Burnet - healing properties and contraindications

The burnet has chosen places in wet meadows and among shrubs, forest edges and glades, hiding in those areas where there are reservoirs. But healers know where to find it, and then use the plant for the benefit of man.

General characteristics of the plant

This plant is a perennial and belongs to the family Rosaceae. It grows to 80, rarely up to 120 cm. Thanks to a well-developed root system, it is the root that is the main therapeutic agent. The stalk of the burnet is long and thin, branching at the top, with basal leaves that differ in shape, resembling feathers. They are unpaired and long-petioled.The flowers are red, but almost dark, because the plant calls it a redheaded or blackheaded. They grow on long stalks, and collected in the head. Flowering occurs in June - August.

Not afraid of the burnet of any weather disasters, even extreme cold. It can be grown on any soil, so for industrial purposes it is sown more readily - it will grow without problems, the main thing is to plant the seeds in the ground, well saturated with moisture.

His genus burnet continues with the help of seeds. As a raw material, the plant begins to be harvested in the autumnal season, they mostly try to gather the roots, but the flowers also benefit the health of people. They are used in various teas, especially if there are minor disorders of the digestive system.

What are the beneficial properties of the plant

• a variety of tannins;
• phytoncides;
• many trace elements;
• in small doses essential oils;
• gallotanins.

But the leaves are not far behind in the content of nutrients.There are flavonoids and vitamin C, so sometimes the leaves are used instead of the roots.

The resulting preparations have many positive qualities:

• can stop any bleeding;
• have wound healing and astringent properties;
• act as a painkiller and antispastic.

They have a pronounced bactericidal effect against Escherichia coli. As well as to microbes that belong to the dysentery and paratyphoid groups.

Doctors willingly use the quality of redheads when patients complain about:

• Diarrhea, and caused by the most diverse etiology.
• Enterocolitis is chronic or acute.
• Colitis is ulcerative.
• Internal bleeding or uterine.
• Thrombophlebitis.

Dysentery. The plant acquires special value if the patient does not take chemical preparations. In addition to the burnet, antibiotics are used.

Cholecystitis. When treating this disease, a 10% decoction of the root is used, giving the patient 15 ml 3-4 times a day. We ate a form of giardous disease, then the doctors offered a 33 percent decoction, which is injected with a 100 ml duodenal probe.The course of therapy ranges from 3 to 8 injections, as recommended by the doctor. A few months rational course to pass again.

Is it possible for children?

For little children, the burnet is also important. Children younger than a year, if there is a threat of a chronic form of dysentery, are given a 10 percent decoction, the dose is 200 ml. Older children increase the rate to 300 - 400 ml.

Treatment with a burnet

1. The plant shows its unique properties in the treatment of non-healing wounds and burns, sore throat and stomatitis.
2. With the help of douching and injected tampons, trichomonas colpit can be treated. For these purposes, should be used 20 percent infusion of the root of the burnet. If bacterial colpitis is used, douching is used, but a decoction is made for its treatment, spreading it in a liter of boiled water. The procedure is carried out several times a day.
3. The most active use of a woman’s plant is if they have too much bleeding, for example, after an abortion. To stop the pathological process, take a tablespoon of finely chopped root and boil. The amount of water is 250 ml.It is necessary to accept, strictly following a dose: on 15 ml, three times a day. This broth also helps those who suffer from hemorrhagic metropathy.

