The mountaineer is bird's

The mountaineer bird's – phytodrug with spasmolytic, diuretic, and litolitichesky action, most often is used at treatment of an urolithiasis.

National names: green grass, ninety-knot, goose grass, bird's buckwheat, pustyrny grass, toptun-grass, poultry roaster, куроед.

Grass of the Mountaineer bird's – the low annual herbaceous plant which is violently expanding on well fertilized soil. Being hardy to trampling, it is formative practically everywhere: on waste grounds and in the yards, on dry pastures and places littered with people. This plant cosmopolitan, it is possible to meet it on all continents, except the Arctic and Antarctica.

It is widely used as a forage for poultry. Many add this useful "tall weeds" to summer salads, puree and soups, and in culinary traditions of the Asian people use it as a stuffing for pie.

The plant has a branched upright stalk with strongly expressed nodes. A root – low-branchy, rod. Flowers and leaves of a grass of the Mountaineer bird's small. Fruits have an appearance of a nutlet of black or brown color and begin to ripen with the middle of summer.

Collect and prepare a grass of the Mountaineer bird's from June to September, during active blossoming. Dry up preferential in dryers with artificial heating or in rooms with good ventilation. When stalks become fragile, stop drying, and clear a grass of the darkened leaves and impurity.

The collected grass at the correct storage keeps the medicinal properties within 3 years.

The grass of the Mountaineer bird's contains a set of useful substances. These are vitamins K and E, ascorbic acid, carotene, fats, carbohydrates, a flavonolovy glycoside авикулярин, silicon acid with its soluble compounds and tannins.

Pharmacological action

Pharmacological action of the Mountaineer bird's is caused by contents in a plant of biologically active compounds.

The plant possesses the antiinflammatory, diuretic, antiputrefactive, tonic, sudorific, knitting action, interferes with formation of urinary stones, raises a sokratitelny uterine activity. It is widely used both in traditional, and in traditional medicine of the different people.

Release form

The dried-up grass of the Mountaineer bird's produce 50 g or 100 g in cardboard boxes.

Indications to use of the Mountaineer bird's

The mountaineer bird's apply inside:

• At an urolithiasis on an initial stage as means which helps an otkhozhdeniye of small concrements. During the postoperative period after a removing calculus apply as antirecurrent means;
• At chronic diseases of urinary tract;
• At diseases of digestive tract, such as stomach ulcer and a duodenum, gastritis with lowered or a hyperoxemia, and also at an inflammation of a mucous membrane of a stomach;
• At liver diseases;
• At uterine (at a uterus fibromyoma, after the delivery or abortions) and hemorrhoidal bleedings;
• In complex treatment of malaria and tuberculosis;
• At an inflammation of a mucous oral cavity;
• At respiratory diseases;
• As tonic and fortifying means.

The mountaineer bird's it is also possible to apply and outwardly – to treatment of ulcers of various etymology, wounds and bruises.

With care children should apply aged up to 12 years, at thrombophlebitis, a varicosity, stenocardia and a hypertension.

Use of a grass of the Mountaineer bird's at pregnancy is contraindicated, to the increased coagulability of blood and at acute diseases of kidneys and a bladder.

Route of administration

For use of the Mountaineer bird's prepare infusion. For this purpose 1 glass of a grass is made in 1 liter of boiled water and insisted within 2 hours. Appoint 1/2-1/4 glasses 2-3 times a day before food. A course of treatment – 20-25 days. Ways of preparation and appointment can change depending on a disease. Ready solution is stored by no more than two days in the cool place.

Preparation of spirit infusion is also possible.

For external use use lotions from a pressure of a fresh grass.

The mountaineer bird's is often used in various krovoochistitelny and pulmonary medicinal collecting in combination with other plants. It is a part of gathering of Zdrenko as symptomatic means at treatment of oncological diseases.

Use of the Mountaineer bird's does not exclude treatment by other medicines.