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Properties and recipes for the use of saxifrage thigh
Saxifrage Thigh
This is a perennial plant belonging to the umbrella family. The height of the femur can be up to 50 cm. The saxifrage femur is a plant with straight, bare outside stems covered with fluff. The upper leaves mainly consist of three lobes. The leaves located at the bottom of the stem are pinnate, long-petiolate, but the individual leaves are serrate and resemble an egg in appearance. Stem leaves, depending on the location, vary in size: for example, if the leaves are high, then they are small, and if lower, then they are larger than the upper ones.
The plant has beautiful small white flowers that gather in an umbrella. Flowering of the femur begins in June and ends in October.
This plant has a many-headed rhizome, strongly branched. The roots are brown and wrinkled.
Would you like to see this plant? Then go to a meadow, a clearing, to the edge of a forest, to a bright forest, or just to a pasture. The hippopotamus loves light, which is why it grows in bright places. It can grow under any conditions.
Collection of saxifrage femur and its storage
Rhizomes and roots are parts of a plant that are used in traditional medicine to treat various diseases. They should be collected in the very late autumn or in the first days of spring.
Rhizomes and roots must be dug up, cleaned from the ground and washed under cold water. Next, dry the raw material. Roots and rhizomes should be stored in boxes with lids or in cardboard boxes. As for the grinding of the roots, there is one caveat: the rapid volatilization of beneficial properties and aroma. Therefore, it is best to grind the roots just before applying them.
The leaves are harvested in the period when rosettes have just begun to appear – before flowering. Seeds should be collected when they are light brown in color.
Green leaves should be dried in a warm and ventilated area. After drying, the leaves should be green in color and of such a quality that they can be easily ground into a powder. In addition to drying, the leaves can be salted.
Seeds are harvested as follows: first you need to collect umbrellas, dry them and grind them. Further, the already dried seeds must be laid out in glass jars or in porcelain containers (tightly closed) and stored in places where the sun’s rays do not fall.
The use of saxifrage femur in folk medicine
Tincture and decoctions of rhizomes together with roots are used in folk medicine in the treatment of kidney diseases, urolithiasis and bladder diseases.
Infusions and decoctions of the thigh help with coughing, hoarseness. They are used as an expectorant, anti-inflammatory, analgesic and diaphoretic (as well as a diuretic).
A decoction of the thigh is an excellent remedy for sore throat, gout and bronchitis.
The juice of the plant is a sedative for nervous disorders. Also, thigh juice is used for inflammation of the organs, bronchial asthma, ascites and whooping cough.
Thigh Recipes
A decoction of the roots of the thigh. Take 10 grams of crushed plant roots and fill them with half a liter of water. Put it all on the fire to boil. Boil for 15 minutes. Then leave the broth for 1 hour to infuse. Next, do not forget to strain the prepared broth through cheesecloth. Take half a glass of this remedy every day 4-5 times. This medicine helps with gout, gastritis or kidney stones. People also use this decoction to rinse the larynx with sore throats and ulcers on the gums.
Thigh tincture. To prepare it, you need to take 100 grams of crushed plant roots, pour half a liter of 70% alcohol. Two weeks is enough to infuse the medicine. After that, you need to strain the finished tincture. Such a remedy should be taken every day 3 times 15 drops. The tincture helps with inflammation and other diseases.
Infusion of the thigh. You need to take 500 ml of warm water and pour 15 grams of crushed raw materials (plant roots) into it. We keep in a water bath for a quarter of an hour, and then leave for four hours and then filter. This infusion should be consumed before meals for half a cup daily 3-5 times. This medicine is taken for bronchitis, tracheitis, acute respiratory infections, inflammation of the bladder and urolithiasis.
Juice of the roots of the thigh. Plant juice will help people with age spots on their faces. It is necessary to squeeze the juice from the root and soak a napkin in it, which should be used to wipe the face every day 5-6 times.
Vodka tincture. With dropsy, a tincture of the thigh on vodka is used. It is necessary to take 2 parts of the root of the thigh, 2 teaspoons of water and mix with 5 teaspoons of vodka. Take this tincture every day 4-5 times. Single dose – 30 drops of tincture.
Contraindications for the use of the thigh
It is necessary to take plants, following the exact instructions and without increasing the dose. Contact dermatitis or photodermatitis may develop from taking the plant.