Cornflower small , or ordinary ( Latin Thalíctrum mínus ) - perennial plant ; a species of the genus Vasilist ( Thalictrum ) of the family Ranunculaceae ( Ranunculaceae ).
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Content
Morphology
Rhizome short knobby.
Plant 80-100 (120) cm tall, uniformly leafy.
Leaves on long stalks , gradually fading to the apex, are also sessile, lamellae broadly triangular in shape, triple pinnate; terminal leaflets obovate, tapered tapered or rounded to the base, coarse toothed or three-lobed at the apex, leathery, with prominent veins below.
The inflorescence is a broad-pyramidal panicle with drooping flowers , 0.5–2 (3) cm long on the legs. Flowers with a greenish-brown, early falling perianth of four to five petals . Stamens with thin threads, hanging. Flower formula : [2] .
Fruits sessile, sharply oblong-ribbed with a straight nose.
Distribution
It grows in mixed and birch forests, forest edges, clearings, upland meadows in Europe , Siberia and Altai , the Far East , Mongolia , Northeast China and North America . [3]
Chemical Composition
The plant is poisonous. The grass contains alkaloids (talmine, thalmidine, berberine, talikrin) and cyanide glycoside , which cleaves hydrocyanic acid, flavonoids , saponins and tannins . In the leaves, in addition, ascorbic acid is contained, and in the roots are steroids , alkaloids (berberine, talikmin, talikmidin, etc.). [four]
Economic Significance and Application
Used as an ornamental plant in horticulture. Drought tolerant. Shade-tolerant, but perfectly developed in sunny areas. Winter-hardy without shelter. [five]
In its young form is eaten by cattle. [four]
Roots and aerial parts stain the tissue yellow [6] .
Medical Use
It is noticed that all types of cornflower accumulate lithium - an element that plays a large role in the regulation of the nervous system. [four]
Decoction , infusion and tincture of small cornflower have antibacterial, antitumor, restorative, diuretic, laxative and wound healing effects.
Small basil corn tincture was recommended as a cardiovascular agent for hypertension, however, at present it is not used in scientific medicine. The grass contains volatile , and the leaves are more active. Ethereal extract of cornflower small has a bactericidal effect on gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, was used in surgical practice, but this drug was not included in the list of drugs approved for use in the USSR due to the heterogeneity of the composition of the raw materials of small cornflower from different collection sites, insufficient study plants and other reasons. [7]
Clinical trials have established that infusions and decoctions can be recommended in obstetric and gynecological practice, in acute infections (measles, smallpox, typhoid, diphtheria, pulmonary and skin tuberculosis, anthrax, malaria, syphilis). The herb is part of Zdrenko for the treatment of cancer, papillomotosis of the bladder and anacid gastritis.
In folk medicine of Western Siberia , in addition, infusions and decoctions of the roots of the small cornflower are taken for jaundice, gastrointestinal diseases, epilepsy, headaches, metabolic disorders, and low vision.
In Altai, the small cornflower is called silverfish, hinny grass, nine-legged. The infusion of grass and root was drunk “from the pressure of the heart, vomiting, from a nasad”, “Antonov fire” with scrofula, lichen, fever when laying the chest, from the ache, “if it carries the head”, the pregnant women were given heartburn. Poultices of grass were made from a “nail-eater” (panaritium), for healing wounds and diseases of joints. Powder from the root and grass was filled with cattle worms.
Notes
- ↑ For the conventionality of specifying the class of dicotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Dicotyledonous article .
- ↑ Ecoflora of Ukraine = Ecoflora of Ukraine / Vіdpov. Editor J.P. Dіdukh. - K .: Phytosociocenter, 2004 .-- T. 2 .-- 480 p. . (Ukrainian)
- ↑ Electronic catalog of vascular plants in Asian Russia: small cornflower (Checked October 17, 2009)
- ↑ 1 2 3 Yu. V. Nikiforov . Altai herbs-healers. Gorno-Altaisk: Yuch-Sumer - Belukha, 1992. (Retrieved October 17, 2009)
- ↑ Encyclopedia of Ornamental Garden Plants: Cornflower (Retrieved October 17, 2009)
- ↑ Gubanov I.A. et al. Wild useful plants of the USSR / ed. ed. T.A. Rabotnov . - M .: Thought , 1976 .-- S. 131. - 360 p. - ( Reference guides to the geographer and traveler ).
- ↑ Plants of Siberia: Small Cornflower (Checked October 17, 2009)
Literature
- Gubanov I.A. et al. 617. Thalictrum minus L. sl - Small cornflower // Illustrated identifier of plants in Central Russia. In 3 t . - M .: T-in scientific. ed. KMK, Institute of Technology. ISS., 2003. - T. 2. Angiosperms (dicotyledonous: dicotyledonous). - S. 232. - ISBN 9-87317-128-9 .
- Nikiforov Yu.V. Altai herbs-healers. - Gorno-Altaisk: Yuch-Sumer - Belukha, 1992. (Retrieved November 18, 2009)
Links
- Plants of Siberia: small cornflower (Checked November 18, 2009)
- Encyclopedia of Ornamental Garden Plants: Cornflower (Retrieved November 18, 2009)
- The electronic catalog of vascular plants of Asian Russia: small cornflower (Checked November 18, 2009)