The birthplace of the tree is the southern part of the Balkan Peninsula. Starting from the 16th century, chestnut began to gradually penetrate into other parts of the world. Horse chestnut is popular in Europe and Russia not only because of its beauty, but also because it helps to maintain people's health. According to research, one chestnut can clean about 20 thousand cubic meters of air from harmful impurities of industrial enterprises and gas exhausts from cars.
To this end, in many cities, trees are planted in gardens, parks, alleys and squares in the streets. Today you can see horse chestnut of various shapes (pyramidal, columnar, spherical, etc.) and with colorful leaves. Besides the fact that the tree is an excellent air purifier, chestnut seeds have long been used as feed raw materials for animals. According to popular belief, if you carry three chestnuts in your pocket as an amulet, no illness will bother you.
Horse chestnut is a source of medicinal raw materials. Although it has been used for medicinal purposes for a long time, the healing properties were officially announced only at the end of the 19th century. As medicinal raw materials use: bark, flowers and horse chestnut seed. The chestnut fruit is in a flattened oval green box with spikes, at the time of ripening, the box opens and releases it. Horse chestnut seeds contain saponin (escin), lipids, tannins, flavonoids, micro and macro elements.
The components that make up the fetus have a beneficial effect on the cardiovascular system, in addition, they have anti-inflammatory and decongestant effects. The chestnut fruits have proven themselves very well with thrombophlebitis, circulatory disorders and a number of other diseases. Nowadays, chestnut seeds are used in the preparation of various ointments, tablets, drops, suppositories, capsules, etc.
Medicines based on the fruits of chestnut are successfully used to treat vascular diseases. In case of headache and rhinitis, the Germans use powders from a mixture of lily of the valley flowers and chestnut seeds. The extract from the chestnut fruit is able to increase blood flow and increase the general tone of the body, improves microcirculation and reduces the risk of stasis. Without a doubt, medicines derived from chestnut are priceless.
Fresh chestnut seeds are used in the preparation of homeopathic medicines. In folk medicine, horse chestnut seeds have long been successfully used in the treatment of prostate adenoma, uterine fibroids, phlebitis and a number of other serious diseases. For medicinal purposes, the fruits of the chestnut are peeled from the green box and dried at a temperature of not more than 60 degrees. Moreover, the layer thickness during drying should not exceed 50 mm, the process lasts up to 3 days.
A popular method of treating prostate adenoma with the help of chestnut seeds is that the brown shell is removed from the dried fruits and rubbed into powder. Then take 20 g. powder and poured 200 gr. vodka, infused in a cool dark place for 30 days. The finished infusion is taken 2 times a day for 20 drops for a month, then they take a break of 10 days and the course of treatment is repeated.
With uterine fibroma, roasted chestnuts are ground into powder, a teaspoon is brewed with boiling water (200 g). Drink 3 times a day for 60-70 ml. With phlebitis, 20 g is taken. powder of the brown shell of chestnut seeds and St. John's wort flowers, horse chestnut powder (30 g.) is added to them, all this is poured 500 g. vegetable oil and 200 gr. is added. grape wine. Infused for five days, then evaporated in a water bath and filtered. From the resulting mixture make lotions and compresses.
Important. The use of chestnut fruits is contraindicated in case of poor blood coagulation, constipation and some types of gastritis.