Types of medicinal plants and methods of their use. Potassium permanganate for plant health - reliable and irreplaceable

Sage

Longevity herb that promotes quick recovery for many diseases. Perennial plant with numerous stems. The leaves are silvery-green, covered with a light fuzzy coating, blooms numerous purple flowers, collected in inflorescences.

It is indispensable for maintaining wellness. IN medicinal purposes They use leaves collected in the second half of summer.

Improves memory, helps fight depression, and increases performance. Positively affects work digestive system, relieves intestinal colic.

It normalizes blood circulation and has a beneficial effect on the blood vessels of the brain, so its properties are used in the treatment of dizziness, and is also taken as a restorative agent after strokes.

For respiratory diseases it has an antiseptic and bactericidal effect. Will be beneficial when bronchial asthma, sore throat, laryngitis and chronic bronchitis.

For women who want to prolong their youth and beauty, it is very useful to carry out a course of rejuvenation with the help of sage, take the infusion in the morning, on an empty stomach. It contains female phytohormones, so it is believed that this medicinal herb helps with infertility, relieves inflammatory processes in gynecological diseases, treats frigidity and relieves nervousness during menopause.

Calendula

The most popular flower on summer cottages, flower beds and flower beds. annual plant, blooming from June to October with bright orange fragrant flowers. His popular name Marigolds are familiar to everyone since childhood.

Tinctures and ointments are made from calendula flowers, and decoctions are used for lotions. Calendula infusions are taken for gastritis and colitis, liver and gall bladder diseases, coronary disease heart and chronic bronchitis.

And yet, this plant is more widely used for external use because it has a strong wound-healing effect. With the help of calendula tinctures you can cure herpes, various pustular diseases, oily seborrhea and eczema, conjunctivitis and blepharitis.

Rinsing will help with stomatitis and periodontal disease. Douching – for cervical erosion.

However, despite the enormous advantages, the use of these drugs is not allowed for everyone. The use of infusions is contraindicated in case of low blood pressure and pregnancy. It is believed that even limited use plants can aggravate toxicosis and cause severe vomiting. It is not recommended to use infusions when treating children under 12 years of age.

Sea ​​buckthorn

A thorny shrub with narrow long leaves and bright orange fruits. It got its name because large quantity berries tightly adjacent to the branch.

Is very valuable plant, containing a whole “bouquet” of vitamins. Such vitamin composition found very rarely in plants.

Entire books have been written about sea buckthorn treatment methods. There are countless diseases that can be cured with its help. Drugs can be used to treat a wide variety of internal chronic diseases– inflammation of the stomach, intestines, colitis. Fresh juice is very useful for hepatitis.

Sea buckthorn oil improves memory, lowers cholesterol, protects against radiation exposure and prevents tumor growth. It is used to treat trophic ulcers, psoriasis, bedsores and burns.

In people who use fresh fruits sea ​​buckthorn, strengthens the immune system and increases physical activity, including sexual. Tinctures made from fresh frozen berries help quickly cure the flu and coughing. A decoction of sea buckthorn branches is used for hair loss and baldness.

Coltsfoot

This plant has always saved us from many ailments. In ancient times, healers prepared a healing decoction that cured people from a suffocating cough. She is still very popular today.

Helps with colds, bronchitis, bronchial asthma. Drops from her decoction will cure the most severe runny nose.

For stomach irritation, warm, unsweetened tea brewed from coltsfoot leaves is very useful.

For skin diseases, it is applied to boils, abscesses and ulcers.

At erysipelas– powder from crushed raw materials is sprinkled on wounds.

Valerian officinalis

Special therapeutic effect endowed with the root of this plant.

Tinctures are used for weakness of the body, insomnia, stressful conditions, migraines, tachycardia.

It can be used to treat some liver diseases and thyroid gland.

Hot flashes during menopause are more easily tolerated.

Rose hip

Its fruits are an invaluable source of vitamins.

Will relieve vitamin deficiency, anemia and liver diseases.

Helps with serious colds, bronchitis and pneumonia.

