Wormwood

Wormwood

Wormwood: Description. Gray-green perennial plant with a characteristic odor and a strongly bitter taste. Leaves dvoyakoperisto - separate. Flower baskets are small, globular-ovoid, clustered in the apical panicle. Baskets are made of pale yellow tubular flowers. Plant height 60-120 cm
Flowering time. July - August.
Habitat. In the fields, vacant lots, meadows, in garbage places, forest clear-cutting.
The applied part. Leafy flowering tops are not longer than 25 cm and leaves.
Collection time. July - August (preferably at the beginning of flowering).
Wormwood: Chemical composition. The plant is poisonous. Contains essential oil, bitter glycosides, acids (izovaleryanovaya, acetic, malic, succinic), vitamins C, K, B6, carotene (provitamin A), alkaloids, tannins and proteins, resin, starch, volatile, flavonoids, and mucous membranes.
Wormwood: Action. Anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, antihelminthic, anticonvulsant, diuretic, choleretic, zhelchetvornoe, antimicrobial, cardiovascular stimulant, analgesic, expectorant. Stimulates and regulates the secretion of digestive glands, stomach, intestine and the pancreas. Stimulates the central nervous system and strengthens the blood, regulates the digestive tract, stops heartburn and improves appetite.
Wormwood: Application. In the stomach and intestinal pains, hemorrhoids, diarrhea, pinworms, cholera. For liver and gall bladder disease, spleen, jaundice, anemia, malaria, asthma, insomnia, epilepsy. When you stretch the tendon-externally. In rheumatoid arthritis, kidney and bladder, kidney stones, dropsy, tuberculosis, pulmonary tuberculosis and peripheral lymph nodes, with irregular menses and small. Externally for wounds, festering wounds, ulcers, scrofula, eczema, burns from x-rays, bad smell from mouth and nose. With eye diseases - lotions, at belyah - douching.
Dosing ..
1. 1 teaspoon tarragon herb to 2 cups boiling water, 1 hour (but do not boil). Drink 1 / 4 cup 3 times a day for 30 minutes. before eating.
2. Herbal 70 ° alcohol (1:5). Insist 7-10 days. Drink 15-20 drops 3 times a day for 30 minutes. before eating.
3. Wormwood, mint, sage in equal parts. 1 tablespoon mix to 1 cup of boiling water, leave. Rinse your mouth with a bad smell.
4. Comminuted fresh leaf juice or apply to places of tension tendons, bruises.
5. 1 tablespoon herb to 1 cup of boiling water, leave. Applied topically.
Contraindications. Pregnancy enterocolitis. Overdosing or prolonged use of wormwood causes severe overexcitation of the nervous system, convulsions and even madness.