Medicinal plants - plants used for the treatment of humans and animals, for the prevention of diseases, as well as in the food, perfumery and cosmetic industry - herbs. It has been determined that there are 10-12 thousand species of medicinal plants on earth. The chemical, pharmacological and medicinal properties of more than 1000 plant species have been investigated. There are more than 700 types of medicinal plants in Uzbekistan. Of these, about 120 plant species grown in natural conditions and cultivated are used in scientific and folk medicine. Currently, about 40-47% of medicines used in medicine are obtained from raw plant materials. A vibrant natural chemical lip balm with a complex botanical formula. and has the ability to create complex organic substances or compounds from simple inorganic substances.
Medicinal plants are classified in 2 different ways: 1) according to the composition of active substances - alkaloids, glycosides, essential oils, vitamins, etc., 2) according to their pharmacological properties - sedative, analgesic, hypnotic, affecting the cardiovascular system, central nervous system stimulant, hypotensive, etc. The active substances of medicinal plants are alkaloids, various glycosides (anthraglycosides, cardiac glycosides, saponins, etc.), flavonoids, coumarins, astringent and mucilaginous substances, essential oils, vitamins, dyes, enzymes, phytoncides, starch, proteins, polysaccharides, nitrogenous substances, oil and fatty acids, etc. there may be compounds.
The effect of medicinal plants on the body depends on the amount of chemical compounds in its composition. These compounds accumulate in various parts of the plant. The period of high effectiveness and quality of the drug corresponds to the time of the beginning of their flowering and seeding period. Medicinal substances are stored in the bud, leaf or stem of some plants, in the flower or fruit of some plants, in the root or bark of some plants. Therefore, the part of plants with the most biologically active substances is eaten. Roots, rhizomes, bulbs and buds of plants are usually prepared during the period when the plant goes into sleep - in late autumn or before the plant wakes up - in early spring. The fruits and seeds of the plant are collected when they are ripe, because they are rich in medicinal substances at this time. Freshly harvested medicinal plant product contains moisture (up to 85% in the above-ground organs, up to 45% in the roots). If this moisture is not lost (by drying), the plant rots, the medicinal substances break down and become useless.
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