Grass cocklebur: medicinal properties and recipes for use

Among the many useful herbs is to single out one plant, the use of which in folk medicine has received a fairly wide range.

It will be about the cockle (in particular, ordinary), because the unattractive name of the grass does not affect its positive properties.

Description

Cockcock - one-year representative of a large enough Compositae family. It is characterized by a grayish-green branched stem with a rigid and short hairline, which often reaches 120 cm in height. At the base of the stem, the leaf plates have a heart-shaped shape, they have three lobes with toothed incisions in the middle. At the top of the cocklebur the leaves are colored green, and from the bottom they have a lighter shade. The length of the leaves reach 10 cm.

The inflorescences are monoecious, and the male ones are formed by a large number of spherical flowers (the wrapper is represented by one row of narrow leaflets), and the female ones are two-flowered, with a banded leaf wrapper. Flowering begins in July and lasts until September. The fruits of the plant are represented by elongated prickly and slightly rounded seed of a turnip, reaching 1-2 cm in diameter. Compound fruits are colored in greyish green or green. Ripening occurs in the middle of autumn.

To grow a cocklebur on your site can be from seeds, than many plant growers use, knowing about the medicinal properties of the grass. In the natural environment, the plant prefers wastelands and littered soils, and it reached its greatest distribution in the east and west of Siberia, in Russia, many countries in Africa and Asia, and also in America.

Chemical composition

Immediately it should be noted that The chemical composition of the plant is not yet fully understood., although all researchers are unequivocal in their opinion about the content in it of a large amount of iodine. However, the medicinal properties of the cocklebur are explained not only by the presence of this trace element. It also contains flavonoids, alkaloids, ascorbic acid, as well as glycosides, resins and fatty oils, suitable for both medical purposes and for culinary applications.

Beneficial features

Speaking about the benefits of the Cocklebone ordinary, first of all, it is worth noting such medicinal properties of the herb as anti-inflammatory, diaphoretic and hemostatic, although many herbalists talk about its analgesic and stimulating effects on the body.

Also, scientists have concluded that the plant is able to suppress cancer cells and reduce (or completely remove the spasm) in the muscles, making it great for use in the treatment of asthmatic conditions.

Broth from the fruit plants have a bactericidal and astringent effect on the human body, which was the basis for creating a huge number of recipes for the treatment of diarrhea (in particular, of the infectious type).

All these properties have determined the appropriateness of the use of Durish in the treatment of dyspepsia, scrofula, inflammation of the kidneys and bladder, hemorrhoids, intestinal colic, urticaria, depriving, articular rheumatism and some other diseases. In addition, the plant has a great benefit on the thyroid gland, and its use is appropriate for hormonal disorders.

Preparation of medical raw materials

For medicinal purposes, use all parts of the cocklebur, but their collection has some differences. Most of all, the properties of the grass appear when applying leaves, shoots, roots and seeds. Preparation leaves and stems begin to engage in the period of flowering plants and continue this process until the appearance of the fruit. "Prickly Nuts", which are the fruits of this plant, are harvested in the fall, and the collection of the underground part (rhizome) should begin at the end of the autumn period, sometimes even at the end of November.

As for the methods of harvesting a plant, its leaves and stems are cut off at the very base of their growth and laid out for drying in a shady place, sheltered from rain. Rhizome and fruits with seeds must be scattered in a non-thick layer in the same shady and dry place, later folded in paper bags and left stored in a clean and dry room.The total shelf life of blanks should not exceed 3 years.

Medical applications

Traditional medicine is still skeptical about the possibility of treating diseases with the use of herbs, but this does not mean that they are completely useless. There is simply a mass of options for the use of the cocklebur, and each has a considerable list of recipes. Consider the most popular ones.

Durish tincture

There is simply a mass of tinctures prepared on the basis of a cocklebur, and in almost all cases the plant is drawn onto alcohol. Consider some Popular recipes:

• Finely cut the grass and, without tamping, pour it into a prepared jar or other container, then pour 40% alcohol. In this form, the plant should be infused for at least three weeks, after which it is filtered through gauze, folded in several layers, and consumed in 20-30 drops three times a day.

• This recipe is more suitable if you need long-term storage of tincture.Durish juice should be diluted with alcohol in a ratio of 1: 1, and after the mixture is infused for several days in the refrigerator, it can be used instead of juice, observing a single dose in 2 ml.

• If the house has dried grass of a cocklebur, it can be poured with vodka (up to the top of the tank), after having filled half of the can with chopped grass. Once the mixture is infused for two to three weeks, you can start taking the medicine 1 tablespoon three times a day.

• This recipe is suitable for people who do not drink alcohol at all. One small spoonful of finely chopped plants should be steamed in one glass of boiling water and the mixture allowed to infuse for the next two hours. Use the tincture is still warm, 50-100 ml three or four times a day before meals. In particularly difficult cases, the dosage of the herb used can be increased to 1 large spoon per glass of water, but you should not make it a rule, because using a cocklebur grass can be not only beneficial, but also adversely affect your health.

