Composition and useful properties.
Healing properties of this plant are due to the content of a large amount of vitamin K and glycoside polygopiperine, which have hemostatic effect in internal bleeding. Also, the curative plant contains the flavone glycoside routine, which reduces the fragility and permeability of the vessels. However, the watery pepper contains few tannins, so it does not possess a local haemostatic effect.
Preparations based on this healing plant improve the functions of the intestine and stomach, have anti-inflammatory, soothing, astringent, analgesic, diuretic, hemostatic and wound-healing effect.
Application in non-traditional medicine.
- In folk medicine, water pepper is used for various bleeding.
- Extract of water pepper is used to enhance uterine contractions.
- Apply as a mustard for headache (mashed fresh grass is applied to the nape).
- To destroy freckles, resorption of solid tumors, removal of scars from the face, from old bruises grind the grass along with the seeds.
- The rhizome of the mountaineer pepper is a part of gastric astringents.
- To prevent flies from settling on ulcers in animals, they are greased with fresh grass juice.
Recipes of medicines from pepper water.
Pepper extract is used in folk medicine to treat bleeding from the uterus and for contraction of the uterus after childbirth . Prepare the extract as follows: from a dry powder in proportion one part of the grass and one part 70% alcohol. The resultant transparent brown-green liquid with an astringent-bitter taste is prescribed to a woman 30-40 drops, three times a day.
Water infusion, used for diarrhea to stop bleeding , is made as follows: 200 ml of hot water and 20 grams of dry grass to warm 20 minutes in a water bath. Cool to room temperature, strain and add boiling water to the desired volume. In a day, take no more than 200 ml, dividing into three parts.
Decoction of the roots of pepper water folk medicine advises with stomach ulcer, cholecystitis, cholelithiasis, duodenal ulcer, various bleeding, with urolithiasis .
1) Preparation: add finely chopped rhizomes (20 grams) to a liter of water and boil for 15 minutes, strain. Take a quarter cup, four times a day.
2) Another way to prepare the broth: pour in a bowl 300 ml of boiling water and add 1 tbsp. l. crushed roots. Covering with a lid, insist on a water bath for 30 minutes. Strain by cooling to room temperature. Take three times a day on a tablespoon.
You can also prepare an infusion of rhizomes in a thermos: pour a glass of boiling water in a thermos and cover 20 g of rhizomes. Insist 8 hours and strain. Take colitis with diarrhea on a tablespoon, four times a day. Also use this infusion for mouth and throat rinses, do syringings with whites, enemas .
Water pepper with internal bleeding is also used in combination with other medicinal plants. It is necessary to take in equal parts the roots of pepper and flax seeds. Brew like tea, for one glass of water 10 g of the mixture. Take 1 tbsp. l. every two hours.
For the treatment of chronic ulcers ("wild meat"), folk medicine recommends powder from the herb pepper, mixed with powder from the flowers of the bedrunner in a ratio of 2: 1. They fill this ulcer with ulcers until they are completely cured.
As an anti-alopecia remedy, the following infusion is prepared: a mixture of tansy flowers, birch leaves, marigold, onion husks, sea buckthorn, water pepper - in a ratio of 3: 2: 2: 2: 2: 1. In the thermos pour 0, 5 boiling water and add 3 Art. l. mixture. Infuse 2 hours and strain. Apply warm, to rub into the scalp and to rinse after washing.
For the treatment of hemorrhoids, folk medicine advises such a bath:
1 broth: add two liters of water 400 g of fresh pepper herb, cook for 15 minutes. Another 20 minutes to insist and strain.
2 broth: separately, you need to prepare another broth from finely chopped roll (400 g) and two glasses of milk. Next, you need to strain and mix the two decoctions, and the second broth should be very hot, and pour into a shallow wide basin. We must try to ensure that the hemorrhoids are outside, it is desirable to conduct the procedure after a bowel movement. After sitting in such a hot bath for 15 minutes, you must always wash yourself with warm water. Such baths need to be done for a month every day.
From hemorrhoids, you can make an ointment: take 3 tbsp. l. crushed pepper water, oak bark and linseed ordinary, and add to the heated pork lard. Insist about 12 hours. Obtain the ointment applied on a tampon of gauze and for several hours to enter the anal opening.
Another means of pepper from hemorrhoids : take 150-200 grams of fresh chopped herbs, and pour boiling water, then put on it two plates, sit down and steam for 30 minutes. To infusion is not cooled, pour hot water from time to time. Then wrap up in a blanket, drink a decoction of water pepper (100 g).
Medicinal properties of pepper have found application in the composition of antihemorrhoid candles "Anestezol".
Contraindications.
Like any other medicinal plant, along with useful properties, water pepper has a number of contraindications:
- It can not be used for nephritis, inflammation of the bladder, glomerulonephritis;
- the plant increases the tone of the uterus, and therefore can not be used during pregnancy;
- do not recommend long-term use in IHD, hypertension, with constipation due to the property of pepper water to narrow the vessels.
Be sure to know that water pepper is considered poisonous . Therefore it is very important not to violate the rules of its use, taking into account that the infusion of a fresh plant has a stronger effect than a dry one.