Marsh grass is not as widely known as other medicinal herbs. However, becoming more familiar with it and using it for the prevention and treatment of ailments, people begin to appreciate this plant and speak positively about it. In particular, due to the mild effect on the body.
Composition and beneficial properties
Marsh grass belongs to the Asteraceae family. The flowers of the plant are small, pale yellow, collected in oval baskets. The stem is thin and highly branched. Covered, like the leaves, with gray felt pubescence. On the territory of Russia, the grass grows in the European part and in regions such as Western and Eastern Siberia, the Far East, and the Caucasus.
Common names: gourd, toad.
It can be found in a ditch, ditch, on the edge of a swamp, on a swampy river bank. She also “loves” water meadows.
Marsh grass (swamp) - herbaceous annual plant, reaching a height of five to thirty centimeters The smell of processed raw materials is barely perceptible, the taste is salty. Many people consider this grass a weed and pull it out when thinning potato beds because they don’t know it. medicinal properties. But there are a lot of them:
The plant accelerates tissue restoration, improves blood clotting and intestinal function, and protects against arrhythmia. To enhance the therapeutic effect, cudweed is included in antidiabetic herbal preparations. What makes this plant so valuable in the treatment of various ailments is its composition:
The plant is harvested when it blooms. Along with the root. Dry in a shaded area of the yard (if you live in a private house) in clear weather. During the day, the grass needs to be turned over from time to time. They also use drying chambers, attics, and hide raw materials under a canopy in bad weather. Dried grass should be sifted through a sieve to remove any remaining sand and soil.
It is necessary to keep raw materials in a dry place, but no more three years. After this period it will lose healing properties.
Dried herbs should be stored in canvas or linen bags, or in a wooden container
When collecting cudweed, do not forget to leave three or four plants within a meter radius. If you dig everything up, it won’t grow here anymore.
Video: use of marsh cudweed in folk medicine
Plant species
Do not confuse marsh cudweed with forest and yellowish-white ones, and also with field toadgrass. The healing properties of these plant species are very weakly expressed.
Forest dried grass is taller: from twenty centimeters to half a meter. The baskets are small, forming an inflorescence resembling a spike in shape. The stem does not branch or bush, the leaves are covered not with gray, but with white fluff. This plant prefers drier soil.
Celena has a yellowish-white involucre of yellowish-white baskets, hence the name. The flowers have reddish tint, and the stem can reach seventy centimeters in height.
Toadwort's flower baskets are arranged in balls even in the cavities of the leaves, the height is thirty-five centimeters, the fluff is white. The plant is predominantly steppe and field.
Plant varieties - photo gallery
Field toad has a stem branched from the middle, white flowers, involucre leaves are grayish-white, without edges
The yellowish-white cudweed has the same baskets as the marsh cudweed, but is not surrounded by apical leaves
Forest dried grass has a straight stem, the baskets are collected in a long spike-shaped inflorescence
Sushenitsa for various diseases: recipes and features of use
IN folk medicine Cushion has been used for a long time. For each problem or disease, the most suitable treatment method is selected:
In Rus', they drank marsh cudweed as tea, adding honey to it. This herb was used to treat colds and consumption.
Allergic manifestations
Boil three dessert spoons of dried rice in a liter of water. Remove two minutes later. When the broth has cooled, soak cotton napkins in it and apply to the affected areas. The compresses should be kept for about twenty-five or thirty minutes.
Hemorrhoids, constipation
Enemas are often used for these diseases. First, a cleansing is done, and after an hour - a healing one, by introducing half a glass of warm infusion of dried dried herbs into the rectum. The course includes five to six procedures. They should be done every evening or two.
As an additional medicinal product, the infusion is used for acute and chronic enteritis, colitis, and dysentery. You should take one tablespoon three times a day on an empty stomach.
Sitz warm and hot baths
You will need:
Having brewed the medicinal raw material separately (one hundred grams of the collection per one liter of boiled water), then bring it with hot or warm water to the required volume and comfortable temperature. The course duration is usually two weeks. The procedure should be carried out according to a certain regime: every day at the same period of time (preferably about an hour before bedtime). Then it is advisable to lie down under the blanket. Reception time: from ten to twenty minutes. If the water cools quickly, add more to bring it to the desired temperature.
For the best therapeutic effect, it is recommended to take the baths in courses and not stop even after the first signs of improvement.
Hypertension, cerebrovascular accident
The following components are required:
Simmer the water-drenched grass over low heat for about a quarter of an hour. After removing, cool, strain and add boiled water to get the original volume. The dosage rate is a third of a glass twice or thrice a day, half an hour after a meal.
Preparations made from cucumber lower blood pressure It is also used as an anti-inflammatory agent: a ten-day course is recommended, the dosage is the same. Afterwards, a break is taken for half a month, and then, if necessary, the course can be repeated.
For inflammation of the nasopharynx, rinse with the decoction four to five times a day. For one procedure you will need half a glass of the product.
This syrup is used to combat hypertension. It is sold in pharmacies, but can also be prepared independently. To do this you will need the following ingredients:
Marsh cudweed syrup with chokeberry can be bought at the pharmacyLeave the plant mixture soaked in water overnight to infuse. In the morning, boil and then cook for another half hour. After adding sugar, boil. When the liquid turns into syrup, refrigerate and drink before each meal. Single dose: one teaspoon. Contraindication: increased vascular tone.
Collection
To prepare you will need:
Take a tablespoon of mixed plants and pour boiled water into a thermos. After six hours you can drink: half a glass before meals. You can eat after taking it no earlier than twenty minutes later.
To speed up treatment, in addition to the listed remedies, take foot baths. They are prepared as follows: 250 g of herbs are poured with five liters of boiled water and left for half an hour. The same amount of time is allocated for the procedure. Your feet should be covered with a towel.
Headache, insomnia
You will need:
- dried cucumber - two tablespoons;
- boiling water - two glasses.
Infused hot water dried dried fruit for two hours, strain. Drink on an empty stomach before meals. Single dose: two tablespoons. The duration of the course is forty-five days.
Calming collection
Ingredients:
Pour boiled water over the mixed herbs (three teaspoons). Leave in a thermos for six hours. Divide the infusion into four parts and consume on an empty stomach throughout the day. The course is from fourteen days to a month.
Use this infusion to rinse your mouth with stomatitis, sore throat, tonsillitis, or when your teeth hurt.
Infusions and decoctions should be taken warm.
Women's diseases
Cervical erosion and colpitis are treated by douching with a warm infusion twice a day for a week. This method is also suitable for inflammatory diseases.
Tampons soaked in dried oil are also used. To prepare it, place ten tablespoons of chopped raw herbs in a thermos and pour half a liter olive oil(it should be warmed up a little). You need to insist for twenty-four hours. Tampons are placed overnight. The duration of the course is ten days.
