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The popularity of herbal medicine does not fade with time. This is due to the fact that plants are really able to help in the prevention and treatment of many diseases.

Herbs for a home phyto-first aid kit can be purchased at a regular pharmacy, or you can collect them yourself. It is important to remember that plants absorb exhaust gases well and absorb all harmful substances from the soil, so they cannot be collected within the modern metropolis, and even more so near highways. Ideally, the place of their collection should be ecologically clean areas, a forest or your own garden will do if you are sure of their "environmental friendliness".

AT home first aid kit it is useful to have chamomile, nettle, linden, bird cherry, wild rose and a number of other herbal remedies.

Chamomile officinalis

An excellent antiseptic, relieves intestinal colic, helps with colds. Chamomile infusion is prepared in the same way as infusions of many herbs: 1 tablespoon of chopped chamomile is poured into 1 cup of boiling water, infused for 20 to 40 minutes and filtered. Chamomile is used both externally and internally.

With a cold, chamomile gargles the throat (4-5 times a day). Chamomile infusion is drunk for pain in the abdomen, stomach, given for colic in children.

In cosmetology, chamomile infusion is used for:

• cleansing and toning the skin, improving complexion;
• disinfection and healing of small wounds;
• easy lightening of hair in blondes;
• getting rid of bad smell(as a natural deodorant).

Stinging nettle

Contains many vitamins, improves immunity and blood clotting. Nettle infusion (prepared in the same way as chamomile infusion), if you are not allergic to it, it is useful to drink 1-2 glasses a day for a week to improve immunity. Then a week break is needed. Then you can repeat the course of vitaminization. Nettle tea is delicious and healthy to brew with leaves of strawberries, blueberries, lingonberries, as well as rowan berries, both red and chokeberry.

bird cherry

Bird cherry, thanks high content phytoncides, an excellent antiseptic. Its decoction (1 tablespoon is poured into 1 glass of water, brought to a boil, infused for 40 minutes) is often used in folk medicine for conjunctivitis in the form of eye lotions.

Bird cherry is a popular remedy in complex treatment diseases of the genital area in both men and women: fibroids, fibroids, chlamydial and other infections, prostatitis. With colpitis in women, an infusion of bird cherry is used for douching.

Bird cherry berries contain many vitamins and organic acids. They have an astringent property, so they are often used for gastrointestinal disorders.

Linden

Linden has medicinal properties only in the flowering phase, therefore, linden flowers with bracts are harvested.

Linden infusion (2 tablespoons of lime blossom per 1 cup of boiling water) - diaphoretic, antipyretic, expectorant, diuretic, bactericidal, depressant. It is used 2-3 glasses a day for:

• a cold;
• inflammation of the kidneys and bladder;
• stomach cramps;
• neuroses;
• headaches;
• convulsions.

Rose hip

Rose hips are a pantry of vitamins, especially vitamin C. An infusion of dried rose hips (1 tablespoon of rose hips per 1 glass of water, boil for 10 minutes in a sealed container, leave for a day) drink 1-2 glasses a day for:

• normalization of metabolism;
• improve blood circulation and strengthen blood vessels;
• prevention of beriberi;
• stabilization of the nervous system.

Wormwood

Wormwood, collected in May (before flowering), effectively increases hemoglobin and stimulates appetite. Wormwood infusion (1 teaspoon of wormwood is poured with 1 glass of water, brought to a boil, boiled for 3-4 minutes on low heat, then infused for 40 minutes) is drunk before meals. But it is not recommended for use in diseases of the stomach.

Primrose spring (primrose officinalis)

The yellow flowers (“rams”) of primrose contain a whole complex of vitamins, so it is often included in many herbal preparations for the prevention of beriberi. It is also used as an expectorant.

Kirkazon clematis (aristolochia)

This plant is from the category of potent and slightly poisonous, good remedy with anemia, hypertension, influenza. Take an infusion of kirkazon (prepared in the same way as an infusion of wormwood) in a tablespoon 3 times a day.

Kirkazon is known as an antitumor agent. In folk medicine, it is used to treat diseases such as myoma, fibromyoma, endometriosis (and other benign tumors), combining ingestion with douching.

