Information about medicinal plants. Healing properties of medicinal plants. For the treatment of colds

Medicinal plants are herbs, any parts of which (leaves, root, rhizome, flowers) are used in folk medicine for the preparation of various potions.

Types of medicinal plants

In medicine, medicinal plants are classified into the following types:

• Official. Plants that are allowed at the state level. Their types are listed in the State Register of Medicines of the Russian Federation.
• Medicinal plants in folk medicine. The largest category. The species included in it are little described, but are widely used among the people. Plants in this category have not been tested in modern pharmacology, but are distributed in countries where medicine is not available.
• Pharmacopoeia. Plants included in the official category. Requirements for their quality are described in the article of the State Pharmacopoeia.

Medicinal plants are also divided into:

• herbaceous - chamomile, chicory, St. John's wort, calamus, cowberry and others;
• shrubs and shrubs - wild rose, lilac, hawthorn, sophora, barberry, viburnum, juniper;
• creepers - grapes, hops, ivy, Caucasian Dioscorea;
• trees - birch, linden, elder, willow, eucalyptus, almond.

The use of medicinal plants

Medicinal plants have been used by the people since ancient times. The main scope of their application is the manufacture of medicines for external and internal use.

From medicinal plants are made:

• infusions;
• decoctions;
• extracts;
• dried herb powder;
• ointments;
• lotions.

For the preparation of medicines in medicine and among the people, all parts of plants are used:

• flowers;
• leaves;
• fruit;
• roots;
• rhizomes;
• seeds;
• bark;
• kidneys.

Medicinal plants are excellent for the treatment of many diseases. But most often they are used as an adjuvant therapy with the parallel use of medications.

For eyes

To improve vision, blueberries, cranberries, and cloudberries are used. Fruits also have a positive effect on the eyes, and.

Eye treatment with medicinal plants should be agreed with the attending physician. They do not treat diseases such as cataracts, glaucoma and serious infections.

For the treatment of colds

Various medicinal plants are used to treat colds. With the first symptoms of a cold will help to cope:

• St. John's wort;
• chamomile;
• sage;
• yarrow;
• linden flowers;
• raspberries;
• strawberry;
• dandelion;
• horseradish.

Decoctions, teas, tinctures, fruit drinks are made from plants. Herbs are used for inhalation and as a solution for gargling.

The most effective anti-cold remedy is. It has an anti-inflammatory and disinfecting effect on the human body.

For the treatment of nasal congestion is used, and. Complex drops are made from them and instilled into the nose.

To cure pneumonia, a decoction of elecampane and St. John's wort is prepared. Bronchitis is treated with black elderberry and oats.

For the treatment of women's diseases

Medicinal plants are widely used in gynecology. For the treatment of uterine bleeding, yarrow and nettle leaves are used.

Shepherd's purse tea is an excellent remedy for menstrual problems. If a woman has inflammation, the following herbs help to treat it:

• chamomile flowers;
• plantain leaves;
• yarrow herb;
• St. John's wort;
• bergenia root;
• horsetail

To make the female menopause less painful, gynecologists recommend using decoctions from medicinal plants such as birch, mint, yarrow, buckthorn, viburnum.

Viburnum bark is used for menorrhagia (excessive bleeding during menstruation).

For men

Medicinal herbs have a beneficial effect on men. For the treatment of male infertility, they use: centaury, garcinia cambogia, blueberry leaves, mulberries, birch leaves, lingonberries, bearberry, horsetail, milk thistle, sage, calendula, wild rose, tricolor violet, wild rose.

Dandelion and nettle leaves contribute to the production of male testosterone. Adding ginger to coffee or other drinks and dishes gives a man strength, vigor, self-confidence and tones the muscles.

For vessels and heart

For the treatment of hypertension, chokeberry, medicinal valerian, sweet clover, marsh cranberry, five-lobed motherwort, stamen orthosiphon, common mountain ash and horse sorrel are used.

Marsh cudweed dilates blood vessels, lowers blood pressure, and calms the nervous system.

Coronary heart disease is treated with apricot, fluffy birch, hawthorn, wild strawberry, wild garlic and Chinese magnolia vine.

Ordinary corn is used for atherosclerosis. Corn columns with stigmas normalize the metabolism in the body, and reduce the level of cholesterol in the blood.

For kidney and urinary problems

Medicinal plants effectively cope with kidney diseases and urinary system problems. To cleanse the kidneys, it is recommended to consume flax, shepherd's bags, bearberry, elderberry and tricolor violet. The listed herbs have a diuretic effect, but unlike medicines, they do not wash out calcium from the human body.

