Blood-groove

Sanguisorba officinalis L.

Кровохлебка лекарственная Кровохлебка лекарственная

Botanical characteristics. Family rose-colored.
Perennial herbaceous plant up to 60-100 cm high. It has thick, woody rhizomes, from which numerous long roots leave. Stem straight, ribbed, hollow inside. Leaves are odd-pinnate, consisting of a large number of oblong-ovate serrate leaves. Small dark-red flowers are collected in the head-shaped inflorescences - ears on long peduncles. Blossoms in June-August. Fruits are tetrahedral monocots, ripen in August-September.

Spread. It grows on forest edges, along the banks of rivers and lakes, in flood meadows. It occurs throughout the European part of the country, except the Far North, forms extensive thickets in Siberia, the Urals, the Far East and Kazakhstan.

Used parts of the plant. Rhizomes with roots.
In the rhizomes and roots of the bug, many tannins (up to 20%) are mainly of the pyrogallic group; Isolated acids (gallic and ellagic), colorants, saponins, starch and essential oil.

Application. Decoction of the roots of the blood-groove is applied both inside and outside. The ingested broth has a bactericidal effect against E. coli, dysentery and paratyphoid microbes and protistocidal action. In folk medicine, the bloodbath is used as a strong astringent, analgesic, anti-inflammatory and hemostatic.
It is used for gastrointestinal diseases: diarrhea of ​​various etiology, ulcerative nonspecific colitis, with chronic enterocolitis, as a hemostatic agent for pulmonary, gastric, intestinal, hemorrhoidal, renal and uterine bleeding and with profuse menstruation.
As an external remedy, the bloodbath is used to treat poorly healing ulcers and wounds, with burns, stomatitis, tonsillitis, with varicose veins of the lower extremities.

Contraindications. Pregnancy.

Preparation. Decoction of the blood-grouses is prepared from the calculation of 2 teaspoons of roots per 1 glass of water. Boil over low heat for 15 minutes, add to the original volume. Take 1-2 tablespoons 3-6 times a day for 30 minutes before meals.
Extract of a liquid bitter (drugstore) is prescribed for 30-50 drops 3-5 times a day for 30 minutes before meals.