Medicinal herbs benefit and harm. Herbal tea benefit and harm
The healing properties of plants are known to people from ancient times. For millennia, the peoples of the whole world turn to natural gifts for the treatment of various diseases. Currently, there are more than 12,000 medicinal herbs and plants on the earth that are successfully used by traditional medicine. And almost always, folk recipes are perfectly combined with other types of treatment, enhancing it and bringing the moment of recovery closer.
However, they can both help and aggravate health. Therefore, the treatment they need to be approached carefully and responsibly. Such treatment can bring not only a lot of benefits, but also harm. Let's talk about this in more detail.
What herbs can have beneficial properties and contraindications?
Since the collection of medicinal herbs is much cheaper than medications, each person can afford to treat them. For this, it is not necessary to have a prescription written by a doctor. In this case, herbs can be purchased at the pharmacy or prepare yourself.
It is also known that herbal medicine has practically no side effects (unless, of course, we are not talking about potent or poisonous plants). In addition, the beneficial properties of plants also consist in the fact that they can be used as highly effective preventive agents and prevent the development of many dangerous diseases and enhancing human health.
For example, since ancient times people know the beneficial properties of mint. It used to be thought that this grass could give immortality. Currently, it is used in the treatment of cough, with its help to eliminate cataracts, treat epilepsy, etc.
The beneficial properties of chamomile, lingonberry, which are used in the treatment of a wide range of diseases, are widely known. In particular, arthritis and neuralgia are treated with their help. And with the help of calendula they heal wounds, use its flowers as an anti-inflammatory agent.
Sage is known for helping to get rid of infertility, and also has an analgesic effect. Ginseng is generally considered a panacea for many ailments. It improves the immune system, heals almost all known viral diseases, and is also useful for diabetics, as it lowers blood sugar levels.
Also, phytotherapy, unlike treatment with pills, does not destroy the body. After all, as you know, drugs treat one thing, and “maim” another. If medicinal plants are used accurately according to the prescription, without exceeding the dosage and time of treatment, they will not harm the body.
But treatment with plants also needs to be approached responsibly, as with any other treatment. After all, herbal medicine has not only useful properties, but also quite serious contraindications. This must be considered before deciding to be treated with herbal remedies.
Contraindications and harm to the use of herbs
It must be said that the official, scientific medicine does not approve of the popular methods of treatment, since it believes that it is impossible to cure diseases without the participation of a professional doctor. In a sense, she is right.
The fact is that a serious, life-threatening disease, such as cancer, cannot be cured with herbs alone. Although there used to be doctors who cured this disease with one chaga. You also need to understand that plants, even the most effective, will not cure a broken arm or leg. They will not help instantly with a severe heart attack. Here, as in many other cases, one cannot do without the help of a doctor.
In addition, starting treatment with the help of plants, without having the appropriate knowledge, a person risks getting the opposite effect. The fact is that, not being a specialist, he may not know that his symptoms may be associated with a completely different disease. Herbs are usually taken without any medical prescription; condition monitoring is not conducted. And the real disease progresses at this time, subsequently leading to very grave and sometimes even sad consequences.
Also, all herbal medicine fans should remember that herbal medicine often causes an allergic reaction. Herbal medicine is undoubtedly ten times less effective than, for example, antibiotic treatment. Therefore, in the treatment of a wide range of dangerous diseases, herbal treatment can do more harm than good, as they often only mask the symptoms of the disease.
Plants have many contraindications and can be simply harmful if they grew in environmentally polluted areas, where they absorbed various chemicals from the soil.
In order not to cause an allergic reaction, sometimes quite strong, you should carefully study the properties of each plant that you are going to use before applying.
Without medical indications in any case can not be used alone potent or poisonous herbal preparations. This is extremely important, because otherwise, instead of effective treatment, you can cause irreversible harm to health.
It should also be understood that almost all herbal preparations have contraindications to treatment. Therefore, in the preparation of medicinal fees, this should be taken into account. After all, the presence of only one weed, which is contraindicated to you, can shade all efforts and harm health.
