Today, as in antiquity, faced with a particular ailment, we are willing to use medicinal herbs. Immortelle - one of the representatives of the "green pharmacy", successfully used in herbal medicine for many diseases.
The plant has this “life-affirming” name because the cut flowers do not fade and do not change their color for a long time. In the sunny glades and clearings, in the pine forests illuminated by the sun, on the sandy soils of the European part of Russia, Siberia, and the Caucasus, one can find
sandy immortelle. Its medicinal properties are not lost for three years from the moment of collection and preparation of dry raw materials. In the same places where the immortelle grows, one can see cat-like tassels similar to it with white or pink baskets-inflorescences. These flowers do not possess healing power and are not suitable for therapeutic purposes.
Sandy immortelle: medicinal properties and contraindications
The straight stalk of the plant branches at the top, on fluffy silver-colored panicles, tiny tubular yellow flowers are collected in baskets. They are used for the preparation of healing broths and tinctures. Raw materials are collected at the beginning of flowering, before the side baskets in the panicle are opened, dried in shaded, well-ventilated rooms.
What chemicals does the immortelle have? The medicinal properties and contraindications for use are explained by the presence of flavonoids, essential oils, saponins, potassium, iron, calcium, and sodium salts in the plant. The resin acids present in the plant provide its high antibacterial properties.
In inflammatory diseases of the biliary tract, the immortelle becomes an indispensable healer. The medicinal properties and contraindications are associated with the fact that the plant contributes to the dilution of bile, its outflow from the gallbladder. The therapeutic effect is expressed in a change in the composition of bile, the cessation of pain, nausea and vomiting, and a decrease in blood cholesterol. However, it should be remembered that the choleretic properties of the Helichrysum can harm the intestines if a person suffers from diarrhea. It is undesirable to use drugs created on the basis of this plant for ulcerative pathologies of the stomach and duodenum, they are prohibited in acute hepatitis.
Fans of traditional medicine recommend using drugs from the Helichrysum in diseases of the genitourinary system, atherosclerosis, hypertension, and ailments caused by metabolic disorders.
Methods of preparing medicinal preparations from the immortelle
It is not difficult to prepare a decoction of medicinal inflorescences: you need to pour a tablespoon of “dried fruit” with a glass of water and heat the mixture for half an hour in a water bath, stirring. The cooled broth should be filtered and bring its volume to exactly 200 ml, adding a little boiled water. Drinking the drug is recommended fifteen minutes before eating a tablespoon three times a day.
You can get tincture from the immortelle if you soak a tablespoon of dried flowers in a glass of vodka or fifty percent alcohol. The mixture is infused for two weeks in a dark place, from time to time shaking the container with tincture. The finished drug must be filtered and drunk a tablespoon three times a day for half an hour before eating.
Cases are known when the immortelle helped to expel worms very effectively. The medicinal properties and contraindications to the use of extracts and decoctions from this wonderful plant depend on the intensity and nature of the disease and the individual tolerance of certain chemicals, therefore, before using preparations from the immortelle sandy, it will be advisable to consult your doctor.