White acacia flowers: useful properties

White acacia belongs to the legume family. This is an ornamental tree that grows up to 25 meters in height, and the trunk can reach 1 meter in thickness. The white acacia has a spreading crown, the leaves are ovoid-oblong green with a silvery tinge, the branches are covered with thorns. Flowers are drooping brushes. Acacia blooms in May-June.

The chemical composition of acacia flowers includes essential oils and glycosides, the wood and bark of young trees contain tannin, fatty oils, stigmasterol, phytosterol, and the leaves contain glycosides and flavonoids. Pectin is also found in various parts of this medicinal tree.

As a medicinal raw material in folk medicine, the bark of young branches and still unblown flowers of white acacia are used. The bark must be harvested in the fall and the flowers in the spring. Tincture of acacia flowers has anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and expectorant properties. The bark is recommended for use in case of indigestion and high acidity.

In case of poisoning with preparations from white acacia, increasing excitement is noted

But be sure to keep in mind that the use of large doses of infusions and decoctions of white acacia is harmful. This tree can not only heal, but also become a real poison. Toxalbumin robin contained in the bark of acacia can irritate the mucous membranes.

White acacia is a folk medicine for nourishing trees. It helps to improve well-being, increase immunity. White acacia is considered a female tree, it gives energy, gives courage to the representatives of the beautiful half of humanity.

White acacia honey is curative. It is transparent and has a strong aroma, it is almost completely absorbed by the body and, entering the blood, produces energy. Acacia honey is a powerful diaphoretic as well as a good sedative. It fills the body with vitamins and helps to cope with infectious diseases.

In winter, flowers, bark of young shoots and acacia leaves are harvested. During the flowering period, it is recommended to collect half-blooming flowers. They are dried at temperatures above 45 ° C in well-ventilated rooms. Leaves can be harvested at any time of growth, and the bark is preferable to harvest in the fall.

To prepare a tincture that helps with gastritis with high acidity, you will need:

• 1 XNUMX/XNUMX teaspoon acacia bark
• 2 cup of boiling water

Grind acacia bark, take one and a half tablespoons and pour 2 cups of boiling water over them. Let it brew for 2 hours.

Take a tablespoon 3-4 times a day

With the flu, you can use the following infusion:

• 2 tablespoons dried white acacia flowers
• 2 tablespoons black elderberry
• 3 cup of boiling water

Mix in equal parts dried white acacia flowers with black elderberry. Take 4 tablespoons of the mixture and pour 3 cups of boiling water over them. Wrap it up well and leave for an hour. Then strain through a gauze filter and drink a few sips a day.

The following recipe for traditional medicine will cure whooping cough:

• 1 teaspoon of acacia flowers
• 1 glass of milk
• 1 teaspoon of honey

Pour a teaspoon of dried acacia flowers into a white glass of hot milk. Stir well, put on low heat and keep for 5-10 minutes. Then add a teaspoon of honey, stir. Drink as tea before meals.

As an antipyretic agent, you can prepare a vodka infusion

For him you need to take:

• 2 teaspoons dried acacia flowers
• ½ glass of vodka

Fill dry white acacia flowers with vodka. Cork the dishes well and leave for a week. Then strain and take 20 drops of the prepared infusion, diluted with water.

A flower infusion will help cure cystitis, for which you will need:

• 1 teaspoon of acacia flowers
• 1 cup of boiling water

Pour the required amount of dried acacia flowers with a white glass of boiling water. Cover the dishes with a lid and leave for half an hour. Take the tincture 3 times a day, 1 tablespoon.

From the flowers of acacia, you can prepare infusions for external use.

They are effective in treating gout, arthritis, thrombophlebitis, arthrosis and heel spurs

The following remedy will help to cope with arthritis, arthrosis, gout and thrombophlebitis:

• 30-40 grams of white acacia flowers
• 1 glass of vodka

This medicine is very good at resolving swollen varicose veins.

This infusion is very effective for a heel spur:

• 1 tablespoon acacia flowers
• 3 tablespoons of water

Pour white acacia flowers with hot water in a 1: 3 ratio. Insist for an hour and lubricate the spurs with the resulting liquid.

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