Tansy

Tansy

Tansy: Description. Perennial erect branched stems with furrowed plant. Leaves alternate, pinnatisect, oblong-lanceolate toothed lobes. Leaves are dark green above, from below - grayish-green with punctate glands. Flowers - round, yellow basket, consisting of tubular petals, collected in the thyroid inflorescence. Plant height 60 - 120 cm
Flowering time. June - August.
Habitats. In the gardens of shrubs, forest glades, meadows, fields, in ditches.
The applied part. Flowers.
Collection time June-August.
Tansy: Chemical composition. The plant is poisonous. The structure consists of tansy essential oil, organic acids, a bitter substance - tanatsitin, traces of alkaloid, minerals, tannins, resin, sugar, gum, flavonoids, vitamin C.
Tansy: Action. Antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, analgesic, choleretic, antihelminthic, tonic, sedative. Enhances the secretion of the glands of the gastrointestinal tract and tones muscles, improves digestion, slows the heart rate, raises blood pressure, regulate menstruation.
Tansy: Application .. For gastric and duodenal ulcers, worms, dysentery, constipation, pains in the stomach and intestines, gas retention, enterocolitis, gastritis with low acidity, edema, liver and gall bladder, jaundice, headaches, epilepsy, anemia, hypochondria, nervous disorders , gout, rheumatism, arthritis, inflammation of the kidneys and bladder, kidney diseases, acute respiratory diseases, pulmonary tuberculosis. If leg cramps are doing a warm bath of infusion. Skin cancer, wounds, ulcers - externally. Tansy is used against flies, fleas, moths.
Method of application.
1. 1 tablespoon of tansy flowers in 2 cups boiling cold water, infuse for 4 hours. Drink 1 / 3 cup 3 times a day for 30 minutes. before eating.
2. 5 g of flowers per 1 cup boiling water, leave for 2-3 hours. Take 1 tablespoon 3 times a day for 20 minutes. before meals at the gastro-intestinal diseases. Infusion use externally for bathing and washing the skin diseases.
Contraindication. Pregnancy.