Ledum leaves marsh - healing properties and contraindications

A unique representative of the heather family (Ericaceae) is Ledum Palustre or Rhododendron Tomentosum. The chronicle of his discovery for medicine stretches from the time of Hippocrates - it was decided to use to raise the tone. In Russian herbalists, there are other methods of application, such as the “powerful remedy” for tumors and “wound healing”.

Received recognition in many countries as a medicinal and is widely used in traditional healing and traditional medicine, in the fashionable direction of medicine - homeopathy. There were legends about love, bewitching and intoxicating properties of an evergreen, fragrant shrub. The owners of the taverns also did not hesitate to bewitch customers with the help of a dope with whom the flower is fragrant. Adding to strong drinks, the owner provided himself with regular customers.

He owes his name to the grace of his existence. This plant does not apply to rarely found in nature. But the fertile “soil” for them is marshland, peatlands and cool climate.

Surely every person has heard of the marsh tea, but only in popular interpretations:

• Hemlock.
• Fragrant Bagan.
• Stupid swamp.
• Forest rosemary.
• Large klopovnik.
• Klopovaya grass.
• Dushnitsa.
• Bagun
• Canary marsh.
• Kokora
• Gonobol.

In some countries, names are used:

• bagno zwyczajne - Poland.
• romero silvestre, ledo - Spain.
• lédon - France.
• Sumpfporst - Germany.
• Marsh (Northern) Labrador Tea Or Wild Rosemary - England.

Nowadays, more and more people are abandoning drug treatment. As a rule, due to the unreasonable high cost of drugs and the dubious quality of pharmaceutical products.

When resorting to folk methods, you must be careful and know well the properties of the medicinal plant. Ledum roseum, according to the old classification, was recognized as a narcotic drug (narcotica acria). It must be remembered that the dosage in this case is important, since the unreasonable use of medicinal substances prepared on the basis of this poisonous plant can be dangerous.

Collection rules and procurement

The best time to collect wild rosemary is May, June, July, August, depending on the destination. Drying is carried out in a well-ventilated non-residential premises or under a canopy on the street. The use of electric dryers (temperature 40-60 degrees) is acceptable. Leaves, stems and flowers are poisonous and should be handled with care.

For therapeutic purposes, it is advisable to collect young shoots and leaves.Of these, you can get more essential oil. It is recommended to do this after flowering, in dry weather. Healers use all the ingredients, including roots and flowers. Dried plants are poured into paper bags, determined in a separate compartment from other charges. Provided proper drying and storage in a dry place, the workpiece can last up to three years.

What is part of the ledum marsh?

1. Essential oils (0.9-2%) - based on aromatic substances. They have a soothing effect, have antiviral effects, relieve inflammation, relieve pain and are characterized by a regenerating effect. This is a complex composition with phenolic and organic acids, bicyclic alcohols and hydrocarbons, terpenoids and phytoncides (phyton - plants and Latin caedo - I kill) - inhibit the growth and development of pathogenic microflora.
2. Flavonoids, when ingested with food, trigger the work of many enzymes. This substance strengthens the walls of blood vessels and supports the work of the heart. It is widely used in the manufacture of medicines and traditional medicine.
3. Organic acids - spontaneously adjust the acid-base balance of the blood,inhibit putrefactive, fermentation processes in the body. Improve digestion. Possess anti-inflammatory action. It is a natural antispasmodic and antiseptic.
4. Tannins (tannins) - contribute to the rapid healing of wounds, stop bleeding, help to cope with diarrhea, dysbacteriosis. Relieve inflammation. Excreted from the body of harmful substances, toxins and slags, radiation, help to absorb useful and positively affect the work of the gastrointestinal tract as a whole. Abuse of tannins can lead to constipation.
5. Sesquiterpene alcohols have a pronounced balsamic smell, bitter, burning taste. Characterized by the ability to relieve spasms and relax muscle tissue. It has a strong expectorant effect.
6. Arbutin is a phenolic glycoside used to whiten the skin and eliminate age spots in cosmetology. But its main value is in antiseptic action. Also noted is the ability of arbutin to cope with the aggressiveness of vital activity of Staphylococcus aureus is unique.
7. Amino acids - regulate and normalize metabolic processes in the body.
8. Neomirtillin - invaluable in terms of usefulness substance.Natural insulin that can normalize blood sugar levels.
9. Gum, an excellent antioxidant. Able to establish the work of the digestive tract, helps the intestinal walls to absorb nutrients. Suppresses excessive appetite and reduces cholesterol levels in the blood.

