Among the inconspicuous meadow herbs you can find many very healthy. If you know how they look and how to use them, you can do without pills and expensive medical procedures. Highlander is a prime example. This modest plant, which many take for weeds, so well helps with hemorrhoids that it is popularly called hemorrhoids. Those who used it to get rid of their delicate problems speak of the highlander with enthusiasm and advise him instead of expensive ointments and candles. We offer a detailed description of this herb, methods for its preparation and recipes for preparing medicines for hemorrhoids and other diseases.
Botanical Description
The highlander belongs to the buckwheat family and to the genus with the beautiful name of Peaches. Outwardly, it is not much noticeable. Its thin upright stalk can grow up to 1 meter and above, but very small plants with a height of only 10 cm are also found. In tall specimens, the stalk has many nodes (knees), providing it with some rigidity. Due to this feature, the mountaineer in some regions is called the polygon. Branching of the stem is almost always observed in these places.
The leaves of the mountaineer are slightly peachy. They are green, long and narrow (up to 20 mm wide and up to 110 mm long), with a sharp tip and a dark spot in the middle. On this basis, the plant can be distinguished from other species. On the stem, the leaves are densely arranged. They practically have no petioles (sessile), at the base they are equipped with a ciliary bell covering the stem.
The flowers of this grass are small and inconspicuous, collected in an inflorescence of ears. Its length rarely exceeds 60 mm. More often, such dense, but short spikelets are 30-40 mm in size. They are located on the tops of the stems. The tone of the petals is pink or white. The plant blooms from early summer to frost.
As a result of pollination, fruits are formed - small shiny nuts. They are black in color, covered with a perianth film, have a trihedral or ovoid shape.
The root of this species of the highlander is pivotal, with virtually no branches. In autumn, the plant dries up, as it is an annual. Reproduction is carried out by seeds.
Habitat
Highlander loves moisture. Therefore, you can find it on the banks of rivers, lakes, artificial canals, near ponds and estuaries. However, this plant has learned to survive and is relatively far from water. It is found in floodplain meadows, in irrigated gardens, along roads (in regions with rainy climates).
Hemorrhoids grass is growing almost all over the world. It is in Europe (from Portugal to Greenland), in Asia (including Japan and Indonesia), in Australia, in New Zealand, in America, where it was imported by accident. In Russia, it can be found throughout the territory, except for the northernmost regions.
Chemical composition
Incredibly rich in various chemicals, the modest grass is an upscale mountaineer. Useful properties and contraindications to the use of this wonderful plant are determined precisely by what is contained in its ground parts.
Oxymethylanthraquinones are found in its root. These substances are needed to protect the mountaineer from pests living in the soil. Oxymethylanthraquinones are derivatives of anthracene and can be used as a laxative or antibacterial. But the process of extracting them from plants (especially from those in which they contain a small amount) is complicated. Even a small error can change their properties. Therefore, the root of the kidney of a highland is rarely used.
In its ground parts were found:
- tannin;
- flavonoids (rutin, quercetrin, avicularin, hyperoside);
- essential oil;
- slime;
- organic acids (butyric, gallic, acetic);
- pectins;
- tannins;
- vitamin C;
- carbohydrates;
- vitamin K;
- calcium oxalate.
Useful properties of the highlander
Many people know that this herb is used to treat hemorrhoids. But preparations from it also have such therapeutic properties:
- Laxative.
- Hemostatic.
- Antibacterial.
- Wound healing.
- Anthelmintic.
- Painkiller.
- Diuretic.
- Anti-inflammatory.
- Antitumor (used only in traditional medicine).
Preparations from hemorrhoids grass can increase blood viscosity, improve the condition of blood vessels (lymphatic and blood vessels), and have a beneficial effect on the functioning of the heart.
What ailments heals
Healthy properties of the mountaineer are used in the treatment of the following diseases:
- hypertension;
- heart failure;
- constipation
- fibromatosis and uterine atony;
- colpitis (douching);
- uterine bleeding;
- cystitis;
- bladder cancer and stomach cancer (in traditional medicine);
- urolithiasis disease.
Outwardly as lotions and compresses for:
- radiculitis;
- gout
- rheumatism;
- headaches;
- depriving;
- wounds and rashes of a different nature.
For rinsing with:
- sore throat;
- gingivitis;
- stomatitis;
- laryngitis.
Contraindications
There is not a single medicine that can be used by absolutely all patients, and not a single plant that has the same effect on every person. This also applies to the highlander. Contraindications for use inside decoctions and tinctures from it are based on the fact that this plant is poisonous. This means that you need to use them without violating the dosages and not exceeding the recommended treatment courses. You can not use this herb in the following conditions and diseases:
- Pregnancy. Highlander increases the tone of the uterus, which is fraught with miscarriage or premature birth.
