Kalgan-root - tincture

Kalgan is a perennial herb with a woody tuberous root. The root of the most useful properties is and usually is used for medical purposes. The substances contained in it have blood-restoring, bactericidal, antiseptic, wound-healing and other useful properties.

Application of tincture of the root of Kalgan

Inside the tincture of the Kalgan take at:

• diseases of the liver and stomach;
• jaundice;
• diarrhea;
• dysentery;
• colic;
• enteritis and enterocolitis;
• nephrite;
• cholecystitis ;
• gout;
• bronchitis;
• diseases of the uterus;
• bleeding.

External remedy is used as a lotion for eczema and burns, as well as inflammation of the oral cavity (stomatitis, gingivitis). In addition, folk medicine tincture of the root of Kalgan is known as a remedy for impotence.

Making tinctures at the root of the Kalgan

There are many recipes for making kalgan root tinctures. We consider the most famous:

1. For 1 liter of vodka, a good home-brew or alcohol up to 70% add 4-5 dried and cut into several pieces of roots and insist for three weeks. Some to improve the taste of the tincture add honey. It turns out not too concentrated means, which can be consumed in a dose of up to 50 grams.
2. For 50 grams of dried and chopped roots add a liter of alcohol (good vodka) and insist in a dark, relatively warm place, shaking regularly. Tincture is more concentrated, take it in a dosage of 30 drops, up to one spoon.
3. Tincture at the root of the Kalgan and sabelnik. Mix 100 grams of dry roots of Kalgan and 200 grams of sapelnik roots. Put the mixture in a three-liter jar and pour the vodka. Insist a month in a dark place, after which drain. This remedy helps with arthritis, arthrosis, rheumatism. Take tincture inwardly on a tablespoon 2-3 times a day for 20 minutes before a meal, and at the same time use it for rubbing sick places.
4. Tincture of gastric ulcer. Mix a tablespoon of ground kalgan, thyme, honey, 1 teaspoon mint leaves, 1 clove bud, 0.3 grams of fragrant pepper and a liter of vodka or alcohol (up to 70%). Infuse the mixture for two weeks, in a dark place, regularly shaking. Take a tablespoon 1 time per day, one hour before meals.

It is not recommended to use tincture of Kalgan with increased arterial pressure , constipation, pregnancy, high coagulability of blood, propensity to alcoholism.