The plant, which can be found in gardens and gardens, along roads and wastelands, as well as along river banks, is a well-known burdock. People call him a burdock or a grandfather. Burdock is a two year old plant. Its leaves are green above and grayish below, very large. Dark purple flowers with hooked, tenacious wrappers are collected in spherical baskets.
Burdock has long been used for medicinal purposes. In this case, its roots and leaves are used. Harvesting the upper part of the plant is engaged from June to September. The roots are dug in the fall. It is then that they gain their healing power.
Burdock, whose roots contain tannins and essential oil, ascorbic acid and glycosides, as well as palmitic acid and inulin, can have a diuretic and diaphoretic, anti-inflammatory and milk-producing effect. Folk healers use the plant in the form of tinctures. Fresh or dry raw materials are used to make decoctions.
Burdock, whose roots are used to prepare the infusion, helps to eliminate many pathologies. The healing potion helps with gastritis and constipation of a chronic nature. Its administration allows eliminating gastric bleeding and alleviating the patient’s condition with gout and rheumatism. An infusion from the roots of a healing plant helps with diabetes and various pathologies of the skin. Women are recommended a healing drug for delays of menstruation. To obtain the infusion, pour a tablespoon of dry crushed raw materials with two glasses of boiling water. Reception can be made in two hours.
With diabetes, a decoction of the healing plant is recommended. Burdock, whose roots are chopped, is taken for its preparation in the amount of one tablespoon. Raw materials are poured into a glass of water, boiled over a fire. After insisting, the healing potion is filtered. Patients are recommended to take three times a day for a quarter cup.
Burdock root, recipes with the use of which are very popular, is also used in diabetes for preparing decoctions along with blueberry leaves and bean pods, which are taken in equal quantities. Decoctions of a medicinal plant are also used as an excellent cleanser. Burdock is recommended for pathologies of the genitourinary system.
A decoction of burdock root for hair is also used. They rinse their head after washing. The healing potion makes the hair silky and soft, strengthening it.
Burdock, whose roots are combined with the roots of elecampane, is used in the treatment of rheumatism. In this case, it is necessary to prepare a healing broth and take it inside, and also use it as an external warming compress. This tool is great for skin rashes and chronic eczema.
For many pathologies, treatment with drugs prepared based on burdock root is very effective. This plant perfectly helps to prevent many diseases, as well as to maintain the health of the whole organism. Burdock is a grass that is accessible to everyone. Finding her is not difficult. It is not difficult to prepare a healing broth or tincture from it.