This article will describe the St. John's wort - the herb contained in many medicinal collections, with the help of which more than a hundred diseases are treated.
Externally, it represents a plant up to one meter high with mottled yellow small flowers.
Thanks to its analgesic and antibacterial properties, St. John's Wort has been used in folk medicine as a component of various decoctions and potions in ancient times, but the medicinal plant also has contraindications, which will be discussed below.
- Tea with St. John's wort
- Oil
- Infusions and decoctions
What is in the plant
It is always much easier to prevent the disease, than to treat it.
When it has already developed.
Moreover, the effect that medicinal plants can have on disease in neglected form is very limited.
- Cineole .
Relieves stress, helps keep cheerfulness and cheer up. - Alkaloids .
These substances have anidepressive properties. - Mirzen .
Suppresses the growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli. - Hypericin .
is distinguished by its health and rejuvenating properties.
Provokes the formation of new cells, destroying the weakened. - Geraniol .
Destroys:- influenza virus,
- E. coli,
- Staphylococcus aureus,
- salmonella,
- has a calming effect.
- Tannins .
Possess antibacterial properties. - Hyperin .
Helps to cope:- with edema,
- inflammation,
- manifestations of allergy,
- reduces the tone of smooth muscles.
- Azulen .
Has a positive healing and soothing effect. - Coumarins .
Prevents formation of blood clots. - Pineny .
Form the essential oils of St. John's Wort.
Also pineny used in capillar therapy. - Saponins .
Possess calming properties,- interfere with the formation of sclerotic plaques,
- have a mild laxative and diuretic effect.
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Application in folk medicine
Thanks to its medicinal properties, St. John's Wort, always found a very wide application in folk medicine - a recognition of this is the fact that before it was called "Medication from 99 ailments".
Especially, often as a medicine used tea from St. John's wort. After evaporation, it was drunk and as a remedy for the treatment and prevention of various diseases, and, simply, for the sake of its taste qualities.
Since ancient times, it has been used as a restorative for pain in the heart, cold and for the treatment of other ailments.
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Recipes for home treatment
In this article, we decided to bring the most popular recipes, including St. John's Wort.
Tea with St. John's wort
It is a drink with many useful properties: it has a positive effect on immunity, so it is drunk for colds, it helps with immune disorders, it has a relaxing effect on the nervous system.
Tea with St. John's wort has a tonic effect, helps:
- with nervous anxiety,
- fears and depressive states,
- in bad sleep.
To obtain the desired effect, tea should be taken intermittently, for several weeks.
Especially, it is useful to drink tea from St. John's wort after a bath, because.that at this time, the body has improved blood circulation, and the process of assimilation of medicinal substances is much more intensive.
Preparing tea from St. John's wort is very simple:
- brew tea best in a porcelain teapot, which is recommended to be scalded before use.
For preparation, pour a glass of boiling water, approximately, 10 grams of dried flowers and St. John's wort leaves.
Then the received drink should be insisted for several minutes. Use only fresh tea.
Very often St. John's wort is combined with other herbs when making tea. Such a decoction, in addition to St. John's wort, can contain:
- thyme,
- chamomile,
- oregano,
- mint,
- dogrose,
- currant leaves,
- will add flavor and make tea more useful - bee honey.
Oil
It is used to treat stomach ulcer, cracks on the fingers, pressure sores and ulcers that do not heal for a long time.
- Recipe for mimic oil:
- half a kilogram of fresh leaves and St. John's wort flowers pour half a liter of white dry wine and pour a liter of sunflower oil.
- All this stir and insist for three days.
- After this, evaporate the wine.
Oil can be used to treat stomach ulcers - for one to two months to take on an empty stomach or several hours after eating one tablespoon of oil.
You can soak the bandages and put them on pressure sores, ulcers, long-term healing wounds. - To prepare the mulberry oil, it is necessary:
- to crush twenty to thirty grams of fresh flowers and St. John's wort leaves,
- then pour a quarter of a liter of olive oil.
- The resulting solution should be insisted in a warm place for two to three weeks, stir constantly.
- Strain through several layers of gauze.
- Store cooked oil in a dark bottle.
- Also an ointment in butter is prepared from half-evaporated Juice of St. John's wort. Use them in the ratio: four to one.
Keep in a cool place.
