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Medicinal properties of medicinal herbs and plants. Video
Nature gives people a variety of fruits, roots, medicinal herbs, berries. All these gifts can be used for both medicinal and prophylactic purposes. The use of medicinal herbs is becoming more and more popular every day.
Medicinal plants and herbs: video
Among the huge variety of treatments for headaches and migraines, herbal medicine has its own recipes. This is due to the fact that products of animal and plant origin are by their nature closer to the human body. They rarely cause side effects and are milder. Healing plants have a huge range of therapeutic properties. Headache, as you know, can serve not only as a symptom, but also as an alarming signal that indicates the appearance of a disease in the body.
It can be:
- infection
- cold
- hormonal disorders
- lowering blood sugar
- allergy
- hypertension
Taking a pill is the easiest way to relieve pain. However, not the safest one. That is why many people choose alternative options – infusions and decoctions of medicinal herbs.
For the use of medicinal herbs in medical practice, it is necessary to know the properties and side effects of a particular plant.
For headaches, the following types of plants are used:
- sorrel
- briar
- camomile
- sagebrush
- tansy
- primrose
- mint
- lemongrass
- lavender
- clefthoof
- kiprei
- kalgan
- ginseng
- avens
- verbena
- basil
The analgesic effect can be provided by:
- celandine great
- hellebore
- peppermint
- belladonna
- dope
- elder
- anise
- calamus
For the treatment of diseases of the nervous system are used:
- hops ordinary
- chamomile medicinal
- viburnum
- calendula
- thyme
- white cleaver
- rank meadow
- sushenitsa drowned
- spring adonis
In nature today, according to statistics, more than 500 thousand species of plants grow. There are an order of magnitude less medicinal of them. Phytotherapists believe that just at the moment they have not discovered and studied all the healing properties of plants.
Rules for the use of herbs and herbs
Since the healing and efficacy of plants depends on the composition of biologically active substances in them, then in the manufacture of a medicinal product it is necessary to take into account that many properties are easily destroyed
There are a number of general rules that will rule out this loss:
- the therapeutic effect of the collection can be reduced by the absence of 1-2 phytocomponents
- before using medicinal herbs in medical practice, carefully read the properties of each plant
- before starting treatment with medicinal herbs, be sure to consult with your doctor
- herbal medicine requires a fairly long course of treatment, in contrast to drug
- in the fees that have analgesic properties, it is useful to include plants with a high content of mineral salts and vitamins
- during the treatment period, an optimal mode of rest and work should be organized
Application of dosage forms
For the preparation of medicinal products at home, it is necessary to use fresh medicinal plants.
It can be:
- roots
- bulbs
- fruits and berries
- seeds and buds
- inflorescences and flowers
- bark
- foliage
- grass
Rhizomes and tubers should be pre-dried. Thus, they will retain most of the biologically active substances, giving up the water they contain. After drying, all parts of the plants are separately crushed and mixed.
Healing raw materials are stored in a tin or glass container
Medicines are prepared at home in different ways. You can use a herb or use only one type of herb. It all depends on the recipe chosen, which must be followed with particular precision.
The types of preparation of medicinal drugs largely depend on the chemical components of a given composition, which should be extracted from plant materials. The effectiveness and ease of use at home is also taken into account. The simplest forms that are easy to prepare from plants are gruels and powders. They can be used as semi-finished products or on their own.
Gruel is a semi-liquid dosage form that is made from fresh plants. They are passed through a juicer or meat grinder. By removing excess juice, you can get herbal gruel. The viscosity is selected individually. Medicinal gruel is used in the form of lotions, wraps, compresses and bandages, by applying it to diseased areas of the body. Often, these formulations are used to prepare pastes, ointments or herbal oils.
Powder – a dosage form that consists of carefully dried flowers, tubers, roots, leaves, herbs and other parts of the plant, ground to a certain state
For quick preparation, a manual or mechanical coffee grinder is often used. Powders are taken orally with milk or water.
They are also used to prepare more complex medicines:
- teas
- extracts
- tinctures
- infusions
- decoctions
- oils
- pastes
- ointments