The stinky smelt - thalictrum foetidum l.

Family of Ranches - Ranunculaceae

Василистник вонючий – Thalictrum foetidum L. Василистник вонючий – Thalictrum foetidum L.

Botanical characteristics. Perennial herb with an unpleasant odor. It grows mainly on stony rocks, in steppes, along slopes, sometimes high in the mountains.

Rhizome short, horizontal, with numerous subordinate roots. Stems are single, leafy, up to 70 cm tall. Leaves on short petioles or sessile, 3-4-pinnate with round-ovoid leaves, completely or serrate at margin. Flowers in a sprawling panicle, small, often drooping. Corolla purple, stamens numerous, anthers yellow, linear. Fruits sessile, ovate-oblong, pubescent, ribbed. Blooms in June - July, fructifies in August.

Used parts of the plant. The medicinal raw material is the aerial part of the plant, collected in the usual way during budding and flowering.

Chemical composition. The plant contains alkaloids (berberine, fetidine, magnflorin, talfin, talfminin, glaucin, isoboldin, talikmidin, corunine), flavonoids (quercetin, kaempferol, rutin, glucoramnin, rauncunketine, flavecin), saponins (taclikoside, cyclophosphatoside, phaetoside), vitamins, coumarins , Organic acids, resins, tannins, triterpene glycosides, essential oil.

Application. Grass fungus in folk medicine is widely used in various diseases of the digestive system, female diseases, edema, nervous disorders, colds, malaria, epilepsy, edema, with hypertension.

Clinical examination of the preparations of the basilist confirmed the presence of a pronounced hypotensive effect in hypertensive disease of the first and second stages. Tincture has adrenal and sympatholytic properties, causes vasodilation, reduces blood pressure. It is not inferior to drugs rauvolphia snake - a well-known antihypertensive drug. Recently, hypocholesterolemic and anti-inflammatory effects of tincture have been revealed. At the same time , small toxicity , good tolerability of her patients, absence of side effects were noted.

The drug "Fetidine" is tested in many clinics of our country in the treatment of hypertension. At home, it can only be used as directed by a doctor and according to instructions.

Preparation. To get the infusion, take 20 g of the aboveground part of the plant, grind, pour 200 ml of boiling water, insist on a boiling water bath for 15 minutes, cool, filter, bring to the desired volume. Take 2 tbsp. Spoons 2-3 times a day after meals.