Poplar buds - medicinal properties and contraindications. Common poplar - botanical description. Ointment for wounds and ulcers

Poplar is a fairly common tree and rarely has anyone not seen it. Unpretentious in care, it grows well in forest belts, along river banks, along roads, is used as green space in cities and villages, and sometimes forms groves. Poplar fluff flying in June symbolizes the beginning of summer.

Description of the plant

Black poplar (Populus nigra L) or sedge belongs to the willow plant family and is a tall tree, reaching 25-35 meters in height and at the same time is a long-liver, the age of some of its representatives reaches 300 years. Black poplar forms a powerful surface-horizontal root system, which makes it possible to use black poplar to strengthen the slopes of ravines. Sedum has a thick, powerful trunk, in the lower part of which the bark forms growths. The color of the bark of younger tree trunks is gray, while that of older ones is dark gray, closer to black and it is very thick, and has a reddish tint from the inside.

The crown of the black poplar is spreading, densely covered with foliage. The leaf has a long, bare petiole. Sedum has a leaf blade from 6 to 12 centimeters long, densely leathery, dark green above and lighter below. The edges of the leaf blade are serrated, triangular-ovate, young leaves are soft green in color with a specific aroma, resinous. Sedge buds are cone-shaped, quite large, pressed, covered with resin with a specific odor, brown-green in color. The flowers of black poplar are earrings, up to 4 centimeters long, forming a spherical ovary, the seeds are small, numerous, covered with long-haired flying down. Black poplar blooms in May, and in June the already ripened fruits are carried by the wind.

Medicinal properties

Sedge or black poplar is a good medicinal plant containing substances used in the treatment of various diseases. So this plant is used as an anti-inflammatory, analgesic, astringent, wound-healing, antimicrobial and diaphoretic agent. Great content essential oils allows you to use black poplar as an expectorant for colds and to normalize work gastrointestinal tract.
The bark of this plant has antimalarial properties and helps alleviate the condition of patients with gout, fever, and rheumatism.

Poplar buds contain essential oils, such glycosides as populin and salicin, as well as malic and gallic acids. Osokor has leaf buds, which in the form of infusion have a positive effect therapeutic effect in the treatment of burns, hemorrhoids, as an antipyretic and as good remedy to increase hair growth. Poplar bud essential oil has found application in the perfume industry, where it is used as a fragrance and odor fixer in the production of high-quality toilet soap. Ointments are also prepared from poplar buds, which are good for joint pain, trichomonas colpitis, ulcers, various fungal skin infections, alopecia and other diseases.

Preparation of medicinal raw materials

For medical purposes, mainly only leaf buds of black poplar (Gemmae Poputi) are harvested. The buds are collected in early spring, around the end of April, before the poplar flowering period begins. Leaf buds are clearly distinguishable from flower buds and have a yellow-brown color, a specific resinous odor and a bitter taste. The buds are collected only by hand, carefully separating them from the branches. The collected raw materials are dried, spread in a thin layer on a mat, in the shade under a canopy, avoiding rain moisture. You can also dry the collected poplar buds in the oven at a temperature not exceeding 35 degrees. The finished raw materials are stored in tight packaging in a cool place.

The use of black poplar in folk medicine

Black poplar or sedge folk medicine has been used for a very long time. Medicinal properties possess not only the leaf buds of the poplar, but also the bark and green leaves.

