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Syrup from licorice root: instruction for children, adults and pregnant women

Licorice is characterized by a wide range of substances that can benefit the human body. The variety of the chemical composition of the plant is surprising: the roots and rhizomes of licorice contain glycyrrhizin - formed by saponins. This substance is in the form of a mixture of potassium and calcium salts in tribasic glycyrrhizic acid. The plant contains flavonoids - a total of 27, ascorbic acid, steroids, estriol, a small amount of gum, essential oil, resin and asparagine...

  • 28-Jun-2018
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Useful properties and contraindications of field horsetail: herbs and pistils

The horsetail is known to everyone: it is unpretentious and grows on any soils. But not everyone knows that the useful properties of plants are used to treat various diseases. Young and juicy shoots are used, from which are prepared infusions, decoctions and tinctures. What diseases can be cured with field horsetail, what medicinal properties and contraindications it possesses, you will learn from this article. Description of plant Procurement of raw material...

  • 05-Jul-2018
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Aromatherapy with lavender flowers: useful properties and contra-indications of the smell of grass

Lavender, sung by Sophia Rotaru in the eponymous hit, was brought to Russia from the Mediterranean at the beginning of the 19th century. Initially, it was grown only as an ornamental plant only in the Nikitsky Botanical Garden, but quickly spread across the southern latitudes. The reference books on botany describe 30 species of this fragrant shrub. The chemical composition and therapeutic properties of the grass Compresses and Turundas Magic syrup In ...

  • 05-Jul-2018
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Healing properties of the burdock root are great: recipes and contraindications

Burdock, or burdock, is a two-year-old plant of the family of astroids with unique healing properties 60-180 cm high, which has one of the widest ranges of application in folk medicine. To prepare recipes based on a medicinal plant, fruits and leaves are used, but the root of burdock is the most common. content of the article: chemical composition Useful properties Applications Recipes of traditional medicine Infusion Broth Ointment ...

  • 03-Jul-2018
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Benefit and harm of leaves, flowers and berries for health

Bird cherry is a plant of the Rosaceae family in the form of a large shrub or tree with branches covered with dark mottled bark and trunk, leaves in the shape of an ellipse with short petioles. The period of flowering of bird cherries - the end of spring - the beginning of summer. White flowers of the tree have the form of brushes. At the end of summer and beginning of autumn, fruits with a bone of black color with a sweet taste and astringent effect ripen. Conten...

  • 05-Jul-2018
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How to Cook a Portolac Garden - therapeutic properties of a plant

Portulac orchard( Portulaca oleracea) - unpretentious annual, belonging to the family of portolac. In the literature there are other names of the grass: a sandwich, a dandur, a flea and a sausage. Another name widely used in the people - mats. Content of the article: Background of the story External data Procurement for future use Ancient Russian prescriptions for health Luxury chemical composition Assistant of all trades Unrecognized...

  • 28-Jun-2018
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Useful properties and contraindications of the leaves of black and red currant

Leaves grown on a bush of currant, are used in the treatment of various diseases. Black currant tea has a tonic effect and saturates the body with vitamins. What are the curative properties of currant leaves? Contents of the article: Procurement and storage of raw materials Useful properties Application in cooking Treatment with currant leaves Folk recipes Harm and contraindications for use Procurement and storage of raw materials ...

  • 23-Jun-2018
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Lucerne: useful properties for health and contraindications

Many biochemists agree that a plant such as alfalfa is a strong foundation for health. They are convinced that the components that make up it are the brightest representatives of the universe. Did you know that the world's first biological supplement was created based on alfalfa? This perennial herb is considered an inexhaustible source of vitamins and minerals. This herb belongs to the family of legumes. Until recently, it was used only as a feed for livestock. After a de...

  • 23-Jun-2018
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Medlar: useful properties and contraindications of exotic fruit

The loquat is an evergreen subtropical plant native to the Caucasus and Central Asia. Fruits of a round shape with a juicy sweet and sour tender flesh and thin skin. In Arabic, they are called "askadinya", which means "the most delicious in the world" and it looks like the truth. The loquat was grown for more than three millennia and was popular with the Greek and Roman nobles as a delicacy. Today, the plant can be found in many botanical gardens around the world or in the ga...

  • 03-Jul-2018
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Cherry: useful properties and contraindications for use

Cherry is not only a delicious berry, but also a real storehouse of surprisingly useful substances. And the benefit is not only cherry berries themselves, but also its branches and leaves, tree bark and even roots. Branches and leaves are collected in May, young, and fruits and seeds are harvested in July-August. Today there are about two hundred edible varieties of cherries. They differ depending on the taste characteristics and the maturation period, as well as the chemical...

  • 04-Jul-2018
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