Caragana

Useful properties and applications Karagan tree

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Useful properties of Karagan

In order to use medicinal flowers Karagan, honey and sprigs with unsolved buds. The harvest is collected throughout the year, flowers are harvested in may when they bloom. Collected in the spring, the raw material is considered most suitable for therapeutic drugs. The above-ground part and dried in shade. The plant can be grown at home in a pot to restock the medicine Cabinet with vitamin C. the Unripe seeds it is recommended to dry in the hot oven; the buds are dried by placing them in a thin layer and turning regularly.

The use of Karagan

An important property of plants is that is one of the best honey plants. In folk medicine it is used in a variety of inflammatory diseases. Decoctions and infusions of aboveground parts used for the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases and as an anti-inflammatory agent in diseases of the mucous membranes of the mouth and throat. Water infusion of leaves and bark is recommended for atherosclerosis, headaches, heartburn and diathesis.

A decoction of the leaves: 10 g of the prepared raw material should be boiled in a water bath for 15 min., pre-Gulf Cup of boiling water, then leave to cool and strain. Dosage – 1 teaspoon of the decoction 3-4 times a day.

Decoction of branches: 3 tablespoons dry powdered twigs of the plant are required to fill in 500 ml of water and put the mixture on water bath for 5-6 minutes. After boiling the composition, it is necessary to insist 1 hour and strain. Dosage of broth – 2 tablespoons before meals 3 times a day.

Caragana tree

This shrub or small tree with smooth greenish-gray bark, reaching a height of 5-7 meters, photophilous mesophyte. The leaves had preparecookie, 4-8 ovate light green leaves. The flowers are yellow, collected in small bundles of 2-5 pieces in the leaf axils. Fruit – bare linear beans. This species blooms in may-June, fruits ripen in July-August. The plant can be found in forest and steppe zones of Siberia, Central Asia, Northern China, Mongolia and the Baltic States. Growing caragana tree on the steppe, stony and sandy slopes, banks of rivers.

In the seeds of plants contain starch, cellulose, tannins, fatty oil, proteins. Found in the leaves protein, fiber, ascorbic acid, carotene. In folk medicine, bark and roots are used in acute respiratory diseases, the leaves are used inAllergy. Another decoction of the leaves possesses strong antibacterial action. The plant is a good honey plant that produces a lot of nectar and high quality pollen.

Broth: 1 tablespoon dry chopped bark should be boiled for 8-10 minutes in 0.5 liters of water, leave for 2 hours to infuse and drain. It is recommended to drink a decoction 3 times a day half a Cup for the prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis.

Infusion: 2 tablespoons of crushed dried leaves, pour 250 ml of boiling water and insist 2 hours in a sealed container, then strain through several layers of gauze and drink 2-3 times a day 2 tablespoons with heartburn.

Caragana shrub

This is a valuable pozvonili species, reaching a height of 1.5–2 m. It has dense branching gives a lot of root suckers. The leaves are pinnate, Quad, light green color. Golden flowers solitary, 2-3 pieces in clusters, bloom in may. Rasprostranennosti in Western and Eastern Siberia, Central Asia, the Baltic States. It grows on forest edges, in open steppe slopes, along rivers, on sandy and rocky scree. Caragana shrub does not apply to medicinal plants.

Contraindications to the use of Karagan

Contraindications to the use of Karagan are individual intolerance and hypervitaminosis. Preparations of the fruit are considered toxic, overdose threat, affecting the kidneys and liver. At a poisoning there is a weakness, nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, cold sweats, convulsions, hallucinations. Death may occur in 1-2 hours from respiratory paralysis. If you notice such symptoms should quickly emptying the stomach and taken to the hospital. It is not recommended to take drugs on the basis of Karagan for pregnant and lactating women.