Therefore, as well as in the treatment of medical drugs, and when using herbal medicine, the advice of a knowledgeable physician is needed. And this is despite the fact that medical institutes are not taught to use herbs.
Final word
With a view of contraindications, do not forget about herbalists who have endured more than one edition! They have recipes selected over the years. So these recipes are reliable, only you shouldn't break them! It is also important to take herbs for the preparation of formulations not from grandmothers, but from a pharmacy, where they are checked before packaging for a number of parameters, including the level of radiation. Such plants are safe. You do not need to be afraid of them, but you should use it wisely! Be healthy!
Can and do harm. Contraindications in the treatment of herbs. There is a list of the main, most potent medicinal plants and herbs, the use of which requires special care.
Now very popular herbal therapy, but not everyone knows the most important treatment rules. After all, not every plant is suitable for man, therefore, it is necessary to apply herbal medicine correctly. Experts warn that when used improperly, medicinal plants and herbs do not help, but are harmful to health. Even the most innocent weeds can cause serious consequences if they are applied thoughtlessly and haphazardly. Do not fully rely on the wisdom of traditional medicine. When choosing a particular remedy, it is necessary to consult with your doctor. The proposed recipes of traditional medicine are best used as a supplement to the main course of treatment.
When treating herbs, women should be aware that some plants may act abortively. If a woman is pregnant, then it is better to refrain from herbal treatment or to pick herbs very carefully. Sometimes some herbs can cause an allergic reaction. In these cases, you should start with a micro-collection and then carefully after 5 to 7 days add to the collection on one type of grass. In this way it is easy to identify the allergen. Regular, long-term use can make a person "impotent."
(agave), if you drink it in doses, as recommended by fans of Herbalife, from 100 to 200 ml (with a normal dose of 1 ml.) can cause a stomach ulcer and a rush of blood in the pelvic area, which in pregnant women entails premature birth.
If you are too nervous and decided to drink to calm, remember that 5% of the tincture acts exactly the opposite, that is exciting. Tincture of valerian root for more than two weeks can not be addictive. After this period, you need to change the tincture. For example, drink tincture of motherwort.
Many plants and can be poisonous, so the treatment should be careful and wary of these plants. For example, or, before their use, be sure to consult your doctor. Poisonous: - when taking strictly comply with the dosage; - It should be taken very carefully. Prolonged use of tricolor violets and overdose can cause vomiting, diarrhea, and an itchy rash. It is also quite a strong remedy, so before you self-medicate, consult with your doctor.
Instructions for use of herbs
Recently it has become fashionable to be treated with non-traditional methods, herbs, honey and other gifts of nature (herbal medicine is the science of herbal therapy). But often we don’t know how to handle these “drugs” and ignorance can be trivial. We talked about the basics of phytotherapy with a phytotherapeutist Davidenko Tamara Alexandrovna.
Tamara Alexandrovna, please tell us about herbal medicine, how much is this science studied, how famous are herbs for modern medicine?
- I note that so far a lot of herbs have not been studied. We know nothing about their properties, indications and contraindications. Previously, herbal medicine was not taught in medical schools, now they teach only in the last year. Many doctors do not know enough about contraindications. Today, the Samara State Medical University is studying the composition of herbs and the introduction of these developments into medical practice. And this is right, because there is a lot of advertising of phyto-drugs, and before using anything, it is necessary, as the old saying goes, “measure seven times”. Often it is those herbs whose chemical composition has not yet been studied, or that have already been removed from medical practice due to their toxicity or ineffectiveness, are advertised. By the way, there is a lot of literature on herbal medicine, very bright and colorful. But you should not look at the pictures. Sometimes books issued before 1991 are much more accurate than modern ones. On her own example, she was found in books with errors, sometimes unacceptable: for example, it is written that some grass increases blood pressure, but in fact lowers it. Differences can be found even in one book! Interest in herbal medicine provokes the appearance of relevant articles in the press. However, you need to be careful - some published recipes can easily cause complications ... There was such a case in my practice - I saw the wrong recipe in one newspaper, called and asked to be connected with the author of the article. The name of the author could not be found. Just a few weeks later, people at my reception began to appear with complications caused by taking an infusion according to this recipe.
