Medicinal Bouquet (betonica officinalis). Properties of sea buckthorn. Treatment with the bookwort
Bouquila medicinalis is a perennial herbaceous plant of the spongy family. The stem is tetrahedral, up to 60 cm tall. Leaves are petiolate, oblong-ovate, covered with short hairs. Flowers are large, irregular, sitting in the axils of the upper leaves, multiflowered half-mutuals, collected at the end of the stem in the form of a spike-like inflorescence. The properties of Bouquila are used in medicine with great caution. Bitter and tannins, stachydrin, betonitsin, choline (Norre, 1958), and alkaloids have been found in the herb. We use the above-ground part of Bouquila as a hypotensive, reducing the excitability of the central nervous system, improving metabolism, in hypertension, atherosclerosis and kidney disease.
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Valerian medicinal (valeriana officinalis). Properties of valerian. The use of valerian in the treatment of various ailments
Valeriana medicinalis is a perennial herbaceous plant of the valerian family (from the Latin word valere - to be healthy). The rhizome is short, upright, thick, hollow inside with numerous roots. The stem is erect, simple or branched in the upper part, cylindrical, hollow, furrowed, up to 200 cm high. Leaves are unpaired, suprotic, with 5 pairs of leaflets, lanceolate, entire or coarsely toothed. In domestic folk medicine practiced the use of valerian in the form of infusions, decoctions, extracts and powders for hysteria, migraine, heart pain, heart defects, chorea, epilepsy, nervous fatigue. Infusion of valerian root is shown in the menopause, with hot flashes, after prolonged illnesses as an appetite-improving and tonic.
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Veronica medicinalis (veronica officinalis). Properties of veronica. Treatment with veronica
Veronica medicinalis (veronica - from Latin verus - real, genuine, unicus - singular) is a perennial herbaceous plant of the norichnaceae family with a stalked branching stem. Branches are rooting, with raised tops. Leaves are short-petiolate, obovate, toothed, downy. In domestic folk medicine properties of veronica are used for pulmonary tuberculosis, coughs, bleeding, exhaustion, diarrhea, stomach ulcers, headache, menopause, as a choleretic, for diseases of the bladder, colds and externally for the treatment of wounds. Included veronica medicinal in the composition of breast tea.The herb is official in the medicine of Western Europe. The properties of veronica are used for phytorecepts.
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Cultural grapes (vitis vinifera). Useful properties of grapes. Kidney mountain (polygonum persicaria). Uses of gentian
The cultivated grape of the grape family is a deciduous but evergreen liana with long, nodular shoots climbing by means of tendrils. Leaves are regular, simple, toothed, mostly three to five-lobed. Flowers are numerous, small, greenish, five-lobed, in loose or dense panicles, often fragrant. The fruit has a cultured grape juicy. In domestic folk medicine treatment with grapes is used as an antipyretic and antipyretic, for kidney disease, kidney stone disease, stones in the liver and gallbladder, hemorrhoids.Upland kidney (kidney grass) - an annual plant of the buckwheat family with a simple or weakly branched stem height of 30-60 cm, with bloated nodes. Leaves are broadly lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, alternate, more often sessile, the lower ones on petioles, almost always with a brown spot in the middle. The herb contains tannins, rutin, phlobaphenes, quercetin, traces of essential oil, mucus, sugars, ascorbic acid, gallic, acetic and butyric acids.
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Wild medicinal plants of Donbass. Small goldenseal and thorny zopnik.
Zopnik prickly is part of the collection according to the prescription of M. N. Zdrenko. N. Zdrenko. It is established that the infusion of herb zopnik has a diuretic effect, increases blood clotting, causes a significant narrowing of the lumen of blood vessels, has a stimulating and tonic effect, as well as gives vigor to the body and increases immunity to disease. Toxic phenomena does not cause (V. I. Chopik, I. A. Damirov, A. D. Turova).
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High elecampane (inula helenium). Properties of elecampane. Treatment of diseases with elecampane
Devyasil high (wild sunflower from Latin inula - sun) is a perennial herbaceous plant from the family of complex flowers, with a yellow-brown, short, fleshy, multi-headed rhizome, with numerous thick roots up to 50 cm long. Rhizomes with roots are used, collected in the fall (October) and spring (April, May). The smell of elecampane high is aromatic: fresh smells like camphor, dried - violet, the taste is spicy, bitter.Treatment with elecampane is recommended for many ailments. The plant has diuretic, choleretic, expectorant and antimicrobial action. Properties of elecampane bactericidal and anthelmintic. Due to its anti-inflammatory action, elecampane preparations are an effective means of treating the gastrointestinal tract, as they help reduce the increased motor and secretory function of it, improve appetite.
