Gravilat Urban (plant) - Useful Properties And Use Of The Herb Gravilat. River Gravilata, Perennial, Chilean. Gravilata Root And Flowers

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Gravilat city

Useful properties and application of gravilat

Botanical characteristics of the city gravilat

Gravilat urban is a perennial herb of the Rosaceae family. The dark colored stem can reach 130 cm in length (stem length depends on environmental conditions).

A characteristic feature of this medicinal plant is the presence of a thick rhizome, painted in a bright brown color. Basal leaves grow together at the base of the plant and form a rosette. Single, rather large in size flowers are painted in a light yellow color. The fruit is a spherical multi-root (pubescent). The flowering time of the city's gravilat falls on the period from May to October.

The natural area of distribution of urban gravity is the European part of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Western Siberia and Central Asia. This medicinal plant grows almost everywhere.

Useful properties of gravilat

Both the aboveground and underground parts of the medicinal plant have healing properties. Harvesting of medicinal raw materials occurs at the beginning of flowering (this is the end of May). The rhizomes are dried in the air, the aerial part is dried in a ventilated room protected from direct sunlight.

In its chemical composition, urban gravilat contains tannins and bitter substances, essential oil, resin, glycoside and starch. The healing infusion and decoction of gravilat have a pronounced restorative, tonic, diaphoretic, expectorant, hemostatic, anti-inflammatory, wound-healing, antiseptic and astringent effect.

Application of gravilat

In contrast to traditional, folk medicine, all the therapeutic actions that the infusion and decoction of urban gravilate have for all kinds of diseases of various organs and organ systems were appreciated.

Flowers of city gravilata are used for diseases of viral etiology, kidney disease, vitamin deficiency and various gastrointestinal diseases (colitis, vomiting, flatulence, intestinal colic).

The aerial part is used for coughs, diarrhea, colitis, gastritis, cholecystitis and malaria. In the form of a powder, medicinal raw materials are used locally as a wound-healing agent.

The underground part (rhizome) is used for dry, barking coughs, kidney and liver diseases, various diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, such as gastritis, colitis, flatulence.

Infusion of urban gravilata: 10 g of crushed medicinal raw material is placed in a thermos and 200 ml of boiling water is poured. The remedy is insisted for two hours, after which the infusion is applied orally 1/4 cup 3 times a day.

Decoction of urban gravilate (aboveground part): 250 ml of boiling water is poured over 20 g of medicinal raw material and placed in a boiling water bath for 30 minutes. The resulting broth is cooled, filtered and used 1 tablespoon (15 ml) 3 times a day.

A decoction of urban gravilate (underground part): 15 g of crushed medicinal raw materials are poured into 200 ml of boiling water and placed in a boiling water bath for 30 minutes. The resulting broth is cooled and filtered into a clean container. Apply the product in a warm form, 1 tablespoon (15 ml) 3-4 times a day.

River gravilat

River gravilat is a perennial herb of the Rosaceae family. The erect pubescent stem can reach a height of 75 cm. A characteristic feature of the medicinal plant is the presence of a brown creeping root. The flowers are bells (drooping), the calyx is red-brown, the corolla is light yellow or light pink. The fruit is a composite achene with a hook at the end. The river gravilat blooms from May to June, the fruits ripen in July-August.

The natural area of the river gravilata is the European part of Russia (northern and middle regions), eastern and western regions of Siberia, the Caucasus. The place of growth is moist, slightly acidic soils, marshlands, the shores of lakes, rivers and reservoirs.

Medicinal raw materials are both the aboveground part of the plant (flowers and grass) and the underground part (root). In its chemical composition, the river gravilate root contains tannides, carbohydrates, resins, starch, tannins and bitter substances, glycoside, organic acids and essential oils (clove oil). A high concentration of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) and carotene was found in fresh leaves of the medicinal plant.

