Laconis is guest from subtropics.

 He is from North America, his growing in a few countries Europe , Asia, America , as healing culture, and his cultivating as perennial , decorative herb. At Russia roots using in tinctures, rare in decoctions, and for receiving homeopathic substances.

 Roots remedies of are diuretic, laxative, emetic, anti scurvy, anti-inflammatory, anti-rheumatic effects. And using in oncologic diseases, urinary bladder diseases, lymphatic system, fever, syphilis, diphtheria, skin diseases, rheiumatism, ishiasis as externally, laryngitis, as for gargle inside , tonsillitis, pharyngitis , mastopathy  for compress.

One tea.sp. of fresh roots chopped infuse for 20-30 min in glass of the hot water, filter, use one tea.sp. for 3 times/day. 

Fresh chopped root infuse ten days in vodka one to ten, filter, use on 10-15 drops for 2-3 times/day , or externally use. Rub raw root one to 2 with pork lard nutrition , use as ointment externally for joints curing, keep in cold.

Root is poison , take care! Berries are poisoning too. But theirs using meal s dye for compotes, sauerkraut, light wine kinds, but stalks, shoots young, leaf are cooked in salted water, use in meal, fresh leafs adding in salads.

 Autumn on are roots preparing, a few times keeping in low positive temperature, long keeping just in diggings, or in cellars in a layer for moisturizing sand, peat, or after dipping in clay batter and drying.

By Shafin, herbalist, agronomist