In folk medicine, many different herbs are used. Their names are often associated with places of growth, treatment of diseases, and some got their name from Latin. The healing properties of the immortelle gave a fairly accurate name to the plant. It helps to cope with a variety of ailments, including - impaired water-salt balance, obesity, gastrointestinal pathology.
There are two types of immortelle: meadow (pink) and sand (cmin). They are found everywhere - throughout Europe and Asia. The healing properties of the immortelle sand have been known since ancient times, but little is known about the benefits of pink. In folk medicine, sand cumin is used.
Chemical composition
The healing properties of immortelle are determined by its chemical composition. This plant contains many glycosides, flavonoids, sugars, vitamins. In inflorescences there are such elements as:
- resins;
- coloring matter ;
- tannins;
- micro and macro elements;
- free acids;
- cresol;
- inositol;
- phthalides;
- essential oils.
Where grows and how to collect
Sandy immortelle can be found in dry sandy soils of solonchak, forest-steppe, and steppe. It grows on the edges of the clearing. The plant does not like shading, so you should look for it in sunny areas.
The grass has a silver color due to felt pubescence. The height of the stem reaches sixty centimeters. In folk medicine, inflorescences are used.
In the central part of Russia, the plant blooms from June to the end of July. During this period, it is collected. A dried flower cut off about thirty centimeters of the stem along with the flower. Then small bundles are made of them and dried. Only inflorescences can be cut: they are dried on a newspaper in a well-ventilated room or under a canopy.
At the place of cut, the grass throws new inflorescences, which allows you to cut the stems from one bush several times a season.
Properly dried dried flower retains its color. If the grass loses its color, then this indicates a violation of the drying technology: such plants do not have optimal beneficial properties.
Finished raw materials are placed in paper bags, in cloth bags or in jars, where it can be stored for up to three years.
Plant benefits
Each medicinal plant has indications and contraindications for use. The healing properties of immortelle are due to the rich content of vitamins, micro and macro elements and other beneficial substances. The following properties are attributed to this grass:
- Choleretic. The high content of essential oils allows you to take the sandwort for the treatment and prevention of pathologies of the liver, gall bladder.
- The plant helps to fight diseases of the endocrine system, normalizes metabolism.
- Promotes the release of gastric juice. It can be used for colitis and constipation.
- Used as a diuretic. Decoctions and infusions help fight stones in the kidneys and bladder. In folk medicine, the plant is used to restore the water-salt balance.
- A plant is used to treat osteochondrosis.
- The substances contained in the grass can inhibit the reproduction of pathogenic microorganisms.
- Anti-inflammatory effect.
- Immortelle fights parasites in the body.
- It has a positive effect on blood coagulation. This property makes it possible to use the plant for wound healing, with internal bleeding.
- The plant strengthens blood vessels, heart. It is used for ischemia, to lower blood cholesterol, with arrhythmias.
- The broth is used as a sedative, helps fight stress, nervous disorders, and diseases of the ANS.
- It is used to treat cough.
The use of immortelle allows you to relieve spasms, remove pain caused by improper functioning of the digestive tract.
Contraindications
Like all medicinal plants, immortelle has indications and contraindications for use. The latter include hypertension. Cmin helps increase blood pressure, which is why it is forbidden to use it for people suffering from hypertension. Also, do not use the plant for those who suffer from bleeding disorders, especially people with thrombophlebitis. Included in vitamin K enhances blood coagulation, causing thrombosis.
Under the ban, grass is for those who suffer from gastritis with high acidity. Folk remedies made from plants enhance the production of gastric juice.
Also, do not take the plant for those who have intolerance to the substances that make up the grass. In order not to cause complications, the immortelle is taken in short courses: prolonged use can cause poisoning. This is due to the content of toxic substances that accumulate in the liver, causing blood stasis.
Benefit and harm for women
Immortelle has a lot of positive properties for women. However, it is worth remembering that this plant can not be taken pregnant and lactating.
In gynecology, the immortelle is used to treat uterine bleeding, as a prophylactic for this disease.
The plant is able to normalize vascular tone, blood sugar in diabetes. Helps to cope with menstrual pain.
