MOUNTAIN ARNICA - Arnica montana L.

mountain arnica blossoms in June - August.
Grows mainly in mountainous and upland meadows Upper dneprrvya, Verhnednestrovya. Occurs in the glades of conifers and beech forests. Gather basket in June - August (therapeutic value are only the median and the extreme flowers), roots - in the spring.
Apply in cough , hoarseness , with swelling , intestinal disorders ( dysentery ). In obstetric practice as a haemostatic in uterine bleeding after childbirth in inflammation of the reproductive system ( inflammation of the ovaries , inflammatory disease after miscarriage ). When angina and cardiac weakness (dilates coronary vessels), with atherosclerosis , hypertension , nervous overexcitation < / b> (reduced reflex excitability of the medulla oblongata and the cerebral cortex, and therefore used in brain hemorrhage, to quickly normalize the functional state of the central nervous system), to reduce fever.
consumed as a tea , which is prepared as follows: take a glass of boiled water 1 teaspoon crushed flowers or roots, and insist 10 minutes. Drink 1 glass morning and evening. When stomach ulcer use of 1 glass of broth with 1 teaspoon of the mixture arnica root, dandelion root and herb celandine in the ratio 2:6:4 to three times daily before meals. When gastric and intestinal cramps, edema 20 drops of tincture of alcohol consumed inside with sugar or water 3 times a day.
When flatulence, intestinal disorders useful decoction of a mixture of arnica flowers, herbs almond three-sheeted, herbs Yarrow and bitter herbs Artemisia in the ratio 1:2:2:2. To do this, take 2 tablespoons of mixture into 1 cup water, boil for 5 minutes and drink morning and evening for 1 glass. Substances that are contained in the roots of mountain arnica, excite cardiovascular system, increase coronary blood flow , enhance coronary vessels in atherosclerosis, myocarditis and cardiac Angiospasm . 10 g of crushed roots boiled 10 minutes in 200 ml of water, broth, and drink three times a day, and 1 tablespoon of milk after a meal.
When atherosclerosis , hypertonic disease consume liquor from a mixture of arnica flowers, grasses, yarrow ( Achillea millefolium L. ) and Hypericum ordinary ( Hypericum perforatum L . ) in the ratio 1:5:4. One full tablespoon of the mixture insist in 1 cup of cold water for 3 hours, cook 5 minutes, insist 15 minutes and drink during the day.
Arnica reduces cholesterol in the blood, but in large doses can cause palpitations, stomach pain , vomiting , etc. When endocarditis , myocarditis , pericarditis , mitral valve insufficiency , mitral stenosis , < b> aortic valve insufficiency , aortic stenosis recommend the decoction of a mixture of flowers Arnica, flowers Elderberry black and leaflets rosemary in the ratio 2:2:3. One full tablespoon of the mixture take on 1 cup of boiled water, 10 minutes and drink sips during the day. When bladder ( cystitis , bacteriuria ) take 1 tablespoon of the mixture arnica flowers , yarrow flowers and grass tansy obyknovennoy4 in the ratio 3:3:7 for 1 cup of boiled water, and drink at night. Externally, use alcohol tincture of arnica flowers 100 g for 1 liter of 70% alcohol or tincture of white grape wine - for the lotion to the injured site, bruise , boils , abscesses , as hemostatic , absorbable and anti tool. Drink the infusion of 15 g leaf arnica and orange peel ZO.g to 200 ml of boiling water every 3 hours on glass (30 g). Insist on oil used in burns . With a large fatigue refreshing foot bath with the addition of the water a little alcohol tincture arnica flowers.

White Birch - Betula alba L.

BIRCH WHITE (furry) - Birch Bila (puhnasta) Betula alba L.

