How to use the mountaineer as a medicine, for what diseases it helps

Highlander Grungy - medicinal herb, similar in its properties and application with the mountaineer. Check out - the ancient national name of hemorrhoids, clearly defining the main purpose of the plant. Well, the mountaineer grungy is popularly called "hemorrhoid grass." Official medicine, based on information from the people, confirms and complements their laboratory research results. So, in the 40s of the last century, the influence of a plant on the work of the cardiovascular system and its diuretic properties was confirmed.

External characteristics

The plant is an annual of the family Buckwheat. The scientific name is Polygonum scabrum, which in Latin means “rough polygon”. This is due to the fact that the leaves of the plant have a lancet form and are covered with small villi.

Rough mountaineer can reach a height of 60 cm, under growing conditions near sources of moisture, with a lack of moisture, it will rise only 10-30 cm. The stem can be straight or creeping, branchy. Leaf petioles are short, leaves are lanceolate, dark green. The flowers are small, white or pinkish in color, collected in the spikelets at the top of the stem. The fruits are triangular, black and shiny nuts.

Did you know? Hemorrhoids are an exclusively human disease. It is believed that people acquired it during the transition to upright walking.

Spread

Flowering Highlander grungy in July and August. Fruits ripen in August-September. Harvesting herbaceous raw material occurs in the flowering phase.

Medicinal raw material is grass, the aerial part of the plant - the stems with leaves and flowers. They are dried in conditions of good ventilation with a thin layer, without contact with direct sunlight. The yield of finished dry raw materials is about 20-25%.

It is found everywhere in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and is a weed that can be mown in the hayfield with the other herbs. The growing area - the banks of rivers, various reservoirs, in the lowlands of fields, along roadsides, wastelands. The main blanks of medicinal raw materials are made in Polesye and in the northern part of the forest-steppe. It can occupy large areas with the output of thousands of tons of raw materials.

In folk medicine, weeds are used for the benefit of: wheatgrass, quinoa, ambrosia, dodder, thrown amaranth, milk thistle, field thistle, creeping bitter, lobed pueraria, sow thistle, and thistle.

Chemical composition

One of the main substances in the chemical composition is tannin (1.5%). This substance has a tanning effect due to the formation of stable bonds with proteins, polysaccharides, biopolymers. Essential oils (0.05%) are present in raw grass in large quantities, so that the plant is an excellent honey plant. Vitamins C revealed (1%), K (0.03%) and flavonoids - vitamin R.

Also in the composition are:

  • gallic acid;
  • acetic acid;
  • flobaphenes;
  • hyperoside;
  • avikulyaren;
  • quercetin;
  • pectins.

Important! In the people there is an opinion that the mountaineer, including the rough and pochuchuyny, belongs to poisonous plants. But there is no scientific evidence.

Therapeutic use

Pharmacological studies have found that the mountaineer rough increases blood clotting due to the large amount of tannin, which has a tanning effect. As a diuretic, it has been used since the time of the ancient Greeks.

The influence of the mountaineer on the cardiovascular system was confirmed by the clinical studies of I. I. Sivertseva and G. I. Samarina in the 1940s.

In folk medicine, this plant is used for hemorrhoids, scrofula, in the treatment of cholecystitis and diseases of the bladder, as well as for the regulation of the menstrual cycle. The treatises of Tibetan traditional medicine reflect the ability of the highlander to influence the work of the gastrointestinal tract.

Decoction

The general procedure for preparing infusions and decoctions:

  1. Pour the prescribed dose of raw materials into a metal pot that does not come into contact with chemically active substances - enameled, stainless, etc. Use raw materials at the rate of 1:10 - one part of raw materials per 10 parts of water.
  2. Close the lid and heat for 15-30 minutes.
  3. Remove from heat and strain.
  4. Infusions can be taken in 45 minutes. after cooling at room temperature, decoctions - after 15 minutes.

The use of highlander rough in the treatment of hemorrhoids cones baths

Ingredients:

  • 400 g mountaineer rough in a freshly collected form;
  • 2 liters of water;
  • 400 g of milk;
  • 400 g store muffin.

For hemorrhoids, pay attention to the properties of black cumin oil, dogwood, persimmon, cedar oil, kupeny, sunflower honey, chubby, goose fat, vinegar.

Grungy Highlander boiled in water for 15 minutes. on low heat. Insist broth 20 minutes., Filtered. Bread is boiled in milk for 5 minutes. Milk is filtered and mixed with broth. The mixture is poured into the basin. It is necessary to sit in the bath for 15 minutes, while taking care that the liquid is constantly warm. Take a bath every day for 30 days.

In the treatment of bleeding, including uterine

Ingredients:

  • 20 g dry grass of the mountaineer rough;
  • 1 liter of water.

When uterine bleeding using cherry branches, pine-wood uterus, shepherd's bag, umbrella winter man, watermelon seeds, bitter wormwood, yarrow, buckthorn bark.
Brew the grass, insist 15 minutes. and filter. Take 3 times a day for 1 glass. Infusion reduces the risk of bleeding, relieves inflammation, stabilizes the gastrointestinal tract, eliminates irregular menstruation.

For the treatment of chronic cholecystitis

Ingredients:

  • 2 tbsp. spoons of dry raw materials;
  • 0.5 liters of water.
Boil the raw material over low heat or in a water bath for 30 minutes. Then strain and leave to insist in a thermos for 1 hour. Therapeutic dose - 2 tbsp. spoons. Apply 3 times a day.

Did you know? The methods of treating hemorrhoids in each epoch and nation were different and depended on the general development of medicine and observations of the properties of plants and animals. Avicenna treated hemorrhoids with fresh hedgehog blood. Native American shamans used coca leaves for the same purpose.

Tincture

For the treatment of tuberculosis, it is recommended to prepare the tincture on vodka - 15 g of dry raw material per cup of liquid. Insist in a dark place for 7 days. Therapeutic dose - 30 drops. Take 2 times a day with a large glass of water.

Extract

Extracts are obtained by evaporation of water infusion or decoction to half the volume. The advantage of extracts is that their shelf life is higher than that of infusions and decoctions.

Used as a hemostatic, in diseases of the cardiovascular system, for the treatment of periodontal disease, gum disease and skin diseases. Due to their high concentration, they are dosed in drops.

Contraindications

First of all, the plant is contraindicated in pregnant women, since it has a strong effect on the circulatory system and blood composition. It is forbidden to apply to patients with thrombophlebitis and people prone to thrombosis, as well as in acute inflammation of the kidneys. Be careful with the use of mountaineer rough and need for people with allergies.

Important! The statement that herbal treatment cannot harm anyone is a dangerous delusion. Allergy sufferers are the first to be at risk. In other cases, traditional medicine is prescribed so as not to aggravate chronic human diseases.

Applying recipes of traditional medicine, remember that everything is good in moderation. Increasing dosages will not speed up the healing process, but on the contrary, it may aggravate other diseases. In those cases when you are not sure whether this or that remedy will help you, first consult your doctor.

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