Penny
Useful properties and application of the root and tincture of the penny
Useful properties of a penny
The healing properties of the penny are due to its unique composition. The plant contains xanthones (up to 1%), tannins, flavonoids, polysaccharides, vitamin A, phytoestrogens, pectin and starch. Flavonoids, namely catechins, remove harmful substances and heavy metals from the body, strengthen and restore capillary walls, and neutralize free radicals. This explains the widespread use of a penny for the treatment of tumors, leukemias, prostatitis, fibroids, neurological and cardiovascular pathologies.
There is also noted the ability of drugs based on kopeck pieces to enhance the production and activity of macrophages, which allows the human body to actively reflect attacks of pathogenic microflora and not respond to stress. Medicines from this plant also have tonic and immunomodulatory properties.
In addition, the penny plant naturally accumulates selenium in itself - such an important trace element, without which the human hematopoietic system cannot function normally. For medicinal purposes, the roots of the plant and its aerial part are used.
The use of a penny
Traditional medicine of China and Tibet uses infusions and decoctions of this medicinal herb for the prevention and treatment of colds of viral etiology, chronic lung diseases, atherosclerosis and herpes. Siberian healers use the plant for oncology, anemia, diseases of the genitourinary sphere, and also as a general strengthening and stimulating agent.
There is information about the possibility of treating latent infections with drugs of a penny - ureaplasmosis, mycoplasmosis, chlamydia. According to VILAR, they are able to stimulate sexual activity, which is explained by the presence of phytoestrogens in the herb. However, with the wrong use of drugs, instead of potency, you can earn diseases of the kidneys, liver and joints.
Root infusion: 25 g of dry roots must be rinsed well and filled with a liter of boiling water. The mixture should be infused for at least one hour in a thermos. It is recommended to drink it as tea, 1/3 cup 3 times a day, with the addition of milk and honey. This infusion helps the body to cope with many infectious colds (flu, sinusitis, etc.).
Tea penny root
The root of this herb is brown, highly branching, up to 1.5 meters long, and has an astringent taste. It has always been used in folk medicine as an effective remedy for the treatment of acute and chronic prostatitis, urethritis, adenoma and other urological diseases. Tea penny root is a natural non-hormonal stimulant of sexual activity for men, which acts gently and carefully. It is most often used to make tinctures and balms, which acquire a beautiful pinkish-red color due to the content of catechins in the root.
Alpine penny
This perennial herb reaches a height of 1.5 meters, has a thick, branched rhizome and numerous erect stems 3-5 mm thick. Inflorescences are represented by long, dense clusters with 20-50 flowers. Fruits are appressed hairy or bare beans. The flowering period of the plant is July-August, the fruits ripen in late August and early September.
For medicinal purposes, the aerial part of the plant is used, collected during the budding and flowering period. When harvesting raw materials, stems with leaves are cut off at a height of 10–20 cm from the ground surface. In medicine, preparations from this herb are used as a sedative and expectorant, and also as an antiviral for herpes.
Tincture of a penny
For the preparation of tinctures, not only the roots of the plant, but also its herb can be used.
Recipe 1: fill a half-liter jar 1/2 with fresh grass and 1/3 of the volume with dry grass, pour vodka to the top, infuse the mixture for at least 10 days in a dark place, then strain. Dosage: 1 teaspoon of the tincture is diluted in 100 ml of water and drunk 3-4 times a day half an hour before meals. The course of treatment is 1 month. It is recommended to take 2-4 courses during the year.
Recipe 2: pour 50 g of dry crushed roots into a 0.5 liter jar and pour 40-50-degree alcohol over them. The product should be infused for 8-10 days in a dark place at room temperature, after straining, dilute 0.5-1 teaspoon in a glass of warm herbal tea and drink 2-3 times a day 0.5 hours before meals. The last reception of the tincture is recommended at least 3 hours before bedtime, since the root of the plant has a tonic effect. The course of treatment is 1-3 months.
Contraindications to the use of a penny
Preparations from the plant should not be taken with individual intolerance, pregnancy and lactation. They are prohibited for children under 14 years old, as well as with increased nervous excitability, hypertension III and IV degrees, after myocardial infarction.
When treating with a penny, the dosage should be strictly observed, since improper intake of medicines from this herb can be accompanied by headache, heaviness in the liver, allergies, nausea and nervousness.
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).
