Juniperus

Juniperus

Juniperus: Description. An evergreen shrub with prickly pine needles and black berries with a bluish tinge. The height of the bush 1-3 m.
Flowering time. May.
Habitat. In the rare pine and mixed forests, bushes and in logging areas, mountain slopes, edges of woods,
The applied part. Berries.
Collection time. Autumn.
Juniperus: Chemical composition. Essential oil, sugar, flavonoid glycosides, pigments, resin, wax, alcohol, pectin, acid (malic acid, acetic acid, formic acid). The plant is poisonous.
Juniperus: Action. Expectorant, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, "blood-purifying" antiseptic, spazmaliticheskoe, choleretic, diuretic strong. Strengthens the stomach and intestines, improves digestion, removes gas from the intestines in swelling, stimulates appetite, increases the secretion of glands, disinfects the urinary tract, increases circulation to the kidneys and increases the filtration in the glomerulus, dissolves and the sand, stimulates the central nervous system, disinfect the biliary tract and increased choleresis, increases the secretion of bronchial glands, dilutes and removes phlegm.
Juniperus: Application. Juniper berries used for gastritis, gastroenteritis, heartburn, edema associated with renal insufficiency, edema, chronic inflammation of the kidneys and bladder, chronic pyelonephritis, urethritis, bacteria, and nephrolithiasis, fever, bronchitis, tracheitis, laryngitis, earache, sore gums , scurvy, liver, gallbladder, gallstones, gout, rheumatism, arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, fatigue and anemia. Eczema, scrofula, weeping herpes, rashes, scabies, belyah-externally.
Dosing ..
1. 2 teaspoons of berries in 1 cup boiling water, brew in a thermos for 3 hours. Take 1 tablespoon 3 times a day for 30 minutes. before eating.
2. Berries are good eating, and throwing stones. First day - 4 berries, add berries and 1 day (15 pieces), after 15 units daily reduced to 1 berry per day up to 4 berries.
3. 200 grams of fruit per 1 liter of boiling water, bath, gout, rheumatism, arthritis. Rub the juniper oil.
4. Berries insisted on alcohol (1:6) - the rubbing and ear disease in wet cotton wool in tincture, squeeze dry and put in the ear.
5. Burn juniper branches in a room - disinfecting the premises.
Contraindications. Pregnancy, acute kidney, bladder, and nefrozonefritah. Prolonged use of irritating renal parenchyma, causing hematuria.