Field sow thistle
Field sow thistle is one of the plants of the family called Asteraceae; in Latin the name of this plant will be as follows: Sonchus arvensis L.
As for the name of the sow thistle family itself, in Latin it will be: Asteraceae Dumort. (Compositae Giseke).
Description of thistle thistle
Field sow thistle is a perennial herbaceous plant, the height of which will vary between forty and one hundred and fifty centimeters. Such a plant will be endowed with rather long rhizomes and horizontal lateral roots that will produce young shoots. The stem of thistle thistle is straight, at the cut itself it will be very thin, and at the top it is branched. The leaves of this plant will be notched-pinnately incised, they are endowed with rounded ears. The baskets of the field thistle will be of medium size, they are quite few in number and are located in a corymbose inflorescence. The petals of this plant are colored golden-yellow. The fruit will be endowed with a white tuft and it is wrinkled.
Under natural conditions, field sow thistle is found in Western Siberia, Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, the Far East, the Caucasus, Central Asia, the Eastern Arctic and the European part of Russia, with the exception of only the Lower Volga and Black Sea regions. As for the general distribution, this plant can be found in India, Japan, Central, Southern and Atlantic Europe, Asia Minor, China, Australia and North America. For the growth of sow thistle, field sow thistle prefers crops, forest clearings, garbage areas, fallow lands, crops, places along roads and thickets of bushes.
Description of the medicinal properties of thistle thistle
Field sow thistle is endowed with very valuable healing properties, and it is recommended to use the roots, fruits and grass of this plant for medicinal purposes. The term grass includes flowers, stems and leaves.
For jaundice and jade, the following remedy based on this plant is effective: to prepare such a healing remedy, you will need to take ten grams of crushed roots of field sow thistle per three hundred milliliters of water. The resulting mixture should be boiled over fairly low heat for five to six minutes, then this mixture is left to infuse in a warm place for about two hours. After which this mixture based on this plant should be filtered very carefully. Take the resulting medicinal product three times a day, one-third of a glass.
The following remedy based on sow thistle is recommended as a hemostatic agent: to prepare this remedy, take one teaspoon of this plant’s fruit per glass of water. Boil the resulting mixture for about five to six minutes, then let it steep for at least one hour, after which it is recommended to strain it very thoroughly. This remedy is used for cuts as a hemostatic agent.
For chronic gastroenteritis, the following remedy based on this plant is recommended: to prepare this remedy, take three tablespoons of crushed dried sow thistle herb per two glasses of boiling water. Let the mixture steep for about two to three hours, then strain it very thoroughly. Take this remedy one-third of a glass one hour before meals three times daily. When used correctly, this remedy is highly effective. Field sow thistle and thistle (control measures for root-suckering weeds)