Moreover, all the components are closely intertwined with each other and form new, with additional, valuable qualities components.

Under what diseases is it recommended to use substances that include wild rosemary? The list is great and impressive results.

Essential oil:

• It is a good antitussive. This is a natural antibiotic cough.
• Used with convulsions.
• Eliminates inflammatory processes.
• Cleans the bronchi, promotes rapid removal of mucus.
• Accelerates the movement of blood, acts as a dilator for blood vessels and is able to lower pressure.
• It is highly effective in the fight against exudate.
• Relaxes smooth muscles, relieves spasms.
• Increases the overall resistance of the tissues of the stomach.
• It has a detrimental effect on Koch's wand.
• Effective in the fight against influenza.

It is used for industrial production of sprays, the spectrum of action of which is aimed at eliminating the acute and chronic forms of rhinitis. Widely and effectively used by physicians in traditional medicine.

As part of the ointment used for the treatment of skin diseases. They treat burns, frostbite of the dermis and bruises. Eliminates itching and relieves inflammation. Helps relieve discomfort after insect bites.

Water infusions and decoctions based on wild rosemary:

1. Good diaphoretic. It will help to cope with elevated body temperature.
2. With pertussis and cough, has established itself as a fast-acting expectorant and antiseptic.
3. Not replaceable with spastic enterocolitis.
4. It cures asthma, relaxes the smooth muscles of the bronchi.
5. With rheumatism of the joints and muscle, gout, osteochondrosis - used internally and externally. It has anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties.
6. Zolotuha, eczema, psoriasis, skin lesions - is an exceptional blood-purifying agent.
7. A positive result in the removal of acne, diathesis, lichen.
8. Able to fight inflammation of internal organs.Drown out the pain. It has narcotic properties.
9. Prescribed for shortness of breath and pulmonary tuberculosis.
10. It will disinfect stabbed and lacerated wounds, bruises. Relieves pain and swelling from mosquito bites and stinging insects.
11. It regenerates tissues, softens, eliminates pain, speeds up the healing process. Suitable for treating cracked heels.
12. Normalizes sleep and calms the nervous system.
13. Increases blood sugar levels to normal limits.
14. Use of infusion with the preventive purpose enjoys popularity. Schematic use of the drug will not allow even a hint of oncology. An integrated approach to strengthening the immune system and periodic consultations with doctors guarantee 100% success.

Despite the fact that the plant has been studied by the luminaries of science, for unknown reasons, some countries have identified for themselves separate directions on the use of drugs, which include wild rosemary.

1. Bulgaria uses hot infusions in the field of gynecology as an abortive substance. Ancient practices of healers describe the ability to heal reproductive function from infertility. In gastroenterology, Bulgarian physicians fight cholecystitis with this plant.
2. The Japanese and the Buryats use the full power of the plant.It is for them a panacea for many diseases in gynecology, dermatology, parasitology. Cured of conjunctivitis, blepharitis, disorders of the digestive system, used for the treatment and rapid hair growth.
3. France and Germany use the beneficial properties of bush juice to treat colds with cough, from angina and various degrees of severity of rheumatism.
4. By adding a couple of drops of plant juice to alcohol, Komi residents solve difficulties with dependence on a green snake.

