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😉 Greetings to regular readers and visitors of the site! In the article “Medicine underfoot – wheatgrass grass: medicinal properties, application” – about a well-known herb, its benefits and contraindications.
My cat Timofey loves to eat grass. He eats it all year round: in spring and summer I get “green fodder” in the lawn near my house or in the Seaside Park, which is nearby. In winter, I grow grass for a cat on the windowsill or buy it at a pet store.
I did not know what the name of this weed was until I saw the photo on the Internet. It turned out to be wheatgrass. I wanted to know more about this plant and why my pet is not indifferent to it. Grass also helps cats to remove from the body the remnants of hair that gets during licking.
This is what I learned, and now I am sharing with you, dear readers.
What is wheatgrass
It is a well-known weed, a perennial herb from the Cereals family. It has about a hundred species. Other names: villager, dog grass, root-grass, wolf’s tooth. Here we will consider a more common species – creeping wheatgrass. It is found everywhere except in dark forests and hot deserts.
Resident – enemy number 1 among farmers and summer residents. Its creeping and long roots are very difficult to get rid of. And because of its incredible vitality, the weed is called a resident. It can be found in vacant lots, vegetable gardens, parks, gardens, plains, mountains, flood meadows and saline soils.
Wheatgrass: beneficial properties
The leaves of the plant are useful food for many herbivores, and the rhizome is a medicine for people. The rhizome contains:
- vitamins A, C;
- essential oil;
- phenolic compounds;
- fructose;
- Apple acid;
- mannitol;
- avenin;
- mucus;
- tricetin;
- tannin;
- inulin;
- saponin.
The main value of wheatgrass is that it cleanses the body of radiation. It is known that the tannin present in green tea “expels” strontium from the body. But in wheatgrass, it is not less!
Chasing Chinese tea, we forget about the healthy plant under our feet. If you roast the wheatgrass root and then grind it, you get a good surrogate coffee.
Application in folk medicine
- cold treatment (fresh leaf juice);
- for colds and fever (diaphoretic);
- to improve vision;
- with poor appetite;
- with hypertension;
- constipation and colitis;
- with liver disease, gallbladder,
- diabetes;
- from loss of strength;
- joint diseases;
- with arthrosis and osteochondrosis;
- with metabolic disorders;
- blood purification;
- removal of toxins from the body;
- as a diuretic;
- expectorant;
- mild laxative;
- anti-inflammatory, enveloping;
- with anemia;
- with skin diseases and acne;
- diseases of the intestines, stomach;
- with rheumatism and gout.
Application in medicine
- from diseases of the liver and gallbladder;
- with gastritis;
- treatment of cough, bronchitis, tuberculosis;
- helps with cystitis, nephritis and urolithiasis;
- effective for dropsy and edema.
Wheatgrass: contraindications
With frequent use of decoctions from this plant, pain in the kidneys may occur. Wheatgrass preparations should not be taken in case of allergic reactions and individual intolerance.
Preparation of medicinal raw materials
The rhizome of the plant serves as a medicinal raw material. The roots are harvested in early spring or late autumn. The root is dug up, cleaned of the earth, and small shoots are cut off. Washed in cold running water.
Then they are cut into bars 5-10 centimeters long and dried in the open air in dry weather. The dried roots are stored in a paper bag. Shelf life is no more than two years.
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