Due to the unique chemical composition, river gravilate has found wide application in folk medicine. Healing infusions and decoctions, as well as dry powder from the root of a medicinal plant, have properties such as anti-inflammatory, wound-healing, hemostatic, antiseptic, antimicrobial, tonic, antacid, diaphoretic and anthelmintic.

The use of medicinal infusion and decoction of river gravilate is indicated for diseases such as hemorrhoidal and uterine bleeding, allergies, malaria, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (accompanied by high acidity), inflammatory diseases of the kidneys, gall bladder, nervous disorders, rheumatism.

Outwardly, a decoction of gravilat is used in dentistry for stomatitis, laryngitis and periodontal disease.

Powder of the crushed root of river gravilate is used for ulcers of various etiology and purulent wounds.

Infusion of river gravilata herb: to prepare the infusion, 400 ml of boiling water is poured into 1 tablespoon of medicinal raw material and left for 2 hours, after which it is filtered and taken warm 3 times a day, 1/3 cup.

Infusion of river gravilate root (option No. 1): to prepare the infusion, 2 teaspoons of the crushed root are poured in 200 ml of boiling water and infused for 1 hour in a sealed container, then filtered and taken 1 tablespoon (15 ml) 3 times a day.

Infusion of river gravilate root (option No. 2): to prepare the infusion, 2 teaspoons of the crushed root are poured with 100 ml of boiling water and left for 1 hour in a tightly sealed container, after which the resulting infusion is filtered and taken 1 tablespoon 3 times a day before meals.

Decoction of river gravilate root (option No. 1): to prepare the decoction, 2 tablespoons of the crushed root are poured with 400 ml of boiling water, placed in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes, then cooled for 1 hour (without removing from the water bath). The resulting broth is filtered and applied topically for inflammatory diseases of the oral cavity, as well as for joint and muscle pain.

Decoction of river gravilate root (option No. 2): 6 g of dry medicinal raw material is poured into 400 ml of boiling water, and then placed in a boiling water bath for 30 minutes. The broth is filtered (hot) into a clean container and the resulting volume of the broth is brought to 400 ml with purified water. The tool is taken 3 times a day, 2-3 tablespoons.

Powder of river gravilate root: put the dry root of the crushed medicinal raw material in a wooden mortar and thoroughly grind it. It is taken orally 0.1 g 3 times a day.

Perennial gravilat

Perennial gravilat is a perennial herb of the Rosaceae family. A characteristic feature of perennial gravilat is the presence of a creeping root, colored brown-red.

The erect pubescent stem reaches a height of 50 cm (depending on environmental conditions). Stem leaves are three- and five-lobed. Flowers are single, large, light yellow in color. The flowering period of perennial gravilata is May-June. The fruit is a composite achene, the seeds end with a small crochet.

The natural area of perennial gravilata is the European part of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and the territory of Western Siberia.

Medicinal raw materials are both the aboveground part of the plant (stem, flowers) and its underground part (root with rhizome). Young leaves of perennial gravilat contain ascorbic acid, carotene and tannins. The roots and rhizomes of the medicinal plant contain in their chemical composition glycoside, tannins, bitter substances, essential oil, starch and resins.

Perennial gravilat has a number of medicinal properties, which are used with great success in folk medicine. Medicinal infusions and decoctions have anti-inflammatory, hemostatic, wound-healing, analgesic, astringent and antiseptic effects.

Chilean gravilat

Chilean gravilat is a perennial herb of the Rosaceae family. The erect stem reaches a height of 60 cm. A characteristic feature of the Chilean gravilata is the presence of bright red, almost scarlet flowers with a diameter of about 3 cm. The flowers are collected in a paniculate inflorescence. Leaves are pinnate, collected in a basal rosette. Chilean gravilat blooms from late June to mid-August.

The natural area of the Chilean gravilata is South America (Chile).

This medicinal plant has long been used in traditional medicine by the Indians living in Chile.

