Smolevka vulgaris belongs to the clove family. Inconspicuous in appearance, this plant is very popular in folk medicine due to its healing properties.
Botanical description
The stalk of the resin is erect, branched in the upper part. Its height usually ranges from 40 to 100 cm. The lanceolate opposite leaves are dark green in color. The flowering period begins in June and continues until September. At this time, the plant is decorated with small white flowers that have a bubble-swollen shape. The corolla has 5 bipartite petals. In place of the flower, a fruit is then formed in the form of a spherical box with small kidney-shaped seeds.
In the people, the plant was called the common cracker, or tar. His favorite habitats are fallow fields, forest edges, roadsides, wastelands, etc.
Useful properties
The medicinal properties of tar, unfortunately, have not found application in the field of traditional medicine. Scientists have not yet proven the usefulness of crackers. But it is known for sure that the leaves and flowers of the plant contain useful substances - saponins. People have known for a long time that a crackerhas hemostatic, anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties.
Smolyovka common has a positive effect on the human nervous system. Even our ancestors treated her with infusions of depression, depressed spirit and other similar disorders. Inflammation of the skin quickly disappears after the external use of resin infusions.
Indications for use
Due to its medicinal properties, common tar has found application in non-traditional medicine.
Traditional healers treat chronic bronchitis with decoctions of this herb. For skin diseases, lotions and compresses soaked in its decoctions are used. This is an excellent sedative. In addition, decoctions from the flowers of the plant are used for inflammation of the female internal organs or muscle fibers of the vagina.
Infusions of tar are very useful during gastritis with high acidity of the stomach. In folk medicine, they are also recommended to drink in diseases of the genitourinary system. The diuretic properties of the plant have long been known. White tar juice is used during the inflammatory process of the mucous membranes of the eye. Most people use compresses for lichen or colon lesions.
Infusion recipes
Smolevka ordinary, which is described at the beginning of the article, is used both internally and externally. Herbalists have found many different recipes dating back hundreds of years:
- In case of indigestion, it is necessary to brew 15 g of dried cracker grass with a glass of boiling water and wait 30minutes. After that, the broth must be filtered and cooled. Apply three times a day, 100 g before meals.
- For the treatment of inflammatory processes, insist 3 tablespoons of the dried plant, filling it with boiling water. Apply compresses several times a day.
- Inflammation of the oral cavity is treated by rinsing the mouth with infusions of resin. To do this, it is necessary to pour boiling water over dry grass (300 g of raw materials per 1 liter of water). Close the container with a lid, wait 30 minutes and cool. The mouth is rinsed with warm infusion 4 times a day.
- 20 grams of white tar should be poured with water and boiled for ten minutes. After that, the broth is left for forty minutes and filtered. Used for ulcers, gastritis and heartburn, half a glass before meals.
- An infusion of tar is drunk fifty grams daily for disorders of the nervous system, depression and apathy. The composition of the decoction is very simple: thirty grams of white tar and five hundred grams of boiled water.
- When headaches appear, insist two tablespoons of dry raw materials in boiling water. After thirty minutes strain and drink at a time.
- For deep depressions, you will need 50 g of resin and half a liter of vodka. All this is infused for seven days. After that, the infusion is filtered and used in a teaspoon four times a day.
- During bronchitis, you need to chop the flowers of the resin (up to six tablespoons). The resulting mixture is poured with a liter of water and boiled for 4 minutes over low heat. The broth is cooled and drunk 0.5 cups three times a day.
- 50 grams of crushed flowers, two cups of boiling water are placed in a container andlet it brew for two hours. Apply a decoction for the appearance of edema, cystitis.
Contraindications for use
Smolevka vulgaris is a plant that should be used for treatment with caution. It is strictly forbidden to use it for constipation, colic, and diseases of the stomach with low acidity. Women should not drink decoctions during pregnancy and lactation. Before using decoctions or infusions of tar, it is best to consult with people who have knowledge and experience in traditional medicine.
Common Smolevka is harvested during the flowering period. Drying is best done in a dark place, choosing a canopy for this. Dried plants should be stored in tightly closed containers.
