What is the burial ground disease, its popular name. Use of harmala on the farm

Burying ground here you can find it in almost any home: regardless of the level of education, worldview, religious beliefs, local residents buy harmala, appreciating it for its strength and medicinal properties.

To this plant in Azerbaijan They treat it with special trepidation, they tie it to the doors of the house, not a single wedding is complete without it, its smell is intoxicating and bewitching, it is present in beliefs and mythology, and carries with it a superstitious fear inherited from our ancestors. Azerbaijanis believe that the “uzerlik” (uzərlik), or burial ground, protects them from the evil eye.

The burial ground, or common harmala (lat. Peganum harmala) grows in all regions of Azerbaijan, where a hot, dry climate prevails. On Absheron, the burial ground blooms and bears fruit in July-August. Garmala grows mainly in cemeteries, feeling much calmer away from human activity.

This perennial Also called adraspan or isryk, it has many other popular names - grave grass, bibika, Syrian rue, steppe rue, dog potion.

The wonderful smell of burning seeds beckons, intoxicating and intoxicating

In Azerbaijan, a burial ground can be found in almost any house. Regardless of the level of education, worldview, or religious beliefs, local residents acquire the burial ground, recognizing its power and healing properties. The easiest way to use harmala is by fumigation.

This remedy is known in almost all countries of the Middle East. The seeds of the burial ground are thrown onto hot coals or metal. It is believed that the smoke from the plant can drive out evil spirits and protect against the evil eye. This wonderful smell of burning seeds really attracts you, intoxicating and intoxicating.

Does the burial ground really have miraculous power? What is the secret of these seeds, which usually germinate in cemeteries, along roadsides, in deserted deserts in the form of an ordinary bush?

Anyone who has been fumigated by a burial ground will never forget the unusual state that follows. The burial ground has a certain psychotropic effect, and the smell of burning seeds dilates the blood vessels of the brain, thereby helping with headaches and improving functioning circulatory system. This is his main merit.

Popularly called the evil eye or the evil eye, and scientifically called bioenergetic influence, energy actually affects primarily the functioning of the human brain. In terms of its qualities, the burial ground can be compared with juniper and incense.

Whoever jinxed us, we burn it evil eye

Azerbaijani mythology reflects many signs and rituals associated with the burial ground. To escape from the evil eye, the following ceremony is performed: some burial seeds, garlic peels and salt are thrown onto highly heated metal or burning coals.

But first, holding all these objects in your hands, you need to approach each family member, draw circles with your hand with seeds over their heads three times, after each movement, touch your right shoulder and say the sacred phrase: “Whoever jinxed us, we burn his evil eye.” .

In Azerbaijan, this plant is treated with special reverence; it is tied to the doors of the house; not a single wedding is complete without it.

Slanders may differ in form. For example, “whoever has an evil eye on ... (the person’s name is called), let him lose this eye,” “whoever has an evil eye on my house, my husband, children, took away his (her) power, stabbed his eye.”

Usually such rituals are performed by women, who are more superstitious than men. If the mistress of the house decided to protect her house from damage and the evil eye, then every corner of the house should be fumigated, uttering the phrase “I took his (her) power, stabbed my eye.”

In ancient beliefs for protection small child from the evil eye they took a thread from clothes stranger, to whom the baby was shown, and burned along with the burial ground. And if someone was suspected of putting the evil eye on children, they took a piece of his clothing and set it on fire along with the harmala, while reading out the slander.

There are very original slander. “Who planted? - Prophet. - Who collected? - Fatima. - For whom is the burial ground smoking? - For Imam Hasan, Imam Hussein. - Help us Shahmardan, remove grief and misfortune from us,” the spell says.

Human fears associated with the evil eye go back to ancient times. The Islamic religion recognizes the evil eye as a very real condition associated with people's dirty intentions and feelings of envy towards others. But, according to religion, it is impossible to escape from the evil eye with the help of amulets, burning herbs and similar means. To protect against the evil eye, you need to read the Quran's suras Al-Falak ("Dawn") and An-Nas ("People").

