What can be confused with knotweed plant. Herbal healer knotweed

Nature gives us great opportunities for the treatment of many diseases. The plant world is so rich and wide in its possibilities that sometimes we don’t even notice that help is growing right under our feet. We will talk about an annual plant that has been familiar to us since childhood, grows everywhere on lawns, roadsides, vegetable gardens, in parks and squares, and they call it knotweed or highlander bird. It is considered a common weed, and many do not even know what it can be used for, except for feeding poultry. But he is an excellent healer for a large number of ailments.

Beneficial features

For treatment, only leaves, stems and flowers of knotweed are used. It is recommended to collect upper part grass that grows away from the roadway throughout the summer. It is necessary to dry the raw materials in the shade, with good ventilation.

Knotweed accumulates a lot beneficial to the body nutrients:

Ascorbic acid;
Carotene;
Oxalic acid;
Tannins;
Pectin;
Iron;
Organic compounds of silicon.

With the help of this plant, diseases of the kidneys, liver, gastrointestinal tract, skin diseases, circulatory system, high blood pressure, kidney stones and inflammation. An infusion of knotweed herb is a good restorative agent after surgical interventions, with a large loss of blood. Women are shown an infusion to increase reproductive function.

Why and how knotweed is used

In folk medicine, the use of knotweed herb is possible in the form of decoctions, tinctures, teas for internal and external use. There are many recipes for the preparation of a medicinal potion for the treatment of various ailments.

Recipe 1.

In case of violation of the work of the stomach, intestines, kidneys, I drink an infusion of knotweed, prepared from dry leaves - 100 grams and one liter of boiling water. Brew the drug for two hours. Take on empty stomach half a glass three times a day. Ready infusion must be drunk within 48 hours, then made fresh. The use of this medicine helps to remove sand from the kidneys.

Recipe 2.

To relieve pain, heal wounds, bruises, bruises, make a compress. Knotweed leaves are prepared for it. Somewhere a handful of grass is steamed in boiling water for thirty minutes. Then it is applied to gauze and covered. Such a herbal cake is applied to a diseased area of \u200b\u200bthe body. The compress should be well warm, but not hot. Its use soothes pain and promotes healing.

Recipe 3.

In case of intestinal upset, a decoction of knotweed and horsetail is brewed. Is taken the same number and one and the other herbs and boiled in 500 milliliters of water for 3-5 minutes after boiling. I drink warm once every four hours for half a glass.

Recipe 4.

To restore blood, after a serious illness, chemotherapy, anemia, they drink an infusion prepared from 60 grams of grass and 250 milliliters of water heated to 100 degrees. Let the liquid brew for fifteen minutes. I drink three times a day, one hundred milliliters.

Recipe 5.

From a long time ago, women drank an infusion to treat infertility. It is prepared according to this recipe. Twenty grams of grass is poured into a glass of water heated to one hundred degrees and infused for forty-five minutes. Then the infusion is aged for twenty minutes in a water bath. Must be filtered before use. I drink two tablespoons of medicine every three hours.

How does knotweed herb work? The intensity of contraction of the uterine muscles improves, the tone increases, the hormonal background stabilizes. The effect will be much stronger if both husband and wife take the infusion.

Recipe 6.

In case of cholelithiasis, an infusion of knotweed herb in alcohol is prepared. The technology is like that. Two teaspoons of the highlander are poured with 200 milliliters of high-quality alcohol or vodka, kept in a dark place at room temperature for ten days. Filter before use. You need to drink 15-20 drops of the medicine diluted in 100 milliliters of water at least three times a day. The same infusion, diluted in a glass of water, rinse your mouth with inflammatory processes, toothache. They wash their wounds. alcohol solution in its pure form is used for rubbing and compresses.

Recipe 7.

For the treatment of gastritis, dysentery, diarrhea, pancreas, diabetes, stomach ulcers, alcohol tincture prepared according to this recipe. 100 grams of grass should be poured with one liter of vodka and insisted in a warm place for twenty-four hours. Take twenty drops on an empty stomach.

Recipe 8.

Highlander will also help with cholecystitis. However, now you need to stock up on the root of this plant. Grind it and take one tablespoon. Pour into a saucepan and pour cold water -250 milliliters. We put in a water bath and cook for thirty minutes. Consume on an empty stomach four times a day. To get the result, you need to be patient and the disease will recede.

Recipe 9.

Highlander also helps with menstrual pain. The decoction is prepared from:

Knotweed - 1 part;
Horsetail - 1 part;
Centaury leaves - 3 parts;
Potentilla goose - 5 parts.

All components are mixed, then one tablespoon of the collection is poured with 300 milliliters of boiling water and brewed for an hour. Drink the infusion in small sips throughout the day. To obtain the result, treatment begins four days before the onset of menstruation and continues during them.

Recipe 10.

Recipe 11.

Useful highlander bird for male body. A decoction and tea from the herb improves male sexual function, treats impotence, and inflammatory processes. Making tea is easy, you need to brew two pinches of the plant in 250 milliliters of water. Drink two to three cups a day. The recipe is simple and the result is unique.

Recipe 12.

Children prepare a decoction in milk from 30 grams of raw materials and half a liter of milk. Everything must be boiled for five minutes. Drink warm. This drug helps strong cough, whooping cough. Can be used by adults as well.

Recipe 13.

Highlander grass will also be useful for harmony. Leaves - 4 tablespoons are infused in half a liter of boiling water in a thermos for four hours. Use 100 milliliters every six hours. This infusion is good to use with weakness of the body after an illness.

Despite healing properties herb knotweed, its use for the treatment of ailments should be quite careful. Since, there is always the possibility of side effects, individual intolerance to the components, allergic reactions. Be sure to follow the technology of preparation and dosage. It is forbidden to use the grass of the mountaineer for acute kidney diseases, thrombophlebitis, since knotweed is an excellent blood clotting agent, a sick heart, and pregnancy.

Recipe 14.

Due to the ability to improve blood clotting, highlander is used to treat bleeding of various etymologies. These are uterine, and intestinal, and hemorrhoidal. It is necessary to take a decoction of 25 grams of raw materials and 200 milliliters of water, which should be brewed within an hour, that is, it will be saturated as much as possible useful substances. Use 20 ml four times a day.

Recipe 15.

In half a glass of water, add 15-20 drops of tincture, use as a choleretic agent three times a day. For the treatment of skin diseases, wounds, ulcers, eczema, as well as inflammation of the oral cavity, mucous membrane of the lips and bleeding gums - knotweed prevents putrefactive processes, disinfects, anesthetizes, relieves inflammation and improves healing. It is recommended to use the infusion for rinsing the mouth, washing wounds, applying compresses. With hair loss - knotweed strengthens hair follicles, supplying them with vitamins and other useful substances. Infusion is necessary to rinse the hair daily with a course of up to 20 procedures.

Highlander bird has a diuretic, antispasmodic. anti-inflammatory, antiseptic and analgesic properties. During treatment gynecological diseases good to know that grass mountaineer bird taken orally for infertility. sporysh helps with heavy menstruation, bleeding hemorrhoids and postpartum hemorrhage. Highlander bird lowers blood pressure.

The man affectionately called this grass: grass-ant, bird buckwheat, goose, knotweed. And its scientific name is mountaineer bird. Like plantain, this grass loves to grow where a person treads paths through lawns, stitches through fields, meadows, near houses.

Knotweed collection time

When to collect knotweed? And where? It grows where people trample it. The collection time of the highlander is the beginning of flowering - the end of June, the beginning of July. It is possible later, but then the knotweed becomes stiff, it is more difficult to cut it and it gives less useful substances.

Knotweed is very nutritious, contains ascorbic acid twice as much as lemon or rosehip. Among the people, knotweed is famous for the fact that it “crushes”, “crushes” stones, with cholelithiasis And urolithiasis of the kidneys, turns them into sand and they quietly pass out with urine or bile.

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Knotweed properties

Knotweed in folk medicine was used as an astringent, hemostatic agent, with urolithiasis of the kidneys, Bladder. It is used for violations of water-salt metabolism and metabolism, for inflammation in the oral cavity and mucous membrane of the lips, for cholelithiasis, for beriberi. The medicinal properties of knotweed are also useful for inflammation of the lungs, severe bronchitis and pleurisy, for all types of gastritis, for diarrhea, for angina pectoris, radiculitis and neuralgia, for dysentery, for thrombophlebitis, for diabetes, for the treatment of long-term non-healing wounds and ulcers.

