In Altai, as a tonic drink is often used saxifrage or bananas. Therefore, this plant is also called Mongolian, Chigir and Siberian tea. Traditional medics and traditional healers also carefully study the badan - medicinal properties and contraindications, the chemical composition and effects that drugs from this herb produce on the human body.
Raw material for the manufacture of medicines is all parts of the plant: roots, stems, flowers, leaves and seeds.
Therapeutic properties of the root of badan and contraindications
The main value is the rhizomes of saxifrage, as they contain the maximum amount of useful ingredients. The chemical composition of the considered part of the bahada includes such substances:
- tannins;
- gallotanines;
- bergenin;
- polyphenols;
- essential oils;
- glucose;
- dextrin;
- starch;
- isocoumarin;
- resins;
- gallic acid;
- sucrose.
The listed components also determine the healing properties of the roots of the badan and contraindications.
Favorable actions that are provided by means of saxifrage:
- astringent;
- anti-inflammatory;
- hemostatic;
- hemostatic;
- antifungal;
- wound healing;
- diuretic;
- antimicrobial;
- hypotensive;
- antineoplastic.
Also, the roots of badana have a positive effect on the condition of the vascular walls, strengthen them, make them stronger and more elastic.
Contraindications for the admission of the described means:
- propensity to constipation;
- increased coagulability of blood ;
- tachycardia;
- hypotension.
Useful properties of leaves and stems of badan and contraindications
Ground parts of saxifrage contain similar valuable components as the roots, but in a lower concentration. The older the plant, the less in the leaves and stems, and more in the rhizomes of the herb of biologically active substances.
The healing properties of the badan leaf and contraindications to its use are based on additional content:
- pyrocaetin and pyrogallic tannides;
- free hydroquinone;
- ellagic and gallic acid;
- arbutin.
The concentration of the last mentioned ingredient reaches 22%, which makes saxifrage the richest source of arbutin in nature.
Healing properties:
- restorative;
- toning;
- immunostimulating;
- restoring (for the nervous system);
- healing;
- anti-inflammatory;
- antibacterial;
- hypotensive;
- disinfectant (for the urinary tract);
- adaptogenic;
- antipyretic;
- hepatoprotective;
- anti-stress.
Contraindications to the use of leaves of badana are the same conditions as in the case of rhizomes - low blood pressure, palpitations, high blood density, propensity to constipation and thrombosis.
Therapeutic properties and contraindications of the colors of the herb of the thick-leaved bald
Seeds and inflorescences of the described plant are usually used for the preparation of external medicines in the form of lotions, rubs and compresses.
These parts of saxifrage are rich in the same active components as in leaves. By increasing their concentration during the ripening season, they have additional useful properties:
- antispasmodic;
- immunomodulating;
- disinfectant (for the skin);
- moisturizing;
- vasoconstrictive.
Decoctions and tinctures of flowers and seeds of saxifrage normalize the fat content of the skin, help get rid of acne , narrow pores.
Given the external way of using the parts of the grass in question, there are practically no contraindications to them. If you add seeds and colors of badana in tea, you should pay attention to the list of pathologies in which you can not take medicine from the roots and leaves of saxifrage.