- There is an opinion that it is impossible to harm with natural medicines, as far as this is true?
- Unfortunately, this is the biggest misconception. People take infusions and decoctions of herbs without dosages, not taking into account the peculiarities of their body. However, herbs have a lot of contraindications, and if you drink them as many do (for example, add everything that comes handy to tea), you can also do harm. Many herbs have a toxic effect on the liver and kidneys, and many expectorant herbs, in addition to the main action, increase or decrease gastric secretion. In many cases, it is necessary to take into account the level of blood pressure. So the first, and the main recommendation - herbs can be used only knowing the contraindications. You can not mix herbs at random, because many of them are simply incompatible: one of the herbs will destroy the beneficial properties of the other. In addition, herbs can enter into chemical reactions and form new compounds with an unpredictable therapeutic effect.
- Explain, then, what are the contraindications for treatment with herbs?
- As mentioned above, the selection of herbs for treatment should be strictly individual. Some drugs must be used with caution during pregnancy, as they are toxic to the liver, kidneys, and the central nervous system of the fetus. Spontaneous miscarriage or premature labor leads to the use of large doses of wild rose, etc. Hypericum, etc., have a toxic effect on the fetus. Many herbs also can not be used for nursing mothers, since they, by acting on the child, can later cause serious diseases. Moreover, in this case it does not occur to anyone that it is the result of improper use of herbs.
- What then are the rules for the use of herbs in medicine?
- First of all, the dosage is very important: you can not drink infusions and decoctions of herbs with glasses. The same rule applies here as for medicinal medicine - when prescribing certain pills, you do not drink the entire package at once, but strictly observe the norm, being aware of the possible adverse effects of an overdose! So in herbal medicine.
It is also important when you drink one or another decoction - before, after or during meals ... Children of the grass should be prescribed very carefully, since their dosage depends on age and weight. And for children we begin to use herbal medicine with 1/12 of the dose of an adult. Exceeding it, you can disrupt the physical, mental development, hormonal background of the child, as many herbs (mint, melissa, hops, licorice, oregano, chamomile) contain phytoestrogens (female sex hormones). And some herbs, acting through the hypothalamus, can stimulate excessive hormonal activity of the body, which leads to violations with all the ensuing consequences. After 60 years, the dose, as well as in childhood (from 1 year of life to 25 years), should be reduced.
The duration of the course of treatment is also important: for example, some choleretic herbs can be used for no more than two weeks, followed by a break. If you take them longer, they will slow down the production of bile or deplete liver cells (for example, prolonged use of immortelle can lead to liver cirrhosis). The toxic effects of herbs can also be expressed in kidney damage, a decrease in hemoglobin levels, seizures and hallucinations. So, wormwood leads to a decrease in hemoglobin indices, so it is contraindicated for patients with anemia. The use of yarrow can lead to rashes, headaches. And the intake of Hypericum increases pressure and reduces the potency in men.
In which areas of medicine is the most effective use of herbs? And how to prepare the infusion or decoction?
- Each herb contains a complex of biologically active substances. Sometimes the grass has different properties. Moreover, one of them can be strong and this property of phytotherapists is called the severity of the action. Doctors make up a "comparative description of the main mechanisms of action of medicinal plants," so the patient is assigned to exactly the grass, which clearly expressed the desired property.
As for the method of preparation, then from the same herb, brewing it in different ways, you can get a different medicine. A number of factors influence here: the degree of grinding of plant materials, the amount of liquid, the mode of infusion and cooling. For example, if the particles of plant materials will be larger than the desired size, the medicinal substances will not be completely removed, and we will get just colored water with a weak therapeutic effect. If the raw material is powdered, then a large amount of ballast substances is released into the solution, often with a negative therapeutic effect.
If the drug is kept in a water bath for a longer time than it should be, the substances that have already been released will collapse, and others will begin to stand out. Also with cooling, after which it is necessary to filter the grass. If you filter earlier, it will not remove those substances that should go into solution. If later, the separated substances either begin to break down, or will again go to the grass or precipitate, that is, we lose them. And we filter some herbs immediately after removal from the water bath, for example, containing tannins, in particular oak bark.
