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For your tender beauty buttercups have become an integral part of songs, poems and legends, and this despite the far from gentle name that the flower received for its poisonousness and blister effect. Only they decided not to call this plant “fierce”, using the affectionate form “buttercup”. The healing properties of this plant, its types, medicinal properties and applications will be discussed in this article.

Description of the buttercup plant (Ranunculus)

Buttercup is a perennial or annual plant belonging to the Buttercup family.

Buttercup in popular literature is called "ranunculus" (a transliteration of the Latin name "ranunculus" is used, which means "little frog" in Latin). The fact is that wild buttercups, like frogs, prefer wet and swampy “habitat”, which should be quite sunny and warm.

In Rus', this plant was given the name “buttercup” for its blister effect.

What does a buttercup look like?

Buttercup is a rhizomatous or root-tuberous plant with erect, ascending or prostrate stems, which often take root at the nodes.

The buttercup stem reaches a height of 20 cm to 1 m.

The leaves of the plant can be whole, spatulate, palmate or pinnately divided, and they are arranged in an alternate order. The petals have a honey pit at the base (sometimes bare or covered with small scales). The lower stem leaves, as well as the basal leaves, reach 5–6 cm in length and about 5 cm in width.

Ranunculus flowers are single or collected in an inflorescence. The diameter of the flowers is 1 – 2 cm.

The fruit of the flower is a multi-nut, in which bare or hairy seeds are formed, which are either flat or convex.

What color are buttercups?

The color range of buttercups is very diverse. This flower can be yellow, white, pink, red, lilac and blue.

Where does it grow?

Buttercup grows almost throughout Europe, the Caucasus and Western Siberia, Asia, the Alps, and the Pyrenees, but most often this plant can be found in the wild in the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere.

In Russia, buttercup is common in the European part of the country (with the exception of the Far North, as well as the south).

This beautiful flower prefers forest and floodplain meadows, sparse forests, banks of streams and rivers, and the outskirts of swamps.

Types of buttercup

About 600 species of buttercups are known, distributed throughout the world, and many varieties have medicinal properties, due to which they are used in folk medicine.

The following types of buttercup are used for medical purposes:

• caustic (or night blindness);
• poisonous;
• creeping;
• burning;
• multi-flowered;
• field;
• aquatic (or swamp).

Buttercup (night blindness)

The caustic buttercup (or Ranunculus acris) reaches a height of 30–100 cm. The stem of this type of buttercup is erect and covered with pressed hairs, while the stem begins to branch upward.

The rhizome of the caustic buttercup is short, numerous roots extend from it, which are collected in a bunch.

Bright golden-yellow flowers of regular shape are located at the ends of the branches. The leaves of caustic buttercup can have different shapes.

The plant received its second name, “night blindness,” because the substance protoanemonin, which is part of the plant, irritates the mucous membranes of the eyes, causing severe pain, lacrimation, and temporary blindness (they say that chickens that ate buttercup grass , blind).

Application in medicine
For medicinal purposes, the herb caustic buttercup is used, which contains a large number of biologically active substances, including protoanemonin, saponins, tannins, flavonoids and glycosides.

Effects of buttercup acrid preparations:

• Neutralization of germs and bacteria.
• Stimulation of the central nervous system.
• Increase in the number of red blood cells and hemoglobin in the blood.
• Relieving inflammation.
• Strengthening the immune system.
• Stimulates metabolism.
• Stop bleeding.

Acrid buttercup is used fresh in the treatment of:

• skin diseases;
• gout;
• neuralgia;
• skin tuberculosis;
• burns;
• boils;
• rheumatism;
• headaches;
• eczema;
• malaria;
• arthritis;
• fever;
• liver diseases;
• colds;
• ascites;
• lymph nodes;
• internal bleeding;
• warts;
• lipomas;
• scurvy;
• impetigo;
• hidradenitis;
• spleen compaction;
• menstrual irregularities;
• Staphylococcus aureus.

Juice from the leaves of the caustic buttercup helps to neutralize the dysentery microbe Sonne.

Poisonous buttercup

This type of buttercup, whose official name is Ranunculus sceleratu, is an annual or biennial plant with a straight, hollow and branched stem, the height of which can vary between 10 - 70 cm.

The leaves of the poisonous buttercup are shiny and slightly fleshy.

The light yellow flowers of the plant are not large in size (for example, their diameter is 7–10 mm).

Interesting fact! Poisonous buttercup seeds are protected by the seed coat from excessive moisture (in other words, from getting wet), while large air-bearing suberized cells are located under the epidermis, thanks to which the seed does not sink in water.

Application in medicine
Due to the high degree of toxicity, the plant is mainly used externally. For example, plant juice diluted with water is used to treat skin areas affected by a disease such as scabies. In addition, inflamed eyes or festering wounds are washed with non-concentrated poisonous buttercup juice.

Crushed fresh leaves of the plant are applied to warts, which promotes their rapid removal.

Fresh crushed Ranunculus herb can be used as an adhesive plaster, to create artificial abscesses or blisters, and as an effective pain reliever and distraction agent.

A water infusion of the herb will also help with rheumatism, for which it is enough to steam your feet in it.

Internal decoctions and infusions of poisonous buttercup are taken for the following diseases:

• diseases of the female genital organs;

Important! Preparations from buttercup intended for internal use are prepared mainly from dried raw materials, since they do not contain toxic substances.

Creeping buttercup

Ranunculus repens (or creeping buttercup), like the two species described above, is widespread in Russia, and is very poisonous.

This perennial type of buttercup, rarely exceeding 40 cm in height, has an ascending or creeping stem, which often takes root (the stem can be either bare or pubescent in places).

The plant is crowned with a golden-yellow, shiny flower that opens between May and August.

Creeping buttercup prefers moist, shaded, alluvial soils, so it can often be found on river and lake banks, forest swamps, along fields and roads.

Application in medicine
In therapeutic doses, creeping buttercup has analgesic, antimicrobial, wound-healing, and tonic properties.

For diseases such as rheumatism, scrofula and scabies, creeping buttercup grass is applied to the affected areas (tumors and abscesses). The stem of the plant is used to resolve or accelerate the maturation of abscesses.

For fungal infections of the skin, the aerial part of the plant is used as a wash or compress.

Fresh buttercup grass is used externally in the treatment of the following pathologies:

• myositis;
• rheumatic pains;
• scrofula.

