Small goldenseal XCentaurium minus Moench.)
Umbrella goldenseal (S. umbellatum Gilib); Centauria, Ukr.: centuria, tsvintarka.
Small goldenseal is a one- or two-year-old plant in the gentian family. Goldenseal Small has a simple stem, branched at the top, 10-40 cm high. The root leaves are obovate obovate in a rosette. Flowers are small bright pink, five-toothed in dense shield-shaped inflorescences. It blooms in June through July.
In the Donbass, raw material reserves are limited; it is found on sands, on steppe slopes, gullies, forest edges and glades. To be introduced into the culture.
It is also possible to procure beautiful goldenseal (C. pulchellum Schwartz), which grows in meadows and differs from the first one by its smaller size (up to 15 cm), absence of rosette of root leaves.
For medicinal purposes harvest the herb at the beginning of flowering, before the yellowing of the root leaves, cutting with a knife.
Goldenseal herb contains many alkaloids (genzianin, etc.).), glycosides, bitters, flavonoids, vitamin C, etc.
Small Goldenseal - used as a bitter (similar to gentian) to improve appetite and enhance the activity of the stomach, intestines, liver and pancreas.
Е. А. Ladynina appoints goldenseal small in gastritis with reduced and increased secretory function of the stomach, diseases of the liver and biliary tract, pancreatitis, anemia, diabetes mellitus and adds to the collection for peptic ulcer disease.
Small Goldenseal
In folk medicine, goldenseal small is used for pulmonary and intestinal tuberculosis, colds, flu, fever, diarrhea, etc. д.
Infusion (decoction) herb goldenseal used for lotions and washes for skin rashes, acne, old wounds.
In Bulgaria for wounds, burns and purulent wounds apply tincture of goldenseal herb on olive oil in a ratio of 1 : 10 (D. Pamukov).
Methods of application:
1. 5-10% infusion of goldenseal herb - 1/2-1/3 cup 30 minutes before meals; or 1-2 tbsp. spoonfuls of herbs infused in 0.5 liters of boiling water for 2-6 h (in a thermos), take during the day for 30 minutes before meals in warm form, or infusion of 20-30 g of herbs in 1 liter of boiling water - 1 /2 cups 3 times a day with hypoacid gastritis, cholecystitis.
2. 5% decoction - 1/3 cup per appointment 3 times a day as #1.
3. 10% alcohol tincture - 20-30 drops 3 times a day as No. 1.
4. Goldenseal herb powder - 1-2 g several times a day as #1. (Д. Yordanov).
5. Included in appetizing and stomachic levies and bitter tincture.
6. Herbs goldenseal, yarrow, trifolium leaves and mint - equally; 1 tbsp. spoonful of the mixture insist in 250 ml of boiling water - 1/3 cup 3 times a day before meals as an appetizing C C. А. Tomilin).
7. Herbs of goldenseal and St. John's wort in equal parts; 2-3 tbsp. spoonfuls of the mixture insist in 2.5 cups of boiling water, drink during the day in 4-5 receptions as No. 1 (B. Г. Wolynski).
8. Grass goldenseal, aira root and flowers of cumin - 2 g each insist in 0.5 liters of raw water overnight, then boiled for 5-7 minutes - take 250 ml on an empty stomach, and the rest during the day for 4 receptions an hour after meals for cholecystitis (M. А. Nosal).
9. Grass goldenseal, celandine, cyme* and dandelion root 25 g each; 1 tbsp. spoonful of the mixture insist in 250 ml of boiling water - 3 times a day as a choleretic (S. To-milin).
10. Goldenseal herb, flowers of cumin and pyzhma - equal parts of each; 15 g of the mixture insist in 200 ml of boiling water - 15 ml 3-4 times a day with vlosoglav (A. П. Popov).
11. Herb goldenseal 4 parts, wormwood bitter 1 part; 1 tbsp. spoonful of the mixture boiled in 250 ml of boiling water - 15 ml 3 times a day for alcoholism (A. П. Popov).
12. Herbs goldenseal and ivan-da-marya - 20 g each, melon, shoots of nightshade sweet-bitter, hoof leaves and herbs of cormorant - 10 g each; 1 tbsp. spoonful of the mixture to infuse in 250 ml of boiling water - daily dose for chronic eczema, psoriasis, dermatitis (C. А. Tomilin).
The prickly thorn (Phlomis pungens Willd.)
Zheleznyak, Ukr.: prickly thorn.
Zopnik prickly - a perennial from the family of sponges. Flowers are double-headed, purplish-purple, gathered in whorls. It blooms in June through July. It grows everywhere on slopes of gullies and river valleys, rocky outcrops, forest edges, glades and in the steppe.
Here also grows the tuberous zopnik (Ph. tuberosa L.); height 70-120 cm. The flowers are purple, the roots are long with rounded small globular tubers that can be eaten fried or boiled.
The chemical composition of the former is poorly understood; an essential oil has been found in the herb. Alkaloids, essential oil, tannins, vitamin C, trace elements were found in the herb of tuberous zopnik.
Zopnik pricklypear is part of the collection according to the prescription of M. Н. Zdrenko. It is established that the infusion of herb zopnika has a diuretic effect, increases blood clotting, causes a significant narrowing of the lumen of blood vessels, has a stimulating and tonic effect, as well as gives vigor to the body and increases immunity to disease. Toxic phenomena does not cause (V. И. Chopik, E. А. Damirov, A. Д. Turowa).
Zopnik clubroot has styptic, choleretic, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, antipyretic and wound-healing action (V. М. Mahlayuk).
Zopnik prickly
Zopnik has found wide application in folk medicine: in gastritis, peptic ulcer, hypertension, bronchitis, pneumonia, pulmonary tuberculosis, hemorrhoids, dropsy, fever.
Root powder is used in the treatment of purulent wounds. In the Caucasus, an infusion of zopnik herb is used for baths for rheumatism, and Caucasian zopnik is used for nervous diseases.
H. И. Solomchenko studied the effect of 5-10% decoction of Zopnika pricklya herb in 70 patients with chronic gastritis, 44 of them showed positive results. In some patients with hyperacid gastritis, previously taking systematically soda, the effect of zopnik was so pronounced that they stopped taking it after a few days.
