Useful and medicinal properties of the evading peony( root of the root)
Perennial herbaceous plant from the family of buttercup, with a large fleshy root. Leaves thrice scattered, regular. Flowers single, large, purple-pink. Blooms in May-July. Fruit is a multi-seed leaflet with 3-5 seeds.
Grows mainly in the forest zone from Priamurye to Yakutia and Transbaikalia. Especially a lot of it in the Altai and Sayans. It is planted as an ornamental and floral plant in private plots, parks.
Medicinal raw materials are roots, grass. Roots contain an essential oil( up to 1.8%), which includes salicylic and benzoic acids, peonol, methylsali-citrate, glycoside salicin, up to 10% sugar, a few alkaloids, proteins, tannins, etc. Analysis of the ash showed thatit contains iron, strontium, lead, antimony, chromium, copper, cobalt, nickel, bismuth, molybdenum, tungsten, titanium, sodium, calcium, barium, etc.
Tests have established that tincture of the plant gives a positive effect in the treatment of various lesions of the centralnervous system. In this case, sleep and vegetative-vascular functions are adjusted, the pathologically increased muscle tone decreases. The drug also has beneficial effects on patients with schizophrenia.
In scientific medicine, aqueous and alcoholic root extracts are recommended for gastrointestinal diseases( the extract causes a slight increase in acidity).Tincture of the roots is prescribed for neuroses of the cardiovascular system, insomnia and increased nervous excitability - up to 30 drops per reception 3-4 times a day.
In folk medicine, roots( "root-roots") are used against colic in case of stomach disease, including ulcer, gastritis, diarrhea, bleeding, liver cancer, stomach, erosion and uterine cancer, in other diseases of the liver, hemorrhoids, malaria,brain concussions, headaches. Infusion of herbs is recommended for paralysis, epilepsy and other nervous diseases.
In China, the peony root is an integral part of antitumor agents.
Application of
Infusion of roots: 1 teaspoon of dried roots pour 2 cups of boiling water, insist 30 minutes and take 1 tbsp.spoon 3 times a day for 10-15 minutes before meals.
Infusion of roots washing head to enhance hair growth. With gastritis and uterine bleeding recommend infusion of seeds.
In China, the peony root in the form of a tincture at 70 ° alcohol is taken 10-30 drops 3-4 times daily before meals.
In the past it was widely used in Western European medicine for epilepsy, gout and spasm of different etiologies.
Internal use of a peony as a poisonous plant requires caution and proper dosage.
In Siberia, the roots are used as a seasoning for meat dishes.
Tincture of 10% on 70 ° alcohol: 20-25 drops per reception for nervous diseases, insomnia, to improve appetite, with catarrh with low acidity, stomach ulcer, etc.
Peony roots( in small doses) increase the tone of musclethe walls of the uterus, excite menstruation and can
cause abortion, increase intestinal motility, act as an antispastic in whooping cough, asthma, as a sedative-with neurotic conditions.