Rosehip oil can be used to cure serious illness skin - psoriasis, and for women who dream of losing weight, this decoction will be very easy to do.

Peppermint

Absolutely everyone knows that mint is very useful plant. But, unfortunately, not every person is aware of all its beneficial properties.

Mint will help with heartburn, all kinds of inflammation, heart pain, food and alcohol poisoning.

Peppermint oil eliminates muscle pain that arose after severe physical activity, and is also used to treat the spine.

The decoction relieves it toothache and itching from insect bites.

Peppermint drops will stop nausea and dizziness.

Plantain

The unsightly looking weed is familiar to everyone since childhood. Who among us has not applied its leaf to a broken knee?

This natural medicine, graciously given to the inhabitants of the earth by nature.

As an expectorant for bronchitis and tuberculosis.

As a tonic for dysentery and diarrhea.

Externally – for bee stings, boils and open wounds.

Lungwort officinalis

Widely used in herbal medicine for lung disease and hemoptysis.

A decoction of this herb is drunk for headaches and nervous diseases.

It improves blood composition, heals the kidneys and bladder.

Crushed raw materials are sprinkled on wounds to stop bleeding, and lungwort juice is used in oncology.

Elecampane

Its rhizomes have medicinal properties.

It is popularly believed that it can cure nine of the most serious diseases.

Provides great help for jaundice, dropsy, urinary retention, anemia.

It is useful for arrhythmia, varicose veins veins and atherosclerosis, recommended for impotence and painful periods.

Strengthens the immune system and protects against the flu virus.

Marsh cinquefoil

Treatment with this plant is slow and requires patience, but the results can exceed all expectations.

It is believed that it can help with stomach cancer.

Herbal medicine is perhaps the oldest known to man way of healing from illness. For centuries, people have studied what disease this or that part of a medicinal plant helps with. During this time, invaluable important experience was gained. To date, this experience has turned into solid knowledge, which have been used with great success to heal many people. In use medicinal herbs there are undeniable advantages - for example, taking them does not produce negative influence on the liver, has almost no contraindications and side effects. But do not forget that before you start using any remedy (even a remedy alternative medicine) – be sure to consult with your doctor.

Healing herbs and their properties and purpose

Herbs have a very wide range healing properties. They heal as the most simple diseases(colds, allergies, runny nose, cough, minor abrasions and skin lesions), and complex – up to serious skin lesions, internal diseases: stomach ulcers, intestinal problems or gallbladder. Some herbs have sedative effect, and can cure insomnia or nervous disorder. Others are used to improve appearance(skin, hair), others – help with bleeding of various origins...

Herbs will help with heart disease, joint problems, and also with sexual problems. In addition, with the help of herbs you can significantly increase your vitality and maintain it at the required level.

The variety of medicinal herbs in Russia is enormous. There are many growing in our country medicinal plants, which can cure almost any disease. This marsh calamus, nettle, birch and pine, oak and bird cherry, mint and lemon balm, valerian and motherwort, lingonberry, hawthorn, St. John's wort, viburnum, celandine, clover and burdock, horseradish, rose hips, chicory... It is almost impossible to list everything. What is especially valuable is that these plants grow throughout Russia, they are quite common, and it will not be difficult for anyone to collect and prepare as many raw materials as needed, without resorting to buying herbs at a pharmacy.

In order for herbal treatment to have maximum effect, it is important to properly prepare the raw materials, that is, collect the herb in right time, at the right stage of its growth. For each plant, this is usually determined individually. But the general criteria are as follows. Typically, raw materials (roots, leaves, branches, flowers) are collected during the period of greatest activity of the plant, that is, in the spring. The fruits are best harvested when fully ripe - usually in early autumn. All parts of the plant must be dried.

Use of medicinal herbs

1. Valerian and motherwort

Valerian and motherwort are used to relieve nervousness and insomnia. To do this, prepare a decoction of herbs (20 grams of herbs per glass of boiling water), which should be drunk before going to bed.

2. Mint

Mint will not only help calm your nerves, but will also help with heartburn and bloating. Tea will help with this - brew 50 grams of raw materials in a teapot, drink 1 glass.

