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Lythrum

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Medicinal properties

Use in traditional medicine

Contraindications to use

Дербенник Lythrum – the Loosestrife family with direct we lay a perennial herbaceous plant of family also a powerful ligneous root. Other national names of this plant – плакун – a grass, a podberezhnik. The grass the Lythrum in moderate zones of Eurasia grows, it is widespread in Russia, Belarus, the Caucasus and Ukraine. Generally this plant can be met on swamps, a coastal strip, water meadows. In total more than 15 types of the Lythrum, but the most widespread – the Lythrum ivolisty (which has curative properties). This plant a good melliferous herb, is possible cultivation of the Lythrum on garden sites.

Medicinal properties of the Lythrum

This plant has tannic, wound healing, analgetic, antiseptic, antiinflammatory, kroveostanavlivayushchy and diuretic properties.

For the medical purposes use all parts of the Lythrum – roots, stalks, leaves, flowers and seeds. Roots of this plant are rich with tannins, its seeds contain alkaloid (a glycoside литрарин), leaves – a glycoside саликарин, essential oils, pitch. Flowers of the Lythrum are rich with flavones.

Use in traditional medicine

In traditional medicine a grass the Lythrum is applied at treatment of acute intestinal infections, chronic gastritises and colitis. The knitting and antiinflammatory effects of this plant do it irreplaceable at digestive tract diseases. Also it is used at fever, catarrhal diseases, diseases of the sexual sphere.

The lythrum is applied to treatment of toxicosis of pregnant women (as an antiemetic). This medicinal plant is a part of some homeopathic medicines. Broth of the Lythrum possesses styptic action and helps with a stop of bleedings of various origin (uterine, gastrointestinal, outside).

Infusion of a grass and flowers of this plant is used outwardly at skin diseases (for example, eczema), and also for washing of purulent wounds.

Tea with the Lythrum well helps at neurologic diseases, a depression, hysteria, an asthenic syndrome. Broth of this plant is added to bathtubs at treatment of epilepsy by national methods.

Broths, infusions and tinctures of the Lythrum are prepared from roots or tops of bloomer.

To prepare infusion it is necessary to fill in 5 g (1 tsp) of the dry crushed grass with 250 ml of the boiling water and to insist within 4 hours. After that infusion is filtered and accept inside 1/3 glasses 3 times a day.

Tincture of the Lythrum prepares as follows: the crushed part of a plant (roots, stalks, flowers) is filled in with 76% alcohol (or vodka) in the ratio 1:10 and infuses within 2 weeks in the dark cool place. After that it is necessary to filter and accept solution till 20-40 drops 3 times a day to food (previously to part in 50 ml of water).

Broth of the Lythrum prepares from roots. For this purpose 1 teaspoon of the crushed raw materials is filled in with 250 ml of water, cooks within 5 minutes on slow fire. Then broth infuses within 1 hour, is filtered. It is necessary to accept broth on ¼ glasses 3 times a day to food. Broth of the Lythrum is accepted as diuretic at hypostases and diseases of kidneys. Трава Дербенника

It is possible to make wound healing means of fresh leaves. For this purpose leaves are crushed in gruel and put on area of a wound.

Cultivation of the Lythrum is possible also in artificial conditions on "pharmaceutical" beds, he loves the neighbourhood with mint, an inula, a marjoram and a motherwort.

Contraindications to use of the Lythrum

It is not recommended to people to use this plant with the increased risk of a tromoobrazovaniye, at disturbances of coagulant system of blood. It is also not necessary to apply the Lythrum grass at treatment of atonic locks at elderly persons. At arterial hypertension this plant needs to be applied with care as the lythrum leads to vasoconstriction (vasoconstriction).

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