Today we will consider one of the traditional medicine, which is also used in medical practice. Its name is quite funny - goose cinquefoil. The paw in the sense of "hand" has nothing to do with it, except that it resembles the shape of the roots and processes. The article describes in detail goose cinquefoil, its medicinal properties and its use in the treatment of diseases.
What is this plant?
Goose cinquefoil outwardly remotely resembles a fern, with the only exception that the size of the leaves is much larger. When it blooms, it blooms yellow small inflorescences. The bush itself has a thin mustache (remember strawberries). In common people, the plant is also often called the goose foot, soft grass, ladder and spruce branches. This is a wild-growing grass, that is, it grows everywhere where moist clay soil is found, so it is not difficult to find it. Stocked up by the plant, usually from May to August, when the goose cinquefoil begins to bloom. However, roots and rhizomes are still best harvested from September to October. By this time, the plant manages to stock up on nutrients for the coming winter. For harvesting use all its elements: leaves, roots, rhizomes, as well as flowers and seeds.
How to properly process the plant
Processing methods for further use vary depending on the purpose and type of treatment. At home, make tinctures, decoctions and squeeze juices. You can cook homemade ointments or creams, dry.
Goose cinquefoil is freely sold in pharmacies in any form. Its price is low. The advantages of the purchase are obvious - everything you take will be certified and, accordingly, of high quality.
Indications goose cinquefoil
We got an idea about the plant itself, now it’s useful to find out what it is healing from. Let's start with a description of useful properties. So, goose cinquefoil contains many components. Here is some of them:
- tannins;
- choline;
- starch;
- quinic acid;
- vitamin C;
- zinc;
- protein;
- fatty oil.
Preparations from this plant are very effective in treating symptoms, ailments and diseases, such as:
- diarrhea;
- bleeding
- copious mucous discharge;
- bleeding gums ;
- cracks in the tongue;
- high cholesterol;
- pulmonary tuberculosis;
- scurvy;
- hernia;
- gastrointestinal ailments;
- liver disease
- stones in the kidneys;
- painful menstruation;
- wounds and cuts;
- eczema;
- metabolic disorders;
- cramps.
Now it’s clear why goose cinquefoil helps. Like any substance containing many ingredients, it has a very extensive list of contraindications.
When can not be taken?
No matter how good the goose cinquefoil is in its properties, it still has its contraindications. The most common problem is individual intolerance to the components. If we take into account that preparations based on it, as well as simply dried grass, do not have a strict restriction on the categories of people (pregnant, lactating, children), it is still better to get a doctor's advice before use. A strict ban on the use of this herbal remedy is imposed on patients who suffer:
- blood clotting;
- constipation
- colitis;
- large kidney stones;
- low pressure.
Tips for making and consuming decoctions and juice
To prepare a decoction of the roots at home, you need to boil the essence. This should be done within an hour, and the raw materials should be used at the rate of 20 g of root per liter of water, after which the broth should be filtered. Drink the resulting mixture in two or three glasses during the day or use for other purposes (for example, rinse your mouth if bleeding gums).
If you have grass of this plant at home, then the broth is prepared for two hours in a water bath. Raw materials are taken at the rate of 20 g per 200 ml of liquid.
Infusion of roots (10 g per 200 ml) is boiled for 15 minutes, after which they insist another 20 minutes. Use it in two tablespoons four times a day.
Seeds are prepared on the basis of the same proportion, but boiled in milk for five minutes.
Other uses
Cinquefoil is also used in a mixed form with other ingredients - with nettles, with knotweed, mint, yarrow, wheat grass and shepherd’s bag. One hundred grams of such a mixture is boiled for fifteen minutes, after which another thirty are insisted. You can take a bath with the addition of such a decoction, previously stirring it in warm water.
But to get the juice (it is more nutritious) you will have to work hard, since making it in sufficient quantities will be problematic. Each ingredient of the plant is separately ground to a soft, fine slurry, and then simply squeezed. Such grass nectar is consumed one tablespoon four times a day. It very well helps with the appearance of acne.
Fresh grass should be allocated separately, since the method of its use differs from others. A mixture of finely chopped cinquefoil is mixed one to one with green rye juice, which greatly increases the effect. The dosage is quite ordinary: one tablespoon three times a day.
Other ways to use cinquefoil
Do not forget that from any infusion you can make lotions to treat scratches, cuts, burns, as well as just clean their skin for prevention. This is due to the fact that the plant has high antiseptic properties. Both for treatment and to prevent disease, you can drink healing tea. You can either brew dried grass in its pure form, or experiment with the addition of other medicinal herbs to change the taste. To do this, you just need to pour boiling water over two teaspoons of raw materials. To increase the beneficial properties of tea infusion, it is recommended to add peppermint and lemon balm. Putting sugar in large quantities is not recommended. For a beneficial effect on the body, it is enough to drink two or three cups of delicious tea per day.
The plant has gained great popularity in veterinary medicine due to its easy accessibility and properties. If your animal suffers from disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, then the use of preparations of this herb is almost no different from how it is used for similar treatment of humans. Proportions also do not change. Just do not need to force the pet to forcefully drink the broth (it, by the way, needs to be cooled before this). Cats can just be chewed on green grass or added to a ground plant in a bowl to food.
Summarize
Grass "goose cinquefoil", the use of which is approved by doctors in medicine, is a rather effective healing agent for the treatment of many diseases. Moreover, it is not difficult to buy an ingredient for a healthy decoction. In season, the plant can be completely free to collect in the forest. But even in pharmacy chains, the price is not high, it does not exceed seventy rubles. In the article we examined in detail what is useful and when, for which goose cinquefoil is used. The formula of the flower, roots and leaves, as well as their correct use, are also mentioned in the text. This plant deserves the attention of those who prefer traditional methods of treating diseases. But note that the cinquefoil (goose foot otherwise) also has contraindications, so before using it does not interfere with consulting a doctor.