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Melilotus officinalis (melilotus officinalis). Treatment of diseases with melilotus. Useful properties of melilotus
Donnica medicinalis (from Greek meli - honey, lotus - flower) is a biennial herbaceous plant of the legume family, up to 1 m high. It is distributed throughout the European part of the former USSR (except for the Far North and northeastern regions), in the Caucasus, Central Asia, Western Siberia, in forest-steppe and steppe zones. Used oblique tops of the herb of melilot with flowers, collected in the early flowering period. The odor of medicinal turfgrass has a pleasant, salty-bitter taste.Experimental and cynical studies have established that treatment with turfgrass affects the nervous system. Coumarin depresses the central nervous system, has anticonvulsant and narcotic effect. In patients with leukopenia on the basis of radiation therapy coumarin causes an increase in the number of leukocytes, mainly due to granulocytes, and to a lesser extent lymphocytes. In high doses, treatment with cumarin causes negative effects, namely nausea, vomiting, headache, has a paralyzing effect on smooth muscles.
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Common oak (quercus robur). Properties of oak and its use in medicine. Common blackthorn (xanthium strumarium). Treatment with dungwort and its use in phytotherapy
The common oak (petiole oak) is a well-known large tree of the beech family, reaching 40-50 m in height with a trunk up to 2 m in diameter. Honey bee. Use the young smooth bark of oak without a cork layer on the outside and without wood residue on the inside, collected in early spring during the sap movement before the spread of leaves.Properties of oak are widely used in modern phytotherapy of different countries of the world. Properties of oak make it possible to make a decoction from the bark, which has astringent, anti-inflammatory and anti-rotting properties, based on the ability of tannins to seal tissue membranes. It is used in medicine for diarrhea, gastric and intestinal bleeding. Common dunnish is an annual herbaceous plant from the family of compound flowers. The stem is branched, grayish-green, short-haired, 20-80 cm high. In Chinese medicine, the plant is used internally as a remedy against goiter, as well as diaphoretic, antipyretic and sedative. Prescribe treatment with strawberry for rheumatism and colds. Dried crushed fruits and seeds are included in ointments for external use in some skin lesions.
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Common oregano (origanum vulgare). Properties of oregano. Treatment of various diseases with oregano and its use in phytotherapy
Common oregano (from Latin oros-mountain, ganus - ornament; mountain ornament) is a perennial herbaceous plant from the family of sponges, 35-80 cm high, with a strong aromatic odor. Used oblique tops of the herb with flowers, collected in the early flowering period. The smell of oregano has an aromatic odor, the taste is bitter-spicy, slightly astringent, tart. Treatment with oregano in the form of infusion has a calming effect on the central nervous system, has expectorant effect, increasing appetite, improving digestion with insufficient secretion of gastric juice, choleretic, diaphoretic and other properties.Medicinal properties of oregano, which are included in the medicinal infusion of this herb is used as a means of stimulating gastric digestion, intestinal atony, spasms in the stomach, inflammation of the liver, jaundice, in acute and chronic bronchitis (as a means of increasing the secretion of bronchial glands).
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Blackberry (rubus fruticosus). Useful properties of blackberries. The use of blackberries for the treatment of ailments. Folk medicine recipes
Blackberry is a shrub of the Rosaceae family, 1-3 m high. It is distributed almost throughout the entire European part of the former USSR, except for the northwestern part, in Siberia, Central Asia, Crimea and the Caucasus. It is cultivated mainly in America as a food and ornamental plant. Grows blackberries in the wild along the banks of rivers, humid forests.Fresh berries are eaten. Useful properties of blackberries, like raspberries, have a thirst-quenching effect, easily tolerated not only by healthy people, but also by patients with chronic diarrhea. In raw and dried blackberries are used to make jam, pie filling, syrups, tinctures, soft drinks, jellies, pastilles and compotes.Foliage tops of blackberries, collected in the early flowering period, we use as an astringent in food toxic infections, dysentery and sometimes, by indication, with peptic ulcer and duodenal ulcer.
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Common ginseng (panax ginseng o.a. mey). Properties of ginseng. The use of ginseng in phytotherapy
Common ginseng (root - man) is a perennial herbaceous plant, low (30-70 cm), reaching a great age (up to 100 years), from the Araliaceae family. In the wild, common ginseng grows in Primorsky Krai, Korea, China, cultivated in Korea, China, Japan, USSR (in China and Korea has been cultivated for more than 100 years).Roots of cultivated ginseng, collected in the fall in the 5th-6th year of life, are used. The smell is specific, the taste is sweet, burning, then bitter.Ginseng preparations have a wide range of therapeutic action, non-toxic. The use of ginseng can be prolonged. It is established that this root is the strongest exciter of the central nervous system, surpassing the action of a mixture of nroserin with phenamine, unlike the latter does not have a phase of action and negative consequences, does not disturb sleep, increases performance in the conditions of night wakefulness.
