Motherwort tincture: instructions for use

Everyone has known for a long time such a medicinal plant as a motherwort. Healing properties make it popular in the masses and in medicine. It is widely used in cosmetology for the manufacture of creams and ointments. In general, the plant is used for both therapeutic and preventive purposes. Forms of use: motherwort infusion, decoctions, extracts, tinctures, tablets.

The plant has calming properties, has a harmful effect on bacteria and a beneficial effect on the nervous and cardiac systems. It is successfully used for diseases of the digestive system. Decoction decoction is used as a diuretic, as well as for the treatment of liver and kidney diseases. Therefore, the circle of people using this drug is quite wide.

The most popular is tincture, which you can buy both in a pharmacy and prepare yourself. When self-made, it is worth considering that it is made on the basis of alcohol in contrast to the infusion, in which the grass is poured with boiling water (15 grams of grass for 20 milliliters of boiling water, insists about 15-20 minutes). To make the tincture, you need 1 tablespoon of grass, pre-chopped, pour 20 milliliters of 70% alcohol, insist in a dark place for at least 10 days.

The purchase of this form of motherwort in a pharmacy still remains for many in the most convenient way, since it does not take efforts to prepare and saves time.

In the preparation "Shepherd's tincture" the instruction for use indicates that it is used in cases of increased excitability, cardiovascular system disorders, treatment of neuroses, neuralgia, insomnia, hypertension, in some cases - in the treatment of epilepsy. For preventive purposes, they are used to prevent gastrointestinal diseases.

Do you need a doctor for a motherwort? The instruction provides information on both properties, methods of use, and contraindications for use.

How to take a motherwort tincture? There are two ways: for indoor and outdoor use. External - for wound healing. Internal use of tincture presupposes its intake of 30-50 drops several times a day (about three to four) before eating. Duration of use will vary depending on the degree of severity and form of the disease. Sometimes it is necessary to take to a stable result of the medicinal effect of the drug. If children under the age of 12 years are prescribed a motherwort tincture, the instruction recommends taking in the following dosage: at the rate of 1 drop for 1 year of life.

Like taking many medicines, the use of a motherwort also has contraindications. It is not recommended to use it

- with hypotension, gastritis and stomach ulcer,

- people who have a marked sensitivity to the components of the drug,

- during pregnancy,

- during the feeding of children by breast milk. It would be superfluous to note that in some cases, doctors still prescribe a motherwort to pregnant women to improve their psycho-emotional state. However, it is recommended to take it only occasionally.

Is a motherwort tinctured? The instruction notes that when taking medication in some cases, intestinal disorders and allergic reactions may occur. In such cases it is necessary to consult a doctor about the advisability of further taking the drug. True, this happens rarely, and you should not worry about this in advance. Benefits motherwort will bring much more than trouble. Improved after taking the drug, the psychoemotional state will allow us to treat everything quietly and notice the beauty and all the charms of our life.