Chernobyl is an ordinary wormwood, and the power in it is priceless! The most powerful herb for the treatment of the whole body. Wormwood - medicinal properties and contraindications, use in traditional medicine

The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, burning like a lamp, and fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. The name of this star is Wormwood.

And a third of the waters became wormwood, and many of the people died from the waters, because they became bitter (Rev. 8:10-11).

April 26, 2017 marks 31 years since the Chernobyl tragedy, known to the whole world. From the consequences of which, according to experts, about three million people will die.

Archimandrite Sergius (Yakushin), rector of the Chernobyl Ilyinsky Church, and at that time a machine operator, witnessed the largest nuclear disaster in the history of mankind. He says that exactly 10 years before the Chernobyl accident, on April 26, 1976, the Queen of Heaven herself warned about it.

An oddly shaped cloud appeared in the sky. In the evening, many local residents saw how a cloud descended to the ground so that the outlines of the figure of the Most Holy Theotokos became clearly and clearly visible on it.

The face and clothes were visible - all in bright colors. In her hands she held bundles of dry wormwood, which we call Chernobyl. The Mother of God dropped the wormwood over the city.

Ten years later, it was Saturday, a day off, Passion Week was going on. At this time, the inhabitants of Chernobyl went to their gardens. Someone was already planting potatoes, children were playing outside. Then the fishermen who fished at night in Pripyat said that they first saw a glow over the Elias Church. And then flashes over the nuclear power plant.

No one immediately informed us that two explosions had occurred at the station at night. Chernobyl is a small town. To Pripyat, where the station is 19 kilometers.

In the morning we saw that columns of cars with military men dressed in chemical protection suits were walking towards the nuclear power plant. Each was wearing a gas mask.

Pripyat was evacuated on the second day, and we were taken out of Chernobyl only on May 5th. At the same time, they assured: You are leaving, for a maximum of a week, take only the most necessary things.

Nobody wanted to leave their homes. We had to plant gardens. People did not believe in these milliroentgens. Residents were asked to close windows, turn off electrical appliances, turn off water taps. People got into buses with documents and a couple of bags. Everything that they collected bit by bit all their lives was left in abandoned houses.

In total, more than 120 thousand people left their homes.

St. Elias Church became the only one operating in the exclusion zone. Nearby were abandoned private houses, inside of which a weedy forest sprouted through the rotten floor. Moss carpeted the asphalt. And in the temple - whitewashed walls, a trimmed lawn, flower beds and tables where they fed the elderly who remained in the exclusion zone

How many did not measure the level of radiation, and in the Ilyinsky temple it was the lowest! If there are 30 micro-roentgens on the street, then in the church - 8. God protected those who came under his protection. Moreover, we have a temple 8 kilometers from the reactor. There, on the street, there are 200 micro-roentgens, and inside the temple - 12, although all the windows are broken in it.

Once, a duty squad, patrolling the exclusion zone, was driving along a narrow country road, which was densely surrounded by trees and shrubs on both sides.

Approaching the place where the temple stands, the policemen still distinctly heard the sounds of voices from a distance. At first we decided that it seemed. There couldn't be people here.

The guys got out of the car and froze. They suddenly found an inexplicable fear, embraced the sacred horror.

Healthy men were frightened like children and, jumping into their jeep, gave a tear.

The entire police battalion guarding the Chernobyl zone knew about this incredible story. In this place, burned by the deadly breath of radiation, there is holiness and grace, and therefore the Angels serve there. The Lord was pleased that people should know about it. They remembered the tragedy and understood the danger of life without God.

And the Lord said through the prophet Jeremiah:

Because they forsook My law which I decreed for them, and did not listen to My voice and did not act on it; but they walked in the stubbornness of their hearts and in the footsteps of the Baals, as their fathers had taught them. Therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will feed them, this people, with wormwood, and I will give them bile water to drink (Jer. 9.13-15).

Chernobyl - the popular name of the plant Wormwood (Artemasia vulgaris, lat.). Belongs to the genus Wormwood of the Astrov family, is a species of perennial herbaceous plants. Among the people, the common wormwood was called Chernobyl because of its black stems, which, having dried in the fields, stand out sharply in the winter on white snow. It grows everywhere in Europe, Asia, North Africa, America. In Russia and Ukraine, it is present in all areas.

Chernobyl is a perennial plant with straight branched stems, reaching 2, and sometimes 2.5 meters in height. The stems along the entire length are covered with soft green leaves, small on top, larger and thicker below. The stem section is ribbed, the color is brown with a purple tint. The roots, as a rule, are multi-headed, thickened in the upper part. The flowers are yellow and brown, small, very densely arranged, collected in a voluminous panicle-shaped inflorescence. Flowering period - 2 months, from July to September. The fruits (small seeds) ripen from July to October.

Chernobyl is a ruderal plant - a garbage weed that is difficult to remove. It grows in wastelands, along communication routes, near fences, in landfills, in uncultivated fields, pastures, in plantations, along roads, along the banks of water bodies, prefers moist soil. It is practically impossible to extract.

