Not everyone knows what mistletoe is. In appearance, it resembles a ball - completely round in shape with many thin branches. This plant parasitizes on large trees, among which are birch, poplar, oak, linden, elm, apple tree or pear. And her fruits and flowers are spherical, white, collected 5 pieces in inflorescences.
Description
So what is mistletoe? This is an evergreen shrub up to 60 cm high, belonging to the family of Rhinocerosaceae. The mistletoe branch is covered with yellow-green bark. In nodes, she is thickened, naked. The leaves are pale green, leathery, opposite, oblong-oval, located at the ends of the shoots in pairs. Dicotyledonous flowers, a shade of yellow or yellow-green, are located in forked branches of 5-6 pcs. Blossom in the spring. The fruit is a berry, ripens in late summer.
Spread
Mistletoe grows in the Far East, in the southern part of Russia, in the Caucasus, in the Crimea. It grows both on deciduous trees (maple, oak, linden, poplar, birch), and on fruit trees (apple, pear).
Billet
A young branch of mistletoe is harvested with leaves. They are stored in the fall, after which they are dried in a warm place, spread out with a thin layer, and can also be used in dryers at 40-50 º. Raw materials are stored for 12 months without air access.
Chemical composition
The leaves of the plant contain viscotoxin, viscerin, alcohols, viscose, acids (ursulic and oleanolic), choline, alkaloids, fatty oil, tar, carotene and ascorbic acid.
The berries contain oil, which includes oleic, palmitic, linoleic acids, rubber, vitamin C, carotene and resinous substances.
Mistletoe: healing properties
Preparations based on this plant have a hypotensive as well as a calming effect, in addition, they improve cardiac activity. The mistletoe also has diuretic, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, astringent, and hemostatic properties.
Use in traditional medicine
Mistletoe, the healing properties of which are described in detail in this article, has been actively used by healers for many years. Traditional medicine uses mistletoe herb infusion for hypertension. It increases working capacity, improves sleep and normalizes the general condition of a person, and also reduces pressure.
The healing extracts of white mistletoe expand the blood vessels, reduce the excitability of the nervous system, and enhance cardiac activity.
Infusions and decoctions are used to improve bowel function (abdominal pain and atony), with bleeding (uterine, gastrointestinal, nasal and pulmonary). The plant is used to treat atherosclerosis, in addition, with nephritis and other kidney diseases.
The mistletoe plant, whose properties are described in the article above, is used for various female diseases, in addition, for hemorrhoids and rheumatism.
Plant extract increases diuresis and promotes the release of nitrogenous products, has a tonic effect.
In folk medicine, this plant is used for increased thyroid function, convulsions, neuralgia, bronchial asthma, dilated veins, and urinary incontinence. Mistletoe flowers are used to expel pinworms, roundworms and other round worms.
The plant helps to cure malignant neoplasms of all kinds of localization.
Fresh plant juice cures infertility. Decoctions are recommended for use externally for myositis, skin diseases, radiculitis, abscesses, muscle pain. With hemorrhoids, baths with a decoction of this plant are used.
To strengthen the heart muscle
Pour 30 grams of dried twigs with a liter of water and boil for 15 minutes. Take this broth 1/3 cup three times a day for a month.
To improve sleep and normalize blood circulation
You will need a tablespoon of crushed dry leaves of the mistletoe plant (photos of it are presented in this article). They need to pour a liter of hot water and simmer for 5 minutes over low heat, then leave to infuse for 15-20 minutes.
Take 2 tablespoons inside three times a day. Children can also be given this decoction, but first you need to limit to 1 spoon once a day.
With bleeding (uterine, pulmonary, etc.)
So, we have already figured out what mistletoe is. Now let's find out how it should be taken with bleeding.
- 25 grams of leaves need to be poured into 100 ml of vodka and removed to insist for 5 days in a dark place. Then the tincture is filtered and consumed 30 drops inside twice a day in between meals.
- Pour 15 g of finely ground twigs into a glass of boiling water, then allow to cool. Strain the ready-made infusion and use three times a day for 1 spoon. Drink not on an empty stomach, but half an hour after eating.
With a jump in blood pressure
You need to take a spoonful of mistletoe leaves, pour them with a glass of cold water, and then remove to insist for 5 hours. Consume inside a third of a glass before meals three times a day.
To increase potency
You will need 20 grams of chopped branches and leaves of the mistletoe plant (a photo of it can be seen in this article). They need to pour a glass of medical alcohol. Insist about two hours in a warm place and take the resulting infusion three times a day for 20 drops.
Hypertension treatment
It is necessary to find the mistletoe growing on the pine tree, carefully cut its branches, chop them finely, and then pour a glass of cool water. During the night, the tincture should settle, and in the morning you need to drink a full glass. The course of this treatment takes 5 days. One twig can be used 2 times.
We already learned what mistletoe is. Interestingly, this recipe helps well with high blood pressure, normalizes blood circulation, and cleanses blood vessels. After 5 days, stabilization of blood pressure is observed. This recipe is prohibited for people with low blood pressure.
To tone up
Pour a glass of boiling water 5 grams of crushed mistletoe herb and remove to insist to the state of moderately warm infusion. Consume 150 grams three times a day. You can add honey for taste. The use of this infusion increases the tone of the body, gives strength to a person, and cures depression. The plant is very useful for patients after serious illnesses or operations, as well as for the elderly to maintain physical strength.
Dizziness
Insist in a glass of boiled cold water for five hours a spoonful of crushed leaves of the plant. It is necessary to take 70 grams three times a day until all symptoms disappear.
Mistletoe: contraindications
White mistletoe in itself is a poisonous plant, therefore, it is necessary to take funds with its components very carefully, under the supervision of a specialist. With prolonged use of products from it, poisoning of the body is likely.
In addition, it is forbidden to take any decoctions and infusions to pregnant women, people with low blood pressure, and mothers during lactation.