Measure is the key to successful treatment

When using herbal remedies, it is important to remember that they, like “real” medicines, if the rules for their use are not followed, can harm the body. Their overdose and the wrong combination of different herbs can be dangerous.

According to statistics, an adult gets a cold in different form 2 to 4 times a year, and children - 2 times more. Herbal remedies can be not only a help in the treatment, but also an excellent prevention of SARS.

Galina Filippova, general practitioner, candidate of medical sciences:“Treatment with medicinal plants should be prescribed by a phytotherapist who thoroughly knows all the features of your body. Only in this case can you be sure that the action medicinal herbs will be exactly as you expect."

The most ancient way to quickly eliminate unpleasant symptoms and get rid of many diseases is to use, of course, medicinal herbs. What plants should always be at hand?

The main components of your herbalist's first aid kit are:

Chamomile pharmacy - the scope of its "activity" inflammatory processes and nervous states. Its decoction can be used to gargle with inflammation of the tonsils, oral cavity with stomatitis and gingivitis, chamomile infusion is an excellent remedy for diarrhea, gastritis, pancreatitis or cholecystitis. The plant has a tonic and calming effect.

Sage - has antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, astringent, analgesic and diuretic effects. The decoction will help to quickly remove acute symptoms food poisoning, gastritis, hepatic colic, effective for genitourinary infections. Strong infusions are used for acne, purulent wounds and excessive sweating.

Mother and stepmother - the plant will relieve the most various diseases respiratory tract(from the common cold to). It also has a calming and antispasmodic effect.

Valerian root - the best natural remedy from insomnia and "shattered" nerves simply can not be found. neuroses, psycho-emotional stress, mental turmoil, stress and dermatoses unclear etiology- everything will help eliminate the infusion of valerian.

Calendula (marigold) - has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. Useful for disorders in the work of the heart, nervous system, allergic reactions, psoriasis, vitiligo and dermatoses.

- known as effective remedy at peptic ulcer stomach, tuberculosis, hemorrhoids, diarrhea, anemia, kidney disease and urolithiasis.

Horsetail is indispensable for cystitis, urethritis, general intoxication of the body and edema. It has a powerful diuretic effect.

- Treats hypotension urinary infections, hysteria (including children), is used to prevent cancer.

A series of tripartite - normalizes the functioning of the adrenal glands, eliminates allergies, dermatitis, psoriasis, seborrhea, urticaria and other skin rashes.

Elecampane - universal helper with any diseases of the intestines and stomach, as well as all digestive system. Its infusions treat cirrhosis of the liver, pancreatitis, constipation, diarrhea, hemorrhoids, anal fissures and lazy bowel syndrome.

Calamus marsh - tincture of its root helps in therapy female diseases, fungal infections, snake bites and various insects, and also instantly eliminates toothache.

They are absolutely affordable and inexpensive. However, before use, it is still better to consult a specialist.

We continue to talk about medicinal plants that make up the most popular. In the second part, you will learn about two plants that are the basis of the famous. These are astragalus and pueraria.

This widespread perennial legume has been used in folk medicine for many hundreds of years. Its second name is grass of life. The most common and drugs with it - the prevention and treatment of colds, flu, SARS. Also, Chinese doctors prescribe it as an expectorant, anti-inflammatory, tonic and antipyretic.

It is especially valued for its ability to easily combine with other medicinal plants, enhancing their effect.

The main action of astragalus is aimed at, as well as cleansing the body. The plant has a strong diuretic and antioxidant effect, relieves inflammation and can be used in the treatment of diseases of the stomach, intestines and kidneys. Astragalus root also contains many essential trace elements that can strengthen the body during colds and infectious diseases after a serious illness. Astragalus root is often prescribed for the elderly or in case of sharp decline performance and sleep disorders.

The plant is used to make pills, phytomixes and decoctions.

Another medicinal plant known for its power to restore and rejuvenate the body and has been part of the composition for more than two thousand years. Also, like ginseng, it is used in cooking and cosmetology.

The composition and quality of blood extends to the entire body, helping to fight problems such as increased blood pressure, circulatory disorders in the brain, allergies. The cleansing effect of pueraria helps relieve inflammation and fever, remove toxins after poisoning, and relieve intoxication after drinking alcohol. Cleansing the blood with the help of pueraria allows not only to awaken the body's defenses, but also significantly strengthen internal organs and prolong youth. Chinese doctors also prescribe for normalization menstrual cycle, removing unpleasant manifestations of menopause, as a natural sedative for insomnia and anxiety.