Healing infusions and decoctions have an analgesic, anti-inflammatory and tonic effect. They are used for toothache, inflammatory diseases of the genitourinary system (including prostatitis in men and menstrual irregularities in women) and in inflammatory processes of the gastrointestinal tract.

Gravilat red

Red gravilat is a perennial herb of the Rosaceae family. Erect pubescent stem can reach a height of 30 cm. The flowers are large, up to 3-4 cm in diameter, can be colored from yellow-orange to red. Collected flowers in few-flowered inflorescences. Red gravilat blooms from late May to late June.

Natural area - Greece, Asia Minor, the Balkans and the Caucasus.

Gravilat red is rarely found in nature. Infusions and decoctions from this plant do not have any healing properties, therefore they are not used in medicine (traditional and folk). Gravilat red today is an unpretentious garden form.

Terry gravilat

Terry gravilat is a perennial herb. The pubescent stem reaches a height of 60 cm. Single double flowers can be colored golden yellow or bright red (scarlet). Terry gravilat blooms from June to August.

Infusions and decoctions of terry gravilate do not have any therapeutic effect, therefore they are planted exclusively for decorative purposes.

Gravilata root

The root of gravilata has a number of medicinal properties, which are successfully used in folk medicine. You can harvest medicinal raw materials twice a year - either in late autumn or early spring. The root is cleaned, cut into small pieces and dried at 45 ° C in a ventilated room.

In its composition, the root of gravilate contains a number of useful substances, such as essential oils, resins, bitter substances, tannins, glycoside.

The use of infusion and decoction of gravilat root has anti-inflammatory, hemostatic, expectorant, choleretic, antiemetic, wound healing, analgesic and antitumor effects.

Reception of gravilat root is indicated for such diseases as diarrhea, vomiting, flatulence, dysentery, gastritis (with low acidity), uterine and hemorrhoidal bleeding, biliary dyskinesia, bronchitis, bronchial asthma.

Gravilata flowers

Gravilat is a perennial plant of the Rosaceae family. In total, there are 50 types of gravilata in nature, which grow on different continents and, accordingly, in different climatic conditions. One of the characteristic differences of one type of gravilata from another is the shape and color of the flower.

Depending on the type of gravilat, the flowers can be colored white, pink, yellow and red. The petals can be either wide open or collected in a bell (drooping). Flowers can be either single or collected in paniculate or umbellate inflorescences (from 3 to 10 pieces). There is a variety of hybrid gravilata, which was obtained by crossing the red gravilata and Chilean gravilata.

Growing gravilat

Gravilat is a perennial herb that is unpretentious to environmental conditions. It blooms, as a rule, from May to July. A number of gravilata species can bloom throughout the summer period from June to August (hybrids).

For the best growth of the gravilat, a well-lit place is best suited, but light partial shade is also allowed. Despite the fact that the plant is frost-resistant, it is best to cover the bushes of the plant for the winter period, especially for hybrid gravilat species.

The plant is rarely exposed to various diseases and attacks from insects. Perennial gravilat loves abundant watering, but the plant should not be overfilled. The river gravilat feels great in wetlands, therefore it can be planted in areas with high humidity (pond, artificial reservoir).

During flowering, gravilat requires the timely removal of dried flowers.

Seeds are sown in early spring, and ready-made seedlings in late April (the beginning of the warm season).

Reproduction of the plant is carried out either by seeds (in the spring), or by dividing the bushes (in the spring and autumn).

Contraindications to the use of gravilat

To date, no contraindications to the use of gravilat have been identified. However, it should be borne in mind that drugs based on it can promote blood clotting, therefore, their long-term use is highly discouraged for people suffering from increased thrombus formation. You should also take gravilat-based drugs with caution in patients with low blood pressure and prone to constipation.

The author of the article: Sokolova Nina Vladimirovna | Phytotherapist

Education: Diploma in "General Medicine" and "Therapy" received at the Pirogov University (2005 and 2006). Advanced training at the Department of Phytotherapy at the Peoples' Friendship University of Moscow (2008).