Harmala infusions are used for colds, syphilis, malaria, neurasthenia, epilepsy

In addition to its mystical qualities, the burial ground has many medicinal properties that are known and used in pharmacology. Medieval scientists treated acute nervous diseases, epilepsy, paralysis, poor vision. The burial ground keeps the body warm, helps with insomnia and induces sleep, enhances menstruation during delays, has an expectorant property, removes thick phlegm and gases from the intestines from the body, and thins the blood.

Harmala preparations have antispastic, hypnotic, antiemetic, anthelmintic, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antibacterial, antiprotozoal, antioxidant, antimutagenic, anticancer, diuretic and diaphoretic properties. Infusions and decoctions of the harmala herb are used internally for colds, syphilis, malaria, neurasthenia, epilepsy, and gastrointestinal diseases; in the form of rinses - for gum diseases; in the form of baths - for rheumatism, scabies and other skin diseases.

Harmaline, one of the harmala alkaloids, is a central stimulant. nervous system. The drug deoxypeganine hydrochloride is made on the basis of harmala. Prescribed to patients with lesions of the peripheral nervous system (neuritis, mono- and polyneuritis); with myasthenia gravis, hemiplegia.

For muscle pain, heat the seeds of the burial ground in vinegar and rub the body. For blockages urinary canal water tincture Cemetery with dill and chamomile give a good effect.

The seeds of the imperial plant, which contain the dye harmaline, are used to obtain organic dyes for dyeing wool and silk. Coloring properties burial ground can retard growth gray hair. In this case, rinsing the seeds with tincture helps a lot. Various decorations are made from the burial ground, often sold in souvenir shops.

The burial ground is collected by poor people

There is no industrial production or cultivation of burial ground in Azerbaijan. And usually it is not even customary to collect it because of the superstitious fear of cemeteries. The concept that nothing can be taken home from the cemetery is firmly entrenched in the consciousness of the Azerbaijani. The burial ground is usually collected by poor people who trade different herbs, walk the streets and offer goods. You can also buy harmala at bazaars. And markets and shops are usually supplied with products from Iran.

In a neighboring country, this matter has been put on the conveyor belt. In spice stores, you can buy peeled seeds of the Imperial Eagle quite inexpensively. There is even a combination product called atil-batil. Here the seeds of the burial ground are mixed with various incense. On hot metal they give off an incredibly pleasant smell.

When treating with a burial ground, you need to know several rules. If fumigation with seeds is a fairly harmless procedure, then taking some tinctures orally large quantities may have serious consequences, since the plant is considered poisonous. Even significant doses can excite the nervous system, for example, make a person irritable, or evoke long-forgotten memories from the depths of the subconscious.

For example, people who usually do not remember their dreams may suddenly have colorful dreams, or childhood fears may appear. Therefore, treatment must be started competently, knowing the exact dosage and, if possible, under the supervision of an expert or doctor.

The burial ground will help anyone recover from fears if the person is ready to get rid of them. But if you are not ready, then it is better not to touch the deep levels of our subconscious.

Family Parafoliaceae.

Common names: burial ground, wild rue, dog potion.

Parts used: grass, roots.

Botanical description. Common harmala Peganum harmala - perennial herbaceous plant 20-80 cm high, with a strong specific odor. The root is taproot, up to 3 m long and up to 10 cm thick, multi-headed, woody, bearing numerous erect, highly branched, grooved, bare stems. The leaves are irregular, triangularly dissected into pointed lobes. The flowers are pale yellow or white, sitting one at a time on short stalks. The sepals (5 of them) are often tripartite, 11-25 mm long. Petals (5 of them) 12-25 mm long. The fruit is a capsule, flattened, spherical, trilocular, tricuspid. The seeds are numerous, brownish or dark brown, angular, finely tuberculate. Blossoms and bears fruit in May - August.
Grows on saline and clayey soils, near wells, on desert pastures, rocky slopes, wastelands, near roads and rarely as a weed in crops in southern Russia, Moldova, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, in the mountains of the Central and Western Caucasus, in the Western and Eastern Mediterranean , Asia Minor, Mongolia and India.

