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Eryngium planum.

Other names: flat eryngium, blue thorn.

Description. Perennial herbaceous plant family Umbrella (Apiaceae) 30-90 cm high. It has a straight tap root. The stem at the top is bluish and branched.
The leaves are leathery, with spiny teeth along the edge. Lower leaves petiolate, oval, entire, up to 15 cm long. The leaves, which are in the middle part of the stem, are indistinctly lobed, on shorter petioles. The upper leaves are palmate with 3-5 lobes, sessile.
The flowers are collected in dense ovoid heads (up to 2 cm long). Petals are bluish. Wrapper leaves with spiny teeth. Blooms in June - July. Begins to bloom in the second year of life. The fruit is an ovoid two-seeded seed covered with scales.
Fruit ripening in August. It grows in clearings, meadows, forest edges, on sand, along river banks, along roads. Distributed in the European part of Russia, the south Western Siberia, in the North Caucasus, in Ukraine. Propagated by seeds.

Collection and preparation of raw materials. For medicinal purposes, the grass and roots of Eryngium flatifolia are used and harvested. The grass is harvested during flowering. The roots are dug up in the fall or in early spring. The collected grass is cut into pieces and air-dried in the shade. The shelf life of dried herbs is 2 years. The dug up roots are cleared of soil, cut in half and air dried. You can do it in a well-ventilated room. The shelf life of dried roots is 3 years.
Composition of the plant. The herb Eryngium flatifolia contains essential oil, phenol carbon compounds, malic, citric, oxalic, malonic, glycolic acids, tannids, triterpene saponins, flavonoids, polysaccharides, fructose, sucrose, ascorbic acid.

Useful properties, application, treatment.
Preparations of eryngium flatifolia have diuretic, expectorant, antispasmodic, analgesic, sedative, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, and antitoxic properties.
IN folk medicine Eryngium flatifolia is used as a diuretic for dropsy, as a sedative and expectorant for coughs, bronchitis, whooping cough, as an antispasmodic for pain in the stomach, heart and bronchial asthma.
As a sedative - for insomnia, nightmares, anxiety, fear in children, cardioneurosis, nervous excitement, epilepsy. Externally, in the form of rinses, an infusion of the herb is indicated for inflammatory diseases of the oral cavity and toothache, and baths with a decoction are indicated for arthritis and phytodermatoses.
The antitoxic property of eryngium flatifolia is used to remove toxins from mushroom poisoning.

Dosage forms and doses.
Infusion of the herb eryngium flatifolia. 2-3 teaspoons of dry crushed eryngium flatifolia herb are poured with two glasses (400 ml) of boiling water, left for 20 minutes, filtered. 30 minutes before meals, take half a glass 4 rubles. in a day. To prepare an infusion for rinsing, pour 2 tablespoons of chopped herbs into two glasses (400 ml) of boiling water, leave for 20 minutes, filter.
Decoction for baths. 200 g of dry crushed eryngium flatifolia herb (roots can be used) are simmered over low heat for 7-10 minutes in 2.5-3 liters of water. The broth is filtered and added to the bath.
Contraindications. You should not take preparations of eryngium flatifolia during pregnancy and lactation, with severe hypertension, during menstruation (this plant increases menstruation).

Eryngium flatifolia- Eryngium planum L.

It grows wildly in the European part of the country, in the Caucasus, in Western Siberia, Central Asia, Central and Southern Europe, Northern China.

Perennial herbaceous plant up to 100 cm tall. The stems in the upper part are branched and bluish. The leaves are hard, thin, leathery, the upper stems are three to five-parted. The flowers are blue or dark blue, collected in a capitate inflorescence of an ovoid shape up to 2 cm in diameter. The involucre leaves are blue, linear, subulate-toothed. It blooms in July for 35-40 days, bears fruit in August. The fruit is two-seeded. The seeds are covered with scales on the sides. In culture since 1576.

In GBS Moscow, the seeds were collected in 1947 in the Podolsk district of the Moscow region, on the bank of the river. Gums. Grows from IV to IX. Blooms from VI to VII. Seeds VIII to IX. It blooms and bears fruit profusely every year. High 80 cm. Blooms in the 2nd year.

