Willow bark. Medicinal properties and contraindications, use of silver bark, white willow extract in folk medicine and cosmetology

Willow bark, medicinal properties have been known since antiquity, and is actively used today in the form of national treatment. However, it is important to remember that there are specific contraindications and limitations. In many situations, allowed the use of white willow bark for medicinal purposes (the people it is called willow or willow silver).

Of all the plants of the family of willow it stands the highest growth and elongated straight branches, beautiful hanging above the ground. It is possible to prepare yourself, and sometimes it is advisable to buy the finished product.

Chemical composition

Initially, the bark of this tree is valued for the presence in the tanning components in bulk. Their weight is more than 10%. Fur production for a long time is not without extract these raw materials. There are lots of organic substances that are useful to people.

First it is worth noting the glycoside of salicylic acid, salicin and easier. It can help you deal with bouts of headaches of migraine. Salicylic acid - a great way to relieve the heat. pectins are also a part of willow bark, vitamin C, flavonoids, glycosides, they will have a general strengthening effect, saturate the body with useful substances.

Beneficial features

Healing properties of willow bark prevail over contraindications.

Of these, it is important to highlight the following:

• removes the heat;
• performs disinfection;
• It stimulates the diuretic and cholagogue processes;
• antiseptic;
• astringent;
• It stops the blood;
• antifebrile;
• diaphoretic;
• It is struggling with rheumatism;
  
• hypotensive.

Willow bark, therapeutic properties and contraindications which may vary depending on the shape and auxiliary components, different drugs act differently.

testimony

Dried bark is added in various forms of drugs (interior and exterior).

Compositions for external treatment effective in:

• pressure sores;
• oprelostyah with perspiration;
• suppurations and abscesses;
• ulcer formations and other skin problems.

Indications for the reception inside:

• colitis;
• gastritis;
• uterine bleeding and gastric character;
• fever;
• diseases of sexual system of women;
• problems neuralgic character;
• laryngitis and sore throat;
• gout;
• cataract upper airway;
• dysentery;
• Rheumatic attacks;
• fever;

  

• tuberculosis.

Benefits for Men

Strong half of humanity with great success is the use of such tools in the fight against prostatitis. The action of the components come in charge of the fight against inflammatory processes connected antiseptic properties, as well as the binding power.

On the basis of willow bark decoction brew special. In 200 ml of water which was boiling, add 5 Art. l. crust. Mass cooked for about 5 minutes. The resulting mass is filtered. Broth take 0.5 Art. in a day.

Benefits for women

Greater efficiency shows the raw materials and during the treatment of many gynecological diseases. Especially those that are accompanied by abundant internal and external bleeding.

With strong menstruation also will save the broth. It is added when syringing and hip baths. They help to improve the condition of the genital organs, relieve itching and other unpleasant symptoms. Broth is a comfortable temperature for the body.

Besides the main therapeutic properties, raw materials can be successfully used in self homemade cosmetics. Forget about dandruff helps if 2 p. a week to wash clean hair willow decoction. Will appreciate the possibility of action of decoction of women who can not get rid of acne. Rinse can be not only a person, but the whole body.

Ingredients for Hair

First preparing a mixture of burdock root and bark silver willow. The components are ground and diluted in 0.5 liters of water during the boiling. Keep on low heat or tomyat water bath for about 1/3 hour. Fire shuts down, all left the lid on 120 minutes. The resulting broth is filtered and applied weekly for 2 r.

A decoction of the skin

The cooking process is to rinse the skin easier to implement. In 250 ml of a boiling water is added 1 tbsp. l. dried material.

Willow bark during pregnancy and breastfeeding

Willow bark, medicinal properties and which contraindications are numerous, can not only bring benefits. Special care needs to be throughout the whole period of carrying a child, and even breastfeeding.

Administration of drugs and preparations, where there is a raw material, for example solely for cosmetic treatments or single treatments.

In all situations need advice gynecologist watching as components of willow bark may be too strong and cause serious harm to the baby and mother.

The use of willow bark for children

Do not engage in treatment of children such drugs before they reach 16 years of age. Sometimes you can use a one-time infusions and decoctions as for external use, for example, for gargling, hair, wound treatment.

The use of such drugs is strictly forbidden inside.