Tampons soaked in cucumber oil are used for gynecological diseases Myoma and fibroma are treated with a decoction prepared as follows:
After straining, you can start drinking four times a day after you eat (not immediately, but after 30 minutes). You need to consume a third of a glass at a time. The duration of the treatment course is eight days.
For “female fading” (cessation of menstruation due to menopause), the following recipe is used:
Mix the ingredients thoroughly, brew half a dessert spoon of the mixture in a porcelain teapot. Drink like tea. Improvement will occur after ten days.
“Female wilting” is accompanied by itching, a feeling of painful discomfort due to increased blood flow to the head and other, not the most pleasant, manifestations
Skin diseases
Pour vegetable oil (preferably linseed or olive) over the cucumber and leave in a place protected from light. The ingredients are taken in a ratio of one to ten. After a day, the oil can already be used (if treatment is urgently needed), but continue to infuse for another ten days, shaking from time to time. It is better to strain before use. Method of use: after smearing the drug on the affected area of the skin, apply a sterile bandage on top.
Cushion powder is used for weeping eczema For weeping eczema, weeping lichen, sprinkle dried cucumber powder on the affected areas.
Ointments and creams with cudweed are prescribed for herpes, trophic ulcers on the lower extremities, and skin diseases of adults and children.
Burns, boils
For burns and abscesses, you can use ointment or oil from cudweed for speedy healing.
Ointment
Ingredients:
To prepare the ointment you need to use only homemade oilTo prepare the ointment, grind the herb powder with fat or oil, add honey and mix very well with a wooden spoon. Keep warm for several hours. Use until skin heals. Store in the refrigerator.
The ointment is also used against fungi and has antimicrobial properties.
Cushion oil
You will need:
Heat the oil to sixty degrees and pour it over the herb placed in the thermos. After twelve hours, pour into a saucepan and simmer in a water bath for thirty minutes. Keep the oil in the refrigerator door in a dark glass container. Treat burns, abrasions, and wounds with this remedy.
Ingredients:
The raw material is poured with alcohol and infused for two weeks in a dark place, then filtered and stored in a dark glass bottle. You need to drink every time after eating. Single dosage: a quarter glass. The duration of the treatment course is half a month.
In the acute stage of pneumonia, taking the tincture is contraindicated; you need to wait until the crisis has passed
Spasms of heart vessels
You will need:
- dried cucumber - one and a half tablespoons;
- boiling water - a glass.
Infuse the herb for half an hour, then strain. Drink a third of a glass four times a day on an empty stomach. It is recommended to do this for a month.
The infusion will improve the functioning of the heart and all vessels of the arterial-venous-capillary group.
Sushenitsa as an adjuvant treatment
For some diseases, especially those that are severe, this plant is used only in combination with other herbs. As a primary healing agent, it will be ineffective.
Atherosclerosis of the lower extremities
This disease should be treated comprehensively.
Infusion
You will need:
Infuse the ingredients in a thermos overnight. Drink one third of a glass after eating, waiting about half an hour.
Preventive therapy for atherosclerosis is used in autumn or spring (two months each)
Herbal tea
Ingredients:
- leaves or buds of warty birch and black poplar - 10 g each;
- raspberries - 20 g;
- horsetail, drop cap, grass and dill seeds, lemon balm, motherwort - 30 g each;
- hawthorn fruits - 40 g;
- dried dried fruit - 60 g;
- boiling water - half a liter.
Leave for half an hour. Drink half a glass of infusion on an empty stomach before meals. It is advisable to take a three-month course.
Baths
You will need:
- oregano, sage and birch leaves - 100 g each;
- boiling water - 3 liters.
Keep medicinal raw materials poured with hot water warm for two hours. Add the strained infusion to the prepared bath (the water temperature in it should be from thirty-five to thirty-seven degrees). Ten procedures will be required: two per week. They are recommended in the initial stage of the disease.
Foot baths
Take:
- dried dried fruit - 50 g;
- boiling water - liter.
The infusion is prepared for two hours, then filtered and diluted with ten liters of water at a temperature of forty degrees. In total you need to take from twelve to fifteen baths: once every three days. The water temperature should be thirty-eight degrees. You should keep your feet in it for about ten minutes. Baths are also used in the treatment of diseases such as blockage of veins, obliterating endarteritis, trophic ulcers of the legs, varicose veins.
Treatment of atherosclerosis is a very long process: you need to drink herbs for one and a half to two years, alternating medicinal fees. Improvements appear earlier, but to consolidate the effect, it is strongly recommended to complete the entire course. One infusion or decoction can be taken for three to four months maximum, after which a two-week break must be taken, then you will need to choose another recipe.
For atherosclerosis, it is advisable to eat honey: a teaspoon four times a day
To combat the disease, also include in your daily diet fresh fruit(oranges, grapes, apples, grapefruit, peaches, pomegranates, apricots or dried apricots), berries (strawberries, black currant, strawberries, feijoa), vegetables (pumpkin, zucchini, cucumbers, tomatoes), dill, walnuts, seaweed. Keep your salt intake to a minimum. Walk more often, avoid stressful situations by all means.
Varicose veins
One of the healing agents used for this disease is an oil infusion. You will need the following components:
Grind the well-mixed raw materials (the components are taken equally) and infuse in oil: the ratio is one to two. It is better in the cellar or in the nightstand, shaking the container every sixty days. Then the infusion will need to be poured into a saucepan and heated to sixty degrees, then placed in a bottle and kept in the dark for another thirty days. Only then can you begin to rub the oil into sore spots. Better for the night. It is necessary to complete two ten-day courses, between which a twenty-day break should be taken. After six months, treatment will need to be repeated.
It is best to prepare decoctions not in metal containers, but in enamel or ceramic ones. For alcohol tinctures and oil infusions, the most suitable containers are dark glass bottles.
Gastritis
This recipe is used for high acidity:
Two teaspoons of well-mixed plants are poured with boiled water and left for eight hours. Dosage: half a glass. Frequency of administration: three times a day before meals (about half an hour). The infusion is recommended to be consumed for four weeks.
For low acidity:
- peppermint leaves - 20 g;
- marsh cudweed grass - 15 g;
- knotweed grass - 15 g;
- yarrow flowers - 15 g;
- chamomile flowers - 10 g;
- dill seeds - 10 g;
- valerian root - 10 g;
- caraway seeds - 10 g;
- hop cones - 5 g.
Stir everything, pour 1 liter of boiling water and leave in the oven for 10–12 hours, strain. In the morning on an empty stomach, drink 250 ml, then the same amount every two hours until it runs out.
Liver problems
You need to take the following ingredients:
Sushenka helps in the fight against liver diseasesPour boiling water over four tablespoons of medicinal raw materials and keep on low heat for about half an hour. Then you need to wait for the broth to cool down and drink three tablespoons three times a day.