Its diuretic properties, the ability to protect and restore the inner shell urinary tract, lead to effective treatment and prevention of pyelonephritis.

Knotweed contraindications

However, these benefits mountaineer bird can turn into a disaster if it is used without knowing the contraindications. So during pregnancy, knotweed, due to an increase in the tone of the muscles of the uterus, its contractions, can cause a miscarriage or premature birth. In middle-aged and elderly people suffering from angina pectoris, in a post-infarction state, prone to thrombophlebitis, due to increased blood clotting, knotweed can contribute to thrombosis, increased angina pectoris, heart attack and stroke.

In my practice, I never use knotweed in its pure form, only in collections.

This makes it possible to use all healing power excluding side effects.

February 3, 2011

Alevtina Korzunova

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Introduction

Hello dear readers! It is pleasant to realize that my meetings with you on the pages of the books of the I Attract Health series have become a good tradition. Traditional medicine is not only collections of recipes and useful tips, this is the age-old wisdom of the people, or, one might even say, of the peoples, collected bit by bit. Preserved by many generations, repeatedly subjected to persecution, it has nevertheless come down to us in its almost original form, in order to come to our aid in difficult times.

Our distant ancestors had no one to ask for advice, on your own they had to comprehend this world, fraught with many surprises. Using observation as one of the methods of cognition environment, people made many important discoveries for themselves. So, observing animals, a person learned to identify medicinal plants. It is now known to everyone that a sick animal is looking for a healing plant, guided by the instinct of self-preservation. In those distant times, the fundamental principles of medicine were laid. It was then that most of the medicinal plants were discovered, which are successfully used to this day.

In this book, I want to tell you about one of these plants - knotweed, or knotweed. In the people it is also called goose grass, goose grass, grass-ant.

The medicinal properties of knotweed are very diverse. It is used as a hemostatic, as an anti-inflammatory, as an appetite enhancer, as a wound healing and as an anti-tuberculosis agent. For many animals and birds, both wild and domestic, knotweed is nutritious food. Its first stems can be used as greens in the preparation of various dishes.

Knotweed can be used alone or mixed with other medicinal herbs for external and internal use. Prepare healing remedy from knotweed, depending on the purpose: in the form of a decoction, infusion or liquid extract. Now it has become very popular to remember forgotten properties herbs and flowers, knotweed did not stand aside. Get to know him better, maybe he will be able to help you too.

Chapter 1

grass-ant

This grass from the very beginning of spring until late autumn grows on the streets of cities and villages, in forest glades, on the banks of small and large rivers. With the same success, it grows along roads, both carriageways and country roads. The plant is very unpretentious, and its habitat is unlimited. With all the outward tenderness and fragility, the adaptability of the familiar ant is simply unique. It survives in almost any land. On poor clay soils, it becomes almost leafless, like a tangled coil of wire, but does not die. If she got soft wet soil, then here it spreads a lush green carpet. The bushes of this grass grow especially strongly along the edges of abandoned fields, here one plant can spread over several square meters. All this happens thanks to a powerful root system, which helps the mountaineer to adapt to any soil.

Plants related to knotweed are widely distributed throughout the world and are very tenacious.

In Russia, the mountaineer is widespread everywhere. You can meet him in Siberia and the Urals, in the middle lane and in the subtropics. It grows equally in both dry and humid climate. It can equally absorb nutrients from the soil surface and from its depth. It can be described in two words: very resilient.

One old legend tells how knotweed one day was going to go to the mountains - to become a hermit, tired of everyone trampling on him. He slowly began to crawl towards the mountain river, but a wise old sorceress came across to him with bunches of magical herbs and roots. She listened to him and said: “In vain, knotweed, you climb here. In the mountains there are only rocks, but winds and frosts - you will completely disappear there. Better go to the people, to the valleys, and there you will avenge yourself. You will interfere with people, germinate everywhere. Knotweed obeyed the witch and returned to the people. But here's the bad luck, in no way can it interfere with people, no matter how much it grows everywhere. Herds graze on knotweed thickets, diseases are expelled by its grass, and blue paint (the same as indigo) can be made from its roots. So he got used to slowly knotweed living with people.

Knotweed (Poeygonum aviculare), or knotweed, is an annual herbaceous plant belonging to the buckwheat family, with thin, creeping or ascending stems reaching a length of 30 cm. The root of the plant is noticeably thicker than the branches themselves, it is taproot, almost without lateral processes. Knotweed leaves are small, oblong-lanceolate, 1.5–2 cm long and 0.4 cm wide; they are attached to the stem with short petioles. In the nodes and axils of the leaves, you can see small membranous formations that look like white bells. Knotweed flowers are inconspicuous and very small, they are green-white in color, collected 1-5 in the axils of the leaves. Perianth simple, five-membered, about half incised, cracking at fruits. There are 8 stamens in a flower. The ripened fruit looks like a ribbed black trihedron.

Knotweed begins to bloom in early June and blooms throughout the summer. The fruits finally ripen in August-September.

The chemical composition of the mountaineer is rich and varied. It is considered a natural pantry of vegetable protein (17%), biologically active substances (44 %), vegetable fiber(27%), ash compounds (8.9%), simple and complex sugars (2.5%), resins, wax, tannins.

In addition, it also found useful trace elements like calcium, phosphorus, zinc, silicon. The highlander is rich in vitamins. For example, ascorbic acid, i.e. vitamin C, is present in knotweed 3 times more than in lemons, its content reaches 400 mg%, and carotene (provitamin A) - up to 118 mg%. The juice of the plant contains resins and tannins. In addition, naphthoquinone, tocopherol, bioflavonoids, and organic acids were found in all parts of knotweed. For this reason, knotweed enjoys the well-deserved respect of many doctors and nutritionists as medicinal plant wide spectrum of action.

But this useful qualities are not limited. Due to the large number of different chemical compounds contained in it, knotweed is no less popular with veterinarians as a fodder and medicinal plant. Hay made from pure knotweed is not inferior in its qualities to legumes - alfalfa, clover, rank. But, as a rule, the grass of the highlander bird is not subject to mass harvesting, but is used in the form of feed additives.

Properties

In many countries of the world, the useful properties of the highlander have been found wide application in pharmacology. Dried grass, along with flowers, is often used to treat many diseases: in Algeria - fever, in Austria - nervous exhaustion and general loss of strength. In the countries of Europe and America, according to the traditions of traditional medicine, with the help of water infusions of the bird mountaineer, they treat high blood pressure, tuberculosis, and stop bleeding. In Chinese medicine, highlander is most often used as an antipyretic. The old Russian "Zelniki" prescribed highlander bird from consumption and bruises. The healers ordered "to soar their feet from the tumor when they trample", hence another name for the herb - trample. And if you think about it and read old books, it turns out that the modest weed has many names, almost every province has its own name. The Penza peasants called it jackdaw buckwheat, because it is close relatives with buckwheat. In Voronezh, the knotweed was called the goose, the chariot is called in the Arkhangelsk places, the chicken-eater is called in Nizhny Novgorod. Among the Stavropol people, it became a developing grass and a pig burkun. In the Tambov region, this herb is known as murukh or samurushka. But still, most often we call the highlander bird knotweed. As you can see, this name comes from the verb “to argue”, very quickly - quickly - in the spring it begins to grow, and it also multiplies quickly - each modest bush produces up to 200 seeds per year.

The list of all the medicinal properties of this well-known herb is quite large. Medicines prepared on the basis of the mountaineer have astringent properties, cause contraction of the uterine muscles, increase the rate of blood clotting, have anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antiseptic and diuretic properties, reduce bleeding of mucous membranes, moderately lower blood pressure, accelerate wound healing, increase immunity, increase the excretion of sodium and chlorine from the body, reduce the precipitation and formation of stones from mineral salts in the urinary tract. Crushed fresh grass can be applied to wounds and ulcers, as knotweed has a hemostatic and wound healing effect. Knotweed is one of the medicinal plants of the international market. Researchers believe that its main healing properties are due to the presence of flavonoids and tannins.

