as in the following regions of the European part of Russia: Zavolzhsky, Volzhsko-Kamsky and Dvinsko-Pechora regions. For growth, this plant prefers deciduous forests, places among shrubs, large-grass meadows, coniferous and mixed forests.
Description of the medicinal properties of the Ural ribcarp
The Ural ribcarp is endowed with very valuable healing properties, while it is recommended to use the roots of this plant for medicinal purposes. The presence of such valuable healing properties is recommended to be explained by the content of saponins, coumarins, essential oil and polyacetylene compounds in this plant. In the aerial part of the Ural ribcarp are flavonoids, essential oil, coumarins and saponins, coumarins and saponins will be in the stems and leaves, in the inflorescences there are kaempferol and quercetin.
As for traditional medicine, here this plant is very widespread. The infusion and decoction, prepared on the basis of the roots of the Ural ribcarp, are indicated for use and scrofula, pulmonary tuberculosis and bone fractures, and are also used as a hemostatic, analgesic and anthelmintic agent. In addition, poultices based on the roots of this plant are used for felon.
It should be noted that the sum of coumarins, which are contained in the Ural ribcarp, are endowed with the ability to manifest antitumor activity, and the essential oil of this plant will, in turn, exhibit weak antibacterial activity.
As a lactogenic agent, it is quite permissible to use the aerial part of the Ural ribcarp in veterinary medicine. In addition, it should be noted that the young stems of this plant are edible.
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