Contents
Useful properties and application of herb Shandra vulgaris
Useful properties of shandra
Shandra – This is a beautiful perennial plant that can grow up to 60 cm. Opposite ovate leaves are located on an erect stem with a branched base. Small flowers are in whorls. Shandra blooms in the summer months. This wonderful plant is common in warm regions of the country. Shandra prefers dry and gravelly places.
Healing medicinal raw material is considered to be the aerial part of the plant, the collection of which is carried out strictly at the flowering stage. Shandra contains tannins, essential oils, bitter and resinous substances. This herb contributes to the effective secretion of sputum in serious inflammatory processes of the respiratory tract. It is indicated for whooping cough, bronchitis, liver disease, jaundice, anemia, painful menstruation, intestinal problems, and asthma. Shandra is effective for fever, skin rashes, inflammation of the lymph nodes, inflammation of the bladder, hemorrhoids.
Such a plant is able to increase appetite and have a calming effect on the human body. In addition, the bitterness contained in this plant increases the secretion of bile and the secretion of gastric juice. Essential oils have expectorant properties due to the presence of marrubin.
Application of Shandra
In folk medicine, such a plant is prescribed for arrhythmias and heart weakness. Shandra is indicated for intractable diarrhea. Healing herbal decoction is used against children’s skin rashes. To prepare it, you need 2 teaspoons of chopped herbs, which must be poured with one glass of cool water. In a dark place, the product is kept for about 4 hours. This is the daily norm.
To make an excellent cough mixture, we take 100 grams of raw materials, add 300 grams of water and cook for about 30 minutes. Then we filter the composition and mix with 500 grams of sugar. To prepare healthy herbal tea, pour 2 teaspoons of herbs into 250 ml of boiling water. We let the remedy brew for about 10 minutes, after which we filter well. It is recommended to drink this shandra tea up to 5 cups a day to increase appetite and for diseases of the gallbladder.
For the treatment of various skin rashes, healing baths with a decoction of such a wonderful plant as shandra are prescribed.
Shandra vulgaris
Shandra vulgaris is a perennial plant about 50 cm high. The tetrahedral stem of the plant is hollow inside and has a rather dense felt pubescence. On the stem are rounded leaves with a crenate-toothed edge. In the axils of the leaves, small white flowers are visible, which are represented by dense false whorls. Flowering of common shandra can be observed from June to September. The plant lives almost everywhere in Europe, is found in Central Asia, North Africa, western China and Pakistan. This species happily grows on rocky outcrops.
Contraindications to the use of shandra
To date, there are no known side effects of shandra.