Knotweed. Medicinal properties and contraindications. Photos, recipes application in folk medicine for women in gynecology. Reviews

Sometimes the most ordinary plants have incredible healing properties effi- ciently. One of these herbs is knotweed which healers long been used for treatment of various diseases. The plant is not in vain won recognition in alternative medicine, as it has proven beneficial properties and characteristics.

It looks like and where it grows knotweed

Knotweed is popularly also known as:

• grass, chives;
• goose grass;
• knot-grass;
• Gusyatnikov;
• toptun grass.

Annual plant belongs to a class of buckwheat, unpretentious to the soil, it grows on all continents. The plant grows near the houses, on the clogged areas for pastures and roadsides.

morphological features	Characteristic
stem	lifts, knotted with whitish funnels, while growth crouches to the ground
leaves	small, short-stalked, elliptical
flowers	small, 2-5 pcs. in leaf axils, are light green or pink shade, bloom from May to June.
fetus	medium-sized triangular nuts ripen until mid-autumn.
root	core
height	to 80 cm.

Chemical composition

Knotweed grass is made up of the following components:

• pectin - displays the body of toxic substances and heavy metals;
• iron - improves blood;
• Vitamin A (carotene) - normalizes eyesight and skin color;
• silicon - is involved in the formation of cartilage and bone, stabilizes the heart and blood vessels;
• Ascorbic acid or Vitamin C;
• Oxalic acid - has a positive effect on digestion and helps to get rid of various infections;
• flavonoids (giperin, isorhamnetin, miritsitin) - possess antioxidant characteristics;
• tannins - have antibacterial, astringent and anti-inflammatory effect;
• resin - have hemostatic properties.

Beneficial features

Knotweed, whose medicinal properties have been known since ancient times, has the following beneficial effects:

• hemostatic;
• activates urination;
• increases blood clotting;
• It strengthens the immune system;
• It heals wounds and ulcers;
• It helps dissolve stones in organs;
• lowers blood pressure;
• disinfectant;
• antimicrobial;
• expectorant;
• astringent;
• Well Being;
• anti-inflammatory;
• restores the reproductive system;
• diuretic.

Indications

Grass-ants are used for the treatment of such diseases:

• urolithiasis pathology;
• cystitis;
• inflammation of the gall bladder and liver;
• vascular disease;
• hypertension;
• hemorrhoids;
• bleeding (internal or uterine);
• cold;
• arthritis;
• tuberculosis;
• gastrointestinal diseases;
• gnoynikovye skin lesions;
• swelling;
• convulsions;
• whooping cough;
• bronchial asthma;
• upper respiratory tract inflammation;
• oral pathology.

Benefits for Men

Knotweed, curative properties are directed to the treatment of male diseases produces the following effect:

• activates the function of the male sex;
• eliminates inflammatory processes;
• It eliminates germs;
• restores tissue structure;
• Various heals wounds and ulcers;
• normalises metabolic processes;
• It strengthens the immune system;

  

The recipe for impotence:

1. Connect the herbaceous parts of Hypericum (40 g), knotweed (40 g), oregano (30 g), yarrow (20 g) with rhizomes elecampane (30 g) and Schizandra fruits (15 g).
2. Measure 1 h. l. and collecting the formed pour thereto 1 tbsp. boiling water.
3. Cooled and filtered.
4. Drinking 50-60 ml of 4 p. in a day.
5. Course duration - 14 days.

In order to prevent the above-mentioned ailments instead of coffee or regular tea should not drink the infusion of the ground part of knotweed. 1 st recommended for its production. herbal materials to make 1 liter. hot pure water and consumed within a day.

For women

Gusyatnikov helps heal some women's diseases:

