What is the use of aspen bark in type 2 diabetes mellitus?

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease in which many internal organs are affected. Drugs sometimes do not help to completely get rid of the disease, so many patients are trying to find alternative methods to maintain optimal blood glucose. How to use bark of aspen in type 2 diabetes? How useful and safe are the medicines on its basis for diabetics?

• The use of aspen bark
• Rules of procurement and storage
• How to make medicines
• Contraindications

The use of aspen bark

Aspen is used to treat many diseases of the respiratory and digestive system, mastopathy, prostate adenoma. It contains salicin in large quantities, which effectively fights against inflammatory processes, eliminates pain syndrome, helps with colds. In the composition of the cortex there are many microelements necessary for health - iodine, iron, zinc, cobalt, nickel, various essential oils, tannin components.

The main useful properties - aspen effectively reduces body temperature, helps to eliminate the manifestations of arthritis and rheumatism, improves the outflow of bile. It is recommended to use it as a preventative against cancer. It effectively helps to eliminate helminthic invasions.

Important! Infusions and decoctions of aspen help to maintain the optimal level of glucose in the blood, reduce the manifestation of concomitant pathologies in diabetes.

Benefits of aspen bark:

• improves the work of the digestive system - eliminates diarrhea, flatulence, swelling;
• prevents the development of diseases of the liver, kidneys;
• increases vitality, gives strength, improves psycho-emotional state;
• relieves cystitis, urinary incontinence, fever;
• normalizes the hormonal background and metabolic processes;
• accelerates the process of regeneration, slows down the age-related changes;
• helps strengthen the immune system.

Regular reception of an aspen cortex at a diabetes mellitis will help to normalize work of the damaged bodies, to restore functions of some systems. But completely get rid of the disease with the help of only folk remedies can not.

Rules of procurement and storage

In pharmacies, you can buy ready-made raw materials, which is suitable for preparation of drugs against diabetes. You can prepare the bark yourself. The harvesting time is the end of April - the beginning of May. Only young trees should be selected for harvesting, the trunk of which is no more than 8 cm in diameter. The bark should be light green in color, it must be carefully cut with layers, it can not be scraped off.

Important! The bark from the branches does not fit, there are practically no useful substances in it. In addition, you can prepare kidneys and leaves - they can also be used to treat diabetes.

After collection, the bark should be cut into pieces of 3-4 cm, dried in a well ventilated area, outdoors or in a dryer at a temperature of 55-60 degrees. In the drying process, the raw material should be protected from sunlight.

Collect raw materials should be in areas with good ecology, away from roads, industrial enterprises. It is possible to store the dried bark for 36 months in a dark room.

How to make medicines

There are several prescription medications based on aspen cortex that help to improve well-being in type 2 diabetes. Before use, the raw material should be ground with a blender or meat grinder.

How to cook aspen bark:

1. Infusion. Brew 80 g of crushed bark 270 ml of boiling water, leave in a sealed container for 10 hours. In the morning, strain, drink the entire portion of the medicine before breakfast. The duration of therapy is 3 weeks, the course can be repeated after 10 days.
2. Tincture. Combine 500 ml of vodka and 15 g of powder from the bark, put it in a dark place for 14 days, thoroughly mix the container daily. Take 15 ml of medication in a strained form before meals 3-4 times a day, you can dilute with a small amount of water. How to take the tincture? You need to drink it for 21 days, then make a breather for 1.5 weeks.
3. Decoction. Pour 6 grams of crushed raw 470 ml of water, simmer for half an hour. Take 110 ml in the morning and in the evening for three months.
4. Tea. In the thermos or brewer fill the bark at the rate of 50 grams of raw material for every 250 ml of boiling water. Brew for 1 hour, drink the drink in small portions during the day for half an hour before meals, the maximum daily volume - 500-600 ml. Every day, you need to brew a new portion of tea. The duration of therapy is 2 weeks, the treatment can be continued in a month.
5. Kvass. Fill a jar with a volume of 3 liters to half crushed fresh bark, add 180-200 g of granulated sugar, 5 ml of sour cream, pour water to the very top. Tight tighten gauze, remove the jar in a warm room for 10 days. Drink a drink of 150-220 ml three times a day 2-3 hours after eating. Every evening, add water to the original volume, add 15 g of sugar. After 2-3 months, you need to prepare a new portion of kvass.

At the initial stage of the disease, you can prepare a decoction of aspen and blueberries - mix 80 g of bark and 25 g of crushed blueberry leaves, pour 450 ml of water. Stir the mixture on low heat for 25 minutes, leave in a sealed container for 4 hours. Take three times during the day for 200 ml of the drink.

With a sharp increase in the sugar level, it is possible to brew 350 ml of boiling water 10 g of aspen raw material, after half an hour infusion strain, drink 120 ml, preferably on an empty stomach. To normalize the exchange of glucose drug should take at least 20 days.

Important! Medications from the aspen bark contain many useful substances that can not be found in any modern antidiabetic drug.

As an additional therapeutic tool for diabetes, you can use a sauna in a bath with aspen, oak and birch twigs. Under the influence of hot steam, useful substances penetrate into the pores of the skin, improve the performance of all systems in the body.

Contraindications

Aspen cortex has many useful properties, but it can be used only after preliminary consultation with a doctor. The natural remedy has a few contraindications, the main of which is individual intolerance, an allergy to aspirin. With caution, you need to take funds from aspen if other antidiabetic drugs are prescribed.

1. Do not take aspen bark with a tendency to constipation, dysbiosis, ulcers, blood diseases.
2. During treatment it is necessary to constantly monitor the level of sugar.
3. It is necessary to completely abandon the use of alcoholic beverages, the use of sedatives and hypnotics, antidepressants.
4. Aspen bark is contraindicated in pregnant and lactating women, since its safety for the fetus and newborn is not clinically proven.
5. Do not use it to treat children younger than 4 years.
6. Drinks with aspen bark improve appetite, so people with excess weight are not recommended to use them.

Aspen in Type 2 diabetes mellitus effectively helps to maintain the optimal level of glucose, but it refers to auxiliary methods of treatment. Use it should be in conjunction with medicines, it is necessary to adhere to diet, get rid of addictions, regularly exercise.