Sushenitsa: medicinal properties and contraindications

Sushenitsa is a popular medicinal plant that contains a complex of active ingredients that can help to heal the body safely and without side effects. Caterpillar is used in alternative medicine as a part of collections, as well as as a separate medicinal plant, capable of restoring the body even in severe conditions.

Chemical composition

In its chemical composition, dried cinnamon is not inferior to many modern biologically active additives. The grass contains a complete complex of vitamins and minerals, presented in an assimilable form, in high concentration. The plant retains rutin, folic acid, vitamin C, tocopherol and retinol. Minerals are important for harmonizing 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. In the grass and flowers of the plant, the following components are present in maximum concentration:

• alkaloids (6 types);
• carotenoids;
• essential oils;
• flavonoids;
• antioxidants;
• bitterness.

The plant includes 2 poorly studied alkaloids, so science does not confirm the complete safety of the plant. But many years of experience in the application, as well as the properties studied, indicate that it is absolutely useful and safe if applied correctly and in the absence of contraindications.

How it looks and where it grows

Sushenitsa is one of the most common plants in regions with a cold and temperate climate. It is widespread on the Eurasian continent everywhere, in some regions it is cultivated culturally on an industrial scale. But most often it is brought to gardeners, especially those whose sites are located on the banks of rivers and other bodies of water.

Here's what the plant looks like:

• shrub height - up to 35 cm;
• branched, leafy stems;
• leaves are rare, thin, lanceolate-linear;
• small flowers, collected in inflorescences of ovoid form;
• fruits - tiny achenes.

The advantage of the plant is that it blooms long enough, which allows the collection and harvesting of raw materials for three months - from early June to late summer. Sushenitsa is often found in vegetable gardens, where it actively propagates as a weed plant. If toxic chemical fertilizers are not used in the cultivation of vegetable crops, weeds can be picked and dried for medicinal use.

Views

The genus Sushnitsa is represented by 14 species, but most of them are rare, found in the wild in countries with a warm climate. Throughout the territory of the Russian Federation and neighboring countries, only 2 species are considered the most common.

1. Marshmallow (swamp) - a small herbaceous plant with a pronounced therapeutic effect. This type is the most common and suitable for use for medicinal purposes.
2. Forest sushenitsa is a similar variety that prefers forest terrain for growth. A plant with similar botanical characteristics, but slightly taller. It also has healing properties.

You can collect these two varieties and use them for therapeutic purposes. Both of them help to cope with hypertension, diseases of the genitourinary system, hormonal and nervous disorders. Sushitsa has a beneficial effect on the health of the respiratory system, and also gently cleanses the body of toxins and toxins.

Collection and storage

Raw materials need to be harvested in the season when the active flowering phase begins. During this period, in all parts of the plant accumulates the maximum dose of components that contribute to recovery. It is necessary to be guided by such rules:

1. Choose a safe, non-toxic place, away from landfills, tracks, factories.
2. Cut off the entire ground part, almost under the root (no need to tear out the rhizome).
3. Transport the cut bushes carefully so as not to crush.
4. Before drying, do not wash the grass, but simply sort it out of debris, grind it and spread it on a clean, dry cloth or paper for drying.
5. When the grass is completely dry, pack it in jars.

Ready-made collection can maintain its healing qualities for up to two years. But at the same time, it is necessary to organize the most favorable storage conditions - the absence of moisture, mold, extraneous odors. It is important that the raw material is always in a sealed container.

The healing properties of dried

Caterpillar is best known in folk medicine as a hypertonic herb. This is simply the most popular and pronounced healing property of the plant - it can instantly lower blood pressure. Alkaloids act directly on the nervous system as relaxants, leading to the removal of spasms. They also relieve tension on the walls of blood vessels and capillaries, which leads to a decrease in blood pressure. For the prevention of hypertensive crises, these properties are used, as well as the diuretic effect. With regular use, frequent exacerbations can be avoided.

But the ability to help with hypertension is not all. Caterpillar has the following medicinal properties:

• eliminates inflammation;
• removes excess fluid and toxins from the body;
• stimulates the functioning of the digestive system;
• enhances the production of gastric juice, improves appetite;
• normalizes hormonal levels;
• beneficial effect on reproductive function;
• relieves headaches and helps with migraines;
• promotes the healing of the tongue of the stomach and duodenum;
• improves the functioning of the liver, renews this organ;
• reduces the activity of cancer cells and tumors;
• stabilizes the functioning of the nervous system, calms, normalizes sleep.

The hormones contained in the medicinal plant contribute to the maintenance of female and male health. But they affect the body in different ways depending on gender.

