Lungwort officinalis
Lungwort is one of the plants of the borage family; in Latin the name of this plant will be as follows: Pulmonaria officinalis L.
As for the name of the Lungwort family itself, in Latin it will be: Boraginaceae Juss.
Description of lungwort
Lungwort officinalis or obscure is a perennial herbaceous plant, the height of which will fluctuate between ten and thirty centimeters. Such a plant will be endowed with a slightly ribbed and erect stem, with protruding stiff glandular hairs. This stem starts from a thin creeping rhizome. The basal leaves of Lungwort will be cordate-ovate and ovate-lanceolate, they are bristly and pointed, and such leaves will suddenly taper into a rather long, narrow-winged petiole. The lower leaves of Lungwort off the flowering shoots are oblong and sharp, and also slightly decurrent. The flowers of this plant are collected in the apical inflorescence, which is a curl. The corolla of Lungwort will first be colored pink, and then become blue-violet; just before falling, this corolla will turn blue. The fruit of this plant is quite small in size; it is a shiny and smooth nut.
Lungwort blooms from April to May. Under natural conditions, this plant is found in the European part of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. For growth, the plant prefers broad-leaved and coniferous-deciduous forests.
Description of the medicinal properties of lungwort
Lungwort is endowed with very valuable healing properties, and it is recommended to use the herb of this plant for medicinal purposes. The concept of grass includes flowers, leaves and stems. It is recommended to harvest such raw materials in the month of May.
The presence of such valuable healing properties should be explained by the content of this plant in a large amount of minerals, silicic acids, manganese, soluble and insoluble salts, titanium, silver, copper, iron, vanadium, potassium, strontium, calcium and other elements. Lungwort herb will contain a fairly large amount of mucus, carotene, tannins, rutin, ascorbic acid, sugar, organic acids, polyphenols, bornesite, kaempferol, quercetin and traces of alkaloids.
Lungwort is endowed with very effective wound healing, astringent, anti-inflammatory, diuretic, analgesic, hemostatic and expectorant effects.
As for traditional medicine, healing remedies based on this plant are quite widespread. Most often, lungwort is used as an aqueous tincture or infusion for pharyngitis, bronchitis, pneumonia, bronchial asthma, diarrhea, pulmonary tuberculosis, colitis, tonsillitis, hemoptysis, the presence of stones in the bladder, inflammation of the kidneys, hemorrhoids, as well as for the treatment of various diseases of the female genital area. It is noteworthy that traditional medicine considers this plant one of the best remedies for childhood tuberculosis.
In the form of an infusion, this plant is used for vitiligo, eczema, psoriasis, vasculitis, lichen planus, collagenosis, graying of hair, furunculosis and various viral skin diseases. In addition, lungwort is used as a means of regulating the activity of the endocrine glands and improving hematopoiesis.
