Mediterranean countries are the birthplace of hyssop. It grows widely both in the steppe and forest-steppe zones of the European part of Russia, as well as in the Crimea, Central Asia, the Altai, and the Caucasus. It grows on stony places in the wild. Cultivated as an ornamental and medicinal plant in gardens and gardens. Hyssop is a honeycomb, moreover honey of this plant is among the best varieties.
The medicinal properties of hyssop became known in the time of Hippocrates, who mentioned it in his works (approximately 460 - 377 BC). Hyssop also used such famous doctors as Avicenna (approximately 980 - 1037), Dioscorides (about 40 - 90 years), and many other doctors who were no less famous.
Avicenna in the "Canon of Medical Science" described hyssop as a "hot" disintegrating and diluting agent. It is recommended to use hyssop for liquefying milk in nursing mothers, with constipation, with asthma, inflammation of the respiratory system, pleurisy. And it is also effective for "blockages" in the lungs in the elderly part of the population, with liver diseases, for the expulsion of pathogenic "matters" from the head, in particular with epilepsy and memory loss, with gynecological diseases, including those leading to infertility, with diseases of the bladder , as an analgesic, with chicken blindness, in dentistry. Feel the hyssop's hot nature, it will not be any effort, it is enough to chew the leaves of hyssop and you will feel the heat in your mouth.
In France, the Cartesian monks created an "elixir of longevity", based on many medicinal herbs and alcohol. And this elixir, thanks to its medicinal properties, was a huge success. But on this the holy brothers did not stop, but continued to improve it, and in 1764 appeared "Green Chartreuse" - the famous liqueur. The three fathers of the abbot of the monastery still keep secret the recipe for herbal infusion, but it is known for certain that hyssop entered the main herbs used in the preparation of the infusion.
Obtain essential oil of hyssop possibly from the aerial part of the plant during flowering (in inflorescences contains 0, 9-1, 98 percent, leaves contain 0, 6-1, 15 percent). To get one kilogram of hyssop essential oil you need to surpass 200 kg of raw material with water vapor.
Hyssop essential oil contains borneol, geraniol, pinocomfen, thujone, camphene, ospinene, fullandron, P-pinene, tannins, cineole, oleanolic acid, sesquiter-foam, ursulic acid. In addition, flowers contain flavonoid diosmin, isospin, which is split into isospin glycogen, rhamnose and glucose.
Infusions of herb hyssop in Russian folk medicine recommend to people suffering from vitiligo with concomitant lung diseases - tracheitis, bronchial asthma, laryngitis candidiasis and purulent nature, bronchitis.
Apply infusion and as a wound-healing agent, as an antihelminthic agent, with gastrointestinal diseases, as a mild stimulant.
Infusions will also be effective for constipation, dyspepsia, anemia. In addition, hyssop has emollient properties, is part of the breastfeeding: if you use it inside, improve your appetite and stimulate the digestive process. On this, its healing properties do not end - hyssop strengthens menstruation, excites the function of the medulla oblongata, improves digestion. And that's not all, hyssop essential oil has antiseptic properties, due to which it is effectively used in the treatment of tuberculosis, influenza, bronchitis.
Hyssop herb is widely used in domestic medicine as a slightly exciting agent. In the form of a decoction advised to use with poor digestion, with pain in the chest, with rheumatism, with bronchial asthma, with a boat of the upper respiratory tract. External application - for rinsing the throat and for rinsing the eyes.
With pains in the chest and cough, a decoction of herb hyssop is cooked along with the wine berries, and take one teaspoonful.
To make liqueur "Chartreuse", the liqueur production uses hyssop herb. In addition, the hyssop herb has won a place in the spicery raw material for the production of fish products. In cooking, hyssop also found its use - inflorescences and fresh dry leaves are used as a spicy seasoning.
His place hyssop found in cosmetic preparations.
Essential oil of hyssop can raise your mood, sharpen your attention, and it also invigorates. It has a tonic and mild sedative properties, which is why it is used for the depletion of the nervous system, which can be caused by depression or fatigue. The use of hyssop oil is shown for allergic diseases, low blood pressure, bronchial asthma.
Sphere of application of essential oil of hyssop
In aromatic lamps, four to six drops are used.
Rinse with essential oil of hyssop - ten drops of hyssop oil mix well with 20 ml of sunflower oil. It is used for severe colds and bronchitis. It goes well with eucalyptus and thyme.
Hot inhalation used 2 drops.
Baths - from five to ten drops of essential oil, the procedure will take 5-7 minutes. It is used for stress, depression and nervous exhaustion.
Aromatic water of hyssop is used in the treatment of gynecological diseases.
In addition, aromatic water can be used as a skin care product for the body, oral cavity, nasal mucosa, rectum
Indications for external use - acne, warts, wet eczema, whitecaps, bruises, wounds, bruises.