Wormwood exists more than 300 species, but the most common in medical practice is wormwood. It is a herbaceous perennial plant up to 120 cm high with a very sharp specific odor. For medical purposes, flowering tops and leaves are used, which are collected during the flowering period.
Composition and application
The herb wormwood contains bitter glycosides (anabintine and absintine), ascorbic acid, vitamins B6, K, carotene, saponins, flavonoids, malic and succinic organic acids, tannins, phytoncides and essential oils (up to 0.5%).
In folk medicine it is widely used as anthelmintic, anti-inflammatory, antiulcer and antitumor agent. Used in the treatment of biliary tract diseases, kidneys, liver, enterocolitis, menstrual disorders, hemorrhoids, anemia, insomnia, and also as an external remedy for injuries, wounds, stretches of burns and frostbite.
In addition, the herb wormwood bitter enters the compositions of many medicinal (cholagogue and other) herbal remedies and is used in homeopathy.
Wormwood treatment for systolic disease
Opstorichosis is a parasitic disease caused by flat worms. Wormwood is a popular enough folk anthelmintic and is widely used to combat parasites. Usually take dry wormwood, as broths are absorbed at an earlier stage and do not reach the large intestine in the right concentration.
- Grass wormwood is ground into powder and take 1 incomplete teaspoonful 5-6 times a day, washed down with water. Further reduce the number of receptions up to 3 times a day. At the time of eating, the drug is not tied up, the course lasts 1 week.
- Trojchatka: a mixture of herbs wormwood (25 g), tansy (100 g) and cloves (50 g). Raw materials are ground into powder and take, washed down with water, approximately 1.75 grams (tea boat without top) at a time. On the first day, the drug is taken 1 time half an hour before meals, the second - 2 times, the third and the next - 3 times a day, for a week. In the future, to prevent infection, it is enough to take the mixture 1 day a week for six months.
- Infusion of wormwood: 2 teaspoons of raw material is poured into a glass of boiling water, insist 15 minutes, then filter. You need to drink infusion during the day in three meals, one hour before meals.
Treatment of other diseases
- Treatment of myomas with wormwood. For the treatment of herbs are used grass herb, saber, yarrow, kipreja, nettle, borovoy uterus, red brush, sporisha (mountaineer bird), birch leaves white, peppermint and hips in equal proportions. Two tablespoons of the collection pour boiling water (0.5 liters) and insist the night in a thermos. Drink the broth for the next day in 4 divided doses.
The course of treatment is 2 months. In parallel with the intake of infusion, it is recommended that syringes be regularly drenched with wormwood: ½ teaspoon herb wormwood, pour a glass of boiling water and insist until it cools down to 40 degrees, then use for vaginal douche. - Treatment of herpes with infusion of wormwood: 1/2 teaspoon of herbs pour a glass of boiling water, insist in a thermos for 40 minutes and take a tablespoon 3-4 times a day for 3 weeks.
- Treatment of hemorrhoids. With this disease, wormwood is taken orally in the form of an alcohol tincture (15-20 drops twice a day), and also in the form of a decoction (4 tablespoons of herbs, pour 1 liter of water, boil for 5 minutes, then insist for 6 hours, strain , squeezing the grass) used for microclysters.