Pepper Water Herb

Pepper water herb: pharmacology and indications for use

**Pepper (or peppercorn) herb** is a plant that has been used as a medicine for centuries for its ability to stop bleeding. In Latin, this plant is called Arum apiaceum, and belongs to the Araliaceae family. In Russia and Europe it is known as water pepper or peppercorn.

The composition of water pepper includes flavonoids (rutin, rutin-3-monoglucuronide, flavone, quercetin, kaempferol, hippurate, isoquercetin), tannins (tannide), flavonoid saponins, organic acids (gallic, salicylic, ellagic), vitamin K, vitamins E and C, carotenes, minerals (magnesium, potassium, iron, manganese, zinc). The medicinal value of the plant is due to the fact that it is able to reduce blood loss, due to which the blood thickens and the bleeding stops.

Water pepper herb is usually used for uterine and hemorrhoidal bleeding, as well as for subinvolution of the uterus after childbirth or cesarean section. It is also used to relieve pain associated with painful periods, to heal wounds and ulcers, and for cosmetic purposes to reduce swelling and inflammation.

The first information on the use of the watery herb can be found in the book of Dioscorius, who described pepper and its properties in his 9th century work on apothecaries. He was also familiar with its hemostatic properties and used it as a hemostatic agent. In historical context, Gorichnik had significance in early European medicine and was also used for this purpose to stop bleeding during childbirth.

Peppermint is known to be used as a hemostatic agent. The effects of tinctures and extracts prepared from the plant are also characterized by their action against arterial diseases. Since knotweed has soothing properties, it is effective in treating various skin conditions. But the most pronounced effect from the use of gorichnik occurs in chronic venous diseases. Infusions and extracts obtained from gorichnik have the ability to strengthen and increase the elasticity of the walls of venous