Tribulus creeping
Useful properties and application of Tribulus tincture
Description of anchors
Tribulus creeping is an annual plant with a thin taproot and creeping branching stem. On the stem of the plant there are paired leaves. Each leaf consists of 12-16 leaves. In the axils of the leaves are yellow flowers, which are located singly on short pedicels. The flowering of the plant begins in mid-spring and can last until frost. The fruit is a nut consisting of 5 small stars. During the ripening period (mid-summer), the stars fall to the ground.
Outside, the fruits are covered with thorns, have bristles and even irregularities. It is thanks to these thorns that the plant spreads throughout the earth, clinging to animal hair, on human shoes, or even on car tires.
Most often, this plant is found in Siberia, the Caucasus, Altai, Ukraine and Central Asia. Tribulus can also be seen both in the European part of Russia and in Moldova. Tribulus prefer to grow on sand, in weedy places, in steppes and deserts.
Traditional medicine uses stems, leaves, flowers and roots.
Growing anchors
Tribulus is a plant that reproduces only by seed. In the spring, the seeds of the plant are sown in the soil chosen for growing the tribulus. They prefer to grow on sandy, dry soils. Tribulus plants are heat-loving plants, so they die during the frost period. This plant is resistant to light and drought. In the southern regions, it grows rapidly and becomes like a weed. Collect raw materials for medicinal purposes during the flowering period of the plant and at the time of fruiting.
Useful properties of tribulus
Tribulus grass contains alkaloids, steroid glycosides, tannins, resins, saponins and ascorbic acid. And in the seeds of the plant there are five types of alkaloids and fatty oils. Tribulus plants have diuretic, tonic and astringent properties. In addition, this plant has anti-inflammatory effects and increases milk production in nursing mothers. Tribulus is an excellent remedy for the prevention of multiple sclerosis. They help stimulate the secretion of gastric juice. And also this amazing miracle plant improves intestinal peristalsis.
Tribulus plants have anti-tumor and wound-healing properties. The herb improves sexual activity, removes stones from the kidneys and bladder. Tribulus is a good remedy for colds and gonorrhea. The beneficial substances of this plant reduce the level of lipids in the body and help to normalize the activity of the nervous and cardiovascular systems. Tribulus has a property due to the action of which excess cholesterol is removed from the body and blood clotting decreases. This herb dilates blood vessels and improves coronary circulation.
The plant contains a large amount of vitamin C, alkaloids, saponin, flavones, plant sterols. Tribulus organisms contain bio-alkalis, unsaturated fatty acids, biologically active proteins, calcium, phosphorus, and iron. Tribulus products have a choleretic and anti-inflammatory effect.
Studies have shown that the seeds contain a hormone and a drying fatty oil. The roots are composed of beta-sitosterol, campesterol and stigmasterol. Fast treatment is provided due to its diuretic, astringent and tonic properties with the systematic use of the plant in various collections.
Application of anchors
Tribulus infusions and decoctions are used as a laxative for constipation. In addition, the decoction and infusion help in the treatment of conjunctivitis or headaches. It has been noticed many times by folk healers that tribulus heals wounds. The dry fruits of the plant are used in the treatment of gonorrhea and even syphilis (for these purposes, you need to crush dry fruits into powder and smoke it instead of tobacco).
A decoction is prepared from tribulus in milk, which is used if you wish to get rid of fatigue and weakness in the treatment of chronic malaria. Tribulus juice helps with fungal diseases and viral diseases on the skin. On the basis of this plant, they make a powerful drug for the treatment of a huge variety of diseases.
Tribulus is used to prevent ischemic disease, vascular atherosclerosis, hypertension. Tribulus is recommended for use by men and women over the age of 30. This is easily explained: a substance that is contained in tribulus produces hormones in the body and normalizes the balance of testosterone and estrogen synthesis with progesterone. Tribulus plants help men to cure infertility. In addition, this plant normalizes kidney function.