Durish Oil

If with tinctures everything is more or less simple, then oil seed extraction seems to many quite a difficult task. The fact is that the technique of cold pressing is used here, and it is not available to everyone.

It is much easier to buy the finished product in a pharmacy, then to actively use it in the fight against psoriasis, eczema, neurodermatitis, or in the treatment of other problems. For skin problems, 2-3 drops of the substance are applied to the affected area and are well rubbed, and it is better to repeat this procedure at least three times a day.

The taste of the oil of the seeds of a cocklebur is almost like poppy seeds, so some housewives use it for culinary purposes.

Cooper juice

Usually, the sap of a plant is used only fresh, although if it is poured with alcohol and canned, then such a long-lasting tincture will turn out. To get the required liquid, the cocklebur is completely passed through a meat grinder, and then juice is squeezed out of the slurry obtained (gauze is well suited for this purpose).

Adults can take medicine for 15-20 drops with water (but do not get very drunk) twice a day, and children are given juice based on their age: 1 drop should fall to 1 year of life (number of doses twice a day) .This drink is useful for furunculosis, cancer, acne, asthma, sore throat, lichen and spasm in the throat, but you should never forget about safety rules and permitted dosage, especially when used by children, which the doctor has to approve.

Coot extract

The preparation of the extract begins with the creation of a decoction on the basis of the grass, as the slow evaporation of the leaves of the plant and makes it possible to obtain a thick healing substance.

One of the frequently applicable extract preparation recipes is the following: for a glass of very hot water, you need to take 1 large spoonful of a cockleberry grass, and after mixing, place the composition on the steam bath, keeping there until half the water has evaporated. After that, it remains only to wait until the liquid has cooled, and strain it. Use a remedy for 1/3 cup three times a day. The main properties of this drug include the reduction of painful manifestations during critical days in women, the ability to fight leprosy, and when combined with the rest of the preparations, the plant extract is indicated in goiter and cancer.The use of plants for external medicinal formulations involves the use of compresses and healing baths. The main requirement in this case, as in the rest, is the absence of contraindications to the use of the plant.

Healing Seed Smoke

Properly cooked cocktail helps in the fight, even with such a serious problem as laryngeal cancer. For this purpose, after drinking juice use grass seeds that are burned at low heat. For the emergence of the healing smoke, a half-cup of seeds should be poured into an empty kettle and put on the stove, and as soon as a tangle of smoke appears from the spout, they should be inhaled for 3-5 minutes.

The duration of treatment in this way depends on the individual characteristics of the disease, but most often the smoke from the seeds is periodically inhaled to complete healing, with interruptions every 4 months.

Healing cigars

By the principle of action, smoke is used and cigars For their preparation, it is necessary to chop the seeds of the plant well, wrap them in paper instead of tobacco and smoke like a cigarette for three minutes.

With diarrhea, dysentery, diseases of the bladder, malignant tumors

In all these cases, the following problem will help to cope with the existing problem. recipe: for one glass of boiling water, you need to prepare one large spoonful of crushed plant seeds and put on low heat for 10 minutes. After the specified time, the container with the seeds removed from the plate and insist for an hour. The finished composition is consumed in a third glass three times a day.

Ointment

To prepare an ointment that helps very well to cope with diseases on the skin, need to prepare the following mixture: the herb and the fruit of the plant are ground into powder, after which three tablespoons of the crushed plant are mixed with 200 g of lard and boiled over medium heat for ten minutes.The mixture is drawn for two hours, and then it is filtered and lubricated with the ointment obtained all the affected areas of the skin several times a day.

With renal stone disease

The treatment of this ailment with the use of a cocklebur may involve such recipe of healing composition: 1 tablespoon of crushed dry plants is poured with a glass of hot boiled water and infused until the liquid has cooled completely. Ready infusion is used two or three times a day for half a cup at a time.

Lotions

For lotions, almost any infusion of "golden spines" can be used, but the following recipe has found quite wide application: for cooking broth they take three large spoons of crushed plant and brew in three liters of water, then dip cotton wads and apply to sore spots. Lotions of broth help fight rheumatism and hemorrhoids. Similar compresses can be made from tinctures, extracts and oils prepared according to the above recipes.

Contraindications

The first thing to know about a cocklebur (ordinary or prickly) is that the plant is poisonous enoughand, therefore, in addition to its healing properties, it also has certain contraindications. Thus, the use of oil, extract, decoctions and infusions of the plant for lotions in some cases can cause a slight burning sensation on the skin, especially if the skin has minor injuries in the form of abrasions or scratches.

The plant is completely contraindicated during pregnancy, and it is also unsafe to use a medicine based on it in the acute form of intestinal ulcer and stomach ulcer and in case of strong sensitivity to such a component of a cocklebur, iodine.

In the presence of serious constipation, it is impossible to use decoctions prepared from seeds and roots, and when they are applied externally, it is better to first consult with a doctor who can objectively assess the condition and select an individual dosage.

Undoubtedly, the "golden thorn", as the grass is often referred to as the cockle, has a whole range of medicinal properties, but you should always remember the sense of proportion and never self-medicate. Only in this case, the recipes of traditional medicine will bring the desired result.