Ointment from young poplar leaves. Poplar leaves, preferably young, sticky leaves, are ground well with oil or fresh fat until a homogeneous green mass is obtained. This ointment is used to treat boils, abscesses and poorly healing wounds.
Juice from fresh poplar leaves Helps cope well with pain and tinnitus. Fresh young poplar leaves are washed, finely chopped and the juice is squeezed out, which is dropped into the ears, 3-4 drops in each. Usually the pain goes away the next day.
Infusion for colds and flu Take a tablespoon up to 4-5 times a day before meals 20-25 minutes. The infusion is prepared as follows: take 2 teaspoons of well-chopped poplar buds, pour a glass of boiling water, bring to a boil and remove from heat. Leave for at least two hours, then strain and drink.
Infusion for prostatitis, urethritis, prostate adenoma and cystitis take a quarter glass up to 4 times a day 30 minutes before meals. It is prepared like this: two teaspoons of well-crushed poplar buds are poured into a thermos, poured with a glass of boiling water and left for an hour, then filtered and drunk.
Ointment for burns, bedsores, trophic ulcers, hemorrhoids. Prepare the ointment as follows: take 1 teaspoon of poplar buds ground to powder and mix with a teaspoon butter. The mixture is ground until a homogeneous mass is obtained. Apply this mixture to sore areas 2-3 times a day.
Tincture from poplar buds is used for various diseases, including stomach cancer. It is prepared like this: take a glass of vodka and pour a tablespoon of poplar buds into it, mix well and leave for two weeks, then you can use the tincture. Take it 15 drops up to three times a day. The tincture is also used for rinsing with sore throat, stomatitis, gingivitis, and for the treatment of eczema.

Contraindications

Before use, you should consult your doctor. You cannot use drugs containing poplar during pregnancy, with serious gastrointestinal disorders.

Tincture of black poplar buds Populus nigra L.

Black poplar is a tall tree. The plant is dioecious. Young trees have whitish-gray bark, while old trees have dark gray, almost black, with deep furrows. The buds are shiny, oblong-ovoid, 0.5-1.5 cm long, sticky, resinous, and have a peculiar balsamic smell. The branches are located almost perpendicular to the stem; the lower ones have branches drooping to the ground. The leaves are triangular or diamond-shaped, sharp at the apex, obtuse at the base. They are dark green above and pale green below. The flowers are small, unisexual, collected in inflorescences - catkins.

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Black poplar is widespread throughout Ukraine. Rarely found in the Carpathians and Crimea. It grows along river banks, roadsides, and is planted in forest belts, ravines, to strengthen hills and prevent shifts. Sometimes it forms green groves that stretch along the banks of rivers for tens of kilometers.

The buds are harvested in early spring (March-April), when they have not yet swollen and have an intense balsamic smell. Only leaf buds are collected. Flower buds have no medicinal value. They are easy to distinguish by size. Flower buds are typically larger and thicker, hidden within several petal scales. The collected leaf buds are spread in a thin layer in warm rooms. Dried raw materials are stored in thick paper packaging.

Chemical composition

Black poplar buds contain flavone and tannins, resins, organic acids, wax, salicylic glycoside, populin glycoside, glucose, salicylic alcohol, phytoncides, antibiotic substances, amylase and oxidase enzymes, volatile fragrant oil (0.5-0.7%), sesquiterpenes.

Application

Black poplar buds are used in folk medicine as a diuretic, antitoxin, analgesic, diaphoretic, antiseptic, bactericidal, phytoncidal and viruscidal agent. They promote granulation, epithelialization and wound healing. Black poplar buds are used to treat rheumatism, joint disease, hypertension, headache, inflammatory diseases respiratory and genitourinary organs(nephritis, urethritis, cystitis, prostatitis, pain, cervical erosion). We widely use infusion and alcohol tincture of black poplar buds to treat eczema, trophic ulcers, boils, beshikha, tonsillitis, and gingivitis.

For bee stings, applying an alcohol tincture of black poplar buds to the affected areas is very effective (4-5 times a day). The pain disappears, swelling does not develop.

We widely and with certain success use black poplar preparations for the treatment of purulent postoperative fistulas, which will be discussed in more detail below.

For 45 years, the author studied the effect of 20% alcohol tincture on pathogenic staphylococcus and streptococcus. Was isolated from respiratory tract patients with chronic inflammatory processes in these organs, 5 thousand strains (observations were carried out on patients in the Goshchansky district of the Rivne region, the Kozeletsky district of the Chernihiv region and the Yagotinsky district of the Kyiv region). According to the author’s data obtained in the late 60s, 43% of the isolated strains turned out to be resistant to antibiotics, and according to data obtained in 1999, this figure increased to 96.4%. However, it should be noted that in no case were insensitive strains identified pathogenic staphylococcus to a 20% alcohol tincture of black poplar buds. This information fully corresponds to that received back in 1984-1985. at the Department of Microbiology of the Kyiv Institute of Advanced Medical Studies, senior researcher associate professor V.G. Porokhnitsky. They have been confirmed clinical observations for the development and course of diseases.

