Healing properties of dandelion and plantain

Every year more and more expensive drugs appear on the shelves of pharmacies. Almost for every existing disease there are at least twenty names of medicines. We hear them every day from the TV screen and, going to the pharmacist's window, we buy those that are advertised more often. "Aspirin Oopsa" - it sounds proud, not that some kind of daisy. Therefore, there is no queue at the inconspicuous stand with medicinal herbs. Folk wisdom is not in vogue today, but in vain! After all, in Mother Nature's pantries one can find healing from many ailments, and absolutely free, if you collect her generous gifts on time.

One of these wonderful gifts is the familiar first and foremost of spring - a dandelion. A worthy son of the family of Compositae. In Russia there are more than 200 species of this amazing plant, most of them are dandelion medicinal. Its bright yellow flowers please the eye from spring to late autumn, and unique properties are at our disposal all this time. Dandelion is rightly called the "Chemical Laboratory" because its flowers and leaves contain not less than a quarter of the elements of the periodic table. Dandelion properties: salts of iron, calcium, copper, manganese, boron, titanium, nickel, phosphorus, molybdenum; some vitamins of group B, vitamins C and P. The plant also includes triterpenic alcohols and carotenoids, potassium salts, resins, various protein substances and carbohydrate inulin. Because of the high content of the latter, dandelion roots can be used as a surrogate for coffee. For this purpose, they are harvested in autumn, cut, dried, roasted and grinded like real coffee beans.

Another deserved title of a modest modest flower is the "Elixir of Life". Even our distant ancestors used dandelion as a medicine. Later it became known as an excellent dietary remedy, and also became widely used in various diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. Atherosclerosis, varicose veins, gout, gallbladder inflammation, urolithiasis, high cholesterol, skin diseases, helminthiases, eye diseases - this is far from a complete list of problems that helps to eliminate a simple dandelion. Its juice is used and as a cosmetic: a good way to get rid of irritating acne, freckles, warts, calluses.

Due to the increased content of bitter, dandelion preparations improve digestion and increase appetite, neutralize the increased acidity of gastric juice and normalize the alkaline body composition. In this tool, people who prefer food rich in animal fats are particularly in need. After all, the substances contained in the juice of the plant are necessary for the cleaning and regenerative processes that take place in our body. Dandelion juice also helps to normalize the composition of blood in various viral and infectious diseases, significantly stimulates the immune system, is used in certain thyroid diseases. He has a beneficial effect and with such a serious diagnosis, like diabetes. Of course, the juice should be used in combination with other antidiabetic drugs, but in no case instead of them!

The juice is obtained by grinding the whole plant, which is pre-soaked in cold water for 30 minutes. Take a quarter of a glass for a long time. It is better to harvest roots in the autumn (September-October) when the leaves begin to fade. Wash with water and dry in a well-ventilated area.

Attention: dandelion is an excellent adsorbent, it instantly absorbs lead and other harmful substances from exhaust gases. Therefore, it is impossible to collect plants along the roads!

Do not use its raw materials for acute inflammatory diseases of the biliary tract and very carefully with increased secretion of hydrochloric acid.

Another "green doctor" familiar to everyone since childhood is a plantain from the genus of one-and perennial grasses, as well as half-shrubs of the family of plantains. With dandelion it is related not only healing, but also dietary properties. From the leaves of the young plantain prepare useful soups, salads, vinaigrettes, side dishes for meat dishes.

This plant enjoyed a well-deserved honor even in ancient times. It was used by such outstanding personalities as Hippocrates and Galen. Avicenna widely used it as a wound-healing remedy, he applied the leaves of the plantain to the bleeding wounds so that the blood stopped faster.

Nowadays, the healing properties of plantain have not diminished. His fresh juice is still able to heal wounds, and due to the pronounced antibacterial properties of plantain is effective in fighting staphylococcus, hemolytic streptococcus and even Pseudomonas aeruginosa! The leaf extract has a calming effect and lowers high blood pressure. Infusion is an excellent expectorant for such diseases of the upper respiratory tract as bronchitis, bronchial asthma, tuberculosis, pleurisy, whooping cough, etc. This remedy will help with beriberi, because in the leaves of the plant there are a lot of vitamins C and A.

Doctors-homeopaths successfully apply preparations and properties of plantain in the treatment of a whole list of ailments: gastritis, peptic ulcer, migraine, impotence, heart rhythm disturbance, polyuria, otitis, etc.

In Mongolian, Chinese and Korean medicine, this miraculous herb, in addition to the above listed, is treated with diseases of the genitourinary system, diabetes mellitus, male and female infertility.

With the endocrine form of female infertility, gynecologists also recommend to patients a decoction of plantain seeds. This broth is completely harmless and is an excellent natural laxative.

If any of these diagnoses are in your outpatient card, but there are no contraindications (peptic ulcer with hyperacidity, hyperacid gastritis), you can use a natural medicine. To prepare the infusion, it takes 25gr of raw materials and 200 ml of boiling water, insist an hour, drain. Take 1 tbsp. spoon 3-4 times a day.

Try it, you do not lose anything, or you can get health. Here they are, the healing properties of dandelion and plantain.