Marsh cinquefoil: medicinal properties. Video

Useful substances contained in the cinquefoil:

– vitamin C; – vitamin A; – magnesium; – copper; – phosphorus; – potassium; – essential oil; – carotene; – flavonoids; – organic acids; – phenol carboxylic acids; – tannins.

Marsh cinquefoil is a plant with dark green oblong leaves and maroon flowers, a long rhizome and reddish woody curved stems resembling a saber. It grows in low-lying and swampy places, forms dense thickets along the banks of rivers and lakes.

The grass (leaves and stems of the plant) is harvested in the middle of summer at the new moon, the rhizomes are harvested at a time when there is no flowering and all the juices accumulate in the rhizome. Rhizome is a modified underground stem of a plant, many thin roots depart from it, it can be confused with a stem.

If you buy a cinquefoil rhizome at a pharmacy, you need to pay attention to the fact that there are no leaves on it. The rhizome, in contrast to the green stem, is a stiff, brown tubular shoot

Healing properties and use of cinquefoil

In the manuscripts, data on the medicinal properties of the sabelnik have been preserved since the 17th century. From some sources it is known that Peter I used ointment from saber for the treatment of pain in muscles and joints. Medicines are made from leaves, stems and rhizomes, but most of all useful substances are concentrated in the rhizome.

Fresh chopped grass is applied to wounds, ulcers, hemorrhoidal cones, various tumors, especially tumors of the glands. Tinctures and ointments are made from cinquefoil in combination with other medicinal plants and oils.

Marsh cinquefoil is known primarily as a remedy for the treatment of joints in arthrosis, arthritis, rheumatism, osteochondrosis. It is called an ambulance for bruises, dislocations and sprains.

Joints can be healed with specially prepared rubbing oil. To do this, put 120 g of chopped root in a separate container, pour 0 liters of vegetable oil and put in a dark place for 5 weeks, shaking from time to time. Then strain the oil and rub the sore joints with it.

According to medical reviews, it is known that preparations based on saber can help for the treatment of many diseases in combination. Therefore, decoctions from the roots and stems are used, as well as tinctures of the cinquefoil rhizome on alcohol. Thanks to alcohol, the valuable properties of the plant are better manifested in the tincture. Treatment with marsh cinquefoil is complemented by the use of other medicinal plants. In addition, cinquefoil is also used in ointments.

In pharmacies, ready-made ointments are sold, which contain a cinquefoil, but if you wish, you can make an ointment for joints and muscles yourself at home according to the following recipe.

You will need:

– tube of hand cream; – 1 teaspoon of red pepper tincture; – 1 teaspoon of alcoholic tincture of cinquefoil; – 1 tablespoon of honey; – 10 drops of vitamin E.

Mix all ingredients thoroughly in a separate bowl until smooth. Then close the dish with a lid and refrigerate. With this ointment, you need to rub the sore joints every day, making circular movements, until relief comes.

In folk medicine, tincture of cinquefoil roots on vodka is widely known. It is effective for flu, colds, leukemia, breast and stomach cancer, and salt deposits.

To prepare the tincture, take a crushed rhizome, fill a one-third liter jar with it and pour 0,5 liters of vodka. Then the jar is closed with a lid and placed in a dark place to infuse for 21 days at room temperature. The jar is shaken from time to time. When the tincture is ready, filter it and take 1 tablespoon 3 times a day for 3 weeks. Then, if necessary, repeat the course in a week.

The finished tincture should be brown. They drink it necessarily in a diluted form, at the rate of 1 tablespoon per 0,5 glass of water

When treating joints, it is good to simultaneously take funds containing not only saber, but also lingonberry leaves. Due to the diuretic action, the effect is enhanced

In case of gout and heel spur, it is recommended to ingest a decoction of the root of the cinquefoil. To do this, put 1 teaspoon of the crushed root in a bowl, pour a glass of boiling water and cook in a water bath for 10-15 minutes. Then filter it into a glass, add it to full and drink 1 tablespoon 3 times a day after meals.

With indigestion and pain in the stomach, as well as for raising immunity and suppressing tumor processes, an infusion of cinquefoil helps. He prepares like this. You need to put 2 tablespoons of finely chopped roots in a thermos (in other folk recipes, grass is used, that is, stems and leaves) of the plant, pour 0,5 liters of boiling water, leave for 2 hours and then strain. Take half a glass 10 times a day for 3 days, 1 hour before meals.

Sabelnik is also used to treat toothache, inflammation in the mouth, and sore throat. To do this, rinse from a decoction of the rhizome or a diluted tincture.

To get rid of periodontal disease and toothache, cinquefoil is used together with birch buds

It must be borne in mind that when treating any diseases with a cinquefoil, at first there may be an exacerbation, this should not be feared, since the plant not only heals, but also cleanses the body, normalizes metabolism and mobilizes the body’s defenses.

There are many pharmaceutical preparations based on cinquefoil, including herbal tea, which also includes green tea. It is recommended for the complex treatment of the musculoskeletal system. However, herbal tea should not be drunk with peptic ulcer disease and pregnancy, as well as with individual intolerance to the body.

There are few contraindications to the use of saber, but they are. It is not recommended to use cinquefoil preparations for bradycardia, hypotension, pregnancy and breastfeeding, for children under 14 years of age and for individual intolerance. In addition, regarding the dosage and duration of treatment with cinquefoil, it is better to consult with your doctor.