Citvar wormwood is not just a plant. This is a storehouse of useful elements that can solve many human problems.
General information
This is a semi-shrub that grows in the desert. The plant belongs to the Asteraceae family and is poisonous. It has a pronounced specific aroma. Popularly known as an antihelminthic.
Stalks of wormwood can be up to half a meter high. The flowering period runs from August to September.
Tsitvarnaya wormwood grows in Central Asian regions, mainly in Kazakhstan. The locals call the plant Darmina.
This is how wormwood growing in the southern part of Kazakhstan looks like, the photo of which is presented below.
The plant prefers fertile lands and flat terrain. Often found in thickets.
How to grow
It is important to note that the plant likes hot summers, but high humidity also does not hurt.
Sagewort endures even very cold winters, but drought does not affect its flowering in the best way.
Propagating the plant is easy enough. Roots, seeds and shoots are used.
The most convenient way is direct plantingseeds into the ground. The best time for this is from November to January. So there is a great chance to achieve an excellent harvest.
The harvesting of buds for subsequent drying should take place at the end of July.
Store dried wormwood in cloth bags or cardboard boxes. Contact of the plant with plastic or metals is unacceptable, as this affects its pharmacological action.
Sagebrush. Uses and medicinal properties
What else is interesting to know about this miracle? Since ancient times, wormwood has been known as a plant endowed with great healing power. Some witches and sorcerers used it in their potions and conspiracies. It was believed that a decoction of its flowers gives strength and he alth even to a hopelessly ill person!
The history of this plant is quite confusing. Already in the Middle Ages, its healing power was mentioned. Many believe that it has been used for medicinal purposes by the Arabs since ancient times.
And nowadays wormwood is used against worms. Especially well expels parasites from the child's body. This is due to the high content of santonin, which even today has no synthetic analogues!
Folk legend
There is a legend among the people about a boyar's son who suffered from roundworms. His father gave him to an ordinary shepherd for education, so that he would teach him his business. The shepherd fell in love with the boyar child as his own and decided to help him cope with the illness. He prayed to the higher powers every day andasked to send a blessing on the boy. One fine day, the shepherd had a dream about grass growing on the lawn, and an unknown voice told him that this was the solution to his problem. The man, not believing this, prepared a potion with wormwood and gave the boy a glass to drink. A month later, the child was completely cured of this disease, and the happy father provided the shepherd with money until the end of his days!
Fairy tales are fairy tales, but the benefits of wormwood against worms have been proven more than once. Even experts recognize the effectiveness of this method of treatment. After all, analogues of synthetic origin do not always help in this situation.
As you know, not all plants have a healing effect. The highest concentration of useful properties is found in unopened buds.
How to take
Many have a question about how to take wormwood.
It must be noted that experts advise doing this with great care, as the risk of side effects is high. For example, an allergic reaction or even vomiting may occur.
Therefore, it is necessary to consult a doctor about whether you should take wormwood flowers or preparations based on them.
Now many are surprised that in the past in villages where a large number of livestock were kept, there was a very low level of worm infections, although almost all people were involved in agriculture and were constantly near different animals.
The fact is that nowwormwood, not unknown to you, whose beneficial properties were widely used in this area, really saved from this disease.
Recipes for the prevention of worms have been passed down by housewives from generation to generation, so these are really proven folk remedies that will help you cope with the problem of parasites.
Citvar wormwood on alcohol. Recipe for worms
Method of making this potion:
- Two tablespoons of dried wormwood pour ten tablespoons of vodka.
- Stir and steep the mixture for a week.
- Strain and pour the resulting tincture into a glass jar.
Adults take fifteen drops twice daily.
Decoction of worms
Decoction is easier to prepare, and it is easier to regulate the dose. It is also suitable for children's use.
Cooking method:
- Two teaspoons of wormwood will take two cups of pre-boiled water.
- Pour in and leave to simmer for about seven minutes.
- We insist for about half an hour.
It is recommended to prepare this decoction daily so that the beneficial properties of the plant enter the body in full. Take three times a day for half a cup.
A course of treatment with enemas filled with the same decoction will also be effective.
tansy mix
Cooking method:
- Twenty gramsmix tansy flowers with one head of garlic passed through a press and add ten grams of citrus seed.
- Pour boiling water over everything and leave to infuse for a couple of hours.
- Use four tablespoons of the resulting decoction three times a day.
Birch Bud Blend
The recipe is incredibly simple, but its effectiveness is amazing.
- Fifty grams of birch buds mixed with ten grams of citrus seed.
- Pour two glasses of water.
- Send to infuse at nine o'clock.
- Take before meals three times daily.
Decoction based on dark beer
Cooking method:
- Ten grams of wormwood seed pour a liter of beer.
- Bring the mixture to a boil.
- Then leave to infuse on the stove for ten minutes.
It is recommended to take thirty milliliters three times a day.
Mugwort Oil
It is necessary to place a freshly picked plant in a liter jar and pour olive oil. The remedy is infused for ten days.
Use to heal wounds and smear problem areas of the skin.
Recipes are contraindicated for lactating and pregnant women, as well as for people with individual intolerance and suffering from various chronic diseases.
A child can use wormwood as an anthelmintic only under the supervision of the attending physician. Accordingly, prescribe the dosage andmethod of application can only he.
Remember, although folk recipes are time-tested, each human body is unique, so what is a solution to a problem for one may be contraindicated for another. Therefore, you should definitely visit a doctor and pass all the necessary tests for intolerance before self-medicating.
Citvar wormwood is indeed a medicinal plant, take a look at it, perhaps it will help you cope with worms when other medicines do not help.
There have been quite a lot of such cases in folk medicine. Patients suffering from parasites were cured almost immediately after undergoing treatment with wormwood. They were very surprised that experienced specialists with high experience could not help them, and the pills prescribed by them also turned out to be ineffective. Suddenly, at first glance, it would seem that an ordinary weed helped them cope with the disease and live a full life again!
Also, the plant is an anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and can help with rheumatism, neuralgia.
So don't underestimate these simple and common plants. Some of them can cure the most advanced diseases.
This is what wormwood is, which cured many generations of people from worms!