1. Bleeding from the uterus. Measure 3 hours. l. dried extract thereto and top 1 tbsp. boiling water. Then leave for 40 minutes. and take 3-4 p. daily without regard to meals.
2. Infertility. Grass Ant-activates the activity of the uterine muscles and stabilizes the hormonal status. It is necessary to connect the 4 tbsp. l. herbal extract with 1 liter of a boiling water for 20 minutes. warming by water bath. After let stand for 45 minutes. and filtered. Admission includes 2 tablespoons. l. 3 r. a day before meals.
3. Painful menstruation 2 should be mixed equal parts of horsetail and toptun-grass. Then add 4 hours. crow's feet and umbrella centaury. Top up the collection of 1 tbsp. l. of boiling water and leave to stand for 1 hour. The composition of the drink in the first day of the month.
4. To stop bleeding from female genital organs and heavy menstrual period taking infusion 3-4 p. a day for 1 st. l. To create 1 tbsp. l. dried vegetal mass to brew a boiling 200 ml of purified water, allow to stand for 1 hour. and filter.
5. Myoma. Connect 4 parts knotweed 0.5 hours. celandine and 1.5 hours. smartweed. Pour the mass into a thermos and pour back 1.5 Art. boiling water. Cool 20 min., Then filtered. Consume beverage of 0.5 v. 3 r. per day for 0.5 hours. before the meal.

Pregnancy and breast-feeding

Knotweed is contraindicated use during childbearing. This is due to the fact that he is capable to provoke miscarriage or cause premature birth process. Medicinal herb raises the tone of the uterus. When planning a pregnancy, women are advised to use the plant in 1 of the menstrual cycle phase.

During lactation knotweed take in the event that the expected benefits to the mother outweighs the possible risk to the baby. Tea Gusyatnikov able to strengthen the weakened body nurse, saturate it with tannic elements and askorbinki, but overdoing it in tea "ceremonies" is not worth it.

For children

Knotweed, medicinal properties which help in some situations, even the children shown in such diseases:

1. Convulsions, cough and whooping cough. 2 tbsp. l. medicinal raw boil for about 5 minutes. 0.5 l. milk. Drinking composition 100 ml of 4 p. in a day.
2. Diarrhea. Connect in the same proportions of the herbal Gusyatnikov and blackberry roots of marshmallow and sloe fruit. By ½ st. l. the resulting mass pour 1 tbsp. of boiling purified water and cool 30 min. Giving drink 100 g of the baby before meals.
3. For skin diseases make the bath with a decoction of medicinal plants.
4. In adolescence, acne is treated Knotweed. It is necessary to drink tea, which is brewed in 1 tbsp. l. herbal extract and 0.5 st. water. The composition should boil, then drain. Therapeutic course desirable to carry out in the spring and autumn time. Drinking tea should be a daily period of 2-3 weeks.

Take knotweed is recommended for children from 12 years.

Knotweed in the treatment of cardio-vascular system

For systematic treatment of hypertension is recommended to take the composition prepared by the recipe:

1. Mix 5 tablespoons. l. motherwort, 2 tablespoons inflorescences hawthorn and the ground part astragalus, with 1 tbsp. l. birch leaves, peppermint and travy- ants.
2. 2 tbsp. l. mixture must make a thermos 500 ml hot pure water.
3. Composition insist for 8 h., Then filtered.
4. Drink 200 mL of 3 r. a day for 30 minutes. before the meal.

Diseases of the genitourinary system

Healthful recipes for the treatment of diseases uretrogentalnoy system:

1. Cystitis make a decoction of the dry grass-ant. 1 tbsp. l. extract is poured into enameled ware, and to pour the boiled water 0.5 l. Boil by the water bath for 15 minutes. The composition of cool and filtered. Take 0.5 Art. 2 r. day period of 2 weeks. If the infusion is prepared from fresh greens, the grass needs a little podvyalit for 2 hours. The concentration of the plant material nutrients remain possible.
2. Urolithiasis treated juice Gusyatnikov. To prepare fresh nectar, it is recommended by a juicer squeeze of fresh cut greens (you need to collect it in a period of intense flowering). The prepared drink should add honey, mix well, and the resulting mixture to make 100 grams daily. Experts advised to consume it means only if the salt crystals that are in the ducts, have a size not greater than 6 mm. Otherwise, large deposits, moving along the path, can really score the passage of the ureter.

