Perennial gray-green herbaceous plant, with short, thick rhizome and whitish roots up to 50 cm long. The stem is erect, cylindrical, hollow, up to 2 m high. The leaves are consecutive, slightly cut, the uppermost ends. The flowers are white to pale pink, rarely red. Blooms July - August.

Decoction, compresses.

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Mucous substance, which consists of galacturonic and glucuronic acid, glucose, pentose; asparagine, betaine, phytosterol, sucrose, fat, starch.

Root.

Helps relieve respiratory diseases, intestinal inflammation, laryngitis, pharyngitis, wounds, boils, skin diseases.