Harvesting and storage of Chernobyl

Despite its unpresentable appearance and belonging to weeds, Chernobyl is a medicinal plant, so it is harvested and stored both in industrial conditions and at home. The preparation is subject to:

the apical parts of the stems of the plant with flowers, which are cut during flowering, knitted in bunches and dried naturally in the air or in rooms with good ventilation;
the roots of the plant, which are removed from the ground in September, are washed and dried in the same way as grass stalks.

Application in everyday life

In some areas, the upper (aerial) part of the Chernobyl is used as a seasoning for fatty meat dishes from goose, duck, pork, for which the plant is specially cultivated. Koreans use wormwood in the manufacture of national rice cakes. Hunters in the wild add Chernobyl leaves to fried game.

From the rods of the plant, cut before the seeds ripen, brooms are knitted. In ancient times, there was a belief that wormwood drives away evil spirits and protects from dangers. The smell of wormwood repels harmful insects, fleas, mosquitoes. It is a high-calorie silage product and is eaten with pleasure by livestock.

The composition and medicinal properties of Chernobyl

Chernobyl is a medicinal plant. It contains carotene, tannins, ascorbic acid, saponins, alkaloids, essential oil, and coumarin derivatives. The grass has a sharp spicy aroma, quite pleasant.
The pharmaceutical name is wormwood herb (lat. Artemisiae herba). Available as a dry herb and tincture.
Wormwood has the ability to improve appetite and digestion, tones, soothes, normalizes the work of the stomach, is a choleretic and mild laxative, promotes wound healing, and helps with fever. From a decoction of wormwood, enemas are put to stimulate the liver, as well as to expel worms.
Chernobyl is used for insomnia, neuroses, epilepsy, colic - as a mild sedative and analgesic, used for colds, flu, and other diseases caused by hypothermia. In combination with thyme herb (thyme), wormwood is used as an additional remedy in the treatment of alcoholism.
In some countries of Europe and the Middle East, essential oil is extracted from the dried raw materials of Chernobyl by distillation, which is a light yellow or colorless liquid with a bitter smell, containing thujone (monoterpine), cineol (menthane oxide), borneol, pinenes (monoterpenes). The oil is used in medicine as an antispasmodic, healing, diuretic, stimulant, gastric, tonic.
Chernobyl grass is included in Zdrenko's antitumor phytocollection, which is effectively used to obtain stable remission after chemotherapy, and in rare cases instead of surgery for benign and malignant tumors, stomach ulcers, papillomas and polyps.
Wormwood is actively used for gynecological problems, as it has the ability to stimulate the uterus, including during childbirth, regulates (accelerates) menstruation, prevents hysteria, neurasthenia, therefore it is rightfully considered a female herb.

The use of Chernobyl in folk medicine

Traditional medicine has a lot of recipes from Chernobyl herb, which is popularly considered an anti-putrefactive and cleansing agent. As a rule, it is used as a tea for severe diarrhea, bad breath, hemorrhoids, dysfunctions of the kidneys, gallbladder and liver, and disorders of the nervous system. It must be remembered that when brewing tea from wormwood, sugar is never added. It is the bitter taste of the drink that is its main healing quality and active ingredient.

Chernobyl herb tea for digestive disorders

1 tsp crushed dry collection is poured into 250 ml of boiling water and, after insisting for 2 minutes, filter. Drink 2-3 times a day in uniform portions.

Chernobyl herb infusion for cystitis

2 tsp dry collection is poured with a glass of boiled still hot water and, having brought to a boil, insist for at least 2 hours. Strain. Consume 100 ml 3 times a day 30 minutes before meals.

Chernobyl herb infusion with a delay in the menstrual cycle

1 tbsp herbal collection pour 500 ml of boiling water and, insisting for 2 hours, filter. Drink 100-120 ml 3 times a day 20-30 minutes before meals.

Infusion for external use

Wash fresh grass in the amount of 1 cup, finely chop and brew in 2.5 liters of boiling water. After insisting for half an hour, filter, squeeze, filter from particles of greenery. Used as a lotion for burns, frostbite, bleeding wounds, abrasions, purulent boils, ulcers.

Chernobyl decoction for nervous disorders, epilepsy, convulsions, to remove worms

2 tsp dry raw materials pour 250 ml of boiling water, bring to readiness in a water bath for half an hour; remove from heat and, after insisting 15 minutes, filter, squeeze. Drink a decoction of half a glass 2 times a day.

Chernobyl root tincture for convulsions and convulsions

2 tbsp dry finely chopped mugwort root pour 500 ml of beer and, bringing to a boil, keep on fire for at least 5 minutes, strain after cooling. Use during an attack and to prevent it, a third of a glass.

Chernobyl root decoction for heavy menstruation

4-5 dry mugwort roots are crushed, poured with two liters of boiling water, brought to a boil again and boiled for several minutes, after which they are left to infuse and cool. Strained broth is taken during menstruation twice a day for half a cup.

Chernobyl root tincture for pulmonary tuberculosis

50 g of dry chopped mugwort root is poured with two liters of dry, preferably white wine, brought to a boil and boiled over low heat with the lid closed for 10 to 15 minutes. During cooking, add 200 g of honey, stir thoroughly. The composition is brought to room temperature and filtered. The solution is taken in the morning before breakfast, 200 ml, or before meals throughout the day 1 tbsp. three times a day.