Circulatory system problems

People who have problems with the circulatory system, recommended the use of such methods knotweed:

1. To prepare the infusion need to krovoochischayuschego 3 tbsp. l. herbal extract combine with 1 tbsp. of boiling water, and after the press 15 min. To consume 100 ml of 2-3 p. in a day.
2. Lotions of medicinal plants should be applied to bleeding and non-healing wounds for a long time.
3. Infusion of Knotweed consume in anemia. To make it, make a proportion of 1 liter of a boiling water and 1 tbsp. dried plant. The formulation is then desirable to insulate thick towel and keep in that state for 2 hours. Then filter and keep in a cool place for no longer than 24 hours. Drink necessary for 75 ml solution of 3 p. a day before meals. Wellness course is 3 weeks.

gastrointestinal diseases

People suffering from gastric diseases, and having high acidity is recommended to prepare collection of such herbs as the knotweed, peppermint, St. John's wort, plantain and rhizome in equal ratio. The infusion should be done in 1 tbsp. l. drug mixture and 1 tbsp. hot purified water.

In various gastrointestinal ailments shows a solution of 1 tbsp. Gusyatnikov dry foliage and 1 liter of a boiling water. The ingredients combine and leave to stand for 2 hours. Then filter and drink 0.5 Art. 2-3 p. a day before meal. Store composition preferably not more than 2 days.

skin diseases

Grass ant is very useful in skin disorders. For this purpose, a small amount of fresh grass mass is recommended to grind mushy state and apply to the affected area of ​​the skin. Or brew the infusion, the main component of which is Gusyatnikov and make lotions and applications on damaged skin.

Tincture helps to get rid of diseases of the epidermis. To make it should connect knotweed and boiled water in a proportion of 1 to 2 hours and allow to stand in a dark cool place. After the filtered composition, pour vodka (50 ml) and sweeten honey.

infectious diseases

Catarrhal infectious diseases useful this recipe:

• 1 tbsp. l. Highlander milled grass avian combine with 1 tbsp. hot water;
• by boil water bath for about 15 minutes;
• wait until the composition cools, then filtered;
• drinking a drink for 1 st. l. 3 to 4 p. per day.

The plant has a diaphoretic and antipyretic properties and also helps to improve overall health.

In cosmetology

Knotweed has a beneficial effect on the skin of the head and hair. After using strands acquire firmness and obedience, they will be easier to comb.

Broth is suitable for all hair types, it can be used every time you shampoo.

Phased cooking technology:

• boil 1 tbsp. pure water;
• 15 g of dry raw minced and pour water into a thermos;
• let stand for 30 min .;
• then filtered composition;
• means recommended rubbed into the skin surface of the head for 20 minutes. daily for 20 days .;
• . 1 month, revitalizing repeat the course;
• to enhance the effect, it is desirable to ingest an infusion of 2 tbsp. l. 2 r. in a day.

To get rid of acne, you need to press the fresh herbs to a state of pulp and apply it 2-3 p. on the problem areas. This recipe will also help in the fight against boils.

slimming

Knotweed, medicinal properties which will help those who want to lose weight, is able to normalize the metabolism.

must perform such steps for preparing a beverage:

1. Mix equal amounts Ant-grass, corn stigmas and hips.
2. 2 tablespoons raw pour 2 tbsp. hot water and leave overnight.
3. 1 tbsp. staff divided into 3 parts and drink during the day.
4. Drink infusion must be as follows: 10 days. receiving - 10 days. recreation. Repeat 3 r.

Rosehip help to nourish the body with vitamins and to maintain it during purification. Stigmas help the liver, because it will do the hard work to produce large amounts of toxins.

Another way is to brew in the winter healing herbal tea. For this it is necessary to dry the young grass-ants, grind it into a powder, and keep in a glass container with the lid closed.

Used in cooking

Knotweed successfully used in cooking. Protein present therein the same amount as in the poultry meat, a starch at a level of beans, and vitamin C is several times greater compared with lemon. Young green Knotweed placed in a variety of salads, mashed potatoes, and first courses. The plant is brewed as a tea, add to the jam or honey.

Salad Gusyatnikov:

1. Wash 100g goose grass seedlings and 50 g of leaves of welsh onion, onion.
2. Finely chop the ingredients and add 1 chopped boiled eggs in advance.
3. Season with salt.
4. Season salad with sour cream or vegetable oil.

Soup from grass-ants:

1. 30 g carrots and 30 g of onions passaged in sunflower oil.
2. 300 g potatoes clean, finely chop and put in a pot of boiling water.
3. When the soup is almost ready to throw chopped knotweed, give a little boil, add salt.
4. Put in zazharku container and feeding dish hot.

decoction

The recipe for the decoction steps:

1. Dry raw material grind.
2. Cover with cold clean water in a proportion of 1 to 10.
3. Put on the plate and boil by the water bath for 30 min.
4. Cool and filter.
5. Inside drink take 30-50 ml daily.
6. The external method includes a greater concentration of medicinal herbs in the ratio of 1 to 5.
7. Store means should be 24 hours. in a cool place.

