The bird highlander, popularly known as knotweed, is one of the most common plants for humans. Many people who met him in their gardens consider this grass to be a typical weed, but the use of knotweed in medicine is a very common occurrence.
It is used both in traditional medicine and in folk medicine. The knotweed flowers are white, sometimes with a pinkish tinge. The appearance of the mountaineer depends on the growth environment. If knotweed is trampled down very strongly, then it begins to grow with creeping shoots. The leaves of such a plant reach only half a centimeter in length. In places where nothing prevents the knotweed from growing, it can reach a height of up to fifty centimeters, forming lush bushes. The leaves of such a mountaineer are more than three, or even four times. Maggot is an annual plant. Shoots appear in late June, but already starting in July, it blooms to deep frosts, for which it was called knotweed. Most often, the plant can be found along roads, on pastures and even in areas near houses. However, it is not recommended to collect it on cattle pastures.
The use of knotweed
First of all, the plant is used as a
blood purifier, as it has a pronounced antitoxic effect, while improving liver function. Maggot is also used for some gynecological problems, having a beneficial effect on the ovaries and uterus, increasing the likelihood of a successful conception. As a rule, you need to brew knotweed four dessert spoons per glass of boiling water. Then boil for about fifteen minutes. You need to drink a glass a day in two or three doses (half an hour before meals). Knotweed for conception can be used as tea, if you brew a teaspoon of dried flowers per liter of water.
You can also brew a more concentrated infusion, that is, add two dessert tablespoons of grass to two glasses of boiling water, the healing properties of the infusion will not change. Such an infusion should be taken four times a day in half a glass.
The use of knotweed in traditional medicine
All the beneficial properties of grass are due to its chemical composition. The plant contains such well-known substances as carotene and ascorbic acid.
In medicine, avicularin is widely used - an extract that is produced in powder and in tablets and is a hemostatic agent in the postpartum period. In addition, avicularin has a diuretic effect, which allows it to be used in case of kidney disease and in the presence of kidney stones.
Highlander grass also is part of the Zdrenko potion, used for gastritis and some diseases of the bladder.
Maggot is one of the most valuable medicinal food plants. It contains vitamins A, C, K. The use of knotweed may be due to the need to normalize the metabolism in the body. The highlander is also prescribed after surgery on the kidneys, as it protects the kidneys from the formation of stones. In addition, knotweed disinfects the intestines, reduces possible irritation of the mucous membrane of the digestive tract and strengthens the blood vessels.