Dry Chernobyl tincture for anorexia, gastritis, hepatitis, enterocolitis, gastric and duodenal ulcers, insomnia, gout, migraine

Five servings of 70% medical alcohol are poured into one portion of the dry collection, kept in a cool dark place for 10 to 14 days, shaking occasionally. Strain, the sediment is carefully squeezed out. Drink before meals throughout the day three times an incomplete teaspoon.

Contraindications

Chernobyl is not recommended for children and pregnant women due to its toxicity.
You should not use drugs based on Chernobyl for a long time, breaks in treatment are necessary. If the dosage is exceeded, nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps and acute pain in the liver are possible. In this case, the treatment is urgently stopped.
It is not recommended to use Chernobyl during a course of chemotherapy, severe kidney and liver diseases, and gynecomastia (benign breast enlargement in men).

Artemisia vulgaris L.

is a perennial herbaceous plant of the Compositae family (Asteraceae). It occurs in almost all regions of Russia. It grows among shrubs, along ravines, river banks, vegetable gardens, orchards.

Medicinal raw materials are stems, leaves, flowers and roots. They contain mucous and resinous substances, carotene, vitamin C, traces of alkaloids, essential oil, roots contain tannins, inulin.

Aster family (Asteraceae) ASTERACEAE

Each of us knows well that there is nothing more bitter than wormwood. Meanwhile, out of 250 species of wormwood, there are also non-bitter ones. They are used as herbs.

Widely bred in our gardens wormwood tarragon. Salted cucumbers, mushrooms, soups, gravies flavored with it are appetizingly fragrant. In the Caucasus, it is called tarragon and put in drinks. Her decoctions normalize acidity of gastric juice. It should be taken with hypo- and anacid gastritis.

In Siberia, common wormwood, Chernobyl grows everywhere in vegetable gardens, orchards, river banks. A distinctive feature is the brownish-violet color of the stem; the leaves are whitish-silvery below.

Used in cooking young leaves of the tops of wormwood, collected before flowering together with buds and dried in the shade. Dishes flavored with Chernobyl are useful for patients with neurasthenia and stomach ailments. An infusion of the herb enhances the activity of the glands of the gastrointestinal tract, suppresses convulsions, relieves pain, and has a slight hypnotic effect.

Herb decoction baths taken for colds. A decoction of the roots in Ukraine is used for tuberculosis, asthma.

For more than 3000 years, many centuries before the birth of the fathers of medicine - Aristotle and Hippocrates, mankind has known ways to treat various diseases with the help of acupuncture and cauterization at certain points. Most often used for this purpose wormwood leaves, which were dried, crushed, filled with cigarettes with a diameter of up to 1.5 cm and 20 cm in length. When such a cigarette is burned at a distance of 1 cm from the skin, infrared radiation is emitted. Along with other treatments, it has a positive effect on sciatica, arthritis, myositis, asthma, hypertension, neurodermatitis, eczema, and insomnia. However such acupuncture is contraindicated in tuberculosis and tumors and should be carried out, of course, only under the supervision of a physician.

Description. Perennial herbaceous plant 100-150 cm high. Rhizome multi-headed, with short shoots and branched brownish roots. Stems are erect, ribbed, reddish, straight-pubescent. The leaves are alternate, usually sessile, gradually decreasing towards the top of the stem, dark green above, bare, white-felt below. The lower and middle leaves are elliptical or ovate. The flowers are collected in obovate or elliptical baskets, sitting on short lateral branches, together form a paniculate inflorescence. The fruit is a broadly fusiform olive-brown achene. Flowering in June-August, fruiting in August-October.

Geographic distribution. Almost throughout Russia as a weedy or semi-weedy plant.

Organs Used: tops of flowering plants (grass) and roots.

Chemical composition. The grass contains an essential oil, which includes: cineol, alpha-thujone and borneol. In addition, the leaves contain carotene and ascorbic acid, and the roots contain an essential oil, from which dihydromatricarium ether (C11H802) and ketone (C14H14O) are isolated.

Pharmacological properties. Artemisia vulgaris, or Chernobyl, like its species, Indian Chernobyl, has a pronounced sedative effect on the central nervous system: it causes anticonvulsant, mild hypnotic, analgesic and antispasmodic effects. Wormwood, or Chernobyl, like Indian Chernobyl, was used in folk medicine for neurasthenia and other nervous diseases, epilepsy and other convulsions and hysteria (A.P. Nelyubin), chorea (X. Hager, vol. I), inflammation of the meninges (V.P. Makhlayuk). In Bulgarian folk medicine, wormwood was used for insomnia, nervous attacks and toothache in young children (D. Yordanov et al.).

Wormwood has an antipyretic, antiseptic and antitoxic effect (GN Kovaleva). This plant is also characterized by a hemostatic effect, confirmed by the research of M. N. Varlakov.

