Elecampane - medicinal properties and contraindications

Elecampane belongs to the Astrov family, although its second name is wild sunflower. It is possible to distinguish it among other wildly growing medicinal plants by its thick, fleshy rhizome, and its roots are long, which is good for humans. After all, it is precisely in them that the main useful substances are hidden, which glorified the virgin. Use it not only in traditional medicine. Doctors also officially acknowledged that many unique healing properties are hidden in the roots.

The stalks of the plant are little branched at the top, straight and angular. Its leaves at the roots are rather large, and on the petioles can be up to 50 cm. They have an elongated shape with pointed tips.Its flowers are very beautiful: yellow with a sunny tint or with rich orange hues. They are collected in large baskets, and are located on the top of the stem and branches. If you measure them, it turns out that the flowers have a diameter of about 8 cm. The flowering usually falls in July - August.

Neyasil stands out for its height, can grow to two meters and belongs to the perennial family. In fact, it is grassy, ​​although it has the appearance of a separate bush.

How to collect a plant?

It is collected for medicinal purposes in many areas, especially where there is black soil, as well as on wet meadows, river banks, in clusters of shrubs, and quarries. The main thing is not far to any water body. But it can also be found in the salt marshes. Its wild reserves are gradually decreasing, but many healers grow it as a cultivated plant. Elecampane is not at all capricious, and does not even require timely watering, it grows quickly on the beds.

Herbalists for medicinal purposes try to use a plant in which:

1. The highest growth and stems are wide and straight - it means that the root will be the best.
2. The age of more than three years, which means that he has gained strength, and there are many useful substances in it that are not found in young grass.

In order for the plant to benefit, it needs to be dug, but very carefully, because the main thing is not to damage the root system. When nyasil removed from the ground, it is shaken, remove the stem and rhizome. Remains the root. If it turns out to be wide and strong, it is cut, so that it can be spread out on thick white paper and allowed to dry well. At this time, the best place for roots is under the sunlight, where they should lie for about three days. But there is also an opinion that the roots should be kept in the shade in the draft while drying. Herbalists are not advised to use the oven for drying, since it will disappear all the healing properties of elecampane.

Roots are usually harvested in autumn or in early spring. They have a bitter taste and a strong smell, but all these disadvantages compensate for the great therapeutic benefits.

Healing abilities of root devyasila

All therapeutic secrets are revealed in the study of the roots and rhizomes. They have:

• essential oil.It is presented in the form of crystals, the content - more than 3 percent;
• polysaccharides, for example, more than 40 percent of inulin;
• vitamins, most of all E;
• triterpenes;
• organic acids;
• gums;
• tar, bitterness and mucus;
• lactones;
• saponins and various beneficial substances.

Used for many centuries, he has established himself on the positive side as a means of relieving inflammatory processes, killing fungal, bacterial and microbial infections, which can stop bleeding and relieve an allergic reaction.

The plant also has such actions: expectorant, diuretic, astringent. It may be sudorific, but the truth is not very strong.

There are also important properties of deviacillus, which significantly improve the functioning of certain human organs. These include the ability of the plant:

• reduce the threatening permeability of capillaries;
• enhance, if necessary, the formation of bile, then contribute to the active secretion of bile;
• reduce intestinal motor function;
• effectively stimulate the secretion of the intestine, stomach or pancreas;
• improve the processes occurring during digestion;
• prevent the occurrence of blood clots;
• stimulating effect on the ovaries as well as the uterus.

In the medical world, this medicinal plant is a recognized remedy for bronchitis and tracheitis, bronchial asthma, many respiratory diseases, especially Qatar, pneumonia and flu.

He fights with helminthic invasion. Particularly afraid of plants are parasites such as tapeworm, roundworms and dwarf chains.

Rescues root devyasila patients who have identified diseases such as gastritis with signs of erosion, peptic ulcer, enterocolitis, pyloroduodenitis.

The healing medic will help the sick!

The most common and convenient method of treatment is a variety of decoctions with nagging. It is necessary when inflammatory processes in the gastrointestinal tract have begun, pathological processes occur in the liver or lungs, it is necessary to get rid of cough and mucus in bronchitis, expel worms.

Once in the body, tar, gum and mucus are immediately taken to work - they envelop the walls of the throat, stomach and intestines, thus protecting the delicate mucous membranes.

Important! Cooked broth, even if it is stored in the refrigerator, should be used no later than two days. If this period has expired, it is better to prepare a new one.

There are several ways to brew nagging at home. But you must follow the following proportions:

1. 15 - 30 gr. root cooked in three glasses of water for 1 hour on low heat. The finished medicine should be drunk up to 4 times a day, not exceeding a dose of 15 ml. For more useful properties, honey can be added to this decoction.
2. Grind 16 gr. root, this measure is approximately one tablespoon, and brew in 250 ml of boiling water. This recipe will help especially when it is necessary expectorant. Take should be 100 grams. one hour before meals, 2 - 3 times a day.
3. 2 teaspoons of the plant is required to insist in 250 ml of water for 10 hours. But it should be noted that at the very beginning the water should only be cold. This tool is especially useful for those people who suffer from enterocolitis or bronchitis.

Swimming in the infusion is a very special procedure.

It will help the broth and those who have problems with the skin. Both for treatment and for preventive measures such a decoction is prepared: 100 g are boiled in a liter of water for 15 minutes. roots. Add the resulting broth to the bathroom or used as washes.

Hot broth is added while bathing or making lotions if a rash appears with a strong itch.

