Porcine marsh - parnassia palustris l.

Family Belozorovye - Parnassiaceae

Botanical characteristics. Perennial herbaceous plant. It grows on damp, marshy soils, along the banks of rivers and streams.

Rhizome short, with fibrous roots. Flower-bearing stems are simple, thin, up to 60 cm tall, bare, bearing one sheet of companion leaf. The root leaves in the rosette are oval, with a heart-shaped base. Flowers single, large, white. Fruit is a multi-seed box. Blossoms in July - August, fructifies in August - September.

Used parts of the plant. The medicinal raw material is the whole plant. It is pulled out with a root during flowering and dried in bunches in the open air, in the shade, apart from other plants.

Chemical composition. The plant contains alkaloids in large quantities. The aerial part contains carbohydrates, tannins, flavonoids: kaempferol, quercetin, rutin, hyperin, hyperoside, luteolin. Flowers contain leucoanthocyanins, seeds - fatty oil.

Application. In folk medicine, decoctions and infusions from the aerial part are used for diseases of the cardiovascular system, as an astringent, sedative, diuretic, wound healing, haemostatic; In the Far East - with neuroses, epilepsy, pulmonary hemorrhage, metrorrhagia; In Germany - for the treatment of stomach cancer; In Komi - with urine and cholelithiasis, tumors, hypertension, insomnia, enterocolitis, infiltrates, nephritis, gynecological diseases, especially to accelerate the separation of the placenta after delivery; In Altai and Siberia - with diarrhea, urethritis, gonorrhea, rheumatism, prolapse of rectum in children, hemorrhoids, acute respiratory infections; In the Urals - as a general restorative after delivery; In Ukraine and in Belarus - with tachycardia, hysteria, convulsions; In the Caucasus - as wound healing, with diarrhea, conjunctivitis; In Tibetan medicine and in Transbaikalia - with cardiovascular diseases, infiltrates, especially with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract; In Mongolian medicine - in the form of fees for the treatment of blood diseases.

In the experiment, the extract has a marked choleretic effect.

In the literature there are data on the toxicity of the plant (Kucherov EV et al., 1976).

Preparation

Care should be taken when preparing medicines at home. It is strictly forbidden to store raw materials with other plants. It is necessary to adhere strictly to dosages.

• To prepare the infusion, take 6 grams of ground overground part of the plant, pour 180 ml of boiling water, insist on a water bath for 15 minutes, cool for 45 minutes, filter and bring up to 180 ml with water. Take 1 tbsp. Spoon 3 times a day. Children over 3 years for 1 tsp 2-3 times a day.
• For broth, take 3 g of ground roots and pour 150 ml of boiling water, insist on a water bath for 30 minutes, cool 10 minutes, filter to 150 ml. Take 1 tbsp. Spoon 3 times a day after meals. Children under 10 years of decoction of roots should not be taken.