Traditional medicine was able to accumulate a huge number of invaluable recipes for the treatment of the liver and pancreas. But before you start using this or that collection, you need to understand exactly what it is from and what needs to be treated. Some symptoms of diseases of other organs may be mistaken for some diseases. Contacting a specialist to clarify the diagnosis is mandatory. In this article, we will consider herbs for treating the liver and pancreas.
What herbs are suitable?
Let's start with the main thing. Herbs for the treatment of the liver and pancreas are fully used: roots, stems, buds, leaves, inflorescences, fruits and seeds. From them you can prepare tincture, herbal tea or infusion, as well as make up a valuable collection. Herbs, such as motherwort or valerian, are pressed even into tablets. The concept of “herbal treatment” also includes the use of parts of trees and shrubs in collections.
The choice
Bad habits, malnutrition, hereditary predisposition, injuries can cause various serious diseases. Of these, pancreatitis (chronic and acute form) is considered the most common, the appearance of various tumors, cysts and stones is also possible.
With each disease, there are certainly herbs for the liver and pancreas that can help in the treatment. Such plants often have a complex effect.
Accessible to all
Herbs for the liver and pancreas are used for the preparation of medical fees. They can be made from such plant-based publicly available components:
- bark - buckthorn;
- roots - dandelion, valerian, parsnip, galangal, elecampane, burdock;
- buds - birch;
- grass - bitter wormwood, yarrow, St. John's wort, celandine, three-colored violet, bird highlander, horsetail, oregano, parsley, flax, chicory;
- leaves - coltsfoot, mint, horse sorrel, plantain, nettle, wild strawberry, birch;
- flowers - immortelle, hawthorn, chamomile, linden, calendula, tansy;
- seeds - caraway seeds, dill;
- fruits - barberry, hawthorn.
These herbs can be prepared by yourself or take pharmacy fees.
Rare herbs
Rare herbs for the liver and pancreas:
- expels stones Icelandic moss;
- tea from Japanese sophora buds is used for liver diseases and pancreatitis;
- with pancreatitis, the galega helps;
- pancreatic bark functions of the mulberry tree;
- indoor plant golden mustache in nature does not occur, while it helps with pancreatitis;
- a three-leafed watch can break down glucose instead of pancreas.
Storage and storage
In order for the herbs for the liver and pancreas to have the necessary effect, they should be properly prepared. The collection of different parts of the plant is carried out in a certain period of time:
- from blooming to falling off - leaves;
- in autumn and early spring - the root;
- before the leaves bloom - the kidneys;
- until flowering - grass;
- at the beginning of flowering - flowers;
- in spring with sap flow - bark;
- at full maturity - seeds.
It is necessary to collect herbs far from roads and various industrial enterprises. Different species are stored separately, in addition, different parts of the same plant. In this case, it is better not to grind the raw materials. A dry, ventilated, dark room in which there is no direct sunlight is well suited for storage.
Medicines and herbs
Not all medicines can be used with herbal medicine together:
- valerian - do not drink with drugs that stimulate the central nervous system;
- St. John's wort - you can’t take aspirin tablets in parallel;
- St. John's wort, plantain, motherwort - people who drink heart pills, they should not be taken;
- Buckthorn bark - is prohibited in combination with anemia.
Herbs for the liver
Many herbs that are used to treat the liver are well known to people who are far from forests and fields. Of course, everyone knows the following collection of herbs: chamomile, St. John's wort, mint, calendula. But many do not even realize that these herbs are very useful for our liver:
- Chamomile flowers have a carminative, choleretic effect, and also relieve spasms. They are used for hepatitis, cholecystitis.
- Peppermint, the medicinal properties and contraindications of which are due to its composition, improves the outflow of bile, and also allows you to get rid of the feeling of heaviness after eating, reduces the processes of decay and fermentation in the intestine.
- St. John's wort grass acts favorably on the bile ducts, liver. It improves the functioning of the autonomic and central nervous system, increases working capacity, eliminates apathy and depression, helps with headaches, and also improves sleep.