Willow bark for headaches

Decoctions of willow bark contribute to the elimination of headaches. Drink it worth 1 tbsp. l. 3-4 times a day. Gradually, the pain will subside and rarely bother.

when gout

To accelerate the healing process during the treatment of gout may broth brewed conventional manner. His take 1 tbsp. l. 4-5 times before a meal (about 30 minutes). The course should be a month.

In this method of treatment has its limitations and contraindications:

• bradycardia;
• constipation or predisposition to them;
• intolerance;
• reception means which bring down a fever.

With chronic fatigue

Due to the special composition of willow bark, not only to cope with many problems, but also helps to improve the condition of the whole organism. If you regularly drink tea made from this material, the people will gradually forget about chronic fatigue state, will feel refreshed and full of energy.

laryngitis

For the treatment of laryngitis is expedient to make infusion of white willow bark (1 tbsp. l beaker of boiling water). Infused means 50-60 minutes and taken internally. Glass need to drink for 3-4 hours on the same day for half an hour before a meal.

diarrhea

Willow bark accelerate the treatment of diarrhea. In this disease, the broth will stop illness itself, but also helps to normalize the water content and restore the intestinal microflora.

Take for diarrhea and other means can be made from willow bark (10 g) and the roots of strawberry (8 g). All ground and poured 0.5 liters of water, then languishing for 10-12 minutes. The resulting composition is filtered and taken to 2 hours. l. periodically throughout the day. The course of treatment is not worth spending more than two days.

When the heavy period

Gynecological diseases, especially accompanied by bleeding, can also be treated willow bark. Drink the infusion for 1 st. l. a day 3 times. If heavy menstruation or uterine bleeding, the number of receptions is increased to 5-6 times. Drink preparation thus prepared just after meals (within 30 min).

Dermatological diseases

Broth, cooked on willow bark, can be taken as a basis for the treatment of many skin problems: a damaged skin areas affected by fungus, unhealed wounds for a long time. Treatment is taken regularly baths with the addition of the composition based on bark of willow trees, you can also wash the body area 2-3 times throughout the day.

Fungal diseases will save the baths, for example, for the legs. 200 ml of crushed bark is brewed with boiling water, brewed half hour. broth was then added into the vessel with hot (so as not burned skin) water. It put the affected limb, and wait until the water is just warm. Can enhance the effect, if not only brew willow bark, but oak (each raw material 1 tbsp.).

When it boils and warts

When abscesses and long nonhealing festering wounds can also save broth based on willow bark, as it has anti-inflammatory, antiseptic action. You can prepare a special creamy powder composition based on bark. It is mixed with any fat base in the ratio 1: 5 and distributed on an abscess.

the other part of preparing for the removal of warts. It requires ash willow bark, which is mixed with vinegar to obtain a homogeneous slurry. Then it is applied to formation and wrapped. Treatment is continued until the warts fall off.

In diabetes

Naturally, cure diabetes with the help of this tool does not work, but alleviate many symptoms and conditions that accompany the disease can be. Help broth with a daily intake of 3 r. in a day. To remove the swelling and fatigue can be prepared with a decoction bath. The procedure should last at least 20 minutes.

Used in cosmetics

Willow bark, medicinal properties and contraindications which takes into account even in modern medicine, was realized in the production of medical cosmetics. Using broth supplemented with any drug-based burdock roots, irreversibly cure dandruff, seborrhea and relieve the itching of the scalp. In this composition, simply rinse clean wet hair.

Cope with many diseases of the skin will help the bath, which is added to such a decoction.

Willow bark slimming

Preparations based on extracts of silvery willow bark does not cause the disappearance of fat immediately, but will contribute to the acceleration of this process. Due to the fact that the substances in the composition of different properties of the normalization of metabolic processes, as well as responsible for the recovery of the body strength, weight loss process will go much faster.

A decoction of the bark of the willow silver

It is widely used as an agent for treating skin lesions, hair rinses, as well as for oral administration. Cooking recipes are slightly different for each option.

Decoction for treatment of the skin and hair rinse

In 0.5 l of boiling water is added to 40-60 g of bark and cooked for about 15 minutes. on low heat, then the same time infused in a closed form.

Its worth a drain and can handle the damaged areas, adding while taking a bath.

Means for intake

On 1 st. of boiling water is added to 1 hour. l. the prepared raw material and boiled 5-10 min. Left to infuse, and then filtered.