Pueraria contraindications

This medicinal plant has a fairly strong effect on the body, so taking drugs with pueraria must be approached with caution.

So, for example, it should not be taken during pregnancy due to its effect on uterine tone, or in the presence of tumors without additional diagnostics. They are also not recommended for young people under 30 and children. Of course, you can not use drugs with pueraria along with alcohol.

medicinal plants must be stored in a dry, cool and dark place. For long-term storage (more than three months) in canvas or cotton bags. For short-term storage, gray writing paper bags can be used. Poisonous plants must be stored separately not only from other herbs, but also from each other, out of the reach of children.

Articular pain

Heads of flowering dandelions in vodka 12 days to insist in a dark place; how many flowers will come, so much vodka will be poured. And then lubricate the joints with this liquid, rub for 5 minutes, so that it becomes hot, wrap with a linen rag for the night.

toothache

1. Sage herb (one tablespoon) with a glass of boiling water, pour for an hour in a dark place. Then rinse your mouth every half hour for five minutes, saying to yourself: “Pain-sick, fleeting, go for water, creep for grass. Knead the old, knead the small, and inhabit the devil. Let the devil with his she-devil fall into the underworld. Amen".
2. wrist with inside rubbed with garlic. Further, finely chopped garlic, tie it to the pulse, bandaging the hand very tightly so that the garlic fits more tightly to the wrist and especially to the pulse. When toothache felt on right side, then the garlic is tied to the pulse of the left hand, and vice versa. Note: before applying garlic, cover your wrist with a rag so as not to burn.

Pain in the legs (with fatigue, rheumatism, swelling, etc.)

Sew bags shaped like legs and parts of the torso to the waist. Then pick birch leaves from the tree and fill bags with them. In the evening, before going to bed, the patient's legs should be inserted into these bags in such a way that a rather thick layer of leaves covers the surface of the legs from all sides. Your feet will sweat a lot, just like they would in a steam bath. Sometimes at midnight the leaves should be changed if they become too wet. A few such sessions - and your legs will be like those of the young.

headache

• With a headache against a cold, you can use menthol oil ( pharmacy drug), which can be rubbed behind the ears, back of the head, forehead, temples.
• You can make a good brew of green or black tea, add a pinch of mint and cinnamon. Have a glass of this tea. (At normal or reduced pressure).
• An infusion of red clover flowers is taken 1/2 cup 3 times a day (1 tbsp brew flowers with 1 cup boiling water, leave for 30 minutes, strain).
• 1 tbsp oregano herbs in 0.5 liters of boiling water. Insist, wrapped, 30 minutes, strain. Take 1/2-2 cup 2-3 times a day.

Antiseptics

For gargling

• Common oak, bark. 1 heaping teaspoon of crushed bark to 1 cup of water. Boil after boiling for 20 minutes. over low heat, insist 2 hours, strain. Gargle 2-3 times a day. It is used for inflammation of the throat and tonsils, chronic tonsillitis, pharyngitis, loosening of the gums, stomatitis, halitosis.
• Viburnum ordinary, leaves, flowers, berries. 1 tbsp berries to 1 cup boiling water. Infuse for 2 hours, gargle several times a day with sore throat. Infusion taken orally 2 tbsp. l. 3-4 times a day, sweetened with honey for persistent cold cough, cold fever and hoarse throat.
• 10 g flowers or leaves per 1 glass of water. Boil 5-10 min. on a small fire. Insist 2 hours, strain. Gargle several times a day with sore throat.

For treatment and healing of wounds

• The plantain is big. Pre-washed fresh plantain leaf, chew a little and apply to the wound. Put a bandage on top. Change three times a day.
• Stinging nettle. Mix crushed or finely chopped fresh nettle leaves with a pinch of salt. Apply to the wound through two layers of bandage. Avoid direct contact of the mass with the wound. Apply a bandage on top for ten minutes.
• The following tool was used in the old days. They put an iron key on wool thread and hung him so that he was on his back between the shoulder blades. The blood stopped quickly. This method especially good for stopping nosebleeds.

