EN--Yntrastis

Hydrastis canadensis-Vatrachiodon (Ranunculaceae).The "yellow root" of North America.It herbaceous plant rootstocks nodes.The leaves are pentalova.Blooms in the end with flowers separately.The fruit is manifold in "header" and contains "berries" with a sport where hard cover with pulpy mass Yntrastis perennial plant is Canada's Georgia and Carolina.The rhizome is used that has a yellow color, odor and unpleasant taste bitter (powdered root). Plant is "angeioikodomitiko 'haemostatic, against uterine bleeding and hemorrhoids.Be and in albuminuria.Expectorant, sedative of the cough and tuberculosis antiperiodiko and even in intermittent fevers.Generally, when the diseases and infections of the urogenital system.Against eczema and erysipelas.It is also beneficial in their eyes.Externally astringent, anti-tearing of the breasts against the ulceration, the slot of "home" and erosions of the neck of the uterus.But to use it wisely because it interferes with the heart "retard motion of the heart."Made as a decoction, or eaten raw with a little milk and sugar.The use of pharmaceutical preparations is a medical directive.This plant is in rich soil moist, from seed in the fall or early spring, and partition.
Chemically contains: fats, proteins, sugar, essential oils, resins and three alkaloids: the "Berperini" the "Kanadini" and especially the "Yntrastini."