In general, the plant is lean, with leathery leaves and hard bristles-spines, located in all convenient places: along the edges of leaves, wrappers and even on the teeth of the flower calyx. The upper part of the stem, along with the inflorescences, seemed to be dipped in blue ink with a metallic tint. Other species of eryngium, in principle, correspond to this description, differing, in addition to size, only in the shape of basal leaves, involucres and color. However, in flat-leaved plants the blue color is also a variable feature. Wandering through dry meadows and clearings, where it grows in abundance, you can find both very pale specimens and very bright ones. Numerous varieties mentioned in catalogs often differ only in this.

Of the pale ones, the best is considered " Beslehem" ("Bethlehem"), tall and powerful, burdened with numerous weighty inflorescences. During their tests, the British calculated that there were up to 67 heads per stem. Among the bright ones, for example, " Blaukappe" ("Blaukappe") or " Blue Cup" ("Blue Cap"), " Fluela"("Fluela"), a powerful tetraploid" Tetra Petra"("Tetra Petra"), reaching a height of 120 cm." Blauer the Beast"("Blauer Zwerg"), seen on our market, is compact and relatively low, up to 60 cm, with blue flowers and involucres. It is possible that a completely dwarf one will appear, up to 30 cm, with leaves like teaspoons" Blue Hobbit"("BlueHobbit"), whose seeds are actively advertised in English catalogues. There is a curious variety " Blue Ribbon"("Blue Ribbon") with "sprouted" heads: small ones emerge from the large main ones.

Common eryngium(E. campestre). This typical inhabitant of the steppes and wastelands of the chernozem zone is clearly distinguished from the flat-leaved one by its strongly dissected basal leaves and the complete absence of blue coloring. It is notable only for the fact that it produces an extremely harmful and prickly tumbleweed.

Photo on the left EDSR.
Photo on the right of Zakutnaya Natalia

Eryngium (Eryngium) - perennial, less often bi- and annual herbaceous plants belong to the celery or umbelliferous family. Stems are from 40 to 150 cm tall, branched at the top. The leaves are leathery, entire or doubly pinnately dissected, round, ovate, triangular or lanceolate, rarely linear, usually spiny-toothed along the edge. The basal and lower stem leaves are petiolate, the upper leaves are sessile. Blooms in late summer, July-August. Blueheads are light-loving, drought-resistant and winter-hardy. They are beautifully flowering and decorative foliage plants; due to their unpretentious cultivation, they are widely used in landscaping.
Eryngium is used to decorate flower beds and mixborders. Their inflorescences are often used to make dry bouquets. Eryngiums planted in large groups 7-10 plants each provide an excellent background for shorter plants, especially those with pink, yellow or orange flowers. Partner plants are cereals, Echinops, coreopsis. In France, the roots of eryngium are eaten.

Types and varieties of eryngium

About 250 species of plants are known to grow wild in tropical, subtropical and temperate latitudes globe, with the exception of East Asia And South America. Several main species are grown in culture:

Field eryngium (Eryngium campestre L.)

Eryngium planum

Alpine eryngium (Eryngium alpinum)

Burg's eryngium (Eryngium bourgatii)

Giant eryngium (Eryngium giganteum)

Field eryngium (Eryngium campestre L.) is a perennial, prickly, grayish-green herbaceous plant of the umbrella family (Apiaceae). It has many popular names - scourge of God, weeds, Adam's head, thorn, marea, Nikolayek grass, Nikolai, Nikolaychiki, tumbleweed, panic grass, panic grass, quail grass, pokatun, rolling grass, stoglav grass, tartar grass, thistle.

The root is spindle-shaped, long. The stems are erect, 30-60 cm high, highly branched from the base, often acquiring a spherical shape. The leaves of the field eryngium are leathery, the lower ones are petiolate, the upper ones are sessile, tripartite, with deeply pinnate segments, spiny-toothed along the edges.

The flowers are whitish, collected in compact umbels (heads), at the base with an involucre of spiny linear-lanceolate leaves. The fruits are ellipsoidal two-seeded seeds, covered with short spines along the ribs.

Field eryngium blooms in July - August.
The field eryngium is found in the south of European Russia and the Caucasus. It grows in forb and forb-feather grass steppes, on dry slopes, sometimes as a weed along the edges of fields and forest plantations.

Eryngium planum - blue thistle, calm grass - perennial herbaceous plant 30-60 cm high with a taproot. The flat-leaved eryngium is found in the southern regions of the European part and Western Siberia, in Kazakhstan and Central Asia. It grows in the steppes, in dry meadows, clearings, near roads, along the banks of forest-steppe rivers.