When hoarseness, hemorrhoids and gout is recommended to drink 3 cups a day. For the treatment of gallstone disease structure need to consume 100 ml.

Infusion

Medicinal properties of the plant are shown in the infusion of knotweed.

To do it, perform the following steps:

• 3 tbsp. l. raw fresh or dry form to pour 200 ml boiling water;
• warming the composition through a water bath for 15 min .;
• let stand for 45 min .;
• filtered and the means to bring the volume to 200 ml with boiled water;
• use ½ of Art. 2-3 p. a day before meals.

The infusion helps to get rid of the pain during the menstrual cycle and normalize the nervous system. Reception on the ¼ Art. 3 r. daily treats dry cough.

Tincture

Recipe of alcohol tinctures:

• 10 g of raw avian Polygonum pour 100 g of alcohol (70%) and tightly close the lid;
• insist 24 hours. in a dark and warm place;
• the solution was filtered. Drinking means 10-20 cap. before meals 2-4 p. in a day. At the request of the tincture diluted with water.

Ingredients indicated in gallstone problems, hepatitis and liver dysfunction.

Juice

Recipe juice manufacturing stages:

1. Freshly cut raw material to sort and wash.
2. Grind using a grinder or blender.
3. Squeeze the juice of boiled and diluted with purified water, maintaining the proportion of 1 to 10.
4. Sweeten with sugar or honey.
5. Take 2 tbsp. l. 3 r. a day before meals.
6. For outdoor applications take juice concentrate without dilution with water.

Tool helps with digestive tract diseases, kidney disease, hypertension and tuberculosis.

Tea

tea recipe:

• 2 tbsp. l. vegetable raw material poured into a glass dish;
• pour the boiled ingredient 200 ml of water;
• let stand, then filter;
• drinking tea should be before eating no more than 3 p. per day.

The drink can cure cough and pulmonary pathology.

Contraindications

The use of knotweed is contraindicated in the following cases:

• pregnancy;
• varicose veins;
• thrombophlebitis;
• kidney disease;
• diseases of the urogenital system;
• bronchitis;
• low blood pressure;
• children under 12 years;
• glomerulonephritis;
• chronic forms of cardiovascular disease;
• personal intolerance.

Possible risk of harm and side effects

Side effects after taking medicinal plants are minimal:

• people with gallstone pathology grass should take caution, as if the presence of stones greater than 6 mm, they can clog the urinary ducts;
• there is a probability of allergic reactions;
• Gusyatnikov prolonged consumption can increase blood clotting;
• renal colic;
• sometimes receiving plants causes angina.

Where to buy grass knotweed

Knotweed grass in cardboard or transparent cellophane packages can be purchased at the pharmacy network, online stores or locations of special purpose.

Before purchase should carefully consider the information specified on the package and pay attention to the following facts:

• in what period it was collected medicinal raw materials;
• wherein harvested plant, it is desirable that in clean zones;
• shelf-life;
• instructions for use typically points to side effects.

Collection and Storage

Gustyanik encouraged to collect away from the city or large transport routes.

Medicinal species-grass ants different branching stem from land, which is divided on the caper, the leaves look like an ellipse, and the buds have white and pink, slightly dirty color.

For therapeutic purposes, goose grass zagotovlivayut during flowering (June-July). To cut the aboveground part at the bottom, while leaving the bottom row of leaves. To collect grass ants preferably in dry weather.

Raw spread a thin layer in the shade outdoors. Knotweed can be dried in a well ventilated area. It is not prohibited from using a dryer at a temperature of 40-50⁰FROM. The dried mass has a weak aroma, taste of grass is different roughness.

The dried mass was packed in cotton bags. Store raw materials preferably in a dry and dark place no more than 2 years, because eventually Gusyatnikov loses its medicinal properties.

Thanks to the curative properties of knotweed, this plant is considered one of the main elements of folk medicine. Despite its benefits, and taking into account its contraindication, not recommended to self-medicate.

Registration of the article: Mila Friedan

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