Soapy (herb) - Useful Properties And Use Of Soapy. Medicinal Soapstone, Basilicum, Ordinary

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Mylnyanka

Useful properties and use of medicinal soapwort

Botanical characteristics of the soapwort

The soapwort is a herbaceous plant in the form of a flower, which belongs to the carnation family. The plant has a powerful root system, spreading with long reddish-brown roots. The leaves of the plant are on straight, bare stems, tapering at the base, they are located on short petioles, opposite. The flowers of this medicinal plant are white or pale pink in color, they are collected in panicle inflorescences. The fruit of the soapwort is a box with seeds. The plant blooms from early summer to early autumn.

Mylnyanka can be seen in the Caucasus, Southern Europe, Western Siberia and Central Europe. It grows at the edge of the forest, near residential buildings, in valleys, on the banks of rivers, in fields and meadows. In many countries, it is cultivated for decorative and medicinal purposes.

Cultivation of soapwort

If favorable conditions are created for the soapwort, then it can grow in one place for about 8 years. Mylnyanka is a plant that loves the sun and dry soil. The plant does not tolerate excess nitrogen, this must be taken into account when planting it. The soil for planting soapworms should be moderately loose and fertilized. The soapwort grows well in rock crevices.

The soapwort should be planted in the form of a small seedling with a lump of earth, since an adult plant does not tolerate transplantation due to its strong branching.

When the soapwort has faded, you need to cut the plant by a third - this is necessary to give a beautiful and compact form to the bush. In addition, due to pruning, the plant will be able to branch more intensively and will protect itself from self-seeding. For the winter, some types of soapwort are cut off.

Useful properties of soapwort

There are nine species of this perennial herb. They are wild, and they are also grown as decorative crops. The root, called the red soap root, has medicinal value, which contains saponins, in particular triterpene saponins, saponazides A, B, C and D. The leaves are saturated with saponaroside, glycoside saponarin and ascorbic acid. Triterpene saponins are soap substances, and therefore root decoctions foam and are used as soap for washing animals and washing woolen fabrics. This excellent expectorant has diaphoretic, diuretic and choleretic properties. It is effective as a laxative for constipation.

Application of soapwort

Soap oil contains ascorbic acid, glycosides and saponins, thanks to which it is used for bronchitis and coughs. Soap water has diuretic and laxative properties, which is why it is added to the collection that purifies the blood. And also the plant is used as an excellent diaphoretic.

Soap oil is used for jaundice, respiratory diseases, joint pain and metabolic disorders. This plant is used in the form of infusions and decoctions. For diseases of the spleen or liver, use a decoction from the root of soapwort.

Soap oil is used in the form of baths, powder, ointments and lotions for scabies, eczema, furunculosis, dermatitis and skin rashes. People who cannot get rid of scaly lichen in any way can use a drug from soapwort.

A decoction of soapwort roots for the treatment of eczema and liver diseases. You need to take 10 grams of plant roots and pour 250 ml of boiling water over them, and then leave the composition on fire for 5 minutes. After straining, the broth can be used in 100 ml three times a day. Also, this broth can be used to gargle with a sore throat.

Soap tea. You need to take 1 teaspoon of soapwort (roots and grass), pour them with a glass of boiling water and leave to infuse for 3 hours. Next, bring the resulting broth to its original volume by adding boiled water. If you have a cough, take 2 glasses of this tea. And if you dilute this broth with chamomile tea, you can make compresses or washing.

Collect herbs for nausea and bloating. To prepare it, you need to take 5 grams of soapwort roots, 3 grams of celandine and 10 grams of St. John's wort. Now pour 1 tablespoon of this collection with 1 glass of boiling water and insist for half an hour. The finished broth is taken no more than three glasses a day. The same collection helps in the treatment of gallstone disease.

In folk medicine, rhizomes and roots of soapwort are used for gas formation in the gastrointestinal tract. Decoctions and infusions are used to treat rheumatism and gout, as well as various skin diseases such as eczema, scaly lichen, furunculosis. Infusion for furunculosis: 1 teaspoon of crushed rhizomes is poured with a glass of boiling water, infused for 4 hours and consumed 3 times a day, 2 tablespoons after meals.

With the help of herbal infusion, venereal diseases are overcome. For external use, lotions, baths, ointments and mushy mixtures are used. Scabies, purulent wounds, scrofula lesions, various dermatitis and erysipelas are sprinkled with soapwort powder. Water extracts from the aerial part of the soapwort and the roots are good for whooping cough, a debilitating cough in bronchitis. The herb softens breathing and eliminates wheezing, which is observed in patients with colds.

