Basil Simple

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Basil simple belongs to a family called buttercups: in Latin, the name of this family is as follows - Ranunculaceae Juss. As for the name of the plant itself, then in Latin it will be like this: Thalictrum simplex L.

Description of the simple basil

Basil simplea is a perennial herb, the height of which fluctuates between sixty and one hundred twenty centimeters. This plant is endowed with a straight stem, to which double-peristole leaves will be pressed. Basil flowers are very small in size, they will be purple in color and such flowers are located in the nodes of oblong inflorescences. The anthers of the simple basil are about two to two and a half millimeters long. The pedicels of the plant come out one or two pieces from each place. The inflorescence will stand out from the so-called leafy part of the stem of the simple basil. It is noteworthy that the rhizome of the plant will be creeping.

Basil simple in natural conditions is found on the territory of the European part of Russia, as well as in Western and Eastern Siberia, in the Far East, namely in the Amur Region and Primorye, in addition, the plant can be found throughout Central Asia, Belarus and Ukraine.

Description of the medicinal properties of the common basil

Basil simple has very valuable healing properties, while the herb of this plant should be used for medicinal purposes. The concept of grass includes not only the stems, but also the leaves and flowers of the common basil. Such raw materials should be harvested throughout the entire flowering period of the plant.

Basil simple in its composition contains the following alkaloids: taliximidine, taliktrisin, talikmin, talikminin talfetidine, hernandezin, berberine or talisin, talixin or taliglucinone, as well as talixsemin. In addition, the plant also contains saponins, and vitamin C, and tannins, and triterpene compounds, and flavonoids, and carotenoids, and coumarins, and tannins. It is noteworthy that in the fruits of simple basil there are fatty oil and the following fatty acids: linoleic, talictric, ranunculenic, arachinic, behenic, lignoceric, ceratic, oleic, as well as palmitic and stearic.

As for traditional medicine, both decoctions and infusions prepared on the basis of simple basil are widely used here. Such decoctions and infusions are recommended for use in a variety of female diseases, with numerous edema, with ascites, and also as a general tonic in the postpartum period. It is believed that a decoction of the herb basil simplea is a very effective remedy for diarrhea. An infusion prepared from this plant should be used to gargle with sore throat, and also wash the wounds. In addition, the herb infusion is also effective as a poultice for fluxing and also for the healing of a number of wounds.

With a variety of female diseases, as well as also as a general tonic in the postpartum period, you should take a simple basil infusion three to four times a day, one third of a glass. To prepare such an infusion, you will need to take twenty grams of dry crushed herbs in one glass of boiling water, the resulting mixture should be infused for two hours, and after that the simple basil's infusion should be drained without fail.

For rinsing the throat, for lotions with flux and for washing wounds, you will need the following: take three hundred milliliters of water for thirty grams of dry crushed grass, then boil this mixture over low heat for seven minutes. This mixture should be infused for one hour, and then the mixture must be filtered.