Application. Wormwood is widely used as a sedative, anticonvulsant, analgesic and hypnotic. Preparations of this type of wormwood are effective for neurasthenia and neuralgic pains, menstrual disorders, as an anesthetic and accelerating labor, as a sedative for epilepsy, convulsions and states of increased excitation of the nervous system, as well as for toxicosis of pregnant women. Chernobyl herb infusion is recommended externally for inflammation of the mucous membranes, for the treatment of ulcers and wounds that do not heal for a long time in the form of applying fresh herbs to wounds, as well as applying napkins soaked in fresh plant juice.

Not used in scientific medicine.

In folk medicine, wormwood received wide application. An infusion of herbs and roots causes appetite, enhances the activity of the glands of the gastrointestinal tract, accelerates menstruation and childbirth, has a calming effect on the nervous system, suppresses convulsions, various colic, relieves pain and has a slight hypnotic effect, diaphoretic, antihelminthic and insecticidal properties.

It is used for epilepsy, various convulsive diseases, lack of appetite, poor digestion, gastrointestinal colic and spasms, painful and difficult menstruation, insomnia, is part of the fees used for hypertension.

In Ukraine wormwood root decoction in white wine, chilled and sweetened with honey, taken for pulmonary tuberculosis and other diseases of the respiratory organs. In Central Asia, herbal decoction baths are taken for colds, and crushed leaves are applied to wounds to heal them.

To prepare the infusion, take 3 teaspoons of dry grass, insist 4 hours in 1.5 cups of boiling water in a sealed container, filter. Take 1/4 cup 3-4 times a day 30 minutes before meals.

One tablespoon of the roots is infused for 4 hours in 1/2 liter of boiling water in a sealed container, filtered. Take 1/2 cup 2 times a day, especially as a means of increasing menstruation.

One tablespoon of the roots is boiled for 10 minutes in 1/2 liter of white grape wine, insisted for 2 hours, filtered. Take a tablespoon 3 times a day before meals (Makhlayuk, 1992).

In folk medicine of Siberia and the Urals, wormwood is used for neurosis, neurasthenia, tuberculous meningitis, diabetes mellitus, jaundice, and cancer of the lungs, stomach, and female organs (Surina, 1974).

Extract from the root used for dropsy, convulsions, leucorrhoea, bronchial asthma, difficult childbirth, puerperal fever, as an abortifacient.

Powder from dry branches is sprinkled on wounds.

In a decoction of the whole plant, children are bathed with rickets. Lotions are made from the decoction for tumors (Popov, 1973).

In India, it is used for malaria, diarrhea, constipation, obesity, accumulation of gases in the intestines (Altymyshev, 1976).

It is used as an antitoxic agent for toxicosis in pregnant women. In bronchial asthma, it is recommended to inhale smoke from the combustion of black wormwood (Kovaleva, 1971).

Pharmacological studies have shown that Chernobyl herb preparations reduce neuromuscular conduction, and also act as an antimetastatic agent in cancer.

It is used for metabolic disorders, for kidney and bladder stones, for theodermia and other skin diseases (Minaeva, 1991).

In Chinese medicine, wormwood is used in the treatment of leprosy, cholera (Hammerman, 1983), colds, hypertension, cervical erosion, convulsions, catalepsy, paralysis, leprosy, syphilis, inflammation of the brain, uterine fibroids, anemia, nervous depression, exhaustion. Seeds are taken for impotence (Sviridonov, 1992).

Included in the collection of M.I. Zdrenko, used to treat bladder papillomatosis and anacid gastritis (Yudina, 1988).

With an overdose of extracts from wormwood, severe intoxication can occur. Not recommended for peptic ulcer disease (Petkov, 1988).

Methods of preparation and use

1. A tablespoon of powder from the tops of the branches is poured into 0.5 liters of boiling water, insisted for several hours, filtered. Take 1/2 cup 3 times a day.

2. Wormwood roots (30 g) pour 0.5 liters of white wine, boil for 1 minute (you can add honey), insist until completely cooled, filter. Take 3 tablespoons on an empty stomach.

Among all members of the genus Artemísia, wormwood and common wormwood are most commonly used, and even despite their ruderal qualities, in some areas these plants are specially cultivated, obtaining raw materials for medicines. In addition, these herbs are used in cooking and winemaking (for example, bitter p. is used to make vermouth and absinthe, and fatty dishes are seasoned with ordinary p.).

Common names for wormwood (Artemisia absintium L.) are true wormwood, white wormwood, and wormwood.

The common wormwood plant is popularly called Chernobyl. This herb is no less popular among the people than wormwood. Wormwood was included only in the first editions of the Russian Pharmacopoeia (1866-1880). Chernobyl grass is part of M.N. Zdrenko's collection, approved as a symptomatic remedy for the treatment of certain malignant tumors since 1957.

In this article you will find photos, descriptions and tips on the use of wormwood and common as medicines.

Description and distribution of plants wormwood and common

Wormwood. Perennial herbaceous plant of the Asteraceae family, 50-150 cm high, with a strong specific smell. According to the description, wormwood resembles ordinary p., but there are a number of differences.

The leaves and stems of the bitter are greyish-silver, densely covered with short hairs. Stems are straight, slightly ribbed, branched in the upper part. Leaves of vegetative shoots are long-petiolate, thrice pinnatisected; middle stem leaves are short-petiolate, doubly pinnate; upper - three incised or solid. The flowers are yellow, tubular, small, in spherical, drooping baskets with a diameter of 2.5-4.0 mm, collected at the top of the shoots in a pyramidal panicle. The fruits are very small (up to 1 mm long), brownish, oblong achenes. Blooms in June - August.

