Perennial herbaceous plant with pink, purple or purple two-sided flowers. It has anti - inflammatory, hypotensive, vasoconstrictive, tonic, hemostatic, bile and diuretic effects.
The Jerusalem sage is recognized as prickly Russian scientific medicine as a plant with astringent and tanning properties. It is an integral part of the collection No. 2 on the registration of M. N. Zdrenko. The ability of zopnik prickly grass to act as a diuretic, choleretic and vasoconstrictor, influence blood clotting, and stimulate the immune system has been experimentally established.

Contraindications and side effects

The Jerusalem sage prickly there are a number of contraindications. It can not be taken for people who are prone to thrombosis and thrombophlebitis, suffering from hypertension. If constipation is the Jerusalem sage prickly will only aggravate this condition. It is also not recommended to use it for children, pregnant and lactating women.

Zopnik prickly (Phlomis pungens) is a member of the genus Zopnik (Phlomis), which has about 100 species of herbaceous plants. Among them are Zopnik shrub (Phlomis fruticosa), aka Jerusalem sage, Zopnik tuberous (Phlómis tuberosa) and Zopnik powdery (Phlomis lychnitis), aka wick plant. Rod Jerusalem sage belongs to the family Lamiaceae (Lamiaceae) it is also a family of Labiatae, known for such spicy-aromatic plants as mint, rosemary, Basil, thyme and sage.
Botanical description
The barbed Jerusalem sage is a herbaceous perennial plant with thick, twisting roots. The purple-purple stems of the plant reach 60 centimeters in length. They are strongly branched at the bottom and are pubescent with stellate gray-felt multicellular hairs. The long-stemmed basal and lower stem leaves are triangular, with a heart-shaped notch at the base, reaching 12 centimeters in length and 4 centimeters in width. The middle and upper leaves are short-stemmed, oblong-lanceolate. The long, spike-shaped inflorescence of the prickly zopnik consists of dense false whorls separated from each other, each of which has 10-16 labial flowers. The calyx of Jerusalem sage barbed tubular or tubular-campanulate. The formula of the flower of the Jerusalem sage prickly - ↑H(5)L(2+3)Т4П(2). The fruits of the Jerusalem sage four small, brown nut in the Cup