Silene nutans L.
Silene nutans L. is a member of the Caryophyllaceae family. Its Latin name is Caryophyllaceae Juss.
Description of Silene nutans
Silene nutans L. is known by many common names: drooping campion, wood sorrel, father’s campion, mosquito, weeping campion, tooth-herb, white campion, blind campion, and white campion. Silene nutans L. is a perennial herbaceous dioecious plant with a fluffy, drooping, glandular-sticky stem, which reaches a height of between thirty and sixty centimeters. The basal leaves of this plant are spatulate and arranged in a rosette, while the stem leaves are pointed and linear-lanceolate. The flowers of the drooping campion are drooping and creamy-white, with petals gathered in a single panicle and notched at the apex. The fruit of this plant is an oval-conical capsule.
The flowering period of the drooping campion begins in May and ends in August. In the wild, this plant is found in Belarus, the Caucasus, Altai, Ukraine, and many regions of European Russia. The drooping campion prefers sparse forests.
Description of the medicinal properties of the drooping campion
The drooping campion has very valuable medicinal properties, and it is recommended to use the herb of this plant for medicinal purposes. The herb includes the leaves, stems, and flowers. This medicinal plant should be harvested between June and July.
The presence of such valuable medicinal properties can be attributed to the saponin triterpene nutanoside found in the roots of this plant, while the herb contains saponins and the following flavonoids: homoorientin, vitexen, orientin, vicenin, and isovitexin.
This plant has very effective hemostatic, analgesic, antitoxic, and anti-inflammatory properties. An infusion prepared from the herb of the drooping campion is indicated for depression. A decoction of this herb should also be used as a gargle for toothache.
As for external use, a strong aqueous infusion prepared on the basis of drooping gum is indicated for use in the form of washes and lotions for various inflammatory processes, including erysipelas.
In the form of compresses, washes and lotions for various inflammatory processes, it is recommended to use the following very effective medicinal remedy based on this plant: to prepare such a medicinal product, you will need to take two teaspoons of the herb Resinum drooping in one full glass of boiling water. The resulting mixture should first be left to infuse for about two hours, after which this mixture based on this plant must be filtered very carefully. In addition to use in the form of lotions, washes and compresses, such a medicine based on resin drooping is quite acceptable to take one tablespoon three to four times a day for various inflammatory processes. Provided that it is used correctly, such a healing remedy based on drooping gum will prove to be very effective, and a positive result will be noticeable quite quickly.
Smolevka drooping smoleva
