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ABSTRACT
This article describes one of the wild plants in the regions of Uzbekistan. Nettle growing wild in steppe places has
medicinal properties, such as hemostatic, enveloping and anti-inflammatory. Nettle used in Uzbek folk medicine is a
basic component of some pharmacological preparations. We have outlined the macro and microelements of this
medicinal plant.
KEYWORDS
Nettle, medicinal properties, folk medicine,hemostatic, enveloping, anti-inflammatory.
INTRODUCTION
In recent decades, against the background of
increasing allergization of the population, an increase
in the number of complications and side effects of
pharmacotherapy, a steady increase in the number of
chronic diseases, an active search for the use of herbal
preparations in the treatment of diseases of various
genesis has been noted. About 40% of medicines are
obtained from medicinal plants or they contain active
substances of plant origin in their composition. Wild
herbs are very valuable raw materials for obtaining
such medicines. One of the wild plants is nettle.
Nettle -
Urtica dioica L. a perennial dioecious
herbaceous plant with a creeping rhizome and thin
adventitious roots, the stems are straight, branched,
tetrahedral, furrowed, covered with tough burning
hairs; the height of the stem ranges from 30 to 150 cm.
The leaves are dark green, opposite, oblong lanceolate,
ovate
–
lanceolate, ovate heart-shaped or broadly
Research Article
MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE FERGANA REGION
Submission Date:
February 06, 2023,
Accepted Date:
February 11, 2023,
Published Date:
February 16, 2023
Crossref doi:
https://doi.org/10.37547/ijmscr/Volume03Issue02-01
Khasanboeva N.A.
Ferghana Medical Institute Of Public Health, Uzbekistan
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heart-shaped with a heart-shaped base, saw-toothed,
pubescent, petiolate at the edges, leaf length 6- 17 cm,
width 2-9 cm. The flowers are small, green,
nondescript, unisexual, with a simple four-membered
perianth,
collected
in
branched
spike-shaped
inflorescences located in the axils of the leaves. The
fruit is a single-seeded, ovoid, elliptical or round, light
gray or yellowish-gray nut (1.2-1.7 mm al). One plant
forms 2 thousand or more seeds. The weight of 1000
nuts is 0.18-0.25 g. It blooms and bears fruit in May-
September. A weed plant. It grows in courtyards,
gardens, near mountain springs, in wastelands, along
the banks of rivers and lakes, along ditches, in garbage
places, along roads, in ravines and wet places. It rises
in the mountains to a height of 2800 m, where it is
found along the banks of streams in the shade of rocks
in the juniper belt, rarely rose gardens.
It is found in the Syrdarya, Turkestan, Zeravshan,
floristic areas. In medical practice, nettle leaves are
used, which are collected during the flowering of the
plant. In order to avoid burns, the collection is carried
out in gloves. Dried under a canopy in the shade. The
finished raw material consists of leaves up to 17 cm
long, dark green in color, peculiar smell, bitter taste.
Shelf life is up to 2 years. The healing properties of
nettle have been known for a long time. Abu-Rayhan
Beruni in his "Pharmacognosy" writes: "I saw this plant
(anchura) in Djurjan along the roads, on the banks of
streams. If it comes into contact with the skin, it causes
burning and itching. Everyone knows that the stems
and leaves of nettle are planted with burning hairs, the
walls of which contain silicon; they easily break off and
wound the skin with a sharp end.
The formic acid in them gets into the wound and
causes a burning sensation. Abu Ali Ibn Sino in
"Alkanon" indicates that the crushed leaves of nettle
(anchura) stop bleeding from the nose. If the nettle
leaves are boiled in barley water and drunk, it cleanses
the chest. In a medicinal dressing with vinegar, nettle
helps to open boils, helps to get rid of them. Nettles
excite lust. Nettle seed eliminates asthma, "standing
breath" and cold pleurisy, and in the form of a
medicinal dressing helps against cancer and tumors
behind the ears. Nettle ash with salt is a remedy for the
treatment of ulcers formed from dog bites, malignant
ulcers of cancers of tumors. According to the
"Alvohiya" of Abu Ali Ibn Sina, nettle seeds are useful
for dropsy, remove sputum and cleanse the intestines.