Disinfectants

• Oak bark powder.
• Crushed dry plantain leaf.
• Shredded dry leaf of stinging nettle.
• Aloe juice.
• Crushed dry leaf of sweet clover.

Antipyretics

Stinging nettle

Nettle roots (50 g), together with three cloves of garlic, insist on 0.5 liters of vodka for 6 days and rub the patient with this infusion. high temperature and give inside 3 tsp. in a day. Very good for rheumatic pains.

Muryzhnik

Very strong antipyretic. 20 g of gourd herb per 250 ml of boiling water insist 1 hour, filter. Take 1-2 tbsp. 3-4 times a day.

oats

In folk medicine, decoctions, teas, tinctures are prepared from oat straw, which are used as an antipyretic (to prepare a decoction, take 30-40 g of chopped straw per 1 liter of boiling water, insist 2 hours). Drink like tea.

Fresh cucumber

Fresh cucumber and juice from it is used as an antipyretic and anti-inflammatory agent. The juice of one medium cucumber is a single dose. Take four times a day. It is also good to rub the juice on the chest, forehead, cheeks and temples.

Gastrointestinal fixatives

At bloody diarrhea it is good to use an infusion of psyllium seeds. Brew in the evening 1 tbsp. raw materials 1 cup boiling water. Insist overnight in a thermos, strain, start drinking in the morning 1/3 cup every 30 minutes, drinking 1/3 cup of hot water (if it’s hard to endure hot water, you can drink it warm, but try to make it as hot as possible).

Helps with diarrhea decoction of oak bark, prepared at the rate of 1 tbsp. 1 cup boiling water, simmer for 10 minutes over low heat. Let cool. Drink 1 tsp. every 15-20 minutes.

old folk and effective method- birch ash. 1 tbsp ash pour 1/2 cup boiling water. Let cool. This slurry is sucked in gradually over 3-4 hours.

A strong infusion of St. John's wort is prepared at the rate of 2 tablespoons per 1 cup of boiling water. Insist 20-30 minutes, filter, drink a little during the day until the diarrhea stops. Recovery comes faster if you add garlic water to this infusion: crush 1 clove of garlic or squeeze the juice into 1/2 cup of water. Mix infusions, drink throughout the day. At this time, eat porridge cooked only on water, or drink strong tea with crackers.

Gastrointestinal laxatives

• The tops of beets and radishes can enhance bowel function. It is necessary to brew 1-1.5 tbsp. dry or fresh tops 1 cup boiling water and drink instead of tea 5-6 times a day for 1/4 cup.
• Carrot leaf tea. Fresh tops are used for cooking in summer, and dried tops are brewed in winter. Tea is made at the rate of 1 tsp. tops in 1 cup boiling water.
• Flax-seed. For chronic constipation, drink an infusion prepared at the rate of 1 tsp daily. seeds in 1 cup boiling water. Insist, wrapped, for 4-5 hours. Drink this infusion along with the seeds in the evening before going to bed. Ceiling flaxseed. Take twice a day for 20-30 minutes. before meals 1 tbsp. l., either washed down with water, or mixed in 1/3 cup of water. The course of treatment is 1-2 months. Kissel from flaxseed. Boil 1 cup of jelly, set aside. Drain the mucus so that the seeds do not get in, add any juice or honey for taste. Boil jelly for 10 minutes. Drink 1/2 cup on an empty stomach and at bedtime.
• Remedy for spastic constipation: 500 g pumpkin, 1/2 cup water, 60 g cereals, 50 g butter. Peel the pumpkin from seeds and skin, cut into small pieces and lightly stew in butter. Add salt to taste, as well as semolina or millet, which are pre-calcined in the oven and steamed, doused with boiling water many times. Bring the dish to readiness. Cook and eat 2-4 times a week for a month.

