Flower of night blindness: medicinal properties and harm

Probably, in nature there are no such plants that folk medicine has not found application. This includes the flower of night blindness - gout or burning grass, buttercup. This is a very poisonous plant, which in a freshly harvested form poses a serious threat to the health of both humans and animals. Only after full drying, the stem is not dangerous, so buttercup can be given to cattle in the form of hay, but you can not graze animals in places where flowers grow.

The native land of the perennial plant is Ukraine, Belarus, the European part of Russia. Straight stems of stinging grass can reach a height of one meter, at the ends of branches in May-June, small flowers of golden yellow color are formed. Mainly in the meadows, as well as glades of sparse birch and coniferous forests, there is night blindness. The flower has not only poisonous, but also medicinal properties, therefore it is actively used in folk medicine.

Fresh grass contains protoanemonin, as well as ranunculine, which is an oily liquid with an unpleasant odor. Also in the buttercup there are tannins, flavonoids, alkanoids, saponins, cardiac glycosides, carotene and vitamin C. The most dangerous substance is protoanemonin, which irritates mucous membranes and skin. The flower of night blindness has fungistatic and antimicrobial action. If it is used in small doses, it perfectly stimulates the central nervous system.

Buttercote caustic is used for skin tuberculosis, gout and various skin diseases. It is also used in homeopathy. Prepared from freshly grass, the agent is used to irritate the mouth, nose, eyes, pain in the muscles and chest, with the formation of abscesses and skin rashes. The flower of night blindness in folk medicine is used for strong constipation as a laxative. For this, the patient eats a few leaves of the plant or drinks a decoction made on milk.

Buttercups poisonous in the old days were treated with warts on the body, removed thickenings from the nails, used the plant as a local irritating and vasic agent for headaches, furunculosis, burn wounds, rheumatism. With gastric diseases, hernia, tuberculosis, these flowers were also used. Chicken blindness (a photo of the plant will allow it to be recognized in its natural habitat) used to be a part of the ointment for a cold, and cotton wool soaked with herb juice was applied to a sick tooth.

Whatever it was, but the buttercup is caustic in its fresh form, it is very toxic, so it has a side effect. With topical application, the flower of night blindness can cause irritation and dryness of the mucous membranes, lead to spasm of the larynx, lacrimation. Injections of its preparations can provoke tissue necrosis and general poisoning, which is accompanied by a rapid or weak pulse, fainting, dizziness. Juice of the buttercup causes a strong irritation of the digestive tract, a decrease in the number of cardiac contractions. For this reason, self-healing by burning grass is contraindicated. In case of poisoning, immediately induce vomiting, drink activated carbon and consult a doctor.