Wormwood is a perennial plant with a very wide range of growth. Most often, it grows along roads, in landfills, near water bodies. Often the height of its shoots exceeds 1.5 m. As a medicine, non-lignified apical shoots of a plant are used. Wormwood blooms from June to September. It must be collected only in clean places, far from roads and landfills. This amazing plant has unique medicinal properties.
During the period of mass flowering, the tops of the stems of wormwood are cut off, knitted into bundles and dried in air. For medicinal purposes, the upper leaves of plants collected before flowering are also used.
This herb, whose properties have been studied recently by traditional science, has been used in alternative medicine for many centuries. Wormwood, the use of which is based on the content of various essential oils, bitterness (glycosides), tannins, carotene and ascorbic acid, is a valuable medicinal raw material. It has long been used by healers as a cleansing and antiseptic agent. With severe digestive disorders, unpleasant breathing, diarrhea with a strong odor, you should drink tea from this plant.
Wormwood helps in the treatment of liver diseases such as hepatitis, cholecystitis and gallstone disease. Preparations from it are prescribed for flatulence, dysmenorrhea, inflammation of the appendages, as an abortive drug and for kidney stone disease.
Wormwood herb, which helps with kidney diseases, is also effective in some nervous disorders, such as increased irritability and dizziness. This remedy has pronounced diuretic properties. It is used for various diseases: as a strong anti-allergic agent, in the treatment of many malignant neoplasms, as well as paralysis and paresis. Wormwood has strong anthelmintic, antimicrobial and antitoxic properties.
Wormwood herb is used to improve appetite and strengthen the functions of the digestive tract. It is used for the treatment of arthritis, treatment of uterine atony, elimination of inflammatory processes, as a sedative, anticonvulsant and fixing agent for diarrhea. It is useful for hard mental and physical work, as well as for raising the tone in debilitated patients.
Wormwood grass can also be used for cooking. It is used to give a specific flavor to different dishes.
Almost all infusions are taken before meals, a quarter cup three times a day. For the treatment of arthritis, use an infusion of Art. tablespoons of steamed glass of boiling water. An antiallergic agent is prepared from a teaspoon of wormwood in half a glass of boiling water. For other cases, use a teaspoon of wormwood, steamed with 400 ml of boiling water. Wormwood tea is prepared from a teaspoon of grass, drenched in a glass of boiling water, and drunk three times a day (without sugar).
The use of wormwood herb during a visit to a Russian bath gives a very good healing effect for respiratory diseases. To carry out this procedure, the grass is steamed with boiling water, after which hot steam, enriched with healing substances of wormwood, easily penetrates the human respiratory tract.
However, some people cannot tolerate the components contained in this plant. Wormwood, the properties of which are contraindicated in pregnant women, should be taken carefully. Before using it, you should consult your doctor, since self-medication can do much more harm than good. Wormwood grass can cause severe excitement, followed by significant inhibition. Long-term use of this plant can reduce hemoglobin and cause nausea, accompanied by vomiting.