Antispasmodic (vasodilating) drugs

• 2 tbsp. l. 500 ml parsnip herbs are brought to a boil, insisted for 2 hours, filtered. Take the first week 50 ml 3 times a day 20 minutes before meals, and the second week - 30 ml 3 times a day 20 minutes before meals.
• Blood-red hawthorn is very useful. As a medicinal plant, it was known in the distant past: 1 tbsp. hawthorn flowers insist for 2 hours in 1 cup boiling water in a sealed container. Strain. Take 1/4 cup 3-4 times daily before meals.
• Pour cold water in a 3 liter jar 300 g grape leaves, insist for 3 days in a dark place. Take 1/2 cup 3 times a day.
• Place fresh lily of the valley flowers in a dark glass bottle, pour 1.5 cups of vodka. Strain after 2 weeks. Take 10-15 drops in a small amount of boiled water 2-3 times a day. You can use ready-made lily of the valley-valerian drops sold in a pharmacy. Take 15-20 drops with water 2-3 times a day.

Cardiovascular agents

• Common chicory (wild chicory) is recommended by folk medicine in many countries as a means of regulating metabolism, soothing nervous system that slows down the heart rate. 1 tsp chicory roots pour 2 cups of water, bring to a boil. Infuse for 1-2 hours under the lid. Strain. Add 1-2 tsp. honey (to taste) Take 1/2 cup 3 times a day before meals.
• 40 g of garlic insist in a closed vessel in 100 ml of vodka for 10 days. Take 10 drops 2-3 times a day half an hour before meals.
• "Tea mushroom". 7-8-day infusion of "Kombucha", taken 1/2 cup 1 hour before meals 3-4 times a day, significantly reduces blood pressure, cholesterol levels in the blood and improves the well-being of patients. Their headaches, pains in the heart decrease or completely disappear, sleep normalizes. This recipe is recommended by Professor Yakish from the Czech Republic.
• Traditional medicine recommends that hypertensive patients consume daily 5-6 g of black nightshade (or its juice) and / or 300 g per day of chokeberry berries in several doses before meals (or several tablespoons of juice).

Sleeping pills

• 2 tbsp mint pour 2 cups boiling water. Take -2 times a day for 1/2 cup. Try also to make a pillow out of hops - and then insomnia and headache you are not afraid.
• Improves sleep, relieves nervous tension infusion of dill seeds. To prepare the infusion, take 10 g (2 tablespoons) of seeds or herbs, place in an enamel bowl, pour a glass of hot boiled water, cover with a lid and heat in a water bath for 15 minutes, cool at room temperature for 45 minutes, filter. Take 1/2 cup 3 times a day 30 minutes before meals.
• Parsnip root is widely used in folk medicine. Its water infusions have a calming effect on neuroses, improve sleep, stimulate appetite, and restore strength in convalescent patients. Take 2 tbsp. crushed root, washed down with a glass of boiling water, insist 30 minutes, filter and take 1/3 cup 3 times a day before meals.
• Onions consumed in pretty significant amount before going to bed, gives a good, sound and healthy sleep.
• Drink a glass of hot sweet water or hot milk at night, but not tea. Or a glass of hot infusion of valerian root (for the infusion, take a teaspoon of the root in a glass of boiling water, let it brew in a glass or stone dish for about twenty minutes - and drink).
• A sitz bath of cold water for three or four minutes in the evening, according to the assurances of healers, promotes restful sleep.
• Tie on the forehead in a rag of pure "clay, mixed in sour yogurt.
• Before going to sleep be like fresh air from half an hour.
• In the morning, afternoon and before going to bed, apply a mixture of wheat or rye bread, finely chopped fresh or pickled cucumbers, sour milk and clay.

General tonic

• Fill the bottle with finely chopped wormwood, always harvested in May. To fill with water. Insist 21 days in a dark place. Drink for three weeks two to three times a day before meals, one drop per thimble of water. Within a few days, you will notice that your appetite has returned, lethargy has disappeared, a blush has played on your cheeks, a sparkle in your eyes has appeared, a desire to move more.
• Wormwood grass, watch leaves - equally. Application: brew one tablespoon of the mixture with a glass of boiling water, leave for 20 minutes, strain. Take a tablespoon for 15-20 minutes. before meals.
• With general weakness, lethargy, decreased performance and fatigue, it is useful to take various stimulants of the central nervous system (pantocrine and tinctures from ginseng root, magnolia vine, leuzea, zamanikha, sterculia or aralia, 15-30 drops per dose). The drugs are taken twice a day (in the morning and in the afternoon, but not in the evening), on an empty stomach or a few hours after a meal.