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Medicinal plants: mossy vetch (ajuga genevensis), laxative joster (rhamnus cathartica), St. John's wort (hypericum perforatum). Medicinal properties of plants and their use in recipes of phytotherapists
Mossy Larkspur is a perennial herbaceous plant of the spongy family. In scientific medicine, the plant is not used. In domestic folk medicine, the plant is used as an astringent, diuretic, styptic, anti-inflammatory and wound-healing agent. It is used as a mild remedy for lung diseases, bronchitis, as an expectorant, for chest pains. Joster laxative (laxative cherry) - a shrub or tree up to 8 m high, from the family of cherry trees with reddish-gray (or brown), shiny bark on young branches. Joster laxative is used in phytotherapy. Decoction, infusion of the fruit have mild laxative and antibacterial properties.St. John's wort - a perennial herbaceous plant from the St. John's wort family, height 30-60 cm. The active substances of St. John's wort have pronounced astringent and antimicrobial, styptic, anti-inflammatory and stimulating properties. According to animal experiments, infusion and extract from the plant are low toxic.
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Healing plants: wild strawberry (fragaria vesca), goldenseal umbrella (gentaurium umbellatum jilib). Recipes of phytotherapists and treatment of diseases by herbal pharmacy
Wood strawberry is a well-known perennial herbaceous plant from the family of Rosaceae, 5-20 cm high. Useful properties of strawberry tannins and flavonoids determine the use of leaves and berries for diarrhea, inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract, night sweats; externally for hemorrhoids, wet wounds, in the form of compresses (D. Yordanov, 1963). Infusion of strawberry leaves in the experiment with intravenous injection slightly reduces blood pressure, slows the rhythm and increases the amplitude of heart contractions.Goldenseal umbrella (the name of the plant from the ancient Greek. "centaur" - Centaur Chiron, according to legend, - a connoisseur of herbs, who treated wounds with the juice of this herb) - a two-year or annual herbaceous plant of the gentian family with a root rosette of obovate leaves. Preparations of goldenseal have an appetite stimulating effect, increase intestinal peristalsis. Experimentally established that genzianin has anthelmintic properties. The use of goldenseal is recommended as a bitter to improve digestion.
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Zorya medicinal or lubistock (levisticum officinalis). Useful properties of amethyst. Treatment with amethyst
Zorya medicinalis (lovage) is a perennial herbaceous plant of the umbrella family. The root is massive, spindle-shaped, yellow-brown outside, white inside. When cut fresh, it yields a yellowish resinous juice. The root, seeds and the above-ground part are used. The smell of medicinal zorya has a specific, pungent, reminiscent of celery, the taste is sharp, brackish-bitter.In domestic folk medicine, medicinal zorya is widely used for kidney disease, dropsy, hysteria, nervous diseases, palpitations, bronchitis, difficult childbirth, female diseases, stomach diseases, as an anthelmintic and diaphoretic. Properties of lobistock are able to fight infectious diseases.Used root zori in heart disease, kidney disease, dropsy, stomach diseases, as an expectorant for lung diseases, flatulence, fever, externally to strengthen the hair: grated leaves applied to the head with headache, etc. Used in the form of tea, decoction, tincture and powder.
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Hyssop medicinal. Properties of hyssop. Treatment of hyssop diseases and advice from phytotherapists
Medicinal hyssop is a perennial herbaceous plant or semi-shrub from the spongy family. It is used for its flowering trimmed shoots, collected at the beginning of flowering. Dried hyssop medicinal has a sharp odor, taste - bitter.Appointed hyssop treatment for poor digestion in the form of decoction, as well as rheumatism, chest pain, bronchial asthma, catarrh of the upper respiratory tract. Externally - for washing the eyes and gargling the throat. Decoction of herbs together with wine berries are boiled and used by the teaspoon for cough, chest pain. In Bulgarian folk medicine decoction of the herb is used for chronic dyspepsia, anemia, as an anthelmintic, bronchitis. Externally as a compress for conjunctivitis.