The stem of eryngium is erect, branched in the upper part, bluish, bare, warty. The leaves are harsh, spiny-toothed, basal - on long petioles, oval, entire, stem - sessile, stem-embracing, three to five-parted. The inflorescence of eryngium flatifolia is a corymbose panicle. The flower heads are ovoid, surrounded by a wrapper of 6 - 7 narrow-lanceolate, pointed, spiny leaves. The petals of the corolla are blue and small. The eryngium blooms in June - July.

Alpine eryngium - Eryngium alpinum L. - perennial up to 70 cm tall with erect, bare, ribbed stems, branched at the top. The basal leaves are heart-shaped or rounded-cordate, jagged along the edge, on long petioles; stem - wedge-shaped-triangular, palmately dissected, finely toothed, glabrous, half covering the stem.

The flowers are blue, each flower is located in the axil of a separate bract. The inflorescence is dense, capitate, oblong cylindrical. The involucre leaves, numbering 10-20, are curved upward, forming a bowl-like shape, deeply dissected, pointed at the ends, spiny, bluish. The involucre is slightly larger than the inflorescence.

The fruit is an obovate two-seeded seed. Known in culture since 1560. Magnificent dried flower. Homeland - mountains of eastern France, western Yugoslavia and of Eastern Europe, found in the European part of Russia.

Varieties of alpine eryngium differ in the shades and splendor of their “collars”. In the Amethyst variety they are lilac, in Blue Star they are blue, in BlueJackpot they are also blue, but very large, in Superbum and Slieve Donard they are exceptionally lush. The Opal variety, whose wrapper leaves are silvery-lilac in color, has become widespread.

Giant eryngium

Giant eryngium (Eryngium giganteum) Biennial plant up to 150 cm high. The leaves are leathery, with spiny teeth along the edge. The flowers are whitish, collected in oblong capitate inflorescences. The involucre leaves are silver-gray with a metallic sheen during flowering. Blooms in July-August. Gives self-seeding.

Burg's eryngium

Burg's eryngium (Eryngium bourgatii) is native to the alpine meadows of the mountains of Southern Europe. Taproot perennial 60-70 cm high. Grows from late April to October. Blooms in July, fruits in August. Propagated by seeds, does not tolerate division and transplantation well. Dried flower.

Reproduction of eryngium

It is difficult to propagate eryngium by division, since their roots break and the divisions do not take root well. The bushes are divided in May, while protecting the very fragile roots. Planting is done while maintaining a distance between plants of at least 30-40 cm. Preferable seed propagation. Seeds are sown before winter in open ground. You can sow seedlings in February-March. At a temperature of 18 degrees, seedlings appear on the 20-30th day. Seedlings are transplanted while they are small.
Hybrids, which are usually sterile, are propagated for sale by microcloning, and for those familiar with them, by longitudinal division of powerful roots with several rosettes. Divide in the spring.

Caring for eryngium

For planting, you should choose sunny areas with loose, poor sandy or rocky soils. Most species are undemanding to soil fertility. Tall species need to be tied up.

Use of eryngium in medicine

WITH therapeutic purpose use the roots and grass of eryngium. The roots are harvested in autumn and early spring. The dug up roots are washed, cut into pieces 8-10 cm long and dried at temperatures up to 50 ° C.
The grass is harvested during flowering and dried in attics or under sheds. Eryngium roots contain carbohydrates (glucose, fructose, sucrose), organic acids (malic, citric, glycolic, malonic, oxalic), essential oil (0.09%), triterpene saponins, polyacetylene compounds (falcarinol, falcarinone), phenol-carboxylic acids and their derivatives, coumaria, vitamin C. The herb has a chemical composition close to the roots, only in different ratios. The fruits contain up to 0.76% essential oil with the scent of amber and musk.
Despite some botanical differences, eryngium is used in medicinal infusions and decoctions for almost the same diseases.
The saponins contained in eryngium have anti-inflammatory and antifungal properties, reduce and stop convulsions and colic, have an antitoxic effect, and eliminate blood stagnation in various organs.
The biological activity of erythenia preparations in relation to the prostate is due to the presence of sterols (stigmasterol) in the plant: erythenia preparations are used for sexual weakness (arising from dysfunction of the prostate gland), difficulty urinating (due to prostate hypertrophy), dropsy, and as a diuretic . Mixed with other plants, it is used for prostatitis.
Decoction and infusion of eryngium is used as an expectorant (especially for children), sedative (including for convulsions, eyelid twitching, insomnia, as an expectorant for whooping cough and cough), for ascites, kidney stones, scrofulosis, spasmophilia, headaches, rheumatism and hemorrhoids .
Pseudomonas preparations cause and intensify menstruation, reduce and relieve pain and inflammatory processes, used for itchy dermatosis, liver diseases and peptic ulcer stomach, epilepsy. For toothache, rinse the mouth with the decoction or lubricate the gums with vodka tincture.
In scientific medicine, erythematous decoction is used as an expectorant for coughs of various origins and for whooping cough.

