Woodbetony

The plant a woodbetony concerns to Norichkov' family, grows in Europe, in Siberia, North America, Mongolia.

The most known of all woodbetonies – the woodbetony marsh, it most often is used in the medical purposes and call still a lousy grass, vovchka, a gnidny grass, a vshivitsa, a grass Ivan, zmeinets, a kamelny grass, a fir-tree, a feverish grass.

This two-year plant, with the reddish stalk reaching 30-60 cm in height. Flowers at a woodbetony marsh appear in June-July, at this time it is necessary to prepare leaves and stalks for their use further for treatment.

Dry a woodbetony grass indoors with good ventilation or at 40-50 degrees in the dryer. It is necessary to store dry medicinal raw materials in well closed boxes (or other container), in the dry place.

Useful properties of a woodbetony marsh

It is noticed that, despite the virulence – in roots and leaves of a plant poisonous glycosides, a woodbetony marsh are found renders the diuretic, febrifugal, antiinflammatory, anesthetizing, styptic, detoksikatsionny action.

Tincture of a woodbetony can be used at poisonings with meat – it absorbs and removes poisons. It is necessary for preparation of tincture one teaspoon of the crushed stalks, leaves of a woodbetony to fill in 250 ml of boiled water, hour to insist, filter. Accept tincture 3-4 р / day on a tablespoon.

For a stop of uterine bleedings or at plentiful menstrual bleedings two spoons tea herbs fill in 250 ml of boiled water, four hours maintain and filter. Drink tincture till 5-10 of drops 3r/put.

For treatment of diarrhea prepare such tincture: take 4 spoons of dining rooms of a dry grass of a woodbetony marsh, fill in with boiled water liter, 2-3ch insist, filter. Drink tincture also 3-4 р / day on a tablespoon.

Well such broth eliminates migraine and a usual headache: 2 spoons of dining rooms of a dry grass fill in with two liters of water, on weak fire boil, there will be no liquid liter yet. After that broth is studit, filtered and drink on a glass three р / day.

It is possible to apply infusions and broths of a woodbetony marsh outwardly: it helps to remove dandruff and louses.

For preparation of infusion take 4 spoons of dining rooms of a grass of a woodbetony, fill in with boiled water liter, maintain 2-3 hours, filter.

For treatment of dandruff this infusion is rubbed in head skin, rinse with it after washing hair until head skin is not cleared of a fungus.

If it is necessary to bring louses, moisten with infusion roots of hair, roll up the head fabric and cellophane, leave for an hour. After that dead insects need to be combed out from hair and to wash hair usual shampoo.

Use of other types of a woodbetony in medicine

Except a woodbetony marsh also the woodbetony eared, growing in Priamurye and Primorye is known. In medicine its flowers are used as diuretic.

The woodbetony beautiful grows in Primorye, its western areas. For removal of heat, treatment of a neurasthenia also use plant flowers.

The woodbetony is mutovchaty, growing in Priamurye, Primorye, on Kamchatka, the Okhotsk Coast, the Northern Kuril Islands use at a pulmonary tuberculosis, pneumonia, nephrite and as the means stopping bleedings.

For treatment of a neurasthenia and for removal of heat use a woodbetony striped which grows near the Central and Upper Amur.

Good means against diarrhea the woodbetony turned which is collected on the Okhotsk Coast, in Primorye, on Kamchatka, Priamurye, the Kuril Islands, Sakhalin is considered.

Contraindications

It is not recommended to apply broths and tinctures from a woodbetony inside independently in view of the fact that the plant is poisonous.

Pregnant women cannot accept medicines from a woodbetony – it causes reductions of a uterus and raises its tone.