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Calendula officinalis (calendula officinalis). Properties of calendula. Treatment of various diseases with calendula
Calendula medicinalis (marigolds) is an annual herbaceous herbaceous plant from the family of complex flowers, up to 40-60 cm in height. The inflorescence baskets and the herb without the lower parts of the stem, collected during flowering, are used. The properties of calendula include various medicinal ingredients that help cure many ailments. The inflorescences contain essential oil, bitter substances, phytoncides, saponins, mucilages, large amounts of carotene and other carotenoids, lycopene, flavonoids, organic acids, and traces of alkaloids. According to Bulgarian scientists, the flower baskets of calendula contain enzymes - organic substances that take a specific part in chemical reactions occurring in the body (organic catalysts).Treatment with calendula, namely its inflorescences brings anti-inflammatory and disinfectant effect. Experimental studies have established that calendula preparations have a calming effect on the central nervous system, reduce reflex excitability, cause animals with intravenous administration of a decrease in blood pressure, increased heart activity.
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Wild medicinal plants of Donbass. The European Zuznick and the White Willow.
At present, various types of willow are widely used for inflammation of the upper respiratory tract, colds, coughs, whooping cough, pneumonia, pleurisy, pulmonary tuberculosis, spring asthenia, poor appetite, inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract, diarrhea, dysentery, dyspepsia, intestinal and biliary dyskinesia, diseases of the liver, spleen, joints, gallstone disease, jaundice, stomach bleeding, rheumatism, etc. д.
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Natural remedy: the common kalina (viburnum opulus). Properties of calina. Treatment with calamus and its use in phytotherapy
Common Kalina is a branching shrub of the honeysuckle family, up to 4 m high. Leaves are suprotic, three to five-lobed, slightly wrinkled, coarsely toothed. Flowers are white five-petaled, collected in shield-shaped semi-umbrellas. The fruit is an oval bright-red, bitter berry with one flat, smooth seed. Nectaronos.Treatment with calamus is recommended for the recovery of the whole body. Contained in the bark viburnin increases the tone of the uterus and has some vasoconstrictive action, analgesic, antiseptic and hemostatic properties. Kalina fruit increases heart contractions and increase diuresis.Used treatment with Kalina (plant bark) in the form of alcoholic extract and decoction to stop uterine bleeding, especially in menopause, pregnancy and menstrual disorders. Decoction - externally for nosebleeds.
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Cassia acutifolia (cassia acutifolia). Properties of cassia. Application of cassia in folk medicine, treatment of diseases.
Cassia acuminata (senna acuminata) is a semi-shrub of the legume family, up to 1 m high. Leaves are paired, alternate, with 4-5 pairs of leaflets. Leaflets of Cassia acuminata are lanceolate, pointed, entire-edged, acuminate at the top, slightly unequal at the base. Flowers are yellow, calyx of five sepals. Inflorescences are axillary brushes. Fruits are broad beans, slightly curved, flattened. Cassia acuminata blooms from the end of June to fall.Leaves of paired leaflets (Alexandrian leaf) are used, less often fruits (Alexandrian pods). The odor of cassia acute leaflets is faint; the taste of 10% of the infusion is bitter.The main active ingredient is anthraglycosides. Due to this ingredient, the properties of cassia have a laxative effect. Anthraglycosides under the influence of digestive enzymes and bacterial processes are broken down into sugars and aglucones, the latter slightly irritate the receptors of the mucous membrane of the digestive tract, not increasing secretion, but increasing motor activity. Their action affects mainly the large intestine. In therapeutic doses of cassia in prolonged use does not have a toxic effect on the body, acts mildly and painlessly.
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Natural remedies: lomonosaurus (aristolochia clematitis), meadow clover (trifolium pretense). Useful properties and application in phytotherapy
Kirkazone lomonosovii is an herbaceous perennial plant of the Kirkazone family, with a creeping rhizome. Kirkazone lomonosovidny has a stem erect, simple, bare, slightly twisted, 30-40 cm high. Aqueous, alcoholic and ether extracts from the leaves and rhizomes have antiestocidal and antimicrobial action. Aristolochin low toxicity, increases the strength of heart contractions, dilates peripheral blood vessels, slightly excites respiration, has a diuretic and choleretic effect, reduces the tone and strength of uterine contractions. In patients in the first stage of hypertension reduces blood pressure.Meadow clover - a perennial herbaceous plant from the legume family, up to 20-50 cm high. The main stem is shortened, from the axils of the root long-petioled leaves come flowering stems with sessile triple leaves. In domestic folk medicine, the use of clover, namely its flowers in the form of decoction used as an expectorant, diuretic and antiseptic, in anemia, nutritional deficiency, lung disease, malignant tumors and externally for burns and boils, in the form of poultices. In bronchial asthma in the form of decoction.
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