Grass lice - medicinal properties and contraindications

The plant under the name "woodlouse" is familiar to many summer residents. Not sparing their strength and resources, they are fighting with this weed. But not many gardeners know that this inconspicuous weed contains a lot of useful components that will help get rid of many diseases.

Beneficial features

Mokritsa, which looks like a familiar weed, has an exceptional composition:

• 20 percent organic acids;
• essential oils;
• saponins and lipids;
• tannins and other beneficial substances.

All these therapeutic components in the compound have the strongest effect on the human body.

Among experts in the field of studying plants, there are a lot of discussions about the beneficial qualities of wood lice and limitations in use. She recently acquired the status of a medicinal herb.This is due to the fact that for a long time it was just thrown out by gardeners, taking it for ordinary grass. But the healing qualities were discovered by experts and appreciated. And as it turned out, not in vain, because this inconspicuous grass looks like a real treasury of vitamins and therapeutic elements.

The main healing qualities of the plant:

Multifunctional medical herb. It contains vitamins B and E, iron, oils and other nutrients. It is part of a variety of healing and cosmetic products, as well as widely used in cooking.

• Mokritsa - an excellent tool for pain relief.
• A positive effect on the work of the heart and blood vessels.
• Perfectly helps in the restoration of cells of the CNS.
• Effective remedy in the treatment of skin ailments.

Application Restrictions

Despite the many healing qualities, there are the following limitations in the use of woodlice:

1. Complete or partial intolerance to the components of the composition. Before starting treatment, it is necessary to consult a doctor in order to avoid an allergic reaction.
2. Woodlouse-based medication should be purchased only at a pharmacy or carefully acquainted with how this plant looks in nature. This is due to the fact that the wood lizard is lanceolate in appearance similar to the medicinal one, but it differs greatly from it in composition. She is a poisonous and very dangerous plant.
3. Mokritsa has the ability to reduce blood pressure, so people with low pressure should take it very carefully.

Use in alternative medicine

The plant in alternative medicine is used not so long ago. Today, on the basis of it, medical preparations are made, woodlice is used as a seasoning for dishes, I make tinctures and infusions from it. For example, a drink from this herb enriches the mother's milk during lactation, and the infusion increases hemoglobin, helps in the fight against anemia, sleep disturbances and low immunity.

Woodlouse recipes

1. Infusion for diseased joints. This tincture is advised to drink during the treatment of deforming arthrosis. To do this, in a large liter container pour dry raw material in half, then pour a liter of alcohol and a glass of warm water. Leave for 10 days and filtered. The resulting tincture drink 2 spoons per day after meals.
2. Swathes to calm. 2 spoons of woodlice are poured with a glass of hot water, put on the stove and boiled for about 10 minutes. Give the fever to stand for half an hour and clean it. Use ¼ mugs on an empty stomach three times a day.
3. Tincture to strengthen the body. A spoonful of raw materials is brewed in a glass of hot water and left for 5 minutes. Take instead of tea 100 grams at least 3 times a day.
4. With a cloudy retina. 2 spoons of raw materials, prepared from the foliage and stems of the plant, pour 1.5 cups boiling water and leave for some time. The resulting composition is dripped into the eyes of a couple of drops in each eye 4 times a day.
5. Drink with lethargy and appetite disturbance. Fresh juice squeeze the juice and drink a spoon three times a day. You can add some natural honey.
6. For swelling and diseases of the joints. Apply compresses from a medicinal herb drink 4 times throughout the day to painful areas.
7. From sciatica. In a container with a volume of three liters pour dry raw materials to the very edges, then add 0.65 liters of alcohol to it and add hot water. The infusion is left for 3 weeks, then it is cleaned and consumed before eating at lunch.The duration of therapy is 21 days.
8. Remedy for dizziness, lethargy and anemia. Spoon the grass brewed with a glass of hot water and let it brew for about 30 minutes. Then filtered and drink 50 g 4 times a day on an empty stomach.
9. Therapy of sprains and hematomas. Crushed fresh raw materials impose on the affected area, fixed with a bandage and leave for about 2-2.5 hours.
10. A remedy for pain in the vertebrae and joints. It is necessary to sew a linen bag, fill it with dry mok and attach to the diseased area for a day. You can use fresh grass, pre-knead it with your hands.
11. Therapy for diseases of the stomach or gastrointestinal tract. Spoon of raw materials is poured with a glass of warm water and removed for 10 days. Then the infusion is filtered and consumed on an empty stomach, diluting 20 drops per cup of boiled water.
12. With heart disease and high pressure. 1.5 spoons of fresh raw materials from the leaves of the plant are brewed in a glass of boiling water and infused for about 60 minutes. Peeled tincture taken 100 g 5 times a day before meals.
13. To increase lactation. It is very useful for a woman who is breastfeeding a baby to take a composition from plant juice and honey.It is prepared in the ratio of 1: 1 and drink in a spoon 3 times a day for half an hour before meals.
14. Tincture of insomnia. 15 tablespoons of woodlice are brewed in 1 liter of hot water. The composition is left for 8 hours, but it is better at night. Filter and drink по mugs per day. On the basis of tinctures make lotions from puffiness.
15. Healing baths for allergies, ulcers and formations on the skin. 400 grams of woodlice pour 3 liters of running water and set on fire to boil the composition. Then he insists about another 2 hours and clean. The resulting brew is added to the bath.
16. Lotions with ailments of the skin and ulcers. 10 spoons of finely chopped herbs brew in a glass of hot water and place on the stove. Cook for about seven minutes, and leave the composition for 4 hours to infuse. Then we filter and use as a compress. The same infusion can be used for baths with skin ailments.

