European Hoof , or Common Hoof ( Latin Ásarum europaéum ) - a herbaceous plant; species of the genus Hoofed ( Asarum ) of the Kirkazonov family ( Aristolochiaceae ).
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Asarum europaeum L. (1753) |
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European ungulate.
Botanical illustration from a book by
O. V. Tome Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz , 1885
European ungulate. Flower close up
Evergreen perennial herb with a cord-like creeping rhizome and creeping rooted branched stalk .
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Seeds are spread by ants . The plant has a specific pungent odor. It blooms in April - May; seeds ripen in June. Distributed by the seed and vegetative path - the growth of rhizomes; while the hoof often forms large latki.
It is widely distributed in Russia in the forest and forest-steppe zone of the European part and in the south of Western Siberia . It grows in coniferous, broad-leaved and coniferous-deciduous shady forests. Poisonous plant.
Preparations from rhizomes and leaves were used in folk medicine and veterinary medicine.
It can be cultivated as a groundcover ornamental plant [2] .
In folk medicine, clefthoof preparations are used for jaundice, dropsy, gastritis, liver and gall bladder diseases, skin diseases, especially for eczema of nervous origin.
It contains aristolochic acid, as well as other plants of the Kirkazonov family. Aristolochic acid is a powerful carcinogen with a delayed (up to 10 years) duration. The use of herbal remedies based on products of the Kirkazonov family, including European ungulates, significantly increases the risk of developing liver or kidney cancer. [3]
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ Botany. Encyclopedia "All plants of the world": Per. from English = Botanica / ed. D. Grigoriev et al. - M .: Könemann, 2006 (Russian edition). - S. 116-117. - 1020 s. - ISBN 3-8331-1621-8 .
- ↑ Liver cancer, naturally (English) , Science-Based Medicine (November 2, 2017). Date of treatment November 3, 2017.
