In May, chestnut flowers become an adornment of our cities, their red-white candles look beautiful and elegant. Chestnut is attractive not only for its beauty, but also for its healing properties. Official medicine uses the fruits of this tree for the preparation of medicines such as Eskusan, Anavenol and many others. These drugs are used in the treatment of hemorrhoids, varicose veins, thrombophelitis, and peripheral blood supply disorders. Traditional medicine uses not only fruits, but also chestnut flowers, its leaves, bark, in general, everything except the root.
The chestnut flower has a pyramidal inflorescence. The inflorescence is cut, the column is removed and dried. After this, an infusion of dried flowers is prepared, which should be infused for 12 hours. On the day you need to take from one to one and a half liters of infusion. Chestnut flowers help well with increased blood coagulation; infusion is used to strengthen blood vessels.
Flowers are used to make tea, which has a calming effect. To make such tea, it is enough to take some dried flowers and pour them with boiling water. After the composition is infused for about 15 minutes, add a little more clean boiled water to it, and you can drink it. It is better to do this at night, you can drink tea with honey.
Often applied and juice obtained from fresh chestnut flowers. It is mixed with vodka in a ratio of 1: 3. This tincture is best taken in the winter, when there is a lack of vitamins and minerals. In order for the infusion to be better absorbed, it must be taken with sweet jam or honey.
Chestnut flowers are used to prepare a decoction, which is used to treat blood diseases. As an additional tool, the infusion is used in the treatment of a brain tumor.
The use of chestnut flowers with lilac flowers is practiced, this combination gives a very good result in the treatment of radiculitis. In this case, tincture of flowers is used, which sore spots are rubbed. This tincture also helps with various rheumatic, arthritic and gouty pains.
The use of juice from chestnut flowers helps in the treatment of thrombosis and dilated veins. Long-term use of this juice can significantly relieve hemorrhoidal pain, and at the initial stage of the disease - and at all, to defeat it. Tincture of flower juice is used for uterine bleeding that occurs during menopause or for other reasons, but not associated with the formation of malignant tumors. Also, this decoction successfully helps to combat radiation sickness.
Like other folk remedies, preparations made from chestnuts, including flowers, should not be used thoughtlessly and in unlimited quantities. Treatment must be carried out under the supervision of a specialist.
Chestnut, whose flower is used in medicine, has other useful properties, the raw material of this tree has found its application in many other industries. Chestnut has soft wood, which is very appreciated when carving, it is well painted even with transparent paints and varnishes. Chestnut fruits are used for fattening animals, pigs and sheep love them very much. Since chestnut is a fairly shade-tolerant tree, it is widely used in the organization of park areas, as well as in landscape gardening.
With the help of research it was established that this tree very well cleans the air of exhaust gases, so it is planted in cities. Chestnut flowers are also an excellent honey plant, give a lot of pollen and nectar. About 70% of sugar is present in chestnut nectar. Honey turns transparent, crystallizes very quickly.