St. John's wort-grass. Application and contraindications

As soon as the St. John's wort was not called! Bloody, heroic blood, chertogan, Ivanovo grass, rot ...

It is believed that St. John's wort treats 99 diseases, which is not far from the truth. It grows in Russia, Mongolia, European countries. The plant, which sometimes reaches a height of a meter, has a very long, thin stem root, which runs along the ground. Most often the chertogan has several stems. Most often they are dihedral, less often tetrahedral. The tops of the stems are decorated with large golden yellow flowers, painted with black dots. Leaf twigs are not very large, perforated. They gave the official name of the grass: St John's wort. St. John's wort-grass, whose use for medical purposes is undeniable, in horses and sheep can cause severe diseases, for which it received its name.

Hornbeam prefers light forests, loves meadows, sunny fringes. In Russia, there are special plantations on which this herb is grown for medical needs.

So than St. John's wort? Ivanovskaya herb is rich in resinous, tannic substances that help stop bleeding, stop diarrhea. It contains many essential oils, carotene, vitamin C, rutin, other substances that help regenerate damaged tissues, fight microbes, bacteria.

If you need to strengthen the walls of the capillaries, raise the pressure, calm your nerves or whet your appetite - the St. John's wort will come to the rescue. Its use for the treatment of male impotence, female baldness, normalization of the skin is confirmed by time.

To prepare the preparations, the entire plant is cut, dried in air, spread out with a thin layer. The finished dried raw material is a mixture of leaves, stems and flowers.

Naturally, like all medicines and plants, Ivanovo grass has contraindications. It is undesirable to use in the summer, because it sharply increases the susceptibility of the skin to the sun's rays. St. John's wort during pregnancy can lead to miscarriage. It is not recommended for hypertensive patients and small children. Especially cautiously it is necessary to drink preparations from hvoroboj to those who accept antidepressants, contraceptives or antibiotics. Possessing barely expressed toxic properties, hvoroboy can dramatically affect their effect.

There are legends that male impotence can be caused by St. John's wort-grass. Applying it in excess amounts can actually do harm, not only to men. That's why before the start of treatment you need to get a doctor's advice. However, the competent use of the dam is, on the contrary, capable of greatly increasing the male power.

The medicine is prepared like this. For 5 hours spoons of clover, nettle and bogatyr blood are brewed in a liter thermos bottle, left for 20 minutes, drunk four times a day. Within a week, problems with potency will begin to disappear.

The recipe can be simplified. It is enough to drink tea daily from a spoonful of St. John's wort, boiled in a glass of boiling water.

In classical pharmacology, medicinal preparations that provide sedative action are prepared from the herb of St. John's wort. A ready-made medical product, which is available in the form of different tablets, gelatin capsules, dragees, or a liquid solution called "St. John's wort herb extract" is an antidepressant of plant origin.

To cure skin diseases can St. John's wort, the use of which helps get rid of pustular diseases, dermatitis, even vitiligo.

For the treatment of vitiligo in a thermos, infusion of 3 tablespoons of raw material and a glass of water is prepared. Drink it three times a day. If the treatment is carried out regularly, and on the street the stains are hidden from the sun, the skin will begin to acquire a normal appearance.

Pustular diseases, ulcers, burns are treated with infusion of flowers of Ivanovo grass on olive or linseed oil. It is better to take not dried, but freshly cut flowers (25 pieces), insist them 2 weeks in oil (200 g) in the dark, and then get a bright red drug to lubricate the affected skin.