3. Chamomile

Pharmaceutical chamomile is an excellent multifaceted remedy. It is suitable for gargling with sore throat, suitable for lotions in cases where there are inflammatory diseases skin, will help with discomfort in the stomach area, and will also become sedative. Chamomile is best prepared with a strong decoction - about 20 grams per 100 milliliters of water.

4. Celandine

Celandine is a “borderline” plant. On the one hand, as the name implies, it is an excellent assistant for a wide variety of skin diseases– if you take celandine externally. On the other hand, its use in the wrong concentration or orally can be associated with a risk to life. To heal skin problems An infusion is made from celandine, a bandage is moistened with it and applied to the affected area.

5. St. John's wort

St. John's wort, on the other hand, is only effective if consumed exclusively as a drink. St. John's wort will help with digestive diseases, and it is also known as a remedy against inflammation in the oral cavity.

6. Licorice

Licorice is called "golden root" or "sweet root" due to its flavor. It can not only cure a cough, but also tone the body and saturate it with vitamins during the transition period of spring or autumn. For this, licorice root is finely chopped, infused in a water bath for about an hour, then the decoction is poured into a thermos.

7. Sage

Sage gargles are successfully used in the treatment of throat diseases. In addition, the benefits of sage will be appreciated by young mothers who stop breastfeeding - the fact is that drinking sage decoction helps reduce the amount of breast milk. At the same time, it does not need to be brewed too strongly - about 2 tablespoons of dry herb per half liter of water.

8. Plantain

Plantain is used for treatment various wounds and skin diseases. No medicine can be made from it, just tie it on Blank sheet plantain to problem area and don’t forget to change the bandage often.

9. Dandelion

Dandelion is the first assistant for problems with the digestive system. It cures gastritis and even stomach ulcers. The dried root (10 grams) is used as a medicine, which is infused for about an hour in a glass of hot water.

10. Sea buckthorn oil

Sea buckthorn oil is used for skin lesions; it accelerates healing and relieves inflammation. Sea buckthorn is also an excellent remedy for colds - to do this, you need to drink its juice, and also rinse your mouth and throat with the juice diluted half and half with water.

1) Horsetail (Equisetum arvense L.)

Perennial herbaceous plant with a very developed rhizome. It grows as a weed in fields, especially on clay soils, in meadows, along river banks, and in thinned forests.

The above-ground part - green summer shoots - is collected in June - August. Dry in attics with good ventilation.

The drug is used as a diuretic for heart and other diseases accompanied by congestion.

2) Spring primrose (Primula veris L.)

Perennial herbaceous plant. Blooms in early spring. Grows in forests, among bushes, on slopes.

Leaves are collected at the beginning of flowering, when they contain greatest number vitamins, and immediately dry. The roots are dug up in autumn or early spring and dried in the attic or open air.

Tinctures from the leaves are used for vitamin deficiencies, and a decoction of the roots is used as an expectorant.

3) Common hop (Humusuls lupulus L.)

Perennial herbaceous liana. It grows in damp places, along river banks, on forest edges, among bushes, and sometimes in forests.

Hop inflorescences (“cones”) are harvested in August – early September. Dry immediately - in the air or in attics. The infusion is used for neuroses, insomnia, gastritis, and cystitis.

4) Lovage (Levisticum officinale Koch)

Also refers to perennial herbaceous plants with a straight cylindrical branched stem up to 2 m high. It grows mainly in Ukraine and is cultivated as a medicinal, ornamental and spicy plant.

All parts of the plant smell pleasant. Collected in September - October. The decoction is used for dropsy, nervous and heart diseases.

5) Common fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill)

Mainly biennial, sometimes perennial herbaceous plant, up to 2 m high. Distributed in the Crimea, the Caucasus and Central Asia, cultivated in Ukraine; is running wild in Crimea.

Fennel fruits are harvested at the beginning of ripening, when they acquire a greenish-yellow color. Dry in the shade with good ventilation. The decoction is used as an appetite stimulant and digestive improver. Used in Food Industry and in perfumery.