To prepare an infusion for internal use, dry herbs or buttercup flowers are used: 1 tsp. the raw material is brewed with a glass of boiling water, then the product is wrapped and infused for half an hour, after which it is carefully filtered and drunk a tablespoon three times a day. This infusion is indicated for epilepsy, headache, as well as dropsy and bleeding of various origins.

Creeping buttercup flowers are used in the treatment of malaria, for which 8–10 hours before an attack, crushed (or mashed) fresh flowers of the plant are applied to the wrists (on the area where the pulse can be felt), which will help soften or stop the attack.

Important! When using buttercup as an external remedy, long-term exposure to the skin should be avoided, since this plant has a strong irritating effect on the skin (in some cases, this action can provoke tissue necrosis and ulceration of the skin).

Banewort

Buttercup (or Ranunculus flammula) has a low, erect or ascending stem (about 20 - 50 cm).

The basal leaves of the plant are long-petiolate, and they are noticeably wider than the upper ones. But the upper leaves of this type of buttercup are sessile.

Single light yellow flowers are quite small (no more than 12 mm in diameter). The fruit of the plant is an ovoid single-seeded leaflet.

Burning buttercup grows on damp soils, mainly near water bodies.
Application in medicine
For medicinal purposes, the herb of the plant containing gamma-lactones and coumarins is used.

So, the juice of the aerial part of the pungent buttercup is diluted with water (2-3 drops of juice for half a glass of water) and taken for scurvy.

An infusion of this type of buttercup herb is used in folk medicine for cancer. To prepare the infusion, one tablespoon of well-chopped fresh ranunculus herb is poured with a liter of boiling water and infused for one hour, after which the infusion is filtered and consumed one tablespoon no more than four times a day.

Buttercup multiflorum

Ranunculus polyanthemus (or multi-flowered buttercup) has a tall (up to 60 - 80 cm) erect and pubescent stem (leaf petioles also have pubescence).

The leaves of Ranunculus multiflora have wedge-shaped or linear lobes. Bright yellow flowers, the diameter of which does not exceed 3 cm, open in the first half of June, while flowering ends in late July - early August.

This type of buttercup is found wild in meadows and forests.

Application in medicine
The stems, leaves and flowers of the plant containing protoanemonin, vitamin C, carotene and flavonoids are used for medicinal purposes.

Preparations based on buttercup multiflorum, which have tonic, analgesic, antimicrobial and wound-healing effects, are used for:

• pain syndrome of various etiologies (stomach, headaches, neuralgic pain);
• rheumatism;
• gout;
• abscesses;
• wounds;
• boils;
• malaria;

To prepare an infusion taken orally, 2 tsp. fresh herb plants are poured with 500 ml of boiling water and infused for 40 minutes. The strained product is drunk one tablespoon three times a day before meals.

Buttercup

Field buttercup (official name Ranunculus arvensis) prefers moderately acidic, poorly aerated, waterlogged and carbonate, loamy soils.

This type of buttercup has yellow or golden single apical flowers and deeply dissected leaves.

The erect and branched (almost naked) stem reaches a height of 60 cm.

Field buttercup is most often found in hayfields or pastures.

Preparations based on buttercup have a tonic and mild laxative effect. Thus, the skin of the roots of the plant and the seeds are used to relieve heat and tonify the body. The aerial part of the plant is used for radiculitis, pustular skin rashes and furunculosis.

Field buttercup tubers are used in the production of food additives.

Water buttercup (swamp)

Water buttercup (also called marsh buttercup, while the official name of this plant is Ranunculus aquatica) is a light green perennial plant with a thin and bare stem, as well as small white-yellow flowers that rise above the surface of the water.

Marsh buttercup can grow at depths ranging from 20 cm to 2 m.

The length of the leaves is 3–4 cm, while the peduncle of the plant is not much longer than the leaves.

Water ranunculus flowers are 8 – 12 mm in diameter.

The easily falling petals of the plant are almost twice as long as the sepals. The fruits are grayish in color and slightly bristly at the top.

This plant, which has small white flowers and underwater leaves, dissected into thin thread-like lobes, is common in the shallow coastal zone of the countries of the East, in Siberia, Europe, America and Africa. Water buttercup grows in stagnant, and, most importantly, slowly flowing bodies of water (in some cases, water buttercup can be found near the shores, in sedge forests, as well as on waterlogged and muddy soil).

The stems and leaves of the plant containing saponins and protoanemonin are used for medicinal purposes.

To prepare a decoction of buttercup water, one tablespoon of the leaves of the plant should be poured with a glass of water. The product is boiled for three minutes, infused for an hour, filtered and taken 1 - 2 tbsp. three times a day. This decoction is used as a stimulant to the functions of the genital organs.

Important! Buttercup, which has an irritating effect on the digestive tract when taken orally, is recommended to be used as a topical drug and only under the supervision of a doctor.

Important! All of the listed plant species have an almost identical set of useful substances, and therefore can be used in medicine on an equal basis.

Collection and preparation of buttercups

The medicinal raw material of buttercup is the aerial part of the plant, which can be used both fresh and dried.

The plant is harvested during the period of fruit formation, but the flowers must still be present on the stem.

When collecting raw materials, it is better not to tear off, but to carefully cut off the stem of the plant, and it is important that the root, which is practically not used in medicine, remains in the ground (a person will benefit from the plant, and after a certain time the buttercup will be able to delight again with its beauty and healing properties).

The collected flowers, stems and leaves are thoroughly washed, after which they are sent to dry in the attic (you can dry the raw materials in the open air, but always under a canopy, because when dried under the sun, all the beneficial substances of the buttercup will evaporate).

Important! Buttercup very much irritates the mucous membranes of the eyes, nose, larynx, as well as internal organs, as a result of which redness, burns and blisters form on the skin when it comes into contact with the above-ground part of the plant. Therefore, it is recommended to collect buttercup grass (especially caustic) in closed clothing and thick gloves.

When do buttercups bloom?

Buttercups bloom from mid-April until July (it all depends on the type of buttercup). The exception is the water ranunculus, which blooms from June to October.

How to store?

Dried raw materials are stored in paper bags in a dark place for no more than a year. Fresh raw materials must be used immediately after collection.

Composition and properties of buttercup

Protoanemonin
It is a volatile poison with a pungent odor and burning taste.

In small doses, this substance stimulates the functions of the central nervous system, activates elements of the reticuloendothelial system, neutralizes microbes and increases the content of red blood cells and hemoglobin in the blood.

