Ledi palustris herba

Ledi palustris herba

Poisonous!

Erica - Ericaceae.

Popular names: wild rosemary, herb of the moth.

Pharmacy name: grass marsh Labrador tea - Ledi palustris herba (formerly: Herba Ledi palustris).

Botanical description. Evergreen shrub 1-1,5 m in height, with the separated branches, rough, coriaceous, linear-lanceolate leaves and white (sometimes pink-red) flowers in the end zontikovidnom inflorescence. Grows in the north and east of Europe, northern Asia, North America. In Central Europe forms a thicket on the bogs, sometimes large in size.

Active substances: volatile oil, tannin, bitter, flavonglikozidy, arbutin, and a number of other substances. Used for whooping cough, rheumatism and skin sypyah in homeopathy - with bronchitis, rheumatism and gout, as well as in various skin diseases.

Betonicae herba

Betonicae herba

Pharmacy name: grass bukvitsy - Betonicae herba (formerly: Herba Betonicae).

Botanical description. This is a perennial plant, reaching 30-60 cm in height, develops pryamostoyachie grubovolosistye and slabovetvyaschiesya four stalks. Suprotivno location of egg-or lanceolate forms are gorodchaty region, the base cordate. Purple-red flowers form kolosovidnoe inflorescence of false mutovok. Blossoms in July and August. Found on dry grasslands and sandy paddock, on the sunny slopes, occasionally in dry woods.

Collecting and harvesting. Collects blossoming grass, cut it in the palm above the ground, trying not to prihvatyvat ogrubevshie parts, and tied in bundles, dried in the air in the shade.

Active substance: tanning agents, bitterness, and so-called stahidrin (betain), which are attributed to hemostatic property.

Curative effect and application. The main active ingredient is to enhance bitterness bukvitsy tanning agents. And wonder why scientific medicine does not use any bukvitsu with diarrhea as an astringent, or inflammation in the throat. Yes, and homeopathy, it is rarely used - only occasionally as a means of strengthening, with weakness and asthma. Use in traditional medicine. Often happens that a medicinal plant, is not used by scientific medicine, is widely used in folk. This happens with bukvitsey. Tea from it - an excellent means of traditional medicine with diarrhea and other bowel diseases. Successfully used it as a gargle with inflammation of oral and throat, including stomatitis.

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Bukvitsy tea: 1 teaspoon to the top of the grass to fill 1 / 4 liter of boiling water, and insist at least 15 minutes. After percolation tea is ready for rinsing and ingestion, with diarrhea and other stomach and intestinal disorders. If you need to drink a cup 1-3 times a day. Sometimes tea bukvitsy appoint, with abundant mucous sputum and asthma. Almost completely gone in the past its use in gout and rheumatism.

Side effects if not overdose, do not have to fear.

Sambuci flos

Sambuci flos

Used parts: flowers in homeopathy - the flowers and leaves, in folk medicine - sometimes fruit.

Pharmacy name: elder flowers - Sambuci flos (formerly: Flores Sambuci), elder leaves - Sambuci folium (formerly: Folia Sambuci), bark of elder - Sambuci cortex (previously: Cortex Sambuci), the fruits of elder - Sambuci fructus (formerly: Fructus Sambuci) .

Botanical description. Twiggy shrub or small tree from 3 to 7 meters in height. For the elder characteristic warty unpleasant smelling bark, branches located suprotivno with loose heart, neparnoperistye leaves, and large corymbose inflorescences with yellow-white unpleasant smelling flowers, of which the fall of the developing fetus - of lustrous black to black and purple. Blossoms from May to July. Found quite often in the gardens, the fences, in thickets and shrubs along the banks of streams. In rural areas often face elder bushes near the barn, sheds or houses. Here, a role played by superstition, to which I will have below.

Collecting and harvesting. Collects elder flowers, cut off their heads intact, and dried in bunches, or scattered at a surface. Then, pluck the flowers and dosushivayut. Drying need to very carefully, so that the flowers not destroyed by enzymes active ingredients. Leaves collect quite young, and dried in air. Bark is also removed from the young branches and dried quickly in the friendly environment in the shade or in artificial heating at a temperature no higher than 40 ° C. The fruits are collected in full ripeness (from black-violet to black).