For women

It is impossible to overestimate the benefits of sushnitsy for the female body. This herb is one of the few that help to effectively cope with hormonal problems and poor health during menopause. Sushenitsa helps to cope with poor health and pain during menstruation, and also normalizes the cycle if there is a failure due to stress or overwork. Thanks to dried fruit, it is possible to quickly cope with inflammation of the ovaries, candidiasis, and also relieve inflammation in infectious diseases of the genitourinary sphere.

For men

It is also useful for men to use the cough for healing. It helps to overcome such problems:

• prostatitis;
• urinary tract infections;
• varicocele;
• sexual dysfunction.

Caterpillar is part of a comprehensive collection that prevents the development of impotence. It supports not only the hormonal background, but also stimulates the blood supply to the tissues of the reproductive organs. Due to its rich content of antioxidants, it eliminates the threat posed by free radicals and prevents the development of common types of prostate cancer.

Caterpillar in folk medicine

In alternative medicine, there are dozens of recipes developed by healers and specialists in the field of herbal medicine. They are created taking into account the characteristics of each disease, verified by centuries of experience. Reliable and proven regimens for treating diseases using dried cough are described below.

Tuberculosis

In olden times, cinnamon was used in the treatment of pulmonary diseases. This plant produces several healing effects:

• eliminates cough and inflammation in the lungs;
• normalizes respiratory function;
• removes excess sputum, previously diluting it;
• relieves spasms.

But in the treatment of tuberculosis, this herb is especially valuable, since it heals the foci of infection, prevents pulmonary hemorrhage with an open form. When closed, it promotes rapid recovery, blocks the ability to reproduce in pathogenic microorganisms, thereby preventing the spread of infection. In addition, the grass contains vitamins and active substances necessary for increasing immunity. To use the healing potential of the plant, you can take into service such a recipe:

• 20 g of herbs to steam 1 liter of boiling water;
• insist for 2 hours, covering with a lid;
• strain in a clean container and drink 3 times a day for half a glass.

The infusion is best taken before meals. To enhance the effect of the use of dried cherries, it can also be insisted on alcohol. This option contains more antibacterial and regenerating components. For 100 ml of alcohol, you need to take 1.5 tablespoons of dry grass. In the process of insisting, periodically shake the mixture so that the liquid can draw out all the healing power from the plant to the maximum. To treat tuberculosis with tincture for 3 months, taking 10 drops 3 times a day.

Varicose veins

With varicose veins, you can use several therapeutic methods at once, combining them or practicing separately.

1. Baths for problem areas with grass infusion - 1 cup of raw materials for every 5 liters. The treatment time is 20 minutes, repeated every day for 2 weeks.
2. Rub the oil hood into problem areas every day 20-30 minutes before bedtime. The main thing is that after applying the drug, the legs are at rest.
3. You can also use alcohol tincture for compresses, but not more than 1 time per day. It is necessary to apply pieces of a bandage or gauze soaked in alcohol tincture on the adjacent areas. The duration of the procedure should not exceed 15 minutes.

To supplement the result from topical application of dried preparations, you can also take medications from this medicinal plant inside. Tea, water infusion will do. You need to drink 200 ml of tea or 100 ml of tincture every morning, in severe cases, even before bedtime. If varicose disease began to give complications, and thrombosis joined it, you should immediately stop taking herbs and consult a doctor, since surgical treatment is required.

Prostatitis

There is one very ancient recipe that has been passed down from generation to generation. You can use dried cough 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 the procurement of raw materials in advance.

To prepare a healing tincture that returns 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 the remedy is infused for 2 hours, and then drink 100 ml 2 times a day. Recovery requires at least 30 days.

You can not complicate the task, but prepare a regular water infusion. To do this, take 2 tablespoons of grass, steam in a thermos, adding 500-600 ml of boiling water. Take this infusion when it cools, 30-40 ml, at least 2 times a day.

Women Health

To restore female reproductive health, you can use water infusion of dried cough, combine this plant with other herbs and even oils, which also positively affect this area. There are three popular recipes that you can use.

1. A mixture of linseed, red brush and dried cinnamon should be boiled with boiling water. Take 1 ml of water for 1 teaspoon of collection. Insist 30 minutes and drink in 3 divided doses. The course is up to 30 days.
2. Brew in a teapot lime color, dried cinnamon, hop leaves (not cones, they give great drowsiness). Drink a cup of herbal tea on an empty stomach. Repeat every morning for 30 days.
3. Pour vodka (0.5 L) 50 g of collection, leave for 2 weeks. Strain and use 10 ml every morning for 2 weeks, and then after a break of 30 days, repeat the course.

There are recipes that use other herbs.Before you start taking them, you need to familiarize yourself with the contraindications and find out if the body will react to them with an allergic rash.

