Lovage - medicinal properties and contraindications

Lovage medicinal otherwise called dawn garden. Maybe because it has a very strong aroma and is used not only for the treatment of many ailments, but also in cooking, cosmetology.

In lovage, according to magicians, hidden unprecedented love forces, which can enhance sexual desire. Therefore, various love spells are carried out with the participation of this plant, and some lovers wear a branch of lovage, sewn into clothing, so that the love and devotion of the chosen one does not disappear.

But still lovage has established itself as a healing tool. Therefore, it is cultivated and used to facilitate a variety of ailments.

This is a plant of the umbrella family - perennial. Only in the second year reaches 2-meter height. Lovage has flowers. They have a yellow, pale shade and gathered in a tight umbrella.The older the plant, the more beautiful it becomes, as it grows heavily and becomes like a bush. The plant is very unpretentious. It can withstand severe cold, and in the summer, can remain without sunlight for a long time. The lovage is even more comfortable in the first year of life if ultraviolet does not fall on its lower part. But in the second year, when it is necessary to help ripen the seed, the lovage reaches for the sun. The fruit of the Lovage - dvusemyanka.

Stem - round, leaves - petiolate and large, have cloves at the edges. The lower leaves differ from the upper ones in that they reach 0.5 meters in length, two or three times as complex. Closer to the base, the leaves are simpler: smaller, pinnate or completely inseparable.

The roots are very fleshy, rhizome is yellow-brown. The root is actively used in cooking. After all, it has a spicy-spicy taste, which initially has a sweetish taste, and then a sharp, bitter (to moderate). Greens are also readily used, especially as a spice or when salting vegetables.

Lubistok chooses the place of residence at the foot of the mountains or on the slopes, as well as in damp lowlands or private houses, in vegetable gardens and flower beds, but runs wild very quickly. Acquires a plant next to the St. John's wort, mint and chamomile.The flowering time of lovage falls on June and July, the fruit usually ripens in late August. When the plant is still quite young, only its leaves are used, which are ready for use all season. But in the second year, the interest in lovage increases dramatically. This is because you can use the root. However, as a remedy, the roots of the plant that are 3-4 years old will be the most effective.

If you need only the roots for the preparation of healing drugs, dig them in the fall or early spring. The whole ground part is cut off with a sharp knife, scrape the ground from the roots and wash them under running cold water. To dry the roots, they came up with this method: strung them on thick cords, and then hang them in the attic or on the street, but always under a canopy. If the root is too large, it must be cut before drying. But you can put on clean paper and occasionally overturn. If you need to quickly get a healing tool, the roots can be dried using an oven or a special dryer, but the temperature during this process should not exceed 35 degrees.

There is an opinion among healers that while the lovage has not bloomed, its roots are very poisonous, so a person can be harmed. It is better to listen to their opinion, caution does not hurt.

You can collect the roots at the very beginning of spring, when the soil was exposed after the snow melted. Since the plant is resistant to cold, the roots will be the same healing and effective.

Store the roots most often in a state that is ground to powdered. But, if you need whole roots, they are placed in boxes, sprinkled with dry sand and sent to a cool dry room.

Collect also leaves and seeds lovage. This process begins after flowering begins. The leaves are carefully torn off, laid out on clean paper at home, preferably under a canopy. It is not necessary for the harvesting of leaves to completely tear the plant out of the ground, or to destroy the upper part. Then, in gratitude, the lovage will give at least five times a season a new crop. Harvesting should begin only after the plant starts to bloom together or immediately after flowering. The fact is that the early harvest does not yet contain all the nutritional and medicinal properties.

The leaves are also dried on clean paper, and stored best of all, if you put them in a glass container.

The fruits of lovage are also successfully used in home therapy. They are sent for harvesting already in the late autumn when full ripening took place. Seeds should be dried, chopped and stored in a hermetically sealed container.

Lovage against diseases

The chemical composition of the plant from 0.5 to 2.7 percent contains essential oils, it contains organic acids, lactone compounds, resins, starch, and sugars. Due to the whole complex of active compounds, it helps to reduce inflammatory processes, as a diuretic helps with some diseases of the urinary system, and is able to excrete uric acid salts, removing strong symptoms in gout.

Lovage is used primarily as a medicinal herb, which has the following effects:

• expectorant;
• choleretic;
• carminative;
• blood purifying;
• antiseptic;
• diuretic;
• tonic;
• soothing.

Given these opportunities lovage, it is used in the treatment of diseases such as:

• bronchial asthma;
• bronchitis and bronchial stones;
• cholecystitis;
• neurosis;
• gout;
• rheumatism;
• colic of the stomach, gallbladder or intestines;
• renal failure;
• worm infestation;
• heartbeat;
• violation of the menstrual cycle.

