Cotinus cotinus
Cotinus coggigria Scop. is a member of the sumac family. Its Latin name is Cotinus coggigria Scop.
The family name of the cotinus cotinus is Anacordiaceae Lindl.
Description of the Cotinus cotinus
Cotinus cotinus is a fairly large shrub with long-petioled, bare leaves. These leaves lack stipules and are oval in shape, pinnately pinnate, obtuse at the apex, and entire. The leaves are dark green above and slightly pubescent below. By the end of summer, these leaves will have a purple hue. The flowers are greenish-white and borne in terminal panicles. The smoke tree blooms at the very beginning of summer. In the wild, this plant is found in the valleys of the Seversky Donets, Dniester, and Southern Bug rivers, as well as in the Caucasus, the mountains of Crimea, and Ukraine. Smoke tree prefers clearings, open slopes, forest edges, and roadside plantings.
Description of the medicinal properties of smoke tree
Smoke tree possesses valuable medicinal properties, and its leaves are recommended for medicinal purposes. These valuable medicinal properties are attributed to the essential oil, gallic acid, tannin, and flavonoid glycosides found in the leaves.
It should be noted that gallic acid and tannin are industrially extracted from the raw leaves of this plant. Smoke tree leaves are used as anti-inflammatory and astringent agents in the form of infusions and teas. Tannin is used as a wound-healing, astringent, and anti-inflammatory agent. Externally, this beneficial substance is applied as an ointment to treat cracks, bedsores, burns, ulcers, and various inflammatory conditions of the nose, mouth, and larynx.
For diarrhea, it is recommended to use the following very effective medicinal remedy based on this plant: to prepare such a medicinal remedy, you will need to take one teaspoon of dry crushed leaves of mackerel tannery for about one full glass of boiling water. The resulting healing mixture should first be left to infuse for about one hour, after which this mixture based on mackerel must be filtered very carefully. Take the resulting medicine based on this plant three to four times a day before meals, one tablespoon.
For fevers, it is recommended to use the following very effective medicine based on this plant: to prepare such a healing remedy, you will need to take one teaspoon of dry crushed mackerel bark per about two hundred milliliters of boiling water. Then such a medicinal mixture based on this plant should be left to infuse for one hour, after which the mixture must be filtered very carefully. Take this healing remedy warm three times a day before meals, one-third or one-fourth of a glass for various fevers.
It should be noted that the product of tannins from the leaves of this plant with protein is indicated for use as an anti-inflammatory and astringent for various chronic and acute diseases. The sum of flavonoids from the leaves of Mackerel is used as a choleretic agent for diseases of the biliary tract and liver.
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