Heartburn, lower abdominal pain
Ingredients:
- St. John's wort;
- cottonweed;
- mint leaves;
- centaury.
Take equal parts of everything and mix. Infuse a tablespoon of plant material in a thermos for an hour, pouring half a liter of boiled water into it. Drink three tablespoons before meals.
Obliterating endarteritis
This disease is treated comprehensively. You need to start by taking foot baths. The recipe for their preparation was given in the description of the treatment of atherosclerosis. Take them once every two days before bed for half an hour. Course - sixteen procedures. In severe cases - twenty-four or twenty-eight.
On intermediate days, when you do not take a bath, lubricate your feet with ointment. Its recipe:
- dried cucumber - 10 tablespoons;
- boiling water - liter.
Preparation:
One of the means of treating endarteritis is compresses with ointment from cudweed.
Apply several layers of sterile gauze and a generous amount of ointment to the wounds. Secure with a light bandage, put on stockings and wrap your legs. Make sure nothing is squeezing them. This procedure is carried out at night. If you made a bandage in the middle of the work week, then at three o’clock in the morning it needs to be removed so that the temperature of the legs returns to normal. If you catch a cold in your lower extremities during treatment, this will only worsen the disease.
Another course of therapy includes taking a decoction: pour a liter of water into a canvas bag with one-third of a glass of dried dried fruit, boil for about fifteen minutes, then simmer for the same amount of time in a water bath. Daily norm: one and a half glasses, divided into three times. It is recommended to drink on an empty stomach. The use of the product is stopped at the end of the bathing course.
For cramps and pain, use the following mixture:
All listed medications are taken equally and mixed. The infusion is prepared as follows: two tablespoons of the collection per half liter of boiling water. Leave in a warm place for an hour. Usage rate: one and a half glasses, divided into three times. Drink before meals.
Oncological diseases
Ingredients:
You need six tablespoons of well-mixed raw materials. After pouring boiled water, the herbs should be simmered on the stove or in the oven for three hours. Make sure it doesn't boil. After straining, drink the product before each meal. Single dose: one tablespoon. It is recommended to take two monthly courses, with a ten-day rest between them.
Bedsores
You need to take:
Plant raw materials are placed in a dark glass bottle, filled with oil and left for half a month in a place protected from light. The finished drug is filtered through thick cloth and poured back into the bottle. Choose a cool place for storage. The bandage should be changed every three days in the first two weeks, and then every five days.
Stroke
When treating strokes, herbal mixtures should be gradually alternated. You will have to undergo treatment for a long time and continuously.
Recipe No. 1
Ingredients:
In the evening, pour a liter of boiled water into a thermos and leave until the morning. You need to drink everything in a day.
Recipe No. 2
Ingredients:
For infusion, take a tablespoon of medicinal herbs per glass of boiled water. Wait for it to cool down. You can drink one to three glasses a day. It is better to start with a small dose, gradually increasing it.
Stroke treatment is long and continuous Recipe No. 3
Ingredients:
Equal parts of the ingredients are thoroughly mixed. The infusion requires two tablespoons of plant material and 2.5 cups of boiled water. This is followed by a six-hour infusion. When you strain, start drinking a quarter glass five times a day.
Erysipelas
You will need:
You need to take equal amounts of everything. For the infusion you will need a teaspoon of mixed herbs. Steam them with hot water for twenty minutes. Strain and drink throughout the day, dividing a glass of the healing product into four doses. It is recommended to use it for ten days, but two to three days less is possible.
For erysipelas, use alcohol tincture of cucumber Compresses are also made three times a day using an alcohol tincture. It is prepared like this:
In between procedures, the inflamed skin is lubricated with sea buckthorn oil.
During exacerbations, when the temperature rises, severe pain occurs, in addition to folk remedies, it is necessary to take antimicrobial drugs and follow other prescriptions of the attending physician.
Angina pectoris
You need to take the following components:
Simmer a tablespoon of medicinal raw material with a glass of boiled water for fifteen minutes in a water bath. Strain and drink throughout the day, dividing the decoction into four doses. Preferably half an hour before meals. The recommended course is half a month.
Chronic gastroduodenitis
Ingredients:
Boil the herbs in hot water for about seven minutes. When the broth has cooled, pour half a teaspoon of spirulina powder into it. Use throughout the day, dividing one and a half glasses of the medicine into three doses. You should drink before meals (half an hour before). A monthly course is recommended. Taking the decoction should be alternated with other herbal infusions.
Most people consider spirulina to be an algae; in pharmacies it is sold as food additives in the form of tablets, flakes, powder
Peptic ulcer of the stomach, duodenum
Ingredients:
The infusion is prepared in a thermos for three hours: a tablespoon of plant material placed inside is poured with boiling water. For severe pain, drink one tablespoon three times a day on an empty stomach.
At peptic ulcer For stomachs with high acidity, a vitamin-oxygen herbal composition is recommended:
The infusion takes an hour to prepare. Dosage: half a tablespoon on an empty stomach three times a day.
If the rosehip is May, then the infusion is suitable for use for no more than two days.
They are also treated using the following method: on an empty stomach they take an infusion of cyanide, and after waiting two hours after a meal, take a decoction of the roots of cyanosis.
Contraindications: ulcers and gastritis with increased acidity during the period of exacerbation. In such cases, it is strictly prohibited to engage in herbal medicine without the approval of a doctor.
Other fees used in traditional medicine
Here are a few more herbs used in folk medicine for various ailments:
Having chosen a suitable collection, make an infusion from it: two tablespoons of herbal mixture per one and a half glasses of boiled water. You can start drinking the product six hours before meals three times a day. Norm: a third of a glass at a time.
For arrhythmia, treatment can last four months, for duodenitis - five weeks, for circulatory failure - up to six months, for pancreatitis - two months, for enuresis - up to three months.
Contraindications
Sushenitsa cannot be used in the following cases:
Swamp dry grass is not used to treat children under 5 years of age; in children under 12 years of age, therapy is carried out only under the supervision of a pediatrician.
If an allergic reaction occurs, taking this medicine should be stopped immediately. If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, be sure to consult your doctor before using cudweed. It is not recommended to treat without a doctor's prescription folk remedies serious illnesses.
Sushenitsa is a popular medicinal plant that contains a complex of active components that can help improve the health of the body safely and without side effects. Sushenitsa is used in alternative medicine as part of herbal preparations, and also as a separate medicinal plant that can restore the body even in severe conditions.
Chemical composition
In my own way chemical composition cudweed is not inferior to many modern dietary supplements. The grass contains a complete complex of vitamins and minerals, presented in digestible form, in high concentration. The plant retains rutin, folic acid, vitamin C, tocopherol and retinol. Minerals are important to harmonize the functioning of organs and systems. The grass contains the following types of macro- and microelements:
- iron;
- silicon;
- zinc;
- magnesium;
- potassium;
- sodium;
- calcium.