It is customary to prescribe a preparation from knotweed for herbal medicine in chronic diseases of the urinary tract, especially if they are accompanied by a violation of mineral metabolism in the initial period of urolithiasis and the period after the removal of stones. Indications for the use of knotweed are also inflammation of the mucous membrane of the stomach and intestines, peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum, liver disease, malaria, uterine and hemorrhoidal bleeding. It is used externally for various skin diseases, and, moreover, for the treatment of wounds, ulcers and bruises. Knotweed has been tested and studied by our scientists many years ago as one of the remedies used to treat tuberculosis. Tibetan healers usually use knotweed roots to compile potions and fees. Young stems and leaves are edible. You can use them to make salads with vegetables, eggs and butter, or season them with vegetable soups, as well as fish broths. Dry leaves are stored for the winter for the preparation of seasonings and decoctions.

Sporysh in bioenergy

The bird mountaineer has its own place in bioenergetic healing. It is believed that it belongs to the elements of the earth. According to legend, its esoteric significance lies in the fact that it helps to remove the damage caused by envious neighbors and prevents it from taking root in the body.

In addition, the mountaineer bird has directly magical, or rather, cleansing properties. Fresh or dried, it can help you fight against negative traits in your character (of course, only if you yourself want it).

To do this, in the evening, on the waning moon, go alone in the field (not just on the street, but in the field, this is important), leisurely pick a few individual blades of bird mountaineer. After that, you need to take the plucked grass in right hand, squeeze in the palm of your hand. Now you need to bring it to your mouth and whisper softly all those negative qualities that you want to get rid of (for example: irritability, arrogance, anger, intolerance, greed, etc.). Now you need to dig a hole in the ground as deep and wide as your fist and bury the plant there. Nobody should see this. You can use the grass that grows near your house. But not necessarily in the yard, it is even better if the grass grows behind the hedge. This will help you dispel the views and thoughts of ill-wishers and successfully complete what you want.

Contraindications

There are few contraindications for the highlander bird. Due to the high amount of silicic acid, this plant is not recommended for use in severe forms diseases of the kidneys and bladder.

Chapter 2

We collect, we prepare, we receive

Starting the collection of knotweed, you need to know the plant itself well, be able to distinguish it from related species, know the ecologically clean places where it is most often found.

It is necessary to harvest knotweed only in good, dry weather. Can't be stacked with plants different types. It is impossible to litter the collections with various impurities, earth, sand, etc. It is necessary to collect only those parts of the plant that are indicated as medicinal.

Biologically active substances accumulate in various parts plants. Their content varies throughout the life of the plant. It is necessary to know in which parts of the plant and in what period the concentration of these substances is maximum.

It is recommended to collect knotweed at the beginning of flowering. It is cut with a sharp knife without coarse ground parts. It is unacceptable to pull out plants with a root - this leads to a decrease in their natural reserves and, in addition, clogs the raw material.

Immediately before drying, the collected medicinal raw materials are sorted and sorted, removing impurities and damaged parts. Thick roots and rhizomes should be cut into transverse or longitudinal parts. The main task of drying is to remove moisture from plants. The faster the drying is done, the better the raw material will be. Drying of the collected plants is carried out immediately after collection. They cannot be left in bags and baskets even for several hours, and even more so at night, since fresh raw materials laid in a thick layer quickly warm up, and fermentation processes begin in it.

It is not recommended to dry knotweed in the sun, as this destroys a significant part of biologically active substances. Scatter grass to dry thin layer on newspaper, canvas or plywood. So that the raw material does not overheat, it is turned over several times a day. Drying is done in the shade, under a canopy, or in well-ventilated areas. The finished raw material should be well dried, break with a crunch, but not crumble.

Dried mountaineer requires certain storage conditions. Store medicinal raw materials in a dry, dark and cool place, away from dust and insects. Never mix various kinds plants, they should all be stored in separate packaging: paper and cloth bags, boxes, jars.

The shelf life of finished medicinal raw materials is established by the Ministry of Health. Usually it is 1-2 years for flowers and herbs, 3-5 years for bark, roots, tubers.

Before use, the collected knotweed herb is subjected to appropriate processing, a drug is prepared from it, which is convenient for use.

Can be used at home various methods cooking. In this case, the preparation of preparations with the addition of poisonous and potent plants should be avoided. For medicinal purposes, juices, powders, infusions, syrups, decoctions, tinctures and ointments are most often prepared from knotweed.

To prepare juice, fresh knotweed is crushed with a grater, meat grinder, juicer. Alcohol can be added to the resulting juice for longer storage.

The simplest dosage form of knotweed is a powder.

Required: dried leaves and grass of the highlander bird.

Cooking. Grind raw materials in a mortar or coffee grinder.

Application. The powder is used both internally and externally - for powdering ulcers and wounds. In addition, it serves as an initial product for the preparation of tinctures and ointments.

Infusions to prepare from loose parts knotweed (young leaves, flowers).

Required: 1 st. l. herbs, knotweed leaves or flowers, 1 glass of water.

Cooking. Place the raw materials in an enamel bowl, pour boiling water, bring to a boil. Boil over low heat for 10-15 minutes, then leave for 2-3 hours, then strain and add boiled water to the original volume. Store in the refrigerator for no more than 2 days.

Application.

Decoctions are prepared from dense parts of knotweed (hard stems and the whole plant).

Required: 1 st. l. knotweed herbs, 1 glass of water.

Cooking. Place the raw materials in an enamel bowl, pour boiling water, bring to a boil. Boil over low heat for 30 minutes, then cool, strain and add water to the desired volume.

Application. Take 1 tbsp. l. 3 times a day.

For external use, infusions and decoctions are prepared from a double or triple dose of medicinal raw materials, i.e., more concentrated.

Syrups are thick, sweet liquids intended for ingestion.

Required: 100 g sugar, 60 ml water, 30 ml alcohol tincture of knotweed.

Cooking. Pour sugar into water. Stirring constantly, bring to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes. Cool down. Strain. Add alcohol tincture of knotweed.

Application. Drink 1 tbsp. l. 2 times a day.

Tinctures - medications prepared on alcohol with a strength of 70% or 40%.

Required: 100 g chopped herb knotweed, 1/2 liter of alcohol.

Cooking. Pour the raw material with alcohol. Close the container tightly. Insist in a dark cool place for 7-10 days. After that, filter the infusion. The finished infusion should be transparent and have the smell and taste of fresh knotweed. Keep refrigerated.

Application. Add 10 to 30 drops per 50-100 ml of water 2-3 times a day.

Ointments are dosage forms used only for external use. They are made from knotweed powder. Unsalted pork, goose, beef fats, petroleum jelly, vegetable oils are used as the basis for the ointment. You can prepare the ointment in the following way.

Required: 1 st. l. mountaineer bird powder, 2 tbsp. l. fat base.

Cooking. Melt the ointment base in a water bath, constantly rubbing it, mix it with the powder of dry knotweed grass, then add the rest of the oil or fat to the required weight.

Application. Lubricate the affected areas of the skin.

For storage of ointments, jars with a wide mouth made of glass, porcelain, or plastic are used, with well-closing lids. Store the ointment in a dark cool place.

The importance of adherence to dosages should be emphasized herbal preparations especially when treating children. You can avoid mistakes if you remember the following rule: for each year of a child's life, 1/20 of the adult dose is required. To determine the weight of medicinal plants, it is desirable to have a pharmacy scale.

Chapter 3

Sporish in the treatment of diseases

Arthritis

Arthritis is an inflammatory disease of the joints of various origins, in which articular tissues, bone and cartilage surfaces of the joint are affected.

The causes of arthritis can be infections, trauma, immune and metabolic disorders, tumors, hereditary predisposition, chronic focal infection, or pathological changes in the bone elements of the joint (for example, osteomyelitis, tuberculous osteitis).

The clinical picture consists of characteristic features such as joint pain (arthralgia), swelling and effusion (accumulation of inflammatory fluid in the joint cavity), increased skin temperature, redness, and impaired function. Soreness on palpation usually extends to the entire surface of the joint, especially along the joint space.