Digestive system

Caterpillar effectively helps with gastric ulcer, gastritis and colitis, and also improves the functioning of the digestive system. For the treatment of the stomach and intestines, it is better to use a water decoction. It can be prepared immediately for several days. In 1 liter, boil 2 tablespoons of grass, insist and pour into a container with a lid. There is an important nuance - the broth must be stored in the refrigerator, but before each use, warm up to 30–35 degrees each serving. Cold drinks are too dangerous for the stomach.

For gastroenterological problems, it is recommended to drink a decoction along with a therapeutic diet, which is selected individually. In any case, at least 4 meals per day will be shown, which means that the broth will have to be drunk the same number of times. It is necessary to dose it correctly - no more than 50 ml per dose.

Headache

Migraines and headaches can be relieved even without painkillers, but for this purpose you need to use dried mash. 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 grass to relieve headaches.

1. You can take a small amount of butter, prepared on the basis of dried mash, grind at the temples and lie down for 10-15 minutes. While the oil is absorbed, you can massage the whiskey with gentle circular motions.
2. If the house has vodka tincture, it can be used for compresses for headaches. But you should not take a tincture in its pure form, it must be diluted with water in a ratio of 1: 1. In the resulting solution, moisten a clean handkerchief and lay it on the forehead. If the pain is localized in the occipital part, the scarf should be laid there.
3. You can make tea for a headache. Take lemon balm, dill seeds, cinnamon, peppermint. Brew 1 teaspoon of boiling water (1 cup), insist 3 minutes and drink in small sips.

Caterpillar is an alternative, safe tool that can replace pills for headaches.

When VSD

Vegetative-vascular dystonia is one of the most mysterious diseases that has not been fully studied by medicine. Therefore, effective drugs that would eliminate at least the symptoms of this disorder do not yet exist. But the caterpillar can be used with success to correct the state of the IRR. You can use it once or periodically undergo treatment courses. Grass:

• eliminates somatic manifestations of VVD;
• relieves headaches;
• reduces anxiety, reduces the risk of panic attacks;
• normalizes the functioning of the autonomic nervous system.

One time with VVD, you can relieve poor health with 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, water infusion is used, ½ cup 2 times a day.

With insomnia

Quite often they use dried cough as a remedy for insomnia. The effectiveness of this plant is due to the presence of trace elements calming the nervous system, as well as hormones that normalize the functioning of the parts of the brain that are responsible for sleep. In addition, the plant contains alkaloids that give a mild hypnotic effect. Sushitsa can be used once, if there is no chronic insomnia. You just need to make tea - brew a teaspoon of grass, insist 3 minutes and drink it with honey or sugar 1 hour before bedtime.

With serious sleep disturbances, insomnia, panic attacks that recur at night, you can use the coughweed course. There are several application schemes:

• alcohol tincture - 20 drops 1 hour before bedtime;
• water infusion - ½ cup 1 hour before bedtime.

In addition, you can use dried cinnamon in the composition of herbs for sachets. You need to take a small piece of light, breathable fabric (linen or cotton), sew in it a mixture of thyme, lemon balm, lavender, St. John's wort, hop cones and dried pine cones. Put this pillow in a pillowcase. Essential oils will evaporate and enter the body during breathing. Such aromatic sachets will speed up falling asleep and improve sleep quality.

Against hypertension

With arterial hypertension, cinnamon is used even 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 in order to protect themselves from sudden attacks. A standard recipe that helps with hypertension:

• 20 g of grass brew in a thermos 800 ml of boiling water;
• insist 4 hours;
• drink 100 ml 2-3 times a day.

If hypertension is difficult to treat, frequent spasms of blood vessels occur, 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 the pressure safely for the body. For tincture, it is advised to take the top parts of the plant, dry them, grind with scissors and put in a dark bottle. For 250 ml of alcohol, take 3 tablespoons of the collection. Pour and insist 21 days. Take the tincture only for attacks of 1 teaspoon, washed down with plenty of water.

From fungal infections

In the course of research, it turned out that the dried fruit contains essential oils and alkaloids, as well as plant components that are effective in fungal infections of the skin and mucous membranes. The plant equally effectively copes with different types of foot fungus, vaginal candidiasis and fungal infections of the oral mucosa. In each case, the method of use is different.

1. For the treatment of foot and nail fungus, you need to use dried cinnamon externally, making warm baths. On 5 l of water, take 100 g of grass, brew and cool, and then use for baths. The water should not be allowed to be hot - this can lead to an intensification of the infection, and not to a therapeutic effect.
2. With vaginal candidiasis, you need to use a strong water decoction for douching and intimate hygiene. Brew and boil for 3-5 minutes 2 tablespoons of grass in 400 ml of water. Use 2 times a day for douching. For hygienic procedures, dilute the broth with boiled water in half.
3. With fungal infections of the oral cavity (stomatitis), you need to use the infusion to rinse your mouth. Brew a glass of boiling water with 2 teaspoons of the herb, insist 1 hour, and then use it to rinse after each meal. The ideal option is 4–5 times a day for 6–8 days.