For the treatment of renal inflammation, bearberry, yarrow, birch buds are used. To get rid of edema due to improper functioning of the kidneys, you should drink an infusion of oats.

If a person suffers from a disease such as cystitis, baths from such medicinal plants will help him: birch, currant, eucalyptus leaves, sage grass, sweet clover, chamomile and calendula flowers.

To dissolve stones in the urinary organs, infusions of carrot seeds, lingonberries, strawberry leaves and parsley should be used.

For diseases of the gastrointestinal tract

For the treatment of problems associated with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, you should choose the right medicinal plant. Some herbs can help with a certain disease, while others can harm.

If the mucous membrane of the stomach and intestines suffers, the treatment will help:

• sea ​​buckthorn fruits;
• rice grains;
• cereals;
• althea root.

Plants envelop the walls of the stomach and have an anti-inflammatory effect on the work of the digestive tract.

Medicinal plants such as snake knotweed root, tea leaves and birch buds will help to cope with diarrhea. They create a protective film and prevent the penetration of chemically active substances and microorganisms.

Sea buckthorn oil and pectin do an excellent job with ulcers and erosive diseases of the gastric mucosa. If a person has constipation or flatulence, then medicinal plants that have an astringent effect will not work. Anise fruits, dill and fennel seeds and hay leaves have an effective effect in this case.

To cure hemorrhoids, the following medicinal plants are used:

• leaves and strings;
• flowers, calendula and chamomile.

A properly selected collection of medicinal plants will help cure diarrhea, intestinal infection and other gastrointestinal diseases at the first symptoms.

Outdoor use

There are a number of medicinal herbs that are used only externally. For example, . For external use, leaves and flowers of calendula are suitable. They have an anti-inflammatory effect and promote the healing of wounds on the hands and feet.

Such a medicinal plant as fireweed is a hemostatic agent for the human body. It also has soothing properties and promotes faster healing of wounds.

Celandine is used to make lotions as a cure for rashes, lichen, acne, diathesis, purulent wounds and ulcers.

The crushed leaves of the plant are applied to infected wounds.

Since childhood, each of us has known such a medicinal plant as plantain. Its leaves are applied to wounds. They have a hemostatic effect, wound healing and anti-inflammatory action.

Nervous and mental problems

For the treatment of neurosis, chamomile roots and flowers, transverse mint leaves, fragrant dill, and nettle are used. Pharmacy chamomile helps a person cope with mental problems.

Medicinal plants have a calming effect on the human nervous system, hypnotic, anticonvulsant and anti-inflammatory effect, relieve increased irritability.

Nerves are treated with prickly hawthorn, black elderberry, motherwort, oregano, stork and fragrant dill.

Contraindications to the use of medicinal herbs

Despite the effectiveness of herbal treatments, they should be used with caution. A plant such as celandine should not be consumed orally in large quantities. Overdose can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and breathing problems.

The correct dosage should be observed when using the drug collection, which contains spring adonis. This is a poisonous plant.

If a person has increased secretion of the stomach, it is not recommended to use the roots of common calamus. Aloe does not apply in the presence of open wounds, uterine bleeding, cystitis, during pregnancy.

In the presence of serious diseases, the use of medicinal plants should be agreed with the doctor!

Probably, medicinal plants began to enter into the everyday life of a person as soon as he at least slightly satisfied his hunger. Immediately there was a desire to live longer and not suffer from diseases. Having learned to recognize plants that are useful for themselves, gaining knowledge by observing animals and neighboring tribes, as well as experience - by trial and error, part of the population, who knows what winter is firsthand, became concerned with the problem of how to save not only food, but also medicinal plants . This is how the first medicines appeared - at first just powders from dry plants, then ointments based on animal fat and vegetable oils. Well, when alcohol appeared (the honor of this discovery is attributed to Arab doctors, in particular Avicenna), then the storage of medicines became even better and, as practice has shown, many active substances began to be extracted more efficiently.

The second problem that a person took care of, by the way, much earlier than design (not to fat, I would live) is the cultivation of medicinal plants near the dwelling. When discovering new countries and continents, travelers brought familiar plants with them, and those who returned took with them many useful plants of overseas flora and planted them in their gardens. This is how a whole industry was born - medicinal plant growing, taking various forms - monastery gardens, university botanical gardens, apothecary gardens, and, finally, state farms. Well, everything that did not grow in the garden continued and continues to be collected in nature.

