Cornflower Sunny

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Cornflower sunny belongs to a family called Asteraceae or Compositae, in Latin the name of this family is as follows: Asteraceae Dumort. The name of the plant itself in Latin will be: Centaurea solatitialis L.

Description of cornflower solar

The solar cornflower is either an annual or a biennial herb. The height of such a plant will fluctuate between fifteen and one hundred centimeters. This plant is grayish in color, as well as cobweb-tomentose, the stem of the sunflower cornflower will be erect, and also ribbed, branched. The leaves of the plant are rough along the edge, ranging from small sharp peculiar thorns. The lower leaves of the plant are, ranging from lyre-pinnate and up to whole. Stem leaves of sunflower are lanceolate-linear, whole-edged, as well as pointed and sessile. Baskets, located at the very tops of the stem and lateral branches of this stem, are collected either in a racemose or in a paniculate racemose inflorescence. The flowers of the plant are yellow in color. In this case, the achene will be about two and a half millimeters in length, and in width - about one millimeter. The outermost achenes will be without a tuft, but all the rest will be endowed with a very peculiar tuft, which reaches about five millimeters in length.

The flowering of the sunny cornflower falls on a very impressive period, from May to September. Under natural conditions, this plant is often found on the territory of Ukraine, Crimea, Moldova, the Caucasus and even in Central Asia. At home, sunny cornflower grows on slopes, which can be both dry gravelly and fine-grained gravelly. In addition, the plant can also be found in the so-called garbage places, up to the mid-mountain zone.

Description of the medicinal properties of cornflower solar

The solar cornflower has very valuable medicinal properties, while both the roots and the flowers of the plant are used for medicinal purposes.

Actually, the healing properties themselves are explained by the presence of the following elements in the cornflower of the sun: arabinose, sucrose, aliphatic alcohols, essential oil, rubber tannins, repin, alkaloids, vitamin C, phenolcarboxylic acids, flavonoids, as well as subluteolide, solstithialine acetate, tripercyperpenoids and heterocyperpenoids oxygen-containing compounds. In addition, the sunflower also contains the following sesquiterpenoids: centaurepeisin, solstithialin, styzolicin, solstithialin A.

It has been scientifically proven that the sunflower can have a very valuable stimulating effect on respiration and blood circulation, and also has the ability to tone smooth muscles. It is noteworthy that elements such as ether and acetone extracts are also characterized by rather high antibacterial activity.

As for the use of a decoction from the roots of the sunflower cornflower, it is often used as an astringent for hyposecretion of the stomach. At the same time, an infusion prepared from flowers is recommended for use in case of fever.

For anacid gastritis, it is recommended to take the following remedy, for the preparation of which you will need a little more than one teaspoon of crushed roots of a sunflower in one glass of water. The resulting mixture should be boiled over low heat for about three to four minutes, and then left to infuse in a warm place for two hours. After that, the resulting solution should be filtered. It is recommended to take one or two tablespoons three times a day about half an hour before the start of a meal.