The bluehead flat-leaved is a perennial plant that has a blue tint and can reach 80 centimeters in height. Its root is straight and pivotal, the stem is branched, bare, green near the soil. The leaves of this plant are oblong, dentate, leathery and stiff. Flowers are panicles of a blue shade. They are more reminiscent of oval heads, surrounded by prickly, but not large leaves. The people have a different name for the blue-headed flat-headed - thistle blue.
The chemical composition of the plant
Sinegolovine flat-leaved has a unique composition. This explains the beneficial properties of the plant. Such raw materials are often used in folk medicine. For several centuries, this plant has proven its worth. However, the composition of the flathead pseudolithic has not yet been fully studied. This plant contains vitamin C, sucrose, fructose, glucose, tannins, essential oil, glycolic, malonic, oxalic, citric and malic acids, phenol carboxylic compounds, tanides, polysaccharides, flavonoids, saponins.
Healing properties
Blue-headed flat-headed, the magical properties of which were attributed to ancient healers, allows you to get rid of many ailments. This plant has an antitoxic, astringent, anticonvulsant, antibacterial effect. The flatbed puffer has a blood-purifying, expectorant, diaphoretic, diuretic, analgesic, restorative and soothing effect.
Where is the plant used
What ailments can use the flathead pseudo-head? The medicinal properties of this plant allow the use of drugs based on it for the treatment of many diseases. Preparations based on such raw materials can cure various nervous disorders, headache, insomnia, fear, overexcitation and anxiety. Decoctions and rinses for rinsing are used to relieve toothache, eliminate stomatitis, as well as the inflammatory process localized on the oral mucosa. In addition, the bluehead is often used to combat nerve tic, seizures, anemia, and anemia.
It is worth noting that this plant is useful for children. Especially if the child has diathesis. Preparations from this plant are used for the treatment of epilepsy, with cardioneurosis and various heart diseases, as well as a tonic and pain medication. The flathead pseudo-head makes it possible to remove stones from the bladder, gall bladder and kidneys, cure liver diseases, kidney and stomach ailments, as well as colic.
This plant copes well with joint diseases, rheumatism, rickets, arthritis and hemorrhoids, as well as skin diseases, for example, dermatosis, edema, jaundice, scrofula and dropsy. Do not forget that the bluehead has an antitoxic effect, which allows it to be used for various poisonings. This plant helps the body remove even snake venom.
Preparations based on the flathead pseudo-head are used to treat asthma, whooping cough, persistent cough, tracheitis, bronchitis, as well as other diseases of the lungs and respiratory system. The plant is used to treat scrofula, spasmophilia, ascites, and fever. Pseudomonas tones the body, eliminate pain in the abdomen and chest. It is often used as a diuretic, as well as for stagnation of blood.
It is worth noting that the use of drugs based on this plant can increase the production of milk in nursing mothers and enhance menstruation. For men, a bluehead is also useful. It normalizes the metabolic processes of the prostate gland.
Some recipes of traditional medicine
For the preparation of medicines, roots, flowers, stems and leaves of the plant are usually used. In order to cure tuberculosis, it is necessary to take the juice of a blue-headed flat-headed on a tablespoon, preferably three times a day. This remedy should be diluted in half a glass of water before use. You can add a little honey to the drink.
To cope with toothache, as well as to relieve the inflammatory process in the oral cavity, you can use a rinse. To prepare it, you need to pour a glass of high-quality vodka with a tablespoon of the stems and leaves of the bluehead. Use the drug only after brushing your teeth.
Plant for radiculitis and migraine
The flathead pseudolithic is also used for radiculitis, migraine, osteochondrosis and toothache. An extract can be prepared from this plant. To do this, you need to pour 4 large spoons of leaves, stems and flowers of the bluehead, pour a liter of water. The container with the drug must be placed on fire and brought to a boil. After that, you need to evaporate ½ of the original volume. The finished product should be filtered into a container of dark glass. You can use the extract three times a day for 20-25 drops. The shelf life of such a tool is 1.5 years. You can store the extract in the refrigerator.
Contraindications
Pseudolithic flathead, the use of which is very wide, like any medicinal raw material, has contraindications. Experts do not recommend the use of drugs based on it during lactation, pregnancy and menstruation. It is also undesirable to take medicines from this plant for those who have hypertension. It is worth noting that some people have individual intolerance. This is another contraindication.