Benefit and harm for men
There are no contraindications for the treatment of immortelle male pathologies. Because of this feature, the plant can be used according to general recommendations. Decoctions and infusions of herbs help to cope with pathologies of the urinary system, fight inflammation of the prostate gland, prevent pain attacks in urolithiasis, and remove kidney stones.
Traditional medicine recipes
There are many different recipes of traditional medicine in which immortelle is used. It is taken as infusions, decoctions and as tea. There are recipes with immortelle where this plant is used in conjunction with other herbs.
Cooking infusion
To prepare the infusion, take a glass of boiling water and fill it with a tablespoon of herbs. Insist twenty minutes, then cool the tool, filter. The resulting liquid is divided into three doses. Take an infusion before eating.
If you intend to take the infusion as a diuretic, then pour a spoonful of grass 0.5 liters of cold water. The composition is infused for eight hours. It is taken as tea or as ordinary water. During the day you need to drink all half a liter.
Cooking broth
In order to prepare a decoction, take two glasses of water and two tablespoons of immortelle. The mixture is boiled over low heat for ten minutes. After cooling, the composition is filtered. A quarter cup is taken three times a day.
You can make a concentrated decoction of the immortelle. For this, the composition is boiled for forty minutes. The resulting product is taken in a tablespoon up to three times a day.
Immortelle with other herbs
The beneficial properties of immortelle allow this plant to be used together with other herbs. There are many recipes where dried flower is used.
To treat gastritis, an infusion of corn stigmas, nettle, chamomile, immortelle, mint, yarrow and plantain, taken in equal parts, is used. Then a spoonful of the mixture is poured with a glass of boiling water and infused for half an hour. The drug is drunk in three passes. For the treatment of cholecystitis, you need two tablespoons of a mixture of herbs, pour 0.5 liters of water and leave for the night. In the morning, strain, take two tablespoons during the day.
To cope with the pathologies of the gallbladder, wormwood, dandelion, corn stigmas, fennel fruits, tansy, calendula, mint, immortelle, chamomile are taken in equal parts. Everyone mixes. The collection spoon is poured with a glass of boiling water and warmed in a water bath for twenty minutes. After straining, a glass of water is added to the composition. Take an infusion of half a glass up to three times a day.
To treat constipation, take three parts of dandelion roots, immortelle, buckthorn and two parts of mint. Then two tablespoons of the mixture are poured into 0.5 liters of boiling water, they are allowed to infuse for half an hour. The finished product is drunk per day, dividing the volume into five doses.
Extract
The benefits of the plant have long been appreciated by scientists and doctors. The first managed to get a special drug from the plant that helps in the fight against a variety of ailments. Helichrysum extract, sold in pharmacies, helps fight hepatitis, cholecystitis, biliary dyskinesia, cholangitis. It is used in combination therapy of diabetes mellitus, obesity, giardiasis. The substance can be applied topically for burns, wounds, ulcers, erosion.
The extract is obtained from immortelle flowers. It is available in various dosage forms: ophthalmic ointment, powder for suspension, ready-made suspension, tablets.
Tablets are taken at 0.05 g three times a day, before meals. If necessary, the doctor may increase the dosage. The duration of treatment is from ten days.
The powder is used for the preparation of suspensions. This medicinal substance can be used to treat children from the age of one month.
Oil application
Helichrysum oil is widely used in medicine. This tool has a positive effect on muscle fibers, relieving cramping. It fights against trigeminal neuralgia, is used for massage. It is rubbed into bruises, bruises, places of rupture of capillaries, small vessels.
According to reviews, immortelle oil well relieves moths: this is the best household tool in the fight against pest. Also, the oil is able to affect microorganisms that affect vegetable crops.
Oil is widely used in cosmetology. This tool enhances tissue regeneration after acne, rejuvenates the skin, retains moisture in the cells. Oil helps smooth wrinkles, absorbs scar tissue. The product is very popular among women, as it helps to cope with the effects of skin stretch marks.
The constant use of oil helps to remove age spots, tightens pores, and eliminates dark circles under the eyes.
Using any remedy based on immortelle, do not forget that this is a medicinal potent plant that has contraindications. No means with grass can be used by people suffering from an allergic reaction to the components of the plant. Also, do not use the plant during pregnancy and lactation. Ideally, before using any product, even for cosmetic purposes, you should consult a specialist. Only after its approval can you use oils, extracts and other types of medicines from the Helichrysum.