The active substances. Key components in the flowers: attar, sudorific glycosides, flavonoids, tannin substances and mucus in the flowers and bark found glycoside, singling out in the decomposition of prussic acid. Mature fruits are rich in vitamins and minerals.

Curative effect and application. The main use of the flowers - diaphoretic tea, with a feverish cold diseases. Less tightly sealed tea recently, use tepid and as a preventive tool against colds and flu. This is also confirmed by the Public Health Service in Germany. Flowers elder (and linden flowers) very effectively mobilize protective forces of an organism, so they are an integral part of many teas, intended against cold diseases. Tea from the elder flower drink and rheumatic conditions, the truth with a little success.

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Elder flower tea: 2 teaspoons of the flowers from horseback elder pour 1 / 4 L boiling water and let stand 10 minutes. If he wants to use as a diaphoretic tea, then you need to drink about 1 / 2 liters of tea very warm. Against rheumatic ailments his drink in a course of treatment (more than three weeks to 3 times per day to 1 cup).
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Tea from leaves or bark: 2 teaspoons (cap), vegetable raw pour 1 / 4 liters of cold water, heated to boiling and quickly filter. Drink about 1 / 4 liters of this tea in small sips throughout the day with the cluster of water in the body, delaying the urine, irregular stool and rheumatism.

The use of homeopathy. Homeopathic remedies Sambucus nigra prepare from fresh flowers and leaves. It finds application in breeding D1 as a means of rhinitis in infants and young children, it provides sensitive and impaired children and to prevent the activation of protective forces of organism, as well as asthma. For sweatshops therapy willingly homeopaths prescribe tea leaves from the elder. Dosage of Homeopathic remedies are very different. Used as the initial infusion, and breeding to D6 from 5 to 10 drops 3-5 times a day.

The use of traditional medicine. Few medicinal plants so popular in folk medicine as elder. But it was also known popularly as the seat of household gods guarding the house. It is therefore no coincidence that it often grows near the peasants' houses near the stalls and barns. As could be established elder treated since the Stone Age. This was the special role played by fruit juice, which was used as a laxative, as derived from them jam - as deystvennnoe against the cough and cold conditions. The flowers used in tea for sweating and in the fight against infectious disease - are used in traditional medicine is no different from that of medical science. In addition, they are considered the best way to krovoochistitelnym with unclean skin and body odor. Flowers elder in the same way as the bark and leaves are used in rheumatism and gout. With regard to the cortex, it is popularly believed that it only acts as a laxative when she strip down. Removed in the opposite direction, though it serves as vomit. This can be found near the Albert the Great.

Adverse effects. In applying the elder flowers in this dosage there is no reason to fear the side effects. Be careful to use the leaves and bark: Sometimes irritation of stomach and intestine. Immature fruit slaboyadovity. Boiled juice deserves recommendation as a medicine in the raw form as it sometimes causes nausea and diarrhea. The same applies to the fruits fresh. As they jam, on the contrary, it is very useful for health, because they contain valuable vitamins and minerals.

Ebuli Radix

Ebuli Radix

Pharmacy name: elder grass roots - Ebuli Radix (formerly: Radix Ebuli).

Botanical description. This kustovidny herbaceous perennial with strong horizontal reaching roots in the soil. The stems reach a height of about 1-1,5 m. Leaves neparnoperistye from 5-9 toothed leaves about 5 cm long flowers are small, about 0.5 cm in diameter, white or pinkish, with purple-red anthers, collected in large umbrellas . Blossoms from June to August. Growing along the fences, in gutters, on the vacant and felling.

Active substance: bitterness, saponins, iridoidy and tanning agents.

Curative effect and application. Rootstock elder possesses diuretic, diaphoretic and purgative properties. Sebastian Knaypp especially recommended elder with hydrocephalus. Sometimes its use, and rheumatic conditions.

The use of traditional medicine. Tea of the elder in traditional medicine only to treat edema (quite possibly with a light hand of Knayppa).

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Tea of the elder: 1-2 teaspoons of chopped rhizomes pour J / 4 liters of cold water and slowly bring to a boil and strain. Drink no more than 2 cups a day.

Adverse effects. The use of elder in the recommended doses should be safe, but should beware of overdose. It should specify that the ripening berries in autumn due to its nice mind dangerous for children. Their taste was not unpleasant, so their children can eat, and even in large quantities, which will lead to poisoning, with vomiting and diarrhea!