External use redheads

To help people come drugs from blackheads, which are used only externally. In various cases, funds are needed for patients in whom:

• Acute purulent conjunctivitis. Use a decoction, it will be useful also for children.
• Slightly healing ulcers or wounds.
• Burns

1. Baths and microclysters are necessary for hemorrhoids.
2. For the oral cavity a positive impact will have a decoction if inflammatory processes have appeared. When my gums start to hurt, they are smeared with tincture made from a burnet.
3. To heal faster bruises and abrasions, bruises, use poultices. To do this, 3 - 4 tablespoons of herbs are scalded with boiling water, and then wrapped in gauze or thin cotton fabric, and applied to the sore spot.
4. Using a decoction made according to this recipe - 2 tablespoons of chopped roots to boil in 0.5 l of water - make washings, lotions or compresses, if there are inflammatory processes on the skin, bleeding and rotting wounds, pressure sores appeared, trophic ulcers or weeping eczema.
5. To microclysters and douching benefit, make the following solution at home: 15 ml of tincture mixed with 200 - 200 ml of distilled water. Effective for microclysters and tampons is a 20 percent decoction of the roots with the addition of vegetable oil.

Medical folk medicine

Healers appreciate the plant for its healing properties and also use it to treat many diseases. The burnet is taken in case of severe diarrhea and various food poisoning, if severe pains occur in the abdominal cavity and flatulence bothers me.

The root contains substances that can extinguish a bactericidal infection and eliminate diarrhea. Moreover, thanks to the healing properties of the herb, the intestinal function is quickly restored, and the patient will feel much better in the shortest possible time.

For many women, redneck is a salvation if uterine contraction does not occur, especially after an abortion, or if severe bleeding has occurred, the appendages and ovaries are inflamed, the uterus in fibromyosis or erosion of the cervix threatens to become malignant.

Recipe secrets

1. The most popular is the recipe used by those who have had bleeding. Take a spoonful of chopped roots and a glass of boiling water. Mixing, boil on fire for no longer than 10 minutes. Then the product should be well wrapped and left for an hour. After filtering is accepted. You can 5 - 6 times a day. Dose - 1 tablespoon.
2. The bleeding stops and after such a remedy: take the extract in liquid form three times a day, 5 ml each or 50 drops. It is permissible, if necessary, to give children, but the dose in this case is from 15 to 25 drops.
3. For diarrhea, burns are used as follows. 1 - 2 tablespoons of dried herbs insist in 0.5 liters of cooled boiled water. After 8 hours, treatment can begin. Accepts a means of a quarter cup, 4 times a day. Drink before meals.
4. In the pharmacy, you can purchase a burnet in the form of Menzies tincture. She quickly stops bleeding, and is ready for use. But at home it is also possible to repeat the pharmacy prescription and prepare your own similar medicine. You need to have 20 - 30 grams. crushed roots, which are poured to choose from - or a glass of alcohol, or a glass of vodka.Leave in a dark place for 14 days, and only then use. It is allowed to take only a tablespoon, 5 - 6 times a day. Such a tincture is especially useful in the most diverse types of bleeding and if inflammation occurs in the oral cavity and in the throat.

• 2 - 3 teaspoons of meadow geranium;
• 1 - 2 tablespoons of knotweed herb;
• 2 - 4 tablespoons of grass horsetail.

All measured components are mixed, filled with 1.5 liters of water. It should be cooked for 20 minutes, no more. 3 - 4 tablespoons of herbs such as St. John's wort, shepherd's purse, nettle, corn silk, eucalyptus leaves and plantain leaves, yarrow and cherry stem are added to the finished decoction. Again, everything goes to the stove, but on a very small fire and just for two minutes. After the drug mixture is infused for an hour, you can begin treatment. Drink 100 or 200 ml before meals 3 or 4 times a day. This remedy is hemostatic and astringent.

Various extracts are also made with a burnet. If the bleeding is internal, pharmacy extract is used inside, but with external bleeding, bandages and compresses soaked in decoction are used. Additionally, when uterine bleeding is most often treated with tampons, which are abundantly saturated with solution. Do not forget about douching.

What are the contraindications

If you do not follow all the warnings and use the blackhead without a break for a long time, the pressure may increase and there will be a danger of narrowing of the vessels. Because the use of plants is better to avoid people with high blood pressure and problems with blood vessels.

Do not use the plant in pregnant women inside, can only be used for dangerous skin lesions - in the form of a compress.

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