6) Common juniper (Juniperus communis L.)

Shrub or low tree. Grows in pine forests, on the edges. Juniper cones are collected in the fall (September - October), shaking them from the bush onto the litter.

Dry in air or in attics. The drugs are used as a diuretic. Used in the food industry.

7) Common barberry (Berberis vulgaris L.)

It grows among bushes, on the edges, in lowlands and in the foothills. The roots are harvested in early spring or late autumn (October). Collect no more than ¼ of the plant’s root system further from the root. Dry in attics or under sheds.

The bark is collected during the period of sap flow, the leaves - after flowering. The drugs are used as choleretic agent, as well as for bleeding associated with inflammatory processes. An infusion of leaves is used as a hemostatic agent.

8) Common heather (Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hill)

An evergreen, branched shrub, 30-70 cm high. Grows on poor soils, in forests, damp places, in the mountains, on forest edges, and mountain pastures. Found in Russia and Ukraine.

The above-ground part (grass) is collected during the flowering period (July - September). Dry in the shade in the air, in the attic, indoors, laying out a thin layer. A decoction or infusion is used for gallstone disease, colds, rheumatism, gout and as a diuretic and diaphoretic.

9) Angelica (Archangelica officinalis (Moench.) Hoffm.)

This is a herbaceous biennial plant up to 2 m high. Grows in swamps and along river banks. Cultivated as a medicinal and spicy plant.

The roots are collected in spring and autumn. Dry in attics, indoors. The infusion is used as a diuretic and carminative, as well as to enhance intestinal motility.

10) Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca L.)

Perennial herbaceous plants, up to 1 m high. They grow in weedy places. Distributed in forest-steppe and steppe areas.

Motherwort grass (the upper parts of the stems) is collected during flowering. They dry in attics. The drugs are used as a cardiac sedative.

11) European hoofweed (Asarum europaeum L.) (varagusha, hairweed)

A perennial herbaceous plant that overwinters with green leaves resembling the imprint of a horse's hoof. Grows in deciduous and mixed forests.

The rhizome (with roots) and leaves are collected in the spring (April - May). The herbal infusion is used for cardiovascular diseases to normalize blood circulation.
12) Mistletoe (Viscum album L.) (devil's broom)

Leaves and annual shoots are collected in autumn and winter. Dry indoors or in an oven at low temperature. The drugs are used as a means of lowering blood pressure (for atherosclerosis with high blood pressure and related phenomena).

13) Digitalis purpurea L.

Biennial plants with a stem height of up to 1.2 meters. Leaves are collected from plants of the second year of life, sometimes also rosette leaves of the first year (from July to autumn).

Dry immediately after collection indoors at a temperature of 40-60 degrees. The drugs are used as a tonic and regulating agent for the heart and blood vessels, chronic failure and other heart diseases.

14) Ephedra two-spikelet, ephedra (Ephedra distachya L.) (ephedra, kuzmichev grass)

Shrub with yellow-greenish thin-ribbed branches. Externally similar to horsetail. Grows on rocky places, sand, especially on coastal and steppe slopes. Ephedra is widespread in the forest-steppe and steppe parts of Ukraine.

Thin branches called “grass” are collected in August-September. Dry indoors or outdoors. The drugs are used as nervous tonics and cardiovascular system, for bronchial asthma, shock, bleeding.

15) Ruta hortensis Mill.

Perennial shrub with very strong odor. It lives in the wild in Crimea.

Only the upper parts of the stems are collected from the rue during flowering. Drying is done in the shade or in attics. The drugs are used as a stimulant, antiseptic, and antispasmodic.

That's all for me guys, the first selection is complete.

As said, this is just a mini idea of medicinal herbs. Posts are being prepared that will tell you useful and medicinal properties each plant, how to use it, in what doses and for what diseases.

See you in new posts. I wish you success, happiness and health.

Herbal treatment

Herbal treatment has now become very popular, ethnoscience recommends great amount 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

● The above table is new development herbalists of Russia.

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