2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
Medicines prescribed to us by a doctor during an illness, as a rule, are prepared from different parts of plants that often grow around us, and we pass by indifferently. Recently, people have begun to turn their gaze to plants more often, recalling the recipes of grandmothers and great-grandmothers, or even turning five to seven thousand years ago to find out how ancient man maintained his health with the help of plants
Sumerians
The mysterious people, the Sumerians, whose traces are dated by archaeologists and geologists 5-3 millennium BC, were familiar with the medicinal properties of plants. They dried healing herbs, prepared infusions, decoctions and life-giving balms from plants. The Sumerians ground dry herbs into powders and added them to various drinks, including wine and beer. Such information was obtained from cuneiform texts found during excavations, deciphered by specialists.
Indications for herbal medicine
By resorting to the help of plants, you can treat a variety of diseases:
• Violation of the skin - cracks, cuts, combat and household wounds.
• Various skin diseases - corns, warts, acne, furunculosis and others.
• Problems of the endocrine system.
• Violations in the work of the musculoskeletal system.
• Diseases of the eyes, nose, throat, ears.
• Topical breakdowns of the nervous system - stress, depression, insomnia.
• Problems of the digestive system.
• All kinds of chronic diseases.
Using plants for medicinal purposes, you should not overdo it with the dosage; take into account the body's intolerance to certain odors or other properties of the selected healer; consult your doctor.
Medicinal plants
Today it is not difficult to find information on medicinal plants. A lot of special literature has been written, which is duplicated and retelling by numerous participants in the world "web". Unfortunately, sometimes the information is contradictory, in such cases it is better to refuse to use this or that herb for medicinal purposes, so as not to harm your body.
On our website, such information can be found in the heading "Medicinal Plants", or in the section "Medicinal Plants" of the Encyclopedia of Garden Plants.
In different plants, different parts of them may have medicinal properties: roots, flowers, seeds or fruits, or the so-called grass, which is understood as the stem and leaves.
The use of medicinal herbs
Medicinal herbs prepared in accordance with all the rules are used for ingestion or externally.
Outwardly, medicinal herbs are used in the form of compresses, lotions, wraps, herbal baths.
For ingestion, decoctions are prepared from herbs; infusions on water, vegetable oils and alcohol; medicinal teas are brewed, and sweets and lollipops are also made.
Water infusions of medicinal herbs
The easiest and most widely available way to use medicinal herbs is to prepare aqueous infusions from them.
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Pine needle tincture - an antimicrobial agent that will help with sore throat, diseases of the teeth and gums, nasal congestion. Pine needles or needles of other coniferous trees are poured with boiling water and inhaled, or the mouth is rinsed. This tincture will strengthen your hair if you rinse your hair with it after washing.
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Nettle leaf tincture - pour boiling water over fresh nettle leaves. You can rinse your hair with infusion after washing. When taken orally, the tincture helps more efficient digestion of food, as well as the elimination of harmful substances from the body.
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Making herbal teagrowing at their summer cottage. Almost any plant leaves are suitable for brewing tea. Don't wait for a cold to knock on your house. Herbal tea will do the preventive work, leaving no chance for harmful bacteria. Linden and currant leaves, mint and lemon balm, plantain and coltsfoot … are always nearby and happy to provide a simple service.
