The medicinal properties of astragalus impress with its breadth. Especially often it is used to strengthen a weakened organism.
Therapeutic properties and application
Astragalus is considered an elite means of folk medicine. And this is not surprising, considering that it beneficially affects the work of all organs and systems of the body and significantly slows down the aging process.
The substances that are contained in the plant have the following effects:
- Stimulate the immune system
- Help to normalize the digestive tract and prevent the appearance of putrefactive processes in the body
- Absorb harmful ultraviolet rays and protect the body from the danger of the formation of cancerous tumors
- Strengthen and clean the walls of blood vessels
- Have a bactericidal effect
- Relieve inflammation, calm nerves and fight microbes
On a note! All parts of the plant are used for the preparation of medicinal products. The roots should be excavated in late autumn, and the leaves, stems and flowers should be collected during the flowering period of the astragalus. All raw materials are dried in a crushed form in a dark dry place.
Preparations based on astragalus
We will give you several recipes that you can use at home, in order to prepare medicines for the treatment and prevention of various diseases.
The cardiovascular system
Two tablespoons of dry raw materials should be poured into a glass of boiling water and steamed in a water bath for fifteen minutes. Then the mixture should be cooled, filtered and added boiled water to get two hundred milliliters of liquid.
In hypertension and other disorders in the work of the heart, it is recommended to take two tablespoons three times a day for six weeks.
Atherosclerosis and vessels
Tincture for the treatment of these diseases is prepared on the basis of medical alcohol and dry grass. When cooking, observe a 3: 1 ratio (alcohol: grass). The medicine is insisted for several days, and then take thirty drops three times a day before meals. It is recommended to adhere to such a course: ten days of treatment and a week of interruption.
To strengthen and stop bleeding
Twenty grams of the medicinal plant should be poured into a glass of very hot water, insist, strain and drink two tablespoons three times a day.
From constipation
Ten grams of dried astragalus roots are steamed in a glass of boiling water and insisted for fifteen minutes. Then the liquid should be cooled and used as a solution for the enema. The same broth is used to strengthen immunity. It should be drunk three tablespoons twice a day for a month.
A large amount of the product can be poured into a bathtub to take soothing water procedures. Contraindications to taking a medicinal plant are quite common for traditional medicine. Abstain from such treatment should be pregnant at all times, people with hypertension and those who have an individual drug intolerance.
Remember that a miraculous folk remedy is beneficial, you need to get a consultation with a therapist beforehand, which can reveal whether you can take tinctures and broths of astragalus.