Marsh Bedstraw
Marsh bedstraw is a member of the bogbean family, and its Latin name is Galium palustre L.
The family name of marsh bedstraw itself is Menyanthaceae Dumort.
Description of Marsh Bedstraw
Marsh bedstraw is a perennial, ascending or decumbent herbaceous plant, growing between ten and seventy centimeters tall. Its stems are branched and can be either slightly rough or glabrous. Marsh bedstraw leaves are borne in widely spaced whorls of four. These oblong leaves are approximately eight to fifteen millimeters long and two to six millimeters wide. The bracts of this plant are paired and significantly smaller than the stem leaves, ranging from two to eight millimeters in length and approximately half to one millimeter in width. The cymes of the marsh bedstraw are relatively few-flowered, forming a spreading, loose, and paniculate inflorescence. The peduncles of this plant are long, rough, and bi- or triply branched. The corolla of this plant is white, approximately three to four millimeters in diameter, and is incised into ovoid lobes. The fruits of the marsh bedstraw are double-flowered, two millimeters long and three millimeters wide.
The flowering period of the marsh bedstraw begins in June and ends in August. In the wild, this plant is found in Western and Eastern Siberia, Ukraine, Belarus, European Russia, Central Asia, the Siberian Arctic, and the European Arctic. Marsh bedstraw prefers forest edges, swampy forests and shrublands, marshes, swampy meadows, and the damp sandy and pebble shores of lakes, rivers, and ditches.
Description of the medicinal properties of marsh bedstraw
Marsh bedstraw has valuable medicinal properties, and it is the herb of this plant that is recommended for medicinal purposes. The herb includes the leaves, stems, and flowers.
The presence of such valuable healing properties is recommended to be explained by the content of purpurin, purpurin-3-carboxylic acid, anthraquinones, primveroside lucidin, rubiadin and lucidin in this plant. The herb of this plant contains flavonoids, higher aliphatic hydrocarbons and iridoids.
An infusion prepared from the herb of the marsh bedstraw is recommended for use in epilepsy, and externally this healing agent is used for purulent wounds. The mashed plant and its juice are recommended for use topically for tumors, while a decoction based on the herb of marsh bedstraw is indicated for use in cases of hypoxia. The flowers of this plant are also used topically for various hematomas.
It is noteworthy that the experiment proved that a ten percent extract of this plant is endowed with very effective hemostatic properties.
For epilepsy, it is recommended to use the following very effective remedy based on this plant: to prepare such a healing remedy, you will need to take one tablespoon of crushed marsh bedstraw herb per glass of boiling water. The resulting healing mixture should be infused for one hour, and then this mixture is filtered very carefully. Take this remedy three to four times a day, one to two tablespoons. When used correctly, this remedy turns out to be very effective.
