A huge number of different plants grow in Russia. Some of them are medicinal, have useful properties, and therefore are widely used in medicine, both folk and traditional.
What are medicinal plants used for?
The collection of these herbs is the basis for the manufacture of many medicines:
- infusions;
- syrups;
- teas;
- decoctions;
- ointments;
- extracts;
- herbal preparations;
- powders.
Medicinal plants are widely used in medicine, since they are a complex rich in active substances. These are trace elements and essential oils, metabolites and chlorophylls, proteins, salts and vitamins of different groups. This composition is very similar to those elements that are found in the human body. In this regard, medicinal plants are well accepted by the body and help to restore strength, have a healing effect.
The most popular medicinal plants
Air swamp
Marsh calamus has been widely used in medicine since ancient times, so there are many legends and beliefs about it. In traditional medicine, this plant is used to treat ailments of the liver, bladder, kidneys, colic and gastritis. In some cases, calamus is used to treat alcohol addiction.
Avran medicinal
Althea officinalis
Anise ordinary
Mountain arnica
Bagulnik is swampy
Periwinkle
Stone Grinder’s Thigh
Black henbane
Belozor swampy
White-winged swamp
Weeping birch
Sandy immortelle
Wrestler (Aconite)
Nipplewort
Hawthorn
Cowberry
Ivy budra
Elderberry is black
Medicinal capital letter
Valerian officinalis
Cornflower is known to all people, it can be found all over the country. There are many myths about him. From this plant, diuretics and anti-edema drugs, medicines for eye diseases are produced, infusions and lotions are made.
Cornflower blue
Stinking basil
Three-leaf watch
Common loafers
Versek ordinary
Veronica
Spiked raven
Raven eye
Black crow
Field bindweed
Elm is smooth
Meadow geranium
Blueberry
Highlander serpentine
Highlander pepper
Bird highlander
Spring adonis
Sarepta mustard
Gravilat city
Round-leaved wintergreen
Hernia is smooth
Elecampane high
Loosestrife
Medicinal sweet clover
Common oak
Datura ordinary
Oregano ordinary
Dymyanka medicinal
Angelica officinalis
Larkspur field
Joster laxative
Medium sprocket
St. John’s wort
Wild strawberry
In the Far East and in the European part of the Russian Federation, as well as in Siberia, the Umbelliferae Zimolyubka grows. In some regions, this species is listed in the Red Book. In some places, tinctures, teas are made from this plant for the treatment of ailments of the kidneys, bladder, stomach ulcers, gastritis, cystitis and other diseases.
Umbrella winter-lover
Golden rod
Centaury
White willow
Ivan tea
Iris air-shaped
The source is bitter
Viburnum ordinary
Cabbage
Oxalis ordinary
Red clover
Cranberry is swampy
Prefabricated bell
European hoof
Mullein
Field breeder
Stony stone
Nettle deaf
Stinging nettle
Common belladonna
Burnet medicinal
Buckthorn alder
Yellow capsule
White water lily
Doll
Cuckoo color
European swimsuit
Medicinal bought
Common meadowsweet
May lily of the valley
Erect cinquefoil
Common gingerbread
Lettuce is wild
Hazelnut (Hazelnut)
Flax ordinary
Lily curly
Linnaeus north
Small-leaved linden is used for infusions and decoctions, which help to treat colds, reduce fever and against inflammation. From the lime blossom, pharmaceutical companies prepare drugs and make traditional medicines. For home use of linden, you need to properly harvest the plant, since there are a number of subtleties in this process.
Small-leaved linden
Burdock
Onion
Flaxseed
Lyubka bifoliate
Caustic buttercup
Poisonous buttercup
Double-leaf mine
Raspberry
Mallow is a forest
Cuff
Perennial daisy
Mary white
Mary antihelminthic
Mariannik oak
Coltsfoot
Lungwort is unclear
Common centipede
Common juniper
Rejuvenating young
Cypress milkweed
Sown carrots
Cloudberry
Icelandic moss
Soapy medicinal
The moth is swampy
Peppermint
Digitalis large-flowered
Untouchable yellow
Daisy
Medicinal marigolds
Norichnik
Sea buckthorn buckthorn
Oat
Dandelion medicinal
Comfrey pharmacy
Alder gray
Various types of medicinal plants are found in different parts of Russia. One of them is Eyebright, which is used to treat eye diseases. This species grows throughout the country. It is used internally in the form of tea and externally in the form of compresses. The whole plant is used – and the stem, and leaves, and flowers.
Eyebright
Aspen
Sedum sharp
Fern male
Nightshade sweet and spicy
Shepherd’s bag
Primrose spring
Curly parsley
Common tansy
Clavate crimson
Thistle yellow
Big plantain
Wormwood
Hemp stethoscope
The navel is dyeing
Motherwort five-bladed
Creeping wheatgrass
Garden radish
Turnip
Common agrimony
pharmaceutical camomile
Round-leaved sundew
Mountain ash
Sabelnik is swampy
Beetroot
Fragrant celery
Meadow core
Cyanosis blue
Black currant
Sweet naked
Scots pine
Asparagus medicinal
Field steel
Marsh drier
Sphagnum
Meadowsweet
Thyme (Thyme)
Amen
Toloknyanka
Yarrow
Fragrant violet
Horsetail field
Curly hops
Chicory
Three-part succession
Common bird cherry
Blueberry
Garlic
Celandine large
Rosehip cinnamon
Eleutherococcus prickly
Conclusion
So, a huge number of medicinal plants grow in Russia. There are species that are common throughout the territory, and there is flora that is characteristic only of certain regions. All of them are used not only in traditional medicine, but are also the raw material for many medicines manufactured by pharmaceutical companies.
