A modest unpretentious bell is a real storehouse of substances useful for the human body. Traditional medicine successfully treats many diseases with the help of products prepared on the basis of a bell.
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The bell is a delicate unpretentious flower that not only decorates the front gardens of the courtyards, but is also a good hemoostal, anti -inflammatory, analgesic agent.
And, despite the fact that official medicine does not recognize the bell with a medicinal plant, popular medicine successfully uses it to treat a wide variety of diseases.
Therapeutic properties of the bell and contraindications
In the composition of flowers, leaves and stems of the bell there are coffee, chlorogen and kumaric acids, carotene, flavonoids, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium and other beneficial substances. Thanks to such a rich composition, this plant is used for treatment:
- abscesses, purulent wounds, furunculosis, dermatitis
- acute respiratory diseases
- oral diseases
- sore throats
- migraine
- wounds from animal and insect bites
- lishaev
- constipation
- some gynecological diseases
- erysipelas
- spasms in the stomach
- increased pressure
- fragility of capillaries
- diseases of the cardiovascular system
Important: one of the proven, but not officially accepted properties of the bell is its ability to suspend the growth of cancer cells.
In treatment, attention should be paid to contraindications to use the bell. Do not use teas and infusions:
- pregnant and lactating women
- children under 16 years old
- those who are allergic or have individual intolerance to one or more substances from the plant
- people with allergies to beekeeping products
Important: in no case can only be used to treat complex chronic diseases only decoctions and teas from the bell. In such cases, treatment should be carried out under the supervision of a doctor, and folk prescriptions can only complement it.
Bell: use of infusion and tea
For treatment diseases of the oral cavity, tonsillitis and acute respiratory viral infections are rinsed by infusion from leaves and stems of the bell:
- grind the dry greens of the bell (2 tsp)
- pour boiling water (1 tbsp.) and cover with a lid
- leave to infuse for 15 - 20 minutes
- strain through a sieve or gauze folded in half
- pour the throat three times a day
You can take the infusion inward: 1 tbsp. Before meals, 3 times a day. The same infusion, increasing the dose to 60 ml at a time, is taken to relieve pain of a different nature, with abundant and painful menstruation.
Infusion of flowers of the bell helps in the fight against such a terrible ailment as epilepsy.For his preparations:
- rub the dry flowers into powder (1 tsp)
- place them in a metal or glass dish
- pour boiling water (1 tbsp.)
- cover with a lid
- insist the medicine for 40 - 60 minutes
- strain, separating the thick with a small sieve or gauze
- drink 1 tbsp. 2 - 3 times a day before meals
A decoction of the roots of the bell can serve as an expectorant with a light flow of acute respiratory viral infections or bronchitis:
- grind the roots of the bell (10 - 15 g)
- place in an enameled pan
- pour water (250 g) and put in a water bath
- cover with a lid and leave to boil about 2 hours
- cool the broth cool and filter
- take the medicine 3 to 4 times a day, 1 tbsp. an hour before meals or 2 hours after it
Women can get rid of white in a few weeks, taking tea, brewed from dry or fresh colors of the bell, 3 - 4 times a day. The same tea is recommended in the treatment of the goiter. To cook tea:
- take fresh (4 - 6 pcs) or dry crushed (1 tsp) bell flowers
- place in a cup or chumber
- pour boiling water (200 g)
- cover with a lid, leave for 10 - 15 minutes
- drink hot or chilled
Infusion of bell and a series of bathing children with eczema, golden, increased nervous excitability and epilepsy, cook like this:
- dry chopped bell flowers (1 tsp) and a series (1 tsp) pour boiling water (1 tbsp.)
- insist 4 hours under the lid
- strain the infusion after
- during bathing, add to the baby bath
Alcohol tincture from stems and leaves of the bell will help to get rid of tonsillitis in a short time, which is prepared as follows:
- grind the fresh grocery part of the plant
- pour vodka in a ratio of 1:10
- let it brew in a dark cool place for 14 days
The tincture rinses the throat three times a day.
Important: the bell can meet you under a completely different name: Ivanov flowers, Ivanov’s head, storyteller, boring, blue St. John's wort, supply grass, Adam's head, Christ's staff - these are all the “names” of a modest, but such useful plant.
Treatment with a bell of burns at home
Since the bell is a storehouse of useful substances, it is not surprising that with its help you can even treat thermal burns of the 1st degree.
To do this, the reddened skin of the affected area is wiped with the infusion of the bell 4 to 5 times a day. You can also make compresses from the infusion. For 4 to 5 days, swelling will subside, redness will decrease or completely disappear.
Important: do not self -medicate if you have received a large complex burn. Traditional medicine in such cases is absolutely powerless. It is urgent to consult a doctor.
Those who decided to make a reserve of this plant with healing power need to know that it grows in the meadows and edges of dry forests.
You can collect and dry its greens and roots throughout the summer period, but the flowers need to be prepared in June - July - it is in these months that intense flowering of the bells is observed.