Tartaric spiny - medicinal properties

The prickly thinner is a member of the Astrope family, and its quaint purple flower reminds us of its beautiful origins. Because of this flower, the Tartar is a little unlucky - it is often confused with a thistle, but the leaves of them, of course, differ, as well as the healing properties. To determine the prickly Tartar on the leaves, know that they are serrated and stretch along the entire stem.

Tatarnik is widespread in the Baltic States, Ukraine, the European part of Russia in the north of Central Asia and the Caucasus. With it, often struggling as a weed - not justly deserved treatment is partly due to the characteristic places of "habitat" of the plant - a place for garbage, pastures and wasteland, as well as vegetable gardens and fields.

Grass Tartar - Properties

The grass of the Tartar was noticed a very long time, and the first was Avicenna. The Tartar has deserved the attention of the Persian great doctor with his haemostatic properties - he recommended it with female bleeding and intestinal cancer. In Russia it was used for other purposes, as an antitussive, cholagogue, which also supports the heart and heals purulent wounds.

In addition to the medical shelves, the prickly prick went to the stores of cooks - it was used as a filling for pies, previously cleared of thorns, and also added to soups and prepared salads.

Tatarnik contains the following substances:

When scientists conducted a study of a tartar, they learned that this plant affects the heart muscle and blood vessels. Preparations based on it narrow the blood vessels, increase the amplitude of heartbeats and blood pressure. Therefore, the ancient Russian people were not mistaken when they applied it for this type of disease, at a time when it was not known exactly what properties of this plant.

Also, the Tartar has an anticonvulsant and diuretic effect.

If it is used in small doses, then the work of the cerebral cortex will improve, and if an overdose is made, the opposite effect will be obtained.

In other countries, preparations based on the Tartar are prescribed as prevention of tumor recurrence after its removal.

Application of grass to a Tartar

Tatarnik use as a present:

  1. 10 g of flowers are poured into 200 ml of water.
  2. Then put for 15 minutes in a water bath.
  3. After this, the drug is infused for 1 day.
  4. After filtering, the infusion is ready for use:

Tatarnik prickly - contraindications

There is one contraindication to the use of a tartar - hypertension .