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White oman / Inula helenium L. / is a perennial herbaceous plant with a thick short rhizome with numerous adventitious roots. The stem is erect and grooved, densely short-haired, and slightly branched. The leaves of Oman are consistent, large and unevenly toothed. They are wrinkled at the top and densely fibrous at the bottom.
The baskets reach 8 cm in diameter, several are at the top of the stem and branches. The final colors are lingual, the middle ones are tubular, and all have a golden-yellow color. The fruit seed is four-walled brown, with a long kite. It blooms in July-September.
The white oman grows in moist grassy places, along streams and rivers. It is distributed mainly in the eastern parts of the country and the Danube plain, up to 1000 meters above sea level. It is found in the southeastern part of Europe.
The roots and rhizome of white oman are used for medicinal purposes, which are taken out in spring / in March / or late in autumn / October-November /.
Growing white oman
Recommended the white oman to be grown on soils close to those in the natural environment. An important condition for the successful cultivation of the plant is to ensure sufficient soil moisture, because it prefers moist places along rivers and streams.
White comfrey is propagated by pre-prepared seedlings, mostly because it should not be collected from its natural habitats / it is a protected species /. For the same reason, its seeds cannot be collected.
The plant begins to bloom in the second year, and in the first forms only leaves. White comfrey is dried in a thin layer in a ventilated area, but stored separately from other herbs because it transmits its odor.
Composition of white oman
As part of white oman includes about 45% inulin, essential oil, sequiterpene lactones (isoalanthlactone and allantolactone), triterpenes (fridelin, damaradienol).
Selection and storage of white oman
The white oman can be purchased at pharmacies, herbal and other specialty stores in dried form. It is most often sold in packages of 50 g, and its price is about BGN 2.
Benefits of white oman
The essential oil contained in white oman in an amount of up to 3% largely determines the therapeutic anti-inflammatory activity of white oman. The pharmacotherapeutic activity of the drug on large farm animals has been well studied.
White ergot has been shown to have well-defined antidiarrheal activity in enterocolitis. The good anti-inflammatory action of white omanum is an expression of its essential oil content. The effect of the herb on the thromboplastic function of the blood and on the bleeding time has also been studied.
The white oman is used to treat obstructive pulmonary diseases, in which case its good anti-inflammatory action is combined with its expectorant secretolytic activity.
The herb has a secretolytic and antitussive effect in chronic and acute bronchitis, severe cough and bronchial asthma. Oman essential oil tones digestion, improves appetite, reduces gastric secretion and at the same time has a choleretic effect. The herb regulates irregular and painful menstruation. It acts as a diuretic.
White comfrey also has a good anthelmintic effect. Allantolactone in white omanum is characterized by excellent anthelmintic action and according to some studies has 23 times more powerful anthelmintic action than that of the classically applied agent santonin. Other studies show that white comfrey also has a good vasoconstrictive effect.
Folk medicine with white oman
Bulgarian folk medicine recommends the use of white oman in people exhausted from deep illness in the form of oman wine. It is an effective means of strengthening the body and improving appetite.
For the preparation of omanum wine, finely crushed rhizome of white oman is mixed with olive oil in a ratio of 1:10. Omani wine is used successfully in urticarial skin rashes, as well as scabies.
Decoction of the roots of white oman used for irritating cough, asthma, bronchitis, upper respiratory problems or as a digestive aid.
Decoction of the flowers of the herb is used for nausea, cough with copious sputum, vomiting. When combined with licorice relieves bloating, gas, vomiting of mucus.
Rinses with a decoction of comfrey or diluted tincture are used for facial and other types of neuralgia; spots on the face and pimples; itching and hemorrhoids; joint pain and itchy rash; scabies, sciatica and rotting wounds; rashes and varicose ulcers.
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