Small Basil: use in traditional medicine. Basil small plant.

"Happiness is the natural state of man!" Mistletoe herbalist

Again, consider the species that are found in our lane. Upon further consideration of the buttercups, there will be corrections to the spring scrubber in terms of his possible danger - after all, not all buttercups are so fierce!
In general, in the end I will try to generate a generalized post on buttercups.

General description:

Small basil  (wild parsley, rutvitsa, rut) - perennial edible plant from the family of buttercups with pinnate leaves. Decorative foliage and undemanding in the garden. There are many types of basil, differing in both the height and size of the leaves, and the color of the inflorescences. It is necessary to look for a plant in steppes, steppe meadows, along the slopes of beams, in thickets of bushes, in damp places. He loves water very much.

The ancient Greek name Thalictrum minus comes from the words "thalos" - the green branch and "icter" - the pleading. The plant looks like a branch of olives, entwined with down. Such a branch signified a plea for protection. The graceful foliage, as follows from the popular name of the most famous representative of the genus, resembles the foliage of the catchments (aquilegia) with which the basilists merge into one subfamily. In English-speaking countries, in terms of openwork and wax bloom their foliage is compared to root and the name of the plant sounds like “meadow rue” - meadow root.

The plant is 50-100 cm tall. The leaves are three times or four-leafy, double-haired, with small, obovate, 3-notched or lobed leaflets on top. Flowers in loose sprawling panicle, greenish, stamen filaments yellowish. Blossoms in June and July. The fruit is a multipole (ribbed achene).

Horticultural notes:
Vasilistniki multiply by seed and division of the bushes. Seeds can be sown in the fall to the ridge in the ground, all to the protected ground after a month of stratification or in the winter in boxes and in 5-7 days to endure under the snow; Seedlings bloom in the second year. They are undemanding to the soil, grow well both in open sunny places and in slightly shaded ones. Special care is not required. The plant is frost-resistant and winter-hardy. Used for planting in flower beds on the north side of the garden house, by the water and cutting for bouquets.

Beneficial features:
Young leaves and shoots are used in food as a seasoning for dishes.
Medicinal raw materials are leafy tops. herbs, long up to 60 cm. The plant is harvested during the flowering period (usually June-July), dried in fresh air in the shade, mixed periodically, and stored in linen bags up to 3 years. Darkened and yellowed raw materials are not suitable for use. Roots dug in September and October.

Broth, tincture and tincture  Basil have an antibacterial, anticancer, tonic, diuretic, laxative, hemostatic and wound healing effect. They are prescribed for acute and chronic infections (measles, smallpox, typhoid, dysentery, tuberculosis, anthrax, malaria), diseases of the digestive system, inflammation of the gallbladder and liver, mucous membrane of the stomach and small intestine, diarrhea, as well as gangrene of the extremities and pain in a stomach. It is used for nervous disorders and especially epilepsy.

Basil raw materials are used for edema, female diseases (particularly for painful menstruation) and as a cardiovascular remedy. It is effective in malaria, pulmonary tuberculosis, jaundice, metabolic disorders, nasal bleeding, a cold, rheumatic pains.

Steamed and crushed   leaves  are a good wound healing remedy for purulent wounds.

The roots  used in acute and chronic infections. Ointment or powder is useful for boils (chiriks). Tincture   herbs  used to lower blood pressure and heart attacks. Prepare it with 70% alcohol in the ratio of 1:10. Insist 7-10 days. Take 20-40 drops 3 times a day with meals. The course of treatment is 3-4 days

For decoction  15 g of roots pour 180 ml of boiling water, insist on a bath for 30 minutes, cool for 10 minutes, filter. Take 2 tbsp. spoon 3 times a day after meals.

For cooking infusion  6 g of raw material is poured with 1 cup of boiling water, kept in a closed enamel bowl in a water bath for 10 minutes, infused for 1 hour, filtered through two or three layers of gauze and the volume is brought to the original with boiled water. Store in the refrigerator no more than 2 days. Take 1-2 tablespoons 3 times a day with meals. The course of treatment 5

Tincture  Basil small has a satisfactory effect in the early stages of hypertension, with angina, circulatory disorders. In Tibetan medicine, leaves and root medicines were prescribed for heart edema and some gynecological diseases.

Basil is part of the collection for cooking mixtures M.N. Zdrenko for the treatment of cancer, peptic ulcers, gastritis!

Official medicine only allows this type of basilist to be collected.