Coumarins
Action:

• preventing blood clotting;
• inhibition of tumor cell development;
• accelerating the wound healing process;
• toning the body and saturating it with vitamins P;
• prevention of blood clots.

Cardiac glycosides
Action:

• slow heart rate;
• normalization of cardiac activity;
• increased systole and prolonged diastole;
• decreased blood pressure;
• normalization of blood circulation.

Saponins
Action:

• promoting the removal of phlegm;
• relieving fever;
• increased excretion of bile;
• lowering blood pressure.

Tannins
This class of substances, forming a biological film, protects the tissues and cells of the body from adverse effects (we are talking about chemical, bacterial, and also mechanical effects). Tannins also strengthen blood vessels and significantly constrict blood vessels.

Alkaloids
Action:

• helping to stop bleeding;
• pain relief;
• normalization of the central nervous system;
• strengthening blood vessels;
• preventing the growth of tumors;
• pressure reduction;
• decrease in body temperature.

Flavonoids
Action:

• normalization of redox processes;
• inhibition of enzymes that destroy hyaluronic acid, which is responsible for the normal formation of cartilage tissue;
• strengthening the walls of blood vessels and increasing their elasticity;
• prevention of sclerotic lesions of capillaries;
• removal of free radicals.

Ascorbic acid
Action:

• normalization of central nervous system functions;
• stimulation of the endocrine glands;
• promoting the absorption of such an essential element as iron;
• normalization of the hematopoietic process;
• removal from the body of harmful compounds that provoke the development of malignant tumors.

Carotene
Action:

• reducing the risk of developing cancer;
• regulation of the protein synthesis process;
• strengthening bones and teeth and promoting their formation;
• normalization of metabolism;
• prevention of the process of premature aging.

Amino acids
Action:

• decreased vascular tone;
• increased hemoglobin content;
• increased removal of stones;
• binding and subsequent removal of radionuclides.

Fixed oils
Action:

• rejuvenation of body tissues and cells;
• elimination of foci of inflammation;
• regulation and normalization of metabolism;
• neutralization of the effects of carcinogens.

Properties of buttercup

• Antimicrobial.
• Wound healing.
• Tonic.
• Painkiller.
• Laxative.
• Fungistatic (manifested by the fact that it helps to delay and also stop the growth of fungi).
• Antipyretic.
• Sweatshop.
• Oncoprotective.
• Bactericidal.

Treatment using buttercup

Ranunculus flowers

Preparations from ranunculus flowers stimulate the activity of the nervous system, increase the concentration of red blood cells, as well as hemoglobin. In addition, decoctions and infusions from this part of the plant have a pronounced antimicrobial effect; they resist staphylococcus and E. coli. Often, such preparations are used as an insecticide (a chemical preparation intended to kill harmful insects: for example, a decoction of the plant will help disinfect things from bedbugs).

Pounded flowers of buttercup and creeping buttercup are used in folk medicine instead of mustard plasters and blister plaster. Flowers also help with aches in the lower extremities, for which it is enough to rub the sore joints with fresh crushed flowers.

The flowers of the plant are used as a remedy for malaria.

Root and tubers

Powder from the roots and tubers of buttercup is used to treat malignant ulcers and remove warts. From the root of the plant, folk healers have long prepared vaginal suppositories that promote pregnancy (self-medication for infertility can have negative consequences, so before using folk remedies based on buttercup, you should consult a doctor).

Seeds

Quite little is known about the healing effects of buttercup seeds on the body: for example, there are references to the use of decoctions from the seeds of this plant for colds, which has a basis, since buttercups have antipyretic and tonic properties.

Leaves (grass)

Traditional medicine widely uses fresh buttercup leaves as an effective blister and pain reliever, indicated in the treatment of ulcers, boils, rheumatism, scrofula, and myositis. Thus, buttercup grass is used as a blister plaster for old carbuncles that do not open for a long time. An infusion of fresh leaves is used in small quantities to treat headaches and stomach aches.

Fresh leaves of the plant in crushed form are applied to the places where tumors and sprains appear.

Buttercup is rightfully considered the first assistant in removing warts and treating fungal diseases. A decoction from this part of the plant is indicated for washing skin areas affected by scabies mites.

A pulp of fresh herbs mixed with vinegar helped to cure or reduce the manifestation of diseases such as leprosy, eczema, fox disease (we are talking about hair loss), for which it was enough to treat the affected areas of the skin with such a mixture.

Although buttercup is not used in traditional medicine, recent research suggests that this plant is effective against skin tuberculosis.

It should be remembered that buttercup is a poisonous plant, so all its parts should be taken with extreme caution and only after consulting a doctor, who, if necessary, will determine the exact dosage.

Use of buttercup in medicine

Ranunculus is used in both traditional and folk medicine in eastern, northern and central European countries.

Thus, infusions and decoctions of dried raw materials are used in the treatment of salt deposits and all kinds of inflammation on the skin.

The herb of the plant is used as an effective painkiller for neurological, headache, stomach and rheumatic pain.

Buttercup has found use in the treatment of colds, cancer and infectious diseases, including influenza, gout, ascites, cystitis, and pancreatic cancer.

A decoction of flowers, taken in small quantities, will help cope with liver and stomach diseases, as well as hydrophobia.

Fresh buttercup herb is widely used in homeopathy in the treatment of skin diseases, gout and neuralgia.

Infusion

An infusion of buttercup herb is taken as an internal or external remedy for skin diseases, colds, and the treatment of difficult-to-heal wounds.

To prepare the infusion, 0.5 tbsp. dried herbs are placed in a thermos and brewed with 500 ml of boiling water. The product, infused for half an hour, is filtered, after which it is used to wash wounds. When taken internally, the dosage of this infusion is 1 tbsp. three times a day. You can rinse the inflamed mucous membrane of the throat with the same remedy several times a day.

Tincture

Buttercup extract has strong bactericidal, restorative and rejuvenating properties, due to which it is used for muscle pain, diseases of the throat and oral cavity. In addition, you can rinse your hair with buttercup tincture, which will strengthen the hair follicle and give your hair a healthy look.

50 buttercup flowers are poured with 500 ml of alcohol, after which the product is mixed well and infused for three weeks. The filtered tincture is used externally as a rub. Internal use of the tincture is contraindicated!

Buttercup ointment

An ointment prepared from buttercup flowers and pork fat in a ratio of 1:4 is used as an external remedy for colds and viral diseases, and for inflammation of the lymph nodes. So, the chest and throat are rubbed with ointment (these areas of the body are wrapped in a woolen scarf and left overnight). This treatment is carried out daily until the disease is completely cured.

