Why is the burning bush useful?

White Assen is a plant that has beautiful large flowers that certainly attract with its appearance and pleasant aroma. However, few people know that this plant is dangerous to human health.

If you smell it, or worse, touch it, you can get a rather serious chemical burn. But, as you know, every coin has two sides, and the yasenets is no exception.

It is successfully used in traditional medicine to get rid of various ailments. Let's try to get acquainted with this controversial plant and learn how to use its beneficial properties.

Chemical composition

The burning bush contains about 0.5% of poisonous essential oil, as well as anethole and methylchavicol. Most of the nutrients found in the root and stem of the plant.

The root contains sitosterol and fatty acids, and the stem is rich in saponins, alkaloids, anthocyanins, dictamnactones, flavone glycosides.

Did you know? It is thanks to the essential oils that the yasenets are called non-burning or self-igniting plants. The fact is that if you bring a lit match to it, a fleeting flame will flare up. At the same time the plant itself will remain safe and sound.

Beneficial features

Due to its composition rich in microelements and beneficial substances, the white weasel has the following properties:

  • calms the nervous system;
  • narrows blood vessels;
  • used at high temperature;
  • eliminates swelling;
  • increases the secretory function of the stomach;
  • regulates the female cycle;
  • improves digestion;
  • effective against microbes;
  • helps relieve cramps;
  • used in cosmetology.

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Yasen Application

Lancet is white, or Caucasian, used to treat chronic cystitis, pyelitis, kidney stones, diarrhea, female diseases (for menstrual disorders), high fever, depressed condition and epilepsy, malaria, and hepatitis.

In folk medicine, decoction and seeds of the yasets are used as a diuretic and for the narrowing of blood vessels. It is also used to treat dermatosis, nettle fever, eczema.

Broth from the Yasenets root is used externally to strengthen the hair follicle, with varicose veins and athlete's foot. Infusion of seeds is used for cosmetic purposes. The burning bush is part of the means for treating fatigue, asthenia and insomnia.

Did you know? The ancient healers pushed the leaves of the yasenets and made a compress from them. They put it on the belly of women for getting rid of problems with pregnancy. And the smoke from the plant was used to achieve the somnambulistic state.

Infusions

  • Infusion of seeds (recommended for diarrhea):
For a glass of water, take 5 g of seeds, boil this mixture for 5 minutes. Insist the hour and strain. It is necessary to consume 1-2 tables. spoon three times a day, an hour after the meal.

  • Infusion for the treatment of impotence:
A few pieces of seeds pour 0.5 liters of vodka and leave for two weeks. Drink one tablespoon three times a day.

  • Tincture of the root (with hypertension):
Pour 8 g of dry ground roots with vodka (250 ml). Leave for two weeks in the dark, do not forget to shake sometimes. After that, squeeze and strain. Drink three times a day, 40-50 drops in 30 minutes. before eating food.

In case of impotence, goji berries, purslane, strawberries, euphorbia, rosemary, goldenrod, purple stonecrop are also used.

Decoctions

  • Broth from Yasenets roots (universal recipe):
Take one teaspoon of dried roots of Yasets and pour 0.5 liters of boiling water. Keep in a water bath for 30 minutes. Then cool and squeeze. Drink a third of a glass three times a day thirty minutes before meals with flatulence. Also used externally for the treatment of eczema and nettle fever.

  • Broth for the treatment of cystitis and jaundice:
Boil 6 g of the bark of the yasets roots with honeysuckle together with 3 g of licorice. Consume 2 p. per day, 10 g of broth.

  • Broth from seeds (for the treatment of amenorrhea, hysteria, is used as an antiseptic):
To a glass of boiling water take half a teaspoon of seeds, boil for 5-6 minutes. and let it stand for three hours. Strained broth to drink a tablespoon three times a day before meals.

The juice

Get rid of stuttering will help this recipe: 3 drops of juice from the leaves and flowers of the yasenets need to be mixed with 2 drops of juice of stinging nettle. Place on tongue, hold for several minutes and spit out.

Repeat every day with a two-hour interval between doses for 10 days. Juice of flowers used as an ointment for the treatment of skin cancer. Also, the juice from the stems and leaves of the plant is an effective remedy for warts.

Ointment

  • Athlete's foot ointment:
Mix one part of dry yasets roots with twenty parts of vaseline. Use daily until symptoms disappear. Keep refrigerated.

  • Ointment for the treatment of dermatosis:
Mix five parts of powdered root with petroleum jelly. Apply twice a day. Store in a dark place, preferably in a glass jar.

Tea

  • Tea from the aboveground part of the plant:
For tea brew a glass of boiling water 1 tsp. spoon for a dried ash tree, let it brew for 30 minutes and then cool. Drink all the tea throughout the day. This tea is recommended to use at high body temperature, kidney stones, women's diseases and rheumatism.

  • Tea from the roots of the plant:
6 g of ground roots pour 200 ml of boiling water. Boil for 5 minutes, insist. Drink throughout the day. It is used in depressive states.

Contraindications and harm

Since the burning bush is a poisonous plant, it is impossible to collect fruits without gloves. For the same reason, you need to be careful with the amount of raw materials used and do not exceed the recommended dose.

Important! It is forbidden to use a yasenets in women in the position, because it can lead to miscarriage. Contraindicated plant and during breastfeeding.
In addition, contraindications are:

  • cardiovascular diseases;
  • problems of the respiratory system;
  • diabetes;
  • diseases of the urinary system;
  • ARVI;
  • oncology;
  • liver disease;
  • deep skin damage;
  • reduced immunity;
  • disorders of the digestive system;
  • children under 12;
  • individual intolerance.

Billet medicinal plants

In the wild, a burning bush grows in many places: on forest edges, on grassy and stony slopes. Therefore, harvesting grass will not be difficult.

Yasenets grass is harvested during flowering, and the roots - in the autumn season after the fruits ripen. Some gardeners prefer to have this plant doctor in their garden.

Ashen, or burning bush - the plant is quite unpretentious, its cultivation does not require special skills of gardening. When collecting grass, you need clothes that completely cover the whole body, and rubber gloves to avoid skin damage.

Important! If there is contact with grass, the skin should be washed with running water for 30 minutes.
After harvesting, the grass should be dried in a place where there is a lot of fresh air and where the sun's rays do not fall. It can also be dried in a dryer, and the temperature should not exceed 35 degrees.

The dried grass of a yasenets is stored in the room with the minimum humidity in well closed glass jars. Store one year. The burning bush is a very interesting plant.

On the one hand, it represents a danger, and on the other, it helps in the treatment of many ailments. But still he has more positives, so stock up on gloves, harvest raw materials and heal.

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