Grushanka: medicinal properties and contraindications

Grushanka belongs to the genus of flowering cultures of the Heather family. The plant has incredibly juicy greens and small inflorescences. The grass has found application in the field of traditional medicine and gynecology, helping to cure many diseases. The herb also has other names, such as wild frankincense, pear, live grass, meadow lily of the valley.

Chemical composition

A perennial medicinal plant is characterized by a diverse chemical composition. Most of the substances contained in grushanka are very much appreciated in the medical industry.

The chemical composition of the herbaceous culture includes the following components:

• aviculirin;
• amirin;
• andromedoxine;
• vitamin C;
• gallic and quinic acid;
• hyperoside;
• tannins;
• gums;
• minerals (copper, zinc, magnesium);
• saponins;
• sugar;
• mucus;
• resins;
• urson;
• phenols, as well as their derivatives (arbutin, isohomoarbutin, methylarbutin, homoarbutin and hydroquinone);
• flavonoids;
• quinones;
• ericoline;
• essential oil.

Note! All of the above components are located both in the aerial part of the plant and in the roots. Therefore, in folk medicine, for the preparation of medicines, all parts of pear are used, namely, flowers and stems with leaves.

How it looks and where it grows

Grushanka is a grassy plant with bare, straight stems. It receives food due to the creeping, superficial root system, which covers vast territories. Shoots are smooth, light green with brown stains, reach a length of 40 cm.

The leaves are round in shape (can also be ovoid and oval), with petioles, fleshy and rather stiff, saturated green color. Foliage of a grushanka is collected in a basal socket. On the front side, the outlines of the central veins are visible. Closer to the base of the stem are two brown long leaves.

Culture blooms at the beginning of the summer season, namely in June. Small buds begin to bloom in the upper part of the stem, which gather in inflorescences in the form of a brush. Each peduncle has 8 drooping corollas, which in their form resemble pear flowers in some way (this is why the plant is called pear). Petals pink or white. When opened, they look like a five-petalled bell. The flowers have a pleasant delicate odor that resembles the scent of lilies of the valley.

In August, the fruiting period begins. The fruits are ball-shaped seed boxes that are slightly flattened on both sides. In such boxes concentrated a large number of small seeds.

Grushka grows exclusively in the forest near conifers. Quite often, the plant can be found near the pines. Also, the culture can be seen near deciduous trees. However, the plant rarely gets along with such neighbors.

Note! For grushanka, it is very important that the soil is constantly moist. Only in this case will the plant grow and develop normally.

Kinds

In botany, there are about 36 varieties of wintergreen. Many of them are found only in the wild. The most famous plant species are:

1. Grushanka is an umbrella. The root system is creeping. In height, the stem reaches 15 cm, closer to the base it becomes branched. The leaves are fleshy, oblong, near the petiole narrowed.The top of the leaf is dark green, and the bottom is light green. Pink flowers, small in size, are gathered in the shape of an umbrella at the top of the stem. Grows in a pine forest in a shady area, the soil should be rich in humus. Habitat - Western Siberia and the Far East. For medicinal purposes, it is advisable to use the aerial part of the culture, which should be collected during the flowering season of pear.
2. Grushanka is round-leaved. The plant is characterized by a branched root system with straight ribbed shoots, whose length is 30 cm. The leaves are saturated green in color, with a diameter of 6 cm. There is also a petiole whose length is 12 cm. The flowers are painted white. It is used both in the field of traditional medicine and homeopathy.
3. Grushanka is large-flowered. It is a decorative view. The stem is small in height, about 12 cm. The shoots are erect, brown in color. The leaf plate is a dark green hue. Leaves are quite small. Inflorescences are short, but dense, 8 flowers are concentrated in them. The petals are pink, rather large and fleshy.
4. Grushanka small. Also called lily of the valley meadow, wild pepper, white birch. The height of the herbaceous culture varies between 7-30 cm. On a thin stalk there is either no foliage at all, or a pair of scaly leaves grows. Root foliage rounded. Flowers come in different colors: pink, green, light or cream. Grushanka small is a decorative species. Cultivated in forests with conifers. It is found in Belarus, Central Asia, the Caucasus and the European part of Russia. In folk medicine, the stem, leaves, flowers, and grass juice are used.
5. Grushanka meat red. The plant is quite high (can reach 40 cm in height). The leaves are large in size, round or ovoid in shape. Flowers are scarlet or red-violet. It can be found in Siberia, the Arctic, the Urals and the Far East. It grows in coniferous and mixed forests, as well as thickets of dwarf pine. For medicinal purposes, it is permissible to use all parts of perennial grass: stems, flowers and leaves.
6. Grushanka is one-sided. A medium-sized plant (stem length of approximately 25 cm) with a long and branched root system. The foliage is light green, stiff and sharp, egg-shaped, slightly oblong. Small scaly leaves grow on top of the stem. Flowers are collected in a one-sided brush. The flowering period falls in June, ends in July. It is cultivated in a mixed, coniferous forest zone and mountains. It is extremely rare to meet a one-sided grushanka in deciduous forests. For the preparation of medicines, both foliage, flowers, and plant stems can be used.
7. Grushanka is medium. The herbaceous culture can reach a length of 10-30 cm. The rhizome is brown in color, branched, but rather thin, in the nodes there are subordinate roots. In addition, overhead shoots are formed, at the base of which rosettes of leaves are placed. The latter are quite leathery, rounded in shape. Flower shoots 10–33 cm long carry only one scaly leaf located either in the center or slightly lower. Shoots end with a flower brush. Corolla of white color with a pink tint near the base. Petals are round, up to 8 mm in length. Blooms 2 months - from June to July. It grows only in the coniferous forest zone. In alternative medicine, on the basis of medium pear, they prepare infusions and decoctions. For this purpose, take all parts of the grass.
8. Japanese Grushanka. It is an evergreen culture, the height of which is 30 cm. Rhizomes are creeping and strongly branched. The leaves are leathery, pointed at the ends, have petioles, closer to the base of the flower-bearing stems they are collected in a rosette. The plant is found only in the Far East in mixed forests.

All species of grushanka differ from each other both in external signs and in the distribution area.

Important! Despite the fact that almost all of the above varieties of plants have medicinal properties, in folk medicine, round-leaved mushrooms are often used.

Collection and storage

For the preparation of medicinal raw materials, both leaves and grass of a perennial plant are collected.

Important information! Harrushka is harvested only during the flowering period. At the same time, the weather should be dry.

The collected leaves are laid out on the surface (the layer should not exceed 3 cm). You can dry the plant both in a well-ventilated room and in the fresh air in the shade under a canopy. After the leaves have dried well, they are folded in paper bags and stored in a dark place. The shelf life of dried pear is 12 months.

Note! If there is no time to collect the plant, then it can be purchased at the pharmacy in an already finished form.

The healing properties of wintergreen

Grushanka contains a large amount of biologically active components (ascorbic acid, tannins, minerals). Thanks to this, the plant has healing properties, helps to relieve the inflammatory process, lower body temperature, eliminate cramps, swelling, and stop bleeding. Also, the plant is characterized by antiseptic and diuretic effect.

In addition, the use of grushanka is shown:

• with diseases of the reproductive system;
• purulent wounds;
• diseases of the muscles, joints and spine;
• scurvy.

Since the plant has a diuretic effect, it helps to remove excess salt from the body, which has a beneficial effect on the condition of patients who have pathologies associated with the musculoskeletal system.

Grushanka also reduces the level of glucose in the blood. Therefore, herbs can be used for diabetes.

Flavonoids contained in a perennial culture help strengthen blood vessels and also help the capillaries to become stronger.

Note! In Chinese traditional medicine, winter wheat is used as an antidote, as well as to remove toxic substances from the body during poisoning.

