According to reviews, hodgepodge - an unusual plant that has medicinal properties. Moreover, scientists do not deny the fact that it contains many useful substances. Numerous experiments have proved that hodgepodge is able to improve liver function and more.
Plant description
According to reviews, hodgepodge has a salty taste, for which it got its name. This annual shrub belongs to the Amaranth family.
The plant has thin branches, in young plant specimens they are soft, and in adults - hard. The stems are covered with longitudinal stripes of a pinkish tint, with pubescence. The leaves are elongated, elongated. The root system is represented by one root, which is why the plant does not hold well in the ground and starts to roll along the field with a gust of wind.
The plant is tall, about a meter. Blossoms in white flowers with a slight pink tinge. Externally, the inflorescences look like spikelets. Flowering begins in mid-summer and lasts until autumn.
Solyanka has many other names. This plant was called the camel thorn, katun, Tatar thistle.
Where grows
The plant is found in the southern regions of Siberia, the Far East, the Volga region, and in the Baikal regions. Solyanka feels great in a dry climate on sandy soils, salt marshes. It occurs mainly on plains, fields, near roads, on mowings, pastures.
Composition
According to reviews, hodgepodge is a useful plant that can have a positive effect on the liver and not only. This is due to its unique composition. The plant contains amino acids, glycine, phytosporins, flavonoids, alkaloids, inulins, macro- and microelements, acids and other useful substances. A special set of components is capable of exerting a hepatotropic effect on the liver.
Indications and contraindications
Scientists were able to establish what the hodgepodge has medicinal properties and contraindications. The analysis allowed us to determine the possibility of using the plant for the treatment of various pathological conditions. This plant is used in official medicine as a means of restoring the structure and function of the liver. So, according to reviews, hodgepodge has a positive effect on hepatitis, intoxications, cholecystitis. A plant is prescribed for patients with cirrhosis of the liver in the initial stages of the development of the disease.
For preventive purposes, hodgepodge is used by those who are at risk for cholelithiasis. It is recommended as an adjuvant in diseases of the pancreas, with diabetes.
Regular intake is indicated for people living in areas with poor environmental conditions, working in hazardous jobs.
The use of the plant is recommended in the prevention of coronary heart disease, atherosclerosis, hypertension. It reduces sugar, cholesterol, normalizes lipid metabolism.
Scientists have proved that the preparations made from the plant have a positive effect on reduced immunity, anemia, menopause, urolithiasis. The plant is suitable as a means of increasing visual acuity.
Apply a hodgepodge in cosmetology. It improves skin condition, rejuvenates, tones, softens. Anti-cellulite creams are prepared with hodgepodge.
You can not use the plant with individual intolerance to the components that make up the composition. It is also not recommended to use the hodgepodge for pregnant women, while breastfeeding, patients with phenylketonuria, with urolithiasis in the acute stage. The plant has no other contraindications.
Release Forms
Solyanka is used in the form of finished products offered in pharmacies or in the form of dry raw materials. Dosage forms are made of it on their own. And how to brew a hodgepodge at home? How to prepare an infusion from a plant, and what ready-made forms are offered in pharmacies?
Medication Recipes
With various pathologies, the hodgepodge helps. Instructions for use say that this plant is used to prepare decoctions, infusions.
To make a decoction, you need 1 tablespoon of raw materials to pour a glass of boiling water. Then the composition is boiled for 10 minutes. Take a spoonful three times a day.
To prepare the infusion, pour a spoonful of raw materials with a glass of boiling water and insist for half an hour in a thermos. Take the composition of two tablespoons three times a day.
The plant is sold in the form of ready-made extracts: in powders, capsules, granules, sachets. A medicinal plant can be supplemented with other components that have a positive effect on the body.