Buttercup juice

Cotton wool moistened with buttercup juice is applied to the sore teeth. Also, weak buttercup juice is used for developing cataracts (it is enough to moisten the eyes with the juice several times a day).

Important! Highly concentrated juice from buttercup leaves can cause burns to the skin and mucous membranes.

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Buttercup is a poisonous plant

Buttercup is a very poisonous plant, which in ancient times was used to prepare all kinds of poisons. For this reason, buttercup preparations should be used only after medical consultation, adhering to the recommended dosage.

Failure to comply with these rules can lead to severe poisoning, the main symptoms of which are:

• sharp pain in the gastrointestinal tract (up to the development of hemorrhagic gastroenteritis); pain in the eyes, abdominal pain and late severe diarrhea. It should be noted that damage to the digestive tract can be supplemented by nervous phenomena, namely convulsions, rapid rotational eye movements, partial or complete impairment of consciousness, as well as loss of the ability to stand. Often, the death of animals that have consumed buttercup grass occurs 30 to 50 minutes after the first symptoms of poisoning.

  Recipes with buttercup

  

  Remedy for heel spurs

  The herb is brewed with boiling water and boiled for 10 minutes, after which the contents are poured into a basin in which the legs are steamed until the water cools completely.

  Infusion for skin tuberculosis

  3 tbsp. herbs are poured with 400 ml of boiling water and infused for three hours. The warm infusion is used externally in the form of lotions or compresses.

  Tincture for umbilical hernia

  Pour a handful of buttercup flowers into 500 ml of vodka and leave for at least three days. Take a tablespoon of tincture before meals. This infusion promotes the regeneration of skin cells and has a bactericidal effect.

  Tincture for gout and rheumatism

  10 g of fresh buttercup flowers are poured into 100 ml of vodka and left to infuse for a month in a dark place. The strained tincture is used to rub sore spots.

  Decoction for liver diseases

  1 tsp buttercup herb is poured into two glasses of boiling water, after which the product is sent to a water bath for 15 minutes. The strained broth is drunk 1.5 tsp. three times a day.

  Vinegar tincture for pancreatic pain

  The glass is half filled with chopped buttercup grass, which is poured with 2.5 glasses of 9 percent vinegar. The remedy is infused for one day. Take the tincture for severe pain, starting with one drop, which dissolves with water in a ratio of 1:10, with every subsequent half hour the dose is doubled until it is 32 drops. Before use, you should consult a specialist.

Botanical characteristics

Purple-blue sparrow, translated as Lithospermum purpureo-coeruleum, it is also called chicken blindness, night blindness. The plant is a perennial with a woody and rather short rhizome. The flowering stems are initially erect and later become inclined. Their height ranges from thirty to fifty centimeters.

The stems branch slightly, they are quite densely leafy, with small hairs. The leaves are lanceolate, sessile, slightly hairy, with one prominent vein. The flowers are arranged in apical whorls of two or three, much less often singly in the axils of the bract.

The calyx is five-parted almost to the very base, with narrow lanceolate lobes. The corolla is colored blue-violet with a cylindrical and slightly fluffy tube, which is equal to the funnel-shaped limb. The fruits are presented in the form of smooth whitish ovoid nuts. The plant blooms weakly, from late April to June inclusive.

This wild-growing representative grows quite quickly, and is quite capable of covering large stones with its rather large curls. In the purple-blue sparrow, arched shoots lie freely on the soil and begin to take root in their upper part.

It should be noted that as they grow, they form a dense green carpet with beautiful violet-blue flowers, which looks pretty good. Thanks to this, the plant has gained popularity as a decorative representative, and it is planted with pleasure in gardens.

Spreading

The sparrow grows in the European part of our country, it is found in the Crimea, the Caucasus, as well as in European countries, the Mediterranean, and Asia. The plant prefers to be localized in oak forests, among bushes, on forest edges and in mountainous areas.

Growing and Reproduction

The plant is quite resistant to climate change, and tolerates drought and light frosts without any complications. But, despite its unpretentiousness, it still prefers to grow in fertile and loose soil, which retains moisture well.

As for location, the plant feels better in sunny areas. When planting it in a summer cottage, it is advisable to add a special mixture to the soil, consisting of peat and some organic fertilizers. Despite this, it can grow well in calcareous soils.

It is worth noting that when growing in a shady area, the purple-blue sparrow begins to bloom less actively than when exposed to direct sunlight, and the aroma of its flowers becomes less intense.

As for caring for the plant, there are no special features. The only thing is that it needs timely watering, loosening the soil, and it is also recommended to prune old stems in the fall.

If we talk about its propagation, then it prefers dividing the bush, which must be carried out in the spring, or this procedure can be carried out by rooting cuttings when flowering has passed, that is, around September.

When planting cuttings, they are usually planted at a distance of thirty centimeters from each other, but a thick cover is not created immediately, but after about one or two years, then the plant covers the soil like a green carpet.

Purple-blue sparrow likes to grow alone, without neighboring plants, therefore, this feature is taken into account when it is planted in a garden plot for decorative purposes.

The growing season of the plant ends with the onset of the first frosty days, when its leaves begin to gradually dry out, but they do not lose their green color, but simply fall off in a slightly withered state around the end of October or beginning of November.

This plant is a decorative plant; it can be planted in rock gardens or rockeries, between trees or just along the edge of plantings; it blooms very beautifully and will certainly decorate any garden plot with its appearance. Dense green foliage makes it decorative.

Application

Unlike other sparrows, this purple-blue species is not used by official medicine, but folk healers use it as an ingredient for preparing a potion for baldness, the recipe for which I will now give.

Recipe for baldness

When the process of hair loss begins, you can prepare an external remedy that will prevent further baldness. You will need a kilogram of sesame oil, which you just need to bring to a boil, and then add four hundred grams of beeswax and a tablespoon of melted lard to it.

All of the listed components must be thoroughly mixed to give the mass a homogeneous mass, and then add one hundred grams of crushed purple-blue sparrow herb powder and the same amount of angelica.

The entire mass should be simmered over a fire, stirring constantly until it turns red-violet. Then it is recommended to cool it to room temperature, and can be used by treating problem areas in the head area with this ointment.

It is not recommended to wash off the ointment, but simply rub everything in thoroughly until the components are completely absorbed. This treatment must be carried out daily for three weeks, and after about ten days the hair will gradually begin to grow back. This is the miracle remedy offered by traditional medicine.