Medicinal preparations from eryngium

1. Infusion of roots. Pour 25 g of crushed eryngium field roots into 0.5 liters of water, boil for ten minutes, leave until cool, strain. Drink during the day 3-4 doses before meals.

2. Herbal infusion. 2 tablespoons of crushed eryngium herb, pour 0.5 liters of boiling water, boil for 10 minutes, leave until cool, strain. Take 50-80 ml 3 times a day before meals.

3. Tincture of eryngium roots in vodka (1:10). Leave for 2 weeks, strain. Take 40 drops 3 times a day half an hour before meals.

4. Juice from fresh grass or roots. Take a tablespoon 3 times a day, mixed with half a glass of water and a teaspoon of honey.

5. Decoction. Pour 10 g of eryngium herb into a glass of water, boil for 5 minutes, strain. Take 1 tablespoon 3-4 times a day before meals.

Psoriasis

Take 25 g of roots per 0.5 liter of water, bring to a boil and simmer gently for 10 minutes, leave for 1 hour, strain. Take 100 ml 4 times a day. It is better to start treatment during the period of remission.
STOMACH ULCER. 2 tablespoons of chopped herbs per 400 ml of water, boil over low heat for 3-4 minutes, leave for 2 hours. Take half a glass 3-4 times a day before meals. The last dose of the decoction is 2-3 hours before bedtime, especially for those patients who have insomnia.

Pulmonary tuberculosis

The juice of the whole plant (roots and grass) is taken 1 tablespoon in half a glass of water with the addition of a small amount of honey 3 times a day. COUGH, WHOOPING COUGH. Pour 2 teaspoons of herbs into 2 cups of boiling water, leave in a warm place for 2 hours, strain. Take half a glass 4 times a day.

Kidney stone disease

1 tablespoon of chopped herb per glass of water, bring to a boil and simmer gently for another 4-5 minutes in a sealed container, leave for 1 hour, strain. Top up boiled water to the previous volume. Take half a glass 3-4 times a day.

Eryngium - contraindications

Eryngium can increase blood pressure, so it is better not to use it if you have hypertension. Women should stop treatment with erythematosus 2-3 days before the start of menstruation, as it dramatically enhances this process, and continue treatment 2-3 days later. It should be remembered that erythematosus is contraindicated during pregnancy (it can cause bleeding and miscarriage).

The genus contains approximately 250 species, which are distributed in temperate, tropical and subtropical latitudes, with the exception of South America and East Asia.

Eryngium is a perennial, less often biennial and annual plant. The stems of eryngium are 40 cm - 1.5 m in height, branched at the top.

The foliage is leathery, pinnately dissected or entire, ovoid, round, triangular or lanceolate, sometimes linear, with spiny-toothed edges.

The eryngium flowers are small, bisexual, blue or blue, each located in the axil of the bract, they are collected in capitate inflorescences, which are surrounded by large, hard, sometimes prickly, pinnate or whole leaves.

Types and varieties

The mountains of France, Eastern Europe and Western Yugoslavia are considered its homeland, and is also found in Russia.

Alpine eryngium is a perennial plant 70 cm in height with bare, erect, stems branched at the top.

The basal foliage is heart-shaped, on long petioles. The flowers of the alpine eryngium are blue, each flower is located in the axil of each bract.

And the inflorescence is capitate, dense, cylindrical in shape.

Varieties of alpine eryngium are distinguished by their shades and luxurious “collars”. In the eryngium variety " Amethyst "they are lilac, from the eryngium variety "Blue Star" - blue, in the variety "Blue Jackpot" also blue, but very large.

IN natural environment grows in Southern and Central Europe.

A perennial plant with spiny, leathery leaves. The flowers of the amethyst eryngium are blue or blue, collected in a spherical or ovoid capitate inflorescence. Wrapper during flowering blue color.

The Caucasus is considered the homeland.

A tall species, reaching a height of 1.5 m. Biennial plant with leathery foliage; the basal foliage is entire, on long petioles, and the stem foliage is sessile, spiny-toothed. The inflorescences of alpine eryngium are large, oblong-obovate.

