Leuzea: useful properties and contraindications, application

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What is Leuzea

It is a perennial herb of the Astrov family. Leuzea safflower has other names:

  • Maral root;
  • Maralova grass;
  • Raponticum safflower;
  • Bolshegolovnik saflorovidny.

Deer-marals are treated with the roots of this plant, therefore one of the names is “maral root”. This plant is characterized by tall, thick stems. At the very top of the herbaceous representative of the flora, there is a kind of large formation in the form of a flower basket.

The leaves of the plant are also large. As for the flowers, they have a purple hue and form round inflorescences. It blooms in early June, and the fruits ripen in a month.

In nature, Leuzea can be found in Siberia, the Sayan Mountains and Altai. These are, as a rule, places not touched by human activity – high-mountain valleys and forest edges. Leuzea is similar to her relative – the milk thistle. It is easy to confuse them. Compare photos.

Leuzea: useful properties and contraindications, application

Leuzea on the left, milk thistle on the right

Maral root: medicinal properties and contraindications

Several decades ago, the plant has established itself as an effective drug. It has general tonic and adaptogenic properties. Maral root is able to “put on his feet” a person. Heals 14 ailments.

The maral root infusion allows you to return youth, strength that was lost as a result of an illness, injury, and various kinds of exhaustion. Besides:

  • normalizes the process of physical and mental recovery;
  • improves performance;
  • relieves irritability;
  • normalizes hormones in women and men;
  • accelerates the processes of fat burning and the synthesis of protein fibers;
  • cleanses the body of toxins.

The plant allows you to restore mental and physical strength, make a person immune to irritants of the nervous system. Equally important, maral root is an excellent remedy for headaches.

Despite the fact that leuzea was most often used as a component of traditional medicines, not so long ago, practitioners also appreciated its effective effect. It was found that it includes:

  • essential oils;
  • inulin;
  • alkaloids and flavonoids;
  • vitamins C and A;
  • tannins;
  • phosphorus salts;
  • resins;
  • arsenic;
  • calcium oxalate.

In addition, one cannot fail to note the content of various acids, ranging from succinic and ending with its tartaric varieties. Such a unique combination of substances makes the maral root similar in its spectrum of action to the golden root, Chinese magnolia vine and ginseng.

The correct application of the decoction of the plant eliminates the feeling of lethargy, poor appetite, and also helps in the treatment of hypotension.

Противопоказания

Higher doses can cause nausea, dizziness, and diarrhea. Consultation of a specialist is required. For example, the pharmacy extract of Leuzea is contraindicated for:

  • chronic kidney and liver diseases;
  • hypertension and arterial hypertension;
  • pregnancy and lactation period;
  • chronic alcoholism;
  • epilepsy;
  • during the period of infectious diseases;
  • increased nervous irritability;
  • children up to 12 years.

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3 Comments

  1. buona esposizione . fino a che età si può assumere senza conseguenze?

  2. buongiorno, volevo sapere se la leuzea la possono prendere anche i cardiopatici

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