Banana thick-leafed - bergenia crassifolia l.

Family of Saxifrages - Saxifragaceae

Бадан толстолистный – Bergenia crassifolia L. Бадан толстолистный – Bergenia crassifolia L.

Botanical characteristics. Perennial herbaceous plant. It grows on wet slopes, in forests, along valleys of rivers.

Rhizome powerful, horizontal, branchy, developing a dense rosette of large elliptical or rounded leaves and a flower arrow up to 40 cm tall. Leaves are leathery, shiny, on the edge of the city, with pinpoint glands on the underside. The flowers are red, campanulate, collected in a thick sprawling panicle. Fruit - a box with two lobes. The seeds are slightly wrinkled, numerous. Blossoms in August, the fruits ripen in September.

Used parts of the plant. Medicinal raw materials are rhizomes, the aerial part of the plant, leaves, flowers, seeds harvested in the usual way. Dry in dryers at a temperature of no higher than 60 ° C. '

Chemical composition. Rhizomes and leaves contain tannins, carbohydrates, catechins, flavonoids. Roots contain polyphenols, derivatives of isocoumarin (bergenin) In the leaves, significant amounts of manganese, copper, iron, vitamins, phytoncides were found.

Application. Rhizomes are allowed to use. They are used for enterocolitis, in gynecology for the treatment of erosion. Extracts have high P-vitamin activity. It is promising for the treatment of malignant tumors, showed a high coefficient of antistress activity.

In the experiment it was established that the preparations of badan have astringent, hemostatic, anti-inflammatory effect, strengthen the walls of the capillaries, have a local vasoconstrictive effect. Pharmacological studies have shown that extracts and tincture of badana increase the heart rate, lower arterial pressure, show antimicrobial and diuretic properties.

In folk medicine, decoctions and infusions of the aerial part and roots of badan are used as a substitute for bearberry, antimicrobial, hemostatic, wound-healing; With diseases of the lungs, organs of the gastrointestinal tract, externally - with dermatoses.

In Tibetan medicine rhizomes - for lung diseases, acute respiratory infections, flu, whooping cough, headache, articular rheumatism, for the treatment of gastritis, fever.

In Mongolian medicine, infusions of the aboveground part of the plant, extracts and decoctions of the roots are used in hemorrhoids, uterine fibroids, uterine bleeding, with diseases of the oral cavity, larynx as a bactericidal agent, with bleeding gums, as anti-inflammatory, with furunculosis, effective in alkaloid poisoning.

Badan is a source of the production of gallic acid, tannin, hydroquinone. It is used for food after soaking.

Preparation

  • To prepare the infusion, take 20 g of leaves and flowers, pour 200 ml of boiling water, insist on a boiling water bath for 15 minutes, cool for 45 minutes, filter. Take 2 tbsp. Spoons 2-3 times a day.
  • For broth take 15 g of roots, pour 200 ml of boiling water, insist on a boiling water bath for 30 minutes, cool 15 minutes, filter. Take 2 tbsp. Spoon 3 times a day after meals. The same decoction is used for rinses, douches, lotions.