Erysipelatous inflammation

The effectiveness of plasma NO therapy is most apparent with the treatment of the pyoneerotie form of erysipelatous inflammation - patients who are considered the most severe cases of purulent surgery departments (Lipatov et al., 2002). The combination of surgical preparation of extensive pyoneerotie centers and local NO therapy allowed the majority of the patients with phlegmonous-necrotic erysipelas during 12-14 days of treatment to liquidate heavy pyoneerotie process and to create conditions for completion of reparative procedures. 

Traditional use An infusion and decoction of the leaves are used as an oral rinse, to treat sore throat and hoarseness and are applied externally as a lotion for erysipelatous inflammations and taken internally to treat headache. A decoction of the flowering herbs is also used to treat hydrophobia, for bathing children with a fear of water and for treating people who have seizures (Khalmatov 1964). 

Traditional use An infusion and decoction of the leaves and flowers are used as an expectorant and cough suppressant, to treat bronchial asthma, as well as a diuretic to treat edema and scrofula. It is applied externally as a poultice or wash to treat tumors, abscesses, and furuncles. Juice from fresh leaves and roots is used to treat tuberculosis and malaria, and as a choleretic and diaphoretic (Khatmatov et al. 1984). Leaves are used to treat acute and chronic bronchitis, catarrh of the upper respiratory system, pneumonia, laryngitisis, bronchial pneumonia, and a hoarse voice. Preparations of coltsfoot are used to treat tracheitis, kidney and bladder diseases, the gastrointestinal tract, loss of appetite, fever, erysipelatous skin inflammation, scrofula, hair loss, and abscesses. Fresh juice from the leaves is inhaled into the nostrils to eliminate sinns colds. The juice of leaves is also mixed with powdered sugar to treat tuberculosis (Maznev 2004). 

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