Distribution and habitats - the entire territory of European Russia (except for the northern regions). It grows near housing, along roads, in garbage places and railway embankments, on fallows.

Wormwood common. Herbaceous plant from the Asteraceae family up to 2 meters high. The description of wormwood is in many respects similar to the description of the item bitter. Stems are straight, ribbed, branched in the upper part.

As shown in the photo, the stalk of wormwood in the lower part usually has a reddish color:

Leaves are pinnately dissected with linear-lanceolate, serrated lobules; above naked, dark green; whitish or grayish felt below. The flowers are tubular, very small, numerous, reddish or yellowish, collected 20-40 pieces in small erect baskets, forming a dense long paniculate inflorescence.

Distribution and habitats - the entire territory of European Russia. Grows in forest clearings and edges, meadows, among thickets of bushes.

Here you can see photos of wormwood and bitter:

Useful properties of wormwood and use in traditional medicine

In pharmacology, the leafy tops of flowering wormwood and the leaves of the plant are used. Raw materials are harvested in the budding phase - the beginning of flowering. Leaves are cut off without petioles by hand, and the tops of shoots up to 25 cm long are cut off with a knife or sickle. Dry in the shade in the open air, in attics or in dryers at a temperature of 40-50 ° C. Dry raw materials are stored for no more than 2 years.

Wormwood has anthelmintic, choleretic, diuretic, anti-allergic, antispasmodic, anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antiseptic effects. Due to its bitterness, it strongly stimulates the activity of the glands of the digestive system. In moderate doses, wormwood preparations have a calming effect on the central nervous system, and large ones cause its excitation. In addition, they increase the body's resistance to adverse factors, are useful for influenza, as well as in the post-infection and postoperative periods.

Wormwood herb was included in all editions of the Russian Pharmacopoeia. Due to its beneficial properties, wormwood was considered one of the best means to stimulate appetite. In modern medicine, wormwood is prescribed as a gastric and choleretic agent. This plant is effective in atony of the stomach and biliary tract, hypoacid gastritis, low acidity, early stages of stomach cancer, cholecystitis, gallbladder diseases.

It is also known about the use of wormwood mixed with creeping thyme for aversion to alcohol.

When applied topically, the plant has anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antiseptic, antifungal and bactericidal effects.

An infusion of wormwood herb (sometimes in combination with mint and sage leaves) is used to rinse the mouth to eliminate bad smell, and also make lotions and compresses for bruises, purulent wounds and ulcers.

Diluted in a ratio of 1:10, it is used for compresses and lotions for bruises, abrasions, wounds, phlebitis, varicose veins, trophic ulcers, eye diseases and mosquito bites. Fresh crushed leaves in the form of applications are successfully used for hematomas (hemorrhages) on the body due to injuries, with dislocations and sprains of the tendons.

It should be remembered that even despite the medicinal properties of wormwood, prolonged use of preparations based on it in large doses can lead to poisoning. Therefore, it is recommended to take significant (1-2 months) breaks between treatment courses.

Wormwood is contraindicated in cholelithiasis and pregnancy.

Pharmacological properties of the herb wormwood

Almost all parts of wormwood have healing properties: seeds, traa, non-lignified roots. Grass is harvested during flowering. Cut off leafy tops of shoots with flowers. The roots are harvested in the fall, while they are separated from the unused woody rhizome. Artemisia grass is dried in attics and other ventilated areas.

Infusions of herbs and roots of Chernobyl have antiseptic, antipyretic, analgesic, tonic, diaphoretic, antihelminthic, insecticidal action, improve appetite and activity of the gastrointestinal glands, have a calming effect on the nervous system, suppress convulsions, various colic. Pharmacological properties of wormwood are commonly used to normalize the sleep of the menstrual cycle, accelerate childbirth.

In folk medicine, decoctions and infusions of seeds, roots and herbs of wormwood are used as a sedative and hypnotic, as well as an anticonvulsant - for epilepsy, convulsions and paralysis. As an analgesic, they are recommended to be taken for colic, headache, toothache and other pains, for stomach cancer, inflammation and dropsy of the brain. For headaches, as well as for gout and rheumatism, poultices are made from grass.

Information about the property of Chernobyl to influence the female genital area in a certain way was preserved in conspiracies and herbalists. A decoction or infusion of its roots and herbs is widely used for menstrual disorders (amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea), as well as for inducing labor and uterine fibroids. In the old days, it was often used as an effective abortifacient.

Chernobyl herb infusion is used as an antispasmodic and antitussive for bronchial asthma, bronchitis, pulmonary tuberculosis and pneumonia. It is also recommended to drink to improve digestion, as an appetite stimulant and stomach tonic; as a general tonic and stimulant - for anemia, nervous depression and exhaustion; as a diaphoretic and anti-inflammatory - for fever and pneumonia, colds, laryngitis, laryngopharyngitis, cystitis, urethritis; as a diuretic, choleretic, anticancer and antihelminthic agent. Herbal baths are recommended for gout and colds. An infusion of wormwood herb is used to rinse the mouth with stomatitis and gingivitis, and wash long-term non-healing wounds and ulcers.

