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The use of immortelle and the recipes of cooking


Helichrysum (everlasting sand)

Helichrysum, or as it is called, the everlasting sand, is a perennial plant, height of stems, which is 15-30 cm, rarely 60 cm Rhizome old bushes short, little branched and is located in the upper soil layers. On the rhizome there is a huge number of shoots (inflorescences).

This plant leaves are entire and alternate. Inflorescences of plants are baskets that have dark yellow bracts and bright little flowers. At the top of each stem can range from tens to hundreds of baskets, collected in corymbose inflorescences. When just beginning the flowering period, it looks like a balloon and tight, and further it becomes friable. Each basket has a wrapper consisting of leaves, smooth and dry. All these leaves are lemon-yellow or orange color. Flowers – Corolla similar to the tube-funnel. The fruit of the plant is achene brown color, which has a length of 1.5 mm and a crest with a soft serrated hairs. All achene dotted with glands. On the whole plant is tomentose. Helichrysum flowering occurs from July to late summer.

This plant can be seen on the dry and sandy soil, which is observed in Ukraine, the Caucasus and Belarus, as well as in the southern and middle bands of the European part of Russia. Due to the fact that he was in great demand, Helichrysum was introduced into the culture.

When collecting to make a mistake and not collect everlasting, and something else, so here are a few signs immortelle:
flowers dry and yellow;
– the stalk of a plant tomentose and white.

If you do not pay attention to these features, then people might mistakenly instead of the Helichrysum sand to collect cat's paw or other type of immortelle (which has a large pink baskets).


The use of immortelle

The flowers of plant contain flavonoids, volatile oils, tannins and dyes, and resins. As well as in the flowers of the Helichrysum was found to contain salts of calcium and potassium, manganese, vitamin K. It is because of these substances, immortelle flowers have a therapeutic effect on the human body.

For therapeutic purposes, make the collection of inflorescences in early to mid-summer. Then the collected materials are dried and from it has prepared all kinds of drugs for the treatment of various diseases with traditional methods.

Helichrysum has an expectorant, diuretic, choleretic and analgesic effect. In folk medicine this plant is used in the treatmentgastritis, colitis, constipation, diseases of the liver.

This plant can increase blood pressure, increase the secretion of the pancreas and stomach.

Helichrysum – great for the treatment of atherosclerosis, obesity, diabetes.

Drugs, prepared on the basis of Helichrysum helps with various liver diseases: cirrhosis, jaundice, cholecystitis.

For medicinal purposes the immortelle is cultivated in separate plantations. A choleretic fees made from flowers of the plant.

Helichrysum is used in folk medicine in different forms: a decoction, infusion, and extract.

Recipes immortelle

Floral mixture in sinus. Take 15-20 grams of flowers of immortelle, the same tansy and centaury and brew 200 ml of boiling water. Leave to infuse for 40 minutes. When will this time and the mixture will be insisted, should make it to the nose (and flowers too).

Tincture Helichrysum. It is used in skin diseases. For its preparation you need to be the following: the flowers of Helichrysum and 20% alcohol. 10 grams of flowers pour 100 ml of alcohol and insist 1 week. Take this medication need 15-20 drops, but they should be diluted in 50 ml of boiling water. Daily for half an hour before meals take tincture 3-5 times.

The collection of immortelle. For this collection you need to take 40 grams of flowers of immortelle, 30 grams of leaves of the trefoil water, 20 grams of peppermint leaves and 20 grams of coriander fruits. 20 grams of this collection need to brew 400 ml of boiling water, leave to infuse for 20 minutes, then be sure to drain. Every day taken as cholagogue 3 times 100 ml of infusion half an hour before a meal.

A decoction of the flowers of immortelle. Take 10 grams of flowers immortelle and put them in an enamel bowl. There also pour 1 Cup of boiling water, cover and put to heat in a water bath. On the bath hold the part half an hour, stirring frequently. Then remove it from the water bath and let cool, then strain and press all the raw materials. What happened, should be diluted to a volume of 200 ml (do this through the use of conventional boiling water). Ready broth, put in cold place for 2 days. Take this medication for half a Cup of warm daily 2-3 times. Drink broth before meals for a quarter of an hour. This broth has choleretic property, ituse in itching dermatoses or as a vermifuge medicine.


Contraindications to the use of immortelle

Helichrysum may have a cumulative property, this means the following: if the body it will accumulate a lot, it will lead to stagnation in the liver. It follows that take a long time immortelle is impossible.

Given the fact that the immortelle increases blood pressure, people with hypertension should consult a physician before taking the drug. If the patient just needs to take the medicine from everlasting, he prescribed a course of treatment in 10 days.

Helichrysum is contraindicated for people with high acidity of the stomach.