There are also special substances that can replace potent drugs. The grass and flowers of the plant contain the following components in maximum concentration:
- alkaloids (6 types);
- carotenoids;
- essential oils;
- flavonoids;
- antioxidants;
- bitterness.
The plant contains 2 poorly studied alkaloids, so science does not confirm the complete safety of the plant. But many years of experience in use, as well as studied properties, indicate that it is absolutely useful and safe if used correctly and in the absence of contraindications.
What it looks like and where it grows
Sushenitsa is one of the most common plants in regions with cold and temperate climates. It is widespread on the Eurasian continent; in some regions it is grown culturally on an industrial scale. But most often gardeners see it, especially those whose plots are located on the banks of rivers and other bodies of water.
This is what the plant looks like:
- bush height – up to 35 cm;
- stems branched, leafy;
- leaves are sparse, thin, lanceolate-linear in shape;
- the flowers are small, collected in ovoid inflorescences;
- The fruits are miniature achenes.
The advantage of the plant is that it blooms for a long time, which allows the collection and preparation of raw materials for three months - from the beginning of June to the end of summer. Dry grass is often found in vegetable gardens, where it actively reproduces as a weed. If in cultivation vegetable crops no toxic chemical fertilizers are used, weeds can be pulled up and dried for use in medicinal purposes.
Species
The genus cudweed is represented by 14 species, but most of them are rare and are found in wildlife in countries with warm climates. Throughout the Russian Federation and neighboring countries, only 2 varieties are considered the most common.
- Marsh dry grass (swamp) – small herbaceous plant with a pronounced therapeutic effect. This type is the most common and suitable for use for medicinal purposes.
- Forest dried grass is a similar variety that prefers forested areas for growth. A plant with similar botanical characteristics, but slightly taller. Also has medicinal properties.
These two varieties can be collected and used for therapeutic purposes. Both of them help cope well with hypertension, diseases of the genitourinary system, hormonal and nervous disorders. Sushenitsa has a beneficial effect on the health of the respiratory system, and also carefully cleanses the body of toxins and waste.
Collection and storage
Raw materials need to be harvested during the season when the active flowering phase begins. During this period, the maximum dose of components that promote recovery accumulates in all parts of the plant. You must follow these rules:
- Choose a safe, non-toxic place, away from landfills, highways, and factories.
- Cut off the entire above-ground part, almost to the root (no need to pull it out with the rhizome).
- Transport cut bushes carefully so as not to crush them.
- Before drying, do not wash the grass, but simply remove any debris from it, chop it up and spread it out to dry on a clean, dry cloth or paper.
- When the grass is completely dry, pack it into jars.
The finished collection can retain its medicinal qualities for up to two years. But at the same time, it is necessary to organize the most favorable storage conditions - the absence of humidity, mold, and foreign odors. It is important that raw materials are always kept in hermetically sealed containers.
Sushenitsa is best known in folk medicine as a hypertonic herb. This is simply the most sought after and pronounced medicinal property of the plant - it can instantly lower blood pressure. Alkaloids act directly on the nervous system as relaxants, leading to the relief of spasms. They also relieve tension in the walls of blood vessels and capillaries, which leads to a decrease in blood pressure. These properties, as well as the diuretic effect, are used to prevent hypertensive crises. With regular use, you can avoid frequent exacerbations.
But the ability to help with hypertension is not everything. Sushenitsa has the following medicinal properties:
- eliminates inflammation;
- removes excess fluid and toxins from the body;
- stimulates the functioning of the digestive organs;
- enhances the production of gastric juice, improves appetite;
- normalizes hormonal levels;
- has a beneficial effect on reproductive function;
- relieves headaches and helps with migraines;
- promotes healing of gastric and duodenal ulcers;
- improves the functioning of the liver, renews this organ;
- reduces the activity of cancer cells and tumors;
- stabilizes functioning nervous system, calms, normalizes sleep.
Hormones contained in the medicinal plant help maintain female and men's health. But they affect the body differently depending on gender.
For women
It is impossible to overestimate the benefits of dried fruit for female body. This herb is one of the few that help effectively cope with hormonal problems and poor health during menopause. Sushenitsa allows you to cope with poor health and pain during menstruation, and also normalizes the cycle if a malfunction occurs due to stress or overwork. Thanks to dried fruit, you can quickly cope with inflammation of the ovaries, candidiasis, and also relieve inflammation in infectious diseases of the genitourinary system.
For men
It is also useful for men to use cucumber for healing. It helps overcome the following problems:
- prostatitis;
- urinary tract infections;
- varicocele;
- sexual dysfunction.
Sushenitsa is part of complex preparations that prevent the development of impotence. It not only maintains hormonal levels, but also stimulates blood supply to the tissues of the reproductive organs. Due to its rich antioxidant content, it eliminates the threat posed by free radicals and prevents the development of common types of prostate cancer.
Sushenitsa in folk medicine
Alternative medicine has dozens of recipes developed by healers and herbalists. They are created taking into account the characteristics of each disease, tested by centuries of experience. Reliable and proven treatment regimens for diseases using cudweed are described below.
Tuberculosis
In the old days, cucumber was used in the treatment of pulmonary diseases. This plant produces several healing effects at once:
- eliminates cough and inflammation in the lungs;
- normalizes respiratory function;
- removes excess sputum, first diluting it;
- relieves spasms.
But this herb is especially valuable in the treatment of tuberculosis, as it heals foci of infection and prevents pulmonary hemorrhages in the open form. In a closed form, it promotes rapid recovery, blocks the ability of pathogenic microorganisms to reproduce, thereby preventing the spread of infection. In addition, the herb contains vitamins and active substances necessary to enhance immunity. To use the healing potential of the plant, you can use the following recipe:
- Steam 20 g of herb with 1 liter of boiling water;
- leave for 2 hours, covered with a lid;
- strain into a clean container and drink half a glass 3 times a day.
The infusion is best taken before meals. To enhance the effect of using dried cucumber, it can also be infused with alcohol. This option contains more antibacterial and regenerating components. For 100 ml of alcohol you need to take 1.5 tablespoons of dry herbs. During the infusion process, shake the mixture periodically so that the liquid can draw out all the healing power from the plant to the maximum. Treat tuberculosis with tincture for 3 months, taking 10 drops 3 times a day.
Varicose veins
For varicose veins, you can use several treatment methods at once, combining them or practicing them separately.
- Baths for problem areas with herbal infusion - 1 glass of raw material for every 5 liters. Procedure time: 20 minutes, repeated every day for 2 weeks.
- Rub the oil extract into problem areas every day 20–30 minutes before bedtime. The main thing is that after applying the medicine the legs are at rest.
