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Betony

The use of and contraindications to the use of letters


Description betony

It is a herbaceous perennial plant belonging to the family Labiatae. The height of letters does not exceed 1 meter. The stalk is quadrangular, almost straight, without leaves, pubescent.

The leaves are opposite, their form is ovate-cordate. Purple-red flowers are collected in spicate inflorescence. Fruit letters – collected 4 oblong nuts that are located on two cups.

The plant is peculiar smell, solonovato-bitter taste. Letter blooms a long time: from June to September. Ripening lasts for a month, namely from August to September.

Cap is very common in the European part of the CIS, in the Tien Shan, the Pamirs and the Caucasus. It is suitable for loamy, slightly acidic soil of conifers and mixed forests. Also, the letter found in meadows, near roads, between bushes and shrubs.


Useful properties of letters

The healing properties is used in grass, roots and rhizomes of letters. The plant has anti-inflammatory, expectorant, choleretic properties. Preparations made of betony, has a calming, soothing, reducing blood pressure effect. Letter normalizes metabolism in the body, stabilizes the digestion and improves circulation.

If there are signs of nervous excitability, epilepsy, constipation, dizziness and migraine are used the teas and decoctions of betony. Topically use a drop cap for washing ulcers, wounds, chronic rhinitis and sinusitis.

In homeopathy, a drop cap is used as a tonic for asthma and weakness of the body.


The use of letters in folk medicine

The drop cap used in folk medicine for bronchitis, hemorrhoids, cystitis, migraines, epilepsy and many other diseases. This plant has astringent properties and action, healing the wounds.

Preparations from the roots and rhizomes are used as emetic and laxative. A decoction of the roots of betony is used in colitis, poor appetite, liver disease or kidney problems, gastritis and neurological diseases

The infusion prepared from leaves, roots or rhizomes of the plant helps to cure sciatica, gout, cystitis and anxiety.

Preparations of the aerial parts of the plant are used as hypotensive, soothing nervous tension, normalizing metabolism means atherosclerosis, kidney disease and hypertension.

Cap hashemostatic properties, so it helps with the bleeding lung and uterine bleeding.

Treatment with betony

For medicinal purposes collect grass, leaves, roots and betony. Infusions and decoctions of this plant is used in diseases such as tumor, rheumatism, hysteria, bronchitis and many other diseases. Externally the preparations of letters used in rheumatism, for washing wounds, in convulsions.

dried roots and pour them a glass of boiling water, put on the fire for 20 minutes. Strain the finished broth, it is take a tablespoon three times a day as a laxative.

Infusion of roots and leaves of betony. To prepare it, you should take half tablespoon of leaves and as many roots of the letters and pour 200 ml of boiled water. Insisting 2 hours in a cool place, strain composition. Take this infusion 3-4 times a day. Single admission – 1 tablespoon medication. This infusion has a diuretic and choleretic effect.

Infusion of a grass of a betony. Stalowych take 2 tablespoons herbs, pour a glass of boiling water and put on low heat for 5 minutes, then insist for 20 minutes and filtered. Next, add the infusion of 40 grams of port wine. To use the tool should be 70 ml three times a day before meals. This infusion helps in pulmonary hemorrhage.

A tincture of letters. Take a glass jar and fill a third of the dry flowers (chopped). On top, pour vodka to the bottle banks. Put the composition in a dark but warm place for 14 days, then strain. Use the tool at high pressure, fainting, and disorders of the nervous system. You need to take 20-30 drops, diluted with a small amount of water.

Contraindications to the use of letters

To apply a drop cap is strictly forbidden for pregnant women. And the rest you can use this plant, but be careful! It is necessary to follow dosage ingestion, in any case not to exceed the dose!