Core White

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Core white is one of the plants of the family called cabbage or cruciferous, in Latin the name of this plant will sound as follows: Cardamine leucantha (Tausch.) 0. E. Schulz. As for the name of the white core family itself, in Latin it will be like this: Brassicaceae Burnett. (Cruciferae Juss.).

Description of white core

The white core is a perennial plant endowed with shoots of rather thin rhizomes, the height of which can reach twenty centimeters. The height of the stem of this plant fluctuates between thirty and seventy centimeters, while at the top, such a stem will be more or less branched. The stem of the white core is sinuous, and together with the leaves, it will be densely haired and short haired. The leaves of this plant are endowed with two or three pairs of lateral leaves, while the leaves themselves are sharp-serrated. The flowers of the core are white, painted in white tones, and the fruits are pods endowed with sparse hairs.

The flowering of this plant occurs in the period from May to July. Under natural conditions, the white core is found in the Far East and Eastern Siberia. As for the general distribution, this plant can be found on the Korea Peninsula, Japan and Northeast China. For growth, the white core prefers river banks, wet glades, shady wet forests, willows, forests and places near streams.

Description of the medicinal properties of the white core

The white core is endowed with very valuable healing properties, while it is recommended to use the shoots of the roots of this plant for medicinal purposes.

It should be noted that in China this plant has become quite widespread as a medicinal plant. For whooping cough, bruises and injuries in China, it is recommended to use about fifteen to twenty-five grams of a decoction prepared on the basis of a white core.

For whooping cough, it is recommended to use the following very effective remedy based on this plant: for the preparation of such a remedy, the Chinese recipe advises taking from twenty-five to fifty grams of fresh shoots of the roots of the white core for about two hundred and fifty milliliters of water. After that, such a decoction should be prepared, which should be drunk in three doses per day, while if the use of this drug based on the white core is planned in children, then the volume of the decoction should be exactly two times less. In addition, Chinese medicine recommends using such a drug based on this plant for whooping cough: dry rhizomes of the white core should first be ground into powder, and then mixed with bee honey. After that, balls should be rolled from such a medicinal mixture based on this plant, which must be taken orally.

It should be noted that most often traditional medicine uses the meadow core. A decoction prepared on the basis of this plant is indicated for use in inflammation of the respiratory system and pneumonia, and is also used as a diaphoretic and stimulant. For rheumatism, an infusion is used based on the flowers and flowering tops of this plant, externally, such a healing agent is used for various skin diseases. In addition, it is quite permissible to use this plant as a choleretic and antihelminthic agent. A decoction prepared on the basis of the seeds of the plant should be used as a very effective diuretic, and an aqueous infusion of flowers is used for various nervous and epileptic diseases.