How useful is the hollow hen?

Residents of temperate climatic latitudes of Europe, Ukrainian Polesye and Transcarpathia know about the medicinal properties of the crested hen. Less commonly, primrose is found in the Caucasus. Some of its species were introduced into culture for cultivation in low-maintenance landscaped gardens and pharmacy gardens. Therefore, many land owners have the opportunity, without going beyond the limits of their compound, to admire the undergrowth of the grass and to collect medicinal raw materials. What is the benefit of the crested hen, that it can be treated, and whether similar phytotherapy is shown to everyone - this will be discussed.

Description

Botanists include the Crested Seed (Corýdalis) to a large genus of herbaceous perennials of the subfamily Dmyankovykh. Outwardly, it is a medium-grown culture with underground hollow tubers, straight, not prone to branching stems, fern leaves and lush red inflorescences. Each brush consists of 20 single flowers, which can be up to 3 cm in length. It is easy to distinguish the grass from other plants, because due to the supply of nutrients in root tubers, it starts vegetating and blooming early.

You can see the wild flowering primrose in the period from late March to early May. In riparian forests, where heavy silty and clay soils, between hornbeams and oaks, there is a dense undergrowth of young stems. After flowering at the height of summer, they disappear. In a garden setting, a medicinal potion grows in vineyards for a long time. Its negative characteristic is uncontrolled abundant distribution. This process is facilitated by ants that spread seeds from dry seed pods.Herbalists pay attention to the perennial species diversity. It is important to learn to distinguish them, since useful properties and contraindications depend on the characteristics of the species of the crested hen.

Of all the diversity, traditional medicine recommends harvesting:

• Marshall's crestedwhich stands out irregularly shaped flowers with yellow corollas and cylindrical seed boxes with shiny black grains;
• gollar's crestedwhich is characterized by white, pink-purple and purple-lilac buds.

Chemical composition

For medicinal purposes, used roots, stems, foliage and grass flower brushes. Found in them:

• alkaloids (bulbocapnin, kordiamin, korikavin, bikukulin, koribulbin, konin, koridalin);
• phytoncides;
• tannins;
• coumarin.

The chemical composition of the herb eloquently warns of unpredictable results of self-diagnosis and self-treatment. Indeed, according to experts, even a slight excess of the required dose can provoke seizures and death. For example, low-dose bulbocapnine present in the crested crest causes drowsiness, and during overdose it paralyzes the central nervous system, lowers blood pressure and increases salivation.

The same applies to bikukulina, which is a convulsive poison that blocks receptors. Koribulbin and koridamin help to slow heartbeat.

The therapeutic effects of herbs are precisely alkaloids, the presence of which allows us to classify the chick to the group of medicinal plants.

Beneficial features

The crested hen is not recommended for daily use. This is not the raw material that is added to teas as a tonic or kept at home for healing wounds. He collects only if there are certain health problems. Medications made on the basis of this potion are aimed at alleviating pain and correcting the activity of the central nervous system.

They also have a positive effect on arteries and internal organs. Therefore, they are used to treat the digestive tract, hypertension, paralysis, and seizures.

In pharmacies you can find powders of the root of the crested hen, recommended for liver diseases, menstrual disorders and other disruptions in the functioning of the reproductive system of women. Herbalists say that the proper use of medicinal herbs helps reduce fever, stop bleeding and normalize hormonal levels in women.

Traditional medicine practiced cooking decoctions of the crested for the treatment of nervous disorders, accompanied by convulsions and tremors, neuralgia, arthritis, arthrosis, bruises, injuries of the musculoskeletal system.

The use of therapeutic properties

Before you begin herbal medicine, be sure to consult with your doctor. Do not neglect his opinion about the feasibility of such a drug and its dosages. Folk healers, summarizing the clinical picture of typical diseases, advise:

1. In violation of the menstrual cycle, gynecological diseases and colitis, three times a day to take an infusion of 12 teaspoons of chopped tufted tubers and half a liter of boiling water.When the liquid is infused, it is cooled and divided for reception into equal parts.
2. In case of inflamed furunculosis, pyoderma, insomnia, nervous disorders and internal bleeding, take morning and evening (while improving condition only evening reception) a suspension of 2 teaspoons of dry crested roots dusted into dust in hot glass.
3. With paralysis, tremor, muscle pain, arthritis, brew 1 tablespoon of chopped herb tubers in a glass of boiling water. Take three times a day and 1 tbsp. a spoon.

With the development of myopathy, when the patient has a weakened activity of the muscle tissue, he is prescribed the drug Sangviritrin. It is based on the extract of the roots of the hollow crested crest. Often the treatment takes place under the supervision of medical personnel, because after applying the medication the skin can get a severe burn. Also, psychiatrists and neurologists practiced the use of other drugs from herbal raw materials, but therapy takes place under inpatient conditions under strict supervision.

Contraindications and side effects

Treatment by crested must be prescribed only by a doctor. Indeed, in this case, errors in the preparation of tools and the choice of dosage may be irreparable. Alkaloids present in the grass have a very strong effect on the human body.

It is strictly forbidden to take the drug and pharmaceutical preparations based on it.:

• pregnant women;
• women during lactation;
• children under 12;
• diabetics;
• people suffering from obesity;
• epileptics;
• asthmatics;
• having angina;
• people who have a tendency to diarrhea;
• patients with acute ulcers in the gastrointestinal tract.

In case of uncontrolled intake of infusions and decoctions of the chickpea, there is a high risk of poisoning. It can occur if a person stays for a long time in the same room where the collected grass dries. Of the side effects are possible loss of vision, severe headaches, dry mouth,tearing and intense salivation.In the case of the first signs of intoxication, you should immediately call an ambulance. Before the arrival of the doctor, be sure to rinse the stomach with potassium permanganate and take a suspension of activated carbon.

Procurement rules

Often, for medicinal purposes, harvested tubers are harvested because they contain the most alkaloids. Begin collecting the raw materials after the plant enters the fruiting phase. This period falls on June. Roots dig, shake off the soil, washed and cut into small slices for drying. Then lay out the blank on a sheet of cardboard or a cloth flap and leave for a few days. Dry crested need to in a well-ventilated area, away from direct sunlight. Many housewives for the preparation of medicinal herbs use attics.

Dry roots should be crushed to a powder. Then the potion is poured into a glass container with a tight lid and set aside in a dark place. You can store raw materials for a year.

In the case of a crested hen, first weigh its medicinal properties and side effects, carefully study the contraindications, do not forget to consult a doctor. After all, the grass does not forgive mistakes.