In recent years, traditional medicine is becoming increasingly popular. Many people today refuse chemicals, preferring herbs. And indeed, some plants are not only inferior to traditional drugs, but also have a greater therapeutic effect.
This includes the idiot (or plakun-herb), whose healing properties make it possible to get rid of many ailments.
The chemical composition of the loot cloth
Derbennik is valued for its chemical composition, which includes many substances useful to the human body. So, the plakun-grass contains:
- Essential oils that can increase the beneficial properties of other ingredients.
- Flavonoids (vitexin, orientin, homovitexin) are distinguished by venotonic, anti-atherosclerotic, vasodilating, membrane stabilizing, antihypoxant, anti-carcinogenic, antioxidant properties.
- Tannins (tannins) - weaken the effects of alkaloids and salts of heavy metals, indispensable for diarrhea.
- Polyphenols - help remove free radicals.
- Phenol carbonic acids - have antimutagenic and diuretic effect, strengthen the protective functions of the body.
- Vitamin C - strengthens the walls of blood vessels and the immune system.
- Glycosides - help with diseases of the heart and blood vessels.
- Resins
- Organic acids.
- Carotene.
- Pectin.
- Saponins.
- Glucose.
- Anthocyanins.
Did you know? He got his second name because he has cavities on the back of the leaves to remove excess moisture. And sometimes it seems like grass is crying.
Healing properties of the idiot
Grass derbennik, due to the unique composition, has such useful properties:
- painkillers;
- anti-inflammatory;
- antibacterial;
- sweatshops;
- hemostatic;
- diuretic;
- wound healing;
- tonic;
- astringent.
Important! The healing properties of the sodum are recognized only by traditional healers. Official medicine does not consider this plant medicinal and does not include plakun-herb in the register of medicinal herbs.
Collection, preparation and storage of medical raw materials
Lythrum salicaria, a description of the useful properties of which can be listed for a very long time, is a perennial plant. It can grow everywhere, but prefers moist places and sunny glades. Blooms in June, and the fruits ripen in late summer.
For the preparation of decoctions and tinctures use all parts of the cravat:
- roots;
- leaflets;
- sunflower seeds;
- flowers
Store dry material in linen bags in a dark dry place for no longer than two years. Herbalists use fresh grass of the stalk.
Did you know? Only once, on Ivana Kupala, it is possible to harvest simultaneously both the tops and the roots of the described grass.
The use of derbum in traditional medicine: home remedies
Plakun-grass has found wide application in alternative medicine. Infusions and decoctions are prepared from various parts of this plant. The derbum helps with rheumatism, inflammation of the pharyngeal mucosa, tonsillitis, nervous and venereal diseases. Children prone to overexcitation, bathed in baths with a decoction of plakun-grass.
Did you know? From time immemorial derbenum was used as an antidote for the bites of snakes and animals infected with rabies.
Dry grass infusion
When taken regularly, an infusion of dry grass helps to reduce the size of the hernia. To prepare it, take 60 g of derbennik, pour 0.5 l of boiling water and defend for four hours. Before taking, filter and drink 50 ml three times a day. You can add the infusion in the bath. 
For insomnia, nervous disorders and depression, dry weeping grass is placed under the pillow.
Infusion of flowers
In inflammatory processes of the gastrointestinal tract and the upper respiratory tract take infusion of the flowers of the lootum. To do this, a tablespoon (about 5 g) of flowers pour 200 ml of boiling water and leave for 60 minutes. After that, filter and drink on a tablespoon before eating. The course - three times a day, until the disappearance of signs of the disease.
Mint, lemon balm, cornflower, linden honey, roses, calendula have a soothing effect on the body.With diarrhea, this tincture is drunk at 20 ml every hour.
Tincture of the Gum
Infusion of idiot is also used for headaches. To do this, take the upper part of the plant, pour alcohol (ratio - 1:10) and set aside for 5-6 weeks in a dark, cool place. From time to time the container with the tincture must be shaken.
The finished medicine is filtered and taken in 30 ml 30 minutes before a meal in the morning, at lunch and in the evening.
Important! In order not to get burns of the mucous membranes, before taking the tincture must be diluted with water (1: 1).To combat diarrhea and hemorrhoids apply tincture of the leaves of weeping grass. To do this, dried leaves (15 g) pour 200 ml of water and place in a water bath. Hold 15 minutes, remove and leave for 45 minutes. After that strain off and put in the refrigerator. Take 70-80 grams three times a day, excluding food intake.
Decoction of roots
A decoction of the roots of the sack is used in the treatment of ulcers and open wounds. To do this, a teaspoon of dried roots of plakun-herb is poured 200 ml of water and allowed to boil. After 5 minutes, the broth is removed from the heat, insist hour and filtered. 
This broth is washed three times a day to complete healing.
Contraindications
Derbennik, despite the mass of useful properties, has certain contraindications. So, infusions decoctions and preparations from derbennik cannot be taken in the presence of:
- constipation;
- increased blood clotting;
- significant pressure fluctuations;
- tendency to thrombosis;
- allergic reaction to the plant;
- atony and acute intestinal inflammation.
Important! A thorough study of the effects of plakun-grass on the human body was not carried out, so the likelihood of side effects of the herb is high. In the event of a negative reaction, taking medications and decoctions from the loot pan should be stopped.
Any plant can not only help a person, but also cause poor health. Therefore, before taking derbennik, it is necessary not only to familiarize yourself with its medicinal properties, but also to take into account contraindications.
Linden, autumn crocus, willow, lettuce, white acacia, sow thistle, fir, gentian, laurel, wild rosemary, marsh onion, rue, prince, red mountain ash, and periwinkle have found wide application in traditional medicine