Also use lovage, if identified diseases of the upper respiratory tract, stomach, intestines, heart, kidneys and urinary tract.

Recipes healing remedies

1. Lovage is useful to those patients who have bronchitis, colitis, intestinal spasms. To facilitate these pathologies use lust infusion. On 2 - 3 spoons of the crushed roots take 250 ml of boiling water. This is the daily dose. But you can take another part of the plant: for 4 grams of seeds 150 ml of boiling water. Take this infusion should be three times a day, measuring 15 grams.
2. For heart disease, therapy with the help of lovings is also conducted; there is such a recipe. In a liter of water, 30-40 grams of root are boiled for 7 minutes. So it turns out the daily dose, which must be divided into 5 servings, and, accordingly, drink in five doses.
3. If you take a powder made from roots or seeds, it will help as a carminative, diuretic or otkharktvayuschego means. A single dose of 0.4 - 0.8 gr. Should be taken 3 times a day.
4. If neuroses are concerned, you need to chew three to six grams of dry root on an empty stomach.
5. Diuretic and carminative is such a remedy. 50 grams of root or seeds insist in 40 percent alcohol, 0.5 liters is taken. Infused for two weeks in a dark place.It is taken only before meals with 30 - 40 ml.
6. It has long been proven that alcoholism is a disease, and getting rid of it is as difficult as other pathologies. Therefore, they are trying to find an effective medicine against this disease. Lyubistok also decided to take part in the struggle and benefit. This is how the next recipe came about.
7. Take the average lovage root and two bay leaves, place in a container, pour 40% alcohol, 0.5 liters. To insist means should within 7 days. After a person has drunk 250 ml or more, after 30 minutes he starts having nausea and vomiting.

To get rid of pinworms, you will need to eat (necessarily on an empty stomach) a mixture prepared from such ingredients:

• 1 - 2 tablespoons of the root, crushed to a state of powder;
• 3 tablespoons of honey.

A peptic ulcer disease will recede if you make a medicine at home, using several medicinal plants:

• powder made from lovage fruit - 2 tablespoons;
• lovage roots - 20 gr .;
• dandelion - 5 g .;
• Altea - 15 gr.

All components mix in a glass container, pour 40% alcohol - 0.5 ml. Add 100 ml of honey here.Hide for 9 days in a dark place, always warm. Then strain and drink twice a day - in the morning and in the evening. Single dose - 30 ml.

Lovage in the kitchen

Lovage used in diet along with dill and basil. It is used for salads and marinades, minced meat, in the form of a spicy mixture, adding onions and parsley. As a sauce, lovage is served at the table with meat and soups, vegetables and rice dishes, poultry, cereals and fish. It should be added to the first course lovage, as the taste of meat will increase significantly.

Lovage tasty salty. To prepare it, take 1 kg of green and 200 grams of salt. Leaves should be washed well and dried. Then they are cut, mixed with salt and sweated in sterile jars. Storage should be cool.

Unusual candied fruits will appeal to those who love the original and delicious dishes. For cooking should prepare 400 grams of roots. They are pre-treated: remove the top layer and boil in a small amount of water, which is changed several times. Then boiled roots are dipped in hot syrup, made in the ratio of 4 parts of sugar and part of water.Cooked root on very low heat, to a transparent state. When the procedure is complete, sprinkle the root with powdered sugar. Then finished candied lightly dried. Store in a cool place.

Beautician-beautician

In cosmetology began to use lovage, paying attention to its properties to improve the condition of not only the skin, but also the hair.

1. If, periodically, after the hair is washed, to rinse it with broth lovage, they will be lush and shiny. For such a miracle remedy you need to take 150 grams of lovage roots, burdock leaves and nettle. Pour cast water and infuse for 24 hours. Then the infusion must be heated and filtered before use.
2. If hair falls out or dandruff appears that cannot be removed, you can try to prevent the process using this recipe. You will need 5 grams of lovage seeds, 25 grams of onion peel and 200 ml of alcohol. All components are mixed in a glass jar, which is then left in a corked form in a dark place. If the hair is too dry, you can add three teaspoons of castor oil.
3. To heal the skin, you can use the infusion, taking 2 tablespoons of leaves. Pour 6 tablespoons of water. It should be left overnight, and in the morning strain.
4. From pigment spots helps alcohol solution. But keep in mind that such a tool can dry out the skin.
5. Lovage essential oil is used as a strong aphrodisiac. It is necessary to put a few drops on the skin.

Contraindications

You can not use lovage during pregnancy, as it provokes an active flow of blood to the pelvic organs. Dangerous plant for those who have pyelonephritis.

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