- You can also use alcohol tincture for compresses, but not more than once a day. It is necessary to apply pieces of bandage or gauze soaked in alcohol tincture to the affected areas. The duration of the procedure should not exceed 15 minutes.
To complement the results from topical use of cudweed-based products, you can also take medications from this medicinal plant orally. Tea or water infusion will do. You need to drink 200 ml of tea or 100 ml of tincture every morning, in severe cases even before bed. If varicose veins begin to cause complications, and thrombosis is added to it, you should immediately stop taking herbs and consult a doctor, as surgical treatment will be required.
Prostatitis
There is one very ancient recipe that is passed down from generation to generation. You can use cucumber in this form to treat prostatitis and other problems associated with the male reproductive system. The recipe is very easy to prepare, but you need to take care of preparing the raw materials in advance.
To prepare a healing tincture that restores male strength, you need to take not the grass and inflorescences of the plant, but its roots. Boil them in cow's milk for 10 minutes, simmer at minimum temperature. Then leave the product for 2 hours, and then drink 100 ml 2 times a day. Recovery requires at least 30 days.
You don’t have to complicate the task, but prepare a regular water infusion. To do this, you need to take 2 tablespoons of the herb, steam it in a thermos, adding 500–600 ml of boiling water. Take this infusion when it has cooled, 30-40 ml, at least 2 times a day.
Women's health
To restore female reproductive health, you can use a water infusion of cucumber, combine this plant with other herbs and even oils, which also have a positive effect on this area. There are three popular recipes that you can use.
- Brew a mixture of flaxseed, red brush and dried cucumber with boiling water. Take 300 ml of water for 1 teaspoon of the mixture. Leave for 30 minutes and drink in 3 doses. Course – up to 30 days.
- Brew linden blossom, dried berries, and hop leaves (not hop cones, they make you very drowsy) in a teapot. Drink a cup of herbal tea on an empty stomach. Repeat every morning for 30 days.
- Pour 50 g of collection with vodka (0.5 l), leave for 2 weeks. Strain and use 10 ml every morning for 2 weeks, and then repeat the course after a break of 30 days.
There are recipes that use other herbs. Before you start taking them, you need to familiarize yourself with the contraindications and find out whether the body will react to them with an allergic rash.
Digestive system
Dried fruit effectively helps with stomach ulcers, gastritis and colitis, and also improves the functioning of the digestive system. To treat the stomach and intestines, it is better to use a water decoction. It can be prepared for several days at once. Boil 2 tablespoons of herbs in 1 liter, insist and pour into a container with a lid. Eat important nuance– the decoction should be stored in the refrigerator, but before each use, warm each portion to 30–35 degrees. Cold drinks are too dangerous for the stomach.
For gastroenterological problems, it is recommended to drink the decoction along with a therapeutic diet, which is selected individually. In any case, at least 4 meals per day will be indicated, which means that the broth will have to be drunk the same number of times. You need to dose it correctly - no more than 50 ml per dose.
For headaches
Migraines and headaches can be relieved even without painkillers, but for these purposes you need to use cudweed. The advantage of this plant is that it is not always necessary to drink it to cope with headaches. There are 3 ways to use the herb to relieve headaches.
- You can take a small amount of oil prepared from dried dried fruit, rub it over your temples and lie down for 10–15 minutes. While the oil is absorbed, you can massage your temples with soft circular movements.
- If you have vodka tincture in the house, it can be used for compresses for headaches. But it's not worth it pure form take the tincture, it must be diluted with water in a 1:1 ratio. Moisten a clean handkerchief in the resulting solution and place it on your forehead. If the pain is localized in the back of the head, the scarf should be placed there.
- You can make tea for headaches. Take lemon balm, dill seeds, dried cucumber, peppermint. Brew 1 teaspoon of boiling water (1 cup), leave for 3 minutes and drink in small sips.
Sushenitsa is an alternative, safe remedy that can replace pills for headaches.
With VSD
Vegetative-vascular dystonia is one of the most mysterious diseases that has not been fully studied by medicine. Therefore, effective medications that would eliminate at least the symptoms of this disorder do not yet exist. But cudweed can be used successfully to correct the condition of VSD. You can use it once or undergo periodic courses of treatment. Grass:
- eliminates somatic manifestations of VSD;
- relieves headaches;
- reduces anxiety, reduces the risk of developing panic attacks;
- normalizes the functioning of the autonomic nervous system.
One-time use for VSD can be relieved feeling unwell alcohol or vodka tincture. The first option is used in the amount of 30 drops per glass of water. Vodka tincture should be drunk 20–30 ml at a time. For long-term treatment, use a water infusion, ½ glass 2 times a day.
For insomnia
Cushion is often used as a remedy for insomnia. The effectiveness of this plant is due to the presence of trace elements that calm the nervous system, as well as hormones that normalize the functioning of the parts of the brain responsible for sleep. In addition, the plant contains alkaloids that give a mild hypnotic effect. Sushenitsa can be used once, if there is no chronic insomnia. You just need to prepare tea - brew a teaspoon of herbs, leave for 3 minutes and drink with honey or sugar 1 hour before bedtime.
For serious sleep disorders, insomnia, and panic attacks that recur at night, you can use dried cucumber in a course. There are several application schemes:
- alcohol tincture – 20 drops 1 hour before bedtime;
- water infusion – ½ glass 1 hour before bedtime.
In addition, you can use dried cucumber as part of herbs for sachet. You need to take a small piece of light, breathable fabric (linen or cotton), sew into it a mixture of thyme, lemon balm, lavender, St. John's wort, hop cones and dried cucumber. Place this pillow in a pillowcase. Essential oils will evaporate and enter the body during respiration. This aromatic sachet will help you fall asleep faster and improve the quality of your sleep.
For hypertension
For arterial hypertension, cucumber is even used in traditional medicine. This herb is known as a highly effective and fast-acting remedy that doctors recommend that all hypertensive patients keep in the house to protect themselves from sudden attacks. A standard recipe that helps with hypertension:
- Brew 20 g of herb in a thermos with 800 ml of boiling water;
- leave for 4 hours;
- drink 100 ml 2-3 times a day.
If hypertension is difficult to treat, frequent vascular spasms occur, and blood pressure rises even at rest, it is better to prepare an alcohol tincture that will act quickly. This is necessary for emergency situations when it is urgently necessary to lower blood pressure safely for the body. For the tincture, it is recommended to take the apical parts of the plant, dry them, chop them with scissors and place them in a dark bottle. For 250 ml of alcohol, take 3 tablespoons of the mixture. Pour and leave for 21 days. Take the prepared tincture only during attacks, 1 teaspoon, with plenty of water.
From fungal infections
During the research, it turned out that cider contains essential oils and alkaloids, as well as plant components that are effective against fungal infections of the skin and mucous membranes. The plant copes equally effectively with different types of foot fungus, vaginal candidiasis and fungal infections of the oral mucosa. In each individual case the method of use is different.
