Hornwort submerged
Hornwort submerged is one of the plants of the family called hornworts; in Latin the name of this plant will be as follows: Ceratophyllum demersum L.
As for the name of the submerged hornwort family itself, in Latin it will be like this: Ceratophyllaceae.
Description of hornwort submerged
Hornwort submerged is a perennial dark green plant, which in the upper part will be endowed with highly branched stems. The leaves of this plant, four to twelve pieces each, will be in whorls, with each leaf being dissected into two to four linear segments, which in turn will be jagged along the edge and cartilaginous at the very top, and the length of such segments will be approximately one and a half to two centimeters. The fruits of submerged hornwort are oval in shape, their length is about four to five millimeters, such fruits will be equipped with three spines, while the apical one will be almost twice as long as the fruit. Two spines, which are located at the very base, are deflected downwards; they can be either equal to the fruit itself or slightly shorter than it.
The flowering of submerged hornwort occurs in the summer. Under natural conditions, this plant is found in the territory of Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Western and Eastern Siberia, as well as all regions of the European part of Russia, with the exception of only the north of the Karelo-Murmansk region. To grow, this plant prefers thickets, lakes, oxbow lakes and ponds in slowly flowing waters.
Description of the medicinal properties of hornwort
Hornwort submerged is endowed with very valuable healing properties, and it is recommended to use this entire plant for medicinal purposes.
As for traditional medicine, hornwort has become quite widespread. This plant is used as an antimalarial and antipyretic, and is also used for scorpion stings and jaundice. An aqueous extract of this plant is used for hypertension. It is noteworthy that submerged hornwort is a phytoncide and will have a detrimental effect on blue-green algae. In addition, this plant turns out to be suitable for green fertilization of ponds.
It is worth noting that the stem of this plant provides food for fish, waterfowl and many animals. This plant can be used for polishing work, which is due to its silica content in quite large quantities.
For bloody vomiting in China, a powder made from about three to six grams of dry herb is used. To prepare such a very effective healing remedy based on this plant, you will need to take the whole hornwort immersed and then rinse the plant very well in water, then leave it to dry in the shade or in the oven. After this, you should grind the resulting mixture into powder, then you should prepare pills, which will require mixing the powder with water and honey. Take the resulting healing remedy based on hornwort immersed for chronic inflammation of the trachea two to three times a day, two and a half to three and a half grams. It should be noted that such a medicine based on hornwort immersed in large quantities can be used for diarrhea. It is important to note that you should strictly follow all the rules for preparing and taking this remedy: in this case, the positive effect will be noticeable quite quickly, depending on the intensity of the disease.
