Smolovka vulgaris: medicinal properties and application

Smolnova ordinary belongs to the clove family. Inconspicuous in appearance, this plant is very popular in folk medicine due to its medicinal properties.

Botanical description

The stem of the resin is erect, branched in the upper part. Its height usually ranges from 40 to 100 cm. Lancet opposite leaves have a dark green color. The flowering period starts in June and lasts until September. At this time, the plant is decorated with small white flowers, having a bubbly-bloated shape. The corolla is a five-partitioned petal. In place of the flower, then a fruit is formed in the form of a spherical capsule with small kidney-like seeds.

In people, the plant was called popcorn, or tar. His favorite places of life are the steam fields, forest edges, roadsides, wastelands, etc.

Beneficial features

The healing properties of tar, unfortunately, have not found application in the field of traditional medicine. Scientists have not yet proven the usefulness of the cracker. But it is known that the leaves and flowers of the plant contain useful substances - saponins. People have known from ancient times that the cracker has hemostatic, anti-inflammatory and analgesic qualities.

Smolnova vulgaris has a favorable effect on the nervous system of a person. Our ancestors also treated her with depression infusions, depressed spirit and other similar disorders. Inflammation of the skin quickly passes after external application of infusions tar.

Indications for use

Due to its medicinal properties, she found a common use in medicine of non-traditional medicine.

Traditional healers treat chronic bronchitis with the help of the broths of this herb. When skin diseases use lotions and compresses, impregnated with her broths. This is a great sedative. In addition, decoctions of plant flowers are used for inflammation of female internal organs or muscle fibers of the vagina.

Infusions of tar are very useful during gastritis with high acidity of the stomach. In folk medicine they are recommended to drink also with diseases of the genitourinary system. The diuretic properties of the plant have long been known. The juice of white tar is used during the inflammatory process of the mucous membranes of the eye. Most people use compresses on the appearance of hair loss or lesions of the large intestine.

Recipes of infusions

Smolovka ordinary, the description of which is given at the beginning of the article, is applied both inside and outside. Travniki have found many different recipes, which have been going on for more than a hundred years:

1. In case of stomach disorders, it is necessary to brew 15 grams of dried herb crackers with a glass of boiling water and wait 30 minutes. After this, the broth must be filtered and cooled. Apply three times a day for 100 g before meals.
2. For the treatment of inflammatory processes, 3 spoonfuls of the dried plant are insisted, filling it with boiling water. Compresses are applied several times a day.
3. Inflammation of the oral cavity is treated by rinsing the mouth with resin infusions. To do this, it is necessary to pass dry grass with boiling water (300 g of raw materials per 1 liter of water). Close the container with a lid, wait 30 minutes and cool. Mouth rinse with warm infusion 4 times a day.
4. 20 grams of white tar should be filled with water and boiled for ten minutes. After that, the broth is left for forty minutes and filtered. Apply with ulcers, gastritis and heartburn for half a glass before eating.
5. The infusion of tar is drunk on fifty grams daily for nervous system disorders, depressions and apathy. The composition of the decoction is very simple: thirty grams of white tar and five hundred grams of boiled water.
6. When there are headaches, two tablespoons of dry raw material are boiled in boiling water. After thirty minutes, strain and drink at a time.
7. Deep depression will require 50 grams of tar and half a liter of vodka. All this is insisted for seven days. After this, filter the infusion and apply on a teaspoon four times a day.
8. During bronchitis, you need to grind the flowers of the resin (up to six tablespoons). The resulting mixture is poured with a liter of water and boiled for 4 minutes on low heat. The broth is cooled and drunk 0.5 cup three times a day.
9. 50 grams of crushed flowers, two cups of boiling water is placed in a container and allowed to stand for two hours. Apply the decoction in the presence of edemas, cystitis.

Contraindications for use

Smolevka vulgaris is a plant that must be used for treatment with caution. It is categorically forbidden to use for constipation, colic, with stomach diseases with low acidity. You can not drink decoctions of women during pregnancy and lactation. Before consuming decoctions or infusions of tar, it is best to consult people who have the knowledge and experience in folk medicine.

Smolnova ordinary harvested in the flowering period. Drying is best done in a dark place by choosing a canopy. The dried plants must be stored in tightly closed containers.