For women

A perennial herb is very useful for the female body, since the wintergreen improves the reproductive system, and also prevents the risk of cancer.

Experienced experts distinguish 5 substances contained in the grass that positively affect women's health:

1. Arbutin. It is an antiseptic that eliminates the inflammatory process in the genitourinary system.
2. Organic acids, resins. They are characterized by anti-inflammatory action, remove pathogenic bacteria from the body, and also relieve pain and cramping.
3. Mucous and tannins. They struggle with inflammatory processes, stop bleeding, and also remove toxic substances from the body that have a detrimental effect on overall health.
4. Triterpenoids. They fight against viral infections.
5. Flavonoids. They have an antioxidant property, activating the body to fight bacteria and viruses. In addition, they eliminate pain and discomfort during the menstrual cycle.

Information! Due to its medicinal properties, the grushanka is called “female grass”.

Supporters of traditional medicine advise using the plant in the treatment of pathologies associated with the genital area, namely with weakness and prolapse of the uterus, atony. Often, perennial grass is used in the treatment of tubal obstruction.

Since grushanka has a calming, bactericidal and antiseptic effect, dried grass is used for female diseases such as gonorrhea, vaginitis, pelvic pain, colpitis, adnexitis.

Also, the plant plays an important role in the treatment of infertility, which is associated with the inflammatory process of the genital organs.

For men

For men, the benefits of wintergreen are manifested in the treatment of diseases of the genitourinary system, which are infectious or inflammatory in nature.

Note! In the treatment of prostatitis and prostate adenoma, the plant is used only at the initial stage of the disease. If the disease is started, the grass can only alleviate the patient's condition.

Using a plant with prostatitis makes it possible:

1. Activate the metabolic process (increases regeneration).
2. Relieve muscle spasms and blood vessels (improves urination).
3. Strengthen the immune system (prevents the penetration of other infections into the body).

Also, a herbaceous culture helps to increase potency, relieve the disorder and get rid of the depressive state caused by a libido disorder.

To eliminate male diseases, it is recommended to make infusions, tinctures and decoctions based on grushka. However, in addition to taking the medicine inside, it is advisable to take baths with water infusion from the leaves of the plant. Such procedures relieve pain and inflammation, restore the functioning of the penis, and also regenerate its tissues.

Grushanka in folk medicine

In the field of alternative medicine, a long-term culture is used to treat female diseases, eliminate headaches and rheumatic pains, postpartum and hemorrhoidal bleeding, diabetes mellitus, hernia, scurvy, and also tuberculosis of bones. In addition, grushanka acts as an antipyretic.

Topically, folk preparations are used to rinse the sore throat, strengthen the gums, get rid of the unpleasant odor from the oral cavity, and also rinse purulent wounds.

Advice! If the wounds do not heal for a long period of time, they can be lubricated with juice squeezed from fresh grass.

Folk recipes in which grushanka is used:

Lung abscess

Pour 200 ml of very hot water into a thermos and pour 1 tbsp. Grushanki Insist for about 60 minutes. Filter the product using a gauze cut. The resulting composition is supplemented with chilled water so that as a result it becomes 200 ml. Use 2 tbsp. If there is bleeding. It is not worth procuring infusion for the future, since the product is stored only 24 hours.

BPH

Pour 1 tablespoon to 200 ml of boiling water. dried grushanki, set the composition in a water bath for a quarter of an hour. Stand the broth for 45 minutes, and then strain. Add water to the liquid to leave 200 ml. The course of treatment: 1 tbsp. 3 times a day before meals. Use the infusion until the treatment of the disease ends.

Infertility

1 tbsp pour herbs in a glass of hot water (not boiling water) and send to a water bath. Cook for 45 minutes. In this case, the liquid should not boil. After a specified period of time, filter the broth. Add water to the composition so that a glass of liquid comes out. Drink 1/3 cup 3 times a day before meals. The course of treatment is 3 weeks.

