Taking a walk along the river in summer, you can meet a plant with small yellow flowers collected in inflorescences. And many do not even realize what wonderful healing powers it possesses. With this herb, you can cure diseases that are not within the power of official medicine. And it is called a series. The healing properties of the series were noticed and appreciated by our ancestors. But now this herb is very popular.
Grass
The healing properties of this herb are described in many directories of medicinal plants. This herb is used not only externally, but also inside. So what is this plant, what is useful and when to harvest it, you will learn from this article.
Description
The sequence belongs to the family Asteraceae, is an annual plant. The trunk is erect, leaves are dark green in color, opposite. At the ends of the stems there are baskets containing yellow flowers. The plant blooms from July to September. It grows everywhere from the Caucasus to the Far East. He likes moist and wetlands. Like weed found in gardens and orchards. The people call a series of scrofulous grass or goat horns. The chemical composition of the herb includes mucus, coumarin, tannins, vitamin C, bitterness, carotene flavonoids. Harvesting the plant is necessary at the beginning of flowering. To do this, cut the side branches and the top of the grass. Dry the herbal harvest in a ventilated, shaded area.
A series of. Medicinal properties and contraindications
As noted above, this herb is unique in its effect on the body. A series of cope with such intractable diseases as eczema, dermatitis, diathesis, psoriasis. And such therapeutic properties of the series, such as stimulation of the adrenal glands and normalization of metabolism, have been identified recently. It turns out that this plant stimulates the release of hormones that help the body cope with allergies. Probably, almost all mothers bathed their newborn children in a decoction of a series. Such bathtubs help to cope with irritations on children's skin. But, in addition to the external positive effect on the body, the healing properties of the series can be felt on oneself, taking a decoction inside. If you have digestive problems, drink tea from a string. Also, the decoction of this herb has a diuretic and diaphoretic property. There are no contraindications as such, only intolerance to individual components.
The healing properties of the series. Recipes
Herbal infusion
Take three tablespoons of dry grass and pour a glass of hot boiled water. Then heat the mixture (almost to a boil) in a water bath. Cool and strain the grass. Dilute the resulting infusion with cold boiled water (up to a volume of 250 ml). Drink half a cup three times a day after meals.
Herbal decoction
Take the ratio of grass and water as in the first recipe. Then bring to a boil and keep on low heat for about a third of an hour. Cool, strain, and then take one tablespoon four times a day.
Baths
Brew the grass (the broth can be made strong) and let it brew for about an hour. Strain and pour the infusion into the bath.