Here is an example by the way. Herbalists know 6 different methods of brewing oats: from dysbiosis, eczema, diabetes, pancreatitis, etc. And they are all different! The shelf life of any infusion or decoction - 2 days, subject to storage in the refrigerator from the moment of brewing. The exception here is the kidney tea plant - it needs to be brewed daily. And yet: I do not recommend brewing herbs in tea bags, since the therapeutic effect of them is minimal (compare brewed leaf tea or tea bags, you will understand the difference).
- Still, is it possible to cure any disease with the help of phytotherapy only?
- Herbs are not a panacea. But in some cases such treatment really acts as the main method, and in some cases as an auxiliary method. For example, colds, acute bronchitis, exacerbation of certain chronic diseases (gastritis, peptic ulcer, cholecysto-pancreatitis, acute cystitis, exacerbation of chronic pyelonephritis, etc.) can only be treated with herbs. And with such diseases as diabetes, diseases of the joints, diseases of the thyroid gland, atherosclerosis, some heart diseases, herbal medicine is only an addition to the drug. Some diseases are treated by alternating medical treatment and herbal medicine. For example, in acute pyelonephritis - 1 week chemotherapy, the next three - herbal treatment, then this course is repeated. In some cases, phytotherapy can achieve the best results.
- And what phytotherapists consider more effective - taking drugs from one herb or from several
- Now there are a lot of medical balms consisting of a large amount of herbs, but since each herb has its own contraindication, it is very difficult to choose a patient to whom all these herbs were for good. The same situation with teas.
We all know such common herbs as St. John's wort, nettle, plantain ... Which is better: collect the grass itself or buy it at the pharmacy? Is it safe to collect herbs?
- Unfortunately, it is difficult to determine whether the herb is medicinal or not. For example, in the Samara region there are 4 types of Hypericum, one of which is medicinal, two are useless, and the fourth is poisonous. What are you collected? At times, only a specialist can determine the type of grass with a microscope (it is especially difficult to determine the umbrella family plants, among which there are many life-threatening). Therefore, it is better not to collect and buy on the streets, as very often selling herbs is at best useless. Very often under the guise of chamomile, soldier trisbone is odorless. Of course, hawthorn, lime blossom is difficult to confuse with anything, so these herbs can be collected. But here we must adhere to the rules of collection: in no case do not collect herbs in the city, near roads and busy highways. Sometimes a person simply does not know what to use - leaves, grass (stalks), roots or flowers. In some diseases it is better to use flowers, while others - leaves. And in modern literature this is often not reflected, only the name of the plant is written. Ideally, a person can buy herbs in the pharmacy and, by prescription a phytotherapeutist, make the necessary decoction.
- In pharmacies now a variety of companies representing phytotherapeutic products. And what would you recommend?
- The highest quality herbs produce government organizations. Private companies admit a lot of impurities, and sometimes even confuse the name of the grass. From known I recommend herbs from Krasnogorsk, Krasnodar and Anapa. We in the Samara region are engaged in the cultivation of medicinal herbs in the Sergievsky district.
- Are herbs effective in cosmetology?
- Yes, herbs are widely used. But it is better if you do not apply strawberry cream on your face, but strawberry itself with sour cream, for example. So it will be much more effective.
- What are the benefits of treatment with herbs?
- The main advantages of phytotherapy are: the naturalness of combinations of chemical compounds that determine their best tolerability, the complexity of the therapeutic effect, fewer complications and side effects (when used correctly), a milder effect. But you need to be very careful and be sure to consult a doctor before use.
Nevertheless, our mothers and grandmothers treated us with raspberries and viburnum, we also use herbal teas in the treatment of our children. What is the non-replaceable force medicinal herbs? What allows them to be indispensable at all times and for all sorts of ailments? When all the same helpless and faith in their power deprives hope of recovery?
What are medicinal herbs?
