The golden mustache plant got its name due to the characteristic structure of the jointed flexible stem, twisted in a dashing way, in the manner of a mustache. For the same reason, the grass is also called “living hair” or “graceful callisia”, but in folk medicine, this plant has been used for medicinal purposes since ancient times, more often found under the name “home ginseng”. The healing properties of the golden mustache and contraindications to its use are the topic of today's article.
Chemical composition of the plant
The first place in the medicinal properties of the golden mustache is occupied by powerful antioxidants, represented in the composition of the substance by a group of flavonols. The uniqueness of these pigment-forming elements lies in their extreme “survivability”. Flavonols do not lose their ability to influence the cellular metabolism of the body even after drying, alcoholization or heat treatment of the green mass of the plant.
The actions of flavonols in the human body are mainly aimed at improving the functions of hematopoiesis. Antioxidants regulate blood flow, preventing blood clots,maintain vascular tone, contribute to the formation of a sufficient number of red blood cells. The effectiveness of flavonols does not depend on the parallel presence of other biologically active elements in the body, but significantly affects their absorption by the body, enhancing their action several times.
Another important part of the chemical formula of the golden mustache is phytohormones that act on the epidermis and subcutaneous muscle layer just like natural estrogen. Namely, constantly stimulating cell renewal and pushing out the spent biological material beyond the framework of the subcutaneous tissue.
The effect of antioxidants in the composition of the golden mustache on the human body would be inferior without the support of vitamins:
- ascorbic acid (vitamin C);
- vitamins of group B, namely: B2 (riboflavin), B5 (pantothenic acid), B12 (cyanocobalamin);
- nicotinic acid (vitamin PP).
Chromium, chlorine and copper ions are among the most valuable macro- and microelements available in the green mass of the plant.
Healing properties and contraindications
Based on just how many different options for preparing a golden mustache exist in the folk piggy bank, we can conclude about the breadth of the spectrum of the plant's application. In fact, this is one of the rare herbal remedies that are prescribed by alternative medicine specialists not only as support for the main therapy, but also as an independent element of treatment tactics.
An example of suchuse of the golden mustache is the treatment of bronchial asthma. As a drug that affects the increased secretion of the bronchi, both fresh plant juice and alcohol tincture or decoction are used. Already after a short time of a continuous course, in a patient suffering from a dry cough, sputum begins to flow profusely and the attacks become much less frequent until they completely disappear.
Another striking example of the full use of homemade ginseng is getting rid of dermatological problems - open lesions of the skin due to injuries or damage to the epidermis by dermatitis of varying severity. Since disinfection is considered one of the main healing properties of callisia, the treatment of skin diseases is achieved through the complete sanitation of the affected area. Deprived of a comfortable nutrient medium, the bacteria that form the destructive process quickly die, and the skin is restored as a result.
Comments of phytotherapists regarding the use of extracts and tinctures on the golden mustache, name the following diseases in which the plant has a strong healing effect:
- inflammation of the gallbladder;
- digestive disorders;
- respiratory system dysfunction;
- weakened vascular tone;
- prevention of atherosclerosis;
- disorders of the heart muscle;
- irritability and sleep disturbances;
- development of tumors;
- allergies;
- chronic swelling associated with impaired kidney function.
Contraindications to goldusu and the medicinal properties of the plant are sometimes in close opposition. So, traditional healers often recommend drinking homemade ginseng tincture for the treatment of prostatitis, but with prostate adenoma, taking the remedy is prohibited. Also, decoctions and tinctures are prescribed to patients with chronic diseases of the kidneys and gallbladder, however, in the acute course of the same pathologies, the course is stopped until the acute condition is completely removed.
In addition to strict contraindications to the golden mustache, they also call a number of relative ones: pregnancy and breastfeeding, the child's age is up to 12 years.
Preparation of alcohol medicinal tincture
The widespread use of the golden mustache tincture on vodka is due to the versatility of use and the fact that a bottle prepared once is enough for a long time. In alcohol tincture, the spectrum of contraindications is slightly higher than that of aqueous solutions - the remedy cannot be taken orally until the age of 18, it is drunk with great care in case of cardiovascular pathologies and diseases of the digestive tract.
