Stellate medium (mocrica) - stellaria media l.

Family Clove - Cariophyllaceae

Звездчатка средняя (мокрица) – Stellaria Media L. Звездчатка средняя (мокрица) – Stellaria Media L. Звездчатка средняя (мокрица) – Stellaria Media L.

Botanical characteristics. Annual herbaceous plant. Root is a rod, branched. Stalk lying or raised, branched, thin, between the nodes covered with sparse curly hairs. Leaves ovate, pointed, at the base with cilia, lower - petiolate, upper - sessile. Fruit is an elongated, multi-seeded box. Seeds are round-kidney-shaped, dark brown. Blooms from April to September, fruiting until late autumn.

Spread. It is widespread everywhere. Grows on fields, kitchen gardens, on the humidified soils.

Used parts of the plant. The medicinal raw material is the whole plant. It is pulled out with a root and dried in dryers at a temperature not exceeding 50 ° C. With prolonged drying, the raw material loses its medicinal properties.

Chemical composition. All parts of the starch contain saponins triterpene, alkaloids, flavonoids (vitexin, saporonetin) and their derivatives: vitamins, mainly C, E, K: higher aliphatic alcohols (melissa), wax (cerylcerolate), lipids.

Application. For a long time people have used the licorice in the form of decoctions and infusions to relieve pain in the abdomen, increase the amount of milk in nursing mothers, to cleanse the lungs, with rheumatism, for baths in which nervous children were beaten, with convulsive seizures; Compresses from the grass treated hemorrhoid cones and various tumors, fresh juice poured into wounds, ulcers, burns.

The star is very popular among residents of the Far East. Some recipes for the use of plants by the indigenous peoples of the Amur region are identical to the recipes used by the North American Indians. Interest in this plant has recently increased. Its drugs are an effective remedy for edema of various etiologies. Infusion and fresh juice is used in diseases of the liver, kidneys, heart, as a mild laxative, with diathesis. In Nanais, the lice are used for swelling of the feet, for the treatment of rashes. In European countries - with tumors of different localization.

In the experiment, the herb extract of the mid-stellate has a weak hypotensive, positively inotropic and pronounced coronary-dilating property.

Fresh juice is an effective treatment for various rashes, non-healing wounds and ulcers, as well as frostbite and burns. It is used internally for 20-30 ml per reception 2-3 times a day before meals and externally in the form of lotions and washings.

Preparation

To get the infusion take 20 g of grass, pour 200 ml of boiling water, insist on a water bath for 15 minutes, cool 45 minutes, filter. Take should be 1/3 cup 3 times a day, regardless of the intake of food.

For broth take 20 g of the aboveground part and roots, often their mixtures, pour 180 ml of boiling water, insist on a boiling water bath for 30 minutes, cool 10 minutes, filter. Take 30-60 ml 3-4 times a day. Such a decoction can be used for external use.

For baths : 500 g of herbs pour 1 liter of boiling water, insist on a water bath for 10 minutes or boil for 5-7 minutes, filter and put in a bath filled half. The bath lasts 15-20 minutes at a temperature of 35-40 ° C.