The Jacob's ladder is blue

Jacob's ladder blue – the bloomer from family of a phlox family growing in Western, Eastern Siberia on the wet soils rich with a humus, on meadows, river coast, among bushes, on glades. Known names of a plant: valerian Greek, blue St. John's Wort, Jacob's ladder azure or azure, two-forces.

In medicine apply plant roots, collect them when an elevated part of a flower withers – in the fall. Roots dig out, and, having cut off a stalk, wash out in cold water, cut if necessary on several parts, dry on air under the sun or at 50 degrees in the dryer. It is possible to store the prepared dry roots two years.

Useful properties, use of a Jacob's ladder blue

In rhizomes, roots of a Jacob's ladder blue many triterpenovy glycosides which cause the expressed expectorant property of the drugs made of a Jacob's ladder are revealed. Besides, roots contain potassium, magnesium, copper, manganese, nickel, selenium, iron, calcium, fat and essential oils, a galactose, resinous substances, ashes.

It is noticed also that the plant has sedative effect, and in it it considerably surpasses a valerian, recovers lipidic exchange, activates function of bark of adrenal glands, accelerates coagulability of blood, prevents development of atherosclerosis.

Thanks to all these properties use of a Jacob's ladder blue is practiced in neurology – for treatment of disturbances of nervous central system, and also for treatment of the diseases caused by cholesterol exchange disturbances, for example, of a heart attack, a stroke.

Broth, infusion from rhizomes and roots of a plant apply at bronchial pneumonia, acute or chronic bronchitis, respiratory diseases, a pulmonary tuberculosis, whooping cough, fever, dysentery, GIT ulcers.

Poultices with infusion of a Jacob's ladder blue help at stings of snakes.

Practice in traditional medicine and use of flowers, Jacob's ladder stalks. Infusion from stalks use at nervous diseases, dysentery, powder from them – at stings of the animals infected with rage.

There are good reviews of a Jacob's ladder blue which flowers used for preparation of infusion for elimination is more white.

Infusion on roots is cooked so: two tablespoons of raw materials medicinal place in the enameled capacity, fill in 200 ml of boiled hot water, heat on the water bath for 15 min., under a cover. Insist and cool tincture of 45 minutes then filter, from the boiled-down roots wring out liquid, add boiled water to receive 200 ml of infusion. For removal of a phlegm means after food 3-5 р / is drunk day the dining room on a spoon. At ulcers of a GIT recommend to drink along with tincture of an uliginose everlastings – 3 р / day on a tablespoon.

Instead of infusion it is possible to weld broth from roots of a Jacob's ladder blue: 1-2 tablespoons of roots fill in 200 ml of boiled water, 20 more minutes boil, 10 minutes maintain and, having filtered, accept on a tablespoon 4-5 р / day after meal also as well as infusion.

At epilepsy such tincture on a Jacob's ladder helps: 10 g of roots erase in powder, fill in with alcohol 70%, two weeks insist, at the same time each two hours it is desirable to stir up capacity with infusion. Accept means filtered on 15 drops three р / day.

Contraindications to use of a Jacob's ladder blue

The main contraindications of a Jacob's ladder blue are administration of drugs on its basis on an empty stomach and hypersensitivity to a plant.

There are reviews of a Jacob's ladder blue, causing in high doses diarrhea, short wind, vomiting, a headache therefore it is necessary to adhere to the appointed dosing mode, to receive medical treatment under control of the doctor. If the scheme of treatment was violated and overdose symptoms were shown, it is necessary to accept means for maintenance of cordial activity. The stomach is washed out in hard cases of poisoning with a Jacob's ladder.