Wormwood is an amazingly useful herb, the very name of which creates an aura of mystery.
The original Latin name of this plant sounds like Artemisia, and its true meaning remains a mystery to this day.
Perhaps the basis was the Greek word Artemes, which means "robust".But true romanticists believe it is a tribute to the memory of the goddess Artemis, who first discovered the medicinal properties of Artemisia.
- Plant in folk beliefs
- Use in the farm since ancient times
- Classification of species
- Therapeutic properties
- Application in traditional medicine, prescriptions
- Contraindications to use
Grass Artemisia is a natural and inexpensive medicine for many diseases, an assistant in the household and a secretseductiveness itself Cleopatra.
In common people, grass is associated with love experiences, so it is often referred to as a "young lover" and "girl's death."
However, not for everyone this plant serves as a symbol of pure feeling.
In some areas, you can hear the name "old man" given due to the habit of seeing in wormwood a reminder of old age.
A plant in popular beliefs
In the old days, when witchcraft was spread everywhere, the magical significance of wormwood was mixed. Adherents of the occult sciences found in this plant both divine and diabolical beginnings.
She made protective amulets, cooked potions, cooked love potions. It was an important component in the ritual of spoiling.
But wormwood carried not only evil, but also helped people in the fight against impure forces.
Her smoke chased away evil spirits, and twigs hung over the doors of many houses, protecting all family members.
The nomads who gathered in the long distance were warned against fatigue and disease, putting wormwood in their shoes.
The bitter grass was used by Cleopatra.
The queen added wormwood essential oil to the toilet water, thus becoming the most seductive woman of her era.
Later, this method was used by many courtesans.
Pagans wove wreaths of wormwood, considered an important attribute of many rituals.
Use in the farm since ancient times
Notorious for witchcraft rituals, wormwood has also been used in a wide variety of areas.
Ingredient of this plant was used for fabrication of fabric dyes, for disposal of pests( beetles, moths) and for health purposes.
The winners of the Roman races on chariots were served wine with wormwood. It strengthened health and beneficially affected the entire body.
In Russia, she treated a fever, suppurating wounds and abrasions.
Smoke twigs wormwood helped disinfect the premises in infectious epidemics - they fumigated the sick and the premises where they were kept.
The grass killed fleas and lice.
Experts used it to suck out snake venom from bites.
In Chinese medicine, there was a special practice of cauterizing certain points on the human body with scraps of wormwood.
Classification of species
Today, about four hundred species of wormwood have been identified. Some of them do not do any good, others are not poisonous at all.
And only a few are able to have a curative effect if treated properly.
When ingested, it causes severe poisoning, often resulting in death.
However, pharmaceutical companies have learned to extract from it the necessary substances that help in the fight against serious diseases.
Wormwood wormwood is used both in human medicine and in veterinary medicine. In its composition there is a medicinal substance santonin.
For many years, people took it to get rid of roundworms, until it revealed its increased toxicity.
But the essential oil was absolutely safe. It is a good bactericidal, anti-inflammatory and analgesic.
The most interesting kind of wormwood is the God tree, also "wormwood healing".It has a distinctive appearance and a pleasant lemon scent that secrete it from hundreds of plants.
The name itself is a reference to the old days, when it grew only in the monastic territories.
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In antiquity, this species of wormwood was a cult for all Slavic peoples, and now it is used as a medicine and seasoning.
Tarhun is another variety of this herb, namely, wormwood tarragon. As a seasoning, he found popularity for a reason.
The fact is that the leaves of this species do not have the bitter taste characteristic of the other varieties of wormwood. This feature has made Tarkhun a favorite of many housewives.
It is used for canning vegetables, add to soups and meat. Vinegar with tarragon for a long time was a delicacy - it was produced only in the Caucasus and was worth a lot of money.
The most popular species of wormwood can be called "wormwood" and "wormwood".They are easy to confuse, because their appearance, taste and useful properties are practically the same.
Wormwood can be an ornamental plant and serve as an excellent decoration for any garden. All short stature varieties in the frame of stones look good.
Wormwood tree grows to the size of a tall bush, hiding some areas in its shadow.
White and silver wormwood will make the company the brightest colors, highlighting their beauty and giving the watcher's eyes a light breather.
The healing properties of
Artemisia can be used in many spheres of life, but it brings the greatest help as a medicine.
Healing properties are possessed by all parts of the plant:
- foliage,
- seeds,
- roots,
- apices.
