White acacia
Recipes for using the medicinal properties of white acacia
Botanical description of white acacia
White acacia is a large tree with a height of 15–20 meters. This tree belongs to the legume family, and it is very often used in the folk treatment of various diseases. White acacia has a beautiful and spreading crown; longitudinal cracks are visible on the tree trunk. The trunk of white acacia is gray-black or gray-brown in color. Shoots and young branches of acacia are green and smooth. The leaves of the acacia are egg-shaped and are arranged oppositely on the petioles of 7-21 pieces. The outside of the leaves is smooth and green in color, while the inside is velvety gray-green in color. Acacia has white flowers of white color, smell good and are collected in brushes that droop.
The flowering of white acacia lasts from the end of May, and it ripens in June. The fruit of white acacia is a dark brown flat pod with 4–6 seeds of a bean form. White acacia was first seen in North America, and after it was transported to the south of our country. This tree grows most often in parks, gardens and along roads.
Collection and preparation of white acacia
Medicinal raw materials are flowers, fruits, leaves and bark of white acacia. Flowers need to be harvested at the stage of their flowering, and they are collected in a half-opened form. Drying should be done in a well ventilated area with a temperature of 40-50 ° C Celsius. Bark and foliage should be harvested during the growing season.
Medicinal properties and use of white acacia
In folk medicine, a decoction of acacia bark is used, this helps people who have exacerbated gastritis or peptic ulcer disease. Young shoots and leaves are the raw material for the preparation of the tincture, which is taken in case of exacerbation of peptic ulcer and gastritis. Infusion and decoction of white acacia flowers are used for kidney disease, bladder disease, and rheumatism. The flowers are used by combining them with the leaves of the common bearberry, the flowers of the common tansy, as well as the flowers of blue cornflower and licorice root.
Chemical composition of white acacia
The chemical composition of white acacia, and especially its fruits, is still not fully understood. The bark and flowers of acacia contain the flavonoid robinin. This substance has a hypoazotemic effect - it removes urea from the body. Medicines are made on the basis of robinin. However, this substance is toxic, which means that self-treatment of any disease with the help of acacia is dangerous, in any case, you need to consult a doctor.
Flowers and leaves contain various flavonoids, fatty oils, glycosides, essential oils, tannins, pectins and sugars, vitamins and minerals, and organic acids.
White acacia treatment recipes
With uterine myoma and inflammatory disease of the female genital area, a decoction made from the flowers of white acacia is taken. To prepare it, take 1 tablespoon of dried flowers and pour two glasses of water, bring to a boil and leave for another 2 minutes over low heat to simmer a little. After that, strain the contents, cool and add water to get as much as it was before the boil. Such a decoction should be taken daily 3-4 times half an hour before meals, 1 tbsp. spoon.
Tincture of white acacia flowers is taken for infertility. To do this, pour 10 grams of flowers (fresh) with 10 grams of alcohol or vodka. We insist on all this for 10 days. This tincture should be taken 3 times a day, but not in pure form, but diluted: 20 drops of the tincture should be mixed with one tablespoon of water.
For rheumatism, myositis, joint pain and radiculitis, rubbing is done. To do this, you need to take 2 glasses of vodka, pour 50 grams of acacia flowers in them, insist for three weeks in a dark room, but do not forget to shake it periodically. When the mixture is infused, strain it - and the liquid for grinding is ready. Rubbing should be done a couple of times daily.
For coughs and colds or as a means of lowering fever, use a decoction of white acacia leaves. You need to take one tablespoon of dried leaves, crushed into powder, add 1 cup of boiling water, put on fire and boil for 5 minutes over low heat. After the broth should be cooled, filtered and taken daily 3 times before meals, 1 tablespoon.
Acute and chronic cystitis can be cured by collecting acacia flowers, wheatgrass root, and calendula flowers. 50 grams of this collection should be poured with 300 milliliters of water, brought to a boil, boiled for 8 minutes. Next, the broth must be removed from the heat and insisted for 60 minutes, then strain and add more boiling water to the initial volume. You need to drink such a broth daily 3 times before meals, 50 ml each.
Contraindications to the use of white acacia
White acacia should be taken in moderate doses, because a large dose is poisonous. Acacia bark is the most dangerous because it contains toxalbumin robin, a toxic protein substance that can irritate the mucous membranes.
Acacia should not be taken by people with low stomach acidity. When harvesting wood, the following symptoms of discomfort may occur: nausea, vomiting, headache, drowsiness.
Horses are very sensitive to alkaloids. When animals are poisoned by acacia, they suffer from abdominal pain. Horses are agitated, their limbs are trembling, their heart is not working as well as before. In case of poisoning, the first step is to rinse the stomach and give the horse absorbents.
The author of the article: Sokolova Nina Vladimirovna | Phytotherapist
Education: Diploma in "General Medicine" and "Therapy" received at the Pirogov University (2005 and 2006). Advanced training at the Department of Phytotherapy at the Peoples' Friendship University of Moscow (2008).