Conclusion

Consult your doctor before using this ointment.

The buttercup flower or ranunculus (in Latin Ranúnculus), popularly called night blindness or toad grass, for some reason an oil flower, also gout or stinging grass, is a herbaceous creation of a flower from the ranunculaceae. The natural habitat of this flower is the European region of Russia. It is also successfully planted culturally in Ukraine, Belarus, and Poland.

What does buttercup ranunculus look like?

Depending on the species, buttercup can be an annual or perennial plant.

ranunculus flower

night blindness

Ranunculus shoots are straight, branching, reaching different heights: from 20 to 100 centimeters. The root system of the plant is fibrous, forms finger-shaped tubers about 2-3 centimeters in size on its branches. Night blindness is characterized by medium-sized (no more than 6 cm in length) foliage of a dark green or bluish-green color. The upper leaf plates are tripartite, set close to the stem, the lower ones are serrated-separated, five-lobed, their petioles are long.

Buttercup flowers begin to bloom in June or July. Different species bloom differently, some form simple five-leaf flowers, while other decorative inflorescences resemble buds of roses or lush peonies. There are even flowers with double petals, their number is usually a multiple of 5, sometimes 3. The size of the inflorescences of different varieties also differs in size - from 2 to as much as 10 centimeters. The color is varied, there are flowers of white, yellow, fiery, purple, deep salmon color with plain or variegated petals. On average, a buttercup photo blooms for a month, but cut flowers can remain fresh for more than 7 days.

It should be remembered that buttercups are poisonous plants, it is not for nothing that the root of the name is “fierce”. Buttercup juice is dangerous for animals and people, it irritates the skin and can cause poisoning. It is necessary to exclude contact of children and animals with the plant, and for gardening work with buttercups it is better to stock up on gloves.

Types of buttercups

In the vastness of Russia, ranunculus is found in fields and forests; the full species diversity includes more than 650 varieties. All types are suitable for use in landscape design of personal plots. But most often several main types are used for decorative purposes:

Ornamental Buttercup (Ranunculus)

The most popular species among flower growers, which is highly decorative. In the conditions of the northern hemisphere, the most suitable varieties for growing

Buttercup Caustic or Night Blindness

Herbaceous perennial, the height of the branched stem ranges from 20 to 50 centimeters. The lower leaves are much larger than the upper ones and have a leaf blade close to a whole one. The upper leaves are densely dissected and have linear lobes. The number of leaves towards the top of the stem also decreases. The flowers of the caustic buttercup are simple, no more than 2 centimeters in size, and have 5 wide yellow petals. It begins to bloom in June.

Yellow Buttercup Golden

Its straight stem reaches a height of up to 40 centimeters. Its rounded, toothed leaves are concentrated at the root of the plant and have long petioles. Single sessile leaves are occasionally linearly arranged at the top of the stem. Buttercup flowering lasts from April to June. The flowers are small with a drooping calyx, the corolla is simple bell-shaped, the petals are painted yellow. Found in places with damp soil: forests, meadows.

Buttercup Poisonous

It cannot boast of being highly decorative. After all, its flowers are simple, small and yellow. But the plant juice is used in folk medicine, for example, to treat scabies.

Buttercup ranunculus plant video review

Buttercup Creeping photo

Perennial. Its creeping stem, 15-40 centimeters long, is covered with short villi. The branches of the stem, in contact with the soil, take root, forming a new plant. The bright green leaves of the buttercup have petioles and cover the stem to the very top. It blooms with simple yellow flowers of regular shape, consisting of 5 petals. The flowering period begins in early June. Very poisonous.

Banewort

A low-growing representative 20-50 centimeters, herbaceous. The stem is erect or ascending, covered with diamond-shaped and oval-shaped leaves along its entire height. The lower leaves have long petioles, while the upper ones are planted on the stem. Its small (0.8-1.2 cm) single flowers are yellow in color. As the name suggests, buttercup juice is hot, so may cause severe skin irritation.

Asian Buttercup (asiaticus)

Its branching, erect stem is decorated with bright green foliage with fluff and grows up to 45 centimeters. The flowers of this type of buttercup have a diameter of 4-6 centimeters and vary in color. They are located singly or in inflorescences of 2-4 flowers. Flowering begins in July. Perennial.

Sayan buttercup

It is distinguished by curved stems, about 20-30 centimeters in height. The leaves have a diameter of 2-3 centimeters, round or heart-shaped. The upper leaves are attached to the stem, and the lower ones produce long petioles. With the onset of July, small yellow flowers begin to bloom. The receptacle is covered with small hairs.

Buttercup Multiflorum

Herbaceous perennial plant with a height of 40 to 80 centimeters. Its erect stems are branched and covered with small fibers, like the foliage. The leaves are rounded and heart-shaped; They are deeply palmately dissected, which are divided into linear or linear-lanceolate segments. Flowering with simple bright yellow flowers lasts from June to August.

We repeat ourselves, but! Absolutely all described types of buttercups are poisonous. When cultivated, it is necessary to provide protection from children and pets, or refuse planting.

Garden buttercups planting and care

buttercup photo and description

Ranunculus is planted in open ground without turning on the onset of heat to prevent night frosts. Areas with light shade are well suited for planting, because under the scorching sun, buttercup flowers quickly die. Be sure to protect plants from drafts.

Only plant rhizomes in special packaging are sold as planting material. It is better to take a responsible approach to their choice: check for damage or disease so that your investments and efforts are not in vain.

After all, the survival rate of the plant on your site depends on the quality of planting material.

buttercup root

Before planting, buttercup roots must be prepared in a special way:

• to begin with, they are placed for 30 minutes in a strong solution of potassium permanganate for disinfection;
• then, the roots are wrapped in damp cloth and left to lie in a warm room for two hours. This is necessary to saturate the roots with moisture, because during storage sellers do not always provide the right conditions, so the product often dries out;
• At the third stage of preparation, the planting material is hardened in the refrigerator for 24 hours. To do this, the roots, without removing the material, are placed in an oilcloth bag.

The result of proper preparation will be smooth, elastic tubers. They have become significantly larger than their original size, which means that now the roots can be planted in the beds with complete confidence.

Growing and caring for the garden

If you decide to grow buttercups, you need to know that soils with neutral or weak acidity are suitable for them. In this case, the soil should be loose and nutritious, moderately moist. Areas with high groundwater levels should be avoided.

