Useful and medicinal properties of heather ordinary
Evergreen branchy shrub about 50-70 cm high;leaves are evergreen, opposite, sessile, co-rotolinear, very small, densely dressing the stem and
branches;flowers are small, dry, lilac, globose, fragrant, in rare narrow brushes. Blossoms in July-August. It grows in pine forests, on sandy soil.
Contains tannins, arbutin, flavonoids, saponins, resin. In folk medicine, the aerial part collected during flowering is used.
Has a diuretic effect and is used for renal stone disease. Broth of flowering branches is drunk with rheumatism( it is considered a good remedy), with colds, fright, nervous diseases, dysentery;alcohol tincture used for pulmonary tuberculosis, make baths with rheumatism, with swelling of the legs due to kidney and heart disease;decoctions pour out wounds;The boiled grass is applied to bruised places, fracture sites;A fine powder of flowers sprinkled with festering wounds;places affected by eczema, and burns with ointment, made from powdered flowers and internal pork fat.
Application
Decoction: 10 g per 200 ml, insist 30-40 minutes, strain and take 2 tbsp.spoon 3 times a day before meals.
Bath: 50-70 g per bucket of hot water, insist 30-40 minutes.
Tincture: 10 g per 200 ml, take 30-40 drops 3 times a day.
Infusion: 3 teaspoons of herbs for 2 cups of boiling water( daily dose) with kidney stones, with dropsy.
Heather is a mixture of herbs in the treatment of catarrh of the stomach, especially with high acidity. Here is a mixture that neutralizes acidity: heather grass - 40 grams, gold-bearing grains - 30 grams, St. John's Wort - 40 grams, peppermint 20 grams and crust crust 20 g.spoon mixture for 0.5 liters of boiling water, soar for at least 30 minutes. Drink a day.
Heather is used as a means of soothing the nerves and acting partly in a sleeping bag.
In the case of frustrated nerves, insomnia, timidity, suspiciousness, etc., the following mixture is accepted: herb
motherwort - 30 g, heather - 40 g, marsh swine - 30 g, valerian root - 10 g. 4 tbsp. Spoons of this mixture are brewed in 1 liter of boiling water( soar overnight) and take 4-5 sips every hour, drinking everything during the day.