Maidenhair Pyrethrum
Maidenhair Pyrethrum is a member of the Asteraceae or Compositae family. Its Latin name is Pyrethrum partenifolium Willd.
The family name of Maidenhair Pyrethrum itself is Asteraceae Dumort. (Compositae Giseke).
Description of Maidenhair Pyrethrum
Maidenhair Pyrethrum is a perennial herbaceous plant, reaching heights between fifteen and seventy centimeters. This plant has a relatively short taproot, which is more or less covered in very short hairs. Maidenhair Pyrethrum stems are densely foliated and erect, branching at the base or higher up. The leaves of this plant are either dull green or green in color. The basal and radicular leaves are approximately ten to fifteen centimeters long, and these leaves quickly die back. The lower cauline leaf blades are ovate in outline and pinnately divided, while the upper leaves of this plant are greatly reduced. The pyrethrum flower heads number only fifteen to twenty, and they are borne on fairly long stalks. These flowers are borne in a loose corymbose inflorescence; the ray florets are white, and there are only five to twenty of them.
Perethrum flower blooms from June to September. In the wild, this plant is found in Central Asia, the Crimean mountains, and the Caucasus. This plant prefers gorge bottoms, stream banks, forests with shrubs, gravel beds, rocky and moist grassy slopes, from the foothills to the mid-mountain zone.
Description of the medicinal properties of feverfew
Feverfew has very valuable medicinal properties, and its roots and herb are recommended for medicinal use. The herb includes the leaves, flowers, and stems. These valuable medicinal properties are attributed to the plant’s content of essential oil, flavonoids, coumarins, sesquiterpenoids, and polyacetylene heterocyclic compounds.
As for traditional medicine, here this plant is very widespread. Traditional medicine recommends using this plant as a very effective tonic. Preparations based on pyrethrum maidenhair are indicated for use in cases of neuritis of the facial nerve, migraine, paralysis and epilepsy.
A decoction prepared from the roots of feverfew is recommended for use as a diuretic, and also for use in amenorrhea and epilepsy. A decoction based on the herb of this plant is used for diarrhea, and externally this healing agent in the form of lotions is used for various types of tumors and mastitis. It should be noted that the leaves of pyrethrum maidenhair are endowed with the ability to exhibit protistocidal and phytoncidal activity.
The flower extract is also endowed with bacteriostatic activity. For paralysis, migraines and ear pain, the essential oil of feverfew is considered to be quite an effective remedy, and the essential oil will also exhibit bacteriostatic properties.
It is noteworthy that feverfew is also used in the perfume industry. In addition, this plant is also an insecticide for fleas. We should not forget that feverfew, in addition to its very valuable healing properties, is also an ornamental plant.