How to plant

• To begin with, the bed where they plan to plant buttercups is dug up.
• Then equidistant holes are made at a distance of 15 or 20 centimeters from one another, and with a depth sufficient to completely immerse the roots.
• Place a handful of sand or vermiculite in each hole before planting.

Favorable weather conditions will allow you to observe the first shoots 7-10 days after planting. And the period from germination to the appearance of flowers is usually about 75 days. By the end of the summer season, the buttercup fruits reach maturity. Now you can collect the seeds; there are approximately 500 of them in each box.

How to care

During the period of development and growth, caustic buttercup does not require special care. It is enough to regularly fight weeds and loosen the soil in the beds. The main thing is not to overdo it with watering; moisten the soil no more than twice a week, only if drought occurs. With the arrival of prolonged and heavy rains, the beds are covered with polyethylene. To ripen the tubers and to prevent rotting, in August watering is reduced to a minimum.

In autumn, after the plant stem has completely dried out, the rhizomes are dug out of the ground. Leaving them in the ground for the winter is impossible; this will lead to the inevitable death of the tubers. After extraction, the roots should be dried. For the winter, they are buried in containers with peat or simply wrapped in linen and stored in a dark and cool place (for example, a cellar).

Buttercup propagation

Buttercup reproduces in only two ways: by dividing the tubers and using seeds.

• Seed method

Buttercup propagation

Unfortunately, artificially bred ranunculus, which are often planted for decorative purposes, do not carry the characteristics of the variety in the seeds. Therefore, new seeds of decorative ranunculus should be purchased annually.

First of all, from the second half of February, the seeds are sown shallowly in containers covered with a special sand-peat substrate or ordinary loose soil from the garden. Afterwards, water it with a watering can and cover it with film. Such mini-greenhouses are kept in a bright place at a temperature of 10-12 degrees above zero. Already after 2-3 weeks the first shoots appear. Now you can remove the film and divide the seedlings into pots. It is also necessary to ensure a temperature of at least +20°C. For good development of seedlings, a sufficient amount of light is required, for which phytolamps are used to help. Provided that 4-5 leaves are formed on the sprouts, it is possible to plant them individually in a container with peat tablets.

• Rhizome division

The tubers are dissected in the fall, immediately after digging. At the same time, new groups of growths that have grown over the season are carefully separated from each other. We assign it for storage.

In winter, the tubers are stored at positive temperatures, from 10 to 21 degrees.

With the arrival of spring, old and new tubers are ready to be planted in the ground. Check for suitability and go ahead!

The ranunculus flower should be planted as described above. For earlier flowering, you can initially plant them in plastic or, even better, peat pots, so that they can later be transferred to a permanent place of growth without harm to the plant.

Properties and uses of buttercup: beneficial properties

Antimicrobial, wound-healing, tonic and analgesic drugs are prepared on its basis. The therapeutic effect is due to the content of ascorbic acid, fatty oils, vitamins, cardiac glycosides and flavone compounds. In addition to useful compounds, buttercup contains a volatile, caustic compound, protoanemonin, which irritates the mucous membranes.

Contraindications for ranucculus

Landscape design

Flowerbeds of decorative buttercups are usually located under the crowns of trees, which create not very dense shade.

decorative ranunculus

They are also planted in a separate group, because the foliage and flowers of night blindness, even decorative ones, are of modest size, which means the plant will visually “disappear” together with other crops. The only acceptable company for buttercups is blue anemones, and they are always placed in the background.

Regularly, to maintain the aesthetic appearance of the plantings, inflorescences that have lost their visual appeal should be removed.

As it turned out, garden buttercup prefers simple cultivation and care, but at the same time beautiful and attractive compositions are created with its help. But today they are rarely found in household plots, due to fear that the buttercup is poisonous.

But it is possible to use ranunculus in landscape design and really deserves the attention of gardeners!

Buttercup asian video

night blindness, also popularly called gout or stinging grass and butterflower, and in scientific medicine as caustic buttercup, is an herbaceous plant that blooms with bright yellow flowers that serve as a source of nectar for insects throughout the summer.

Acrid buttercup - night blindness, application

Mostly buttercup grows in regions with temperate climates. Thickets of the plant, which can be found in meadows, fields and forest clearings of rare coniferous and deciduous forests, can grow to form a thick carpet. ()

Night blindness belongs to the category of very poisonous plants, so you need to be very careful, since protoanemonin, which is part of buttercup, can cause burns to the skin and mucous membranes of the eyes, mouth and nose. For treatment purposes, the above-ground parts of the plant are harvested, in particular flowers, which are most useful when eaten fresh, although dry raw materials can also be used to prepare infusions and decoctions. ()

What unique properties does night blindness have?

All kinds of chemical substances were found in the plant: cardiac glycosides, the carotenoid flavoxanthin, anemolone, flavonoids, alkaloids, fatty oil, saponins and vitamin C. Preparations prepared from buttercup have a wound-healing, tonic, analgesic and antibacterial effect on the body. ()

The plant has long been widely used to treat diseases of the skin and joints. When used internally, it supports the body in the fight against with fungal and intestinal infections, rheumatism, fever, neuralgia, arthritis, staphylococcus and tuberculosis. With the help of infusions and decoctions of burning herbs, you can successfully treat erysipelas, itching, burns, purulent wounds, skin tuberculosis, eczema, urticaria, boils and even scabies. They act destructively on various microorganisms - rods, fungi and bacteria. ()

In addition, buttercup preparations help quickly restore damaged tissue, promoting more intensive regeneration of healthy skin cells. To people suffering cancer, eye inflammation, suffocation, arrhythmia, constipation, internal hemorrhage, liver and respiratory diseases It is recommended to use night blindness periodically to maintain health. Fresh leaves have a mustard plaster effect, so they can be actively used for rubbing during pain in muscles and joints. ()

• Ointment recipe

For treatment colds, and with inflammation of the lymph nodes prepare an ointment based on interior fat, which is mixed in equal parts with the flowers of the pungent herb. Every day before going to bed, the ointment should be rubbed into the throat and bronchi with light movements, and then wrapped in a warm scarf. ()

• Treatment with fresh buttercup petals and leaves

Using flower petals can provide effective treatment skin tumors (non-cancerous) and warts and also reduce pain during arthritis and rheumatism. To do this, the affected area of ​​skin is first lubricated with Vaseline or any vegetable oil, and then a freshly picked leaf is applied for 10 minutes. ()

• Infusion recipe

Night blindness works well for dropsy, edema, dizziness, pleurisy, enteritis, colitis, asthma and pneumonia. To do this you need to prepare an infusion. Recipe: fresh or dried flowers (5 g) are placed in a thermos and brewed with boiling water (500 ml). After half an hour, the infusion can be taken orally, 15 ml three times a day. If you have a sore throat, you should gargle. (

Night blindness is the popular name for the perennial poisonous buttercup plant. This plant culture received this name for the unusual structure of bright golden-yellow flowers that reflect the sun's rays and literally “blind the eyes.”