True diversity medicinal herbs amazes. It is not in the hundreds - in the thousands! In different parts of the world, at different stages of civilization development, undergoing completely different processing, roots, leaves, fruits, and inflorescences of various plants were considered as medicinal.
Today medicinal is considered to be a wide group of plants, parts of which turn out to be raw materials in the production of means for their further use by folk, medical or veterinary practitioners with therapeutic or prophylactic purposes.
Medicinal herbs depending on the degree of their knowledge and popularity in medicine are divided into three groups:
- official - their raw materials can be a component of medicines of the national manufacturer, which is indicated in the relevant registries;
- pharmacopoeias - their raw materials are still being evaluated and studied at the stage of potential use in the pharmaceutical industry, which is spelled out in international pharmacopoeias;
- medicinal traditional medicine herbs - the widest category of herbs, information about the effectiveness of which has not been sufficiently tested by means of modern pharmacology, but they are actively used as an alternative or addition to popular methods.
Medicinal herbs contain one or more substances that have different healing properties. Such substances are usually unevenly distributed in plant tissues, and their concentration is determined by the period of plant development. So, it requires an understanding of the patterns of distribution of medicinal substances when collecting plants, collect individual parts in a certain period of development.
Based medicinal herbs products for internal and external use are manufactured:
- inside taken
- water infusions and decoctions;
- water-alcohol and oil products - for example, tincture or extract, essential oil;
- juice from fleshy and juicy parts, leaves;
- dried powder;
- externally applied
- herbal baths;
- wraps;
- lotions and compresses.
Different parts attract different parts. medicinal herbsAfter all, very often some components may be contained in the leaves, and others may be found in the roots, respectively, and the effect varies. In accordance with the concentration of medicines in traditional medicine, the following parts of medicinal plants are used:
- inflorescences,
- leaves,
- rhizomes,
- fruit,
- seeds,
- bark,
- the kidneys.
Useful properties of medicinal herbs
Medicinal herbsperform a wide range of healing actions. In its various combinations, medicinal fees combine useful functions, but may be mutually exclusive. For centuries, herbs have been used because the following effects are expected of them:
- strengthening the cardiovascular system - horse sorrel, lastin, lily of the valley in May, common shandra, garlic, wild ginger, cyanosis blue, zyuznik, marshweed, marsh wormwood, yellow cherry, motherwort five-bladed, yellow jellyfish, meadow, hawthorn, scrubbing caustic digitalis woolly, avran medicinal;
- diuretic effect - series, asparagus, dying dormitory, horsetail, parsley, elecampane, field horsetail, lovage, smooth gryzhnik, ordinary pumpkin, burdock, cornflower blue, stalis, corn, elder, sporysh, blackberry, birch;
- expectorant, mucolytic effect - plantain, comfrey, white nettle, Saponaria officinalis, ephedra dvuhkoloskovaya, Pulmonaria officinalis, Shandra, mother-and-stepmother, Salvia officinalis, mullein, rank grass, wild ginger, thyme, hyssop, LAVATERA THURINGIACA, oregano, Viola tricolor, elfwort , changeable violet, initial letter medicinal, pine, ivy-shaped budra, licorice smooth, Altea medicinal;
- diaphoretic and antipyretic effect - burdock, linden, train, stalnik, willow, chamomile, black elderberry, aspen, elongated arum;
- anti-inflammatory effect - knotweed, burnet, dandelion, St. John's wort, marigold, immortelle;
- sedative - Chernobyl, hop, hyssop, motherwort, white willow, chamber, valerian, lily of the valley in May, hawthorn;
- painkillers - Celandine, plantain, hops, stepping, dope, black poplar, watermint, honeycake, pine, flaxfish, henbane, chamomile, oregano, sweet flag;
- promote digestion - garlic, chicory, marigold, St. John's wort, yarrow, mint, smoked, pine, onion, oregano.
Under what diseases medicinal herbs ineffective?
Folk drugs, it would seem - a panacea for all ailments. They can be a great help in the recovery of a variety of organs and systems. However, the most dangerous mistake is the belief that medicinal herbs are effective where traditional medicine is powerless. Doctors agree that there is no impossible for traditional medicine where popular methods are effective. However, specialists from traditional practices are more likely to hear a disappointing forecast. But because folk paths to healers and healers do not overgrow - no one is denied here.