In arthritis that has a subacute or chronic course, various anti-inflammatory drugs, both nonsteroidal and steroidal (hormonal), are widely used. The drugs of the last group are used mainly for local (intra-articular) therapy. With the subsidence of acute inflammatory phenomena in the joints, physiotherapeutic procedures are shown (UV radiation, electrophoresis of analgesics, amplipulse therapy, hydrocortisone phonophoresis), which help to reduce pain and residual inflammatory reactions that prevent the development of connective tissue and dysfunction of the joints.

For rubbing in the treatment of arthritis, it is advisable to use an alcohol tincture.

Required: 3 art. l. knotweed herbs, 100 ml of 70% alcohol.

Cooking. Grind the herb, pour it with alcohol, tightly close the lid and insist for 2 weeks in a dark, cool place. Strain.

Application. Rub the inflamed areas 2 times a day.

Required: 2 tbsp. l. knotweed herbs, 2 tbsp. l. lilac flowers, 200 ml medical alcohol a fortress of 76%.

Cooking. Grind the herbs, pour in alcohol, tightly close the lid and insist for 3-4 weeks. After that, filter the tincture and insist again for 7 days. After the expiration of the prescribed period, filter the tincture again. And only after that it is ready for use.

Application. Drink 2 times a day before meals.

A good effect is given by an alcohol tincture, consisting of knotweed herb, common yarrow and calendula. Attention! An overdose of yarrow can cause dizziness and skin rashes. Follow the dosage carefully.

Required: 3 art. l. dry chopped grass knotweed, 2 tbsp. l. yarrow herb, 1 tbsp. l. calendula flowers, 250 ml of medical alcohol with a strength of 76%.

Cooking. Grass pour alcohol and leave for 2 weeks. Strain.

Application. Rub the painful joints with the finished tincture.

For the treatment of polyarthritis, the ointment of the following composition will help well.

Required: 1 st. l. knotweed herbs, 1 tbsp. l. yarrow herb, 1 tbsp. l. sage leaves, 30 g of vaseline oil or vaseline.

Cooking. Grind the grass to a powder and mix with vaseline oil until a homogeneous viscous mass is obtained. Store the resulting ointment in a cool dark place.

Application. In case of pain, rub the affected area.

The anti-inflammatory effect of these drugs, coupled with the analgesic properties of yarrow and restorative property sage officinalis beneficial effect and not bad healing effect in diseases such as rheumatism, polyarthritis and sciatica.

Gastritis

Gastritis is an inflammatory or inflammatory-dystrophic change in the gastric mucosa. It can be primary (acute) and be considered as an independent disease and secondary (chronic), accompanying a number of infectious and noncommunicable diseases and intoxications.

Acute gastritis develops as a result of acute intestinal infection (food poisoning, salmonellosis, escherichiosis, etc.); when using foods that irritate the gastric mucosa ( capsicum, mustard, cinnamon, vinegar, ethyl alcohol and its surrogates), some drugs (salicylates, atofan, butadione, digitalis preparations, phenacetin, aminophylline, etc.). The cause of the disease can be an allergic reaction to foods, such as eggs, some types of fish, strawberries, citrus fruits, milk, or to drugs (antibiotics, protein hydrolysates).

In the clinical picture, the dominant symptoms are sharp cramping pains and a burning sensation in the epigastric region, bad taste in the mouth, belching, heartburn, nausea, repeated vomiting of acidic contents mixed with mucus and bile, which does not bring relief. Acute gastritis, and especially gastroenteritis of an infectious or allergic nature, occurring with repeated vomiting and diarrhea, may be accompanied by symptoms of dehydration (such as dry mouth, hiccups, increasing general weakness, often convulsive twitching of the muscles of the limbs), fever, dysfunction of the cardiovascular system. The tongue is dry, lined with a white coating, there is a pronounced soreness when palpated in the region of the upper half of the abdomen and navel. Acute gastritis can be complicated by toxic damage to the myocardium, liver and kidneys, and cardiovascular insufficiency.

At acute gastritis perform outpatient or hospital treatment. It depends on the severity of the patient's condition. The provision of medical care in most cases begins with washing the stomach with boiled water using a thick probe, which is pre-lubricated with vegetable oil. When radioactive substances enter the stomach, along with gastric lavage, adsorbents are prescribed (activated charcoal, white clay) and saline laxatives. If it is impossible to insert a probe into the stomach, a tubeless lavage is performed: the patient is given a drink a large number of(1-2 l) of water, then induce vomiting by mechanical irritation of the root of the tongue and soft palate or subcutaneous injection of apomorphine. Gastric lavage is contraindicated in sharp decline blood pressure and shock.

For pain, spazmalgon, bellalgin, analgin, anestezin or novocaine solution are prescribed orally, with a pronounced pain syndrome - atropine, fentanyl, droperidol, baralgin intramuscularly, in severe cases drugs are used.

Peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum

This is a chronic relapsing disease in which, as a result of disorders of the nervous and humoral mechanisms regulating the processes of digestion, an ulcer is formed in the stomach or duodenum (less often 2 ulcers or more).

Negative emotions, prolonged mental overstrain, pathological impulses from the affected internal organs in chronic cholecystitis, cholelithiasis and others, they are often the cause of the development of peptic ulcer. Among other factors, the violation of the production of digestive juices and enzymes is important. A certain role is played by hereditary constitutional factors (hereditary predisposition occurs among patients with peptic ulcer in 15-40% of cases).

The direct formation of an ulcer occurs as a result of a violation of the physiological balance between aggressive (this is active gastric juice, bile reflux) and protective factors (this is gastric and duodenal mucus, cellular regeneration, the normal state of local blood flow, protective action some hormones, and alkaline reaction saliva and pancreatic juice). In the formation of ulcers in the stomach, the decrease in the barrier function of the mucous membrane, the weakening of its resistance to the damaging effects of acidic gastric juice, are of the greatest importance. In the mechanism of the development of ulcers in the outlet section of the stomach and especially in the duodenum, on the contrary, the decisive factor is the increased aggressiveness of the acid factor.

Predisposing factors are eating disorders, abuse of spicy, rough, irritating food, constantly fast, hasty food, drinking strong alcoholic drinks and their surrogates, smoking.

Characterized by pain, heartburn, often vomiting of acidic gastric contents shortly after eating at the height of pain. During the period of exacerbation, the pain is daily, occurs on an empty stomach, after eating it temporarily decreases or disappears and reappears (with a stomach ulcer after 1/2 - 1 hour, duodenal ulcer - 1.5-2.5 hours). Frequent night pain. Pain is relieved by antacids, anticholinergics, thermal procedures on the epigastric region. Often peptic ulcer of the duodenum is accompanied by constipation.

Features of peptic ulcer are the nature of pain (hungry, after eating after a certain period of time, night), long course diseases with periodic exacerbations in the spring and autumn periods, the presence of hydrochloric acid in gastric juice during the study.

For the treatment of diseases of the stomach, infusions, decoctions and extracts (both water and alcohol) from knotweed are used, as well as various fees, which include knotweed.

Required: 2 tbsp. l. knotweed herbs, 2 tbsp. l. plantain leaves, 2 tbsp. l. cudweed herbs, 2 tbsp. l. centaury herbs, 1 tbsp. l. mint leaf, 1 tbsp. l. calamus rhizomes, 2 tbsp. l. cumin fruits, 2 tsp. yarrow herbs, 250 ml of water.

Cooking. 1 st. l. brew the chopped collection with boiling water, cover with a lid and leave for 12 hours, then strain the infusion.

Application. Drink 1/2 cup 4 times a day 1 hour after meals for gastritis with high acidity.

For the treatment of peptic ulcer, a decoction of knotweed inflorescences is suitable for you.

Required: 1 st. l. dry chopped herb knotweed, 200 ml of water.

Cooking. Pour boiling water over the grass, cover with a lid and leave for 15 minutes. Then strain.

Application. Drink 1/4 cup 3 times a day 20 minutes before meals.

Haemorrhoids

Hemorrhoids - an increase and ulceration of the glomerular vessels of the rectum, accompanied by bleeding, and sometimes their thrombosis and inflammation.