The advantage of dried cucumber over antifungal drugs is that it does not give such dangerous side effects as decreased immunity, liver damage, and nausea. Externally, baths can be used even by children from the age of 6.

Types of healing compounds

For medicinal purposes, dried cucumbers need to be able to properly prepare medicines. Depending on the method of preparation, the properties of the resulting medicine will also differ. You need to select the appropriate 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 ways. The first is the preparation of the product in a closed container, insisting 2-3 hours. The second option is to make an infusion in a thermos, where a constant temperature of the liquid is maintained. Insist such a remedy 3-4 hours. Proportions per 1 liter of water - 25 g of grass.Brew raw materials and close in a thermos or other container with a lid.

In order for the infusion to be truly healing, you need to withstand it for at least 2 hours, and then drain it, filtering through a sieve or clean gauze. Water infusion can not be stored for too long. The maximum time is 3 days.

Tincture

The most concentrated version of all dosage forms is alcohol or vodka tincture. You can take pure alcohol (medical), moonshine or store vodka as the basis. For preparation on vodka, you need to take a 500 ml collection glass, on pure alcohol - 1 tablespoon per 100 ml.

Preparing tincture in a vessel of dark glass or in a completely opaque container. The fact is that the ingress of ultraviolet rays can spoil the tincture, so you need to protect it from light.

Decoction

You can cook the broth on a small fire in a pan with a thick bottom or boil it in a water bath. It is better to cook the broth for several days at once. For 1 liter of water you need to take 2 tablespoons of grass. Pour it in a pan with cold water, and then slowly bring to a boil and boil for 15 minutes.

The finished broth can not be immediately filtered, you need to let it stand for at least 40-50 minutes, and then pour it into the jar through a sieve. Drink a decoction of 50 ml, at least 2-3 times a day. Since this version of the drug is quite concentrated, you need to reduce the treatment time to 2 months. Continue to take a decoction of dried cakes only after the break.

Ointment

To prepare the ointment from the dried fruit, you need to find a suitable base. You can take ordinary baby oil or buy a ready-made base for an emulsion. They are sold in stores where there are products for creating organic cosmetics with your own hands. But among the people most often for the preparation of ointments from herbs, a natural basis is used - pork overheated fat. Recipe and cooking technology:

1. Melt 200 g of pork fat in a deep, thick-walled container.
2. When it becomes liquid, add 1 cup of dry, shredded grass.
3. Cook under a closed lid on the smallest fire for 1.5 hours.
4. Allow the product to stand for a while so that it is not too hot.
5. Gently pour into a jar through a sieve so that parts of the plant do not fall into the ointment.
6. Wait for complete cooling and send the ointment to the refrigerator, having previously closed it with a lid.

The ointment is intended for external use only. This tool can be applied to light 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.

Butter

The oil hood can be used externally and internally. With the help of vegetable oils, a valuable extract can be obtained in which the active components and fatty acids will be present. There are two ways to make dried butter.

1. Take 250 ml of vegetable refined oil, heat to 70 degrees on the stove. Pour 50 g of grass, mash, without raising the temperature under a closed lid for 2 hours. For convenience, the mixture can be cooked in the oven. After cooling, strain the mixture and pour into a dark glass bottle.
2. The second method is cold oil infusion. To prepare it, you need more time, but in such a tool the concentration of active components will be higher. Pour 100 g of grass into a bottle, pour 400 ml of vegetable oil and close. Insist for 30 days, and then strain and use.

Drying oil is fragrant, softens and heals the skin, helps with varicose veins, can be used for cracks in the anus, for hemorrhoids, and also to soften the skin of the feet with a tendency to crack and peel.

Contraindications

It is not possible to use dried cakes in all cases. There are diseases in which the beneficial potential of the plant can be harmful. This herb is strictly forbidden to use for such diseases:

• arterial hypotension (low blood pressure);
• thrombosis;
• aortic dissection;
• heart attack and stroke in the acute stage;
• severe forms of heart failure;
• allergy to the plant.

It is also strictly contraindicated to use the plant during pregnancy and lactation, because this can adversely affect the health of the mother and child.

Do not abuse the dried cinnamon - you need to strictly follow the recommendations regarding dosage and dosage regimens. Only proper use will help to become healthier and get rid of a number of diseases. Before deciding on grass treatment, you need to consult a doctor and undergo a diagnosis to exclude the presence of pathologies and diseases in which this plant can harm.

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