In Japanese and traditional medicine in some other eastern countries, the use of the beneficial properties of wormwood for impotence and inflammation of the genitourinary organs is common.

Recipes from wormwood and common for the treatment of diseases

The best recipes for drugs from bitter wormwood for the treatment of diseases:

Herbal infusion. 1 teaspoon a spoonful of chopped raw materials for 1.5 cups of boiling water. After cooling, filter and take 1/2 cup 3 times a day 20-30 minutes before meals (as a gastric, choleretic and appetizing agent). To increase the body's resistance to disease, an infusion of bitter wormwood prepared according to this recipe is taken hot for 2-3 weeks in a glass 3-5 times a day.
Herb tincture with 70% alcohol (1:10). Take 1 tea. spoon with 1/4-1/3 cup of warm water 3 times a day 15-20 minutes before meals. Used for the same diseases as the infusion.

Dosage forms and methods of application of wormwood:

Infusion of seeds. 1 teaspoon Pour a spoonful of raw materials with 1 cup of boiling water, insist until cool, strain. Take 1/3 cup 3 times a day before meals
Seed tincture. 5 table, spoons of raw materials pour 0.5 liters of vodka, leave for 3 weeks, shaking occasionally, strain. Take 1 table, spoon 3 times a day before meals.
Herbal infusion. 1 table, a spoonful of chopped raw materials with a top, pour 0.5 liters of boiling water, leave for 2-3 hours, strain. Take 1/2 cup 3 times a day before meals for epilepsy.
Infusion of roots. 1 table, a spoonful of raw materials pour 0.5 liters of boiling water, leave for 4 hours, strain. Take 1/2 cup 2 times a day before meals for menstrual irregularities.
Root decoction in wine. 1 table, a spoonful of crushed raw materials, pour 0.5 liters of dry white grape wine, cook over low heat for 10 minutes, leave for 2 hours, strain. Add honey to taste. Take 1 table, spoon 3 times a day for 20-30 minutes. before meals for tuberculosis and other lung diseases.
Herb tincture on vodka (1:10). Take 1 teaspoon. spoon with a little water 20-30 minutes before meals 3 times a day as a sedative.

The bitter herb wormwood is an integral element of the steppe landscapes and the main ingredient of absinthe, the most “bohemian drink”. But in medicine, wormwood grass is in demand, first of all, because of the unique chemical composition. It is the content of active biological substances and other components that gives wormwood its medicinal properties.

Types of wormwood

A plant called "wormwood" belongs to the Astrov family. These are large herbaceous or semi-shrub representatives of the flora, which have their own specific characteristics depending on the species. Among the most significant types of wormwood for industrial, procurement, pharmaceutical and other purposes, the following are distinguished:

Wormwood Gmelin is a medicinal plant, the main distribution area of \u200b\u200bwhich is located in the Far East;
Louisiana wormwood - grows in regions of North America. The color of the leaves is grayish-white, the inflorescences have a pale yellow tint. For medical purposes, only the aerial part is used;
Lactic-flowered wormwood is an ornamental shrub used for exterior decoration in landscape design;
Wormwood annual - a small shrub with green leaves that have a carved shape. It is an annual, but it is quite suitable for medicinal use. On the basis of the plant, dyes for fabric are also prepared;
Rutolistnaya wormwood is a species common in Siberia and some regions of Asia. Contains a large amount of essential oils, which explains its widespread use in pharmaceuticals and the production of cosmetic products;
Field wormwood is a low-growing perennial shrub that grows in the steppe regions and in lowland areas. Can be used for the preparation of medicinal products;
Wormwood is a perennial herbaceous shrub with silver-bluish foliage. The grass, when rubbed, has a characteristic smell, due to the presence of essential oils in its composition. This species is the most valuable in terms of pharmaceuticals.

Chemical composition

The aerial part of wormwood (grass and leaves), most often used for medicinal purposes, contains such chemically active components as:

mineral salts;
Tannins;
organic acids;
Vitamins A, C;
Carotene;
Essential oils;
Glycosides - absinthine and anabsinthine (give a bitter taste);
Flavonoids;
Phytoncides;
alkaloids;
Saponins.

All of the above substances determine the pharmacological action of wormwood, which will be discussed below.

Useful properties of bitter wormwood

Wormwood grass is known, first of all, for its characteristic bitterness. That is why wormwood is used for the manufacture of herbal preparations - those that stimulate the separation of bile and increase the activity of the secretory functions of the gastrointestinal tract. Bitter glycosides in the composition of the plant increase the excitability and reaction rate of neuroreceptors in the mucous membranes of the digestive tract, due to which the assimilation of food is faster and better.

But the pharmacological action of wormwood is not limited to this. It has the following effects on the body:

The range of application of wormwood herb is very wide. With her help treat such diseases., How:

Wormwood is included in alternative medicine recipes as an active ingredient. It can be applied in several ways:

The standard course of treatment with wormwood grass in the presence of worms in the body is a week.

