To support the organism in a tone and also to treat many diseases, it is not obligatory to buy at all expensive pharmaceutical medicines which besides most often solve one problem to replace which another comes. There is an improbable quantity of medical plants which action is very often much more effective than drugs with the chemical composition. Today it will be a question of buckthorn bark, let's understand in what advantage of this means as well as in what cases to accept it to get rid of diseases and not to do harm to an organism.
Short description and area of distribution of a buckthorn
The buckthorn represents a powerful bush or a small tree from 1.5 to 5 m high. The bush is created from silnorazvetvlenny direct escapes, not too thickened. Sheet plates of bright green color, smooth, an oval form, the sheet edge can be both gear, and equal. At the end of May – the beginning of June the small tree is decorated by small white-yellow flowers. And then fruits, at first red, and later berries, black with a violet shade, ripen. The trunk of a plant is covered by red-brown bark with white impregnations.
Important! Buckthorn fruits, or as they are called in the people — wolf berries, poisonous: they can provoke severe nausea, vomiting and diarrhea therefore it is not recommended to eat them, especially in an immature look.
The buckthorn grows in the central part of Europe, in the north of America and Asia. This plant prefers damp places therefore it most often grows in the mixed and deciduous forests, near the rivers, lakes and swamps.
Chemical composition of bark
A large amount of useful substances, including apple acid, alkaloids, tannins, antraglikozida, simple and difficult sugar, pitches, vitamin C and essential oils is a part of bark of a buckthorn. Also it contains numerous macro - and minerals, including manganese, calcium, iron, copper, magnesium and a pine forest.
Medicinal properties
Bark of a buckthorn is used both in national, and in classical medicine. First of all it has soft laxative effect therefore it is applied at long locks which arise against the background of weakening of muscles of belly muscles because of a sedentary life. Because means dilutes stool, it is used at hemorrhoids and illnesses which are followed by an excrement complication. This substance is used for weight loss that is caused by clarification of an organism and, in turn, disposal of extra kilos. It is considered that bark of a buckthorn can be used as anti-inflammatory and sudorific. Folk healers appoint it for removal of salts and sand from kidneys. Also bark of this plant is used at treatment of diseases of a liver and stomach, including an ulcer. With other herbs, that is as a part of collecting, the buckthorn helps with a complex from worms. Also the remedy is considered effective in fight against eczema.
Important! Use of bark of a buckthorn at pregnancy is strictly forbidden as the vegetable components which are its part can cause premature birth or an abortion.
Application: national recipes
On a question what after all it is possible to get rid by means of buckthorn bark of, the answer will be such: this means helps to solve an array of problems, the main thing is to pick up correctly a way of preparation and the scheme of reception. It is the best of all that it was appointed by the phytotherapist.
In traditional medicine
By means of bark of a buckthorn it is possible to fix such problem as a lock, to cure gout, to normalize work of a liver and a bile-excreting system and also to treat various skin diseases and wounds. In traditional medicine this means is widely used and there is a mass of recipes for medicines on the basis of these raw materials. Let's consider the most popular and effective of them. Broth
In order that means worked as laxative, it will be required to prepare broth which is recommended to accept on 1 tablespoon before going to bed; action will come in 8–12 hours, that is for the morning. It is necessary to take 1 tablespoon of bark of a buckthorn and to fill in it 400 ml of water. To bring mix to boiling, to reduce fire and to cook 30 more minutes. Then to cool broth. By means of broth it is possible to get rid of gout, for this purpose it is necessary to prepare it as follows: 25 g of bark of a buckthorn to fill in 200 ml of the boiling water and to boil thoroughly on average fire within 3 minutes, to cover and leave for 2-2.5 hours.
Also it is possible to treat a lock such plants as: dogrose, feijoa, ekhinatseya, valerian.
After the specified time broth to filter and accept 100 ml for the night. At problems with a liver and a bile-excreting system broth is prepared so: 10 g of bark of a buckthorn fill in 200 ml of water, bring to boiling and weary on slow fire of 25-30 minutes. After that the received liquid is cooled and accepted on 1 teaspoon 3 times a day before meal.
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Infusion
Bark of a buckthorn can be used from a lock in the form of water infusion as the effect occurs not at once, and 8–10 hours later, it is recommended to accept it on 25 ml before going to bed. For preparation it is necessary to take a teaspoon of the dried-up raw materials, to fill in with a glass of boiled water and to leave to infuse for 8–10 hours. Spirit tincture is effective at treatment of skin inflammations and damages. It is very simple to cook it: it is necessary to take 25 g of bark of a buckthorn and to fill in 0.5 l of 30% of alcohol. Mix needs to be poured in a glass vessel and to send to the dark cool place for 10–14 days. After the specified time tincture is filtered, and then put the lotions and compresses soaked with it on affected areas of skin.
In cosmetology
In our organism everything is interconnected, and such problem as an irregular chair, can lead to withering of skin and its tarnishing. Also failures in work of digestive system are reflected in a face. In such situations buckthorn broth which it is necessary to accept inside on 100 ml before going to bed can come to the rescue. To prepare such means, it is necessary to take 25 g of dry bark of a buckthorn and to fill in 200 ml of water. To bring to boiling and to weary on slow fire of 20-30 minutes then to cool.
Besides intake, cosmetologists recommend to wash such broth — it favorably influences a condition of skin, refreshing and rejuvenating it, and helps with fight against pink eels. Use bark of a buckthorn and for hair, with its help it is possible to strengthen and accelerate growth of a head of hear and also to give it a beautiful red-brown or bronze-gold shade. By means of this means it will not be possible to change cardinally hair color, but at regular application it is possible to achieve quite good results.
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It is necessary to make bark for coloring as follows, 25 g of dry raw materials to fill in 200 ml of the boiling water and to put on slow fire, 10–15 minutes later to remove from a plate, to cool and filter. The cooled-down broth is evenly distributed on hair from roots to tips and left for 40–60 minutes. Then carefully wash away. The result will be noticeable after the first procedure as hair will become softer and obedient, will gain gloss, silkiness and a new shade.
Preparation of medical raw materials
Raw materials are prepared at the beginning of spring before leaves appear, thus the procedure will be less painful for a tree. 20–30 cm recede from the earth and cut off a trunk, then on the cut-off part it is necessary to make ring cuts through each 10–15 cm and to accurately separate bark from wood. Further raw materials are displayed in the warm dry room. It is necessary to dry curative material before application not less than one year. Correctly dried up raw materials have to be smooth on texture, and its color can vary from gray to dark red.
Important! Bark needs to be separated so that on it there is no wood particle left.
Contraindications and harm
Before drinking buckthorn bark, it is necessary to study possible side effects and contraindications. It cannot be accepted in such cases:
- pregnancy and lactation;
- individual intolerance of components;
- diabetes;
- at the sharp course of chronic diseases of digestive tract;
- at high temperature;
- oncological formations;
- at uterine bleedings;
- to children up to 6 years.
It is necessary to consult by all means with the phytotherapist and the attending physician before beginning to drink buckthorn bark. It is impossible to forget that this poisonous plant and at incorrectly picked up dosage or when using low-quality raw materials the health can do much harm. Treatment by vegetable medicines is a fine alternative to pharmaceutical drugs, but only when the disease is not started and it approved the doctor.