Chamomile has a number of useful properties that allow you to call the plant a green doctor for women. According to experts, a medicinal plant gently affects the underlying disease, and also heals other organs. Chamomile pharmacy in gynecology is used for baths and douching for vaginal dysbiosis, thrush, cystitis and other diseases. Also, the plant can be found in some pharmacological preparations.
Useful properties of the plant
In folk medicine, chamomile flowers are used, which are collected during the flowering period. They contain a lot of important and useful for women's health substances. Essential oil, for example, has a pronounced anti-inflammatory and antiseptic effect. Effectiveness in treating the problems of the female reproductive system is ensured by the content of hormone-like medicinal substances in chamomile. Doctors agree that chamomile is a safe and effective remedy.
The rich composition of vitamins (nicotinic acid, carotene, ascorbic acid), macro- and microelements (zinc, potassium, copper, boron, selenium) provides the body's needs for the corresponding substances. It weakens the manifestations of allergies and has a pronounced anti-inflammatory effect of chamazulen, and apiin, apigenin and herniarin relieve spasms well.
The pharmacy chamomile contains organic acids that have bactericidal properties and normalize metabolic processes. Herbal preparations, infusions and decoctions of a medicinal plant disinfect, relieve soreness and inflammation, have anti-allergenic effects, relax the muscles of internal organs and accelerate the regeneration of damaged tissues.
Chamomile application
In gynecology, a chamomile broth is used for washing, douching and baths. This drug is affordable and safe for daily use. Chamomile should be used only according to indications, because the chemical composition of the plant contains many biologically active substances of natural origin, which, if used incorrectly, can cause adverse symptoms from the female body.
Vaginal inflammation
Judging by the reviews, chamomile in gynecology is most often used for various inflammatory diseases of the female reproductive system. With colpitis, vulvitis or vaginitis, the severity of unpleasant symptoms (itching in the vagina, excessive discharge, burning and discomfort) can be reduced by douching with chamomile. When using a medicinal plant, there are usually no side effects such as dryness or irritation.
For douching with chamomile in gynecology (how to make them is described below), this solution is recommended: three tablespoons of dry raw materials are poured with a liter of hot water, insisted for 30 minutes, filtered and applied after cooling. Douching should be carried out twice during the day throughout the week. A syringe is required for the procedure. It is necessary to fill the container with a solution, and then rinse the vagina from the inside with a syringe. Then you need to carefully rinse the external genitalia to remove the remains of the solution. This procedure, judging by the reviews, helps to quickly normalize the condition of a woman.
Douching with chamomile is a fairly popular procedure in gynecology. It is carried out with the addition of other medicinal herbs to enhance the beneficial effect. So, you can mix one tablespoon of chamomile flowers and the same amount of plantain, pour 0.5 liters of hot water and insist for 30 minutes. After the composition should be filtered and used twice a day.
The use of chamomile in gynecology is not limited to douching. Vulvitis can be treated with sedentary baths. Chamomile infusion or the following mixture of herbs is added to the water: nettle, calendula, chamomile and celandine in equal quantities. It is better to first prepare the solution separately, and not mix immediately in the bath. The procedure is done once or twice during the week.
Normalization cycle
To normalize the menstrual cycle, chamomile is used in gynecology in cases where the pathology is caused by non-hormonal disorders, a bacterial infection or pregnancy. A teaspoon of the flowers of a medicinal plant should be filled with half a glass of hot water and infused for 30 minutes. Then strain and take on an empty stomach four servings a day. Usually, according to reviews, the next day begins menstruation. With heavy periods, a decoction of chamomile helps (two tablespoons per glass of boiling water). Such a medicine should be taken three times a day, four tablespoons a few days before menstruation. During menstruation, experienced herbalists do not recommend taking a decoction of chamomile inside.
Cystitis
Cystitis, as a rule, develops with hypothermia of the pelvic organs or legs, but sometimes the cause of the disease can be sexually transmitted diseases, an abnormal structure of the genital organs or non-compliance with hygiene rules. The disease is treated with antibiotics, but doctors additionally recommend douching, taking a decoction of chamomile inside or a bath.
In severe cystitis, only a medicinal plant can not do. In this case, you should consult a doctor as soon as possible and undergo the recommended course of treatment. As part of complex therapy, chamomile pharmacy will accelerate the healing process and relieve unpleasant symptoms.
Thrush (candidiasis)
They allow the plant to be actively used for many female diseases, the beneficial properties of chamomile. In gynecology, a medicinal plant is also used to treat thrush. This is a frequent disease that can become chronic in the absence of timely and adequate treatment.
With milkweed, chamomile is used in the form of infusions and decoctions. To prepare, you need to pour a tablespoon of the flowers of the plant with a glass of boiling water, warm in a water bath for twenty minutes, and then insist thirty minutes. Strain and use the infusion for douching, washing, or as a lotion. As the patients assure of their reviews, such a tool will help to effectively relieve itching and pain, disinfect and heal microdamages of the mucosa.
Cervical erosion
Doctors say that it will not be possible to completely cure erosion with the help of chamomile, but you can temporarily remove the unpleasant symptoms of the disease, which cause severe discomfort. In general, it should be remembered that the use of plants is effective only in the initial stages of gynecological diseases.
The solution for improving the state of erosion is prepared as follows: aloe leaves (the plant must be at least two years old) are cut off and placed in a cool place for a week. Then the leaves need to be chopped and mixed with chamomile infusion in equal proportions. With this composition, you need to soak the swab and insert it deep into the vagina. Better left overnight. The course of treatment is at least ten days.
Chamomile during pregnancy
For any gynecological problems during pregnancy, a reasonable solution is to use traditional medicine, but under the supervision of an observing physician. Chamomile can be used with thrush, which is a frequent occurrence during the period of bearing a child, and with a common cold.
Chamomile-based herbal remedies are not recommended, because perennial components stimulate the production of estrogen, and an excess of this hormone can cause a miscarriage. But local application in the form of washings will not harm the fetus. Infusions and decoctions can be taken orally only in strictly controlled quantities and under the supervision of a physician. You can make baths of chamomile. In gynecology, this is considered a more effective means than washing.
While breastfeeding
When breastfeeding, chamomile is considered a safe remedy. Even infants are given weak decoctions to reduce gas formation and eliminate intestinal colic. Mom can use decoctions and infusions (in limited quantities) to treat colds, as well as a place for cystitis or inflammation of the vaginal mucosa. It is believed that excessive consumption of chamomile inside can reduce the amount of milk and increase the excitability of the child, so you need to take a medicinal plant with caution.
Daily use
A decoction of chamomile pharmacy has a number of useful properties, but the use of such a tool on a daily basis is not required. The use of traditional medicine recipes is recommended only in the treatment of various acute or chronic diseases of the female reproductive system. Douching or baths are prescribed by the attending physician after examining and identifying possible contraindications to various medicinal plants.
Contraindications to chamomile treatment
Chamomile in gynecology is a common tool that doctors often prescribe for various problems with women's health. But you always need to consider the individual characteristics of the body. Take chamomile inside should not be with a tendency to diarrhea, during pregnancy, with individual intolerance or increased acidity of the stomach.
Douching with chamomile in gynecology is undesirable during menstruation. On critical days, the severity of allergic symptoms when using the plant can be stronger. Baths with infusion of a medicinal plant are not recommended for treatment with homeopathic medicines, because the effect of the drugs can be neutralized. In any case, before using traditional medicine, you must consult with your doctor.