Properties of the juniper
Juniper is an evergreen plant, shrub. This representative of the cypress family can grow on plots and orchards for a year or two, but for decades. Experts have studied the plant-longevity and found that juniper grows on the earth for more than fifty million years.
Juniper is known since the Biblical times, then it was used to fight the evil forces. North American Indians used this long-term plant for the treatment of skin diseases, joints and bones. Medieval residents were not firsthand in the familiar with the phenomenon called "plague." Juniper helped them to protect themselves from this disease. In ancient Greece juniper saved from snake bites, and in Rome, plant berries were added to wine as a diuretic.
In Russia, juniper was used for other purposes. Vessels were made from the bark of this plant. Milk, stored there, for a very long time remained fresh and did not spoil. Also, the Russians hung a small bush of juniper in the cottage to protect themselves from the evil eye and evil spirits.
Currently, juniper is used for medicinal purposes. It is believed that this shrub has bactericidal properties. It disinfects, strengthens and warms. Juniper secretes phytoncides that kill pathogens. It is because of this useful property of juniper tuberculosis patients often placed for treatment in places where many juniper bushes grow.
With pain in the teeth and limbs, too, it is customary to take juniper. This plant is so useful that it is used to treat the heart, constipation and cellulite.
You can do inhalations with a sore throat or runny nose with the addition of a few drops of juniper oil. To increase the efficiency and tone of the body in the water, too, add oil and take a bath. Brooms from juniper branches are good for a bath. Women can add plant oil in a skin tightening cream. Juniper improves mood and relieves stress.
In each part of the juniper is a medicinal property. So, berries help to treat kidneys, they are used as a diuretic. Berries are also good for exciting appetite and improving digestion. The roots of the juniper are useful for the stomach.
It is very important to remember that each plant has side effects. With juniper you need to be careful when you are pregnant or, for example, hypertension.
Heather properties
Heather, like juniper, is an evergreen shrub. He has beautiful pink or white flowers. In the people it is called triotsvetkoy, pobroznichnikom or sparrow buckwheat. Heather ordinary is very strong, honey aroma.
This plant excellently grows on the soil poor in mineral substances. It has long been believed that if the earth "settled" heather, then there can live and people. Heather has mysterious, magical abilities. From it, talismans and amulets are made, which bring luck and money, and women are protected from violence.
Connoisseurs of tart and bitter taste are probably familiar with honey from heather. Beekeepers collect it before winter, so the heather is compared with belated love. Honey has a reddish tint, it is very useful and fragrant, and also slowly freezes.
This perennial plant contains many useful substances for man: acids, tannins, carotene, sodium, phosphorus, calcium, starch, resin, steroids, trace elements and vitamins. Heather is an excellent soothing plant, can serve as a sleeping pill, restores the nervous system. Anti-inflammatory and antiseptic properties of heather are also known.
In diseases of the lungs (tuberculosis, bronchitis, coughing) it is useful to use heather decoctions and teas. Infusion of heather ordinary take with gastritis, kidney stones, liver and gallbladder diseases. The plant contains glycosites, which stimulate the work of the heart.
In addition, you can take a bath with a decoction of heather. They help with rheumatism, joint diseases, fractures and dislocations. Heather normalizes salt metabolism in the human body. The juice of this plant heals burns, skin and eye diseases.
To strengthen the hair can use decoction of heather leaves. Infusion of leaves and flowers of heather is used against obesity and for treatment of the prostate gland. Heather syrup improves immunity.
Now you know everything about the useful properties of the juniper and heather. But it is important to remember that before using traditional medicine, you need to consult a doctor. All plants have side effects. Heather, for example, is not recommended for use with a reduced acidity of the stomach.