Doctors cautioned to rush for help to the traditional healers when all the possibilities of traditional medicine are not used. And if the latter does not have the expected result, then in no case should not abandon it, and instead use the medicinal herbs. Until the doctor informs you about the implementation of all the traditional methods available in a particular case, no one forbids you to combine them with popular recipes, but with the approval of the attending physician. The combination of traditional and folk remedies makes it possible to achieve positive dynamics much sooner than using only medicinal herbs.
Medicine, especially in the treatment of such ambiguous diseases as oncology or alcoholism, cannot guarantee a result, since the result only partially depends on the chosen methods. At the same time, adherents of popular methods are quick to assure a hopelessly sick person of the miraculousness of their methods, which, combined with deep faith, create the impossible.
Of course, you will be given hundreds of examples of successful recovery, but there is not a single scientifically proven fact that a positive result is ensured in a particular case by the substances contained in the plant.
For which diseases and why not count on action medicinal herbs?
- Alcoholism - This is a disease affecting both mental and physical health. Most of the folk remedies for alcoholism contain alcohol, which already causes doubts about their efficacy, and the basic principle of therapy, according to the healers, is to cause the patient a persistent rejection of alcohol. In fact, only this is not enough, since doctors of various types should work with an alcoholic. A qualified doctor treating a person who drinks a drink will not refuse to accept him. medicinal herbsbut not on an alcohol basis and in combination with traditional treatment methods.
- Infertility - a violation, the causes of which may be in the pathology of the reproductive system, and hormonal disorders, and other factors. Often women treated in clinics for years turn to healers, after which they manage to get pregnant for a short time, but no one can guarantee that the effect is medicinal herbsand not a long-term treatment the day before.
- HIV - immunodeficiency is in no way susceptible to the effects of substances contained in medicinal herbs. Once virus-damaged DNA cannot be healed medicinal herbsThe maximum effect is the strengthening of immunity. However, in no case can not abandon the achievements of modern medicine in this industry.
- Malignant neoplasms - The use of medicinal herbs, as well as some poisonous mushrooms, in the correct concentrations for the treatment of cancer is so popular that doctors sound the alarm. The problem is that cancer patients rush to the healers, learning about cancer only in the initial stages. This deprives them of a chance for timely, the earliest treatment. Unproved is the ability of medicinal extracts to influence the mechanism of tumor breakdown, the cells of which are particularly aggressive. In light of this, it is necessary to understand that there may be a maximum complement to the main treatment.
- Chromosomal diseases - congenital and genetically determined diseases cannot be eliminated only by means of medicinal extracts, the mechanism of such influence is absent.
- erectile disfunction - a disorder that has a complex basis may be associated with mental or nervous disorders, and with blood flow disorders, and with hormonal dysfunction. Medicinal herbsin this case, can be an addition to the pharmaceutical preparations prescribed by the doctor, and to maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
Herbal medicine has always been considered safe, and is once again gaining its former popularity. But in reality, many popular herbs have various contraindications and side effects, and their uncontrolled use can provoke or aggravate already existing health problems.
That is why it is so important to know the benefits and harms of herbs, in which cases they can and should be used, and when they should not be carried away.
Popular herbs: benefit and harm
It is considered one of the best soothing herbs. It has a small analgesic effect. It helps to improve performance, reduce anxiety and irritability, and helps to concentrate.
However, in the composition of lemon balm is a substance called citral, which has a weak toxic effect. Therefore, if during the whole 21 days to drink tea every day with the addition of lemon balm, problems such as stuffy nose, dizziness, and headache may appear.
pharmaceutical camomile often used as a choleretic and anti-inflammatory agent. Effective with cramps, helps calm the stomach with ulcers and gastritis, restores damaged mucous membranes.
If you constantly use chamomile, you can buy, because chamomile does not allow the gland to be absorbed into the blood. Chamomile overdose contributes to the appearance of problems with the menstrual cycle and complications during pregnancy.