Precautions:
It has a slight toxicity, but well tolerated. Some sources contain information about the toxicity of the plant, but there is no such information on medical and botanical sites. Given the active effect of the plant on the nervous and cardiovascular systems, do not abuse doses or duration of use - overdose is fraught with the opposite effect (which is true for many calming plants) - increased pressure, excessive heart rate, increased nervous excitability.
Plants from different areas and habitats have an unequal alkaloid composition, that is, they have different degrees of toxicity, but in general are quite small. The total chemical composition may also vary.

General character and magical properties:(looks like truth, but can be added)
It treats heart diseases (even strokes), cancer, ulcers, cleanses the blood and normalizes metabolism. Widely used in female diseases.   Gently cleanses, disinfects and stimulates healing.
This plant has long been used to treat many female diseases and is considered a female love spell. It is recommended to sprinkle chopped tomatoes with finely chopped basil grass in order to kindle passion and desire in a woman, but for men the use of basilus has the opposite effect, therefore this plant can also be used to turn back and eliminate sexual desire.
In connection with all this information and the appearance of the plant, it seems that it is closer in character to the water, which I am somehow convinced of. It can be used as a light coastal amulet, or an amulet for love or friendship (allegedly the American Indians used it). Female soft plant.

Basil is simple.
General description:
Thalictrum simplex
According to the description, the chemical composition and properties are very similar to the small vasilistnik.
The leaves are dissected into subliner-wedge-shaped, deeply lobes. Panicle pyramid. The flowers and stamens are drooping, greenish, the stamens are pale pink. It is more common on forest edges and clearings than on meadows.

In folk medicine, water infusion and decoction of the plant is used in various female diseases and as a general tonic in the postpartum period.
Infusion washed the wounds and gargle with sore throat. The grass is applied to cuts to accelerate their healing, and poultices are made of it when fluxing, washing with purulent wounds.
It has a vasodilating and choleretic property. Lowers blood pressure and increases the number of heartbeats.

Basil yellow
General description:
Thalictrum flavum (goldstone, girennik). Perennial plant 50-150 cm tall, with a creeping rhizome. The leaves are alternate, complex with rounded obovate, on top of dull leaves, 20-50 mm long. Flowers are fragrant, light yellow or greenish-white, collected in a dense thyroid whisk. Yellow stamens straight.
Distributed on the edges of swamp forests, among shrubs and reed marshes, near rivers.
Decorative leafy and flowering plant, planted in groups.

Useful properties (see the small basil):
It is used in folk, but not official medicine. It seems to have a greater causticity caused by the content of alkaloids.
The plant has a laxative, diuretic, antipyretic, sedative, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, hemostatic and wound healing effect.

Also, in various sources, the basil is smelly mentioned often, but I did not find any differences in the description at all. Medicinal books are not mentioned.
And there are still many decorative varieties, the contemplation of which brings real pleasure.

Collect according to the recipe Zdrenko:

I - collection: roots of six-leaved meadowsweet - 20 g, calamus roots - 20 g, Althea roots - 20 g, barberry roots - 20 g, valerian roots - 20 g, Devyasil roots - 20 g, orca roots yellow - 20 g, rhizomes yellow - 20 g, rhizome of white capsule - 20 g, hard comfrey roots - 20 g, horse sorrel roots - 20 g, juniper fruits - 20 g, dried annual herb - 7 g, grass of a mountaineer bird - 7 g, yarrow flowers - 7 g, berries of a josper laxative - 5 g.

II - collection: Avran medicinal herb - 3 g, small cornflower grass - 7 g, spring adonis grass - 7 g, Laxman's live grass - 7 g, prickly zopnik grass - 7 g, nettle grass - 7 g, silver silver grass - 7 g, May lily flowers - 7 g, peppermint leaf - 7 g, tansy flowers - 7 g, medicinal stalk leaves - 7 g, motherwort five-lobed herb - 7 g, pharmaceutical chamomile flowers - 7 g, sage leaves - 7 g , Ethiopian sage grass - 7 g, sandy immortelle flowers - 7 g, common wormwood grass - 7 g, triple split grass - 7 g , grass of horsetail - 7 g

Vasilistnik ordinary.

Thalictrum minus.

Buttercup family -Ranunculaceae.

Description.The small basil is a perennial herb of the buttercup family up to 60 cm high. The stalk is straight or ascending, tetrahedral at the top. Rhizome horizontal, segmented, brown.

The leaves are opposite, sessile, ovate-lanceolate, with three longitudinal veins. It blooms from June to autumn. Flowers solitary, on long peduncles. Fruit - ovate, multi-seeded box. Seeds are small, mesh and wrinkled. Begin to ripen in July.

