You can see the purple or purple flowers of the comfrey during the whole summer. Since July, the first fruits begin to appear, which look like a pod and disintegrate into four nuts.
You can find comfrey in almost all regions of our country and other countries with a temperate climate. He prefers to grow in bushes, on wet meadows, and along the banks of water bodies. Today we will tell you what are the benefits of medicines from the comfrey and how to prepare them correctly.
Therapeutic properties and scope of application
- The plant removes inflammation, effectively fights against microbes, and also stops bleeding
- Provides astringent and enveloping action
- Tinctures of comfrey increase the tone of the whole body, relieve signs of fatigue and increase appetite
- Medications on its basis are excellent for coping with various disorders in the digestive tract: colitis, diarrhea, bleeding in the stomach or intestines.
- Apply it and to soften the skin and treat various external diseases
How to apply correctly?
Unlike other medicinal plants, funds from the comfrey are prepared mainly from its roots. Dig up and harvest them should be in the late autumn, when the plant begins to prepare for the winter. It is at this time the concentration of nutrients in it is the highest.
In rare cases, fresh comfrey leaves are also used. They are washed and applied to open wounds for their early healing.
List of recipes for folk medicine
Our ancestors noticed that the substance, which is contained in the fresh leaves of the comfrey (allantoin), perfectly helps to heal the wounds. That is why the paste from green leaves is applied not only to cuts, but even to fracture sites. If they do not impose gypsum on them, the comfrey will help the rapid fusion of bones.
Ointment is used to treat diseases of bones, joints and spine (rheumatism, arthritis and osteochondrosis). To prepare this medicine, you need to grind dry comfrey roots and mix with the melted lard, observing a proportion of 1: 4. You can store the ointment in the refrigerator in a closed container and smear it with diseased bones and joints before going to bed, wrapping them with a warm scarf or towel.
Compresses for joints
To alleviate pain and cope with joint diseases, special compresses and decoctions for baths are prepared. For this, one hundred grams of roots are boiled in a liter of boiling water for ten minutes and filter. Then the liquid can simply be poured into a bath or soak the tissue in it and applied to a sore spot.
Infusion
This is a very popular remedy, which is used for internal use in disorders of the digestive system and for the speedy disposal of colds.
Two teaspoons of roots are poured with warm boiled water (one and a half cups) and insist for eight hours. Then the water is poured into a separate bowl, and the remaining roots are refilled with a glass of steep boiling water and allowed to stand for ten minutes. After that, both liquids are mixed and taken in half a glass for one day, making it in small sips.
Since comfrey is toxic, do not abuse drugs on its basis. This can cause disruption of the central nervous system (in the worst case - paralysis).
Pregnant is categorically contraindicated this medicinal plant, and the rest should be consulted by a specialist before taking the drug.