- To treat foot and nail fungus, you need to use cudweed externally, making warm baths. Take 100 g of herb for 5 liters of water, brew and cool, and then use for baths. The water should not be allowed to be hot - this can lead to the activation of the infection and not to a therapeutic effect.
- For vaginal candidiasis, you need to use a strong water decoction for douching and intimate hygiene. Brew and boil 2 tablespoons of herb in 400 ml of water for 3–5 minutes. Use 2 times a day for douching. For hygiene procedures, dilute the broth with boiled water in half.
- For fungal infections of the oral cavity (stomatitis), you need to use an infusion to rinse your mouth. Brew 2 teaspoons of herb with a glass of boiling water, leave for 1 hour, and then use to rinse after each meal. The ideal option is 4-5 times a day for 6-8 days.
The advantage of cucumber over antifungal drugs is that it does not produce dangerous side effects such as decreased immunity, liver damage, and nausea. Baths can be used externally even for children from 6 years of age.
Types of healing compounds
To use cucumber for medicinal purposes, you need to know how to properly prepare medicines. Depending on the preparation method, the properties of the resulting medicine will differ. It is necessary to select suitable recipes for each disease. But there are several traditional, universal recipes that can be used for all occasions.
Infusion
To prepare a medicinal infusion, you can choose one of two methods. The first is to prepare the product in a closed container and leave for 2-3 hours. The second option is to make an infusion in a thermos, where a constant temperature of the liquid is maintained. This remedy needs to be infused for 3–4 hours. Proportions for 1 liter of water – 25 g of herb. Brew the raw material and close it in a thermos or other container with a lid.
For the infusion to be truly healing, you need to let it sit for at least 2 hours and then drain it, straining through a sieve or clean gauze. The water infusion cannot be stored for too long. Maximum time – 3 days.
Tincture
The most concentrated version of all dosage forms is an alcohol or vodka tincture. You can use pure alcohol (medicinal), moonshine or store-bought vodka as a base. To prepare with vodka, you need to take a 500 ml glass of collection, for pure alcohol - 1 tablespoon per 100 ml.
The tincture is prepared in a dark glass vessel or in a completely opaque container. The point is that hitting ultraviolet rays may spoil the tincture, so you need to protect it from light.
Decoction
You can cook the broth over low heat in a thick-bottomed pan or boil it in a water bath. It is better to prepare the decoction for several days at once. For 1 liter of water you need to take 2 tablespoons of herbs. Pour it into a saucepan cold water, and then slowly bring to a boil and simmer for 15 minutes.
The finished broth cannot be filtered immediately; you need to let it stand for at least 40–50 minutes, and then pour it into a jar through a sieve. Drink 50 ml of decoction, at least 2-3 times a day. Since this version of the medicine is quite concentrated, it is necessary to reduce the treatment time to 2 months. You can continue taking the cucumber decoction only after a break.
Ointment
To prepare ointment from cucumber, you need to find a suitable base. You can take regular baby oil or buy a ready-made emulsion base. They are sold in stores that have products for creating organic cosmetics with your own hands. But people most often use a natural base to prepare herbal ointment - rendered pork fat. Recipe and cooking technology:
- Melt 200 g of pork fat in a deep, thick-walled container.
- When it becomes liquid, add 1 cup of dry, crushed herbs.
- Cook under a closed lid on the lowest heat for 1.5 hours.
- Let the product sit for a while so that it is not too hot.
- Carefully pour into a jar through a sieve so that parts of the plant do not fall into the ointment.
- Wait until it cools completely and put the resulting ointment in the refrigerator, after closing it with a lid.
The ointment is for external use only. This remedy can be applied to minor burns, wounds and ulcers. It helps with insect bites, allergic reactions, as well as with furunculosis and wounds that do not heal for a long time.
Oil
The oil extract can be used externally and internally. Using vegetable oils, you can obtain a valuable extract, which will contain active components and fatty acids. There are two ways to prepare oil based on cucumber.
- Take 250 ml of refined vegetable oil, heat to 70 degrees on the stove. Add 50 g of herb and simmer without increasing the temperature under a closed lid for 2 hours. For convenience, the mixture can be prepared in the oven. After cooling, strain the mixture and pour into a dark glass bottle.
- The second method is cold oil infusion. It takes more time to prepare, but this product will have a higher concentration of active ingredients. Pour 100 g of herb into a bottle, pour 400 ml vegetable oil and close. Leave for 30 days, then strain and use.
Cider oil is aromatic, softens and heals the skin, helps with varicose veins, can be used for anal fissures, hemorrhoids, and also to soften the skin of the feet when it is prone to cracking and peeling.
Contraindications for use
You can't use cucumber in all cases. There are diseases in which the beneficial potential of a plant can be harmful. This herb is strictly forbidden to be used for the following diseases:
- arterial hypotension (low blood pressure);
- thrombosis;
- aortic dissection;
- heart attack and stroke in the acute stage;
- severe forms of heart failure;
- plant allergy.
You should not overuse dried cinnamon - you need to strictly follow the recommendations regarding dosage and consumption patterns. Only proper use will help you become healthier and get rid of a number of diseases. Before deciding to use herbal treatment, you need to consult a doctor and undergo diagnostics to rule out the presence of pathologies and diseases in which this plant can cause harm.
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Marsh dry grass belongs to the annual herbs of the Sushenitsa genus from the well-known Asteraceae family. The plant grows in swampy places, swamps, and along ponds. Gardeners consider cucumber to be a weed that they have to weed out.
The herb has been known for its healing properties for a very long time. People call it gourd grass, toad grass, cut grass.
You can see a photo of marsh cudweed below.
Description of the plant
The plant grows up to 30 cm. The stem is erect, it has felt greenish pubescence. It also has many branches. The leaves are alternately arranged on the stem and have a linear-lanceolate shape.
Cushion has small flowers that gather in inflorescences-baskets. They are located at the tops of the shoots. The color of the petals is yellow-white. Cushion begins to bloom at the end of July. Blooms for a month.
After flowering, grayish-gray achenes are formed, which are very small in size.
The tissues of marsh cudweed contain a certain amount of tannin, flavonoids and carotenoids are present. It also contains essential oil.
Proper preparation of marsh cudweed
Raw materials need to be harvested only at the time of flowering of the plant. This is the end of July and the beginning of August. The whole plant is harvested; all parts of the dried herb are used for medicinal preparations. When collecting grass, the plant is pulled out entirely, along with the roots. The picked plant is dried under a canopy; a draft is needed for ventilation. Spread out in a thin layer.
Can be dried in an electric dryer or oven. The temperature is set to 30-40 degrees.
Should be stored in paper bags or cardboard boxes, healing properties last for three years. If the grass is dried correctly, the raw material will retain all its usefulness.
