Medicinal properties and contraindications of tansy

Tansy is not only a bright and attractive plant, but also a healing tool that has a powerful effect. Folk healers have long used it in the treatment of many diseases. Below we analyze the medicinal qualities of this plant, as well as its contraindications, what is its benefit, and what dangers it may be during use.

Tansy: what is this plant?

This perennial herb is a member of the Aster family. There are more than 70 types of tansy, 27 of which grow in Russia. The most common such a variety, which is called "tansy". Translated from Greek, this means “live long” (from the words tanaos and aceomai).

At first glance it may seem that tansy was created in order to grow with the rest of the flowers, because its beautiful appearance will decorate any flower bed.However, this plant has medicinal properties that are so powerful that it is necessary to handle it with extreme caution, since it is capable of releasing toxic and toxic substances.

The aroma of tansy is resinous and tart, but it also has a definite advantage - by putting a bouquet in the room, you can get rid of mosquitoes, flies and other insects for a long time.

Tansy is a fairly unpretentious plant, for this reason it is able to grow in a place where there is not enough sunlight. The flowering period begins in the second half of the summer - towards the end of July. During this period, collect and procure raw materials for the preparation of medicines. The plant is laid out in a thin layer on paper and thus dried. Drying in the oven is allowed, but care must be taken that the temperature is not more than 40 ° C.

The composition of tansy

Both the healing qualities and contraindications of tansy are due to the unique components of this plant. It contains many substances such as:

• essential oils;
• tannins;
• alkaloids;
• flavonoids;
• tanacetin;
• and other useful components.

The highest content of these substances in the composition of the plant is observed at the time when it blooms. Alkaloids, which are released in this period, have a stupefying effect on a person. In dried form, in addition to the above components, tansy is saturated with proteins, polysaccharides, glycosides, vitamins C and A.

Raw materials that are collected at the time when the plant is in bloom have beneficial properties if they are included in the composition of essential oils. The color of this product is green-yellow. It contains camphor, thujone, pinene and borneol.

Useful properties of tansy

The unique composition provided the plant with a large number of useful properties. Tansy has the following effects:

• antimicrobial;
• anti-inflammatory;
• astringent;
• diuretic;
• healing wounds;
• antiparasitic;
• choleretic

Indications for use

Tansy as a medicinal plant has found wide application in traditional medicine, which offers a huge number of prescriptions for the treatment of various diseases. The healing properties of tansy are as follows:

1. Normalization of the functioning of the digestive organs. Tansy helps to get rid of violations in the process of biliary excretion.
2. Flowers help to destroy harmful microorganisms, stop inflammatory processes.
3. Effective elimination of cramps.
4. The plant is advised to use in exile from the body of parasites.
5. Tansy has a sustainable therapeutic effect in diseases of the kidneys and liver, problems with the gastrointestinal tract, duodenal ulcer, diseases of the gall bladder, and also helps to get rid of various types of colitis, digestive disorders.
6. The flower has an effect on the functioning of the heart, helps with low blood pressure. It is brewed and used in the treatment of neurological diseases and migraines.
7. Tansy can be used for local action in the treatment of gout, in the fight against rheumatism and pain in the joints. In addition, among the indications for the use of tansy are scabies and skin cancer.
8. The healing properties of this medicinal plant can be used in the treatment of diabetes, tuberculosis, malaria.
9. The tool helps women in whom the menstrual cycle is unstable.

To preserve the healing qualities of tansy, it is necessary to collect and store it, taking into account all the rules.

Contraindications tansy

The plant is considered to be low-yielding, because it has such toxic component as thujone. The use of funds based on tansy for a long time or exceeding the recommended dosage will not bring the desired effect, but on the contrary, will cause serious harm to the body. In this case, the person will experience the following symptoms:

• diarrhea;
• nausea and vomiting;
• migraine;
• in severe poisoning, seizures may occur.

If even minor signs of poisoning with tansy have occurred, you should immediately stop taking the products based on this plant, do a gastric lavage and drink a sorbent.

In addition, active substances contained in tansy can cause uterine contractions, which can lead to spontaneous abortion or premature delivery. For this reason, for future mothers, the use of products made on the basis of tansy is strictly prohibited.

The use of such tools is contraindicated for children of preschool and school age, as well as for people who suffer from gallstone disease.

Carefully apply the tool and only in situations where the potential benefit is higher than the possible risk, should those who have such health problems as arrhythmia, hypertension, disturbances in the functioning of the heart. This prohibition is due to the fact that funds based on tansy contribute to an increase in pressure, an increase in the rate of contraction of the heart and a slower heart rate.

This medicinal plant is contraindicated during breastfeeding. Tuyon, which is contained in tansy, is able to penetrate with the mother's milk into the body of the baby. If his concentration is very high, the baby may be poisoned.

With outdoor use of the plant is rare, but, nevertheless, allergic reactions occur on the skin.

Ways to use tansy

Below are the most popular and most commonly used products based on the medicinal plant in question.

The healing qualities of tansy manifest themselves in any kind of application - tinctures, powders, decoctions; you can apply the remedies both externally and internally.

1. Gynecological infusion. For the preparation of tools that will help to normalize the menstrual cycle with a short delay, you must take dried tansy inflorescences (25 g) and pour one liter of boiling water. Leave to insist for one and a half hours, then strain. Use in small doses (no more than 100 ml). To drink the infusion in a larger volume is prohibited, because the drug is toxic and can cause severe poisoning. The daily dosage of infusion should not exceed 250 milliliters.
2. Tansy with rheumatism. To prepare an effective cure for rheumatism according to traditional medicine recipes, you need to take tansy flowers (50 g) and pour one liter of nutmeg wine. The mixture must be covered with a lid and put in a dark place. Infusion time is one week. The prepared tool should be used for painful sensations when the attacks of the disease begin. Reception internal, dosage - 40 grams, which should be taken ten minutes after a meal.
3. A remedy for pain and swelling of the legs. If the legs after working days hurt and swell, you can use a decoction of tansy, which added a little salt.This broth should be poured into a bowl of hot water and lower the legs there. If you do not have time to cook the decoction, you can add in the bath five to six drops of essential oil of this plant.
4. Remedy for worms. Dried tansy flowers are ground to a powder. The finished product is taken in dosage ½ dessert spoon for seven days at night, it should be washed down with warm water. In the morning you should drink a laxative so that the parasites leave the body.

Tansy from worms and other parasites can be used not only in powder form, but also in the form of an enema. Preparing such a tool as follows:

• raw materials are carefully ground;
• the resulting powder is mixed with crushed garlic cloves;
• the mixture is filled with 500 ml of milk and boiled for 10 minutes over low heat, while it must be stirred all the time;
• the tool must be drained and used in the form of heat in the form of an enema.

It should be remembered that, despite the large number of useful properties, tansy also has many contraindications, as well as can cause side effects. In addition, the plant is considered poisonous, therefore, it should be very carefully included in cosmetics and recipes of traditional medicine, carefully observing the dosage.You can not give the funds prepared on the basis of this plant, children. Tansy has a powerful effect, so before starting any course of therapy, you should visit a phytotherapist to coordinate this issue with him.

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