Peony thin-leaved
Peony thin-leaved is one of the plants of the family called Peonyaceae; in Latin the name of this plant will be as follows: Paeonia tenuifolia L.
As for the name of the thin-leaved peony family itself, in Latin it will be: Paeoniaceae Rudolphi.
Description of fine-leaved peony
The thin-leaved or narrow-leaved peony is known by the following popular names: funnel, lazarus flower, red blue lizard, crowberry and greenberry. The thin-leaved peony is a perennial herbaceous plant endowed with elongated and knobby roots. The leaves of this plant will be thrice-pinnately dissected or double-pinnately dissected; the lobules of such leaves are narrow-linear, and their width reaches two millimeters. The diameter of fine-leaved peony flowers reaches up to eight centimeters; they will be endowed with eight to ten petals, painted in yellow-purple or bright red tones. The fruit of this plant is a composite leaflet, which will consist of two to five multi-seeded leaflets, which in turn will be densely pubescent with brownish hairs.
The thin-leaved peony blooms in the spring. Under natural conditions, this plant is found in the Crimea, Ukraine, in all regions of the Caucasus with the exception of Dagestan, as well as in the following regions of Russia: Lower Volga, Lower Don, Zavolzhsky, Volga-Don and Black Sea regions. For growth, the thin-leaved peony prefers the edges of light oak forests in the forest-steppe, steppe and lower belt, as well as thickets of shrubs and open steppe slopes. It should be noted that this plant is also poisonous, for this reason it is important to exercise strict caution when handling thin-leaved peony.
Description of the medicinal properties of fine-leaved peony
The thin-leaved peony is endowed with very valuable healing properties, and it is recommended to use the root cones and grass of this plant for medicinal purposes. The concept of grass includes the leaves, flowers and stems of this plant. The presence of such valuable healing properties is recommended to be explained by the content of tannins in the composition of this plant, while vitamin C will be present in the leaves, and anthocyanins and flavonoids are found in the flowers. The pollen of this plant contains flavonoids and fatty oil, and the seeds will also contain fatty oil.
Thin-leaved peony is endowed with very effective analgesic, bactericidal, antispasmodic, expectorant and protistocidal effects.
As for traditional medicine, here this plant is very widespread. Traditional medicine recommends using an aqueous infusion prepared from the root cones of this plant for pulmonary tuberculosis and various heart diseases. Preparations based on fine-leaved peony should be used for coughs and anemia, and this plant will also be included in the composition of drugs used against syphilis.
However, we should not forget that the peony is a poisonous plant and for this reason it is important to exercise strict caution when taking medications based on this plant.
For neurosis, it is recommended to use the following very effective healing remedy based on this plant: to prepare such a healing remedy, you will need to take one teaspoon of dry peony herb per three cups of boiling water. The resulting mixture should be infused for about thirty minutes, and then this mixture is filtered very carefully. Take this remedy three to four times a day before meals, one tablespoon.