In various ancient "Herbalists" nettle is mentioned as
an antitumor agent, and an infusion of fresh finely
chopped plants was considered one of the most
effective anti-burn agents. In Russian folk medicine, a
decoction of nettle roots and fruits is used as an
anthelmintic and strengthens the gastrointestinal
tract; the root with garlic (insist 6 days on vodka, take
3 tablespoons a day) is considered a good remedy for
fever; tea is brewed from the flowers (1 pinch for 4
cups), sweat as an enveloping agent.
The plant is used for hernia and suffocation, grass is
rubbed with rheumatism, chest pains and dropsy, in
the Bryansk region, a decoction of roots is drunk for
stomach diseases, asthma. In Uzbekistan, dioecious
nettle is used in folk medicine as a hemostatic and
vitamin remedy.
In folk medicine of Belarus, an aqueous decoction of a
whole plant is drunk for headaches; a decoction of
herbs with honey is used to improve the functioning of
the heart, liver, kidneys, for anemia as a blood purifier,
for gastritis, pulmonary tuberculosis, for whooping
cough, they drink after childbirth, a decoction of roots
is used for any bleeding, and a decoction of flowers for
sugar disease. In addition, a decoction of herbs wash
the hair, fresh grass is rubbed with rheumatism.
Chowder is prepared from dry crushed (powdered)
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leaves with flour and taken 1/2 or 1 cup in the morning
on an empty stomach for the treatment of
gastrointestinal diseases (gastritis and ulcers), as well
as for internal uterine bleeding. A decoction of a
mixture of nettle and mint washes the head, as a
means, allegedly, strengthening the hair getting rid of
dandruff. A decoction of seeds is rinsed with a sore
throat. When studying the pharmacological properties
of nettle, it was found that decoction from the leaves
reduces elevated blood and urine sugar levels, and
infusion and liquid extract of nettle dioecious increase
blood clotting, increase the amount of hemoglobin and
erythrocytes, have a pronounced toning of the smooth
muscles of the uterus and vasoconstrictor effect. In
French medicine, nettle is used for acute and chronic
enteritis and diarrhea. In addition, nettle is offered
under the name "dioica" to strengthen the hair. It is
recommended to prepare an infusion of dry nettle
leaves: pour 1 tablespoon of a chopped leaf with 1 cup
of boiling water and insist as tea. With the infusion,
moisten the head after washing and slightly soak it into
the skin, do not wipe the head. Repeat the course
every 1-2 weeks for a long time. In Romanian medicine,
an ointment containing 10-20% nettle leaf extract is
used for some antibiotic-resistant diseases caused by
golden hemolytic Staphylococcus. In Polish, Bulgarian
and German medicine, nettle is used as a hemostatic,
for liver diseases, muscular and articular rheumatism,
for hair loss (boil 100 g of finely chopped leaves for 1/2
hour in 1/2 liter of water mixed in half with vinegar;
wash your hair before going to bed). In addition,
Bulgarian and German doctors believe that nettle is
effective for anemia, atherosclerosis, dropsy,
inflammation of the kidneys and urinary gallbladder,
diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, hemorrhoids, as
well as thrush, and as a means to enhance lactation. In
domestic medicine, a beautiful leaf is used in the form
of an infusion (15.0: 200.0), 1 tablespoon 3-4 times a
day, as well as liquid nettle extract 25-30 drops 3 times
a day half an hour before meals, as a hemostatic agent
for pulmonary, renal, uterine and intestinal bleeding. In
addition, dry nettle extract is part of the drug
"Allohol", which is used orally 2 tablets 3 times a day
after meals for chronic hepatitis, cholangitis,
cholecystitis and chronic constipation. Chlorophyll is
extracted from the leaves, which is used as a harmless
paint in the pharmaceutical and food industry.
