Flax - general description
Flax - a representative of perennial, rarely annual herbaceous plants of the Norian family. The root root branches out into two long creeping shoots. A straight stem, stretching up to 60 cm or more in height, is covered with dense foliage. Alternately sessile leaves with pronounced venation are linear in shape.
Flaxseed flowers, clustered in capitate, racemose, or panicled inflorescences, consist of a straight two-lipped (orange, yellow) corolla and irregular petals of white, pink, or lilac color. Flax blossoms from June to August, and forms box-shaped fruits in September. Despite the fact that flax is a weed, it is often used to decorate lawns and gardens.
Flax - species and places of growth
The genus has about a hundred species, distributed mainly in the mountainous regions of the Mediterranean and extratropical regions of the entire Northern Hemisphere. About 70 species grow on the territory of the former USSR, most of which are concentrated in Central Asia and the Caucasus. In Russia, there are only 6-8 varieties of flax flax, some are widely used in decorative gardening.
Common flax (wild flax) is considered to be the most common species that lives in the European part of our country, as well as in Western Siberia. Unpretentious weed occupies sandy places, slopes, edges, roadsides, crops of fodder crops, etc., is well adapted to dry soil. It is common flax flax most often used for medicinal purposes.
Flax - medicinal properties
The plant got into the home medicine cabinet due to its healing properties, which have a diuretic, choleretic, anti-inflammatory, expectorant, analgesic, laxative, anthelmintic action.
Flax flaxseed tidies up the gastrointestinal tract, removes sand and stones from the bladder, eliminates dizziness, migraine, cystitis, diathesis, dropsy. It is also used for angina (as a rinse), hemorrhoids, myopathy, furunculosis, jaundice, conjunctivitis (eye wash). The positive effect of flax on blood is also proved.
Flax - dosage forms
For external and internal use, fresh or dry grass of flaxseed is used, which is cut during flowering. In winter, the grass is dried in the open air, as the raw material has a not very pleasant smell, which intensifies during drying.
As therapeutic agents, infusions, decoctions, ointments are used. Baths and lotions are used to treat skin diseases, hemorrhoids, lichen and warts. Divorced infusion treat damaged hair and eliminate dandruff.
Flax - traditional medicine recipes
Infusion for skin diseases (purulent wounds, ulcers, acne, furunculosis), hemorrhoids: pour a tablespoon of dry grass in 400 ml of boiling water, mix and insist under the lid for 2-3 hours. It is necessary to apply the tool in the form of compresses and washes. Infusion can be used to rinse your mouth and throat, filtering previously.
Tincture for constipation: take 1 part of the herb and pour the same amount of 40% vodka, insist a couple of hours, be sure to strain, squeeze and drink 1 teaspoon before bedtime. Keep tincture in the refrigerator or any cool place.
Infusion for the treatment of kidney and liver diseases: prepare a collection of three herbs: flax, corn stigmas and immortelle. These plants complement each other perfectly and enhance the healing effect. Next, take an extract of all herbs on a teaspoon and pour 2 cups of boiling water, let it brew for 1-2 hours, squeeze the raw materials. You need to drink the infusion on the table. spoon three times a day before meals.
Flax - contraindications
It is better to refrain from flax-based preparations for children, pregnant and lactating women, with cirrhosis, renal and liver failure. The plant is poisonous, so it is necessary to observe a strict dosage, applying it inside. The course of treatment should be no more than 10 days with a minimum break per week.
An overdose of flax can cause severe dizziness, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and loss of consciousness. If you suspect poisoning, the patient should immediately rinse the stomach, in case of deterioration - call a doctor.
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