So very briefly you can list the main stages of the neighborly relationship of medicinal plants and humans.

But in recent years, these relationships have intensified. It would seem that the pharmaceutical industry, especially of foreign countries, works perfectly, export-import does not fail and you can join the products of almost all countries, the pharmacy network cannot be denser, almost like grocery stores. Yes, and teas with medicinal plants appeared in them, proudly bearing the title of “functional products”. But no! Everyone enthusiastically studies books and articles in specialized magazines, how to grow medicinal plants on their own and what can be prepared from them and for what diseases all this can be taken.

What is the reason for this interest? There are probably several reasons. Firstly, not all plants can already be bought at the pharmacy. Many of them, as a result of active harvesting, simply passed into the category of rare and endangered, for example, many araliaceae, Rhodiola rosea, and red root. Industrial cultivation of these species is very problematic. It is, of course, possible, but in this case, the cost of medicines from them will be very expensive. But growing a few plants in the garden is not a problem at all.

Secondly, many simply do not trust what they are being sold. Even if the medicinal raw material looks great, it may contain radionuclides, mycotoxins and heavy metals invisible to the eye (and this is very common). Therefore, the modern consumer wants to be sure that everything that he absorbs himself, and what he enthusiastically stuffs at home, is absolutely safe and “environmentally friendly”.

Thirdly, it is simply excitingly interesting - to grow some rare species on your site, about which it is written everywhere that it doesn’t want to grow in culture, and to prepare medicine from it according to all the rules on your own. Here is the same sea buckthorn oil for sale. But many people prefer to cook it themselves. True, when reading recipes in various publications, there are a lot of contradictions. Unfortunately, many publications sin by rewriting old mistakes from each other. But science does not stand still. Some recommendations are confirmed, some are debunked as myths, for many plants "new pages of biography" are opened, that is, directions for their use.

Health care is gradually becoming a way of life. That is, it is not only treatment with drugs and preferably natural, but also proper nutrition with healthy products. Nutritionists broadcast from all TV channels and newspaper pages. But most fruits and vegetables, without which the diet is simply unthinkable, are medicinal plants. For example, celery, dill, fennel, anise are included in the pharmacopoeias of various countries, that is, they are official medicinal plants that are presented on pharmacy shelves. There are a lot of medicinal, and not culinary recipes with garlic and potatoes, carrots and beets. And some are used to prepare medicines - for example, artichoke - a delicacy and raw material for many choleretic drugs.

On the other hand, some habitual medicinal plants are promoted as food, such as calendula. Have you tried a salad or casserole with petals (scientifically, reed flowers)?

And, finally, one more aspect - many medicinal plants are simply very beautiful, and some ornamental plants are medicinal. Therefore, they can be placed on the site so that they become not a necessity, but an ornament: echinacea, nasturtium, daisy, bergenia, evasive peony and many others can be stars in flower beds, and not Cinderella in the backyards.

Therefore, the main task of our new section "Medicinal Plants" is to help grow the desired plant, prepare it correctly and warn against possible troubles. After all, many medicinal plants should be used in small doses and, like any medicine, have contraindications. And, of course, to help purchase seeds, planting material, get expert advice and exchange experiences.

doctor of agricultural sciences

Photo: Rita Brilliantova, Maxim Minin

Herbal treatment. Table

Herbal treatment

Herbal treatment has now become very popular, traditional medicine recommends a huge number of recipes for herbal treatment of various diseases. I present to your attention information about the use of certain medicinal plants for the treatment of specific diseases.

