The belligerent (Symphytum officinale) or as it is also called comfrey, has been used as a medicinal plant since ancient times. It has anti-inflammatory, analgesic and regenerative action, accelerates the restoration of bones. It is no accident, in translation, its botanical name means "to grow together".
Indications for the use of the liveboot
Root of the fool is used to treat osteochondrosis, fractures, with diseases of the spine and joints. It is effective in bronchitis, purulent ulcers.
Lash-eye is also used to treat wounds in connection with its haemostatic properties. It promotes the rapid healing and recovery of various skin lesions: cuts, tufts, burns , frostbite.
The livener treats due to its biologically active substances, essential oils and antioxidants. Rubbing with tincture or taking a bath with the addition of a decoction helps to reduce puffiness, muscle pain, to recover after heavy physical exertion.
Medicinal plant
The fish-lily grows in damp shady places practically on all European continent. Most often, compresses, decoctions and tinctures are made from it. Earlier it was used inside, but modern medicine does not recommend this, because of the possibility of poisoning.
It is excavated in late autumn, washed and dried, and it can be stored in the refrigerator for up to a year. Of course, it is much more difficult for city dwellers to find a flicker, but it is still possible in the markets and in special stores of medicinal plants .
In the modern world it is easier to take drugs made on the basis of drawing from the root. True, such synthetic analogues of the live-eye are less effective than natural remedies.
Recipes for cooking
The recipe for making a compress made from a live-cheek is quite simple: 1: 1 honey is added to the crushed root, then applied to the diseased area, covered with a film and left for 15-20 minutes, rinsed with warm water.
To prepare the broth, take a tablespoon of chopped roots and pour a glass of cold water. Allow the mixture to brew for 5-6 hours, strain. Then the same streamer should be poured 100-150 ml of hot water, after an hour drain. Mix both infusion. The recipe for tincture. Fill in the paint with a solution of ethyl alcohol 40% in a 1: 5 ratio, insist for a week, periodically stir.