Bedstraw prostrate
The prostrate bedstraw is one of the plants of the family called shifts; in Latin, the name of this plant will be as follows:
Galium humifusum Bieb. [Asperuga humifusa (Bieb.) Bess. A. besserinna Klok., A. cincinnata Klok., A. insuavis Pobed.]. As for the name of the bedstraw family itself, in Latin it will be like this: Menyanthaceae Dumort.
Description of prostrate bedstraw
Bedstraw prostrate is a perennial herbaceous plant, the height of which will fluctuate between twenty and one hundred centimeters. Under natural conditions, this medicinal plant can be found in the territory of Moldova, Central Asia, the Caucasus, Belarus, Crimea, the Carpathians in Ukraine, as well as the following regions of the European part of Russia: Lower Volga, Upper Volga, Black Sea, Lower Don and Volga-Don.
For growth, bedstraw prostrate prefers rocks, dry steppe, stony and gravelly slopes, floodplains, forests, clearings, steppes, clearings, chalk outcrops, forest edges, and also grows as a weed near roads, in fields, fallow lands and waste areas, ranging from the lowlands to the mid-mountain zone. It should be noted that bedstraw is an ornamental plant and will also be cultivated as a pasture plant.
Description of the medicinal properties of prostrate bedstraw
Prostrate bedstraw is endowed with very valuable healing properties, and it is recommended to use the rhizome and grass of this plant for medicinal purposes. The term grass includes flowers, stems and leaves.
The presence of such valuable healing properties is recommended to be explained by the content of anthraquinones and tannins in the rhizome of this plant. Bedstraw grass will contain phenol carbonic acids and their derivatives, iridoids, vitamin C and flavonoids.
As for traditional medicine, here this plant is very widespread. A decoction prepared from the rhizomes of prostrate bedstraw is recommended for use in cases of jaundice. A ten percent infusion in the experiment showed the manifestation of weak diuretic properties. As a wound-healing agent, it is recommended to use crushed fresh bedstraw grass in the form of a powder.
A decoction based on the herb of this plant is indicated for use for enterocolitis and diarrhea. Infusion, decoction and liquid alcohol extract will depress cardiac activity, and such healing agents also showed a cardiotonic effect in the experiment. A liquid alcohol and a ten percent solution of resinous substances will excite the respiratory center and also exhibit distinct hypotensive properties.
For jaundice, it is recommended to use the following very effective remedy based on this plant: to prepare such a healing remedy, take one tablespoon of crushed bedstraw rhizomes spread out in one glass of water. The resulting mixture should be boiled over fairly low heat for about four to five minutes, and then this mixture is left to infuse for one hour, after which this healing mixture based on this plant is very carefully filtered. Take this healing remedy two to four times a day, one to two tablespoons. It should be noted that with proper application and proper use, such a healing remedy based on prostrate bedstraw will prove to be very effective.