This is the simplest method, in which for three days a small pinch of dried raw materials is taken every 2 to 3 hours (without reference to food intake). The patient simply chews a small portion of wormwood and drinks it down with clean water.

Attention: the use of nicotine reduces the effect of wormwood therapy by a third!

After three days, the method of administration changes: the remedy is used up to 6 times a day for four days. During treatment, you should adhere to a dietary diet, exclude animal products and products with a high content of carbohydrates from the diet.

For joint pain

Gout, rheumatoid arthritis, arthrosis and other diseases of the musculoskeletal system are also successfully treated by the body with the help of wormwood herb. The plant will not completely eliminate the disease and will not solve the problem that triggered its appearance, but it will help to cope with pain symptoms and inflammation in the joints. The most commonly used poultices, compresses and rubbing alcohol tincture of wormwood herb. But also popular are pain-relieving baths in decoctions with the addition of a plant.

To prepare a therapeutic bath, brew a pound of dried raw materials in 2 liters of water. The mixture is boiled over a fire for 10 minutes, then filtered through a sieve and infused for about half an hour. Pour a decoction of the plant into the bath and soak in hot water for 15 to 20 minutes. You can add sea salt to the bath, this will strengthen the muscle tone.

With hemorrhoids

The disease known as hemorrhoids is an inflammatory pathological process in the rectum, which is characterized by the appearance of tortuosity, expansion and congestion in the hemorrhoidal veins. At the stage when the venous nodes do not yet need to be set inside, it is really possible to cope with the symptoms with the help of wormwood decoction and tincture. They have a stopping effect on pain symptoms, contribute to the reduction and resorption of hemorrhoidal formations.

Plant-based products are used externally. A sitting bath for hemorrhoids is prepared as follows: 50 g of dried wormwood herb is poured with a liter of boiling water and insisted for a day.

Attention: during the procedure, the water should not be hot, as this can aggravate the painful condition of the hemorrhoidal veins.

The finished infusion is filtered through a sieve, then the wormwood tincture is diluted with 3-5 liters of warm boiled water. The liquid is poured into a basin, the patient sits in it for 15-20 minutes. Sitz baths with wormwood are recommended to be taken before going to bed to maximize relaxation.

In severe stages of hemorrhoids with prolapsed nodes, compresses and lotions with infusion of the plant are used. Five spoons of raw materials are poured into 500 ml of boiling water and infused for 2 - 3 hours. A cotton swab or gauze is moistened in a warm herbal infusion and applied to the affected area. Keep the compress until it cools down. The procedure is repeated 4-5 times a day. After it, you should stay in a warm room for about an hour so as not to expose the anal area to cold. It is useful to drink decoctions and tincture of water inside from time to time.

For diseases of the gastrointestinal tract

Medical therapy, traditional and non-traditional, recommends preparations based on the herb of wormwood to alleviate the condition of hypoacid gastritis, enterocolitis, exhaustion, dyspepsia and for the complex treatment of food allergies. In accordance with the type of disease, decoctions and tinctures from the plant are prepared in different ways:

For gastritis with low acidity - pour 5-10 g of dry raw materials into 400 ml of boiling water and insist under the lid until the liquid has a shade. Drink instead of tea three times a day 30 minutes before meals;
With indigestion and poor appetite - a spoonful of wormwood is stirred in a glass of boiling water. After cooling, two teaspoons of honey and a quarter cup of cranberry juice are added to the infusion. The mixture is brought to the desired volume with a liter of cold boiled water and consumed as a drink throughout the day. Keep the product in the refrigerator for no longer than two days;
For stomach and intestinal pain - 1 tbsp. l. wormwood pour 200 ml of boiling water and close the lid, leaving it to reach readiness in a teapot. When the infusion cools down a bit, it is drunk 1.5 hours before meals. Honey is mixed into the liquid to remove strong bitterness. The tincture is taken three times a day.

For diabetes

Essential oils, ascorbic acid and other biologically active compounds in wormwood have a positive effect on the regulation of blood glucose concentration. The herb is used in a variety of ways to treat diabetes. Some people prepare medicinal "meatballs" from wormwood and bread. To prepare, crumble the crumb of black bread, add half a teaspoon of chopped dry grass of the plant to it and roll it into a ball. It is eaten 15-20 minutes before lunch, it is recommended to continue treatment for 2 weeks.

A decrease in the level of glucose in the blood of a diabetic patient for a short period of time is achieved by using a common wormwood decoction for 3 to 4 weeks.

Not only water, but also herbal-based alcohol infusions are popular. Medical alcohol or vodka is poured into a small bowl, where 20 g of dry raw materials of wormwood are added. The product is mixed and poured into a dark glass bottle. After 2 - 3 weeks it is ready for use: method of administration - 12 - 15 drops per day after each meal. Before starting treatment, consult your doctor: not all experts approve alcohol tinctures with a wormwood plant for the treatment of diabetes.

With alcohol addiction

Chronic alcoholism is a disease that is extremely difficult to treat. In the absence of the effect of traditional therapy, traditional medicine recipes are used. One of them is based on a phytocollection, the component of which is wormwood. One part of the herb is mixed with creeping thyme (4 parts) and boiled in a water bath for 15 minutes (two tablespoons per 200 ml of water). After cooling, a decoction of the plant is taken 10 ml three times a day before meals.

