Omaloteca sylvaceae
Omalotheca silvatica is one of the plants of the family called Asteraceae or Asteraceae; in Latin the name of this plant will be as follows: Omalotheca silvatica (L.) Sch. Bip et F. Schultz. (Gnaphalium silvaticum L.).
As for the name of the family itself, it will be like this in Latin: Asteraceae Dumort. (Compositae Giseke).
Description of Omalotheca sylvestris
Omaloteca sylvestris is a perennial plant endowed with a rather short rhizome, as well as the remains of last year’s leaves, colored in black-brown tones. The height of the stems of this plant will vary between twenty and eighty centimeters; for the most part, such stems will be single; their color can be either grayish-felt or whitish-felt. The leaves of Omalotheca sylvestris will be almost bare and linear. The baskets of this plant are either bell-shaped or cylindrical, their height is five to seven millimeters and their width is about three to five millimeters. Such baskets are located in the leaf axils themselves and are collected at the top into a more or less compact spike-shaped inflorescence, which will most often be loose. In total, there are about seventy flowers in the baskets of Omalotheca sylvestris; only a few of them will be bisexual. The seeds of this plant are oblong and brown in color.
The flowering of Omalotheca forestae occurs in the period from June to September. Under natural conditions, this plant is found in the European part of Russia, Belarus, Crimea, Ukraine, Moldova, Western and Eastern Siberia, and also as an alien plant in all regions of the Far East, with the exception of the Okhotsk region. For growth, this plant prefers edges, clearings, forests, clearings, pebbles and places among bushes up to the mid-mountain zone.
Description of the medicinal properties of Omalotheca forestae
Omaloteca silica is endowed with very valuable healing properties, and it is recommended to use the herb of this plant for medicinal purposes. The term grass includes flowers, stems and leaves. The presence of such valuable healing properties should be explained by the content of pigment, rubber, polyacetylene compounds, as well as the following flavonoids in this plant: quercimeritrin, luteolin, tricine, apigenin, quercetin and isoquercetin.
A decoction and infusion prepared from the herb of this plant is recommended for use for paralysis, epilepsy, atherosclerosis, angina pectoris, cholecystitis, neuroses, anemia, asthenia, hypertension, cachexia, cystitis, enterocolitis, diarrhea, gastric hyposecretion, liver diseases and women’s diseases. In addition, such healing agents are also used as astringents, tonics and enveloping agents. External use of such products is possible for furunculosis, burns, diathesis, ringworm and dermatitis. A decoction and infusion of the herb Omalotheca sylvestris is used for rinsing with sore throat and laryngitis.
The herb powder of this plant is used for dermatomycosis and as a wound-healing agent, and fresh leaves of Omalotheca sylvestris are used as a wound-healing agent. It should be noted that this plant is also used in veterinary medicine as a wound healing agent and is used for dermatomycosis.
For general weakness and pain in the stomach, it is recommended to use the following healing remedy based on this plant: to prepare such a remedy, take two tablespoons of crushed dry herbs in two glasses of water. This mixture should be boiled for four minutes, then left for two hours and filtered very thoroughly. Take this remedy before meals, one-fourth of a glass three times a day.
