2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
This seemingly inconspicuous plant with spiny balls clinging to everything turns out to be a real treasure. Although many do not even notice it. Well, at most, use its wide leaves as a covering material for seedlings, so that the latter does not die from the heat in the sun
In fact, this plant is ignored in vain, and is strenuously destroyed in their backyard plots, considering it a malicious weed. If this plant is used wisely, then it can bring many benefits.
Which part of the plant is used?
For medicinal purposes, burdock can be used entirely: roots, leaves and, in fact, the burdocks themselves - the thorny seeds of burdock.
When is the right time to collect raw materials?
Let's start with the leaves. They can be harvested at any time throughout the summer and even in early autumn, that is, from June to September inclusive. The age of the plant in this particular case is not important, we collect it both from a young bush and from a plant of the second year of life.
But the roots are a little more complicated. They can only be collected from a one-year-old plant in the fall, before frost. It was at this time that the roots of the burdock contain the most nutrients, because it was preparing for winter. If for some reason you did not have time to prepare the roots in the fall, then you can collect them in the spring, from March to May. At this time, the roots are soft, juicy and fleshy. Then the plant begins to actively use the supply of nutrients, the root becomes porous, tough, and is not suitable for use in either medicinal or cosmetic products.
By the way, it is not difficult to determine the age of a plant: burdock blooms only in the second year of life. This means that if a plant does not have flowers and seeds, then its root can be safely dug out.
Burdock seeds, small thorny balls, are harvested as they ripen, in the fall, from September to November.
Burdock leaf juice is harvested in late spring and early summer. Canned with alcohol in a proportion of 1 liter of juice - 200 grams of alcohol.
The shelf life of properly prepared raw materials is short, for leaves it is 1 year, for roots and seeds a little more - up to 3 years. Freshly squeezed juice can be kept in the refrigerator for 2-3 days, no more, so it can be preserved with alcohol, this extends the shelf life and use for about 1 year.
How to prepare raw materials?
We wash the leaves and lay them out on paper in a well-ventilated room or under a canopy, always in the shade, you cannot dry in the sun!
The roots are dug out of the soil, washed well from the earth and dirt, then the aerial part is removed (you can do the opposite - first remove the aerial part, then rinse thoroughly). Then cut into pieces 10-15 centimeters long and dry well in a ventilated place.
The seeds are harvested already ripe, dry.
What does burdock help from? Methods for the preparation of medicines
The list of diseases in which burdock helps is almost endless. For example, it has excellent anti-tumor properties, which makes it suitable for people with cancer. In this case, fresh or canned burdock juice is recommended for use. You need to take it shortly before meals, 15-20 grams 3-4 times a day, always in courses: you drink a week - then a week of rest. The treatment lasts 10 weeks, that is, 5 courses: 5 weeks of admission, 5 weeks of rest.
By the way, the gruel remaining after squeezing the juice can be applied to the wounds, they will heal faster, since the leaves have an excellent wound healing and antibacterial effect.
The roots are usually used to make decoctions and infusions. They help with many diseases such as diabetes mellitus, rheumatism, gastritis, eczema, ulcers, hair loss, gout, rickets, cholelithiasis and many others. There is more than one way to prepare medicinal decoctions, infusions from burdock roots. For example, we take 100 grams of roots, preferably cut into small pieces, simmer over very low heat, avoiding boiling, in one liter of water for about 30 minutes, filter, add boiled water to make a liter of healing liquid again, sweeten with honey and drink 50 grams each up to five times a day.
An infusion of burdock seeds (pour about 20 grams of seeds with a glass of boiling water, wrap it up very carefully, by the way, you can use a thermos and insist for an hour and a half) is used for constipation.
But be careful: burdock also has contraindications for use! All medicinal herbs cannot be assumed to be completely safe. The use of infusions, decoctions and other medicines from the "burdock" is highly undesirable for pregnant and lactating women, as well as for people with intolerance and allergic reactions to various herbs.
It is extremely careful to treat highly concentrated preparations, in the formulation of which any parts of burdock are used.
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