Gear
Useful properties and application of gear
Botanical characteristics of the gear
The cogwort from the family of the norichnikovs is an annual herb with a taproot. It has a straight stem with many branches and arcuate lateral shoots. A dentate grows up to 80 cm in height. The leaves are lanceolate, toothed, pointed and pubescent at the top. The flowering period begins in July-August, the flowers are red, the inflorescences of the plant are one-sided dense brushes.
The fruit is a box with two nests, in which furrowed, brown, oval seeds are stored until ripening (August-October). The grass is a weed plant that settles on roads, in crops of fields and in pastures. All parts of the plant (leaves, stems, roots, flowers) are used as medicinal raw materials.
Useful properties of gear
The chemical composition of the common toothed tooth is quite diverse. The roots of the plant contain alkaloids, cardenolides, iridoids, vitamins. Leaves, stems and flowers are endowed with iridoids, vitamins, coumarins, carotenoids, tannins. Phenol carboxylic acids and flavonoids are also present in the plant. Fatty oil was found in the seeds. The plant has antimicrobial and anti-infectious effects. It is used for its diuretic and pain relieving properties.
Application of gear
The use of gear in traditional medicine helps with benign and malignant tumors, various dermatoses. The plant successfully treats gastrointestinal problems, hepatitis. With pneumonia and as a pain reliever in the presence of toothache, decoctions are used for internal intake and in the form of rinsing. Mongolian healers use cloves to treat syphilis, stop bleeding from the nasal cavity, to heal wounds and relieve inflammation in hemorrhoidal cones.
A dry cough with colds will soften with the use of a decoction of a clove, which can act as an expectorant. The herb grows in Tibet, where it is used for diseases of the blood, liver, chronic hepatitis, inflammation of the biliary tract. It is recommended to use cloves to reduce blood pressure in hypertension, a dosed intake of a decoction will help to improve the condition of blood vessels for a long time and normalize blood flow.
Antipyretic properties provide a quick recovery from bronchitis, laryngitis, pneumonia, acute respiratory infections. Thanks to the antimicrobial effect, the herbal-based products will make the body resistant to various infections. The use of medicinal herbs is the prevention of many diseases, including sclerosis. Treatments include mastopathy, thyroid gland, fibroids, endometriosis. Toothed flowers and juice have a positive effect on the cardiovascular system.
A decoction of a clove: 10 g of seeds, stems, flowers and leaves or just roots, you need to pour 180 ml of boiling water, hold for half an hour in a water bath, strain and replenish the volume of the evaporated part of the liquid with water. reception is recommended 3-4 times a day, 2 tablespoons after meals. Common toothed tooth is a good honey plant, so the honey collected from it also contains many useful substances.
Infusion of cloves: for its preparation, you need 1 teaspoon of herbs and 200 ml of boiling water, the composition should be infused in a thermos for 1 hour. It is necessary to drink the infusion before bedtime and in the morning, before breakfast, 1/4 cup each.
Late toothed
The distribution of the toothed tooth is noted almost throughout the middle and southern parts of Russia. Asian countries are also regions inhabited by medicinal herbs: the healing properties of cloves are known in China, Mongolia, India, where the plant grows in abundance.
In the late toothed grass there are glycosides, phenol carboxylic acids, a small percentage of alkaloids was found. The beneficial properties of the herb are used and have a positive effect thanks to saponins, ascorbic acid, carotenoids, tannins and resinous substances. Essential oil and microelements such as zinc, iron, copper, manganese, nickel, molybdenum, selenium, contribute to the maintenance of health and full recovery of the body during the period of various diseases.
A decoction of cloves: you need 1 tablespoon of herbs and 1 glass of water, they should be boiled for 5 minutes, infused for 1 hour, then strain and use 1/3 cup 3 times a day. The remedy is suitable for the treatment of the liver, pancreas and gastrointestinal tract.
Infusion of cloves: you should take 1 tablespoon of herbs and 1 cup of boiling water, leave for 2 hours and strain. It is recommended to drink 1/4 cup 3 times a day for hypertension.
Red gear
The red cog is a small plant, the flowering period of which comes late and therefore it can be collected in small quantities. But, despite the complexity of this process, the herb is always available to true connoisseurs of its healing properties. Recently, official medicine has also studied the effect of the herb of cloves on the body as a whole and its effect on individual physiological systems.
It turned out that the plant has anti-tumor and anti-infectious properties. It is able to normalize the processes of bile secretion, treat venereal diseases. Recovery occurs in people suffering from toxic hepatitis, pancreatic necrosis, the liver is restored. A gear is used with a breakdown, with nervous and mental overstrain. taking decoctions and herbal infusions provides a decrease in blood pressure. The beneficial effect of active substances is noted with prolapse of internal organs, with sepsis during fever, with tachycardia.
Contraindications to the use of gear
Contraindications for taking funds based on gear is individual intolerance. Also, the plant is not recommended for use during pregnancy. Since the herb has an effect on lowering pressure, decoctions and infusions from it are not recommended for hypotonic patients.
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).
