Lingonberry leaves are a herbal medicine with valuable healing properties. The procurement of raw materials for the manufacture of drugs is carried out before and after flowering plants.
The composition of the product includes arbutin, tannins, flavonoids, antioxidants,
tannins, tartaric, ellagic and quinic acid, as well as acetylsalicylic.
Lingonberry leaves: instructions for use, pharmacological properties
As the instructions show, the drug is effective in many diseases. The tool has a cardiotonic, tonic, sedative, diuretic, antiseptic, antimicrobial effect. Lingonberries are used for the treatment of influenza infections and herpes, as well as an antiviral agent. The anti-inflammatory properties of the drug are due to the presence of a large volume of benzoic acid in the composition .
Lingonberry leaves: instructions for use, indications
You can read in the instructions that using the drug in the form of a decoction or infusion is effective for deviations in the work of the stomach and intestines, arthritis, rheumatism, osteochondrosis.
It is also useful for people with a diagnosis of diabetes, since the drug allows you to normalize the amount of sugar in the blood. Prescribe a medicine for staph infections.
Lingonberry leaves, the instructions for use recommends brewing and drinking to increase immunity, with pneumonia, bronchitis, hepatitis, cholelithiasis, diseases of the urinary tract and bladder. The medicine perfectly disinfects the oral cavity. With the help of a medication, edema in pregnant women is removed, it is used for pyelonephritis, nephropathy, to relieve irritation and inflammation in problem areas of the skin, with dandruff, hair loss and itching.
Lingonberry leaves: how to take
Tea, infusion or broth is made from plant composition. In the latter case, two tablespoons of the drug is poured with boiling water and the mixture is kept for 30 minutes in a water bath. Cool the medicine in room conditions for 15 minutes. Then the solution is filtered. The resulting broth is brought to a volume of 200 ml by adding water, and stored for no more than two days in the refrigerator.
For diseases of the bladder and urolithiasis, half a glass of warm medicine must be taken orally three times a day after meals. For prevention and during pregnancy, the drug is used once a day for 0.25 cups.
Lingonberry leaf: contraindications
Despite the healing properties of the drug, there are prohibitions and restrictions on the use of the drug. Decoctions and lingonberry infusions can not be taken to children under 12 years old. Caution should be taken in people with high gastric acidity. Lingonberry leaves (instructions for use warns about this) have a diuretic effect, which can cause a pressure drop. Due to the content of tannins, the medicine is contraindicated for people who have impaired kidney and liver function.