According to another version, it is called “night blindness” due to the fact that this flower emits a toxic volatile gas that irritates the eyes. But for all its toxicity, caustic buttercup is actively used in folk medicine.

Habitat and collection of buttercup

Acrid buttercup (aka night blindness, stinging grass, butter flower, gout grass) is distributed mainly in areas with temperate climates, although it can be found in almost every corner of the planet. It grows in one thick carpet in sparse birch and coniferous forests, meadows, fields and vegetable gardens.

Night blindness is a poisonous plant with a short rhizome containing many root lobes. The cylindrical stems give way to irregular stalks crowned with glossy golden flowers.

These representatives of the buttercup family bloom from the end of May until September. Then the flowers fall off, and in their place spherical fruits with ovoid seeds ripen.

Ranunculus is collected at the time of flowering, since its flowers are mainly used for medicinal purposes, either fresh or as decoctions and tinctures. In some cases, medicines are made from night blindness leaves.

Chemical composition of night blindness

The chemical composition of buttercup is very diverse. It contains large quantities of protoanemonin, a highly toxic chemical component that causes irritation to the mucous membranes of the eyes, nose, internal organs and oral cavity.

Protoanemonin is an oily liquid with a pungent, pungent odor and taste, which is quickly deactivated, as it is an unstable molecular compound.

The buttercup inflorescence also contains saponins, alkaloids, carotene, cardiac glycosides, ascorbic acid, flavoxanthin and tannins. The fruits of the plant contain fatty oils.

The healing properties of night blindness

Night blindness is used exclusively in folk medicine. It has a tonic, antibacterial, analgesic and healing effect on the human body.

In small quantities, protoanemonin contained in caustic buttercup activates the central nervous system, increasing the quantitative indicator of red blood cells in the blood. But at the same time, this substance can reduce the rhythm of the heartbeat and cause spasms of blood vessels.

Preparations made from ranunculus help in the fight against fungal diseases, tuberculosis, staphylococcus and E. coli.

The most widespread use of caustic ranunculus is as a folk medicine for external use for diseases of the joints and skin.

Side effects and contraindications of buttercup

Due to its increased toxicity, caustic buttercup must be used with great caution and only under the close supervision of a physician. Upon contact with human skin or mucous membranes, protoanemonin can cause a burn.

When actively inhaling the vapors of this substance, a severe cough occurs, a painful reaction to light, and strong discharge from the mucous membranes of the eyes and nose. It becomes difficult for a person to breathe and even speak.

When taking buttercup preparations orally, vomiting, indigestion, severe abdominal pain, accompanied by dizziness, tachycardia and even loss of consciousness may occur.

If such signs occur, it is necessary to immediately perform a gastric lavage, then give the victim absorbents and call a doctor.

The use of night blindness in folk medicine

This plant is used in folk medicine in the form of decoctions, aqueous solutions, and also fresh.

Decoctions of ranunculus are used for various skin diseases, such as eczema, lupus, scabies, complex wounds and even skin tuberculosis. Also, decoctions of this plant are very effective for stomach pain, migraines and gynecological diseases. Their special property is their destructive effect on various types of bacteria, fungi and staphylococcus.

Aqueous solutions of night blindness are very popular in veterinary medicine, as they promote the healing of purulent wounds and the restoration of damaged tissue. In folk medicine in some countries, they are used as a medicine for diseases of the liver, teeth, respiratory and digestive organs.

Also, a decoction of caustic buttercup is effective for constipation, burns, suffocation, arrhythmia, pulmonary tuberculosis, eye and throat diseases, internal bleeding, cancer and mastitis.

Fresh buttercup flower is also popularly known as an effective lotion on the joints of the hands for malaria. Fresh leaves of the plant are usually used as a rub or mustard plaster for aching legs, as a medicine for neuralgia, hernia, arthritis and fever.

Sergey, 42 years old:

I have a herniated disc that resulted from an old, neglected back injury. For more than ten years I have been unsuccessfully visiting neurologists who are trying to relieve pain using various means. What they just didn’t prescribe: various drugs, ointments, acupuncture. But nothing helped. Six months ago I turned to a homeopathic doctor, who prescribed me several herbal preparations for internal use and a lotion for the pain localization area from fresh leaves of night blindness. The first result became noticeable within a week – the pain gradually began to subside. After another month, the pulling of the leg stopped, and some mobility of the spine was restored. Now I feel much better, but the doctor said that in six months the course of treatment will need to be repeated. I hope that the result will please me again!

Elena, 35 years old:

I am the mother of two children who constantly get into various troubles due to their increased activity and independent curiosity. This is especially true for my son Alexei. About a year ago he suffered an injury to his leg, which Lesha kept silent about “so that his mother would not curse.” My son was playing kicks and hit himself in the toe with this sharp object. Since the wound (quite deep) was not immediately disinfected, it soon began to fester. I learned about the existence of the wound already when Lesha’s leg was swollen! On our street there lives a healer who has already cured many members of my family from a number of diseases. We turned to him, and he prescribed a “pulling” remedy made from the night blindness flower. The very next day the swelling subsided, and three days later the wound was completely healed. A month later, using a decoction prepared according to the same recipe, we (without first consulting a traditional healer) began to rinse the neglected wound on my hand. Within an hour after the first procedure, I experienced severe irritation on my skin and the general condition of my body worsened. It turned out that I slightly violated the dosage, which put my health at risk. Since then I haven’t self-medicated anymore, and I don’t recommend it to others!

Ekaterina, 25 years old:

I work as a presenter at various events, and my most important “tools” are my face and voice. But it so happened that three months ago I suffered from a purulent sore throat. Since it was not possible to postpone work, I had to work at the concert with my throat not yet fully recovered. The voice, of course, shrank and severe complications began in the tonsils, which significantly reduced my performance. First, I turned to an otolaryngologist, but the medications he prescribed did not give a satisfactory result. I had to make an appointment with a doctor who practices alternative medicine. This doctor prescribed me herbal teas and gargles, which he made himself from ranunculus, and told me to use this remedy very carefully, since it turns out that the cute yellow flowers of night blindness are very poisonous. After two weeks of all the necessary procedures, my voice was completely restored, the plaque on my throat disappeared and the ulcers formed after a sore throat healed. Now I don’t worry about losing my voice during the next event!