Chlorophyll stimulates tissue epithelization when
applied externally to wounds. When ingested, it
improves metabolism. Leafy flowering tops of nettles
have been successfully used in phytotherapy as a
multivitamin, hemostatic agent for kidney diseases,
dysentery and various bleeding. Nettle is taken as a
diuretic, expectorant, anti-inflammatory and anti-
inflammatory agent, as well as for intestinal disorders.
To do this, it is recommended to drink juice from fresh
nettle leaves or extract 3 teaspoons a day (juice can be
prepared by yourself from fresh leaves and young
shoots of nettle using a juicer). In winter, instead of
juice, you can use a decoction of nettle: 15 g of dry
leaves are poured with a glass of boiling water and
kept on low heat for 15-20 minutes (drink a tablespoon
3 times a day before meals). A mixture of nettle leaves
and buckthorn bark helps well with exacerbation of
hemorrhoids. To do this, take 8 g of nettle leaves and
buckthorn bark per liter of boiling water, boil for 15-20
minutes (take 1 cup in the morning on an empty
stomach and at night). Nettle is also a part of laxative,
multivitamin and gastric teas. To prepare laxative tea,
take buckthorn bark (3 parts), sweet clover grass and
nettle leaf (by part); brew a tablespoon of the mixture
in a glass of boiling water, insist for 20 minutes, strain
through gauze and drink 1/2-3/4 cups at night. For the
preparation of multivitamin tea, take: rosehip fruits.
cranberry fruits (1 part each) and nettle leaves (3), a
tablespoon of the mixture brew 2 cups, boil for 10
minutes, insist for 4 hours in a tightly sealed container
and in a cool room, pass through gauze and drink half
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a glass 2-3 times a day. Gastric tea is prepared as
follows: take buckthorn bark, calamus rhizome (1 part
each), peppermint leaves, valerian root (2 parts each)
and nettle leaves (3 parts), brew 2 tablespoons of the
mixture with 2 cups of boiling water, boil for 10
minutes, strain through gauze and take half a glass in
the morning and evening. However, before you start
using nettle, you should definitely consult a doctor,
since nettle preparations are contraindicated for
people with increased blood clotting.
Young shoots of nettle, along with other plants, are
added by Georgians and Azerbaijanis to spices for
cooking national dishes, and Russians cook green
cabbage soup. Jam and very healthy salads, are made
from nettle leaves: put 200 g of young nettle leaves in
boiling water for 5 minutes, put them in a colander,
chop them and put them in a salad bowl. 25 g of
crushed walnut kernels, dilute 1/4 cup of nettle broth,
add a teaspoon of vinegar, mix and fill the nettle with
the resulting mixture in a salad bowl. Sprinkle with
finely chopped parsley (20 g) and green onion (30 g).
Nettle leaves contain chlositostrin, histamine,
protoporphin, coproporphin, sitosterol, glycoside
utricin, as well as carotene (14-30 mg%) and carotenoids
(20-50 mg%) violaxanthin, xatophyll, xatophyll dioxide
and β
-carotene.In addition, formic acid, pantothenic
acid, vitamin B2 B6 are found in nettle leaves. K,
ascorbic acid (150-170 mg% in fresh leaves and up to 600
mg% in dry ones), 2-5% chlorophyll, copper, essential oil,
protein, choline, more than 2% tannins and 25.3% sugary
substances. The fruits contain 20-35.3% of semi-drying
fatty oil. 133.4 mg% of vitamin C and yellow dye were
found in the roots (97.3 mg in the rhizomes). The
dioecious nettle we collected at the beginning of
fruiting contained 146.4 mg% in leaves, 65.9 m in stems,
and 55.6 mg vitamin C in fruits, 8.5% tannins were found
in the aboveground parts. Macroelements Ca, P, K, Na,
Mg, Si, S, C l and Fe as well as microelements Cu, Mn,
Zn, were found in dioecious nettle.
Thus, the dioecious nettle is a wild plant and has such
useful properties as hemostatic, enveloping and anti-
inflammatory. In folk medicine, a decoction of nettle is
mainly used.
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