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Scandix Venus comb is one of the plants of the family called Umbelliferae, in Latin the name of this plant will sound as follows: Scandix pecten-veneris L. As for the name of the Scandix Venus comb family itself, in Latin it will be: Apiaceae Lindl. (Umbelliferae Juss.).
Description of scandix Venus comb
Scandix Venus comb or scandix comb is an annual herb, the height of which will fluctuate between ten and fifteen centimeters. The stem of such a plant is strongly branched, it can be either almost naked or pubescent. The leaves of the scandix Venus ridge are double-pinnate and triple-pinnate, they will be endowed with pinnate segments, and their terminal lobules are linear. The umbrellas of this plant will most often be endowed with one or three rays, while the umbrellas are endowed with a wrapper, consisting in turn of four or six ovoid or oblong leaves. The petals of the scandix Venus comb are painted in white tones, the column will be quite short and its length will not exceed one and a half millimeters. The length of the fruit of this plant is about fifteen to seventy millimeters, such a fruit will be endowed with a very long flattened nose, which will be bristly along the edge.
The flowering of scandix Venus ridge occurs in the spring. For growth, this plant prefers gardens, fallow lands, vegetable gardens, dry mountain slopes, roadsides, hills, rocky slopes, crops and borders. Under natural conditions, this plant is found in the Caucasus, Central Asia and the Crimea.
Description of the healing properties of scandix Venus comb
Scandix Venus comb is endowed with very valuable healing properties, while it is recommended to use the herb of this plant for medicinal purposes. Grass includes flowers, stems and leaves. Such medicinal raw materials should be harvested exclusively throughout the entire flowering period of this plant.
The presence of such valuable medicinal properties should be explained by the content of polyacetylene compounds in the roots of this plant. The aerial part of the scandix Venus comb, in turn, will contain polyacetylene compounds and oleic acid, while the following flavonoids are present in the stems and leaves: luteolin 7-glucoside and apigenin 7-glucoside. In the fruits, however, there is a fatty oil, which contains numerous beneficial substances: gamma-terpinene, alpha-pinene, undecanoic acid, santien, camphene, limonene, lauric acid and alpha-thujene.
A decoction prepared on the basis of the herb scandix Venus comb should be used as a very valuable antineoplastic, diuretic, laxative and expectorant agent. In addition, a decoction of the herb of this plant is endowed with the ability to manifest antibacterial activity.
As an expectorant, laxative and diuretic, it is recommended to use the following remedy based on this plant: to prepare such a healing remedy, you will need to take two tablespoons of crushed dry herb Scandix Venus comb in two glasses of water. The resulting medicinal mixture should first be boiled over a fairly low heat for about three minutes, then left to infuse for one hour, after which this mixture based on the scandix Venus comb must be very thoroughly filtered. The resulting drug based on this plant is taken before the start of a meal three times a day, one third of a glass.
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Scandix comb (Latin Scandix pecten veneris) is a herbaceous edible annual plant that has many names. The comb-like bristles of the fruit of the plant served as a model for the name of botanists, reminding them of a comb for combing hair. The openwork leaves of Scandix combi make it attractive as an ornamental plant, and their healing powers are used by healers.
