Lepidium ruderale L.

Lepidium ruderale L. is a member of the Brassicaceae or Cruciferae family. Its Latin name is Brassicaceae Burnett.

Description of Lepidium ruderale

Lepidium ruderale L. is also known by the following common names: fever grass and broom. Lepidium ruderale L. is an annual or biennial herbaceous plant, growing between five and thirty centimeters tall. It is noteworthy that this plant has a very strong and extremely unpleasant odor. The stem of Lepidium ruderale L. is spreading and branched, with the lower leaves being pinnate and bipinnate. The upper leaves are linear, sessile, and entire. The sepals are narrowly oval. The fruits of this plant are small, round-oval, notched pods with a very short style. The pods are collected in loose clusters. The seeds of this plant are quite small and dark in color.

The flowering period of the common bugleweed begins in May and ends in August. In the wild, this plant is found in Ukraine, Western Siberia, Moldova, Central Asia, the Caucasus, Belarus, and the European part of Russia. It should be noted that the common bugleweed is a low-toxic plant.

Description of the medicinal properties of common bugleweed

The common bugleweed has very valuable medicinal properties. For medicinal purposes, it is recommended to use the seeds, juice, and herb of this plant. The term “herb” refers to the flowers, stems, and leaves of this plant. The plant’s valuable medicinal properties can be attributed to its content of alkaloids, organic acids, steroids, vitamin C, cardenolides, and the following flavonoids: saponaretin, quercetin, and kaempferol glycosides. The seeds of this plant contain fatty oil, glucotropeolin, and isothiocyanate.

An infusion made from the herb of the common bugleweed is recommended for impetigo or purulent rashes. Juice or decoction of this plant is used for fever, and freshly ground blackheads are used for various female ailments, impotence, bleeding, scurvy, warts, and gout. A decoction of the seeds of the common bugleweed is used for ascites and paralysis accompanied by speech loss.

For fever, it is recommended to take one teaspoon of the juice of this plant once or twice daily.

For impotence, use the following remedy based on the common bugleweed: to prepare this remedy, take two tablespoons of crushed dried herb of this plant per 300 milliliters of water. The resulting mixture should be boiled for three to four minutes over fairly low heat, then left to steep for two hours, after which the mixture should be thoroughly strained. Take the resulting mixture two to three times daily, one-third to one-quarter of a glass.

For ascites and as a diuretic, the following remedy is recommended: to prepare it, take one tablespoon of seeds per two hundred milliliters of water. Boil the resulting mixture for five to six minutes, then let it steep for one hour and strain thoroughly. Take this remedy based on the common bedbug three times daily, one tablespoon at a time.

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