The disease is based on violations of the regulation of inflow and outflow of blood in the cavernous veins of the rectum, leading to stagnation of blood in them. This is facilitated sedentary image life, constipation and inflammatory or tumor processes in the rectum and other organs of the small pelvis. Prolonged overflow of the cavernous bodies causes expansion, thinning of their walls and integumentary tissues, which are easily injured with the formation of small erosions and ruptures. As a result, bleeding occurs during the act of defecation or hygienic treatment of the anus. In addition, the formation of erosions and cracks in the integumentary tissues creates conditions for their infection and the development of inflammatory processes against the background of thrombosis. hemorrhoids(acute hemorrhoids).

In uncomplicated hemorrhoids, itching, sensation foreign body, the release of drops or trickles of scarlet blood at the end of the act of defecation, anemia may develop. When complications appear strong pain, the temperature rises, swelling and hyperemia occur around the anus, difficulty in defecation, and sometimes urinary retention. The course is often long with periodic exacerbations and complications up to severe anemia and purulent inflammation, with thrombosis and necrosis of hemorrhoids.

Knotweed, as we have said, is considered a cure for many diseases, including hemorrhoids. It is known that knotweed has an effective wound healing and hemostatic effect, and also serves as a sedative. Before you self-medicate, it is recommended to consult a doctor to make sure that this or that remedy is really suitable for you. Knotweed extract baths are the most common treatment for hemorrhoids.

Before taking a steam bath, you should cleanse your intestines with a regular enema. Then warm the anus area with steam.

Required: 5 st. l. knotweed herbs, 1/2 liter of boiling water.

Cooking. Grass pour boiling water and cook over low heat for 30 minutes.

Then strain.

Application. Pour boiling water into a small bowl and add 2 cups of knotweed decoction. The duration of the procedure is 10-20 minutes.

Required: 2 tbsp. l. knotweed herbs, 1 liter of boiling water.

Cooking. Sporish pour boiling water, cover, and leave for 3 hours in a cool dark place. After that, strain the infusion.

As soon as the decoction for the steam bath is ready, it is necessary to cover the basin with some kind of lid, in which a small hole will be made to let the steam out.

Application. Sit over the steam for 30 minutes. This procedure must be systematically repeated, then the effect of the use of such a tool will be more pronounced and appear faster.

A pair of knotweed will help with its antiseptic and wound healing, as well as hemostatic effect, improve metabolism, and this will lead to an improvement in the defecation process.

Required: 300 g of alum, 2-3 cups of knotweed infusion, 3 liters of water.

Cooking. Pour alum with boiling water and add knotweed infusion there.

Application. Take a steam bath in the same way as described in the previous method. After completing the procedure, it is necessary to lubricate anus vegetable oil and take a laxative. This procedure should be done no more than 1 time per week.

Required: 2 liters of milk, 1/2 onion, 2 tbsp. l. knotweed herbs.

Cooking. In a small bowl, you need to pour milk boiled with onions and knotweed, close the liquid with a wooden lid with a hole.

Application. Sit over the basin for 20-30 minutes. This method of treatment is good for internal hemorrhoids.

Required: 3 liters of boiling water, 3 cups of knotweed decoction.

Cooking. Mix boiling water with broth and pour into a basin. Cool down to 36–38 °C.

Application. Take a sitz bath for 10-15 minutes. These manipulations should be done 2 times a day. It is also recommended to add a few drops of potassium permanganate to the water.

For successful treatment hemorrhoids, it is also recommended to use cleansing enemas with the addition of medicines. An enema will serve well prophylactic in the fight against this disease. To begin with, you should prepare a decoction based on blueberries and knotweed grass.

Required: 1 st. l. chopped herb knotweed, 1 tbsp. l. blueberries, 400 ml of water.

Cooking. Pour knotweed and blueberries with cold water and boil for 2 hours. Then cool the broth and strain, pour it into the enema container.

Application. The tip of the enema is best lubricated with vegetable oil or petroleum jelly so as not to injure the anus. This procedure is recommended to be carried out before going to bed for 2 weeks. This remedy is very effective in hemorrhoidal bleeding.

Treatment with infusions and decoctions used internally is also widely used. The method of their preparation is very simple, but one should not forget to adhere to the indicated proportions, and their failure to comply can lead to an undesirable result.

Required: 1 st. l. chopped herb knotweed, 2 cups of water.

Cooking. Grass pour boiling water. Then boil the liquid for 15-20 minutes over low heat, strain.

Application. Take orally 1 tbsp. l. 3 times a day before meals.

Required: 1 st. l. chopped knotweed grass, 2 tsp. aspen buds, 3 cups of water.

Cooking. Knotweed and aspen buds pour boiling water, cover and leave for 1 hour. Then strain.

Application. Take 1 tbsp. l. 6 times a day for a week.

Excellent therapeutic effect has a combination of nettle leaves and knotweed grass. This infusion is an excellent wound healing and antiseptic agent, which is very effective for the treatment small wounds rectum, leading subsequently to the formation of hemorrhoids.

Required: 2 tbsp. l. nettle and knotweed herbs, 1 liter of water.

Cooking. Pour boiling water over the herb, cover with a lid and insist for 2 hours. After this time, strain the infusion.

Application. Drink 1/4 cup 3 times a day before meals.

Nettle without the advice of a doctor is not recommended. Preparations from this plant can harm people with increased clotting blood, patients with hypertension and atherosclerosis. Nettle should not be used for bleeding caused by cysts, polyps and other tumors of the uterus and its appendages.

Required: 1 st. l. knotweed herbs and crushed buckthorn bark, 1 tsp. nettle leaves, 800 ml of water.

Cooking. Pour boiling water over herbs and bark, cover and leave for 10 minutes. After that, strain the broth.

Application. Take 1 glass 3 times a day before meals.

Required: 1 st. l. knotweed herbs, 2 tbsp. l. crushed viburnum bark, 3 cups of water.

Cooking. Pour knotweed and bark with cold water and boil over low heat for 30-40 minutes. Then strain the broth.

Application. Drink 1 tbsp. l. 3 times a day before meals.

Because of high content purine fruits of viburnum can damage gout and kidney disease.

Required: 1 st. l. chopped grass knotweed and yarrow, 2 cups of water.

Cooking. Grind the herbs, pour boiling water, cover and leave for 1 hour. After the allotted time, strain the infusion.

Application. Take an infusion of 1 tbsp. l. 3 times a day before meals. It will serve as an excellent hemostatic agent in the initial stages of hemorrhoids.

Required: 2 tsp chopped herb knotweed, 1 tsp. crushed dandelion root, 250 ml of water.

Cooking. Knotweed and dandelion root pour boiling water, cover and leave for 30 minutes. After that, strain the infusion.

Application. Take an infusion of 1/4 cup 3 times a day after meals.

In cases where hemorrhoidal bumps have come out, it is necessary to prepare a special ointment from knotweed grass and beets. It is important to remember that combined ointments have an even more effective effect on the affected areas and contribute to the speedy healing of wounds and ulcers.

Required: 2 tsp chopped grass knotweed, 20 g grated beets.

Cooking. Mix knotweed and beets until a homogeneous mass is formed.

Application. Apply the prepared mixture on the hemorrhoidal bumps, blot with a napkin, and then sit for 30 minutes, then rinse the mixture with warm water.

This tool is different in that it not only relieves hemorrhoidal pain, but also helps the bumps return to their proper place.

Required: 1 st. l. herb knotweed and aspen leaves, 2 tbsp. l. water.

Cooking. Grind knotweed and aspen leaves, pour a small amount of warm water (until a mushy state), and then moisten a napkin in the mixture.

Application. Attach a napkin to the hemorrhoidal bumps for 1.5 hours. If suddenly the mixture causes discomfort remove the cloth and rinse gently with warm water. Take a break for 2-3 days, and then repeat the procedure again. In the future, you should use the ointment less and less. hemorrhoids will gradually decrease, and then completely disappear. It is believed that this remedy prevents the recurrence of hemorrhoids.

Acute hepatitis can occur as a result of radiation (radiation) damage, with extensive burns of the body, severe infectious diseases, and toxicosis of pregnant women. Alcohol consumption often predisposes to the development of acute hepatitis.

