Fox-tailed Vexibia

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Fox-tailed vexibia belongs to a family called legumes, in Latin the name of this plant sounds like this: Vexibia alopecuroides.

Description of the fox-tailed vexibia

Vexibia foxtail is a perennial herb that can reach a height of about fifty to one hundred centimeters. The plant is endowed with rough stems that will stiffen at the base. The leaves of this plant are pinnate, the leaves reach about twelve to twenty millimeters in length, and about seven to ten millimeters in width. The flowers at the brush will be quite dense, as well as apical and multi-flowered. The corolla of the plant is painted in cream tones; in length it reaches about fifteen to eighteen millimeters. The beans are fifty to seventy millimeters long, these beans are slightly pressed-hairy, the number of seeds is about three to seven pieces, they are colored in yellow-brown tones, and the seeds reach five millimeters in length.

The flowering of the fox-tailed Vexibia falls on the period from May to June. Distribution of the plant in natural conditions: Crimea, Nizhnevolzhsky region of the European part of Russia, Western Siberia, Central Asia and the Caucasus. As for the general distribution, the fox-tailed Vexibia can be found in Asia Minor and the Balkans. In natural conditions, the plant prefers plains, foothills, and also meadows. At the same time, the plant sometimes chooses for growing also wastelands, gardens, deserts, steppes, as well as places near roads. It is noteworthy that foxtail Vexibia is a poisonous plant.

Description of the medicinal properties of the fox-tailed Vexibia

For medicinal purposes, the use of seeds, herbs and roots is recommended. In addition, the use of the entire aerial part of the plant and roots is also permissible. The medicinal properties of the plant are explained by the presence of alkaloids, flavonoids, triterpenoids, anthraquinone, anthracenosides, as well as aloeemodin in the composition of vexibia foxtail.

It has been proven that in low doses, sofocarnine is a rather weak ganglion blocker that can cause myometrium to contract. As for sophoridine, sofocarnina and aloperine, they are capable of having an aphrodisiac effect. In addition, sophoridin and sofocarnin have the ability to narrow peripheral vessels, and in small doses, these elements will increase intestinal peristalsis and tone, and also paralyze skeletal muscles.

As for traditional medicine, here this plant has found its use for various diseases of the urinary tract as an antiparasitic agent, and also as a wound healing agent for various burns.

A decoction prepared on the basis of the roots of foxtail Vexibia is recommended for coughing, as well as a medicine for heart disease, aorta, anthrax, diphtheria, rheumatism. In addition, such a decoction is also indicated for use in stomach cancer, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and chest organs, and in addition, also in a number of sexually transmitted diseases and neuropsychiatric disorders. A decoction made from the seeds of this plant is indicated for use in anorexia.

In case of stomach cancer, the following remedy should be used: two glasses of water are taken for one teaspoon, after which the resulting mixture should be boiled for four to five minutes, and then left to infuse for two hours and strain. This broth should be taken three times a day, one tablespoon.

With a nervous breakdown, you will need such a remedy: one teaspoon of dry crushed herbs in a glass of water, boil and leave for an hour, then strain. This remedy is taken three times a day, a tablespoon before meals.