Gryzhnik naked is a perennial plant from the Clove family (Caryophyllaceae). Other names: gladun, polygamous gryzhnik hairy
Description:
Small, yellowish-green, bare perennial plant with outstretched or flattened stems, woody at the base. Leaves 2-7 mm long, oblong or obovate, narrowed into a petiole. Stipules broadly ovate, ciliated. Flowers sessile, in axillary glomeruli, bisexual, small; calyx green with 5 sepals, no corolla, 5 stamens, bifid stigma. A box with dark brown, shiny seeds 5-20 mm long. The hernia blooms naked from May to August. The hernia grows naked in sandy open places, within the road, along the cliffs of river banks.
Workpiece:
For medicinal purposes, the herb hernia naked is used. It is collected throughout the summer. Dry in the open air.
Contains active substances:
Herb hernia naked contains coumarin and its derivatives, umbelliferone and herniarin (up to 0.2%), flavonoids quercetin, rutin and others. triterpene saponin, which breaks down during hydrolysis into quilaic acid and sugars – glucose, rhamnose, galactose; dense essential oil (0.6%) and a small amount of unexplored paronychin.
Medicinal use:
In European countries, Gryzhnik naked is used as a diuretic. In folk medicine, an aqueous decoction is used for jaundice, stomach pains, prolapse of the uterus, bloody urine, and rabies; babies are bathed in a decoction with diathesis, children’s eczema, the skin becomes better from the juice of the naked hernia.