Herbal treatment. Application for various diseases

Diseases	Herbal treatment	Plant Parts Used
1. Atherosclerosis with high blood pressure	1.Aronia 2. Hawthorn 3.Highlander bird 4. Marigolds (Calendula) 5.White willow 6. Motherwort 7. Sushenitsa swamp 8. Baikal skullcap 9. Astragalus woolly-flowered	Fruit Flowers and fruits grass and roots Roots and leaves Grass and flowers
2. Atherosclerosis with low blood pressure	1. Sandy immortelle 2. St. John's wort 3. Burnet 4. Large plantain 5. Stalnik plowed	flowers Flowers and grass Roots and rhizomes
3. Heart failure (weakness of the heart muscle)	2. Stalnik plowed 3. Hawthorn 4. Marigolds (Calendula) 5. Motherwort 6. Baikal skullcap 7. Wild strawberry	Grass and flowers Fruits and flowers Roots and leaves fruits and leaves
4. Herbal treatment of spasms of the uterus and blood vessels	1. Licorice naked 2. Violet tricolor 3. Mother-and-stepmother 5. Wild strawberry 6. Curly parsley	Roots Leaves, flowers fruits and leaves Seeds, leaves, flowers
5. Insomnia, neuroses	1. Black elderberry 2. Angelica officinalis 3. Meadowsweet 4. Hawthorn 5.White willow 6. Motherwort 7. Violet tricolor 9. Chin meadow 10. Rosehip 11. Baikal skullcap	Fruits, flowers Leaves, flowers Leaves, flowers Flowers, fruits Roots and leaves
6. Diseases of the liver (hepatitis), cholecystitis	1. Sandy immortelle 2. Calendula (marigolds) 3. Mother-and-stepmother 4. Cornflower blue 5. Wild strawberry 6. Rosehip 7. Gray alder 8. Carrot seed 9. Violet tricolor 10. Blackcurrant 11. Dill fragrant	flowers Leaves, flowers flower petals Leaves, fruits Cones, leaves Fruits, leaves, buds Seeds, grass, flowers
7. Diseases of the kidneys (nephritis), bladder (cystitis)	1. Astragalus woolly-flowered 2. Hernia is smooth 3. Blackcurrant 4. Common cumin 5. Lingonberry 6. Wintergreen round-leaved 7. Curly parsley 8. Black elderberry 9. Meadowsweet 10. Wild strawberry	Flowers, grass Buds, fruits, leaves Flowers, seeds, grass Leaves, fruits Leaves, flowers Leaves, flowers, seeds Leaves, fruits leaves flowers Leaves, fruits
8. Gastritis, peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum	1. Horse chestnut 2. Large plantain 3. Sushenitsa marsh 4. Sandy immortelle 5. Meadowsweet 6. Licorice naked 7. Gray alder 8. Wintergreen round-leaved 10. Curly parsley 11. Rosehip	Fruits, flowers, leaves Leaves, flowers Leaves, cones Flowers, leaves Leaves, flowers, seeds
9. Herbal treatment of edema (cardiac, renal, ascites)	1. Angelica officinalis 2. Field horsetail 3. Bulb onion 4. Calendula 5. Lingonberry 6. Black currant 7. Carrot seed 8. Hanging birch 9. Black elderberry 10. Common blueberry 11. Rosehip 12. Curly parsley	Leaves, roots, flowers Leaves, fruits Leaves, buds, fruits Flowers, seeds Flowers, fruits Shoots, leaves, fruits Leaves, seeds, flowers
10. Cold, flu, acute respiratory infections, SARS	1. Chin meadow 2. Mother-and-stepmother 3. Fennel odorous 4. Rowan ordinary 5. Licorice naked 6. Black elderberry 7. Violet tricolor 8. Blackcurrant 9. Dill fragrant	Grass Flowers, leaves Flowers, fruits Fruits, flowers Buds, leaves, fruits Flowers, seeds, grass
11. Herbal treatment of dystrophy (exhaustion)	1. Rowan ordinary 2. Calendula 3.White willow 4. Angelica officinalis 5. Black currant 6. Mother-and-stepmother 7. Japanese Sophora 8. Rosehip 9. Wild strawberry 10. Common hazel 11. Edible honeysuckle 12. Onion 14. Blueberry 15. Elm-leaved meadowsweet	Fruit Leaves, roots, flowers Buds, fruits, leaves Flowers, leaves Fruits, flowers fruits, leaves fruits, leaves Flowers, leaves
12. Herbal treatment for diabetes	1. Walnut 2. Blueberries 3. White yasnotka 4. Large plantain 5. Sandy immortelle 6. Aronia chokeberry 7. Licorice naked 8. Sushenitsa marsh 9. Edible honeysuckle	Leaves, catkins, pericarp Grass with flowers
13. Thyrotoxicosis (thyroid disease)	1. Aronia chokeberry 2. Hawthorn 3. Five-lobed motherwort	Fruit Flowers, fruits
14. Herbal treatment of uterine bleeding, hemophilia, hemorrhoids	1.Highlander bird 2. Aronia chokeberry 3. White yasnotka 4. Highlander kidney 5. Stalnik plowed 6. Rosehip 7. Highlander bird 8. Horse sorrel 9. Sushenitsa swamp 10. Field horsetail 11. Gray alder	Grass Flowers, fruits Grass with flowers Roots, grass Shoots, flowers, leaves Leaves, cones
15.Ischemic stroke, thrombophlebitis	1.White willow 2. Red clover 3. Calendula 4. Wild strawberry 5. Horse chestnut 6. Meadowsweet	bark, leaves Leaves, fruits Leaves, flowers, fruits, bark of young branches Seeds, flowers, leaves
16. Herbal treatment of dermatitis (for external and internal use)	1. Hanging birch 2.Grushanka round-leaved 3. Hernia is smooth 4.White willow 5. Red clover 6. Meadowsweet 7. Bulb onion 8. Carrot seed 9. Marigolds 10. Gray alder 11. Walnut 12. Large plantain 13. Black currant 14. Licorice naked 15. Violet tricolor 16. Field horsetail 17. Horse sorrel 18. White yasnotka	Kidneys, earrings Flowers, leaves Leaves, flowers Flowers, seeds Leaves, cones Unripe fruits, catkins, pericarp, leaves Leaves, buds Leaves, flowers, shoots Grass with flowers
17. Female infertility, menopause, postmenopause	1. Japanese Sophora 2. Stalnik plowed 3. Common hop 4. Garden beans 5. Red clover 6. Chinese green tea 7. Male fern	fruits, buds pod pods young shoots
18. Herbal treatment of male menopause (androgen deficiency syndrome), impotence, male infertility	1.Highlander bird 2. Common cumin 3. Licorice naked 4. Hernia is smooth 5. Common hazel 6. Dill garden 7. Bulb onion 8. Wintergreen round-leaved 9. Rhodiola rosea	Grass Seeds, grass, flowers Leaves, catkins, young shoots Grass, flowers, seeds Leaves, flowers
19. Herbal treatment of cataracts, vascular fragility, hemorrhages	1. Japanese Sophora 2. Common blueberry 3.Chinese green tea 4. Edible honeysuckle	fruits, buds Leaves, fruits, shoots Leaves, fruits