The flowers are white. The leaves are silvery-grayish with a metallic sheen during the flowering period, which begins in August. Propagates well by self-sowing.

The giant eryngium is like a little ghost lost in the garden. Variety available "Silver Host" . In him best features species - white coloring of vegetative parts, a flat “collar”, the splendor of which is enhanced by long spines, and the number of inflorescences reaches hundreds.

It grows naturally in the Caucasus, Siberia, Northern China and Central Asia.

Perennial plant 1 m tall. In the upper part the stems are branched and bluish. The foliage is hard, thin, leathery. The flowers are blue and blue, collected in an ovoid inflorescence. The involucre leaves are linear, blue, subulate-toothed. Blooms for 40 days in July.

Homeland - Crimea, Baltic states, Western Europe, Western Transcaucasia.

A perennial plant with thick stems of a bluish-gray color. The basal foliage is petiolate, heart-shaped or kidney-shaped, leathery, spiny-toothed.

The flowers are pale blue, collected in spherical inflorescences. The leaves are wide, spiny-toothed, steel-colored.

Location of the eryngium

Prefers sunny places with drained soils.

Soil for eryngium

Any soil is suitable for planting, but better development Rich, moisture-absorbing soils are best.

The flat-leaved eryngium survives well on hard-stone clays, benefiting only in color, which becomes brighter in such Spartans.

Caring for eryngium

In addition to weeding, the plant also needs loosening the soil. In June, all types of eryngium with long stems need to be tied to a support. Most of species of eryngium in Russia are winter-hardy.

Reproduction of eryngium

By dividing the bush, as well as by seeds. It is difficult to propagate eryngium by dividing the bush, because their roots break, which means that the bushes do not take root well.

Bushes are usually divided in May. Plant at a distance of at least 40 cm between plants.

Uses of eryngium

Tall specimens look good alone or in group plantings, low ones look beautiful in mixborders and ridges.

Eryngium flowers are used in winter bouquets. Low species of eryngium can be used in an alpine slide.

Syn.: flat eryngium, blue thorn, blue thistle, blue head, meadow birch, blue budjak, budjachek, golovnik, pridelitsa, small gills, hare leaf, centaury, goldfly, bugleaf, blue thorn, thorns, love me, mole crickets, mykolajki , Mikolajczyk flat (blue), Mikolajczyk, Mikolki, Nikolaets, finger, tumbleweed, migratory, migratory, perepoloshnik, povoy, polunishnik, svinushka, bluehead, bluehead, ram, chertogon, thistle.

A perennial herbaceous plant famous for its decorative properties. In addition, it has benefits for humans, and therefore is widely used in folk medicine.

Ask the experts a question

In medicine

Eryngium flatifolia is a non-pharmacopoeial plant and is not used by official medicine. In folk medicine it is used as a remedy for irritating coughs, chronic bronchitis, whooping cough, dropsy, kidney stones, body aches, scrofula, insomnia and nightmares. Eryngium flatifolia also causes and intensifies menstrual bleeding, relieves inflammation, reduces pain in various pathologies, and is used for oral care. Tinctures and decoctions of the plant can be used both internally and externally. You can also use erythematous extract and plant-based ointment for treatment.

Contraindications and side effects

Eryngium flatifolia is contraindicated for use by children and women during pregnancy and lactation. In addition, it is not recommended to use it the day before or during menstruation. Contraindications also include severe hypertension and individual intolerance to the plant.

In gardening

Eryngium flatifolia is a classic component for winter bouquets, as the plant, cut in bloom, remains that way for many years. In addition, eryngium looks great in both single and group plantings.

Classification

Eryngium flat-leaved (lat. Eryngium planum) belongs to the genus Eryngium (lat. Eryngium) of the Umbelliferae family (lat. Umbelliferae). The genus includes 260 species, 15 of which are common in Russia, mainly in the southern regions. The most popular representatives of the genus, in addition to flat-leaved eryngium (lat. Eryngium planum), are alpine eryngium (lat. Eryngium alpinum) and fragrant eryngium (lat. Eryngium foetidum).

Botanical description

Eryngium flatifolia is a perennial plant with a straight tap root and a flexible stem ranging from 30 cm to one meter in height. Top part The stem is branched. All parts of the plant are colored from blue to purple, with the colors being more pronounced at the top.

