In folk medicine, there are many plants that can help in the difficult struggle with excess weight. In this case, you must know exactly how and which plant should be consumed. Otherwise, you can cause irreparable harm to your body. In this case, we will talk about buckthorn bark. Useful properties and contraindications for the use of this plant, which we will discuss below, will help you make an independent conclusion about whether it is worth using it in order to reduce weight.
Varieties and benefits of the plant
Judging by the reviews, buckthorn bark for weight loss is quite effective. And what else can be cured with the help of this plant and how, in fact, does it look like?
It is known that preparations made on the basis of the bark of a plant are quite effective for helminthic invasion, various skin diseases and hemorrhoids. There are 34 varieties of buckthorn in nature. However, 3 of them are most known:
- Cascara, or American buckthorn.
- Joster, or buckthorn laxative.
- Buckthorn is brittle (alder).
What is useful in buckthorn
Regardless of the type of plant, all of its fresh parts are quite poisonous. However, people have long been using it in herbal medicine. In particular, buckthorn bark is also used for weight loss. The reviews of those who have already tried this method of treatment on themselves are quite contradictory. We will talk about this in more detail below.
Interestingly, in order to treat certain diseases, all parts of the bush are used. However, in order to reduce weight, it is bark that is used. Weight loss with buckthorn bark is considered a fairly popular method.
How to collect and store a plant
In order to use buckthorn bark for weight loss (we will consider reviews of its effectiveness a little further), it is necessary to properly prepare it. This should be done in early spring, when the juice has already begun its movement along the branches, but the leaves have not yet appeared.
The bark is cut with a tube, making small cuts in a circle around the trunk. The collected material must be spread out on a sheet or waffle towel and placed in a dry but well-ventilated area.
It is possible to use the prepared raw materials not earlier than in a year.
If you do not want to wait so long, you can dry the buckthorn bark in the oven. It must be laid out on a baking sheet in one layer and dried at a temperature of 100 ° C for at least an hour.
In the case when there is absolutely no strength to wait, you can go to the pharmacy and purchase finished raw materials there.
Who should not be taken
Not everyone can use the bark of alder-shaped buckthorn, including for weight loss. Like any drug, the use of this plant has contraindications. Buckthorn bark can not be used:
- during pregnancy and during feeding;
- with inflammation of the digestive tract;
- in case of endocrine and gynecological diseases;
- with Crohn's disease;
- in the presence of various neoplasms (both harmless and malignant);
- in case of allergies;
- with irritated intestines;
- girls prone to uterine bleeding.
Use for weight loss
The action of buckthorn laxative. In this, its use is similar to the use of hay, Pontic rhubarb or aloe. The laxative effect after taking decoctions or teas from buckthorn appears after 8-10 hours, so an immediate result should not be expected.
Recipes
In order to reduce weight, tea from buckthorn bark is most often used. Good results are also shown by decoction and various fees with the addition of this plant.
To properly prepare a decoction of buckthorn bark, you need to pour 2 tablespoons of dry raw materials with boiling water (250 ml) and place the container in a water bath for 30 minutes. Set aside for 10-15 minutes, so that the product cools down a little and insists. Next, the mixture must be filtered, and squeezed steamed bark. Take a decoction of buckthorn bark 1/2 cup at night.
There is another, much simpler way to use buckthorn. Tea can be made from dry raw materials. To do this, pour 1 teaspoon of bark into 250 ml of boiled, but already chilled water. It is better to do this in the morning, and stir the product 2-3 times during the day. After 12 hours, the tincture should be filtered, slightly warmed up and drunk before going to bed. If you do not want to wait so long, you can pour boiling water. Then you can drink tea after 10 minutes.
Many note that buckthorn bark also has a no less remarkable effect in mixtures. Here is one recipe:
- fennel, peppermint and parsley root - 20 g each;
- buckthorn bark - 100 g;
- St. John's wort - 50 g.
All components to mix. Take 1 tbsp. l mixture, pour 250 ml of boiling water and leave under the lid for half an hour. Take 100 ml of tincture in the morning on an empty stomach.
Another option:
- dioica nettle - 100 g;
- buckthorn (root) - 100 g;
- elecampane root - 50 g;
- flax seeds - 50 g;
- yarrow - 75 g.
In a thermos pour 1 tbsp. l mixture and add a glass of boiling water, steam for 6 hours. Drink 1/3 cup three times a day before meals.
And one more:
- fennel, dandelion root, parsley, mint - 20 g each;
- dried buckthorn bark - 60 g.
In 0.5 l of boiling water put 2 tbsp. l mixture, insist 30 minutes, strain. Drink 1 tbsp. decoction 40 minutes before breakfast.
Reviews
Among those who used buckthorn bark for weight loss, there are a variety of reviews. Most of the girls were quite happy with the fact that the product can be purchased at any pharmacy at an affordable price. You will have to pay about 50–70 rubles for packaging. Preparing the infusion is also not difficult. The tool has a fairly mild effect, so that you did not have to watch the toilet near the toilet. Many girls spoke positively about the results of such therapy and noted that the use of the drug helped them to get rid of 3-4 kg of excess weight.
There were also those who did not feel any effect from such treatment. After a month of use, the weight remained exactly at the same level as before the use of the product. Moreover, bearing in mind that buckthorn is a poisonous plant, many girls expressed concern that the infusions could be harmful, and some even complained of nausea after taking the decoction.
Independent opinion
In conclusion, we give a few facts about the use of buckthorn bark in order to reduce weight. Perhaps this will help make a final decision for those who still doubt:
- To feel the effect, you need to drink the drug from a week to a month. Further use can lead to poisoning.
- The use for weight loss of laxatives is not welcomed by doctors. So many minerals, vitamins and other important trace elements are removed from the body.
- Especially the previous paragraph is relevant for those who are actively involved in sports. This method of losing weight is incompatible with fitness.
- In order to minimize the harm from this method of weight loss, as well as increase its effectiveness, you need to combine taking a decoction of buckthorn bark with a protein diet. It is even better to take an additional course of vitamins and minerals during this period.
- Such decoctions are addictive. Too long their use leads to a syndrome of "lazy intestines". This condition is characterized by the inability to go to the toilet without the use of laxatives.
- The bark of “wolfberry” does not reduce the absorption of calories. Those who are used to overeating will not feel any effect from the use of such a remedy.
- Oddly enough, losing weight with a decoction of the bark of this plant leads to an increase in appetite. Those who are not able to restrain the desire to eat should not use the remedy. In this case, treatment may have the opposite effect.