Collection and preparation. The plant is poisonous! The grass is harvested (without rough ground parts) during budding and flowering; seeds - in the fall, after they are fully ripe; roots - early spring or late autumn.

Active ingredients. Contains significant amount alkaloids. From the sum of alkaloids, they are first isolated into pure form harmaline, harmine (banisterine), harmalol and peganine (vasitsin), and in recent years- pegamine, peganol, deoxypeganine, peganidine (in grass), etc. It has been established that of the alkaloids contained in the seeds, 50-95% are harmaline, that harmine predominates in the roots (67-74% of the total), and in In grass, the bulk is peganine (up to 78% of the total alkaloids). It was also revealed that young roots contain twice as many alkaloids as old ones, with harmine predominating. As the aerial part of the plant develops, both the amount of alkaloids and the proportion of peganine in it decreases, and the amount of harmine increases. High-quality composition alkaloids strongly depends on the place where the plant grows. In addition to alkaloids, a red coloring matter and a drying fatty oil are isolated from the seeds of the plant. The grass contains protein (24%), fatty oil (4%) and extra active substances (31%).

Pharmacological properties. Pharmacological properties. Pharmacological studies of 1% and 10% herbal infusions showed that these drugs have antistaphylococcal activity. A 1% decoction and a 0.25% solution of peganine are very strong antimicrobial effect. Garmine has a stimulating effect on the motor centers of the cerebral cortex (like camphor) and on the central nervous system, reduces blood pressure, quickens breathing, relaxes the muscles of the intestines, uterus, heart and expands peripheral vessels. The alkaloid peganine (peganine hydrochloride) acts as anticholinesterase agent, i.e. stimulates smooth muscles uterus and intestines, increases the amount of bile secreted, has a bronchospastic effect, has a negative inotropic effect on the heart and reduces the amount of blood in coronary vessels, and is also used as a laxative for constipation and intestinal atony.

Extract: harmala herb is infused in 96% alcohol (1:1) for 21 days, filtered. Take 6-12 drops 3 times a day to treat the effects of encephalitic parkinsonism, paralysis, encephalomastitis, myasthenia gravis, torsion spasms, catatonic schizophrenia and catatonic stupor.
Resin: at the beginning of growth, the harmala bush is covered with an old (with cracks or holes) cauldron to allow air to flow. The plant continues to grow and within a few weeks internal walls boiler, a layer of sticky resinous substance is formed, which is scraped off with a knife. This resin is considered the most effective means from all ailments.
Baths: 100 g of harmala herb per 10 liters of water are boiled in a closed vessel for 15-20 minutes, left for 2 hours, filtered and added to the bath (+30-40 ° C). Baths are taken for 10-15 minutes once every 2 days (course of treatment - 10 baths). Used for rheumatism and skin diseases associated with metabolic disorders.

Side effects. The use of harmala preparations requires caution. IN large doses harmine acts like a drug: it causes convulsions and hallucinations, and also reduces body temperature and causes tonic and clonic seizures with increased blood pressure, excessive salivation and respiratory problems.

Common harmala seeds - Semen Pegani harmalae

Common harmala - Peganum harmala L.

Family Zygophyllaceae

Other names:

- burial ground

- adraspan

- steppe rue

- Turkish paint

Botanical characteristics. A perennial, multi-stemmed herbaceous plant with a strong specific odor, 40-50 (70) cm high. The root is multi-headed, powerful, penetrating deeply into the soil. Stems are branched, sinuous, bare, densely leafy. The leaves are sessile, alternate, 4-5 cm long, palmately dissected into 3 usually re-dissected segments, the lobules of which are linear and fleshy. The flowers are numerous, sitting 1-3 at the tops of stems and branches. The calyx is dissected to the base into 5 linear sepals that remain with the fruit. Corolla of 5 yellowish petals. Stamens 12-15. The fruit is a dry 3-locular capsule up to 1 cm in diameter, containing up to 100 small dark brown trihedral wedge-shaped seeds.

It blooms in May-July, the fruits ripen in July-August.