Place of growth.   Small Basil is widespread in the European part of Russia, in the Caucasus, in Western Siberia and Kazakhstan. It grows in damp places, on flooded meadows and river banks among small shrubs.

Collection time.   Medicinal raw material is grass. Harvest it during flowering, cutting off leafy part of the plant. Dried in the open air in the shade or in the attic with good venilation, laying out a thin layer. Store in bags in a dry place for up to 3 years.

Legend.  As they say, this plant received its Russian name in honor of the epic beauty Vasilisty Vikulichny, who decided to die out of her own right after her beloved husband, the bogatyr Mihailo. In the very place where the lifeless Vasilista fell, a flower unseen before had grown.

By the way, it is possible, precisely because of this mythic story, that popular rumor insistently attributes properties to the Basilist, making it a highly desirable component in the manufacture of love-amusing means and decoctions.

Active ingredients.   The roots of a small basilus contain steroids and alkaloids (talicmik, talicmidine, etc.); the aerial parts include saponins and alkaloids (malmin, talmidine, etc.), vitamin C, tannins, aliphatic hydrocarbons.

Application. Broth, tincture and tincture have antibacterial, antitumor, tonic, diuretic, laxative, wound healing effect. They are prescribed for acute and chronic infections (measles, smallpox, typhoid, diphtheria, pulmonary and skin tuberculosis, anthrax, malaria, syphilis), diseases of the digestive system, inflammation of the gall bladder and liver, mucous membrane of the stomach and small intestine, diarrhea, and gangrene of the extremities, pains in the abdomen, colds, nervous disorders and epilepsy.

   The aboveground part of the plant is part of the recipe Zdrenko for the treatment of cancer. Raw basil is used for edema, female diseases, as a cardiovascular agent. Steamed and crushed leaves are a good wound-healing remedy for purulent wounds. The roots are used for acute and chronic infections. An ointment or powder is useful in boils. Herbal tincture is used to lower blood pressure and heart attacks.

Recipes. Infusion. 6 g of raw material is poured with 1 cup of boiling water, kept in a closed enamel bowl in a water bath for 10 minutes, infused for 1 hour, filtered through 2-3 layers of gauze and bring the volume to the original with boiled water. Store in the refrigerator no more than 2 days. Take 1 - 2 tablespoons 3 times a day with meals. The course of treatment is 5-7 days.

Tincture.   Prepare 70% alcohol in the ratio of 1:10. Insist 7 - 10 days. Take 20-40 drops 3 times a day with meals. The course of treatment is 3 - 7 days.

  (ordinary) - perennial from the Buttercup family.

It is also called:

• cinchona grass;
• silverfish (due to light bloom on the leaves);
• rut.

Description

This plant is not high (up to a meter) in comparison with its basus-fellow plants on a short knotted rhizome. The leaves are planted on a long petiole, shallow to the top of the plant. The inflorescences of greenish flowers are gathered in panicles. On the territory of Russia a small basil is found in Altai, the Far East. In Latin, the plant is called Thalictrum, the word formed from the Greek words "green branch" and "begging." This name is given because of the similarity of the plant in the olive branch, which in Ancient Greece symbolized a request for help, protection.

In the Far East of the young basil prepare soup, use the grass as a side dish for meat and fish. This is a very valuable supplement to nutrition in the spring, when there is a lack of fresh herbs and vitamins. Serebryanka can be found in the garden as an ornamental plant: it grows in an open bush, and during flowering in the middle of summer turns into a greenish misty cloud, especially effectively seen in drops of dew or rain. This type of basil is used to dye the canvas in yellow.

Composition

Like all members of the family, the small basil is poisonous because it contains a wide range of alkaloids. At the same time, the young grass of the plant is eaten without harm by domestic herbivores. In addition to talmin, talmidine, berberine and talicrin, a dangerous substance in the composition of the small basilist is a cyanide glycoside, which can decay to hydrocyanic acid (it is a strong poison). Toxic substances are found in all parts of the plant. There is a lot of vitamin C in the grass, flavonoids, alkanes, saponins and tannins, and steroids are also found in the roots. Like other species of this plant, silverfish accumulates a significant amount of lithium, which causes its use as a means to regulate the nervous system.

Medicinal properties

The healing properties of the small basilus are recognized only partially by official medicine. For example, the herb of the plant is part of the antitumor collection No. 99 according to Zdrenko’s prescription, which is used for benign and malignant neoplasms, polyps, adenoma.