Family Betulaceae - Betulaceae
White Birch - slender tree to 20 m tall, with drooping branches and gladenkoy white bark. The old birches at the bottom of the trunk is dark gray with cracks. Leaflets rhombic-ovate or triangular-ovate, near the base shirokoklinovidnye, sometimes almost sertsevidnye. Flowers male, pubescent, gathered at the ends of branches in catkins 5-6 cm long (2-3 earrings), the fruit - nut with two wings, which are 2-3 times wider than the fruit. Blossoms in May, seeds ripen in July - August .
growing for almost the whole territory of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. Usually forms the arrays in the forest and steppe zones, grows snowdrops, wet meadows.
gather buds in spring, when they have not disbanded and sticky from the resinous substances. Dried in the cold at a temperature no higher than 15-20 °. Later (in June - July) collect the sheets. Early spring collect birch sap (birch). Apply in avitaminosis Infusion of leaves. When gout , rheumatism , to cleanse the blood at eczema , deprives , eruptions on the body , with itching of the body . Also, when stomach ulcer , are hard to swallow it, when bronchitis and tracheitis , as expectorant and disinfectant . Used against small * roundworm ( pinworms and roundworm ); in postpartum (starting from 12 th day ) to accelerate the purification, with obesity , to increase metabolism ; with edema of renal origin and with stones ( diuretic and choleretic action ) - kidney , of which prepare tea or alcohol tincture. Use in the form of tea. In 1 cup boiling water 1 teaspoon taking kidneys, a little boiled and insist 2 hours. Drink 2 cups a day sips. Instead of tea you can drink alcohol tincture, 15-20 drops three times a day on the spoon of water (half a liter of 70% alcohol poured half a cup of kidney and insist on them for 14 days, then run off, filtered and poured into the bottle). Use when atherosclerosis , edema , are hard to swallow , even if cholera (against vomiting). Alcohol tincture of birch buds are very effective in the treatment of gastric ulcers. To do this an hour after meal drink a tablespoon of liqueur, Fiz 20-30 gr. pure butter. After this 4 hour will consume food and liquids.
Infusion from kidney sear mosquito bites, and then passes decreases itching and redness and swelling.
Infusion of young birch leaves drink at heart swelling as diuretic and diaphoretic means the allocation of protein in the urine, mochevokislom diathesis , as well as rheumatism . Fresh sheets washed with cold boiled water, the water is drained, flyers pour hot boiling water at a temperature of 40-50 °, and insist on for 3,5 hours. Leaflets squeeze, infusion give stand for 6 hours, separated from the sediment. Then there is the infusion of up to 155 mg% vitamin C . Use of 50, 100, 200 ml infusions three times a day, usually before a meal.
Birch juice drink to 3 or more cups a day for "recovery" of blood at skin diseases - deprives , eruptions on the body, with furunculosis , angina . Also, when anemia after the injury, with poorly healing wounds, ulcers , diseases that are accompanied by high temperature. When bronchitis , bronchiectasis , pulmonary tuberculosis, rheumatism , gout , arthritis , scurvy . It acts as an expectorant , diuretic , displays the body of harmful substances, helps with cardiac edema .
Externally use with eczema (compresses) and in cosmetics: in acne and pigmented spots face wash them.
Abraded in powder birch charcoal used in poisoning poisons and bacterial toxins, with flatulence , colitis , increased acidity of gastric juice - 1 teaspoon of powder three times a day, drinking water (or stirred with water).
The tar kills scabies mites in the skin - rub on the body at night for 3 days (before bedtime). At the 4 th day take a bath and change his clothes and linens.
alcohol tincture is used for rubbing and compresses when rheumatism , pains in the joints, at bedsores , scratches , wounds that do not heal. Externally use sheets for hot tubs in the treatment of acute and chronic eczema, herpes , with sweating feet, as well as rheumatism . A handful of leaflets cook 10 minutes in 4 liters of water, broth is used for baths. Steaming fresh leaves are used for compresses and poultices. In the first case imposes a deep tub of fresh birch leaves, cover it and when it is warmed by heat allocated, the patient buried in it for an hour or more (how many survive) on the neck or belt ( "dry" bath). In another case, the dried leaves, scalded with boiling water (or powdered raw) obkladyvayut affected sites of hands and feet ( hydrocephalus , rheumatism , gout , paralysis ), pulled on them stockings and tape up on the possibility of denser ( "sogrevatelnye stockings »).

Drop Cap medication - Drop Cap лікарська Betonica officinalis L.
Drop Cap medication - Drop Cap лікарська Betonica officinalis L.

Drop Cap - Betonica officinalis L.
Family Lamiales - Lamiaceae .
drug Drop Cap - perennial plant of the family Labiatae direct rough hairs on the stem height of 30-90 cm Leaves petiolate, large, opposite, oblong-ovate. Flowers light purple, sitting in the axils of upper leaves, collected at the end of the stem in a spike inflorescence.
blossoms from July to August.
growing on forests and shrubs at the forest edge. Gather grass and flowers, which contains tannins, bitterness, mucus and alkaloids.
Used for various inflammation of the airways , asthma , migraine , hypertension , < b> neuroses , liver , kidney , edema , gout . Also, when gastritis , colic and bloating , as diuretic and laxative .
Snuff from the leaves is used for headaches and chronic rhinitis .
use Infusion 2.3 tablespoons of herbs in a glass of boiled water on a tablespoon, 3-4 times a day, as well as in powder and 1 - Sr 3 - 4 times a day.
Outwardly makes a bath or lotions from broth with herbs scrofula, varicose veins with ulcers and to treat purulent, prolonged healing wounds. How good binder tool is used for Athlete's Foot in a bath (300 g of grass pour 3 liters of boiling water, the temperature of infusion should be 36 - 38 °).
Since the purpose of treatment is used grass, rarely - roots. In the grass contains betaine , flavonoids , alkaloids , traces of essential oil , organic acids , mucus , resin , bitterness , tannins . Of herbal medicines have antispasmodic , regeneration , laxative , hypotensive , diuretic , styptic , anti , soothing properties , regulate metabolism and contribute dilution , and sputum discharge.
In folk medicine, betony drug used in bronchitis , tracheitis , pneumonia , pertussis , bronchial asthma , pulmonary tuberculosis with hemoptysis, atherosclerosis and hypertonic disease, jade and others
Boil 2 tbsp. spoonfuls of chopped herbs in 0.5 liters of water 10 minutes, drawn up cooling. Accepted by 100 ml 4 times daily before meals.
Collection with kidney diseases, urinary tract, renal stone disease:
1. bearberry , leaves ................ 20,0
2. Lingonberries , leaves .................. 20,0
3. Plantago , list ................. 20,0
4. Lavender , grass ................... 10,0
5. Boudreau , grass ..................... 10,0
6. Blackcurrant , leaves ............ 10,0
7. Birch , leaves ................... 10,0
8. Juniper , fruits .............. 10,0
9. Hops , cones ................... 10,0
10. Rose Crimean , petals ............. 10,0
11. Urtica dioica , leaves ............ 30,0
12. Brier , fruits ................. 40,0
13. Strawberry timber , fruits ............. 60,0
14. Equisetum arvense .................... 60,0
15. Drop Cap , grass ................... 20,0
One tablespoon of the mixture brewed 0,5 L of boiling water, stew 30 minutes, do not boil. Take 150 ml 3 times a day for half an hour before a meal, warm, with sugar or honey, in a few months.