Udad - polygala l.

Family of Elders - Polygalaceae

Истод горький – Polygala amara L. Истод горький – Polygala amara L. Истод тонколистный – Polygala tenuifolia L.

Botanical characteristics. Perennial herbaceous plant or shrub. Typical for successors are regular, rarely opposite or whorled simple leaves, sometimes with glands on petioles.

Spread. In areas with a temperate climate, only herbaceous plants grow. Istady - plants of wet and dry meadows, meadow steppes, savannas, stony mountain slopes, pine forests and wet deciduous forests. They grow on sandy soils, in swamps.

There are several species. The most curative are:

  • Istod bitter - P. amara L. The root is multi-headed, from which several upright stems develop up to 20 cm in height. Leaves form a basal rosette of lanceolate leaves and alternately are located on the stem. Flowers with small covering leaves are collected in the final brush. Petals are ovoid. Fore petal with four-lobed appendage, lateral pterygoid, usually blue, rarely reddish, sometimes white. Blooms from May to June. Fruit is a box.
  • Thorns thin-leafed - P. tenuifolia L. The root is short, rod-shaped. Leaves lanceolate, sessile. Stems short, thin, pinned down, numerous. Flowers blue irregular shape, collected in a thin lateral brush. Fruit is a box. Blossoms in May - July.

Both species are similar in chemical composition, for therapeutic purposes they can be used similarly.

Chemical composition. In its composition contain carbohydrates and related compounds, saponins, terpenoids, tannins, bitterness, essential oil, nitrogen-containing compounds, phenol carboxylic acids, coumarins, xanthones, flavonoids. Seeds contain fatty oil.

Eastad is a substitute for the American Seneg, and is not inferior to it in its medicinal properties, and by some indications it surpasses it.

Used parts of the plant. The medicinal raw material is the whole plant, collected in the usual way during flowering. The plant is pulled out with a root and dried in bundles under a canopy.

Application. People used to eat stink for a long time. Roots are included in the domestic pharmacopoeia of the 8th-9th editions. Are officinal in China, Japan. They are used in homeopathy.

Decoction of the roots is used for acute and chronic diseases of the respiratory tract, bronchitis, laryngitis, pharyngitis, bronchopneumonia, lung abscess, bronchial asthma, cough.

Infusions and decoctions of the aerial part are used for cystitis, gastrointestinal tract diseases, rheumatism, kidney disease, diarrhea; Externally - with tumors, abscesses, bruises, furuncles, with snake bites and poisonous insects, as wound healing.

In the experiment, preparations of wastewater contribute to the release and dilution of sputum, increase the tone of the smooth muscles of the intestine, have a mucus effect, increase the activity of the salivary glands, reflexively excite the cough center.

In Tibetan medicine is used for gastrointestinal diseases; In Chinese - as spasmolytic, choleretic, restorative, tonic, conducive to longevity, a remedy for hypertension, heart neuroses, diabetes, nephritis; Is part of complex prescriptions for vegetoneurozah, insomnia, atherosclerosis, anemia, carcinoma of the breast and other forms of cancer, lymphogranulomatosis; In China and Japan - with impotence, memory loss, as a sedative, anticonvulsant, tonic and antiplatelet agent.

The plant is recommended to enter the culture, it is very valuable for medicine and can be used in the production of tonic and therapeutic drinks.

Preparation

  • For infusion take 20 g of grass, pour 200 ml of boiling water, insist on a boiling bath for 15 minutes, cool 45 minutes, filter, bring to the desired volume. Apply 1/3 cup 3 times a day.
  • For broth 15 g of roots are poured with boiling water, insist 30 minutes, cool for 10 minutes. Take 2 tbsp. Spoon 3-4 times a day after meals.