● The above table is a new development of herbalists in Russia.

Medicinal plants and their use occupies an important niche in the field of medicine and pharmaceuticals. Each medicinal plant has its own unique properties, indications and contraindications. For what purposes, and in what ways can medicinal plants be used?

The properties of medicinal plants are numerous and varied. Each plant element produces special substances that affect the immune, nervous, cardiovascular systems, and also restores the energy balance of a person.

Detailed properties and features of each medicinal plant are studied by such sciences as pharmacology, herbal medicine, and pharmaceuticals. Since ancient times, the effects of medicinal herbs have been studied and put into practice by herbalists, healers, and traditional medicine specialists.

When using medicinal plants in medicine and pharmaceuticals, experts divide them into several main groups, depending on the main active ingredients. Each group is characterized by the presence of certain therapeutic properties:

What are the benefits of these plants?

The use of medicinal plants in the medical and pharmacological field is characterized by a number of undeniable advantages. Unlike most medications, herbal medicines are non-toxic, natural, bioavailable, have a minimum of contraindications and possible adverse reactions.

In addition, doctors point to such beneficial properties of medicinal plants:

Due to their mild effect and the absence of aggressive chemicals, most medicinal plants can be safely prescribed in the treatment of pregnant and lactating mothers, elderly patients, and young children.

What diseases are suitable for the treatment?

The range of use of medicinal plants is very wide. Experts actively use them to combat such diseases:

• violations in the functioning of the respiratory system;
• diseases of a chronic nature, with frequent relapses;
• dermatological diseases;
• disorders in the functioning of the heart and blood vessels;
• pathologies affecting the respiratory system;
• urinary tract diseases;
• nervous diseases;
• disturbances in the functioning of the neuroendocrine system.

In addition, many medicinal plants and medicines based on them are used to strengthen the human immune system.

Methods of using medicinal plants in medicine

Methods of using medicinal plants in the field of medicine and pharmaceuticals are divided into two main categories: internal and external. Medicines based on medicinal plants are taken orally in the form of infusions, decoctions, herbal teas, syrups, extracts and powders.

For the implementation of local treatment by the external method, powders, compresses from infusions and decoctions, as well as ointments from medicinal plants are used.

How are infusions prepared?

Healing infusions from medicinal plants can be used for oral administration, as well as the preparation of compresses and lotions. In order to make an infusion, you will need a spoonful of crushed medicinal herbs (the plant is selected taking into account its properties, depending on the patient's diagnosis and functional purpose) and a glass of clean water.

Infusions are prepared, both cold and hot methods. In the first case, the herbs are poured with cool water, and then infused for 8 hours and filtered with gauze.

