Purslane
Purslane is one of the plants of the family called purslanaceae; in Latin the name of this plant will be as follows: Portulaca oleraceae L.
As for the name of the purslane family itself, in Latin it will be: Portulaceae Juss.
Description of purslane
Purslane is known by numerous popular names: sosonka, buterlak and purslane. Purslane is an annual herbaceous plant that is completely glabrous, fleshy, succulent and prostrate. The leaves of this plant are obtuse, opposite, sessile and oblong-wedge-shaped. Purslane flowers will be quite small in size, they are painted in yellow tones, and also sit one to three pieces in the ruins of the stem or in the corners of the leaves. The ovary of this plant will be unilocular and it will be endowed with a central placenta, and the style will be endowed with five linear stigmas.
Purslane blooms in summer and autumn. Under natural conditions, this plant is found on the territory of Ukraine and in the southern regions of the European part of Russia. Purslane prefers fields and sandy places to grow.
Description of the medicinal properties of purslane
Purslane is endowed with very valuable healing properties, and it is recommended to use the seeds and herbs of this plant for medicinal purposes. The term grass includes stems, flowers and leaves.
The presence of such valuable healing properties should be explained by the content of carotene, sugar, alkaloids, proteins, mineral salts, vitamin C, glycosides and approximately three hundred grams of vitamin C in the leaves of this plant. The seeds of purslane, in turn, will contain fatty oil, which consists of glycerides of stearic, palmitic, linoleic and other fatty acids.
As for scientific medicine, here this plant has become very widespread. Scientific medicine recommends using the seeds and herbs of this plant as a very effective anthelmintic. An infusion prepared from the herb purslane can be used as an adrenaline substitute. It is noteworthy that this plant has been proven to have the ability to increase cardiac activity, as well as increase blood pressure in the event of significant narrowing of blood vessels.
Fresh purslane juice is recommended for the treatment of various eye conditions. An infusion made from purslane is recommended for kidney and liver diseases, as well as dysentery. This infusion can also be used as an antitoxic agent. Purslane is also included in a series of herbs recommended for treating sexual weakness.
Externally, purslane infusion and fresh juice are used as a wound-healing agent and for trichomonas colitis. Fresh purslane can be used as a diuretic and anti-inflammatory, as well as in the treatment of tumors, dysentery, gonorrhea, vitamin deficiencies, infectious paralysis, bee stings, syphilitic arthritis, trichomonas colpitis, bacterial dysentery, and various kidney and liver diseases. Purslane is also used as an antitoxic agent for the bites of various poisonous insects and snakes. In addition, the plant has a mild diuretic effect and will cause bradycardia. Purslane extract has a norepinephrine-like effect on blood vessels.