In mild cases acute hepatitis proceeds almost asymptomatically, being detected only during an accidental or targeted examination (for example, at work among people in contact with hepatotropic poisons, with household group mushroom poisoning, etc.). In more severe cases (eg. toxic hepatitis) clinical symptoms of the disease develop rapidly, often in combination with signs of general intoxication and toxic damage to other organs and systems. At the height of the disease, icteric staining of the skin and mucous membranes, whitish-clay-colored stools, rich dark color (“beer-colored”) urine, and small punctate hemorrhages on the skin are characteristic. Color skin is orange or saffron. However, in mild cases, jaundice is visible only in daylight, icteric staining of the sclera and mucous membrane of the soft palate appears earlier. Frequent nosebleeds, petechiae; patients are concerned about pruritus. There is a decrease in heart rate, depressed mental state, increased irritability patients, insomnia and other signs of damage to the central nervous system.

Required: 1 tsp oregano inflorescences and knotweed leaves, 250 ml of water.

Cooking. Brew herbs with boiling water, cover with a lid and leave for 2 hours in a dark and cool place. After that, strain the infusion.

Application. Drink this infusion 3 times a day, 1/4 cup before meals. Oregano should not be used during pregnancy, as it acts abortively.

Required: 1 tsp knotweed herbs, 1 tbsp. l. plantain leaves, 300 ml of water.

Cooking. Brew herbs with boiling water, leave for 10 minutes, then strain.

Application. Drink the whole infusion within 1 hour in small sips in the morning on an empty stomach.

Required: 2 tsp yarrow leaves, 1 tsp. knotweed herbs, 300 ml of water.

Cooking.

Application. Drink infusion 4 times a day before meals for 1/4 cup.

Required: 2 tsp medicinal sage leaves, 1 tsp. knotweed herbs, 300 ml of water.

Cooking. Brew herbs with boiling water, leave for 30 minutes, then strain.

Application. Take during the day for 1 tbsp. l. every 2 hours.

Required: 2 tsp calendula inflorescences, 1 tsp. knotweed herbs, 300 ml of water.

Cooking. Brew herbs with boiling water, insist for 1 hour, then strain.

Application. Drink 4 times a day, 1/2 cup before meals.

Required: 2 tsp crushed dandelion root officinalis, 1 tsp. knotweed herbs, 350 ml of water.

Cooking. Herbs pour boiling water, insist for 8 hours. After that, strain the infusion.

Application. Drink 4 times a day before meals for 1/4 cup.

You can use the juice from its leaves instead of the root of the dandelion officinalis.

Required: 1 st. l. crushed knotweed root, 1 tsp. knotweed herbs, 350 ml of water.

Cooking. Pour water over herbs and simmer for 30 minutes. Then insist 15 minutes, after the set time, strain the mixture.

Application. Take 1 tbsp. l. 3-4 times a day 15 minutes before meals.

Required: 1 tsp common hop cones, rhizomes with roots of valerian officinalis, wormwood herb, peppermint leaves, St. John's wort herb, knotweed herb, 700 ml of water.

Cooking. Pour the crushed herbs with water and cook over low heat for 15-20 minutes. Then insist 20 minutes, strain.

Application. Take 1 glass of infusion in the morning and evening before meals. Long term use Hypericum can cause constriction blood vessels and increase blood pressure.

Required: 1 tsp hoof grass, immortelle inflorescences, knotweed leaves, 250 ml of water.

Cooking. Pour boiling water over the herbs, cover with a lid and infuse for 3 hours in a dark, cool place. Then strain.

Application. Drink 1/3 cup of infusion 3-4 times a day before meals.

Immortelle is a powerful blood-clotting agent. It should be used with caution in thrombophlebitis. unwanted long-term use with high blood pressure.

Required: 2 tbsp. l. St. John's wort, 2 tbsp. l. herbs immortelle sandy, 1 tbsp. l. knotweed herbs, 1 liter of water.

Cooking. Pour boiling water over the herbs, cover with a lid and insist in a dark, cool place for 12 hours. Then boil for 5-10 minutes and strain.

Application. Take 1/2 cup 3 times a day after meals.

Required: 1 tsp St. John's wort herb, crushed common dandelion roots, immortelle inflorescences, chamomile flowers, centaury herb, knotweed herb, 3 cups of water.

Cooking. Mix the herbs, pour boiling water, cover and leave for 20 minutes in a dark, cool place. After that, strain the infusion.

Application. Take an infusion of 1 glass in the morning and evening on an empty stomach.

Required: 2 tsp. stinging nettle leaves, rose hips, 1 tsp. knotweed herbs, crushed blue cyanosis root, golden volodushka herbs, 800 ml of water.

Cooking. Mix the herbs, put them in a thermos and pour boiling water over them, leave for 2-3 hours, then strain.

Application. Take 3-4 times a day 20 minutes before meals, 2 tbsp. l.

Treatment with this infusion is quite long, but very effective. It can last 1.5–2 years, with breaks after every 8 weeks. The break usually lasts 10 days, and then the treatment is resumed.

Required: 1 tsp warty birch leaves, common juniper fruit, knotweed herb, wormwood herb, centaury herb, common yarrow herb, 3 cups of water.

Cooking. Mix the herbs, add water and boil for 20-25 minutes, then leave for 15 minutes, strain.

Application. Take a decoction in the morning and evening for 3 tbsp. l. before eating.

Juniper berries should not be used for acute inflammation kidneys. Ingestion of berries is also contraindicated during pregnancy. In view of irritant on the kidneys, the use of infusion, decoction and tincture of birch buds and leaves as a diuretic is permissible under the supervision of a physician. Do not use for a long course.

Required: 1 tsp peppermint leaves, common agrimony herb, common yarrow herb, medicinal fumes herb, tricolor violet herb, crushed calamus rhizomes, knotweed herb, 1 liter of water.

Cooking. Pour water over herbs and boil for 20-25 minutes. After that, leave the broth for 30-40 minutes in a dark, cool place. Then strain the broth.

Application. Take in the evening 2 tbsp. l. before bedtime.

Required: 1 st. l. buckthorn bark, chicory root, medicinal dandelion root, knotweed herb, 1 liter of water.

Cooking. Mix the crushed plants, pour water, put the mixture on fire and cook for 25–30 minutes, then strain.

Application. Take a decoction in the evening for 3 tbsp. l. before bedtime.

Pyelonephritis

This is a non-specific infectious disease of the kidneys that affects the renal parenchyma, mainly connective tissue, pelvis and cups. Pyelonephritis can be unilateral and bilateral, primary and secondary, acute, chronic or recurrent.

Most often, pyelonephritis is caused by intestinal Escherichia, Enterococcus, Proteus, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus. The infection penetrates the kidney, pelvis and its calyx from the lower urinary tract along the wall of the ureter, along its lumen. Great importance in the development of pyelonephritis have stagnation of urine, impaired venous and lymphatic outflow from the kidney.

The disease begins acutely, high (up to 40 ° C) temperature, chills, heavy sweat, pain in lumbar region; on the side of the affected kidney - tension of the anterior abdominal wall, sharp pain in the costovertebral angle; general malaise, thirst, urination disorders. Joining headache, nausea, vomiting indicate a rapidly growing intoxication.

With bilateral acute pyelonephritis, there are often signs of renal failure.

In folk medicine for pyelonephritis, a decoction of the roots of knotweed and soapwort is used.

Required: 25 g of knotweed and soapwort roots, 1 liter of water.

Cooking. Pour boiling water over the crushed raw materials and cook over low heat for 30 minutes. Then cool and strain.

Application. Drink 3-4 glasses a day.

Required: 20 g of shepherd's purse grass, 25 g of highlander bird roots, 1 liter of water.

Cooking. Pour the crushed collection with boiling water and cook over low heat for 30 minutes. Then cool and strain.

Application. Drink 1/2 cup 3 times a day.

Required: 2 tbsp. l. knotweed herbs, 1 tsp cornflower petals, 1 cup boiling water.

Cooking. Pour boiling water over the collection and leave for 30 minutes.

Application. After straining, drink 1/3 or 1/2 cup 2-3 times a day.

Required: 2 tbsp. l. grass hernia naked, 3 tbsp. l. knotweed herbs, 1 liter of boiling water.