Gum disease

Mix 200 ml of boiled water and 2 tsp. herbs. Cover the container with the composition and install in a water bath for half an hour. Then insist the product for 10 minutes, strain and add water to the original volume. Ready infusion can be used both for rinsing the gums, and for oral administration of 100 ml before eating.

High body temperature

1 tbsp plants steamed with boiling water (200 ml) and insist 2 hours. Filter the herbal mixture, diluting with water to the previous volume. Take 1 tbsp. 3 times a day until the heat subsides.

Hepatitis

1 tbsp mix the plants in a glass of boiling water, cover with something warm and leave for 2 hours. After this, the composition must be filtered and supplemented with the required amount of water to return the original volume of infusion. Use the drug 3 times a day for 1 tablespoon.

Bleeding

To stop hemorrhoidal or postpartum hemorrhage, you will need to stir 1 tablespoon in a glass of boiling water. dried grass.Wrap the product with a warm cloth and insist for about a couple of hours. After the allotted time interval, filter the composition with a gauze cut, and then add with cooled water to the previous volume. Use three times a day for 20 drops. The treatment lasts until the bleeding stops completely.

Acute cystitis

1 tbsp Steamed water with boiling water (200 ml), set in a water bath and heated for a quarter of an hour. Insist for about 45 minutes. Filter the composition by adding water to leave the original volume. Consume 1 tbsp. once a day.

Prostatitis

Pour 50 g of the plant with 500 ml of vodka and take it to a dark place for a couple of weeks. Take 40 drops a quarter of an hour before a meal.

Rectal cancer

In 200 ml of boiling water, steam 1 tbsp. plants. Wrap the composition with a warm blanket and insist for half an hour. Drink 25 drops in the presence of bleeding.

Colon cancer

In boiling water (200 ml) add 1 tbsp. Grushanki and insist 60 minutes. Filter the agent, add water to return the original volume of liquid. Eat 2 tbsp. before meals in the presence of bleeding. The infusion should be stored in a thermos no more than a day.

Diabetes

To boiling water (200 ml) add 1 tbsp. Grushanki, leave in a warm place for insisting for 2 hours. Remove cake from the product by adding water to the original volume. Consume 1 tbsp. three times a day, regardless of the meal.

Throat tuberculosis

1 tbsp steamed dried herbs with a glass of very hot water and leave to infuse for a couple of hours. Filter the tool, add water, bringing the infusion to its previous volume. Take 1 tbsp. three times a day.

Snake Bite (Viper)

1 tbsp Pear the winter wheat with 200 ml of boiling water, cover with a warm blanket and leave for 5 hours. Filter the infusion. The volume of the finished composition will slightly decrease, so you need to add water to restore it. Drink 1 tbsp. a quarter of an hour before a meal.

Uterine Fibromyoma

In 1 tbsp. pour boiling water (a glass) of the raw materials, close the container and send to a water bath for a quarter of an hour. Insist for about 45 minutes, strain and add water to the original volume. Take 1 tbsp. once a day if there is bleeding.

Chronic pyelonephritis

In 200 ml of boiling water, steam 1 tbsp. plants and set aside to insist for a couple of hours. Filter the liquid and bring to the previous volume using cold boiled water. Take the medicine three times a day for 1 tbsp. regardless of the meal.

Epilepsy

1 tbsp plants add to a glass of boiled water and send to a water bath. Under a closed lid, warm the composition for half an hour. After the mixture, insist 10 minutes, and then filter. Add so much water to the finished infusion so that the original volume of liquid comes out. Take 2 tbsp. a quarter of an hour before eating.

Important! Do not self-medicate. Before using a preparation based on grushka, it is necessary to consult with your doctor. Only a doctor is entitled to prescribe an herbal composition for a certain disease.

Types of healing compounds

In addition to the treatment of specific diseases, water infusions, tinctures and decoctions are made on the basis of grushanka. Such universal remedies are preventive in nature and make it possible to recover from diseases of the genitourinary system, remove puffiness, dropsy, relieve joint inflammation, improve appetite and normalize the activity of the gastrointestinal tract.