Hederae ter-restris herba

Hederae ter-restris herba

Used parts: the elevated portion of blossoming plants.

Pharmacy name: grass budry - Hederae ter-restris herba (formerly: Herba Hederae terrestris).

Botanical description. Long small plant, square stalk fist on the ground and frequently taking root at the nodes. At creeping sprouts suprotivno arranged leaves, nodular or rounded-cordate, with toothed edge. Floral shoots rise up and are in sinus leaf whorl false light violet flowers with dark spots on the lower lip. The flowers and stem, with friction has a strong unpleasant 'smell. Blossoms from March to June. Frequent in the steam fields as weed in gardens, on the meadows, on the verges of roads and fences. The plant needs more moisture.

Collecting and harvesting. Blossoming grass budry collected in spring, launder adhering to the land and quickly and thoroughly dried in the air.

Active substance: bitterness, tannin, vitamin C, minerals (especially potassium), and various organic acids, as well as a number of saponins and essential oils. The healing effect of my application. The composition of matter does not preclude the efficacy of this plant as medicine, scientific medicine budru but does not apply. Nevertheless, in a mixture of young leaves, milfoil, kupyrya, zheruhi, daisies, nettles and birch budru can be used in spring salads. These salads have recently become increasingly popular and sometimes even recommended by doctors because they are easy thanks to U.S. irritating action increases the activity of almost all organs, which contributes to health.

The use of traditional medicine. In the work Heflera "People's medical botany Germans" states that budra was from these ancient tribes important healing herb. Modern folk medicine derives his knowledge of the works abbess Hildegard von Bingen, von Brunfelsa, Boca, and other medieval authors. Indications for use: loss of appetite, stomach upset with diarrhea, cough with viscous sputum, jaundice, diseases of bile duct, liver, and kidneys. As an external tool budra used for wounds, to wash and rinse the throat with his inflammation.

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Budry of Tea: 1-2 teaspoons budry pour 1 / 4 L boiling water for 5 minutes, and insist. If necessary, give 1 cup, and when the course of treatment - 2 times a day for a cup of tea.

Adverse effects. Index - do not overdose, and then there is no reason to fear any side effects.

Crataegi flos

Crataegi flos

Used parts: flowers, leaves and fruit.

Pharmacy name: hawthorn flowers - Crataegi flos (formerly: Flores Crataegi), hawthorn fruit - Crataegi fructus (formerly: Fructus Crataegi), leaves and flowers in the mix - Crataegi folium cum flore.

Botanical description. Hawthorn used for medicinal purposes - a medium-sized shrubs or small trees. The sharp thorns, which are equipped with the stalks, along with luxurious white flowers in corymbose inflorescences pryamostoyachih, plant gave him the German title - Weibdom (White thorn). The leaves of hawthorn, with the upper side dark green, with the bottom - is lighter and bluish-green, with short stem and the top of the plants most often trilobate. On the edge they pilchatye, with teeth of various sizes. Blossoms from May to June. It grows in light scrub, in hedges and along fences, on the sunny slopes, and hardwood and pine forests.

Collecting and harvesting. Flowers and leaves are collected during the flowering and dried quickly. Dry mixture should be stored in well sealed containers. Since efficiency in storage is lost for too long, you'll need to assemble the flowers every year. The fruits mature filmed when they were already pokrasneyut, and quickly dried. They should also be collected each year anew.

The active substances. Effects of hawthorn is primarily flavonoids, oligomeric-mi protsianidinami, biogenic amines and some other substances. Only the interaction of all of the hawthorn substances a positive effect. It is important not so much a summation of individual impacts, but rather balancing the mutually opposing influences.

