Common speedwell Veronica officinalis L.

Common speedwell is a perennial herbaceous plant of the family Scrophulariaceae. The rhizome is sliding, rooted with upright colored twigs. The leaves are hairy, back and broad-eyed or elliptical, with short handles, finely serrated, fibrous. Inflorescences are dense, single, glandular-fibrous, coming out of the bosom of one of the two opposite leaves. The crown is light blue with a purple hue. The weevil is a glandular fibrous, very seminal box. Blooms in the second half of the spring and the first half of the summer. The whole plant has a bitter and tropical taste.

In our country we meet in the woody wetlands and bushes quite often in the whole country up to 2000 m above sea level.

The overhead part of the plant (Herba Veronicae) is used. Bere June through July, cutting off the entire overhead part of the plant during flowering. Selecting sunshine is selected for picking.

In folk medicine as a remedy against respiratory disease - against coughing, against skin wounds, for fresh purulent wounds, wounds of burns and boils, etc.