![]() This medicinal herb is believed to tighten the veins of the circulatory system and fortify the walls of capillary vessels.Ī mildly bitter tea prepared using the herb is being consumed, which is believed to facilitate blood circulation to the limbs and it acts to reduce the phenomenon of blood clotting and post-surgical thrombosis. It has been used to alleviate constipation, improve blood circulation, and to ameliorate water retention discomfort. Now, the modern herbal medical practitioners commonly use the leaves of the plant as an anti-inflammatory agent and circulatory tonic for a variety of vascular disorders. In the 1970s, Europe affirmed the extending popularity of herbal remedies in modern medicine. However, only after the 1950s, the medical properties of this herb have been spread to the West. The utilization of this medicinal herb as a tonic was recorded in the manuscripts of ancient Greeks. ( 1)īutcher´s Broom Plant (Ruscus aculeatus L.) Therapeutic Uses and Benefits of Butcher’s Broomīutcher’s broom is generally used as an anti-inflammatory, aromatic, diaphoretic, diuretic, mildly laxative, and vasoconstrictive agent. The high flavonoid contents such as rutin that ameliorate the flow of blood to the brain, hands, and legs. The active principle is ruscin (monodesmosidic spirostanoside type), ruscoside (bisdesmosidic furostanol glycoside type) with accompanying aglycones (neoruscogenin and ruscogenin). These steroidal saponins are believed to be responsible for the medicinal effects of this herb. The plant contains many steroidal saponins. Young shoots can be eaten like edible asparagus. The rhizome and young stem are used in the medical preparation but sometimes the whole plant is used in the preparation of some particular herbal medicines. This plant is quite similar to the edible asparagus plant. The flowers develop on the cladophylls, which turn into red berries. The plant produces tiny greenish-white flowers during late winter and spring. It grows well in full sunlight that comes from the South/East/West Plant Descriptionīutcher’s broom is a shrub with rigid flattened stems that resemble leaves, which are called cladophylls. ![]() The plant requires medium humidity, moist soil, and 4–18 ☌ (40–65 ☏) for their optimal growth. It is believed that the plant is originally from Hungary but now it is widely harvested in Europe and the Mediterranean. The plant belongs to the plant family Ruscaceae (formerly classified under the family Liliaceae). The word “rusci-” means butcher’s-broom-like, and the word “aculeatus” means prickly or thorny.
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