Despite the fact that it is one of the worst weeds in gardens and fields, wheatgrass has beneficial properties. This perennial plant has thin and long creeping rhizomes. They contain substances due to which wheatgrass has beneficial properties. Sometimes, plant herbs are used as medicinal raw materials .
Wheatgrass contains essential and fatty oils, silicon, ascorbic and amino acids, carotene, starch, saponins, gum, mannitol, various sugars, calcium, sodium, vanillin, inositol, pectin, iron, levulosis. In addition, it has carbohydrates, hydroquinone, flavonoids and mucus. In order not to lose wheatgrass useful properties, when preparing it, a number of rules must be observed. Rhizomes must be harvested during periods of tillage on agricultural land. As a rule, it is autumn or spring (rarely). In the process of harvesting rhizomes, they are cleaned of leaf sheaths, stems and everything else, washed with water and dried in air or in special constructions at a temperature of 60-70 ° C, mixing and turning over at short intervals. The procedure is considered completed when the raw material ceases to bend, and with a certain effort it is folded at an acute angle. Rhizomes prepared in this way can be stored for up to three years, while maintaining the properties of wheatgrass.
This plant will have a sweat and diuretic, expectorant and tonic effect. In addition, it has an enveloping, mild laxative and anti-inflammatory effect. Wheatgrass has useful properties that provide regulation of disorders of carbohydrate, lipid and mineral metabolism. Silicic acid contained in it helps to strengthen the vascular walls. Flavonoids give it antioxidant properties that contribute to the normalization of the acid-base balance of the body. Silica has a positive effect on the fork gland - the central organ of the immune system. Saponins provide the prevention of atherosclerosis.
It is used in both traditional and traditional medicine for wheat grass. Its medicinal properties are used to prevent leukemia and cancer, allergic and autoimmune diseases, and diabetes mellitus. It also helps with gout, osteoporosis, rheumatism, fractures, arthritis, skin ailments, angina pectoris, bronchial asthma, nocturnal enuresis, hypertension. It is also used as a laxative and pain medication for diseases of the liver, biliary tract, urethra, kidneys, gastritis, edema, colitis, neurosis of the bladder, fever, cystitis. There are no special contraindications for use, but the dosage must be observed.
There are several common recipes for the preparation of wheatgrass for medicinal purposes. Juice obtained from its leaves and stems is mainly used for gallstone disease. Wheatgrass infusion is made from rhizomes in cold water. Make a decoction of them. In this case, both water and milk can be used as a liquid. To increase the concentration of healing substances in the prepared preparations, the liquid is evaporated to half of the original amount.