Gravilat Aleppo

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Gravilat Aleppo is one of the plants of the family called Rosaceae, in Latin the name of this plant will sound like this: Geum aleppicum Jacq. As for the name of the Aleppo gravilata family itself, in Latin it will be like this: Rosaceae Juss.

Description of the Aleppo gravilat

Gravilat Aleppo is a rather powerful herb, endowed with a thick rhizome. The length of the stems will be about forty to eighty centimeters, such stems are erect, like the petiole itself. It is noteworthy that for the most part the stems will be stiff-haired and short-pubescent, and they are also endowed with elongated erect branches, and almost from the very base they will be leafy. Root leaves are long-petiolate, they can be either intermittent-pinnate-separate or lyre-pinnate-dissected. The lateral lobes are wedge-obovate, unequal, and also serrated and notched-lobed. The lower lobes will be quite small, while the upper lobes will be larger. For the most part, the upper lobe is large, shallow-lobed, broadly round-triangular with a heart-shaped base, or round. Stem leaves can be either pinnately dissected or mostly tripartite, sometimes they can be trilobate, both with elliptical and longitudinal segments. Stipules are shallowly incised and ovoid. The flowers of the Aleppo gravilata are erect and numerous, sometimes they are quite large, such flowers are found on large and thick pedicels. The petals of this plant can be either almost round with a rounded base, or broadly ovate. In color, such petals are golden yellow, the receptacle is covered quite densely with very short hairs, and in shape it will be spherical-ovate. At the very base, the fruits are appressed-hairy, at the apex they will be endowed with long and stiff hairs, while the elongated lower segment of the column at the very base will be harsh and almost the same length as the fruit.

The flowering of the Aleppo gravilat falls on the period from June to the month of July. Under natural conditions, this plant can be found throughout the European part of Russia, with the exception of the Karelian-Murmansk and Lower Volga regions, as well as in Western and Eastern Siberia, Ukraine, Belarus, Central Asia and the Far East. As for the general distribution, this plant is found in Mongolia, Japan, Korea, North America, Northeast China, as well as in Central Europe.

Description of the medicinal properties of Aleppo gravilat

For medicinal purposes, it is recommended to use the roots, leaves and flowers of Aleppo gravilat. The presence of such valuable healing properties is explained by the content of tannins, essential oil, carotenoids, flavonoids, vitamin C and various microelements in the composition of this plant.

The decoction and tincture, prepared on the basis of the rhizomes of this plant, are endowed with antipyretic, astringent, hemostatic, fixing and laxative effects. Such funds are used for rickets, scrofula and rheumatism. As for traditional medicine, here a decoction of the rhizomes of Aleppo gravilate is used for diarrhea, while the infusion and decoction of the herb of this plant is effective for various gynecological diseases.

In addition, a decoction of the herb of this plant is used to treat throat diseases, insomnia, malaria, dizziness, and also as an antipyretic and hemostatic agent. Also, this remedy is effective for dermatitis, scrofula and various gastrointestinal diseases.