Tribulus broth. Take 1 tablespoon of anchors (herbs) and pour 200 ml of boiling water over it. Now we will put everything in a water bath for half an hour. After removing from heat, filter the broth and take 70 ml three times a day before meals.
The history of centuries shows that they knew about the tribulus in ancient times, the herb was used for ulcers and tumors. Today, in the practice of traditional healers and physicians, there are positive results of using the herb as a diuretic and for removing stones from the bladder and kidneys. The use of decoctions and infusions helps to stimulate the secretion of gastric juice, increase lactation in nursing mothers, and normalize intestinal peristalsis. Thanks to flavones, the likelihood of platelet formation decreases, blood thinns.
Effectiveness has been observed in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. Entering the body, bioalkalis have a positive effect, preventing blood oxidation, leveling the acid-base balance. Strengthening memory, improving mental performance, increasing brain activity is possible as a result of the action of unsaturated fatty acids. Plant sterols reduce the amount of cholesterol, and biologically active substances have an anti-sclerotic effect.
Tribulus is used by men and women for infertility. The plant has a tonic effect, increasing male potency. The herb is shown for hypertension, as it has diuretic properties. It is used to treat gonorrhea and any cold. The plant is very useful as a laxative, it relieves intestinal spasms, eliminates headaches. Outwardly, the herb is used as an eye wash for conjunctivitis, for washing wounds.
Drinking infusion with milk gives strength, eliminating weakness and fatigue, helps to completely relieve menopausal symptoms, and increases testosterone levels. The herb is applicable for many dermatoses. Juice treats viral, blistering, allergic and fungal skin diseases. An eight-week course of taking such funds is recommended.
Tribulus broth: pour 1 tablespoon of herbs with 1 glass of hot water, boil in a water bath for 30 minutes, filter hot through cheesecloth and bring the volume to the original amount. Take 1 / 2-1 / 4 glass of broth 3-4 times a day before meals.
Tribulus extract
The extract counteracts the aging process. As a general tonic, it increases a person's resistance to physical and mental stress, strengthens the body during severe illnesses, increases bile secretion, normalizes gastric acid secretion, stimulates sexual activity and normalizes cholesterol levels, reducing the risk of cardiovascular diseases.
Tincture of anchors
The tincture is recommended for cystitis, urethritis, pyelonephritis, for various inflammations of the bladder as an anti-inflammatory agent. Such a medicine has a positive effect on the lipid and carbohydrate metabolic process, relieves insomnia, relieves nervous tension, tinnitus. Nature has presented a wonderful plant, and man has learned to use it for his own good, wonderful recipes for the preparation of tincture are known.
Recipe number 1: 100 grams of tribulus must be infused for 20 days in 1 liter of alcohol or vodka. Drink 20 drops in the morning.
Recipe number 2: 100 grams of dry crushed raw materials should be poured with one liter of dry red wine and insisted for a week, then bring to a boil, cook in a sealed container over low heat for 10-15 minutes, cool, drain. It is recommended to take a tincture of 50 grams three times a day 30 minutes before meals. The tool helps to remove stones from the bladder, has a diuretic effect, eliminates colic in the intestines and pain in sciatica.
Anchor creeping recipes
Those who collect herbs and use them to treat diseases need to know that the poisonous properties of creeping tribulus especially increase after rains. For use in pharmacological purposes, plants are grown in special fields, propagated by seeds. Collected during flowering and fruit emergence (June-September), the ground part of the plant is dried on paper or on cloth under the sun in the fresh air. The simplest, but no less useful remedy for the human body is herb tea.
To prepare it, you need to take half a tablespoon of crushed raw materials and pour 1 glass of boiling water, leave in a thermos for 4 hours, strain. It is necessary to take the product 2 times a day, half a glass. Tribulus-based products are useful for athletes undergoing great physical exertion. taking such healing agents gives strength, doubles the degree of endurance.
Contraindications to the use of tribulus
The plant cannot be used as a remedy for low blood pressure. admission should be carried out only after consulting a doctor, since poisonous substances are present in the tribulus. Contraindication to admission is individual intolerance.
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).