Use of cucumber
The herb is used to treat pathologies associated with the pressure of blood flowing through the vessels of the body. Used for diseases of the stomach and intestines. Used for wound healing.
To normalize blood pressure in hypertension, use infusion of dried dried fruit.
- It is prepared from 1 tbsp. l. dried raw materials and 200 ml of boiling water.
- The poured grass is infused for 60 minutes.
- To infuse it, it is wrapped in a blanket.
- Next, filter and take 100 ml.
- You need to drink three times a day, regardless of meals.
Often to normalize blood pressure drink a mixture of herbs.
- horsetail - 4 servings;
- marsh cudweed - 3 servings;
- sweet clover grass - 4 servings.
1 tbsp. l. collection, pour 250 ml of boiling water. Leave under the blanket for three hours. You need to drink 20 ml three times a day.
For the treatment of high blood pressure in heart failure, use a complex composition of herbs.
- hawthorn flowers - 1 serving;
- swamp cudweed - 2 servings;
- birch leaves - 1 serving;
- horsetail - 1 serving;
- adonis - 1 serving;
- motherwort - 2 servings.
Pour 1 tbsp. l. collecting herbs 250 ml of water, brought to a boil. You need to insist in a thermos. After one hour, the infusion is filtered. Drink the infusion warm, 100 ml, three times a day.
To calm the nervous system The following herbal collection will help.
- chamomile flowers - 1 serving;
- swamp cudweed - 3 servings;
- hawthorn flowers - 3 servings;
- motherwort - 3 servings.
You need 1 tbsp. l. herbs pour 250 ml of boiling water. The collection is infused in a thermos for about 8 hours. After filtering, take 100 ml 3 times a day. Take after meals one hour later.
For repeated tantrums A collection of the following herbs helps:
- thyme - 2 servings;
- dried cinnamon - 3 servings;
- nettle (leaves) - 4 servings;
- blackberries (leaves) - 5 servings.
Pour 250 ml of boiling water 1 tbsp. l. mixtures of herbs. Cover with a napkin and leave for half an hour. Drink 200 ml, three times a day.
Important! There are contraindications for cucumber: the herb should not be used for arrhythmia and bradycardia.
You cannot self-medicate. Before using infusions or decoctions of cudweed, you should consult your doctor.
Russian soil is rich in valuable medicinal plants. Among them, a special place is occupied by marsh cudweed, which is sometimes called bog grass (Gnaphalium uliginosum) from the Asteraceae family. What is this inconspicuous herb famous for and what diseases will it help cure? We will talk about this in this article.
Description
The herbaceous annual plant has a low (up to 30 cm) stem, spread-branched from the base and covered with silver-white “felt”. The root is short, taprooted, and rather thin. The leaves are small, alternate. At the base they are narrowed and densely pubescent.
Light yellow flowers are collected in small baskets, arranged in bunches or dense heads at the ends of the branches. They are surrounded by radiating upper leaves. The fruit is an oblong, light brown or greenish-gray achene with a tuft.
Swamp dry grass, whose medicinal properties have long been noticed by traditional healers, blooms from mid-June until August. The fruits ripen in October. The plant reproduces exclusively by seeds. From one bush you can collect up to five hundred seeds, which will remain viable for five years.
Spreading
The herb fen grass is found in temperate and cold regions of Eurasia, from Great Britain, Portugal, and Iceland in the west to Japan and Korea in the east. Distributed throughout the former republics Soviet Union, in Eastern and Western Siberia, on Far East, in the Caucasus.
Prefers fallow and flooded meadows, swampy banks of rivers and lakes, and floodplain forests. It is found in vegetable gardens with waterlogged soil and potato fields.
Compound
Swamp cudweed contains many useful substances. Among them:
- carotene (up to 55%);
- flavonoids;
- tannins (4%);
- resins (up to 16%);
- essential oils (0.05%);
- phytosterols;
- traces of alkaloids (gnafalin);
- vitamins B1 and K;
- ascorbic acid;
- thiamine
Medicinal properties
Application in traditional medicine
To date, marsh cudweed has already been well studied. The medicinal properties and contraindications of the plant are known to all traditional healers. It is used not only in folk, but also in traditional medicine. As a rule, drugs based on this plant are prescribed to patients as they not only slightly slow down the heart rate, but also have a beneficial effect on the circulatory system.
Oil extracts from cucumber stimulate granulation. They are prescribed to regenerate damaged skin areas caused by burns. Swamp cudweed has also found application in the manufacture of medicines for the treatment of stomach and intestinal ulcers, gastritis.
Cushion preparations are part of complex therapy for serious diseases of the nervous system. Today, medicines made from cudweed have proven themselves well for the treatment of the initial stage of hypertension.
Use in folk medicine
Traditional healers use beneficial properties this plant has been cultivated for a very long time, and I must say, very successfully. They recommend decoctions and infusions for gastrointestinal ulcers, migraines, angina, spasms of blood vessels, hemorrhoids, uterine, and kidney bleeding.
Decoctions and oil-alcohol extracts are used externally in the form of lotions, compresses, in the treatment of long-term non-healing wounds, burns, and ulcers. Swamp cudweed is included in various preparations that are effective in the treatment of cervical erosion and Trichomonas colpitis.
Infusion (baths) gives good results for excessive sweating of the palms and feet. We invite you to get acquainted with some cooking methods medicines.
Infusion
Pour ten grams of dried fruit into enamel dishes a glass of boiled hot water. Cover the saucepan with a lid and place in a water bath for a quarter of an hour. Then cool the composition to room temperature, strain, and squeeze out the raw materials. Bring the resulting volume of liquid to the original volume with boiled water.
The infusion is stored in a cool, dark place for no more than two days. Take half a glass twice a day as a hypotensive and anti-inflammatory drug.
Decoction
Twenty grams of dry herb pour 300 ml of boiling water and put on low heat for five minutes, let it brew for about two hours. After this, the composition can be strained and taken in the same way as an infusion.
Oil extract
You will need six grams of raw material (heaped tablespoon). It is poured with 200 ml of any vegetable oil (preferably olive), infused for ten days, shaking daily, then filtered.
Use of the plant in other areas
Swamp cudweed is used to make an alcohol-oil extract. It is successfully used in veterinary medicine.
Collection and preparation
Raw materials are harvested during the flowering period of the plant. When collecting, it is necessary to leave 2-3 plants per square meter of thickets for seeding. The plants are dug up by the roots, the soil is shaken off and, without cutting off the roots, they are dried in the shade in the open air, turning them over several times a day.
In bad weather, you can dry raw materials under a canopy, in special drying chambers (temperature +40 ° C), or in attics. The plant retains its medicinal properties dry for three years.
