Sapozhnikovia splayed
Sapozhnikova prostrate is one of the plants of the family called Umbellaceae; in Latin the name of this plant would be as follows:
Saposhnikovia divaricata (Turcz.) Schischk. (Ledeburiella divaricata (Turcz.) Hiroe. (Siler divaricatum (Turcz.) Bonth. et Hiok., fil. Ledebouriella seseloides auct., non Wolff.) As for the name of the cobbler’s splayed family itself, in Latin it will be: Apiaceae Lindl. (Umbelliferae Juss.).
Description of shoemaker’s splayed
Sapozhnikova prostrata is a perennial herbaceous bushy plant, the height of which will fluctuate between thirty and eighty centimeters. The stem of such a plant will be highly branched from the very base, and the root will be quite long and vertical, but the main umbrella on the splayed shoemaker cannot be distinguished. The leaves of this plant will be double-pinnate and they are endowed with wedge-shaped lobules, the ovary, in turn, is covered with transverse outgrowths, which will almost completely disappear on already mature fruits. The entire plant is painted in pale green tones.
Flowering of cobbler’s plant occurs during the period from July to August. Under natural conditions, this plant is found in the Daursky region of Eastern Siberia, as well as in the Amur region and Primorye in the Far East. For the growth of shoemaker’s grass, it prefers fallow lands, places among thickets of bushes, edges, steppe, dry and open slopes.
Description of the medicinal properties of cobbler’s plant
Sapozhnikova prostrata is endowed with very valuable healing properties, and it is recommended to use the fruits, roots and herbs of this plant for medicinal purposes. The concept of grass includes stems, leaves and flowers.
The presence of such valuable healing properties should be explained by the content in the roots of this plant of chromones, triterpenoids cimifugin and 0-glycosyl cimifugin, steroids beta-D-glycoside beta-sitosterol and beta-sitosterol, as well as the following coumarins: imperatorin, anomaly, scopoletin, psaralen, deltoin, bergapten, fellopterin and xanthotoxin. The aerial part of cobbler’s plant will contain alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins, coumarins and essential oil, while the fruit contains flavonoids and coumarins.
In Mongolian folk medicine, cobbler’s plant is used as a very effective antipyretic and wound-healing agent. Chinese medicine uses powder based on this plant to treat leprosy as part of medicinal mixtures, and locally in the form of an application such powder is used for tumors.
As part of multicomponent mixtures, the roots and stems of cobbler’s plant are used as analgesics, expectorants, antipyretics and diaphoretics. A decoction and infusion prepared from the roots and stems of this plant are indicated for use in diarrhea, rheumatism, various liver diseases, anemia, hypertension, paralysis, nephritis, flatulence and chicken pox. Locally, such drugs should be used for conjunctivitis.
Tibetan medicine uses a decoction and infusion prepared from the fruits of this plant for chronic gastroenterocolitis, and also uses it as an anthelmintic. Mongolian medicine uses similar medicines to increase appetite and use them as general tonics. In addition, in Mongolia, the fruits of cobbler’s plant are also used as a rather spicy seasoning for various meat dishes.