White Willow Bark Extract

Extract of bark collected by using propylene glycol extraction, called extract. It is added in the manufacture of medicaments of different shape release, creams, and other compositions.

Tincture from the bark of the willow

This embodiment means can be prepared in various ways. The most common option is the infusion, which many refer to simply tea. Such a drink is an excellent anti-inflammatory agent, capable to cope with the nature of viral and bacterial infections, particularly during exacerbations and epidemics.

For the preparation of 1 hour. l. raw zaparivayut 0.5 liters of boiling water and allowed to brew for 5-6 hours (preferably in a thermos). This tea drink item 0.5. 3-4 p. per day.

Tincture on vodka

People suffering from poor appetite, it is possible to raise the use tincture of vodka. To prepare 25 g of bark poured 0.5 liters vodka and left for 10 days. The infusion should be shaken every day. At the end of the specified time infusion strain off and drink before eating 30-40 drops.

The powder from the bark of the willow

Prepared from the dried material by grinding it in a coffee grinder. Powder taken with all types of diseases and pathologies as recommended products based on raw materials. For a single reception takes 1 g of a prepared powder. This is useful to stop any external bleeding. If you open the bow, the powder is sucked into the nostrils.

Preparations based on bark of willow

Willow bark, medicinal properties and contraindications which have appreciated in folk medicine, and traditional, is included in the production of many pharmaceuticals in the form of active or auxiliary component.

Sold not only the core in the cartons, but also a large range of medicines for various purposes:

1. Tablets "Biorhythm Joints" - a pill that it is advisable to take during the treatment of the joints. In tablets except Bark Extract is present a complex of various minerals and vitamins that strengthen joints. Receiving recommended norm is 2 tablets daily.
   
2. "Honda" (capsule) and "Honda forte" (tablets) used to strengthen the cartilage in the joints. Preparations will be very relevant for people who do not adhere to the correct way of life and not enough moving. Drink tablets "Honda forte" should be one piece per day, and "Honda" capsules - 1-2.
3. "Naturgrippin" - instant powder, which has a very quick relief in many colds, flu. Distributed in packages that must be dissolved in a glass of warm water. Drink this drink is worth 4 times daily. The composition also contains vitamin C and extracts of other plants. One of the contraindications is adolescence to 14 years.

Contraindications

As with any medication or folk remedy willow bark has several limitations contraindications:

• a stomach ulcer or other digestive organs;
• kidney problems;
• hyperuricemia;
• asthma;
• idiosyncrasy;
• pregnancy;
  
• lactation;
• age up to 16 years.

Do not use such means, if medication is started with extracts of ginkgo biloba, garlic itself or a course of vitamin E.

Pre- and post-operative period (14 days) - it is also a limitation to the use of such drugs.

Possible risk of harm and side effects

Willow bark, medicinal properties, and which is important to consider the contraindications when taking may provoke complications and at the wrong reception even harm a person. Of the most common symptoms of headache should be noted, noise and ringing in the ears, stomach cramps, vomiting and nausea.

The use of willow bark for children under the age of 16 as a therapy and treatment threatens the development of Raynaud's syndrome, and this, in turn, sometimes ending in death.

In the long and wrong reception there is a possibility:

• the development of stomach ulcers;
• opening of bleeding in the stomach;
• allergic reactions in the form of rash onset;
• renal failure;
• toxins liver lesion;
• the state of weakness and dizziness.

Collection and Storage

Willow bark, so it can be used as medicine, it must be properly harvested. Collection of medicinal raw materials involved in the early spring before the sap movement, but before flowering. Suitable material is only young branches.

After collecting the bark is cut into wedges and dried under direct sunlight. To dosushit it to the desired state is used to set the oven temperature conditions not more than 45-55 C °.

The bark is ready, if it is in flexion it is easy to break, but not bend.

It is equally important to ensure proper storage. Usage period after the preform is 4 years. It is strictly forbidden in the organization of storage to choose polyethylene, suitable only boxes made of cardboard.

In spite of the large inventory of the therapeutic properties of willow bark, we must remember that there are certain contraindications. It is therefore important in the treatment of any of the diseases with the help of national or prescription drugs based on raw materials to consult a professional. Only a doctor can actually evaluate the relevance of the application at a particular problem and the patient's condition.

Registration of the article: Lozinski Oleg

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