Gratiolae herba

Gratiolae herba

Poisonous! Protected.

Popular names: gastrointestinal grass, grass fish.

Used parts: the elevated part of the plant.

Pharmacy name: grass hands ahoy - Gratiolae herba (formerly: Herba Gratiolae).

Botanical description. At a depth of several centimeters from the ground surface is nearly horizontal long thin rhizome. It grows upright tetrahedral stalk, which reaches 30-40 cm in height and has a sedentary suprotivnye lanceolate leaves with melkopilchaty edge. Large flowers sitting alone on a long pedicel in the axil of leaves are trubkovidnuyu shape and yellow in color (white inside) with longitudinal stripes. Fruit - small dvugnezdnaya box. Blossoms from June to August. Found less frequently, but throughout Central and Eastern Europe. Into the ditch on the banks of ponds and wet meadows.

Active substances: volatile oil, bitter, tannin, saponins, and, above all, glycosides (one of them - cardiac glycoside-gratia toxin - has the effect similar to digitalis). Virulence hands ahoy is due not only to a still believed that it contains cardiac glycosides, but also because it includes Kukura-glycoside bitatsinovy elateritsid.

Curative effect and application. Earlier vysokotsenimy, now almost unknown hands ahoy neither popular nor scientific medicine because of constipation, edema, malaise, and liver bile ducts, from leg ulcers, there are now more effective, for the effects on the heart we have the purple foxglove, and other types of Digitalis. Nevertheless, there is one area of application for which this healing plant is well suited: RF, Weiss recommends this plant for stimulation of menstruation, as well as their irregularity is not always correct hormones. Of course, it is possible only under medical supervision, since self ratsbane forbidden: it is dangerous!

The use of homeopathy. Homeopathic remedies Gratiola used in the disruption of the stomach, intestine and liver. Other application (with headache, irritability, shortened menstrual cycle, rheumatism and skin sypyah) are irrelevant. Use of breeding from D1 to D12, give 3-5 (10) times a day 3-8 drops.

Adverse effects. Abraham poisonous, and therefore it can not be applied independently. Symptoms of poisoning: increased salivation, nausea, vomiting, cramps, diarrhea, kidney failure, convulsions, cardiac violation of collapse, stop breathing.

FIRST AID MEASURES. Call your doctor or the hospital. Urgent cause vomiting, take the activated charcoal.