Amateur summer residents are well aware of the creeping plant with a long and branched rhizome, which is difficult to eradicate and quickly fills the whole space with it. This is wheat grass. Uninformed people take various methods to get rid of it, not even realizing the benefits of the grass. The healing properties of wheat grass creeping were known to the ancient Romans and Greeks. The plant was used for medicinal purposes in medieval Russia and is still used in modern pharmacology.
Homeopaths respect a tenacious weed and prepare potions from it for physical adversity. It is attractive for animals - dogs and cats with pleasure absorb wide stalks with leaves, independently healing their body. In common people the plant is called “dog grass”. Let's talk in more detail about the benefits and therapeutic qualities of a nondescript root.
Creeping wheatgrass: description, harvesting and habitat
The plant has several names: worm-grass, rye, dandur and white bread. It belongs to the family of cereals, it has a very powerful root system, forming multiple shoots. Often reaches a meter height. A distinctive feature is the presence of an erect stem, at the top of which there is a small inflorescence similar to wheat.
Propagated mainly by rhizome. Flowering is observed throughout the summer period. It tolerates low temperatures, drought and has high survivability, which is probably why it is found almost everywhere: Europe, Russia. Weed can be seen on the side of the road, in the forest and steppe thickets, in meadows and gardens.
Probably the ineradicable survivability is due to the healing properties of creeping wheatgrass. As the pharmaceutical raw material, the root part is mainly used. They begin to collect it in early spring or autumn. Rhizomes are separated from the stems and dirt, then washed and subjected to drying in natural conditions or in a room with a certain temperature regime, previously laid on a fabric base. The prepared raw materials are rammed in cardboard containers, glass containers or cloth bags and stored for 24 months.
Set of biochemical substances
Creeping wheatgrass (closeup photo vividly illustrates the plant) is a unique natural pharmacy that contains essential elements and vitamins for humans. For this reason, healing broths and infusions are brewed from rhizomes in many health resorts, which are then prescribed to diabetics, patients with atherosclerosis and joint disease.
A large dose of ascorbic, silicic and malic acid was found in the composition of the herb. The healing properties of creeping wheatgrass are explained by the presence of useful trace elements that are actively involved in the work of internal organs: iron, sodium, calcium, etc. The roots are enriched in pectins, fructose, gluten, polysaccharides, protein compounds, triticin, saponins and essential oils.
Creeping wheatgrass: medicinal properties and use in medicine
In Russia, grass is not as demanded as, for example, in Europe. German Aesculapius make biologically active additives from rhizomes, which are used to treat diseases of the respiratory system. The rye infusions show a diuretic, expectorant, diaphoretic and anti-inflammatory effect. The crushed roots are brewed with boiling water and drunk as a tea drink, it helps the body cleanse naturally, normalizes intestinal activity, strengthens and tones.
Folk healers in our country recommend drinking broths to restore metabolic and carbohydrate processes. Due to the content of triticin in the composition, the herb can be used by women with an irregular menstrual cycle. Creeping wheatgrass, whose properties are characterized by a strengthening, wound healing and hemostatic effect, is the best medicine for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, gall bladder, liver and spine.
Helps to cope with a number of dermatological pathologies: eczema, furunculosis, youthful acne, acne, psoriasis. Herbal decoctions positively affect the nervous system, relieve depression, excitability, chronic fatigue. Indications for the use of wheatgrass root are all colds, rickets, hemorrhoids, hepatitis, edema, inflammation of the bladder, gout. Healers use creeping wheat grass in malignant formations and hypertensive crisis (a close-up photo is presented in the material).
Folk recipes
Many physical adversities are able to eliminate the malicious weed. From our ancestors, we adopted a lot of useful medicinal prescriptions based on wheatgrass that help a modern person to do without chemicals. We will gladly share them.
Those who suffer from skin diseases can use the following decoction: boil 450 ml of water, let it cool, then pour 4 large tablespoons of dry roots. Pour into a glass container and leave it under a closed lid for 10-12 days. Filter the solution. Pour the remaining grass again with a glass of boiling water, leave for 60 minutes, strain. Combine two decoctions, drink daily for a month, 100 ml three times a day.
With diabetes and impaired metabolism
This drug acts on the body as a natural regulator. The infusion is prepared in this way: 60 grams of dry raw materials will need a liter of water. The mixture is boiled until it is half evaporated. Before use, the broth is filtered and taken four times a day in a large spoon.
Relieve urinary tract inflammation
Also shown is a drug for cystitis and inflammation of the colon in the form of microclysters - 60 ml per night. With hemorrhoids, the following infusion is used inside: take the creeping wheatgrass rhizomes (30 grams) and pour a glass of water. Boil for about ten minutes, filter and drink 70 ml three times a day before meals.
Diseases of the stomach and intestines
It will help to eliminate pain, colic, bloating, normalizes digestion and wheatgrass creeping stools. The healing properties of herbs have been known for their anti-inflammatory effects for more than a century. Make sure of this personally by preparing a simple decoction of five dessert spoons of crushed raw materials and a glass of water. Insist the solution for ten days, then strain, and pour the remaining roots 200 ml of boiling water, leave for 45 minutes. Mix two decoctions, consume half an hour before meals 100 ml four times a day.
For cough and airway inflammation
It has an expectorant and mucolytic effect, also fights against pathogenic bacteria. Pour a large spoonful of crushed dry raw materials into a jar, pour 500 ml of warm boiled water. Cover and leave for 12 hours. Drink half a glass three times a day only in filtered form. To improve sputum discharge, 5 grams of mullein, coltsfoot and elderberry leaves are added to the broth.
To summarize the information article: the healing properties of creeping wheatgrass are unique, restore human health and heal from serious diseases. Now, at the next weeding of the garden, think about what you are destroying.