Often used as a natural antidepressant. It has an anti-inflammatory effect, and also relieves spasms in the intestine and stomach.
Hypericum increases the body's sensitivity to ultraviolet radiation. Because from, if you take infusions or decoctions with this plant, otherwise you can get burned. Prolonged use of Hypericum can lead to constipation, bitterness in the mouth and pain in the liver.
Helps to reduce pain and discomfort in “critical days”, removes spasms of blood vessels and smooth muscles. The benefits of peppermint also manifest themselves in intestinal colic, it helps to reduce the pressure in hypertension.
That is why this herb cannot be used by hypotonia, as it can lower their pressure even more. In addition, mint helps to slow down the heart activity, which can worsen those who have bradycardia. For men, mint in large quantities (for example, 3 cups of tea with mint per day) can cause a decrease in erection.
It is useful for liver diseases and problems with the gall bladder, for toothaches and periodontal disease. Polyps, warts, blisters, candida, burn with fresh juice of celandine.
An overdose of celandine can cause toxic hepatitis. Severe overdose causes nausea, vomiting, paralysis of the respiratory center.
Relieves spasms as a result of nervous shocks in the intestine and stomach, an excellent remedy for increased nervous excitability and insomnia.
But the frequent use of valerian is harmful, as it can cause diarrhea or constipation, nausea, headache. In addition, valerian can cause the opposite effect: disruption of the heart and over-stimulation of the nervous system. Valerian is not compatible with antihistamines (claritin, zyrtec, tavigil).
It has an excellent expectorant effect, has anti-inflammatory properties, alleviates the condition of burns, wounds, skin diseases and purulent inflammations. Broths with coltsfoot are useful for problems with the upper respiratory tract, diseases of the lungs, kidneys, for inflammation of the bladder, boils, dandruff, boils, hair loss.
Unfortunately, the harm of this herb is that in it there are toxic substances that can lead to inflammation in the liver, in which blood accumulates and stagnates. Funds with a mother and stepmother are contraindicated for asthmatics and cores.
It has astringent and anti-inflammatory effect, because it is used for diarrhea, infections in the throat and mouth,. You can make lotions for inflamed eyes, compresses on leg ulcers, burns and weeping eczema.
Prolonged use of oak bark to strengthen the gums worsens the sense of smell, large doses inside can cause vomiting.
It has a choleretic and hemostatic effect. In chronic bronchitis use a decoction of nettle flowers.
Infusions of nettle are contraindicated in pregnancy (miscarriage can be provoked), prostate or uterus tumors, vascular atherosclerosis, and hypertension. Prolonged use of nettle can lead to thrombophlebitis.
It is an excellent tool for bronchitis, acute respiratory infections, pneumonia, eczema, dermatitis, furuncles and boils. This herb calms, improves digestion, and also helps to lower the pressure during hypertension. It also has an antispasmodic and hemostatic effect. Kidney disease, inflammation of the liver, paralysis, and tuberculosis with sputum — oregano is also used in all these diseases.
But with all the benefits of this herb, its harm can occur during pregnancy - it can provoke a miscarriage. In boys, decoctions and infusions of oregano contribute to a delay in proper sexual development, and for men, 1-2 months of tea with oregano can lead to impotence ...
It is used in the healing of burns, the treatment of purulent wounds, skin inflammation, chronic constipation and gastritis. It is also an excellent remedy for duodenal ulcers and stomach and for bronchial asthma.
However, aloe is contraindicated in uterine bleeding, pregnancy, as it contributes to increased blood flow to the pelvic organs. Cystitis, diseases of the gallbladder and liver, hemorrhoids - in such diseases the use of aloe is also not recommended.
As you can see, the benefits and harms of herbs manifest themselves in situations where they are used in unlimited quantities and without restrictions, especially not to "sit down" on any one grass, hoping that it will relieve from all health problems. Firstly, it will lead to addiction, and the therapeutic effect will noticeably decrease, and secondly, there is no panacea for all illnesses, but we will talk about them in the next articles.
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