Burnet drug

Burnet drug - a perennial herb, height from 20 to 100 centimeters; stems mostly solitary, ribbed, little branched. Radical leaves large, dlinnochereshkovye, oblong-ovate, sharply serrated or crenate, dark-green, glossy, matte bottom, stem leaves are sessile. The flowers are small, dark red, are collected in elliptical capitate inflorescences on long peduncles.

Burnet - hydrophilic plant, grows in flooded meadows, grassland steppe, forest glades, among shrubs, along the banks of reservoirs. A typical plant of northern and middle latitudes, forest, forest steppe zone. Burnet recently incorporated into medical practice: in the ancient world did not know her. Burnet is widespread in Western and Eastern Siberia, the Far East and the Urals, in the European part of the less common and does not form a thicket, though growing in all areas except the extreme north-west and southern dry steppes, found in the Crimea and the Caucasus. < br>
call this plant burnet Pharmacy, krasnogoloviik, chernogolovnik. In Russia, used as a means of bleeding and gastrointestinal tract and the grass roots and plants. Mentioned burnet and Chinese medicine XVI-XVII centuries as an astringent, hemostatic, external - for the healing of wounds. Considered a very popular way in the Chinese and Tibetan medicine. Latin name of plants "sangvisorba" means "to absorb the blood and is associated with its use. Raw material mainly contains tannins, which are responsible for its anti-inflammatory, astringent and bactericidal action.

in cosmetics and dermatology teas and infusions in the form of rinses, lotions and bath is used in gingivitis, an inflammation of varicose veins, stomatitis. Decoction of rhizomes and roots burnet can be successfully applied as a compress in cases where blood vessels are too close to the skin surface.

Mixed with other herbs used for hair rinse and anti-baths. Apply burnet and abroad - in France, Poland and Bulgaria. When the work is not to be confused with chernogolovnikami - krovohlebkovym and polygamous: they can be easily distinguished by the inflorescences: the burnet inflorescence dark cherry, with chernogolovnikov - greenish or greenish-yellow.

Collection of raw produce in the fall. Roots and rhizomes were washed from the land, cut into pieces 10-inches - 15 inches, and dried in a dryer at a temperature of 40 - 50 œ C, natural drying a thin layer on a paper, burlap, wire mesh, racks, stirring occasionally. Shelf life of medicinal raw materials of 5 years. Burnet drug propagated vegetatively (shoots rhizomes) and seeds.