Cooking. 2 tbsp. l. Pour boiling water over the mixture, leave for 30 minutes.

Application. Drink 1/2 cup 3 times a day as a diuretic for all types of kidney disease, and especially for acute nephritis.

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Dear readers, do you know such grass as knotweed? If not, then I strongly advise you to pay attention to it. Everyone needs this herb. Why everyone? To begin with, I will briefly say that it removes metal salts, treats arthritis, arthrosis, is good for the kidneys, in gynecology, treats tuberculosis, even helps to crush small pebbles, strengthens blood vessels and solves other health problems. Today I want to tell you about the beneficial and healing properties of knotweed, where and how this herb is used and whether everyone can take it.

Grass-ant, grass-ant ... That's how affectionately and poetically in Russian fairy tales and epics they talk about one, quite an ordinary plant, which is probably familiar to each of us from childhood. Knotweed or highlander bird grows literally under our feet, the plant is the most ordinary and inconspicuous, but very useful.

This grass can be found near roads and paths, in courtyards near residential buildings, along the banks of small reservoirs, it grows everywhere and feeds on its seeds until frost. small birds. You have probably seen flocks of sparrows along the roads, which swarm in the autumn in low grass, chirping merrily, this grass is knotweed. As soon as it is not called by the people: knotweed, grass-ant, bird buckwheat, goose, trample-grass, sparrow tongues, but all this is one and the same plant called highlander bird.

I met her for the first time a very long time ago. Even when I lived on Far East. My friend brewed it in a thermos, treated gynecological diseases. This herb helped her a lot. Now I myself am finishing the course of treatment with this herb. I take it for prevention - cleansing the body so that salts do not accumulate, and it relieves inflammatory processes in the body very well, if there is something somewhere, it is good for blood vessels. The course of treatment is usually 3 weeks. Let's see what this grass looks like.

Knot grass. Photo

Knotweed (grass mountaineer). Useful and medicinal properties

Useful and healing properties of knotweed have been known for a very long time, it was used in ancient times as a hemostatic and wound healing agent. Our wise ancestors squeezed the juice from the grass, soaked the fabric with it and applied it to wounds, abscesses, ulcers, bruises, thereby avoiding complications and speeding up recovery.

Currently, the properties of this plant have been studied in more depth, which allows expanding the range of its action. Vitamins C, K, E, mineral salts, carotene, tannins, essential oils, flavonoids, resins, saponins, coumarins, various acids and much more were found in this nondescript herb.

Knotweed grass is widely used in official and traditional medicine, as well as in homeopathy, preparations based on it have the following properties:

diuretic
astringent
anti-inflammatory
antipyretic
disinfectant
hemostatic
tonic
blood-purifying
hypotensive
strengthening blood vessels

Medicinal herb knotweed (highlander). Application

The range of application of knotweed (highlander) is quite impressive, and the herb is considered low-toxic and has a minimum of contraindications, which allows it to be taken for a long time with various diseases

For diseases kidneys and bladder long-term use decoctions and infusions allows you to dissolve and remove sand and stones from the kidneys, reduce swelling, relieve the inflammatory process in cystitis. With a tendency to stone formation, knotweed is taken for prevention purposes.
At inflammatory diseases liver and gallbladder a decoction of knotweed is also used, but in this case it is necessary to consult a doctor, do an ultrasound abdominal cavity to make sure there are no large stones in gallbladder. Knotweed copes with small stones, and in the presence of large stones, any choleretic agents contraindicated.
For diseases vessels, with hemorrhoids, knotweed helps strengthen the walls of blood vessels, improve blood circulation, and normalize blood pressure.
At internal and uterine bleeding , with hemorrhoids, knotweed improves blood clotting, thereby speeding up the healing process. But we must understand that, like all herbs, knotweed is used in complex treatment, especially in severe cases, which include internal bleeding. In this case, you can not do without consulting a doctor.
The anti-inflammatory and antipyretic properties of knotweed (highlander) allow the use it for colds with fever, as well as sore throat and gum disease.
Thanks to tannins and antimicrobial properties, knotweed is used for treatment various wounds , cuts, long-term non-healing ulcers.
Knotweed is also used in the treatment of gout, it helps to remove uric acid salts from the joints, thereby reducing pain and inflammation.
Tuberculosis, arthritis, arthrosis, diseases of the stomach and intestines are also included in the list of diseases in which knotweed has therapeutic effect on the body.

How to take knotweed

They take knotweed (highlander bird) in the form of infusions, decoctions or as part of complex medicinal preparations. It is best to prepare decoctions and infusions for one day, since after a day their properties decrease.

Infusion of knotweed (highlander bird)

Preparing the infusion is very simple, you need to take a tablespoon of dry chopped grass for a glass of boiling water, leave for 30-40 minutes and take 1/4 cup 3 times a day 20 minutes before meals.

Decoction of knotweed (highlander bird)

The broth is more concentrated, to prepare it for a glass of boiling water, you need to take two tablespoons of grass, put it all in a water bath for 15-20 minutes, then cool, strain and add boiled water to a full glass. Take a decoction of 1 - 2 tablespoons before meals.

You can prepare a decoction without a steam bath, just boil the herb for 3-5 minutes on the smallest fire, then remove from heat and strain after 20 minutes.

knotweed juice

Knotweed juice is squeezed from fresh grass, which is harvested during its flowering. Juice is recommended to take 1-2 tablespoons two to three times a day before meals for hypertension, convulsions, tuberculosis, bowel disease and kidney disease.

For the treatment of wounds and other skin lesions, you can also use the juice, which is used to wash the wounds and apply dressings soaked in the juice. You can do it even easier, rinse the herb, dry it and grind it into a gruel, which is applied under a bandage to the damaged areas of the skin.

I suggest watching a video about useful and medicinal properties ah knotweed grass.

Knot grass. Treatment. Recipes

Traditional medicine uses many recipes with knotweed to treat various diseases, it is taken both separately and in combination with other plants that enhance the healing effect of knotweed. I will give you some of them, perhaps they will be useful to someone.

For kidney stones mix knotweed herb, bearberry herb and bean leaves in equal parts, 15 grams of the collection (this is about a full tablespoon) is poured with 1.5 cups of boiling water, insisted for 30 minutes, filtered and drink the resulting infusion in large portions during the day
With cystitis prepare an infusion of a tablespoon of knotweed and a glass of water and take half a glass three times a day for a week
With inflammation of the gallbladder prepare a decoction of a tablespoon of knotweed herb, keep in a water bath for 30 minutes, strain after 20 minutes and take one tablespoon 3-4 times a day
With hemorrhoids in summer, during flowering, pick fresh grass and immediately squeeze the juice out of it. Take a tablespoon twice a day
For joint diseases boil for 5 minutes in a liter of water a glass of fresh chopped herb mountaineer (knotweed), leave for at least an hour. Apply lotions from this decoction to sore joints, add it to foot baths
For uterine bleeding three teaspoons of dry grass are poured into a glass of boiling water, insisted for 40 minutes and taken 3-4 times a day, regardless of food
With anemia prepare an infusion of knotweed herb by brewing a tablespoon of dry raw materials with a glass of boiling water. After cooling, strain the infusion and mix with beetroot juice in equal proportions. Take one spoon 3 times a day before meals for a month
With tuberculosis light mix a tablespoon of chopped dry herb mountaineer and chopped licorice root, two tablespoons of this mixture pour 1/2 liter of boiling water, boil over low heat for 3-5 minutes, strain after 30 minutes and take 4-5 times a day 1/4 cup
For bronchitis, pneumonia prepare a mixture of highlander grass, coltsfoot leaves, black elder flowers, taking a teaspoon of each. Brew a glass of boiling water, insist until cool and take a tablespoon 3-4 times a day
For diseases of the stomach with increased acidity of gastric juice, prepare a mixture of herb knotweed, peppermint, large plantain, St. John's wort and calamus root. Mix everything in equal parts. Prepare an infusion from a tablespoon of the mixture and a glass of boiling water.

Knotweed. Herb collection, harvesting

Knotweed grows everywhere, but, of course, it cannot be collected in the city, you need to look for it away from city roads and railways.