We also use inhalation administration of an alcohol preparation with mandatory monitoring for the presence of pathogenic staphylococcus or microbial associations in sputum.

The effect of treatment is observed after 4-5 days in acute inflammatory processes and after 6-8 days in chronic, protracted bronchitis, pneumonia, laryngitis, tracheitis, sore throat.

The most common preparation of black poplar is a decoction. Take a tablespoon of kidneys, add a glass of water, and boil over low heat for 10 minutes. and leave for 4 hours. Take 2 tablespoons 5 times a day for 30 minutes. before meals (in the treatment of respiratory and urinary tract diseases).

The alcohol tincture is prepared as follows. Fresh buds are filled with 40% alcohol at a ratio of 1:5. Leave for 2 weeks, stirring the mixture daily. Then the liquid is filtered and used for inhalation, internal use and as an external remedy. For the treatment of rheumatism, migraine (headache), hypertension, acute and chronic diseases urinary organs, in particular the prostate gland, we recommend using the tincture 40 drops on a spoon of water 4 times a day for 30 minutes. before meals. Black poplar buds are used for medicinal purposes in a mixture with various plants.

We are deeply convinced that black poplar bud preparations have not yet been sufficiently evaluated scientific medicine. We hope that they will soon take their rightful place in the arsenal of the most effective therapeutic agents. It should be noted that the reserves of black poplar raw materials within Ukraine are significant. In addition, the plant is optimally amenable to cultivation.

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Evgeniy Tovstukha has been working as a herbalist for more than 45 years. Behind last decade The scientist published about twenty fundamental works on Ukrainian folk medicine, phytoethnology and herbal medicine. With his participation and scripts, several dozen newsreel documentaries, television and radio programs were created, which return to Ukrainian folk medicine, herbal medicine and phytoethnology the world prestige of deep science and high culture of millennia.

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Diseases treated by black poplar bud tincture

Rheumatoid polyarthritis

Hypertonic disease

Urethritis (trichomoniasis, candidiasis)

Prostatitis

Cervical erosions

Eczema

Erysipelas

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Good afternoon I am 55 years old. 3.5 months ago I was diagnosed with arthrosis knee joint 1st degree. Please tell me what herbal remedies should be used in order to relieve pain and restore joint mobility in combination with physical therapy. Thank you

Berezdetskaya Irina, 55 years old

To treat joint diseases, we prescribe oral administration of 4-5 types of dry herbal mixtures (HONs) and 10-12 types of phytoextracts. To relieve pain and inflammatory processes, we prescribe rubbing with the composition “Polyneuritis”, as well as liniment Propobesan with black poplar buds, birch, mint and other components.

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I have varicose veins. I inherited this disease from my mother, and she inherited it from her mother. My heart seems to be normal. But there is a circulatory disorder. How can herbal medicine help in this case?

Treating varicose veins is difficult, problematic, time-consuming and individual for each person. Therefore, the reason may be in inflammatory processes, maybe traumatic origin, may be associated with working conditions - standing work. If you have a tendency to this disease, then it is imperative to engage in prevention. Pregnancy can affect the formation of varicose veins. The treatment is as follows. Follow the work and rest schedule, for example, if a person works on his feet, then it is necessary to take breaks. You cannot take hot baths and do not overexert yourself physically. Medicinal plants the following: flowers and leaves of horse chestnut, lungwort herb, motherwort cordial, flowers and leaves of prickly hawthorn. Take 1 tbsp. l., pour boiling water, infuse overnight or for several hours. Take 50-100 ml three times a day 30 minutes before meals. Lotions also help: peppermint, lemon balm, black poplar leaves, birch leaves 1 tbsp. l. for 2 glasses of water. Leave for 30 minutes or overnight and apply as a lotion to varicose veins.