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There are probably no plants in nature for which traditional medicine has not found application. These include the night blindness flower - gouty or stinging herb, caustic buttercup. This is a very poisonous plant that, when freshly picked, poses a serious threat to the health of both people and animals. Only after complete drying is the stem not dangerous, so buttercup can be given to cattle in the form of hay, but animals should not be grazed in areas where flowers grow.

The homeland of the perennial plant is considered to be Ukraine, Belarus, and the European part of Russia. The erect stems of the stinging grass can reach a height of up to one meter; small golden-yellow flowers form at the ends of the branches in May–June. Night blindness grows mainly in meadows, as well as clearings of sparse birch and coniferous forests. 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 ranunculin, which is an oily liquid with an unpleasant odor. Buttercup also contains tannins, flavonoids, alkanoids, saponins, cardiac glycosides, carotene and vitamin C. The most dangerous substance is protoanemonin, which has an irritating effect on mucous membranes and skin. Night blindness flower has fungistatic and antimicrobial effects. If used in small doses, it perfectly stimulates the central nervous system.

Acrid buttercup is used for skin tuberculosis, gout and various skin diseases. It is also used in homeopathy. A remedy prepared from freshly picked herbs is used for irritation of the mouth, nose, eyes, muscle and chest pain, and the formation of ulcers and skin rashes. Night blindness flower is used in folk medicine for severe constipation as a laxative. To do this, the patient eats several leaves of the plant or drinks a decoction made with milk.

In the old days, poisonous ranunculus was used to treat warts on the body, remove thickenings from nails, and used the plant as a local irritant and vesicant for headaches, furunculosis, burn wounds, and rheumatism. These flowers were also used for stomach diseases, hernia, and tuberculosis. Night blindness (a photo of the plant will allow you to recognize it in its natural habitat) used to be part of an ointment for colds, and cotton wool moistened with grass juice was applied to a sore tooth.

Be that as it may, fresh caustic buttercup is very poisonous, and therefore has side effects. When applied topically, night blindness flower can cause irritation and dryness of the mucous membranes, leading to spasm of the larynx and lacrimation. Injections of its drugs can provoke tissue necrosis and general poisoning, which is accompanied by a rapid or weakened pulse, fainting, and dizziness. Buttercup juice causes severe irritation of the digestive tract and a decrease in the number of heart contractions. For this reason, self-medication with hot herbs is contraindicated. In case of poisoning, you must immediately induce vomiting, drink activated carbon and consult a doctor.

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Night blindness flower: medicinal properties and harm

Acrid buttercup is popularly called “night blindness”. Its poisonous juice, according to legend, can blind poultry if it accidentally eats any part of this plant. But there is another explanation for this name: a person whose eyes get this burning liquid may temporarily lose their vision.

This plant with yellow flowers is a honey plant. In addition, it has long been used by healers in folk medicine. Its leaves were used as mustard plasters to treat pulmonary diseases. Thanks to the antiseptic and antimycotic properties of protoanemonin, the main active ingredient contained in the plant, buttercup was used externally for burns, cuts and abscesses in the form of compresses. In medieval Europe, night blindness was a traditional remedy for warts, and its disinfecting and warming effect helped in the treatment of gout and rheumatism. The plant’s detrimental effect on scabies mites was also established. A decoction of dried buttercup leaves and stems was used to relieve headaches and stomach pain that were of a neuralgic nature. Due to the high content of ascorbic acid, glycosides, saponins, tannins and asparagine, the plant stimulates the central nervous system, and also helps to increase the number of red blood cells in the blood, which led to the effective use of caustic buttercup in the treatment of all kinds of anemia. Toxic effect of small doses of the herb for night blindness expressed as a mild form of poisoning, indigestion. This property of buttercup was used to solve the problem of severe constipation. Later, doctors found that this poisonous plant can be effectively used as an adjuvant therapy in the treatment of tuberculosis. Despite the external harmlessness and the presence of medicinal properties, caustic buttercup is a poisonous and extremely dangerous plant. Thus, accidental ingestion of fresh leaves and flowers often leads to illness and even death in cattle. The caustic juice, if it gets on the skin, can cause severe burns, including the formation of blisters and cell death. Buttercup has a strong irritating effect on the mucous membranes of the stomach and intestines. Acute poisoning is accompanied by severe pain and cardiac dysfunction.

Official modern medicine is categorically against the use of ranunculus in therapeutic practice, so recommending night blindness for the treatment of a particular disease means endangering human health and life.

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Night blindness flower: medicinal properties and harm

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Night blindness flower: medicinal properties and harm

Surely, there are no plants in nature that traditional medicine has not found use for. These include the night blindness flower - gout or hot grass, caustic buttercup. This is a very poisonous plant, which, when freshly picked, poses a severe danger to the health of both people and animals. Only after complete drying the trunk is not unsafe, therefore the buttercup can be given to large cattle in the form of hay, but animals should not be grazed in places where the flowers grow.

The homeland of the perennial plant is Ukraine, Belarus, and the European part of Russia. The erect trunks of stinging grass can reach a height of up to 1 meter; small golden-yellow flowers form at the ends of the branches in May–June. Mainly in meadows and clearings of sparse birch and coniferous forests, night blindness grows. The flower has not only poisonous, but also healing characteristics, which is why it is intensively used in folk medicine.

The freshest grass contains protoanemonin, also ranunculin, which is an oily liquid with a nasty odor. Buttercup also contains tannins, flavonoids, alkanoids, saponins, cardiac glycosides, carotene and vitamin C. The most unsafe substance is protoanemonin, which has an irritating effect on mucous membranes and skin. Night blindness flower has fungistatic and antimicrobial effects. If used in small doses, it is an excellent stimulation of the central nervous system.

Buttercup is used for skin tuberculosis, gout and various skin diseases. It is also used in homeopathy. A remedy prepared from freshly picked herbs is used for irritation of the mouth, nose, eyes, muscle and chest pain, and the formation of ulcers and skin rashes. Night blindness flower is used in folk medicine for severe constipation as a laxative. To do this, the patient eats several leaves of the plant or drinks a decoction made with milk.