It is also necessary to distinguish it from other types of highlander, which medicinal properties do not possess. It is not difficult to do this, look carefully at the photographs, in knotweed the stem begins to branch from the ground itself, the stems are divided into knees, the leaves are elliptical in shape, and small nondescript flowers are located in the axils of the leaves and have a dirty white color with a pink tint.

For medicinal purposes, knotweed is harvested at the beginning of flowering, this usually happens at the end of June - at the beginning of July, the aerial part is cut off at the base, leaving the lowest leaves, then dried with any accessible way without exposing to direct sunlight.

It is not recommended to store dried grass for more than two years, it eventually loses its healing properties. Glass jars, thick paper bags or linen and cotton bags are suitable for storage.

Where to buy knotweed grass? Price

If you do not want to harvest the herb yourself, buy it at a pharmacy. It is sold in almost every pharmacy. It is very inexpensive. We recently bought it in Yaroslavl for 30 rubles. Packing 50 grams.

Knot grass. Contraindications

As always, describing the medicinal properties of any plant, I want to warn this time that knotweed (highlander) is a potent plant and taking drugs based on it has its own contraindications.

Pregnancy is an absolute contraindication to taking the highlander bird. You can not use them for people with thrombophlebitis, varicose veins, anyone who is prone to blood clots, since taking knotweed, which increases blood clotting, can lead to an attack of angina pectoris and even to a heart attack and stroke.

Knotweed is not prescribed for those who have low blood pressure.

Despite the fact that knotweed is able to soften and remove stones from the kidneys and gallbladder, people with gallstones and kidney stones can take knotweed with caution and only after consulting a doctor so as not to aggravate the situation, as the stone can block bile ducts which poses a threat to life.

People with urinary tract stones larger than 6 mm should also not take knotweed.

Here is some information for you today useful properties knotweed and its contraindications.

And for the soul, today we will listen to an old waltz autumn dream. Many considered it to be a native work written in Russia, but its homeland is in distant foggy Albion. It was written by pianist and composer Archibald Joyce in 1908. Just such a nostalgia ... Brass band and an amazing waltz.

I wish you all good health good mood, simple joys of life and all the warmest and kindest.

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Lydmila
07 Mar 2017 at 0:19

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Alexander
07 Feb 2017 at 14:09

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Sporish is annual plant. It acquired an unusual name because its damaged shoots are restored very quickly (“spore”). Of course he has official name- highlander bird. However, people liked the first - knotweed. That's what people call him. The plant is so unpretentious that it can be found literally anywhere. Unless it grows in frosty Antarctica and the Arctic. But knotweed also has its favorite places. On a trampled path, road, river bank, even in the yard you can see it. As long as the soil is fertile. Knotweed loves to grow alone. Over the summer, it forms such a continuous and dense carpet that no other weed can get along with it.

Knotweed is a plant quite tall, 10-80 centimeters reach its branches. However, this plant is mostly creeping, growing, bending down to the ground. But its leaves are small, grayish-green. And the flowers are almost tiny, not flowers, but just flowers. They are different color: white, pinkish and even greenish. The plant blooms for a very long time. The spring sun will warm a little, as the first flowers appear. And so until late autumn, this plant pleases the eye. But the peak of flowering is July and August. It seems that literally everywhere knotweed gives us its beauty and aroma. And how the birds rejoice at this early grass, how cheerfully they gather in flocks and peck at it! Knotweed is a favorite delicacy for livestock and poultry.

Preparation and storage of knotweed

In folk medicine, only the terrestrial parts of plants are used - leaves and stems. Moreover, its upper layers are more useful - about 40 centimeters. The rest of the branches are hard and unsuitable for collection. The flowers of the plant are of particular value. It is desirable to collect them in larger quantities. Harvesting is carried out throughout the summer. Dry in dark, but well-ventilated places. The direct rays of the sun are harmful because many of the medicinal properties of knotweed are lost. It is very important to cut the plant for harvesting in dry weather and, of course, away from dusty roads. After drying, the plant is stored in gauze or cotton bags. Although it is possible in glass jars as long as there is air access. The storage room must be dry and dark.

The composition and medicinal properties of knotweed

Sporysh has long been known among the people for its medicinal properties. And today, many harvest this plant, as there is a lot of information about its beneficial properties. The plant is well studied. What are the medicinal properties of knotweed?

Knotweed has an antimicrobial property, so it is taken internally for inflammatory processes, infectious diseases, and externally as a compress for pain relief and wound healing.
Its diuretic property is known, so knotweed is an excellent remedy for kidney diseases, diseases genitourinary system It also helps in reducing swelling.
Knotweed increases blood clotting. It is often used for bleeding, especially uterine. This plant also helps to stop bleeding in wounds, even deep ones.
It is useful to use knotweed tinctures for diseases of the stomach and intestines, this is facilitated by its antibacterial property.
It has long been noticed that infusions from this plant help to cure skin diseases, cleansing it, healing various rashes and inflammation on the skin.
Relief brings the plant and patients with tuberculosis. The reason for this effect is still in the same protective and antimicrobial property.
And, finally, it should be noted that knotweed infusions have a tonic property. Therefore, it is so useful to add it to tea, especially in spring, when a person’s immunity has been significantly weakened during the long cold winter. He is very helpful. And there is even twice as much ascorbic acid in it than in lemon or rosehip.

The use of knotweed in folk medicine

A large number of medicinal properties of knotweed, long noticed by people, has led to the fact that it is actively used in folk medicine in the form of tea, infusions, decoctions.

Infusion of knotweed herb for diseases of the stomach, intestines, kidneys

It is necessary to take a glass of dry leaves, pour them with a liter hot water and insist for about two hours. Then strain and take half a glass of infusion two to three times a day before meals. Such an infusion is useful for urolithiasis, as it drives sand from the kidneys very well, for diseases of the stomach and intestines. The solution can rinse the gums, especially with inflammation. It is not recommended to store such an infusion for more than two days.

Lotions for external use

Steam the grass leaves. To do this, take 4-5 tablespoons of knotweed leaves, pour boiling water, soak for about half an hour. Prepare a compress: place the squeezed steamed leaves of grass inside gauze or other light fabric. Apply a compress to a sore spot - a wound, abrasion, bruise, inflammation, redness. The temperature should be slightly above body temperature. Such compresses will soothe the pain and have a healing effect.

Decoction for diarrhea

A decoction is prepared in combination with horsetail. It is necessary to pour boiling water over an equal amount of knotweed and horsetail - 1-2 tablespoons each, cool and drink the solution every 4 hours. It will soothe the pain in the intestines, and help with diarrhea.

Infusion as a blood cleanser

Prepare the solution as follows. Brew 3 tablespoons of herbs with a glass of boiling water, leave for 15 minutes. Apply half a cup 2-3 times a day. Such a decoction is an excellent remedy for liver diseases, enhances its work.

Knotweed infusion for infertility

To prepare the infusion, you need to take 20 grams of grass, pour a glass of boiling water, leave for 45 minutes. Then heat for about 15-20 minutes in a water bath. Squeeze the leaves, use the infusion 2 tablespoons before meals 4-5 times a day.

Tincture for obesity, nervous exhaustion, weakness

To prepare a tincture based on knotweed, you need to take 3-4 tablespoons of dry grass leaves and pour boiling water over them. 0.5 liters will be enough. Then pour into a thermos and insist it for 4 hours. Tincture can be drunk half a cup a day up to four times. Not only with obesity and nervous weakness, but also with general exhaustion of the body, it is advisable to drink it. Especially after or during prolonged illness It will restore strength, help you recover faster, strengthen the whole body.

Contraindications for use

Like any medicinal plant, knotweed should be used with caution. Do not exceed the norm, take into account that there may be an individual intolerance to the plant, up to allergic reactions. Therefore, it is necessary to start using small doses and monitor the body's reaction.

There is a certain amount of silicic acid in knotweed, which makes it unacceptable to use it in diseases of the bladder and acute form kidney disease.

It must be remembered that knotweed has a strong blood-clotting effect. Therefore, it is contraindicated in people who suffer from thrombophlebitis. Its use can aggravate the course of the disease. It is also contraindicated in heart disease.

You can not use knotweed during pregnancy, as it affects the tone of the uterus. This can cause premature birth or miscarriage.