With a hot cooking method, vegetable raw materials must be poured with boiling water and boiled for about 15 minutes over low heat. After that, the tincture is cooled and filtered using the same gauze cloth.

Preparation of herbal powders

Herbal powders are suitable for both oral and topical use. To prepare such a powder, first of all, you will need to prepare raw materials - dry the medicinal plant thoroughly.

The method of preparation itself is extremely simple: the plant is carefully ground to a powdery state (this can be done using an ordinary coffee grinder or a special mortar, like real herbalists). The resulting medicine is stored in a dark place, in any container with a tight-fitting lid.

Alcohol tinctures from medicinal plants

Herbal tinctures based on medical alcohol are characterized by a particularly strong effect, and therefore are taken in minimal concentrations agreed with the attending physician. Be sure to dilute alcohol herbal tinctures in clean water!

Raw materials insist on medical alcohol for a period of time from 10 days to 2-3 months. The resulting medicine is stored in a glass bottle, which is recommended to be tightly closed with a lid and placed in a dark place, protected from sunlight. With proper storage, an alcoholic tincture based on medicinal herbs retains its amazing healing properties for several years.

Herbal ointments

Based on medicinal herbs, you can also prepare a healing ointment, which is subsequently used for compresses and therapeutic applications. Experts use both raw and dried herbs as raw materials for ointments.

In order to obtain an ointment, the applied phytoelement is necessarily combined with a substance that has an astringent effect. For these purposes, you can use butter or vegetable oils, lard, petroleum jelly or lanolin.

Note that the shelf life of ointments made on the basis of animal fats is short and can be no more than a few weeks.

Preparation of decoctions

Herbal decoctions are considered one of the most common methods of using medicinal plants. Such funds are absorbed by the body a little longer than infusions, but they have a longer and more pronounced effect.

In addition, herbal decoctions are extremely simple to prepare. You just need to pour a tablespoon of raw materials with a small amount of water, boil, filter and dilute with clean water to the desired volume.

However, phytotherapy experts still do not advise abusing herbal decoctions, since when boiled, some of the active substances of plants are destroyed. The maximum duration of storage of herbal decoctions is two days.

Possible adverse reactions

Despite the fact that herbal medicines are usually very well tolerated by patients, without side effects, in some cases there is still a possibility of the following adverse reactions:

It is worth noting that the above unpleasant symptoms usually manifest themselves when using medicinal plants that have a toxic effect, with their long-term use and non-compliance with the recommended dosage.

How to use medicinal plants correctly?

Experts identify the following rules for the use of medicinal plants, which must be followed in the treatment:

When are medicinal plants contraindicated?

The main contraindication to the use of medicinal plants is the patient's increased tendency to allergic reactions, as well as individual intolerance to certain plant substances. Each individual plant has its own limitations for use.

Contraindications to the use of the most common medicinal plants are as follows:

A preliminary consultation with the attending physician will help to establish the presence or absence of contraindications to the use of a particular medicinal plant, making the therapeutic course extremely effective, and most importantly, completely safe!

The use of medicinal plants in the field of modern medicine and pharmaceutics provides effective treatment for a number of diseases. The advantages of using drugs based on medicinal plants are their safety, mildness of action, almost no contraindications and adverse reactions, along with high rates of effectiveness.

However, with prolonged and uncontrolled use, even natural remedies can cause significant harm to health. Therefore, before the very beginning of treatment with medicinal plants, it is necessary to consult with a specialist and strictly follow his recommendations in the future!

Medicinal plants include plants that are used to obtain drugs used in medicine for therapeutic and prophylactic purposes. Plants of this group have substances that have medicinal properties. As a rule, they are concentrated in separate parts and tissues of a particular plant. Therefore, it is necessary to know which parts of medicinal plants should be used in treatment or for prevention, as well as to know the medicinal properties of medicinal plants.

Classification of medicinal plants

These plants can be classified according to many criteria, such as the area of ​​application, effectiveness, areola distribution. Consider first the classification of medicinal plants according to the parts used:

Solid - these include fruits, roots, seeds, shoots, as well as bark;
The soft parts of a plant are the inflorescences of herbs, flowers, leaves, buds, and, in fact, the herbs themselves.