- Thrombophlebitis, varicose veins, thrombosis. Highlander preparations increase blood viscosity, which contributes to thrombosis.
- Childhood.
- An allergy to the substances contained in this herb, which causes individual intolerance to drugs based on it.
Honey
Beekeepers know how good the honeybee is the mountaineer. Plant properties are partially manifested in honey from it. It turns out great taste. When sugared, small crystals form in it. The color of honey varies from light to dark, which depends on various reasons. The main difficulty lies in the fact that it is almost impossible to collect honey from a highlander, because it is not cultivated on an industrial scale. Bees take bribes not only from this grass, but also from other flowers growing next to it. Therefore, in fact, honey turns out to be floral. Nevertheless, if there is a plot of meadow where the highlander is overgrown, then from 1 hectare you can take up to 225 kg of honey. Despite the fact that he does not have such contraindications that are listed above, you need to use it sparingly.
Highlander avid: recipes
People’s healers know many ways to prepare potions from this herb to treat various ailments. This can be decoctions for oral administration, decoctions and infusions for rinsing (for example, the throat), tinctures for compresses and rubbing, ointments. Observe the dosage in the manufacture and use of all drugs, especially those that are used orally.
The simplest recipe for hemorrhoids. From the highlander you can cook alcohol tincture: 15 grams of raw materials (dry and ground) pour a glass of any vodka. This mixture should be infused for two weeks, shaking regularly. On the 15th day, the tincture is required to strain. It is taken orally, 40 drops before each meal.
From hemorrhoids, decoctions for sedentary baths are also prepared from this herb.
Recipes for external use
To get rid of hemorrhoids, a highlander is used for the preparation of such therapeutic agents:
- Decoction for baths. The grass (dried and chopped) is taken in the amount of 4 tablespoons for soup, poured with boiling water (500-600 ml) and set to simmer on a water bath for about 40 minutes. You can simply let the broth boil, after which it can be cooled to an acceptable temperature, but a medicine prepared in a water bath will be more effective. After 40 minutes, the broth is filtered through gauze or strainer, more water is added and poured into a bowl of such a volume that it can be placed in it buttocks. Sedentary baths are carried out in a warm drug. You can only do them if the hemorrhoids do not bleed. The number of procedures is not limited. Duration - until the water cools down. After the bath, it is very useful to lubricate the sore spot with a healing cream and lie down so as not to create a load on the muscles.
- Poultices. They are not specially prepared. For poultices, use the cake that remains after filtering the decoction of the renal highlander. The grass is squeezed to such a state until the water stops flowing out of the meal, wrapped in 1 layer of gauze and applied to the problem place. The procedure lasts until the medicine cools. Oilcake can also treat leg swelling and joint pain with rheumatism.
Medical ointment
This is another drug from the highlander, effective for hemorrhoids. Making an ointment is quite simple. By the method described above, you need to prepare a decoction of this herb, mix it with honey (you can take any). Proportions 1: 1. Butter is added to the mixture and whipped until a homogeneous, sufficiently dense mass is obtained. Store ointment in the refrigerator. Use several times a day.
Hemorrhoid grass treatment for bleeding
There are several recipes that help stop bleeding (uterine and hemorrhoidal). All drugs are taken orally. Proportions are given for dry crushed raw materials.
- Infusion. Pour 2 soup spoons of raw materials into a thermos, add 500 ml of boiling water. Close the thermos. Insist 2 hours. Filter out. Drink 25 ml (about 3 tbsp.spoons) before each meal. This medicine prevents bleeding and improves intestinal motility.
- A decoction that can be used not only for bleeding, but also for constipation, problems with gums (periodontal disease, scurvy). Take 2 soup spoons of raw materials, fill them with 200 ml of boiling water and set to simmer in a water bath for about 15 minutes. Cool, filter. You need to drink the remedy before each meal, about 20 minutes before its start. Dosage - 1 tbsp. a spoon. To treat gums with this drug, rinse the mouth.
- Infusion. First, prepare a decoction from the grass of the highlander. To do this, take 1 soup spoon of raw material, pour 500 ml of hot water and boil for about 15 minutes. Next, the remedy is insisted and filtered for 2 hours. Drink before meals 100 ml.
Harvesting raw materials
Carrying out the collection of the renal highlander, you need to be able to distinguish it from other similar species. The most similar to him is a highlander rough (loose), not possessing the necessary healing properties. You can distinguish plants by a characteristic feature. The rugged mountaineer has thick hairs on pedicels. They are on the underside of the sheet and on the bells (rings).
The collection of ground parts of the mountaineer is carried out during the flowering period. In this case, it is necessary to leave several bushes alive so that they can give offspring.
The collected grass is carefully reviewed, removing all unnecessary plants from the collection (for example, a highlander grungy). The remaining mass is dried, trying not to delay the process. Suitable raw materials should not darken. If this happened during the drying process, the grass is thrown away.