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.

Bergenia crassifolia

Badan tolstolisty - a perennial herb. Bottom leaves are thick, shiny, bright red in autumn, constitute a major outlet. Stem, or stems, leafless, glabrous, twice as long as the leaves with their petioles. Blossoms bergenia early spring, even before he dissolved the leaves. Flowers are beautiful, bright red, are collected in paniculate-corymbose inflorescences. Especially is perceptible rhizome bergenia: fleshy, thick finger to the subtle feminine wrist. Barely covered with earth, it is spreading, much branched, has a lot of root lobes and ends with a deepening strong roots in the ground.
Badan - a valuable medicinal and industrial plant. Because of the high content of tannins it is used in medicine and as a root hardener , in leather and footwear industry. Arbuntin , contained in the roots bergenia, has antiseptic, disinfecting and anti action. Due to the contents of tannins, it is also valuable as an astringent , hemostatic and sealing tissue of mucous membranes (and thus as painkiller ) means. Therefore saxifrage recommended for women's diseases , especially when uterine bleeding with erosion (bruises) on the cervix, as well as belyah. It is useful to apply it when inflammation and ulceration of the mucous membranes (nose, mouth, etc.).
Apply liquid extract from the root bergenia at pains: the head, throat and stomach. Powder from the root sprinkled the wounds.
Use for douching and gargling: 1 tbsp. spoon extract bergenia take on 1 liter of water for douching the vagina with the subsequent infusion of the extract in an amount such that the entire cervix is washed. Hold this liquid for 10-15 minutes. This should be done every day until the pain disappears and stops bleeding. The result affects 2-3 weeks, sometimes sooner.
The liquid extract from the root bergenia: 3 full st. tablespoons shredded root in a glass of boiled water, evaporated to half (for the above-described douching). For internal use of the extract taken three times less, ie, 1 full article. spoon (from top) of the root in a glass of boiled water, take 20-30 drops 3 times a day. This extract can be prepared also from the bottom leaves from plants bergenia at least three years of age and also boil down to half.
For lubrication bleeding gums used in the people a simple broth of two teaspoons of the root in half a cup of boiling water.

Sambucus nigra - Sambucus nigra L.
Sambucus nigra - Sambucus nigra L.

Sambucus nigra
Family Caprifoliaceae - Caprifoliaceae
Sambucus nigra - shrub, sometimes tree 2-6 m tall. Bark light brown, the core of the branches of the broad, white, soft. Leaves imparipinnate, typically with 5 ovate or oblong-ovate, long-sharpened leaves. Inflorescence flat, thyroid gland, is clear: Brush after flowering on fruit weights gradually freezes. Flowers yellowish-white, fragrant. Fruits - black and purple berries with seeds, ripen in August - September.

Blossoms in May - June.
growing almost throughout temperate climates - in the undergrowth on the river, in the old parks, around the house, on the rural cemeteries. Gather young leaves of early spring, flowers - at the time of full bloom, the bark - in the summer, berries - in the autumn. Leaves and unripe fruits - poisonous. Apply in the form of tea decoction of the flowers - if colds , influenza , as febrifuge , as diaphoretic means at bronchitis , dry cough , at the initial stage of pneumonia, at rheumatism , as lactiferous tool .
use tea leaves: in diseases of the kidneys , as diuretic , hemostatic , with atherosclerosis , to cleanse the blood at furuncles , eruptions on the body (diuretic action also bark when cardiac edema). In 1 cup boiling water 1 teaspoon of taking flowers (bark or leaf) and insist 10 minutes. Drink for 2 - 5 cups a day for 15 minutes before a meal, swallows. Available in colors of black elderberry steroid hormone , which is actively involved in metabolic processes, explains the therapeutic effect with agonizing monthly and skin diseases , associated with metabolic disorders. In the gastro-intestinal catarrh in conjunction with liver disease 1 tablespoon of the mixture black elderberry flowers , fennel seed, chamomile flowers , linden flower , leaves of lemon balm and mint leaves Cold ratio 4:2:2:3:3:6 brewed in 1 cup boiling water insist 2 hours and half a cup to drink 3-4 times a day, an hour after eating.
When propensity to spasm (colic), gastrointestinal tract, 1 tablespoon of the mixture of black elderberry flowers, roots and rhizomes of valerian, linden flowers and mint leaves cold (tie) insist 3 -- 4 hours in 1 cup boiling water and drink a glass (50 g) 3-4 times a day.
Apply as diaphoretic and facilitates expectoration: Pour 4 tablespoons of the mixture black elderberry flowers , flower divines skipetrovidnoy , flower butterbur ordinary , grass lungwort drug , linden flower , flower Althea drug , flower buckwheat seed and poppy petals field ( Papaver rhoeas L. ) in the ratio 2:3:2:3:2:3:2:3 in 1 liter of boiled water. Insist in the oven for 12 hours and drink glasses (50 g) every 2 hours.
The juice from the berries of black elder friendly with the most severe diet. Drink it with intestinal ulcers, with pneumonia and sciatica. In Berries contain vitamins A and C , mineral salt , iodine and hormone-like substances , which accelerates the healing of wounds. Therefore, juice and infusion of the berries with sugar (use glasses) can help with severe gastric and intestinal diseases and inflammation of the liver in, but do not eat them raw (the unpleasant consequences - vomiting, etc.). With boiled, mashed and strained through a canvas of black elderberry (fresh and dried) can do treatment jam, Kiselev (constipation). Berries, cooked in honey, help with mental fatigue false -1 teaspoon to 1 cup of water.
The young spring leaves, cooked in honey and drinking inside, act as a mild laxative for chronic constipation. Boiled in the milk of young leaves is applied on zaprevshie, burned and inflamed sites, as well as hemorrhoids.
For compresses for pain in the ears, rheumatic gout, and tumors of the small knapsacks filled with a mixture of elderberry flowers and chamomile (tie), sprinkled them with boiling water and warmed in a vessel on the stove. Compresses on the head of an aromatic infusion of elder flowers black to 9% alcohol vinegar (taken in equal proportions) reduce fever and soothe headaches and help with bezsonnitse. Decoction of flowers used for rinsing the mouth with sore throat, tonsils and angina.