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.

Ling - Calluna vulgaris
Ling - Calluna vulgaris
Ling - Calluna vulgaris
Ling - Calluna vulgaris
Ling - Calluna vulgaris

Ling Calluna vulgaris (L.) HILL.
Family Ericaceae - Ericaceae
Ling - a small branched evergreen shrub 15-70 cm tall. The stem is thin with raised branches, bark gray-brown. Leaflets are small, placed opposite, like the tiles, in four rows. Flowers mauve or lilac-pink, sometimes white or cream, on short stalks, placed in one-sided clusters. Taste of plant bitter, astringent. It smells of honey. Blooms from July to September. Grows in forest and forest-steppe regions in the north - not dry and moist, with a low content of lime, sand soil. Often in pine and mixed forests, lawns, dry hills, forest meadows, along the roads.
gather branch with leaves and flowers in summer.
Apply as a means diaphoretic and diuretic , anti - for inflammation of urinary tract. Recommend at gout , rheumatism , diseases of the urinary bladder, which are accompanied by inflammation predpuzyrevoy cancer , urolithiasis , diarrhea . Used in the nervous system, insomnia , skittishness , bezprichinnoy thoughtfulness .
Use as a tea. In 1 cup boiling water 1 teaspoon taken heather and insist 10 minutes. Drink 2 cups a day sips. Useful tea and catarrh of the stomach with acidity. As a means, which calms the nerves and treats bezsonnitsu, use a mixture of heather , grass and Obuchi nettles heart, dried flowers and marsh valerian in the root of the ratio of 4: 3:3:1 - take 1 tablespoon of the mixture to 2 cups of boiling water and zaparivayut night. Drink each hour for 4-5 gulps, 4 cups a day (with neurasthenia). When bezsonnitse take 2 full tablespoons of mixture of grass heather , leaflets Melissa and valerian root in the ratio 2:2:6 for 1 cup of boiled water, 15 minutes. Drink sips during the day.
In chronic inflammatory changes in the cardiac muscle, pericardium , heart valves and their condition after transfer (compensated and decompensated heart valve defects, endocarditis , myocarditis , pericarditis , insufficiency mitral valve, mitral stenosis, aortic valve insufficiency, aortic stenosis) 2 teaspoons of the mixture of flowers heather , terna9 flowers, flowers stinging, nettle herb dog of the heart, herbs yarrow , the root lyubistka (tie) boiled 20 min in a glass of water and drink gulps per day.
Diuretic chronic cystitis, pielitah, urolithiasis, renal colic operates a mixture of grass heather , grass ostudnika naked, bearberry leaf , broom grass, grass Hypericum usual, lavender flowers , rhizomes calamus cane and leaf sage (tie). They take 1 tablespoon of mixture into 1 cup of boiled water, 10 minutes, drink 2 cups of the day.
When painful menstruation in women zaparivayut 1 tablespoon of the mixture flourished branches heather , buckthorn bark brittle, leaf Birch , chamomile flowers, peppermint leaf Cold, rhizomes and roots of valerian in the ratio 10:7,5:7,5:25:25:25 in 0.25 liters of water and drink hot during the day.
For packs with difficult healing wounds, abscesses, use broth from the mixture of grass heath, grass and field horsetail grass zolotushnika10 usual in the ratio 3:3:4 - 2 full tablespoons pour 0.5 liters of boiling water and boil 15 minutes.

Polygonum aviculare - Polygonum aviculare L.
Polygonum aviculare - Polygonum aviculare L.

Polygonum aviculare - Sporys звичайний (Ptashin buckwheat) Polygonum aviculare L.
Family Polygonaceae - Polygonaceae .
Polygonum aviculare - knotweed - annual herb with prostrate branching stems. Stems jointed, the flowers are very small, inconspicuous, whitish, sometimes pale pink, posted on 14-15 in the axils of small leaflets. The plant is bushy, hardy against trampling.
blossoms from May until late autumn.
growing on the whole territory of Ukraine is also widespread in Belarus and Russia - in yards, on the paths, along the roads to pastures, permanent dry pastures (toloka), on the shafts, on weedy ground around the house and etc. Gather all the plant during flowering (July - August), while the stems have not yet had time to harden. They should be dried quickly.
Apply in diseases of the kidneys and liver , in particular with stones in them. When gastritis with high acidity and poor, with diarrhea , chronic inflammation of the bladder, with uterine bleeding after childbirth and in wounds of both fresh and old. Also, when malaria , tuberculosis light, hypertension . In knotweed contains iron, which determines the therapeutic effect in treatment of hypochromic anemia.
use in the form of tea. At 2 cups boiling water 1 tablespoon take knotweed and insist 10 minutes. Drink warm, 1-2 glasses a day. When biliary disease 1 tablespoon of the mixture of grass knotweed , buckthorn bark brittle, and juniper berries in the ratio 8.5: 1:1,5 boil in 2 cups water 30 minutes, strain off and drink 1-2 glasses a day.
When kidney stones and gall bladder 1 tablespoon of the mixture of grass knotweed , Hypericum , leaflets Melissa and grass Celandine in the ratio 10:3:2:5 take on 2 cups of boiling water and draw for 1 hour. Drink half a glass of 3-4 times a day. When gastritis with insufficient acidity 2 tablespoons of the mixture of grass knotweed , leaflets Rosemary and mint Cold in the ratio 6:3:2 insist 2 hours in 2 cups boiling water, strain off and drink during the day sips.
When diarrhea taking 1 tablespoon of the mixture of grass and horsetail knotweed in a 2:1 ratio and boiled in 1 glass of good red wine for 3 minutes. Drink for 1 / 3 cup every 4 hours (the action of tannins knotweed). When pneumonia, bronchitis, pleurisy 1 tablespoon of the mixture (equal) leaf butterbur usual, black elderberry flowers and herbs knotweed insist on 2 cups of boiling water for 10 minutes and drink for the day. Sporýš strengthens and tones the nervous system of people in old age. When inflammation intestines and low back pain, 1 tablespoon of the mixture of grass knotweed , grass Hypericum and grass Melissa in the ratio 10 : 6:4 I insist in a glass of boiled water for 10 minutes and drink 2-3 glasses a day. Of the decoction of fresh plants make gadgets for fresh and neglected wounds. Sporýš operates krovoostanavlivayusche , anti-inflammatory, successfully treating wounds.