It is found mainly in the form of thickets. Some large bushes have up to 150 stems with a crown diameter of 100-150 cm. Regrowth and intensive growth of the aboveground part occur in late March and April. Budding begins in April. The growing season ends in August, sometimes it continues until autumn frosts.

Spreading. Garmala is widespread in all republics Central Asia and in the south of Kazakhstan, often also grows in dry steppes in the southern regions of the European part of the country and in the Caucasus.

Habitat. This is a weed that infests pastures and heavily overgrazed pastures in the southern steppes and deserts. In lowland piedmont deserts it grows on the slopes of foothills, on sandy, sandy loam, clayey, solonetzic and saline fine-crushed soils. It rises into the mountains along fine-earth slopes and deserted river valleys. As a weed, harmala is widespread in the desert near housing and wells. It is often found in oases on old fallow lands, in rainfed areas, less often in irrigated crops of grain crops, as well as in melon fields, vineyards, and alfalfa crops.

Preparation. The above-ground part of harmala grass should be harvested in early spring (in April and the first ten days of May), during budding and the beginning of flowering, without lignified lower parts.

Seeds are harvested during ripening, when the capsules begin to open. They are cut with knives or the grass is mowed with scythes and tied into sheaves.

Security measures. The grass is harvested without damaging the roots. For normal growth and restoration of plants, the procurement of raw materials in natural thickets in the same areas should be carried out at intervals of 1-2 years.

Drying. Fast, airy-shadow. The pods and grass are dried under shelters with good ventilation or in the sun, spread on a cloth, then threshed and the seeds are separated.

External signs. According to the temporary pharmacopoeial article, the raw material of harmala vulgaris is coarsely chopped and dried herb, collected in the budding phase. The raw materials must contain a total of alkaloids of at least 1.5%; weight loss during drying is allowed no more than 12%; total ash should be no more than 18%; stems longer than 80 mm no more than 10%; pieces of last year's stems gray no more than 5%; particles passing through a sieve with a hole size of 0.315 mm, no more than 5%; organic impurities (parts of other non-poisonous plants) no more than 4%; mineral impurities (earth, sand, pebbles) no more than 2%.

Chemical composition. Harmala seeds contain 3.5-6% of the total alkaloids, 60% of which is harmaline, about 30% harmine and not large quantities harmalol, peganin (vasicin) and deoxyvasicinone. The herb contains 1.5-3% alkaloids, of which about 60% are peganine (vasicin) and vasicinone. Other alkaloids were also found in small quantities in the plant: peganidine, pegamine, deoxypeganine, deoxypeganidine, peganol. The roots contain 2.15-2.70% alkaloids. The main alkaloid of the roots is harmine; in addition, they contain vasicin and vasicinone. The seeds also contain coloring matter and 14.25% fatty oil.

Storage. Raw materials are packaged in bags with a net weight of no more than 20 kg. The shelf life of raw materials is 2 years.

Pharmacological properties. The alkaloids harmine and peganine can be used to treat parkinsonism, shaking paralysis, and the consequences of epidemic encephalitis. Influenced by harmine and peganine voluntary movements become faster and freer, they increase blood pressure, increase breathing, relax the muscles of the intestines, uterus, and heart.

In large doses, harmine causes seizures. Peganine is less toxic than harmine.

Medicines. Peganine hydrochloride, deoxypeganine hydrochloride (tablets and injection solution). Infusion.

Application. Peganine hydrochloride (Peganini hydrochloridum) was used as an anticholinesterase agent for myopathy and myosthenia, as well as a laxative for constipation and intestinal atony. of different origins. Harmaline alkaloids contained in the seeds are recommended for the treatment of the consequences of epidemic encephalitis, shaking paralysis, etc.

Currently peganin as medicinal drug are not released due to the availability of more effective and less toxic drugs.

Desoxypeganini hydrochloridum has a reversible anticholinesterase effect. Prescribed to patients with lesions of the peripheral nervous system (mononeuritis, neuritis, polyneuritis); with myasthenia gravis and myopathic conditions, with hemiplegia, hemiparesis, lesions of the anterior horns spinal cord.