The leaves of eryngium flatifolia are leathery and tough, with spiny teeth along the edges. The basal leaves are up to 15 cm in size, oval or ovoid in shape, located on long petioles. In the middle part of the plant the leaves are indistinctly lobed, on short petioles. The leaves are sessile, palmate, and have 3-5 lobes.

The flowers have blue or blue petals, collected in two-centimeter ovoid heads. The sepals and bracts are lanceolate and have sharp teeth. The involucre leaves are as long as the flower heads (sometimes slightly longer). Eryngium flatifolia blooms in June-July, and this occurs for the first time in the second year of life. The fruits of the plant are ovoid two-seeded seeds. They are up to 3 mm long and scaly. The fruits ripen in August.

Spreading

Eryngium flatifolia grows in the middle and southern zone of the European part of Russia, in the south of Western Siberia and the North Caucasus, in the northern regions of Central Asia. The plant usually lives in dry meadows, clearings, sandy soil, forest edges, along river banks, in weedy places and steppe areas.

Regions of distribution on the map of Russia.

Procurement of raw materials

For medicinal purposes, the grass and roots of Eryngium planum are harvested and used. The upper shoots, 20-25 cm long, are cut off when the plant is flowering, then cut into small pieces and dried outdoors in the shade or in a well-ventilated area. The thickness of the layer when drying should not exceed 3-5 cm. Dried grass can be stored in cloth bags or paper bags in a dry place for no more than two years.

The roots of eryngium flatifolia are dug up in early spring or autumn. Next, they are cleared of soil, washed, cut into two parts and dried on fresh air or in a dryer at 50 degrees. The shelf life of dried roots is 3 years.

Chemical composition

The grass of Eryngium flatifolia is rich in phenolcarbon compounds, glycolic, malic, oxalic, citric, malonic acids, essential oil(up to 0.14%), tannins, tannins and flavonoids (quercetin, kaempferol). The plant also contains 0.5% triterpene saponins, sucrose, polysaccharides, fructose, carotene, ascorbic acid and such minerals, like zinc, sodium, potassium.

Pharmacological properties

Therapeutic effect Eryngium flatifolia is determined by the components included in its composition. Thanks to saponins, the plant has anti-inflammatory and antifungal effects. Vitamins and minerals present in all parts of eryngium have a beneficial effect on the body and help restore immunity. In addition, the plant has a pronounced analgesic, expectorant, blood purifying and relaxing effect. Eryngium increases the secretion of sweat and urine, eliminates blood stagnation in various organs, removes toxins from the body, and has anticonvulsant activity. In addition, the plant has a calming effect and can be used for insomnia and increased excitability. nervous system, stress and other neuropsychic pathologies.

Use in folk medicine

Eryngium flatifolia is widely used in folk medicine. Decoctions are used to treat coughs, including smoker's cough, as well as coughs that occur with tracheitis, bronchitis, whooping cough, ARVI, bronchial asthma and other diseases. The decoction also helps with stomach pain, with delayed menstruation and intestinal colic.

The decoction can be used to prepare baths. This remedy is good for insomnia, nervous tension, skin diseases such as scrofula, prickly heat and pustular rash.

The decoction is also effective as an anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial agent for diseases of the oral cavity and ENT organs. They can be used to gargle, lubricate gums, and treat stomatitis sores. It is good to use the decoction to prepare lotions for toothache.

An infusion of Eryngium flatifolia is effective for treating headaches and heart pain, rheumatism, anemia and epilepsy. In addition, it has diuretic properties and is good for renal pathology. It can be used for urinary retention, dropsy, genitourinary infections, salt deposits and stones in the kidneys and bladder.

The roots of eryngium flatifolia are considered a strong antidote for bites of poisonous animals and for mushroom poisoning. Also, a decoction of the roots of the plant can be used for pulmonary tuberculosis, ascites, fever, anuria, cholelithiasis, respiratory diseases and skin diseases.

In India, eryngium is used as a tonic and also as a remedy for anemia, nephritis, jaundice and hemorrhoids.

Fresh juice from the grass and roots of Eryngium flatifolia is useful for colds and infectious-inflammatory diseases and bronchiectasis. Anemia can be treated with an extract from the herb of the plant, toothache, prostatitis and food poisoning. Alcohol tincture should be taken if you are prone to seizures, mild hypertension, or cardioneurosis.

Literature

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2. Gubanov, I. A. et al. Eryngium flatifolia // Illustrated plant guide Central Russia- M.: Scientific T. ed. KMK, Institute of Technology. Research, 2003