Herbs For Neuroses. Part 4

2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38

When a person's nerves begin to "play naughty", the first thing that well-wishers usually advise him is to take valerian. But in nature there are plants that put the nerves in order no worse, and some even significantly exceed its calming abilities

Cyanosis blue

This plant has many names, one of which is "Valerian Greek", given to the plant by people for its ability to put the human nervous system in order much more successfully than the widely used Valerian.

On the territory of Russia, cyanosis can be found everywhere. It has adapted well to our climatic conditions and grows on humus-rich moist soils along the banks of reservoirs, in flooded meadows, in thickets of bushes in river floodplains, on forest edges and in mountains. She is not afraid of frosts, and adult representatives can withstand frosts down to minus 50 degrees. With such endurance, her ability to support the human nervous system is not surprising.

Sinyukha increasingly finds a place for itself in flower beds, attracting the attention of gardeners with its delicate delicate bushes, which are decorative throughout the summer season.

For medicinal purposes, a short rhizome of a plant with numerous thin adventitious roots is used. They are dug up in late autumn, when the aerial part of the plant dies off, or in early spring, when the plant has not yet woken up from the winter respite. It is desirable that the roots belong to adults, but the roots of plants of the first year of life can also be harvested.

For a fight with insomnia, in order to bring to a calm state the central nervous system, incapacitated by nervous and mental diseases that lie in wait for a modern person at every step, an infusion is prepared from finely chopped roots.

To prepare the infusion, 2 tablespoons (6 grams) of roots are poured with a glass of boiling water. Then arrange the infusion in a 15-minute water bath, followed by 45-minute cooling at room temperature.

Boiled water is added to the squeezed and strained infusion to make 200 ml of infusion. During the day after eating, drink 1 tablespoon of the infusion, helping the nervous system to cope with problems.

Side effects:

If you do not overdo it with the dosage, then you can not be afraid of side effects.

Baikal skullcap

No matter how often the official medicine of traditional healers persecutes, it is difficult to dispute the fact that the most effective medicines are obtained from plants that have been used by healers since ancient times. Here is a tincture from the roots of Scutellaria Baikal serves as an example. This plant is actively used by oriental medicine (Chinese, Tibetan, Japanese).

It is no coincidence that Scutellaria Baikal is popular in oriental medicine. After all, it grows on Asian lands, capturing our Primorye, Amur and Transbaikalia. Skullcap is classified as a rare plant species, since its natural reserves are insignificant.

It grows in the steppes, on the slopes of the Trans-Baikal hills, on clay, stony and gravel soils.

Scutellaria roots are used for medicinal purposes. The largest amount of active substances accumulates in the roots by late autumn. It is at this time that they are harvested. The roots of older plants are more valuable.

A tincture is prepared from the roots, which surpasses the usual valerian tincture in terms of its calming effect. Tincture is taken for cardiovascular neuroses, insomnia, other manifestations of neurasthenia, in the initial stages of hypertension.

Side effects:

To date, side effects of Scutellaria baikal's tincture have not been found.

During the period of taking the tincture, it is necessary to control blood pressure.