Taken orally or injected under the skin. Orally administered to adults in a single dose of 0.05-0.1 g 3 times a day (daily dose 0.15-0.3 g). Children aged 12-14 years - 0.01-0.025 g per dose, up to 0.1 g per day; over 14 years old - 0.025-0.05 g per dose, daily dose 0.2 g. Single dose under the skin for adults 1-2 ml of 1% solution (0.01-0.02 g). Daily dose 0.05-0.1 g. Duration of treatment is 2-4-6 weeks.

Possible side effect and the contraindications are the same as for the use of other anticholinesterase drugs.

IN folk medicine infusion of harmala herb is used for colds and fevers. Herbal baths are taken for articular rheumatism and other joint diseases. An infusion of the harmala herb successfully treats scabies in domestic animals, in particular camels. Harmala has an insecticidal effect, known positive results the use of preparations from it in the fight against pests of agricultural plants.

It’s unlikely that you know that harmala is a favorite of Eastern healers. Unfortunately, in our country, and even in the post-Soviet space, they are very rarely used in medicinal purposes This unique plant, healing properties which are clearly expressed and gives favorable results with many serious illnesses, as, for example, with .

Information about common harmala came to us from the countries of the East, where it is used quite widely; herbalists and healers love it very much.

Botanical characteristics of common harmala

Harmala (Latin: Peganum harmala) is a medicinal perennial herbaceous plant that has many branched stems, pinnately dissected, with sharp lobes, alternate leaves; axillary flowers with a pale yellow color, fruits in the form of spherical tricuspid boxes. Harmala seeds are large and brown in color.

The height of the grass is from 40 to 60 cm. Harmala blooms for a long time - from May to July inclusive, which makes it possible to harvest medicinal raw materials for future use. It grows mainly in the countries of Central Asia, in the south of Russia, and in the North Caucasus region.

It is a pity that the common harmala is extremely underused in our country, although it can be found in whole thickets along with weeds and near households; it seems to be asking itself for people to use for medicinal purposes.

Application of common harmala

The plant contains huge assortment alkaloids. He's got enough wide range medicinal properties. Decoctions and infusions prepared on the basis of harmala have diuretic, anti-inflammatory, diaphoretic, analgesic and antiseptic effects.

Now scientists have proven that the alkaloid harmine present in the herb excites the central nervous system, affecting mainly the motor centers located in the cerebral cortex; relieves spasms and relaxes smooth muscles of all internal organs, increases breathing rate, lowers blood pressure, having the ability to dilate peripheral blood vessels.

Both harmala decoction and infusion are used for various purposes as a diaphoretic. Its diuretic property is used to treat the urinary system (nephritis, etc.).

Greatest value medicinal plant expressed in its healing effect on nerve roots for diseases such as Parkinson's disease, epileptic and nervous attacks, neurasthenia, or another nerve.

Traditional medicine recommends treating shortness of breath of various etiologies And joint use decoction of harmala seeds with flax seeds. In ancient times it was used original way treating paralyzed people by fumigating patients with harmala smoke. By the way, this treatment method has been preserved and is used today - it is being adopted in villages in Russia and the countries of Central Asia.

To do this, first dry the harmala (so that it smokes well) and set it on fire. If you scald the leaves of a plant with boiling water, you will get a steam - they use it to treat various tumors. The effectiveness of harmala decoction has been noted in inflammatory diseases oral cavity in the form of rinses.

Baths with a decoction of the aerial part of the herb help well with various rheumatism. By the way, harmala is also recognized official medicine. Pharmaceutical industry produces a drug based on this plant, called harmine hydrochloride, which is effectively prescribed for the treatment of Parkinson's disease and other shaking palsies.

Traditional medicine recipes with common harmala

Aqueous infusion of herbs. Boil 1 teaspoon of crushed dried harmala in a glass (200 ml) of boiling water for ten minutes. Let it brew for one hour, then filter. Drink one or two tablespoons. decoction after every meal.

Decoction of harmala vulgaris with blue cyanosis. Take dry rhizomes of blue cyanosis, as well as the aerial part of harmala in a 3:1 ratio. Boil a tablespoon of the mixture in one and a half cups (300 ml) of boiling water for ten minutes. After an hour, strain. Take the decoction as a sedative three times a day, 50 ml.

