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Soleros European is one of the plants of the family called Haze, in Latin the name of this plant will sound like this: Salicornia europaea L. As for the name of the family of European salicornia itself, in Latin it will be like this: Chenopodiaceae Vent.
Description of European salicornia
European Soleros is known by many popular names: salt-grass, herbaceous omentum, yalgu, biryugon, mokredinnik, saline, salt grass and hodgepodge. European Soleros is an annual herbaceous leafless green plant that will fluctuate in height between ten and thirty-five centimeters. The stem of this plant is articulate and almost always it will be erect, it is endowed with opposite bare and articulated branches, and sometimes such a stem can be reddened. Cups of European Salicornia will be slightly thickened under the knot, and are also cylindrical. It is noteworthy that the leaves are completely absent, instead of them short opposite sheaths will be located in the nodes of this plant. The inflorescences of European salicornia will be in the form of rather dense juicy cylindrical spikelets, their length will be equal to one to six centimeters, and the width will be about two to two and a half millimeters. Such inflorescences are located on short legs at the ends of branches and stems. The flowers of European Salicornia will be bisexual, while the upper flower will often be larger, while the lateral leaves are located below the middle, and a kind of triangle is formed. The perianth of this plant is a rhombic scutellum with a hole from which stigmas and stamens will protrude, and the ovary is unilocular. The length of ovoid, upright and short-haired fruits will be about one and a half millimeters.
The flowering of European salicornia occurs in the second half of the summer period, from the end of June to the month of August. Under natural conditions, this plant is found on the territory of the Crimea, the Caucasus, Ukraine, Central Asia, the Daursky and Angara-Sayansky regions of Eastern Siberia, the Obsky, Irtyshsky and Verkhnetobolsky regions of Western Siberia, as well as the following regions of the European part of Russia: Dvinsko-Pechora, Zavolzhsky, Nizhnevolzhsky, Volga-Don, Black Sea and Zavolzhsky. For growth, European saltwort prefers saline deposits, sores, wet salt marshes, gypsum-bearing and salty crusts, sea coasts and the shores of salt lakes.
Description of the medicinal properties of European saltwort
Soleros European is endowed with very valuable healing properties, while it is recommended to use the herb of this plant for medicinal purposes. Grass includes flowers, leaves and stems. The presence of such valuable medicinal properties should be explained by the content of the European alkaloids saligerpine and salicornine in the herb and roots of saltwort.
As for traditional medicine, here this plant is quite widespread. The decoction, prepared on the basis of the dry herb of European Salicornia, is indicated for use as a laxative, gastric, antiscorbutic, diuretic, anti-inflammatory, tonic and laxative. A decoction based on the herb of this plant has the ability to improve digestion, and is also useful for chronic constipation, dropsy, nephritis and cystitis. In addition, such a medicinal product based on European salicornia has the ability to slow down the growth of malignant tumors and excessive growth of granulations.
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