In folk medicine, the plant is valued by many nations. For example, in Tibet, basil is used for cardiac edema, gynecological inflammation. The name of the cinchona grass was fixed due to the fact that the plant has a therapeutic effect similar to the bark of the cinchona tree on the human body. It is used for malaria, papillomatosis of the bladder, with anacid gastritis. Preparations on the basis of a small basilist kill bacteria.

Therapeutic use

For the needs of traditional medicine, both grass (during flowering) and plant roots (in autumn) are harvested. Cut the top 40 cm of grass. Dried in bundles or on paper, under a canopy. The small basil is kept for 3 years.

Recipes

Many recipes for all types of basilus used for medicinal purposes will be similar, since the plants are similar in chemical composition.

Infusion of roots for heart swelling:

1 tsp roots pour a glass of hot water. Insist for 60 minutes, drain. Drink 2 tbsp. infusion 3 times a day for half an hour before meals. Infusion stored in a cool place for no more than 2 days.

Infusion of herbs from high blood pressure:

1 tsp dry raw infused 250 ml boiling water. Take 1 tbsp. 3 times a day before meals. The course of treatment for hypertension is 1 week.

Infusion with bedsores:

1 tbsp. chopped fresh or dry grass insist on a glass of boiling water for an hour. Treat affected areas.

Fresh leaves

can be used for the treatment of small sores, diaper rash in adults. It is enough to attach a washed sheet to the site of injury.

Contraindications

Do not forget about the high toxicity of plant components: do not exceed the dose. Preparations on the basis of small basilus are forbidden to use for children, pregnant and lactating women. Also contraindicated is low blood pressure.

Latin name: Thalictrum minus L. Family: Buttercup

enters into family under the name buttercups. In Latin, the name of this plant will be as follows: Thalictrum minus L.

Description of the small basil

The small basil is a perennial herb that is endowed with a creeping rhizome grayish in color. The stem of the plant is bare; it varies in height between fifty and one hundred and twenty centimeters. The leaves of the plant are triangular; they can be three-pedigree or four-pointed. The inflorescences of the small basil are sprawling, the panicles are quite rare, and the flowers are small and drooping, greenish-brown in color. The inflorescences are endowed with ten or fifteen hanging stamens, the anthers are endowed with pointed, and the fruitlets will be egg-elliptical in shape, in length such fruits reach only one millimeter.
  The flowering of small basil falls on the period from June to July. Under natural conditions, this plant is found on the territory of the European part of Russia, as well as in Central Asia and in Ukraine.

Description of the therapeutic properties of small basil

Small Basil is characterized by quite valuable healing properties: for this purpose, not only the roots are used, but also the aboveground part of this plant. The above-ground part of the small basil should be collected during the flowering period of this plant. After the harvest has taken place, the leaves should be torn down to half of the stem, while the lower part of the stem should be discarded. As for the roots of small basil, then they should be prepared in the autumn period of time.
  Ascorbic acid, phytoncides, pyrocatechins, tannins, as well as the following alkaloids: Talmin and Talmidine are found in the grass of the small basilus. In the roots of the plant are talicmidine, thalictrimine, talmin, talikmin, glaucine and berberine. A glycoside was found in the leaves of the plant; when cleaved, it has the ability to release hydrocyanic acid.
  It is noteworthy that each alkaloid is endowed with various properties. Talmin contributes to the oppression of the central nervous system and the relaxation of muscles, and also very effectively reduces blood pressure. As for talikmin and talikmidine, they contribute to the cataleptic state in animals, while thalictrimine will stimulate the muscles of the uterus, and berberine has the ability to exert laxative, diuretic and choleretic effects. In addition, berberine can reduce blood pressure. In addition, it has been proven that berberine also exhibits a therapeutic effect in both malaria and leishmaniasis.
  Small Basil is recommended to be used in homeopathy not only for painful periods, but also for weak eyesight. As for decoctions and infusions prepared from small basil, they are recommended for epilepsy, malaria and enterocolitis, which will be accompanied by diarrhea. Also, these tools are also effective for pulmonary tuberculosis, hemoptysis, catarrhal diseases, edema of diverse origin, but also in conditions of increased excitability of the nervous system. The powder of small basil is considered an effective remedy for festering wounds: these wounds should be powdered with the help of such powder.
It is noteworthy that when ingestion of drugs in which the small basil is included, a considerable degree of caution should be observed: after all, this plant is poisonous. For diarrhea, it is recommended to take the following remedy: for its preparation, you will need to take one tablespoon of crushed plants for one cup of boiling water. To insist on such a mixture should be within one hour, and then the mixture should be drained. Take this broth is recommended three times a day, one tablespoon.