- Calendula flowers help as a disinfectant, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic for liver diseases, accelerate metabolic processes in it, and also improve its secretion.
- Corn stigmas are distinguished by choleretic, diuretic, anti-inflammatory effect, reduce appetite, normalize metabolism.
- Herb onion perfectly regulates the functioning of the liver, also has an anti-inflammatory effect. Used in the treatment of gallstone disease, cirrhosis and hepatitis.
- Tansy is used as an anti-inflammatory and choleretic agent for liver diseases, as well as giardiasis, hepatitis.
- Milk thistle seeds effectively cleanse the body of slagging, improve metabolism, heal the liver, are used for cirrhosis, hepatitis, gallstone disease, and all kinds of poisonings.
- Immortelle relieves spasms from the biliary tract, increases the secretion of bile, leaches small stones and sand.
Use these herbs for the liver in the following ways.
Pancreatitis Treatment
Most recipes are aimed at combating chronic pancreatitis:
- The collection includes valerian root (30 gr.), Peppermint, medicinal properties and contraindications today are familiar to many, (30 gr.), Hawthorn (20 gr.), Barberry (20 gr.). All components must be brewed as tea and consumed in ½ cup on an empty stomach and before bedtime.
- A tablespoon of ordinary gingerbread is brewed with a glass of boiling water, infused for an hour, consumed ¼ cup before meals for 21 days. After 10 days, the course must be repeated. A decoction for 3 months fully establishes the work of the pancreas and liver.
- 2 tablespoons of Japanese sophora are poured with a glass of water. The mixture boils for 5 minutes, then cools, then filtered. It is consumed in a tablespoon before meals for 5 days. Reception resumes after a week break.
- Peppermint, calamus root, valerian root, immortelle (herb, read here) and chamomile are mixed in equal proportions, then a tablespoon of this collection is poured into a thermos, poured into a glass of water, infused. The finished product is consumed in a glass after breakfast and dinner in an hour.
- A tablespoon of chicory root is boiled in a glass of water for 5 minutes, drunk in small sips all day for 21 days. Can be repeated after a week break.
- A spoonful of sea buckthorn leaves is poured with a glass of boiling water, 40 min. insists. Tea is consumed after each meal for half a cup. Expels bile from the liver, cleanses the pancreas.
- Tea from burdock roots, sage leaves, rose hips and licorice is consumed daily for a month, 30 ml before each meal.
Stone treatment
With this disease, fresh Icelandic moss helps. Its taken two tablespoons. This raw material is infused with a glass of quality apple cider vinegar for two days. A teaspoon of this tincture is diluted with ¼ cup of warm water, consumed overnight for two weeks in a row.
Cyst treatment
The cyst should be treated only surgically, while its growth can be slowed down if 2 collections are taken in turn. Now you will learn how to drink celandine grass for this. It is necessary to take in equal proportions celandine, calendula and yarrow, brew the mixture with a glass of water. It is necessary to drink tea for a month in ¼ cup 30 minutes before eating. After a break of 1 week, the second collection is drunk. For him, calendula, tansy and plantain arrows are mixed in a ratio of 2: 1: 2. The collection is prepared and accepted in the same way as the first. The time of such herbal treatment is 4 months.
Treatment of cholelithiasis
Gallstone disease is treated by a wonderful folk remedy - knotweed grass. The instructions for its use are simple - take buckthorn bark (2 lobes), a share of chamomile, knotweed (3 lobes), St. John's wort and immortelle grass, 4 lob each. All herbs must be chopped and mixed. 50 gr the finished dry mixture should be filled with 4 cups of boiled or filtered cold water, left overnight. Boil in the morning, cook for 5 minutes, cool, strain on a sieve. One glass should be drunk on an empty stomach, while the remaining amount should be divided into 4 identical servings, consumed one hour after a meal. Drink until the result, a maximum of 7 days.
Herbal tea, tincture or infusion from medicinal plants can help restore the liver, pancreas and other organs of the gastrointestinal tract, relegating all kinds of tablets to the background. But when dealing with herbal medicine, it is necessary to notify the attending physician, in addition, to coordinate with him the use of medicinal fees.