Chestnut is a deciduous tree of the beech family, which pleases us in the spring with its beautiful flowering. There are ten species of this plant that can be found not only in areas with a temperate and warm climate, which it prefers. Chestnut grows in both East Asia and the Mediterranean. The tree does not like only dry as well as wetlands.
Wild or horse chestnut has been considered European culture since the sixteenth century. The plant serves as a magnificent decoration of many squares and parks in various cities of Europe.
Horse chestnut, in addition to its decorative use, is used in the treatment of many diseases. Homeopathic preparations, the basis of which is this plant, are intended to get rid of many pathologies. These agents can have antithrombotic, venotonic and analgesic effects on the human body. The pharmacological industry also produces a considerable list of drugs, which are based on a medicinal plant. Finds the use of horse chestnut in folk medicine.
Means made from a medicinal plant, help with diarrhea and malaria, bronchitis and uterine bleeding, high acidity of the stomach and spasms of blood vessels. Preparations containing horse chestnut can alleviate the condition of patients suffering from tuberculosis and gastritis, impaired bile secretion and neuralgia. Recommended funds, the basis of which is horse chestnut, with
venous stasis. They help with chronic thrombophlebitis.
The healing properties of horse chestnut are enclosed in its fruits, flowers, leaves, and also bark. Often used and mature plant seeds. To eliminate various pathologies, it is recommended to take juice squeezed from the flowers of a healing tree.
Horse chestnut in medicine finds its application due to its glycosides (escin and esculin). These substances slow down blood coagulation and lower its viscosity. From the fruits of wild horse chestnut, as well as from the bark of a tree and its leaves, the pharmaceutical industry produces the drug “Eskuzan”. It is recommended for congestion in the veins, as well as for the expansion of venous blood flow in the lower extremities. Esflazide, which contains flavonoids and escin, is available in tablet form. It is recommended for thrombophlebitis and phlebitis. Dragee "Anavenol" also includes horse chestnut. It is recommended for pathological phenomena in the veins.
The healing properties of horse chestnut are used to get rid of varicose veins. Infusions and extracts from a medicinal plant are considered the most effective venotonic agents. They are included in many drugs recommended for hemorrhoids and endarteritis. Promote these funds and the healing of trophic ulcers that arose on the lower leg as a result of varicose veins.
The medicinal properties of horse chestnut are used for bowel therapy. A decoction of the cortex is especially effective in pathologies that are chronic and inflammatory in nature. The list of such diseases can include difficultly eliminated diarrhea, ailments of the spleen, as well as violations in the separation of bile. The therapeutic properties of horse chestnut are used to eliminate pathologies of the sinus mucosa. Medicines from the bark, leaves and fruits of the healing tree are recommended for shortness of breath and gout, rheumatism and uterine bleeding, as well as arthritis.