perennial plant mountaineer snake, popularly called coil or crayfish, grows in the European part of Russia, Eastern and Western Siberia.The most favorable conditions for its growth are humid and high soil acidity, so overgrown coil often found in waterlogged grassy meadows.This beautiful plant is remarkable feeling among shrubs alpine meadows.Often, the grass snake mountaineer decorates the edge of the forest.
Description and composition
herbaceous plant, reaching a height of 100 centimeters, has a thick woody rhizome, turning pink at the break and the black-brown on the outside.Sharply curved root, covered with numerous adventitious roots, shaped like a snake.On a fairly high gnarled stem of the plant leaves are arranged alternately with a slightly oblong or flat wavy edges.In addition to stem leaves, the mountaineer snake (photo shown) has a larger basal same elongated shape.In May and June bloom small pale pink flowers, gathered in dense spicate inflorescence.In July, the fruits ripen - plain nuts trihedral dark brown.
as raw material for the preparation of medications used in the form of a curved snake rhizomes mountaineer who harvested mostly in September and October, when the die aboveground plant parts, or with the coming of spring.It is in these terms rhizomes contain greatest amount of useful chemical compounds: tannin and starch, as well as catechins, ascorbic acid, ellagic and gallic acid, calcium oxalate and other.The plant contains flavonoid glycosides - hyperoside, avikulyarin, quercetin and rutin.The stem and leaves are found hydroxycinnamic acid (chlorogenic acid, protocatechuic, caffeic, ascorbic acid, gallic).
Drugs snake mountaineer: pharmacological properties and applications
Highlander snake - a plant from which drugs are made, anti-inflammatory, hemostatic, astringent, antibacterial and soothing properties.In medicine coil low-toxicity drugs used to treat diseases of the intestine, diarrhea, internal bleeding diseases of the bladder.Highlander snake is part of the drugs used in dental practice.With this plant treat stomatitis, gingivitis and other oral diseases.
Highlander snake: used in folk medicine
in the arsenal of alternative medicine occupy a special place infusions, decoctions, liquid extract through the coil, and the rhizome powder.For example, the present dry white wine rhizome mountaineer (20 g rhizome for 1 liter of wine) take in small doses for poisoning.At colitis
recommended for 2 - 3 weeks everyday drinking glass four reception broth, which is used in the preparation of rhizome powder (50 g) and 5 liters of dry red wine.Wine and powder for 10 minutes in an enamel saucepan, boil and cooled.
Highlander snake is an effective remedy for bleeding.To hemostatic properties of the plant appeared in full, three times a day, taking about 1 gram of powder rhizomes mountaineer snake.
