Prince of Siberia.

Prince of Siberia

Siberian princeling (Caltha palustris) is a small shrubby vine of the buttercup family, 0.5-3 m high. The stems are creeping, capable of twining around a support. The leaves are once or three-triple, with oblong serrated leaflets, pubescent on both sides.

Blooms in early summer. The flowers are large, yellowish-white, located singly in the leaf axils. The fruit is a multi-nutlet, broadly wedge-shaped fruit.

Distributed in the northeast of the European part of Russia, in Western and Eastern Siberia, the mountains of Central Asia and the Far East. It grows in coniferous and deciduous forests, on forest edges, in forest meadows, in the mountains on rocky slopes.

Used in medicine. Herbs and flowers are used as medicinal raw materials. Contains vitamin C, flavonoids, saponins, alkaloids. It has a stimulating, restorative, anti-inflammatory and bactericidal effect.

It is used for inflammation, swelling, epilepsy, and women's diseases. In Tibetan medicine it is used for hemoptysis, lung abscesses, and liver diseases. It is a wound healing agent.