Since wormwood has a bitter taste, it will not be possible for the patient to quietly add it to food: he must voluntarily realize the seriousness of the problem and agree to treatment. The course of admission is up to three months.

Another folk remedy for alcoholism is prepared using wormwood and thyme, mixed in a 1: 4 ratio. 2 tablespoons of raw materials are poured into 500 ml of hot water and cooked for 10 - 15 minutes. The decoction is drunk in a quarter cup 3 times a day for a month.

A tangible effect is given by a phytocollection of wormwood, licorice root, horsetail, thyme and centaury. Herbs are taken in the amount of 2, 4, 2, 2 and 3 tablespoons, respectively. After mixing, pour out about 30 g of raw materials and add a glass of boiled water. The mixture is simmered for 15 minutes, then infused until cool. The decoction is taken 100 ml three times a day, the course of administration is up to a month.

For colds

Strong fever, pain and aches in the joints, as well as congestion and irritation of the mucous membrane in the nasopharynx, accompanying a cold, exhaust a person, taking away a lot of strength from him. You can alleviate the condition with an alcohol tincture of wormwood. It is prepared from fresh raw materials collected before the flowering phase. Fill half a liter jar with wormwood and fill with vodka. The tincture is exposed to a dark cool place for three weeks. Shake the jar every few days so that the active substances quickly pass into the alcohol liquid. After 21 days, strain the infusion and pour it into another container. The product is stored in the refrigerator, you need to take it 3-5 drops a day for a quarter glass of water once a day until you feel better.

For insomnia

Wormwood grass helps with sleep disorders of various kinds. Difficulty falling asleep, anxiety (a person does not stop tossing and turning in bed), intermittent and superficial sleep, awakenings in the middle of the night - all these are manifestations of insomnia associated with sleep disorders. The minimum measure is to make a small pillow (dumka), into which dried bunches of wormwood are sewn, and put it at the head. The essential oil of the plant, when inhaled, will calm the nervous system and have a soporific effect.

There is another recipe for ingestion. Two tablespoons of wormwood roots or herbs are poured with 400 ml of boiling water and infused under the lid for an hour and a half. The infusion is drunk warm one hour before going to bed.

For more severe problems with falling asleep, a product based on wormwood oil will help. Seeds collected in the autumn season are ground to a powder. The resulting mixture is poured with vegetable oil (take olive or linseed) in a ratio of one to four. For seven days, she insists in a place protected from light. During this time, the oil is shaken regularly. Method of administration - drip wormwood oil on a teaspoon of granulated sugar or a piece of refined sugar and apply three times a day to relieve nervous tension. It is also taken right before bed.

For the prevention of cancer

Phytotherapy with wormwood to prevent the formation of cancerous tumors in folk medicine is described in sufficient detail. It should be clarified that this is not a 100% guarantee against cancer: taking decoctions and infusions serves as a preventive measure.

The aerial part of the plant, collected at the beginning of the summer season, is taken as the basis for medicinal raw materials.

The standard recipe for preparation is as follows: a spoonful of dry pounded raw materials is poured with boiling water (250 ml) and infused for half an hour. After straining, the infusion is taken 70 ml three times a day before meals. The prophylactic course lasts 10 days, followed by a break for two weeks. In total, at least three courses are required.

Application in cosmetology

Wormwood grass is an excellent component for home-made cosmetics. On its basis, they make: soothing baths, poultices for bruises, decoctions for the treatment of skin acne, baths for sweating feet.

Wormwood has a pronounced antipruritic and regenerating effect, so it is used for hair care with seborrhea.

Plant oil is added to creams designed for oily and problematic skin types. Biologically active substances of wormwood promote detoxification and rejuvenation of the skin, stimulating metabolism and epidermal recovery processes.

For skin and hair care, try the following plant-based products:

Infusion for rinsing - 100 g of dried grass is stirred in a liter of boiling water and infused for half an hour. After the liquid is filtered and rinsed with her head. Repeat after each hair wash with shampoo;
Rejuvenating bath - pour three tablespoons of wormwood into a saucepan and boil in water (2 liters) for about 30 minutes. Cool, strain and pour into the bath. The duration of the procedure is no longer than 25 minutes;
Nourishing face mask - grind 2 - 3 pinches of wormwood grass in a coffee grinder and, adding a spoonful of hot water, stir until gruel. After cooling, mix in a spoonful of shea butter and the contents of one ampoule of vitamin B2. Apply the mask on cleansed face and wash it off after 20 minutes. It will give the skin elasticity and improve the complexion.

Contraindications and harm

Wormwood herb is not recommended for long term use. Its chemical components can accumulate in the body, which in case of overdose and uncontrolled use can cause poisoning. Its symptoms are hallucinations, visual disturbances, impaired coordination, confusion, nausea and vomiting.

The plant has a mild toxic effect, so it is contraindicated in women during pregnancy and lactation and in children (all persons under 18 years of age).

The plant should be used with caution in the presence of allergic reactions and asthmatic manifestations.