What can be used:

1. Alcohol tincture is most often applicable for rubbing or compresses externally, but there are recipes for internal use. Here it is important to remember that the base is a toxic substance and the intake is possible in limited quantities (as a rule, it is calculated in drops).
2. Infusion, cooked in vinegar, is only suitable for external use. It is applied to the affected joints and muscles, which are aching from pain (sciatica, inflammation of the nerve of the seat, disturbing joints, lumbago). Copes with the destruction of skin parasites and bothersome dandruff.
3. An interesting form of release - infusion, cooked in olive oil.It can cure sinusitis and sinusitis, runny nose, flu, fungi, skin diseases.
4. Shredded dry grass, sifted through a sieve, will help to establish a chair and relieve diarrhea.

Mistress on the note! Having covered the things in the dresser with dried leaves and wild rosemary flowers, you can permanently get rid of the moth. Fumigation of the room will also eliminate bedbugs and fleas, as it is a good insecticidal agent.

Contraindications and restrictions in use

As with any drug, this representative of heather has contraindications, and it is recommended to get acquainted with them before the start of the course of treatment:

1. Tonus of the uterus leads to loss of the fetus, and in case it is possible to prolong the pregnancy, the components of the drug, penetrating the placental barrier, will not in the best way affect the development of the fetus (predicts a sad outcome of the course of pregnancy).
2. The lactation period requires a careful approach to nutrition and treatment. The baby gets everything that a mother eats through milk. Consider that up to 14 years old wild rosemary-containing preparations are not recommended to be taken, and for infants this is an incommensuably heavy load.
3. Vasodilator properties exclude hypotonics from the ranks of connoisseurs of the magical properties of the plant. An already reduced pressure can drop to a critical level.
4. With hepatitis, there is a high probability of exacerbation of the situation, since the drug gives a strong load on the liver.
5. This is a fairly serious allergen. People who are prone to allergies cannot take this medicine.

Home-made recipes (unconventional treatments)

1. Oil of wild rosemary of marsh. To prepare connect 1 tbsp. spoonful of plant items with ½ cup of vegetable oil. The mixture is boiled for about 1 minute and infused for 24 hours. Drip into the nose 2-3 times a day.
2. Powder. Dried leaves, stems, inflorescences, fray in a dusty state, sift through a fine sieve. Reception limit 0.3 - 0.5 g 3 times a day.
3. Ointment. Ledum flowers mixed with pork fat in a ratio of 1: 3. Stewed in the oven for 12 hours (60-70 degrees), then filtered and used to process the skin for a week. Store in the refrigerator if you plan non-durable storage (no more than 10 days).
4. Decoction. Mix a teaspoon of detailed herbs with a glass of water. After a minute boil, let stand for 30 minutes, pass through a fine sieve.Take a tablespoon three times a day. Pediatric dose is divided by 2.
5. Water tincture. Grind two spoons of wild rosemary and fill it with a glass of boiling water. Insist 30 minutes. Means for lotions and compresses ready.
6. Alcohol tincture. Dry grass is mixed with 40% alcohol (vodka is allowed), in a ratio of 1: 5. Insists day in a dark warm place. Excellent tool for rubbing.
7. Acetic tincture. Herbs insist on 9% vinegar for 14 days and applied externally.
8. Tincture on vegetable oil. Within 12 hours, crushed elements, filled with vegetable oil in a ratio of 2: 5, insist. After you have filtered, you can begin treating skin diseases.

We treat oncology with herbs

Of course, the disease is better to prevent than to cure, but the bustle of life twists so much that it completely ignores the mass of negative factors that have a destructive effect on the body. For prophylactic and therapeutic purposes, if there is a need to restore the protective barriers of the body, there is a recipe that deserves attention.

Acceptance of tincture, passes by the method of "slides", starting with 1 drop and gradually bringing to 15.At this figure, sources advise to stop until complete healing, or until the completion of the course of preventive measures. Ingredients: Cover the third part of the tank with chopped hemlock shoots and bring to the top with alcohol or vodka. Put the mixture in a dark place for 18 days without access to heat.

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