Blue cyanosis: a medicinal plant with strong healing potential
Blue cyanosis (lat. Polemonium caeruleum) is a perennial plant of the cyanosis family, which has high medicinal properties. This plant has an erect stem, up to 1 meter high, with glandular hairs on the top of the stem. The leaves of blue cyanosis are imparipinnate, glabrous, with short or long petioles. Blue cyanosis blooms in June-July, when the flowers are collected in paniculate inflorescences. Flowers can be bluish-purple or white. The fruit of this plant is a three-lobed, multi-seeded capsule that ripens in August-September.
Blue cyanosis is common in the European part of Russia, Western Siberia and the southwest of Eastern Siberia. It grows singly or in small groups among bushes, along swampy meadows and river banks. Blue cyanosis has also been introduced into culture.
To propagate blue cyanosis, seeds, seedlings and division of perennial rhizomes are used. Seeds are sown in the ground before winter or early spring, and germinate at a temperature of 2-3°C. The plant is cold-resistant and requires light soil rich in organic matter. The best predecessors for cultivating blue cyanosis are row crops, perennial grasses and clean fallows.
Blue cyanosis has high medicinal properties. The roots and rhizomes of this plant contain triterpene glycosides, resinous substances, organic acids, essential and fatty oils. It has an expectorant, sedative, wound-healing, hemostatic, moderate anti-sclerotic and blood pressure-lowering effect.
A decoction of the roots and rhizomes of blue cyanosis is prescribed for acute and chronic diseases of the bronchi and lungs with abscesses. Soon after the start of treatment, an improvement in the condition is observed, cough decreases, sputum production increases, chest pain disappears, and inflammation decreases. In terms of therapeutic effect, blue cyanosis is superior to senega. A decoction of blue cyanosis also helps stop bleeding in tuberculosis. It is also recommended for use for gastric and duodenal ulcers, gastritis, cholecystitis, pancreatitis, as well as for diseases of the genitourinary system, such as cystitis, pyelonephritis, and prevention of the formation of kidney and bladder stones.
Blue cyanosis can be used as an external remedy for the treatment of wounds, burns, bedsores, eczema, psoriasis, as well as hemorrhoids and varicose veins. For these purposes, tinctures, decoctions and ointments prepared from the roots and rhizomes of blue cyanosis are used.
Despite all the beneficial properties, it should be remembered that the use of blue cyanosis for medicinal purposes should only be carried out under the supervision and recommendation of a doctor. Some components of the plant may cause allergic reactions, so a sensitivity test must be performed before use. It is also not recommended to use blue cyanosis during pregnancy and lactation, as well as for children under 12 years of age.