Also of great importance are the components that are part of the physicochemical composition of the plant, because they determine the main medicinal properties and methods of preparing the drug:

Plant mucus is used as an enveloping agent. They create a protective film for the gastrointestinal tract, bronchi and other respiratory tracts. Means are prepared from mucous plants for 2-3 hours, soaking them in cold water.
Bitterness increases the secretion of the gastrointestinal tract, as a result, stimulates the appetite and helps the absorption of food. Bitterness tends to dissolve in alcohol, ordinary water and other organic solvents.
Pectin substances are best preserved in the form of a decoction, which must be kept warm for a little less than an hour. Such a decoction will have an adsorbing, anti-inflammatory effect.
Tannins will help against inflammation of the mucous membranes of the oral cavity. Also used for alcohol poisoning or poisoning with salts of heavy metals. The resulting decoction of plants with tannins is immediately filtered hot, which retains all the medicinal properties.
The infusion of plants with essential oils is filtered only after complete cooling and is used as a diuretic, choleretic, bactericidal, anti-inflammatory agent.

Where to find miraculous plants? The Internet offers many recipes for traditional medicine, but very often for the preparation of dosage forms, either very rare plants or plants that do not grow near the place of residence are needed. Therefore, we will consider the most popular and accessible to everyone medicinal plants that can be easily found in the country, in the yard or in nature.

We offer you a list of the most common medicinal plants:

• Acacia silver;
• Aloe tree;
• Warty birch;
• White willow;
• Walnut;
• Ginseng;
• Wild strawberry;
• Blooming Sally;
• Calendula;
• horse chestnut;
• Norway maple;
• Stinging nettle;
• Burdock;
• Coltsfoot;
• Melissa officinalis;
• Peppermint;
• Nightshade black;
• fern male;
• Parsley curly;
• Sunflower annual;
• Mountain ash;
• Common lilac;
• Scotch pine;
• Poplar black;
• fragrant dill;
• Horsetail;
• Garlic sowing;
• Mulberry black;
• Horse sorrel.

wild rose

Used parts: fruits, roots, leaves.

Properties: concentration of numerous vitamins, choleretic, astringent, bactericidal, anti-inflammatory, laxative.

Dosage forms: extracts, tablets, oils and decoctions.

With urolithiasis, with a disease of the digestive tract and liver, an infusion is prepared: it is necessary for 3 tbsp. spoons of berries 1 liter of boiling water, after preparation, drink three times a day, preferably regularly for half a glass. A miraculous decoction is prepared from 2 tablespoons of rosehip root in 350 ml of water, boiled for a quarter of an hour, and then infused. We recommend drinking during the week 3 times regularly a day, one glass.

With a disorder of the stomach 1 tbsp. a spoonful of rosehip leaves is poured with a glass of boiling water and infused for 10 minutes. Consume throughout the day as needed.

A choleretic agent is a decoction of berries: 1 tbsp. a spoonful of berries in two cups of boiling water, boil over medium heat for 10 minutes, and then leave for a whole day and strain. Drink half a glass before each meal.

Mulberry black

Used parts: roots (in early spring), leaves and bark (during flowering), fruits.

Properties: circulatory stimulation, blood-purifying, mild laxative, anti-inflammatory properties.

Dosage forms: infusion, decoction, ointment.

For hypertension, bronchial disease, for example, bronchial asthma, an infusion is made: 200 ml of boiling water is poured into 18 g of crushed ripe berries, insisted for 4 hours and filtered. Drink before meals approximately 50 ml.

For heart disease and diabetes, you need to eat a glass of fruit per day.

The infusion of the leaves is an excellent antipyretic. Requires 1 tbsp. pour a spoonful of mulberry leaves with 300 ml of boiling water, insist and strain. After preparation, drink a glass a day.

For bruises, ointment is used. Bark powder in the amount of 2 tablespoons must be poured with vegetable oil (1.5 cups). Lubricate bruises, cuts, wounds.

Mountain ash

Used parts: fruits, young branches, flowers.

Properties: laxative, hemostatic, choleretic, diuretic.

Dosage forms: infusion, decoction, tea, gruel.

With hepatitis, with stones in the kidneys and in the bladder, hemorrhoids, an infusion is recommended: for 200 ml of boiling water, 15 g of rowan fruits. Take one spoon 3 times a day. Or you can make an infusion of 2 tbsp. spoons of rowan flowers, brewing them in 400 ml of boiling water. After 5 minutes of boiling, strain and take regularly 200 ml per day 4 times.

To fight hypertension and atherosclerosis, fresh juice and rowan fruits are useful. 50 ml of juice should be drunk for prevention three times a day.

With urolithiasis, take a little gruel during the day, which is prepared from 500 g of mountain ash, pounded with 50 g of sugar.

