All-leaved snakehead
The whole-leaved snakehead is one of the plants of the family called Lamiaceae; in Latin the name of this plant will be as follows: Dracocephalum integrifolium Bunge.
As for the name of the whole-leaved snakehead family itself, in Latin it will sound like this: Lamiaceae Lindl.
Description of the whole-leaved snakehead
The whole-leaved snakehead is a perennial plant endowed with more or less woody stems. Such stems will be branched and spreading, they are covered with grayish-brown peeling bark. The height of such a bark will be about fifteen to sixty centimeters. The leaves of this plant are ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate. The flowers of the whole-leaved snakehead are in false whorls of three, they form a dense inflorescence, about two to five centimeters long, and their width is two and a half centimeters. The calyx of the plant is painted in dirty purple tones, it is almost two-lipped, and its length is fifteen to eighteen millimeters.
The middle tooth of the upper lip of this plant can be either almost rounded or broadly obovate, and at the apex it is spinous. It is noteworthy that the middle tooth will be two to three times wider than the lanceolate and pointed lateral teeth, and its length is almost equal to the teeth of the lower lip. All teeth of the calyx are equipped with sharply protruding transverse anastomoses. The corolla of the plant outside and inside at the very base of the lip will be short pubescent, while the upper lip is cut into semicircular lobes by one third, and the lower lip is one and a half times longer than the upper one. The upper lip is equipped with a kidney-shaped middle lobe.
Flowering of the whole-leaved snakehead occurs in the period from June to July. Under natural conditions, the plant is found in Altai in Western Siberia, as well as in the following regions of Central Asia: in the Syrdarya, Balkhash, Tien Shan and Pamir-Aley regions. For growth, the plant prefers scree and rocky slopes up to the mountain belt.
Description of the medicinal properties of snakehead whole leaf
The whole-leaved snakehead is endowed with very valuable healing properties, and it is recommended to use the grass of this plant for medicinal purposes. The concept of grass includes the flowers, leaves and stems of this plant. The presence of such valuable healing properties of this plant can be explained by the content of ascorbic acid in its composition.
As for traditional medicine, the infusion and decoction of the herbs of this plant have received quite wide use as a sedative. As for the tincture based on snakehead whole leaf, it was experimentally proven that it has a hypotensive effect.
Essential oil and essential extract have the ability to exhibit antifungal and antibacterial activity.
As a rather valuable sedative, it is recommended to use an infusion based on snakehead whole leaf. To prepare such a remedy, you will need to take one teaspoon of crushed dry herbs of this plant per glass of boiling water. The resulting mixture should be infused for an hour or two hours, after which this mixture is filtered very carefully. Take the resulting remedy based on snakehead whole leaf three times a day, one or two tablespoons. It is important to remember that in order to ensure maximum effectiveness when taking such a product based on this plant, you should strictly follow not only all the rules for preparing such a product, but also all the rules for its administration.
