Melonella (wax moth) or night butterfly - a thunderstorm of beekeepers. Her favorite place of shelving larvae is bee hives. Non-puppet melonellae feed on waxy mass and honey, harming bees. However, tincture of wax moth larvae has found application in folk medicine - mainly as an antimicrobial drug of a wide spectrum.
Treatment with tincture of wax moth
Spirituous tincture from melonella is used primarily in the treatment of tuberculosis, tk. The drug works well on Koch's stick due to the ability to break down its waxy membrane. Excellent results were shown by tincture of wax moth larvae and as a cure for extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Due to its antifungal activity, the agent is effective in the prevention of mycosis of the lungs after chemotherapeutic treatment of tuberculosis.
The drug creates a protective barrier for respiratory organs, improving the drainage function of the bronchi, therefore, in the fight against bronchitis, asthma and pneumonia, the tincture of melonella also helps.
Many doctors use this drug in the treatment of heart disease, vegetovascular dystonia , in gynecology to eliminate menopausal disorders and as a remedy for anemia, infertility and other diseases.
Composition of tincture
Tincture wax moth contains the entire range of nutrients found in beekeeping products.
The drug is a storehouse of amino acids, including indispensable ones; linoleic and linolenic acids. The composition of the tincture is also presented:
- enzymes (in particular cerraza);
- peptides;
- high-molecular proteins;
- xanthine, hypoxanthine;
- nucleotides, nucleosides;
- serotonin-like substances (affect smooth muscle);
- microelements;
- steroid hormones;
- vitamins, and others.
Tincture of wax moth has found application in non-traditional medicine as a means for:
- decrease in sugar level (due to the content of leucine);
- preventing the deposition of fats on the walls of blood vessels and in the liver (due to methionine);
- decrease cholesterol (due to linoleic acid);
- prevention of scar formation, adhesions (serine protease);
- improve memory (phenylalanine, tryptophan).
How to take wax moth tincture?
The drug does not have any specific contraindications, but people who do not tolerate the products of beekeeping, from the use of wax moth tincture should abstain.
10% tincture (extract) is drunk half an hour before a meal with a small amount of liquid (about 80 g). Dosage is calculated as follows: three drops of medicine per 10 kg of body (for example, a person whose weight is 80 kg, should take 24 drops). Tincture of wax moth is drunk once a day for the purpose of prophylaxis, and in the treatment of the diseases described above, two-three meals a day are allowed. In the case of severe tuberculosis, the dosage is increased to 5 to 7 drops per ten kilograms of the body.
For children under 14, the dosage is selected according to the number of years (seven-year-old baby is given 7 drops of medication).
For a 20% tincture, the dosage is 1 to 2 drops per 10 kg.
The recipe for wax moth tincture
The medicine can be bought from beekeepers in ready-made form or prepared independently:
- From the old honeycombs remove 5 g of larvae (not pupae!), And then put in a container with 50 ml of alcohol.
- About 10 days the agent insists in a cool and darkened room.
- Each day, the container should be shaken.
- When the preparation "ripens", it must be filtered through a cotton filter.
Best tincture of wax moth is stored in a cool place, without access to sunlight.