Calla

Useful properties and applications.

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The benefits of Calla lilies

In the chemical composition of the plant contains ostrogoti compounds, volatile substance, type Aronin with irritating properties. In a large number in the Calle are vitamin C, sugars, starch, organic acids and resinous substances.

Berries and rhizomes are poisonous, but when dried and cooked, their toxic properties disappear. For medicinal preparations, use of root, grass, and berries. The roots should dig in late autumn or early spring. They are dried, ground into flour and cooked.

The use of Calla lilies

In folk medicine it is known diuretic and an analgesic, also Calla used in bites of poisonous snakes. For the treatment of influenza and shortness of breath using tea made from dried and boiled the roots as a poultice it is used to stop bleeding. Osteomyelitis prescribed boiled in milk the leaves of the plant. Decoction of dried rhizomes to treat dropsy. It is believed that the berries are an effective remedy for constipation and hernia.

Infusion: 20 g of dry grass of the plant should pour 250 ml of boiling water and infuse under cover for one hour. It is recommended to take an infusion for 5-6 hours before meals for 1 tablespoon 2-3 times a day.

Broth: 10 g of dried, well-crushed roots, pour 0.5 liters of boiling water and put in a water bath for at least 30 minutes. The composition is filtered after cool down. To make a decoction of it is recommended that 50 g three times a day after meals.

Compress: need a good douse of fresh rhizomes of Calla lilies with boiling water, wrap in several layers of gauze and applied to the bites until the arrival of the doctor.

Contraindications to the use of Calla lilies

All parts of this plant are poisonous, abuse of medications can be fatal. Poisoning is expressed in the form of vomiting, stupor, slow heart rate, seizures. In this case, you need to take a laxative and a drug support the activity of the heart. Pregnant and lactating women, and children to take medication on the basis of Calla lilies should be after consultation with and under the supervision of a physician.