Antiallergic drugs

• Large plantain - 15 g, forest pine buds -15 g. Drink 4 teaspoons of the collection with one glass of boiling water, leave for 2 hours, cook for 2-3 minutes, strain. Take 3-4 times a day.
• Strawberry leaves - 30 g. Brew 2 tablespoons with 2 cups of boiling water, boil for 2-3 minutes over low heat, cool, strain. Take 1 tablespoon every 2 hours.
• Dioecious nettle - 15 g, wild rosemary - 25 g. Brew the whole mixture with 1 liter of boiling water, leave for 30 minutes. Take 0.5 cup 4-5 times a day for 15 days. It should be remembered that the use of wild rosemary as a poisonous plant requires caution (the highest single dose is 0.5 g).
• Thyme herb - 20 g, marshmallow root
• 20 g. 4 tsp collection, drink one glass of boiling water, leave for 2 hours, boil for 3-5 minutes, strain. Drink the entire infusion throughout the day in several doses with bronchial asthma. Treatment -10-30 days.

Antitussives

• Black radish in the amount of 6-8 pieces cut into very thin slices. Sprinkle each slice liberally with sugar. Appeared juice to drink 1 tbsp. each hour. Healers claim that the described remedy cures the most severe cough in a relatively short time.
• Brazilian way: mash 2 ripe bananas through a sieve and add 1 cup of water, warm and drink this mixture.
• With a prolonged dry cough, rub the chest with a dry cloth, then rub the inner lard(worse - ghee), adding a little pine oil to it.
• Cut into small pieces and boil 10 onions and 1 head of garlic in unpasteurized milk until the onions and garlic are soft. Add a little budra juice (another name is dog mint). Add honey. Dose - 1 tbsp. per hour throughout the day.
• Take 500 g of peeled chopped onion (can be grated), 50 g of honey, 400 g of sugar. Boil this whole mixture in 1 liter of water for 3 hours over low heat. The liquid must be cooled, drained into bottles and tightly corked. Take at strong cough 1 tbsp. 4-5 times a day.

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basis all recipes are herbs, roots, berries . Therefore, the question often arises: what medicinal herbs in the medicine cabinet necessary, and what properties do they have?

In our time, when chemistry has become the ruler in medicine and cosmetology and we only believe in it, it is worth looking closely at the experience of traditional medicine. And it is very good that we are finally turning to face it, starting to study traditional medicine and use in practice its cosmetics and treatments. It's doubly nice that traditional medicine also introduces recipes of traditional healers into practical treatment.

June and July are the best months to prepare the components of your home green first aid kit. Herbs must be collected on a dry, warm, sunny day. Collected plants do not mix, keep in separate bags.

Arriving home, lay out everything collected on a clean, dry towel or boards. Do not use newspaper for this, printing ink will ruin the grass. Herbs should be dried in the shade in a draughty place. If there is an attic - best place can not found.

For drying herbs, it is allowed to use a gas stove oven: you need to make a weak light, stir the greens often and make sure that it does not dry out.

Put each type of plant separately in a linen bag, sign what kind of plant it is and when it was collected. Store hanging in a cool dry place.

List of medicinal herbs in the medicine cabinet

Chamomile

This unique medicinal plant is widely used for the treatment and prevention of inflammatory processes, relieving pain in the stomach and intestines, for rinsing the nasopharynx and teeth, including dentures, prices for which can be found if you follow the link. Chamomile is a great cleanser festering wounds and successfully fights infectious lesions of various localization.

St. John's wort

Included in various fees. It is used to relieve pain in the stomach and intestines with ulcers, colitis, inflammation of various etiologies, calms the nervous system.

Horsetail

It treats many internal diseases, including urinary organs, and is especially effective in kidney diseases.

Motherwort and hawthorn

Effectively treat the nervous system, are part of the cardiovascular system to regulate pressure and improve heart function. They are used for neuroses as sedative herbs, very effective for angina pectoris.

cornflower

Diuretic, as an addition to tinctures that help with various diseases kidneys.

Calendula

Calendula flowers are part of the fees for the treatment of the stomach, liver, kidneys. Calendula has a strong anti-inflammatory and antiseptic effect.

Nettle

Applicable for various bleeding, increases blood clotting, cleanses it and improves blood composition. Often used for gynecological diseases, as well as in home cosmetics for hair and skin care.

Birch buds