Icteric henpecked - erysimum cheiranthoides l.

Family Cruciferae - Brassicaceae (Cruciferae)

Botanical characteristics. Annual or biennial herbaceous plant. Root stem. The stem is weak, branched, up to 1 m in height, covered with pressed double-pointed hairs. Leaves oblong or lanceolate, narrowed toward both ends, pointed, entire or unclearly toothed, seated with sparse three-parted hairs; Lower short-petioled, the rest - sedentary. Pedicels of flowers are horizontal. The flowers are small, the petals are bright yellow, collected in a racemose inflorescence. Fruit is a narrow long pod that is obliquely upward. Blossoms from May to September, fruits to October. It has spring and wintering forms.

Spread. It grows in fields and deposits like a weed, in meadows and forest edges, in thickets of bushes, along roads, near habitation.

Used parts of the plant. The medicinal raw material is the entire plant collected during flowering. Usually shoots up to 30 cm are used. They are dried immediately after collection in dryers at a temperature not exceeding 50-60 ° C. Slow drying and excess temperature reduce the quality of raw materials. Seeds are harvested as they mature.

Chemical composition. All parts of the plant contain carbenolides (total 13); Erysimine, erizimozid, strofantidine, corchoroside, erichrozide, etc .; Cardiac glycosides (more in flowers); Alkaloids, flavonoids, thioglycosides, isothiocyanates, saponins, vitamins; In seeds - fatty oil (up to 42%), which includes limiting acids (palmitic, stearic, eilenic, erucic, etc.), isothiocyanates (sinigrin).

Application. Preparations of icteric have replaced preparations of the strophete, imported from abroad to study the icteric. Recently, the pharmacological actions of isolated glycosides from the jaundice have been fairly well studied, they are used as cardiotonic agents.

In the Far East, icteric levokny in the form of infusions and broths is used for bronchial asthma, heart diseases; In Belgium - with breast cancer.

Pharmacological activity of icterus depends on the content of glycosides in the plant - erysimine and erizimozide.

In the experiment, erysimin increases the amplitude of heartbeats by 2-3 times and reduces their rhythm due to a shortening of the systolic and lengthening of the diastolic periods of the cardiac cycle; Increases blood pressure and increases diuresis. Erizimozide with circulatory failure improves the functional state of the cardiovascular system, normalizes blood flow, arterial and venous pressure, reduces or eliminates violations of capillary circulation, increases diuresis, reduces swelling.

In the medical practice, the plant juice is used for the production of the drug "Cardiolenol", used for rheumatic heart diseases, cardiosclerosis with cardiac failure and circulatory disorders of I, II degrees, as well as with angina pectoris, vegetative neuroses.

Preparation. For infusion take 10 g of icteric grass, pour 200 ml of boiling water, insist on a water boiling bath for 15 minutes, cool 45 minutes, without removing from the bath, filter, bring up to 200 ml. Take 1 tbsp. Spoon 3-4 times a day.

Contraindications. According to available data, preparations of icteric due to its biological activity and with improper use can cause poisoning of the body, in addition, recently there have been many cases of hypersensitivity to jel-echelon preparations, which can lead to undesirable phenomena. In connection with the foregoing, prepare the medication at home from the icteric leaves of the levoynoy should be cautious, without exceeding the dose. Treatment under the supervision of a doctor, it is better to use galenic preparations of the pharmaceutical industry according to the instructions. Raw materials should be stored separately from other herbs, out of reach of children.