The same decoction of the root as rinsing is used if:

• there was a strong toothache;
• gums are inflamed;
• worried throat or goiter.

Sore joints

If the joints are painful, such water procedures will also be useful, but still, first you need to consult with your doctor. People with arthritis can poultice on the joints. Make them, razvaryvaya root devyasila to a pasty state. It is necessary to apply only for a few minutes, and it is necessary to use such a method only for a short time, since burns may appear, and in some patients who did not pay attention to such tips, allergic edema similar to Quincke's edema developed.

Useful with osteochondrosis or radiculitis will be a recipe, the preparation of which will take a lot of time. A three-liter canister is required. At the bottom put a tablespoon of very finely chopped plant roots, then add 700 grams. honey and 100 gr. yeast. Now all this mixture should be poured with boiled water. The bank must be completely filled.A rubber glove is worn on the neck, which should be punctured at the ends of the fingers. You need to keep this composition in a warm place so that it will ferment well. When it will be 2-3 weeks, the medicine will be ready. Strain it is necessary, and then drink in the morning and in the evening for half a glass. The medicine must be stored in the refrigerator.

Skin diseases

There are also special ointments, in the preparation of which the root of elecampane was used. They are well proven in the treatment of scabies and itching.

At home, it is possible to prepare the ointment in the following way: the root is crushed to a state of powder, in the same proportion, the horse's sorrel root, ground to a state of powder, is also added to it. Take both powders, about a tablespoon, place in a container, adding the softened butter there. It should be fresh and of high quality. Mix everything thoroughly. The medicine is now ready for use.

On non-scarring ulcers, you can put a sheet of devyasil that has just been torn off and slightly crushed, to allow the juice to perform.A sheet attached to areas of skin with erysipelas and scrofulous inflammations will also be useful.

Treated skin diseases and this method. 10 percent ointment is mixed with olive oil or lard, carefully fried. Then the resulting mixture should be decomposed into a fabric made from natural fiber and placed in a problematic place.

Tuberculosis Treatment

Elecampane is often used when fighting tuberculosis is required. There are many recipes for this, but the most effective, as doctors and traditional healers assert, are considered as follows:

1. 100 gr. root is taken a liter of red wine made from grapes, this mixture should be infused for 8 days. Adults drink medicine 50 ml, always before taking food, 3 times a day. You can give the tool and the children, but with a minimum dose - 1 tablespoon.
2. Prepare the roots of the devyasila, chop them on a grater to make two glasses, pour them into a jar and pour 500 ml of vodka there. The best effect will be if the roots are fresh. Leave the jar for 9 days. Drink this remedy before meals, but only in a tablespoon. The term of such treatment is quite long - 2-3 months.This remedy is useful for jaundice and mild diabetes, but it is necessary to consult a doctor.
3. Take 120 gr. root, top up with 500 ml of red wine. The mixture is set on fire and boiled for 10 minutes. It is necessary to filter, then the medicine is ready. You need to drink 3-4 times a day, preferably before meals, using 50 ml. This infusion is also able to adjust the work of the nervous system, increase immunity, helps in the treatment of gastritis or stomach ulcers.

In collaboration with other medicinal herbs.

Though he copes with many illnesses alone, but with other medicinal plants his healing properties are only strengthened. For example.

If rheumatism has developed, use 10 grams. root elecampane and the same amount of burdock root in a crushed state. They are mixed, poured 250 ml of hot water and kept on low heat for several minutes. It is enough to strain and let it brew for 20 minutes.

A more complex recipe will help to calm the strong manifestations of rheumatism and rheumatoid arthritis, as well as significantly improve overall health and laboratory performance.

To make the medicine correctly, it is important not to be mistaken in the proportions:

• wild rosemary grass, wild black raspberry - four parts are taken;
• series - 5 parts;
• flax seeds, yarrow, horsetail, juniper fruits - two parts are taken;
• the root of the elecampane, the lily of the valley, the St. John's wort, the grass of the tributary are taken in three parts.

Popular is the drink, which is called very symbolic - “Ten Forces”. Taken chopped roots devyasila - 300 gr. and boiled in a liter of boiling water for 25 minutes. After the healing broth is infused, you need to add to taste 100 or 150 grams of sugar and half a cup of cranberry juice. It remains to stir everything thoroughly, then cool.

To bring the duodenum back to normal, take a tablespoon of infusion from elecampane, and then you need to eat three tablespoons of pork fat.

Against bronchitis an effective remedy will be an infusion prepared from the root and rhizome, which is mixed in the same proportion with honey.Taken on a tablespoon before eating. Broth elecampane is able to significantly reduce the amount of mucus that accumulates in the respiratory tract, as well as increase intestinal motility.

Especially for women

1. For women, it will be necessary if the menstruation passes with too small secretions or they linger, because the root can strengthen the uterine contraction. But using the root for this purpose takes no more than 14 days.
2. For conception, too, use the root of the plant. To achieve a positive result, take 10 grams. roots of elecampane, flowers of dandelion medicinal and burdock leaves. Placing in a container, pour 60% alcohol - 500 ml. It will be necessary to insist for three weeks, away from the light, periodically you need to shake the product. It is necessary to drink twice a day, a single dose - on 50 gr.

Bans

It is not necessary to use devasil, if kidney diseases are detected, excessive blood viscosity is observed, pressure is constantly lowered, there are intestinal pathologies associated with constipation, a woman is expecting a child.

Each dosage must be strictly observed.so that poisoning and heart failure do not occur.

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