Useful and medicinal properties of the medicinal blackcorn
A biennial serum-sprouted plant 40-100 cm tall, with an unpleasant mouse odor that disappears when it dries. Root stem, vertical, unbranched, up to 1-2.5 cm in diameter. Stems single, less often 2-3, furrowed, in the upper part strongly branched, soft-haired. Leaves prijanatoopushennye, from below almost felt;basal - oblong-lanceolate, turning into petioles;stem leaves decrease upward, lanceolate, acute;the lower ones are petiolate, the middle and upper are sessile. Inflorescence paniculate, consisting of several curls. Flowers are five-membered. Corolla funnel-shaped, dirty-dark red,
sometimes red-blue, rarely white, with five-bladed limb. Stamens 5, located in the corolla tube. Pestle with upper four-lobed, four-cavity ovary. The fruit consists of four nuts. Blossoms in May-June, in northern regions - in July-August.
In Russia - a widespread weed plant. It occurs along roads, near habitation, on vacant lots and on meadows in all areas.
Medicinal raw materials are the roots excavated in August-September, and the leaves collected during flowering. Raw materials consist of long, narrow leaves with or without petioles. Its color is grayish-green;odor peculiar;taste astringent.
In the past, blacklegs were used in medical practice as a means of soothing pain and relieving convulsions. The alkaloid cynoglossin has a kura-reperate effect, but, being a strong poison, has not found application.
There are indications that rats and mice do not tolerate the smell of this plant;collected in the autumn radical leaves and stems with seeds, laid in the cellar, where potatoes are stored, etc., have a beneficial effect on protecting it from rats. Rodents disappeared from these cellars, ceased to bite the wooden walls and dig holes in the ground. It is recommended to sow this plant near apiaries, and in the autumn, roots and stems with leaves should be scattered in the omshanika so that the mice do not penetrate into the hives. Chernokoren is planted in orchards to protect trees and flower beds from mice.
The roots and seeds of the plant contain alkaloids cynoglossene, glucoalkaloid cansolidin, inulin, tar, bitterness, essential and fatty oils.
In folk medicine it is used as a gastric remedy, with lung diseases, as a soothing, analgesic, expectorant, as well as with convulsions, hemoptysis, coughing, diarrhea, as lotions - with burns, snake bites.
Ointment in the form of ointments or lotions - with boils, snake bites and rabid dogs( if there is no possibility for
to provide emergency medical assistance), while using crushed roots or leaves. They also use black-rooted for burns, joint pain, rheumatism, and aches in bones, in this case the root powder is mixed with fat and rubs the sore spots. Tincture on vodka is flooded with wounds and drops are taken with internal diseases.
Application of
Decoction of the root or leaves: 5 g per 200 ml;on a half of a spoon 3 times a day.
Tincture 10%: 5-10 drops 3 times a day. Fresh juice is used in the same way as tincture. With pains in joints and cancer, the root is insisted on wine( 100 g of root per 500 ml of wine) for 5 days. Drink 30 ml 3 times a day.