Juniper
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Juniper – the sort of evergreen coniferous trees and bushes belonging to family Cypress.
Places of distribution
Both trees, and bushes meet. The area of distribution of a sort stretches in Eurasia – from mountainous areas of subtropics to the Arctic, and in North America – from mountain areas of northern Mexico to Alaska. The exception makes the East African juniper widespread in mountainous areas of Africa.
Scopes of a juniper
Thanks to the medicinal properties the juniper is known since Ancient Greece and Rome. In ancient times berries of a juniper were put in wine and used as diuretic and against stings of snakes.
Today scope of a plant is not limited to the field of medicine. It is used in the decorative purposes, in field-protecting afforestation and for strengthening of slopes.
From needles and wood extract juniper oil.
Wood is used for production of various products – ware, toys, jewelry, pencils and supports.
In cookery use needles and berries of a juniper. As spice they are added at preparation of many dishes. Also galberries use for production of alcoholic beverages – gin, juniper vodka and beer. From dried berries of a juniper prepare a substitute of coffee and juniper sugar.
Chemical composition of a juniper
Galberries contain carbohydrates (40%), wax, pitches, tannic and dyes, essential oil (2%), organic acids (apple, acetic, ant), and also a set of vitamins, macro - and microelements: aluminum, copper, iron, manganese, etc.
The composition of the essential oil which is contained in juniper berries includes camphene, terpenes, кадинен, terpineol, pinene, baras camphor.
The juniper needles contain ascorbic acid, and in bark – painting and tannins, pitches, saponins and essential oils.
Medicinal properties of a juniper
The plant gained fame thanks to the phytoncidal properties.
According to some scientists, in days from one hectare set with a juniper about 30 kg of phytoncides evaporate. This quantity is quite enough to clear the atmosphere of the large city of pathogens.
In medical practice widely apply galberries. Drugs on the basis of berries are appointed as diuretic, anti-inflammatory, expectorant, disinfecting, cholagogue drug, and also at diseases of a bladder and kidneys, a meteorism and ponosa.
Essential oil of a juniper has strong disinfecting property. It is applied at a mecotic colpitis, neuralgia, rheumatic pains and radiculitis, at muscle and joints pains, at polyarthritis.
Medicinal properties of a juniper use at diathesis, allergies, eczemas and herpeses, dermatitis.
Roots of medicine use for treatment of a pulmonary tuberculosis, various skin diseases, bronchitis and stomach ulcer.
From wood by dry distillation receive juniper oil – turpentine oil which is applied outwardly as soothing.
In traditional medicine inside use galberries at malaria, hypostases, rheumatism, gout, at diseases of kidneys. The plant is a part of the mixes used at metabolic polyarthritis.
Outwardly galberries apply at itch and wet herpes. Decoction from berries of a juniper will caress a gingiva at inflammations.
Contraindications
The plant in high doses is toxic therefore treatment should be carried out only under control of doctors.
The plant at pregnancy is contraindicated, to a heavy hypertension, at an inflammation of kidneys and in case of individual intolerance.
Name of drug
Price
Drugstore
Elfarm Juniper косм.масло фл 15 ml, Dina + Ltd company
40 rub.
Network of the Moscow drugstores of IFCJuniper fruits pack of 50 g, Krasnogorskleksredstva (Mosk.obl)
57 rub.
Network of the Moscow drugstores of IFC
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