Buckthorn - general description
Buckthorn fragile alder or buckthorn is a shrub 3-5 meters high, which has a few, straight, highly branched shoots. Blossoms in whitish-yellow five-petalled flowers in May-June. Buckthorn bark is brown-red and completely covered with small white spots (they are also called lentils). The leaves of the plant are solid and bright green in color.
Buckthorn - types and places of growth
The prevalence of buckthorn was in the temperate zone of Europe, North America, Asia. Buckthorn grows, usually in humid areas. Therefore, it is found in the undergrowth of deciduous and mixed forests, on glades and edges, among shrubs scattered on the outskirts of swamps and the banks of water bodies.
Buckthorn - healing properties
The laxative effect of taking alder buckthorn is manifested after about 8-10 hours, as the drug was taken. Therefore, a decoction of buckthorn bark is used for general intestinal lethargy, as well as chronic constipation. Dry and aqueous extracts of buckthorn bark are produced by the pharmaceutical industry.
Buckthorn - dosage forms
Most often, with the therapeutic purpose, the bark of young trunks and branches not older than three years is used. It was in the bark that such carbohydrates as pectin, starch, sugars, organic acids (in particular malic), alkaloids, saponins, essential oil, vitamin C, tannins, coumarins, multinuclear aromatic compounds were found.
Buckthorn bark is harvested when the plant blooms.
The bark is stripped and stripped to dry. You can use buckthorn bark at least a year after collection. And only after heating for an hour in the oven at a temperature of 100 degrees. Medical infusions are prepared from the bark, and it is also used in the pharmaceutical industry for the preparation of medications.
Buckthorn - recipes
Tea is prepared from buckthorn bark: 1/4 liter of cold water is poured into a teaspoon of crushed bark. This tea is kept for 12 hours, stirring occasionally. They drink it strained and a little warm before going to bed. When there is no time to wait, buckthorn bark, drenched in hot water, can be infused for about 10 minutes. Such tea has a laxative effect, without causing a watery stool.
Tea is made from a herbal mixture against a hard stool. It will take 20 grams of buckthorn bark, 10 grams of caraway seeds, 10 grams of pharmacy chamomile inflorescences and 5 grams of common centaury grass. A couple of teaspoons of the mixture must be poured 1/4 liter of water at room temperature and stand for 12 hours. Drink one cup of such warm and strained tea in the evenings.
Tincture of buckthorn bark is prepared from crushed raw materials, which should be poured with 30% alcohol in a ratio of 1 to 5. Tincture week - ten days insist at room temperature. It can be used in the form of lotions, as well as for wiping the affected areas of the skin.
Buckthorn - contraindications
Buckthorn alder - this is a medicinal plant, which must be used with extreme caution. In particular, do not use fresh bark, as well as bark purchased elsewhere without packaging.
Symptomatic treatment of buckthorn constipation should not exceed 10 days. Otherwise, addiction occurs, and the proper effect cannot be obtained. In addition, you need to remember: the combination of buckthorn with brittle and other medicinal laxatives can provoke intestinal irritation, aggravate constipation, and weaken peristalsis.
It is also important to adhere to individual therapeutic doses for each patient. If they are exceeded, convulsions and dizziness may occur. It is also strictly forbidden to use buckthorn for children under 15 years old, pregnant, lactating women.
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