Infusion

To prepare a water infusion, you will need a mixture of dried leaves and flowers of the plant, as well as water. Means to use 1/3 cup three times a day.

To make the composition, you must do the following:

1. 2 tsp add herbs to a glass of boiling water.
2. Install the product in a water bath and warm for 15 minutes.
3. After the specified time, insist 60 minutes. After the infusion, filter.

Note! If there is no dried grass on hand, then you can take fresh leaves and flowers of the plant.

Tincture

To make an alcohol tincture based on pear, you need to use only dried flowers and leaves of grass.

The method of preparation of therapeutic tinctures:

1. Fold 50 g of the plant in a jar, adding 500 ml of vodka.
2. Shake the resulting composition thoroughly and cover hermetically.
3. The mixture is infused for 14 days in a darkened place. Shake the liquid every 3 days.
4. After 14 days, filter the tincture.

The composition should be taken in 30 drops about 20 minutes before eating.

Advice! If the tincture turned out to be very strong and bitter in taste, it can be diluted in a small volume of water.

Decoction

To make a decoction, either the roots or grains of a herbaceous plant are used.

To make a medicine based on pear, you will need:

1. 15 g of the product steamed 180 ml of boiling water.
2. Send herbal liquid to a water bath. Warm over low heat for about half an hour.
3. After this, put the product aside for a quarter of an hour, and then separate the cake from the infusion by filtering.

Take a decoction of 2 tbsp. 4 times a day after meals.

Grushanka oil: properties and application

Grushanki oil is made from leaves and young shoots of grassy crops. The components included in the composition of the drug easily penetrate deep into the skin.

Grushanki oil has properties such as:

• carminative;
• diuretic;
• vasodilator;
• painkiller;
• anti-inflammatory;
• antiseptic.

In addition, the drug refreshes, tones and cheers up.

Application of Grushanka oil:

1. Relief of pain. Eliminates pain in joints and bones, muscle cramps, headache. Relieves stress and stress.
2. Relief for arthritis and rheumatism. It takes part in stimulating the movement of blood near the affected muscles and tissues, and also helps to cleanse the blood of obstruction. Improves urination, removing toxins and uric acid from the body.
3. Infection prevention. Protects the body from fungal diseases and Staphylococcus aureus. However, you can not drink oil.
4. Improving the condition of the skin of the face and hair. Eliminates boils, purulent wounds, acne and acne on the face. However, for these purposes, the oil must be used in diluted form. In addition, the product eliminates dandruff and activates hair roots, thereby stopping hair loss.

Note! Plant essential oil must be used exclusively for massage. The product is not intended for oral use.

Also, the composition has contraindications - individual intolerance and sensitive skin.

To check if you are allergic to this product, you need to apply a small amount of oil on the elbow. If after 48 hours the skin does not appear redness or a rash, then the product is safe.

Oil should be stored in a dry and cool place.

Contraindications

Taking medications based on grushka is not dangerous for the human body. However, if you abuse drugs, you can do tremendous harm to your health.

The plant is contraindicated for use:

• with anemia;
• pregnancy
• varicose veins;
• high levels of hemoglobin in the blood;
• breastfeeding;
• individual intolerance;
• low blood pressure;
• high blood coagulability;
• thrombophlebitis.

Important! It is also not recommended to give grushanka to small children.

With excessive use of medicines based on herbs, the following side effects may occur:

• blood in the urine;
• feeling of intoxication;
• poor coordination;
• confusion.

If such symptoms occur, you should immediately abandon the use of pear. In this case, you must always consult a doctor for advice so that the doctor can prescribe another treatment.

A perennial herbaceous culture is very useful for the normal functioning of the human body. It contains a tremendous amount of substances that help both get rid of various diseases and maintain overall health. The plant is used to make decoctions, alcohol tinctures and water infusions.However, grushanka will give a positive effect, if you do not abuse drugs based on plants.

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