Treatment of rheumatism with harmala. Take dry leaves scalded with boiling water or crushed fresh plant and apply to problem joints.

Harmala decoction. Boil one tbsp for five minutes. spoon of crushed leaves of the plant in half a liter (500 ml) of boiling water, leave for sixty minutes and filter. Use the decoction as a rinse for inflammatory diseases of the oral cavity.

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Harmala (synonyms: burial ground, burial grass, splotnik, strelina, belobok, rue, yuzurlyun, yuzerlik, pigan, isirik) is a perennial herbaceous plant. poisonous plant of the Saltpeteraceae family, widely used for medicinal purposes.

Description of the plant: multiple stems, woody with age, up to 50–65 cm in height; bare, twisting, green branches; alternately sessile, palmately dissected leaves into several segments; numerous white or pale yellow flowers, placed 2-3 at the tops of mature stems and young branches, with calyxes dissected into 5 linear sepals; the corolla consists of 5 petals with 10–15 stamens.

Garmala is found in the Caucasus, in the southern regions of the European part of Russia, Western Siberia, Ukraine, Mongolia and Central Asia. Grows on sands, saline clay soils, steppes and semi-deserts. The plant often grows as a weed in vineyards, melon, alfalfa and cereal crops, on the sandy shores of lakes and rivers, and along roads.

Chemical composition

All parts of the grave grass contain many useful components. The plant contains the following biologically active substances: carotenoids, steroids, saponins, proteins, fatty oil, organic acids, a significant amount of alkaloids (beta-carbolines): harmine (banisterine), peganine (vasitsin), harmaline (harmidine), peganidine, deoxypeganine , harmane, pegamine, dipegine, peganol, vasicinone, quinaldine, deoxyvasicinone, harmalol, quinoline, etc.

Stems, leaves and flowers are rich in zinc, iron, potassium, magnesium, strontium in high concentrations, as well as trace elements such as aluminum, manganese, copper, nickel, chromium, lead.

The seeds contain up to 14.2% fatty oil and coloring matter.

Useful properties

Due to alkaloids, harmala has a muscle relaxant effect on smooth and striated muscles.

The plant contains the alkaloid harmaline in large quantities, which has a stimulating effect on the central nervous system, in particular on the motor centers of the cerebral cortex. Harmaline has abortifacient properties because it stimulates contraction of the uterine muscles. The alkaloid dilates peripheral blood vessels, thereby lowering blood pressure, calming the rhythm of the heart muscle, and relaxing muscles different organs. In middle and large dosages harmaline is toxic and can cause death.

The alkaloids harmine and peganine increase blood pressure and help relax the muscles of the heart, intestines and uterus. Garmine is less toxic than peganine, but in large doses it can cause seizures. It is also used as an antidepressant. Garmin has the ability to expand the mental ultra-fine perception of the world. According to some sources, the great Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci used harmala to develop their creative vision.

The alkaloid peganidin has pronounced bactericidal properties and antistaphylococcal activity.

Peganine relaxes the bronchial wall, therefore it is used for bronchial asthma.

Some alkaloids are effective in combating cocaine and heroin addiction.

Some harmala-based products have a calming, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, diuretic, and diaphoretic effect.

Indications for use

Harmala and preparations from it are not included in the Russian Pharmacopoeia; the medicinal properties of the plant are under study.

In African and Asian countries, as well as in some European countries, harmala raw materials are used to treat diseases of the peripheral nervous system (neuritis, mononeuritis and polyneuritis). From the alkaloids of the quinazoline group contained in the plant, deoxypeganine hydrochloride is obtained - a substance with a reversible anticholinesterase effect, increasing the tone of smooth muscles and restoring neuromuscular conduction. This remedy is used for hemiplegia, myopathic conditions, myasthenia gravis, myopathy, damage to the anterior horns of the spinal cord, hemiparesis, and also as a laxative for intestinal atony of various origins and chronic constipation.

The alkaloids harmine and peganine are effective in some diseases of the central nervous system, such as Parkinson's disease, shaking palsy, consequences of epidemic brain inflammation.

