After all, Hippocrates himself discovered salicyl, the main active ingredient of aspirin, in the 5th century BC. It was extracted by the great Greek physician from the bark of Meadowsweet (Latin: Filipendula ulmaria, Russian: таволга) and willows.
Salicylic acid has been successfully used by doctors to reduce pain and fever. Chemists later synthesized salicylic acid from the chemical acetic hydride and named it aspirin. Aspirin gradually acquired the title of the most powerful drug in the world. The myth caught on, and today the world consumes a total of about 100 billion aspirin tablets a year. Just think!
Synthetic aspirin is far from holy – long-term use can cause dangerous stomach ulcers and intestinal bleeding, stroke, anemia, urticaria, asthma and other horrors.
Active ingredients
The raw material contains tannins, vanillin, terpenes, salicylic acid, essential oil, 300 mg% ascorbic acid, glycoside spireine, dyes, minerals.
Healing properties
Thus, we had undeservedly forgotten the simple natural parents of aspirin – Meadowsweet. We can safely call the Meadowsweet wort almost the most powerful herb, and I’ll tell you why in a moment.
Unlike aspirin, Meadowsweetis completely harmless and can be used even by children. In addition to salicylic acid, Meadowsweet contains a lot of vitamin C, which greatly strengthens the body. As a blood-thinning plant, Meadowsweet takes the lead among other medicinal plants in the treatment or prevention of diseases of the cardiovascular system: heart attacks, strokes, cholesterol, varicose veins, capillary permeability, diabetic ulcers, tachycardia, hypertension.
Meadowsweet lowers temperature, relieves joint pain in rheumatism or arthritis. It is recommended to use in case of stomach and digestive tract disorders, intestinal ulcer. It is one of the plants that have the best effect on the digestive system – it protects the mucous membrane of the digestive tract, reduces increased stomach acidity (gastritis), and relieves nausea. Used for fever, runny nose, flu, angina, bronchitis or pneumonia.
It is a plant with a strong antiviral and antibacterial program, disinfectant, sweat and urine stimulating and bleeding properties, anti-diabetic and anti-inflammatory effects. It also helps to overcome kidney and bladder diseases, gout, epilepsy, uterine bleeding, and hemorrhoids.
And in the case of winter depression, Meadowsweet tea is an irresistible medicine – its effect is 4 times stronger than valerian, does not irritate the nervous system, gently calms and activates at the same time.
It is claimed that the active substances of the plant are merciless to microorganisms that cause diphtheria, dysentery, and pneumonia.
This is a great natural medicinal plant called in ancient times for 40 ailments – complicating and shortening our lives, the flow of which would be smoother and cheaper without them.
The smell of yarrow repels flies, mosquitoes, and blind people.
Added to any tea, it gives it a honey aroma and a pleasant taste.
Scandinavians use wort to improve the taste of beer and wine.
Herbal decoction is recommended for use in case of dysbacteriosis, diarrhea and fungal intestinal diseases, suitable for bath procedures in case of gynecological diseases.
In the case of muscle and joint pains, boil 2 tablespoons of fennel grass in 2 glasses of hot water and cook for 30 minutes on low heat. Leave the covered container with the decoction for self-cooling until the temperature is suitable for use, and it is advised to apply sufficiently hot compresses on the affected areas or take procedural baths.
Infusion of marsh wort – pour 1-2 teaspoons of dried and crushed grass with flowers in a thermos for 10-15 minutes in a glass of boiling water. It is recommended to drink 3 times a day or – if necessary – and more often, after diagnosis of kidney, bladder, heart diseases, anemia, dysentery, other diseases of the digestive tract, shortness of breath in the chest, tuberculosis, bronchial asthma, chronic cholecystitis, allergies, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy. cases, various forms of dropsy. It is a drink that stimulates the release of urine and sweat, expelling helminth parasites from the body. Externally, infusion compresses are prepared, which are applied to painful rheumatism joints.
When drinking the infusion of the wort, the level of uric acid in the body decreases, the metabolism normalizes, and at the same time, gout attacks also disappear.
Fenugreek tea – 2 teaspoons of fenugreek herb is brewed in a thermos of 200 ml. of boiling water. After 20 minutes, it is recommended to drink fragrant, pleasant-tasting tea. In addition to the treatment of the already mentioned diseases – as folk medicine claims – it will only help regulate blood pressure and cholesterol levels, improve vision, and prevent the development of cataracts.
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