Curative effect and application. Hawthorn - excellent cordial means. It can be applied in a wide variety of cardiovascular diseases of our time. Necessary for the success of a long and, in some cases, permanent use is harmless, it is impressive and convincing. And above all, it should say on the effects of hawthorn for the senile heart - he recovers, strengthens and supports. Caused by the aging phenomenon of degeneration of the heart muscle and sclerotic changes in coronary heart with reduced blood flow causes in elderly people and old phenomenon, which is very effective means can be treated boyaryshnikovym tea. Similar to cardiovascular disease of older people and complaints of those who have permanent overload and who as a consequence, there are early signs of wear organism. Hawthorn can alleviate these conditions - and perhaps more importantly - to act as a preventive tool. Many beginning heart disease, which had, in fact, not a disease, but which, however, can not be ignored - this is the main area of application of hawthorn. The weakening of the heart muscle is often seen in severe infectious diseases or after them. In these cases, you should think about hawthorn. With the help of the medicinal plants is achieved and the improvement of cardiac arrhythmias when the heart, as well as in cases where the required normalization of high blood pressure. Directly from high blood pressure, hawthorn does not help, there is also cases where the hawthorn increased blood pressure, if it was lowered. Of particular importance is the hawthorn as a means dolechivayut after myocardial infarction when it is necessary to improve the coronary circulation, ie, blood flow in vessels of the heart, which has a beneficial effect on heart muscle cells in the sense of increasing their activity and improve nutrition. Rapid effect is expected, however, can not. This need to know. Just extract and patience leads to success. There are lots of ready products, which contain active substances hawthorn, but the tea from its flowers are not worse. NHS Germany recommends the following areas of application for hawthorn (flowers and leaves): heart failure, appropriate stages I and II (the New York Association of Cardiologists), feeling the pressure of the heart, senile heart, but not yet in need of digitalis, light bradikardicheskih forms of violations of the heart rate (heart rate slowing).

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Tea of the hawthorn: 2 teaspoons of flowers or flowers with leaves, pour 1 / 4 L boiling water and insist on 20 minutes. Dosage: 2-3 times per day to 1 cup. The taste of tea can be improved. In this case, very fit and reinforce the effect of honey, or sea-buckthorn juice with sugar.

The use of homeopathy. Crataegus Homeopathic remedies prepared from mature fruit and also applies to heart disease and to support the depleted senile heart. Prescribe the initial infusion of 5-20 drops from 2 to several times a day. In severe nervousness, and excessive excitability, instead of the original settings using a second or a third of its breeding (D1-D1).

The use of traditional medicine. Hawthorn (especially the flowers) are increasingly being implemented in the home pharmacy. It is used to calm the "nervous heart" and to strengthen the heart muscle. In addition, the flowers of hawthorn (sometimes leaves) used as a tea with excessive weight, as it contributes to remove the water. The truth is, I think, a big success here will not have to.

Side effects, even long-term use of hawthorn is not.

Ciisii herba

Ciisii herba

Popular names: pinnated bodyak be scratched bodyak, kistochkovy bodyak, meadow bodyak, milkman.

Used parts: grass, leaves and roots.

Pharmacy name: grass bodyaka - Ciisii herba (formerly: Herba Cirsii), leaves bodyaka - Cirsii folium (formerly: Folia Cirsii), root bodyaka - Cirsii radix (formerly: Radix Cirsii).

Botanical description. Perennial, more than 1 m in height. At the top of the stalk develops closely packed inflorescence-baskets, which are surrounded by large pale yellow ovoid inherent leaves. Baskets willingly visited bees. But to feed livestock is a big plant with a hollow stem with a sticky covering his bases by their peristorassechennymi, prickly on the edge of leaves, few suitable and therefore not particularly desired in agriculture. Blossoms in August and September. Who once met with this plant, it is easy to recognize it at the meeting. As it often grows in wet meadows, on the ditch and river banks. Collection of the workpiece. Bodyak application is still very rare, even in traditional medicine. But the last time and again received the attention that the decoction of its root can treat rheumatism and gout. Thus, anyone who wants to take advantage of this plant, should dig a root in autumn, it is well to wash and dry quickly.

The active substances. As soon as a reservation, we still know very little about the active ingredients of this plant. Identified tannin, alkaloids, volatile oils, resins, fats, flavony and glycosides. Curative effect and use in folk medicine. As in medieval Travnik rare to find any information about the healing plants, and these data are contradictory, traditional medicine has refrained from using it. However, in some areas they use as a means of rheumatism and gout. As if no broths from its roots help alleviate pain and severe attacks. It is possible, although I have no confirmation of this through their own observations or scientific studies. Undoubtedly, this plant in the presence of alkaloids, glycosides, resins, and tanning agents may not be entirely devoid of any action. We can not ignore the fact that in some localities wise woman treated them toothache and convulsions, although even here there is no credible evidence. There is a need to examine the plant more thoroughly, and yet I am not encouraged to attempt to use it for self.

Adverse effects. Based on the information on the composition of the poisonous plants can be expected to act, as is known, however, still too little, so be wary of its long-term use.