Walnut

Used parts: leaves, as well as fruits of different ripeness.

Properties: normalizes the secretion of the stomach, lowers blood pressure, strengthens muscles; tonic, vasodilator, anti-inflammatory, choleretic and anthelmintic.

Dosage forms: infusion, decoction.

For quick healing of wounds, lotions with a decoction of the leaves are used. And for gargling, an infusion is made: for 30 minutes, insist 1 tbsp. a spoonful of crushed leaves, filled with a glass of boiling water, then strain. 1 teaspoon can be given to children three times a day. It is also effective in the treatment of scrofula and rickets.

In the treatment of stomach ulcers (gastritis) and duodenal ulcers, walnut shells infused with alcohol are recommended.

With ulcers and diarrhea, an infusion of young nuts of milk ripeness is effective. Within 15 days at a temperature of 20-25 degrees insist 30 nuts per 1 liter of 70º alcohol. Then, after filtering, we advise you to take constantly one teaspoon.

horse sorrel

Used parts: root, leaves, seeds.

Properties: antihelminthic, choleretic, laxative.

Dosage forms: decoction, powder, infusion, ointment.

In the treatment of burns, ulcers, scabies, wounds, crushed leaves are applied gently to small wounds, skin ulcers, and so on. The leaves contain a lot of oxalic acid, which is contraindicated in people with urinary tract diseases and kidney failure.

For indigestion, take 1/3 cup of decoction three times a day before meals. The broth is boiled for 1 hour from 1 tbsp. spoons of crushed root and herbs in 1500 ml of water.

In small doses, sorrel root powder acts as a fixing agent, and in large doses it has a laxative effect. The powder is made from a dry root and is taken 0.25 g three times a day as a fixative or 0.5 g twice as a laxative.

For skin diseases, crushed sorrel root is used along with sour milk.

With hypertension, tincture helps: one part of the roots to 4 parts of alcohol (40%). Take tincture three times a day, 10 ml.

Horsetail

Used parts: grass.

Properties: bactericidal, diuretic, tonic, expectorant and anti-inflammatory properties.

Dosage forms: infusion, decoction.

With inflammation of the bladder and hemorrhoidal bleeding, with atherosclerosis and diseases of the kidneys, gastrointestinal tract and liver, its preparations are used.

The infusion is prepared very easily: 1 tbsp. we recommend pouring a spoonful of chopped herbs with 1 cup of boiling water, carefully infuse for 30 minutes. We recommend drinking ¼ cup three times a day. Outwardly, it is used for compresses for skin diseases, as well as against baldness.

Rinse your mouth with decoction: 1 tbsp. a spoonful of grass in one glass of ordinary water, boil the broth for about half an hour.

For washings and compresses, an infusion is made. Horsetail herb is infused during the day, usually 50 g of herb per 600 ml of boiled water, but cold.

Large celandine

Used parts: grass, roots, fresh juice.

Properties: laxative, diuretic; antispasmodic property.

Dosage forms: infusion, decoction, juice.

Infusions of celandine have a choleretic effect, ½ teaspoon of crushed leaves and roots of celandine is poured with a glass of boiling water, insisted and filtered. Take half a glass a day three times.

A special collection is used for liver disease and frequent constipation: ½ tbsp. spoons of grass and roots of celandine, horsetail leaves, hawthorn flowers and chamomile grass, add one tablespoon of mint, rue herb, buckthorn bark and butterbur leaves, 1 tbsp. a spoonful of the resulting mixture immediately pour 200 ml of boiling water and let it brew for 20 minutes. Drink early in the morning and after dinner in the evening for half a glass.

For rinsing use infusion, pouring 2 tbsp. spoons of celandine 200 ml of boiling water.

Let's summarize:

Nature is a real healer, because it is in nature that you can find healing herbs that will help overcome the disease. Medicinal plants have a wide range of uses in folk practice, and sometimes dosage forms made from natural materials can even compete with some artificial medicines.

First of all, when making a prescription product, you need to understand what properties it should have, and depending on this, add certain ingredients, having studied the properties. We also recommend that you strictly follow the instructions of the recipe, because the purpose of all means is to preserve the most important value in life - health.

A huge number of recipes for products, which include many plants that you do not know. It is enough to use proven, simple recipes for dosage forms that are prepared using one or two plants. For example, for the above recipes, you can easily find plants in the country garden, in your garden, in the yard or in nature.

Love and protect nature! In return, you will have a strong body for many years!

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