Use of woodlouse in cosmetology

Beautiful plant effectively and in the care of the skin of women. After these procedures, the skin will look beautiful and radiant. Recipes using a medicinal plant are not complicated and are quite popular among the female sex:

1. Bath with medicinal herbs. 0.5 l chopped woodlice is brewed in a liter of hot water.Capacity is closed and left for about half an hour. The resulting tincture is poured into the bath and lie in it for 20 minutes. From corns on the legs. Fresh grass needs to be cleaned in shoes and walk the whole day. Wash your feet for the night, spread it with nutritive ointment and put on cotton socks. To get better results, repeat the procedure at least 3 times in 7 days.
2. Mask for rejuvenation. Spoon chopped fresh raw mix with a spoon of cream and natural honey. Apply the mask on the face and hold for at least 15 minutes, and then wash with warm water.
3. Lotions with flaccid skin. Prepare a boil out of wood lice, soak a piece of soft cloth in it and put it on your face. Put a dry towel on top. After 20 minutes lotion remove and wash face.
4. Acne on the face. Getting rid of this scourge will help washing with a healing broth of their wood lice every day.

Female Disease Therapy

1. Mokritsa can cure almost all gynecological diseases. To do this, it is necessary to prepare a healing porridge, wet them with a tampon and set it overnight. The duration of treatment is 5 days. Then we make a week pause and repeat the procedure again for five days.
2. Helps healing tool and for fibroids, cysts and cervical erosion. We prepare the juice from a fresh plant, moisten the compress and apply it for 30 minutes on the mammary gland, three times a day.
3. Healing porous on the basis of wood lice can be consumed 10 days before the onset of the menstrual cycle, then there will be no delays and severe pain.

Healing diets

A unique plant used in cooking as a storehouse of vitamins and nutrients, and also helps to cope with a lack of vitamins in the winter and spring. It is used in salads, vegetarian soups, drinks and as a filling for pies. The collection of herbs for cooking is best done before the plant blooms, then it will be soft and juicy.

1. Vitamin cocktail. 250 grams of fresh grass and 50 grams of grated horseradish pour 2 liters of running water and let stand for about 4 hours. Then filtered and add honey to it.
2. Tonic. A handful of plants, 2 small apples, a couple of peeled mandarins and 400 milliliters of water are whipped in a blender.
3. Vitamin salad №1. Chop woodlice, grate carrots on a coarse grater and add a slice of chopped garlic. All is thoroughly mixed and slightly salted.Salad can be filled with olive oil or sour cream.
4. Vitamin salad number 2. 100 grams of the plants are finely chopped, add beet tops, two boiled eggs, onion and greens: parsley, green onions and dill. The ingredients are mixed, add salt and add sour cream.
5. Vitamin salad number 3. Fresh wood lice are mixed with egg and green onions. All ingredients are pre-chopped. Then salt, season with sour cream.

Cooking borscht from herbs
This first dish in the summer will be very fragrant and useful for all family members.

Composition:

• lice - 100 g;
• beet leaves - 100 g;
• carrot;
• big potatoes;
• a bunch of green onion and parsley leaves;
• tomato;
• spoonful of lemon juice;
• spoon of sugar;
• sour cream.

Borsch will be very tasty, if before putting in the greens, put the beans and cook it in broth.

In a liter of boiling water add finely chopped vegetables and boil them for about 10 minutes. Then add the tomato, pre-passaged in vegetable oil. Then we cut the beet leaves, ferment them, add lemon juice, sugar and put in borsch. Finely chopped woodlice put in borscht and salt it.Before serving, add sour cream and herbs.

Harvesting and storing grass

Mokritsu harvested at the end of spring, when its greens are saturated with juice. It is laid out on the surface and constantly mixed. Dry in a dark, well-ventilated area. Dry raw materials are bagged and stored for a year.

Do not rush to throw woodlice when weeding the garden. This inconspicuous grass will help you get rid of many ailments.

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