In folk medicine, plant leaves are also used; they are best harvested during the flowering period. Leaf infusions normalize metabolism, cleanse the skin. The herb's diuretic properties are used to treat dropsy and edema associated with kidney and liver disease.

The strong choleretic properties of the plant can be used in the presence of infectious ailments. Means from soapstone cope with stones in the gallbladder, soften and gently remove them along with toxins. Soapy milk is toxic, it should be used for short courses and only after consulting a doctor.

Soapwort root

Roots and rhizomes are harvested in late autumn and stored in canvas or fabric bags. A decoction of rhizomes is used for rheumatism, chronic hepatitis, cholecystitis, bowel and stomach diseases. This amazing plant is effective for spleen diseases accompanied by nausea, constipation and excessive bloating, it relieves heartburn well.

Before starting the process of preparing a decoction or infusion, you need to cut the roots as small as possible, soak in water for 5-6 hours, periodically draining the foam, then dry it - and you can prepare the drug. If the medicinal roots are planned to be used for an expectorant effect, then they do not need to be soaked and the foam drained, but you should immediately use the recipe.

Broth from soapwort: 6 g of root must be boiled in a glass of water and take 1 tablespoon 3-4 times a day. This recipe is used when it is necessary to eliminate edema and cleanse the kidneys.

If you chew the root with a toothache, it subsides or disappears altogether. For angina, it is useful to use the infusion as a rinse, for rinsing the nose during a cold.

Soapwort extract

Soapberry extract is a product extracted from a plant containing, in addition to saponins, flavonol glycosides. The miraculous remedy exhibits anti-inflammatory and antifungal properties, acts as a body cleaner of harmful toxins, improves metabolism.

The organic extract tends to foam, which is why it is included in shampoos and dishwashing detergents that have a pleasant herbal scent. They are safe for people with sensitive skin and those prone to allergic diseases. In addition, the extract regulates the skin's fat balance.

Soapy medicinal

This is a perennial of the carnation family with a height of 30–90 cm is popularly known by many names. This species has numerous long, creeping, reddish-brown roots, branched stems and white flowers with a delicate scent. Grass in nature selects flooded meadows, forest edges, lives on abandoned wastelands. In France, it is used as an insecticide, it is used in gastronomy for the preparation of halva, carbonated drinks.

Basilicola soapwort

Basilicola can grow in one place for about 6-8 years. She decorates gardens with pillows up to 20 cm tall and abundant flowering. Pink flowers look beautiful against the background of various herbaceous ground cover plants. It is good to have a living pharmacy on hand. Many gardeners grow this species in order to improve their health and treat many diseases. It is useful to drink decoctions in reasonable doses for acute catarrh of the stomach and intestines, after operations on the intestinal tract.

Broth of soapwort: 30 grams of raw materials should be boiled for 5 minutes in 1 liter of boiling water and consumed in equal doses all day for hepatitis.

Common soapwort

Common soapstone is a medicinal soap herb. Nature gave a lot of knowledge about this plant, it was appreciated for many centuries and is used today in scientific and folk medicine. A long-term herbaceous plant with a straight trunk 30–90 centimeters high, sometimes bare or covered with woolly hairs. The rhizome of the plant is creeping, branched, red-brown. This type of soapwort blooms from early June to September. Its aroma is especially pronounced in the evening.

Under natural conditions of nature, the common soapwort grows in the southern regions of Russia, spreading along the plains of rivers, forest edges, thickets of bushes. This species can be seen in Western Europe, Asia and the Caucasus.

Infusion of rhizomes: 1 tablespoon of crushed raw materials must be infused in 250 ml of cold boiled water and divided into parts, so that it is enough for several doses for the whole day. It is recommended to drink the product in small sips for bronchitis.

Contraindications to the use of soapwort

From an arbitrary overdose of the drug, nausea, vomiting, acute abdominal pain and diarrhea, and coughing can occur. This is because saponins have a local irritant effect. In such cases, treatment with soapwort cannot be continued. When preparing broths, remember that all parts of the herb are poisonous. A symptom of poisoning is a sweet, burning taste in the mouth and a sensation of mucus formation.

It is recommended to flush the stomach and take products with enveloping properties. All procedures during the collection of the plant must be carried out in protective equipment in order to protect the respiratory tract and eyes from small particles of raw materials.

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).