To medicinal species, the Tovolga (labaznika) include the glandular, cropland, six-leaved and Kamchatka. The most commonly used, as in folk medicine, and in the official pharmacopoeia is the knotweed tavelin.
Application of the herd in medicine
Medicinal use of the taolga is due to the large amount of vitamin C contained in it, as well as tannins and salicylic acid. This is due to its powerful antibacterial, analgesic and tonic effect. Tavolga works well for headaches and rheumatic pains, has an astringent effect on diarrhea. Due to the presence of salicylic acid (the main component of aspirin) has a positive effect for colds, herpes, flu. In addition, antidiabetic and antihypertensive properties of the drug have been proven: drugs with it contribute to the normalization of blood sugar levels and the reduction of pressure.
Application of the Tovolga in folk medicine
In folk medicine tavolga has found a very wide application, all its parts are used: grass, flowers and rhizomes. Tavolga is used for:
- hypertension;
- rheumatism ;
- gout;
- sleep disorders;
- nervous disorders;
- inflammatory skin diseases;
- wounds;
- ulcers;
- eczema;
- bleeding;
- diarrhea;
- various diseases of the gastrointestinal tract;
- hemorrhoids;
- diseases of the urinary tract and kidneys (including inflammatory);
- inflammations of the female reproductive system;
- arthritis;
- headaches;
- heart diseases;
- catarrhal diseases.
Also, drugs with this plant have antioxidant and antitoxic effects.
Application of flowers
Most of the decoction from this part of the plant is taken as a diaphoretic. Infusion of flowers from the twill is treated with diarrhea and bleeding, used as an anthelmintic agent.
To prepare this:
- A tablespoon of dry raw material is poured into a glass of boiling water.
- It is insisted for 3 hours in a thermos bottle, after which it is filtered.
Drink infusion of 2 tablespoons every two hours.
Tea from the flowers of the twig is brewed like regular tea and consumed in diabetes, with jade and stomach pain, to strengthen immunity, as a diuretic.
Dry and powdered flowers are sometimes used to powder burns as an antiseptic and wound healing agent.
Application of grass
Decoction of grass is used when:
- asthma;
- bronchitis;
- pneumonia;
- gout;
- anemia;
- insomnia.
Also effective is the decoction of herb grass as a blood-restoring agent in uterine bleeding. To prepare the broth:
- Two tablespoons of herbs are poured with a liter of boiling water.
- Insist 6-8 hours in opaque dishes.
Drink a decoction of 50-60 ml, 4 times a day before meals.
The ointment from the grass of the twig is used to treat inflammatory skin diseases. To prepare an ointment, 5 grams of powdered grass is mixed with 10 grams of Vaseline and 5 grams of lanolin or butter.
When suppurating wounds, injuries and inflammatory skin diseases apply alcoholic tincture of grass. To do this, dry raw materials are poured with alcohol in a ratio of 1: 5 and insist for two weeks. In addition, alcohol tincture is taken orally when:
- treatment of stomach ulcers ;
- nervous disorders;
- for the normalization of blood circulation.
Application of the root of the twill
Decoction and infusion from the root of the twig is used in almost all of the above diseases. Brew roots at the rate of one tablespoon of raw materials for a glass of boiling water. Ointment, made from ground
Tavolga - contraindications
Preparations with the tagiola do not apply when:
- constipation;
- hypotension;
- thrombocytopathy;
- reduced blood clotting;
- pregnancy.