Swamp dry grass: contraindications
This medicinal plant and all drugs based on it are contraindicated for people with hypersensitivity and intolerance to the individual components that make up its composition.
Patients suffering from low blood pressure are strictly prohibited from taking these medications. Usually the plant does not cause side effects, but allergic reactions may occur. In this case, the drug should be stopped immediately.
Use marsh cudweed only after consulting a doctor. Too often, self-medication leads to very disastrous results.
Marsh grass (or marsh grass) is medicinal plant, which is found everywhere. It has the appearance of a herbaceous annual shrub, which can be seen on moist soils near bodies of water (rivers, swamps, lakes); this grass also grows in vegetable gardens, fields, slopes, in ditches, and in water meadows.
In its natural habitat, the marsh grass occupies the northern and central regions continent of Eurasia, spreading at the same latitude from Iceland to Japan. In the common people there are other names for this herb: toad grass, as well as toad grass, cut grass or worm grass.
Botanical description
Sushenitsa is an annual plant belonging to the Asteraceae family. Among the many varieties of this plant, only marsh cudweed has medicinal properties. Sushenitsa has a pubescent, branching stem, up to 25–30 cm high, and small elongated leaves with a wide base and a pointed end. The leaves are arranged alternately on the stem.
The branching stem is distinctive feature of this species (forest and field cudweeds have a straight single stem). The flowering period of marshweed is summer (from June to August), its flowers are yellowish, collected in “basket” inflorescences, the middle flowers in the inflorescences are tubular, the edge ones are thread-like. In place of the flowers, gray-green seeds ripen.
Biochemical composition
The composition of marsh cudweed includes valuable and useful substances:
- carotene;
- alkaloids;
- flavonoids;
- thiamine;
- essential oils;
- fatty acids;
- vitamins (PP, A, B, C, ascorbic acid);
- phytosteroids;
- tanning components;
- macro- and microelements.
Valuable substances are contained in the stems, leaves, roots and flowers of the plant; it is they that determine the medicinal properties of marsh cudweed.
Pharmacological characteristics
The swamp grass cudweed has an effect on the human body different types influences. Among them:
- vasodilator;
- hypotensive;
- hemostatic;
- anti-inflammatory;
- antispasmodic;
- bactericidal;
- sedative;
- astringent.
Dried dried fruit, prepared in accordance with the recipe, stimulates the regeneration of skin tissue and mucous membranes, burn surfaces, and ulcers. The herb cudweed is used for hypertension, it reduces blood pressure, stabilizes the functioning of the heart, reducing the frequency of its contractions, and helps with angina pectoris. In patients diabetes mellitus has a vasodilating effect.
Sushenitsa is used for gastritis, stomach ulcers, it improves intestinal contractions. The herb is used to treat tuberculosis and pneumonia, neuroses and insomnia of various origins. Drying herb improves blood clotting and stops bleeding of various locations (uterine, intestinal, renal, hemorrhoidal, external). Dosage forms prepared from this herb are used in veterinary medicine.
Useful preventive properties
Dried fruit helps with heartburn, eliminates headaches and excessive sweating. It is useful to gargle with a decoction of cucumber for tonsillitis, tonsillitis and stomatitis - it relieves inflammation, removes purulent plugs, reduces the concentration of microorganisms in the lymph nodes and pharyngeal tonsils.
Basic drugs
Several main types of dosage forms are prepared from dried dried fruit: decoctions, infusions, tinctures, baths and ointments.
Decoction– this is a saturated aqueous solution of the herb (the water is subjected to a short boil). A decoction is prepared from dry raw materials, which is poured with hot water, boiled and infused. Usually take 1 tbsp. dried berries for 1 glass of hot water. The broth is boiled for no more than 5 minutes, left for 30 minutes, after which it is used, taken orally in the amount prescribed by the recipe, douched and rinsed.
Infusion- This is infused (without boiling) dried dried fruit in water, oil or alcohol. An alcoholic infusion is usually called a tincture. Prepare an infusion by adding 100 g of solvent to 1 tsp. herbs. Water is added hot, alcohol is added without preheating, vegetable oil is heated together with the herbs in a water bath. The infusions are kept for 12 hours to 7 days, depending on the recipe, after which they are filtered. The tincture is used for its intended purpose in the appropriate dosage.
Baths are used to treat hypertension as a distraction therapy. For this purpose, 150 - 200 g of herb are poured with boiling water (3 liters), infused and cooled to 40°C, after which foot baths are performed (duration - no more than 30 minutes). Hemorrhoids are treated with sitz baths made from cudweed.
Ointments are prepared by adding honey and butter to custard. Store the ointment in the refrigerator and use it as directed.
Folk recipes
Bath for varicose veins. You need 100 g of dry herb, pour 5 liters of water, boil, then leave for 10 hours. Before use, the decoction must be slightly warmed up. The temperature of the foot bath should not exceed 37°C, the bath time should be 30 minutes.
Oil for burns. 10 g of dried fruit is poured into 100 g of warm vegetable oil (heated to 60°C), left for 12 hours, filtered. Lubricate the burn surface with oil 2 – 3 times a day. Before use, the oil must be slightly warmed. The oil can be used to heal ulcers and wounds.
To normalize heart function 2 tbsp. l. Pour boiling water (150 ml) over the herbs and leave on low heat for 5 minutes. Leave for 2 hours, then strain, add 300 ml of water and take half a glass three times a day. This decoction also helps with inflammatory processes in the body and is used as an immune stimulant.
A decoction for mouth rinsing for stomatitis and gingivitis, sore throat, tonsillitis. 1 tbsp. the herbs are poured with boiling water (200 ml) and left for half an hour, filtered and rinsed several times a day (3 – 4).
There are many medicinal prescriptions from this herb. Sushenitsa can be used in combination with other herbs: St. John's wort, violet, centaury, mint, plantain, caraway, motherwort, valerian, etc. Several herbs contained in multicomponent preparations enhance the medicinal effect of each other.
Collection and preparation
Marsh cudweed has its maximum therapeutic effect during the flowering period (June - August). The plant is collected during the flowering period by pulling it out of the soil by the roots. Medicinal raw materials are dried under a canopy (you cannot dry them in the sun) after first cutting off the rhizomes. You can dry the grass in dryers (drying temperature - 35 - 40 ° C).
Contraindications and conclusion
The main contraindications of marsh cudweed are: if you are allergic to the components medicinal herb, low blood pressure (hypotension), thrombophlebitis, gallbladder diseases (especially calculous cholecystitis), increased blood clotting, bradycardia. Sushenitsa is not recommended for use by children, pregnant women and during breastfeeding.
The herb cudweed marsh fen pharmacognosy is a valuable source of substances beneficial to the human body. With regular and correct use The therapeutic and preventive effects of various dosage forms of this plant are obvious. This means that nature itself has taken care of our health; we just need to be able to wisely use what is always next to us.