Harmala alkaloids are able to resist cocaine and heroin addiction. In some clinics, the burial ground is used as part of the treatment of alcohol and nicotine addiction.

Plant-based products have analgesic, sedative, diuretic, diaphoretic and anti-inflammatory effects.

In folk medicine in Asian countries, roots, young stems, leaves and flowers are used. Decoctions and infusions are used for diseases gastrointestinal tract, measles, malaria, fever, colds, for rinsing - for diseases of the gums and throat.

In Uzbekistan, grave grass is used as disinfectant during flu epidemics by fumigating the room with smoke. The leaves are brewed for depression and neurasthenia, periodontal disease and kidney disease.

In Afghanistan, paralysis is treated with smoke from the raw materials of the plant, and poultices and compresses for tumors are made from the leaves.

The seeds of the burial ground have antiseptic property. In India they are set on fire and the wounds are fumigated with smoke.

A decoction of the seeds is effective for bronchial asthma. It is also drunk as a diaphoretic and diuretic, and used to treat helminthiases and diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.

In the Caucasus fresh juice harmalas are used to treat cataracts on initial stage. Pounded herb mixed with fennel juice, honey, wine and chicken bile is recommended for weak eyesight.

A strong decoction of the herb has tranquilizer properties.

Baths with the addition of harmala decoction relieve inflammation and pain from rheumatism, and are effective against scabies, dermatitis and other skin diseases.

Contraindications

• hyperkinesis associated with overexcitation of the motor centers of the cerebral cortex;
• pregnancy;
• breastfeeding period;
• increased sensitivity.

Harmala is a poisonous plant! The use of drugs based on it requires special caution and strict adherence to dosage regimens recommended by the doctor.

If treatment regimens are not followed, the herb can cause hallucinations, drowsiness, tachycardia, convulsions, depression, and a decrease in body temperature. At long-term treatment burial grounds may increase urine output, difficulty breathing, and disrupt the functionality of the gastrointestinal tract.

If the dose is significantly exceeded, convulsions, tremors, and paralysis of the musculoskeletal system may occur, which can lead to death.

Home remedies from harmala

• infusion used for colds, rheumatism, myasthenia gravis, myopathy, syphilis: 1 tbsp. l. dry herbs, pour 1 cup of boiling water, leave for 1 hour and strain. Take: for colds – 20 minutes before meals, 1 tbsp. l. 2–3 times a day; for myasthenia gravis, myopathy and rheumatism - 10–50 ml 3 times a day, regardless of food, starting treatment with minimum dose(1–2 tbsp.); for syphilis – 2–5 tbsp. l. 2–3 times a day, also starting treatment with a minimum dose;
• decoction for the treatment of gum diseases: 1 tsp. crushed dry herb, pour 1 cup of boiling water, leave in a steam bath in a sealed container for 30 minutes, let sit a little and strain. Rinse your mouth with this product;
• extract used for myasthenia gravis, torsion dystonia, consequences of epidemic encephalitis, catatonic schizophrenia: pour the dried raw material with 96% alcohol in a 1:1 ratio, leave for 3 weeks and strain. Take 6–12 drops 3 times a day;
• a remedy for the treatment of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, choleretic and anthelmintic: Take 10 seeds per day with water. The effect occurs after 3-4 days;
• a decoction used for rheumatism, shortness of breath and asthma, as well as a sedative, diaphoretic, diuretic and choleretic agent: mix harmala seeds with flax seeds in a ratio of 1:3, 1 tsp. pour a glass of boiling water over the mixture, cover with a lid and leave in a steam bath for 30 minutes, cool slightly and strain. Take 1 tbsp. l. 30 minutes before meals 3-4 times a day;
• baths for the treatment of rheumatism, scabies and skin diseases due to metabolic disorders: pour 100 g of herb into 5 liters of boiling water, cover with a lid, boil for 15-20 minutes, then leave for 2 hours, strain and pour into a bath (water temperature 35–40 ° C). Take baths for 10–15 minutes every 2 days. The course of treatment is 10 baths.