2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
The gardener bends over the garden bed in order to remove the weed that is intrusive among the vegetables, and sometimes he cannot bend. That tenacious sciatica reminds of itself, but you can't reach the pharmacy, it will be too far. It is then that the faithful herbs will come to the rescue, modestly growing by the fence
Dense-flowered mullein
We call this plant so disrespectfully, "Mullein." But in Germany it is called the "Royal Candle" for a single tall stem, on which large bright yellow flowers bloom one after another, which quickly fall off. Therefore, during flowering, the plant resembles a burning candle in a royal natural castle. The British also call the plant consonantly, they have it "Grass-torch". Indeed, there were times when the dried stem of a plant soaked in resin or wax served as a torch.
An unpretentious biennial plant is often found in European steppes, on dry meadows, wastelands and sand and pebble deposits of the river floodplain. A tall stem, reaching two meters, rushes into the heavens in the second year of life. The root of the plant is powerful, pivotal.
For medicinal purposes, the roots and corollas of flowers with stamens adherent to them are used. Sepals are not harvested. During further processing, it is important to preserve the golden color of the corollas, which contain healing powers. After drying, the flowers are immediately removed in a tightly closed container, since they are big fans of absorbing moisture. In plants of the first year of life, the roots are dug out in late autumn, and in the second year - in early spring.
For the treatment of sciatica, a tincture of dried flower corollas is prepared. 10 grams of dried flowers are added to 100 ml of vodka. After 10 days, the flower cake is squeezed out and filtered with high quality.
The tincture is used externally, rubbing sore spots with radiculitis, sore joints, rheumatism, hemorrhoids and inflammation of the facial nerve.
Side effects:
If you do not overdo it with the dosage, the use of drugs from the mullein can not be feared.
Clary sage
You will not pass by the blooming sage indifferently. The powerful branchy stems of the plant are covered with a magnificent head of flowers, exuding a rich aroma that stimulates a person, strengthening consciousness, raising the tone of muscles and nerve centers.
Born in the warm Mediterranean, it has taken root in warmer regions, where it is grown as an essential oil crop. Today, varieties have been bred that can withstand frosts down to minus 30 degrees. This is a biennial plant. If desired, you can grow annual sage species using the seedling method.
Sage has a slightly branched taproot, pubescent large leaves and fragrant large flowers, collected in spike-shaped inflorescences.
The pleasant sage scent comes from the whole plant, but the most fragrant part is its large blue-violet flowers, in which the main reserves of essential oil are concentrated. It is the essential oil that sage owes its healing powers.
And his abilities are very broad. It has antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, wound healing, antiseptic, antispasmodic action.
But we are interested in his ability to help people suffering from sciatica, that is, those who have chronic problems in the work of the musculoskeletal system and the peripheral nervous system.
For the treatment of such chronic diseases, sage concentrate is used, which remains after the processing of plant materials from the herb of the plant when obtaining essential oil.
Since sage preparations have a strong effect on the human body, it is recommended to carry out treatment under the supervision of a doctor.
Side effects:
Sage is contraindicated for people with personal intolerance, as well as according to the instructions of the attending physician.
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