Infusions and decoctions of
- With such ailments as:
- gout,
- urinary incontinence,
- diarrhea,
- stomach and duodenal ulcer,
- bladder diseases,
- rheumatism,
- gastroenteritis,
- tuberculosis,
need to prepare a decoction according to the following recipe: :
- ten grams of St. John's Wort grass + one glass of hot water,
- simmer for half an hour, simmer and squeeze
- .
- Take the broth three times a day for the third part of the glass for half an hour before meals.
- For the treatment of gynecological diseases , as well as a therapeutic agent with anti-inflammatory and diuretic effect in diseases of the urinary tract and kidneys, it is necessary to take the infusion of St. John's wort prepared according to the following recipe:
- pour one tablespoon of St. John's wort St. Valentine glass of hot water,
- Insist for half an hour,
- strain.
The scheme of admission depends on the disease, it is better to ask the appropriate doctor about it.
- For the treatment of diseases of the gallbladder and liver, you need to use a decoction containing:
- fifteen grams of cumin sand,
- ten grams of St. John's wort,
- twenty grams of buckthorn bark,
- ten gram root of wheat grass.
All this needs to be poured with half a liter of hot water, boil for ten minutes over low heat,
then insist and drain.
Take the resulting broth you need five times a day for one hundred grams. - The alcoholic tincture of St. John's wort is also popular.
To cook it, you must:- pour dry herb St. John's wort with alcohol in a ratio of one to seven or one to ten,
- to insist for at least three days.
Then dilute with water: one teaspoon of infused received for fifty milliliters of water.
Apply for pain in the joints and muscles in compresses. - As an astringent and for rinsing the mouth and gums, they take tincture of St. John's wort.
- Has an anti-inflammatory effect.
Prepared in a ratio of one to five on 40% alcohol.
Take thirty to forty drops of tincture for half a cup of water.
Sometimes, tincture of St. John's wort is prescribed and for internal use, forty to fifty drops.
It should be remembered that for the preparation of infusions and broths it is better to use thawed water, as in it, unlike tap, there are no harmful impurities.
Contraindications and possible side effects of
St. John's Wort, like most plants used in folk medicine, is considered to be slightly toxic.
St. John's wort should not be taken to patients with mental illnesses. Also it is impossible to take St. John's wort simultaneously with antidepressants.
This can lead to an aggravation of manic syndrome, confusion, convulsions, hallucinations. Sometimes this can lead to a coma.
You can not take St. John's wort to people with hypertension.
Drinking a plant leads to an increase in the tone of blood vessels, so there is a risk of further increasing the pressure.
This is mainly related to derivatives of St. John's Wort, taken internally.
If you take St. John's Wort more than a month, then there may be an increase in the liver.
With the cessation of St. John's wort after a long period of admission, a decrease in potency may occur in men.
Men with a weak potency to take St. John's wort is strictly forbidden, as this can lead to a complete loss of potency.
St. John's wort reduces the contraceptive effect of birth control pills, so the reception of St. John's wort can make unwanted pregnancies possible.
Transplant organ rejection. It is forbidden to receive St. John's Wort patients who have undergone organ transplants.
Do not take pregnant women from pregnant women .This plant has a negative effect on the development of the fetus.
In the case of prolonged intake of St. John's wort( medicinal properties and contraindications), a woman can give birth to a developmental or premature baby.
Photosensitivity .Admission of St. John's Wort is not desirable on sunny days, as the properties inherent in this plant, increase the sensitivity of the skin to sunlight. In addition to the danger of getting burns, there is a risk of developing dermatitis.
If you prepare too strong an infusion of St. John's wort, then its reception can lead to the appearance of severe stomach pain .This applies to people with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, and to healthy people.
With special care to receive St. John's wort, people who may need anesthesia should be treated - there is a possibility that this plant will lead to an increase or prolongation of the effect of anesthetics.
In such cases, the patient should be informed of the use of St. John's Wort. According to recent studies, St. John's wort can render a negative effect on the optic nerve of .
The reception of St. John's wort greatly reduces the impact of cardiac drugs and anticoagulants. Therefore, simultaneously with these drugs is not recommended to take St. John's Wort.
The use of St. John's wort can lead to a decrease in the content of the medication indinavir. It is taken from AIDS, so patients with immunodeficiency syndrome use St. John's wort categorically.
Conclusion
Take decoctions, tinctures, elixirs, extracts and ointments from St. John's wort - it's up to you. Our article is advisory in nature.
During the treatment of any disease before taking folk remedies, it is necessary to consult a doctor in order not to harm yourself and your loved ones.
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