The taste of this herb is explained quite simply - it's all about the increased content of lactones. Wormwood bitter has a rich chemical composition, making it so valuable for medicinal purposes.
Wormwood contains a whole range of useful elements needed by the human body:
- calcium,
- potassium,
- magnesium,
- ascorbic acid,
- zinc,
- carotene,
- cobalt,
- aluminum,
- bromine,
- nickel,
- boron,
- essential oil,
- organic acids,
- vitamin C,
- saponins and tannins.
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Application in folk medicine, recipes
The bitter taste of wormwood stimulates the work of the gastrointestinal tract( about the folk treatment of the pancreas is written here), the genitourinary system and digestion.
That's why it is recommended to use for inflammation of the gallbladder( about cholagogue grass read here), flatulence, anorexia and many other diseases.
Wormwood tea is considered a good prevention of various diseases. You need to drink it without sugar, because it reduces the beneficial effects.
The juice of wormwood increases appetite, helps the pancreas, normalizes acidity( treatment of increased acidity of the stomach with folk remedies) and relieves inflammation in the intestines.
An interesting property of this plant is that wormwood can have a contradictory effect.
During insomnia and nervousness, it calms the nervous system, relaxes it and causes mild weakness.
When tired and depressed, it turns into a tonic, self-adjusting to the needs of the body.
It also helps with infectious diseases:
- relieves heat and severe pain,
- replaces anticonvulsant,
- choleretic,
- anti-inflammatory drug,
- accelerates wound healing.
Wormwood cleanses the body of worms.
The recipe is simple:
- 100 gr.dry grass to grind into powder,
- to take a teaspoon, squeezed the right amount of water.
Treatment will take a week. The first three days the drug should be taken every two hours, in the remaining days after 3-5 hours.
Wormwood tincture is often used during diets.
Taking one tablespoon of tincture 15 minutes before meals, you can significantly speed up the metabolism.
Such manipulations will allow to get rid of excess weight in the shortest terms.
For preparation of it is taken either half a tablespoon of dry grass or a whole spoon of fresh grass.
She pours a glass of boiling water and is half an hour, closed as tight as possible.
Drinking this drink eliminates female diseases, ulcers, kidney and bladder diseases, and also has an expectorant effect.
Wormwood is used not only in home medicine, but also serves as the basis for many medications, including tincture on alcohol .
The list of indications for it is very large:
-
gastritis, - anemia,
- edema,
- hypertension,
- obesity,
- gout,
- heartburn,
- insomnia, etc.
Pharmacy tincture can be recreated at home.5 tablespoons of seeds pour 0.5 liters of vodka and leave to infuse for 21 days. Once in a few days, the drink should be stirred, and at the end it should be filtered.
The second common species of wormwood is Artemisia vulgaris .
Decoctions of it narrow the vessels, increase appetite, reduce fever, soothe, have hemostatic and restorative effects.
Decoction of the roots is used for many serious diseases:
- epilepsy,
- convulsions,
- whites,
- round worms.
Extract of this plant helps to cure the cancer of the of the colon, uterus and stomach.
It is caused monthly and relieves the pain caused by them, taking half a cup of infusion three times a day.
Atherosclerosis is treated with the use of a special drink for 2-3 tbsp.spoons before meals 3 times a day.
For its preparation:
- should grind one head of garlic,
- crush 2-3 st.spoonful wormwood,
- mix ingredients,
- pour them a bottle of boiled dry wine.
Leave for five days, then strain and wring out.
To remove the redness of the eyes and get rid of the bursted blood vessels, the following recipe will help:
- Wormwood crush into powder,
- put in cotton cloth,
- into boiling water.
From a little cooled material to form a compress and put on a sick eye.
For disinfection of abrasions, wounds should be washed with sage wormwood.
Bruises will quickly pass, thanks to a compress from wormwood juice and honey , mixed in equal parts.
Wormwood infusion perfectly copes with oily hair, effectively removing impurities.
For cooking, you need a glass of fresh chopped grass, filled with 2.5 liters of boiling water.
The infusion should be cooled for half an hour, after which it will be ready for use.
Contraindications to the use of
As mentioned earlier, wormwood is not always and not always useful. Its use is categorically forbidden by pregnant and breastfeeding women.
Patients with acute forms of diseases of the stomach and intestines should refrain from using any folk remedies, without consulting a doctor.
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