Recipes from a golden mustache on vodka:
- 15 articular phalanges are cut from the lashes of the plant, finely chopped with a sharp knife and poured into a 700 ml dark glass bottle. From above, the green gruel is poured with 0.5 liters of vodka or high-quality alcohol, diluted with distilled water to 40% strength, and the closed bottle is removed in a shaded place for 14 days. Shake the vessel well every two days. After 2 weeks, the alcohol liquid is filtered off and put into the door in the same bottle.refrigerator.
- Cut 25 joints from the lashes of the golden mustache and take the same amount, by weight, of undamaged leaves of the plant. All the greens are crushed and laid out in a 1.5-liter jar, where 2 bottles of vodka are then poured. After 2 weeks of infusion in a shaded place (with occasional shaking), the liquid is filtered and poured into dark glass bottles (it is convenient to use bottles of antitussive syrups).
The shelf life of hermetically sealed bottles with tinctures on a golden mustache on alcohol is practically unlimited, but since it is not easy to achieve real tightness at home, it is optimal to store a bottle for no more than five years. All this time, the medicine will retain the beneficial properties of the plant and meet its intended purpose.
Using alcohol tincture
Inside the medicine from the golden mustache on vodka is used for diseases of the heart and blood vessels (in a mild form), deterioration of blood clotting, pulmonary and bronchial pathologies, sleep disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorders. In the absence of obvious he alth problems, the tincture is drunk for general strengthening of the body in the off-season.
They take the remedy according to one of the following schemes:
- Short course. Dissolve 30 drops of tincture in half a glass of water and drink the solution in the morning and evening for 10 days. Then there is a break for a similar period and the course resumes.
- Long course. 10 drops of the product are added to half a glass of water and the solution is drunk in the morning on an empty stomach. Adding a drop of tincture every day to the previous volume, bring their number to 30, and starting from the next day, they begin to reduce the number of drops to the original 10. Thus, the entire course will take only 42 days. A month later, the entire cycle may be repeated.
For the treatment of articular and dermatological diseases, the use of a golden mustache on vodka is not limited to taking the drug inside. Warm rubbing is performed with an undiluted alcohol extract or compresses are applied to the problem area from several layers of gauze soaked in liquid.
Preparation of ointment
The area of application of the ointment on the golden mustache is somewhat wider than that of the tincture, because the substance softened by the basic fatty composition acts much softer and allows the use of the remedy even for external treatment of skin pathologies in children. The product is stored in the refrigerator for no more than one month, so you should not prepare large volumes of the product.
How to prepare homemade ginseng ointment:
- from finely chopped lashes and hardwoods, plants extract 1 tbsp. a spoonful of juice;
- in a small clean glass jar (from under baby food or cosmetic cream) spread 2 tbsp. spoons of any fat base to choose from: white vaseline or baby cream;
- a teaspoon of almond, grape, olive or sea buckthorn oil is also poured there;
- at the end, pour the juice of the golden mustache into the mixture and everything is fine, mix until smooth.
Ointment is treated with skin for allergic rashes, eczema orpsoriasis. It is used for better healing of cuts and abrasions, for resorption of bruises and surgical sutures, for the treatment of bedsores and trophic ulcers.
Balm to block the development of tumors
A special balm for the treatment of progressive tumor formations is made on a ready-made vodka tincture with a golden mustache. The use of the drug is not limited to diagnosed cancers and can be carried out as a prophylaxis for an alarming predisposition to cancer or to prevent relapses.
The balm is prepared in this way - 30 ml of vodka tincture is poured into a clean glass jar and 40 ml of cold-pressed natural sunflower oil is added there. The product is thoroughly shaken and drunk "in one breath".
The above amount of medicine is for one serving, taken three times a day, half an hour before the main meal. The entire course is 45 days and is drunk according to a simple scheme - three ten-day approaches with a five-day break between them. Then a pause is made for 10-14 days, after which the entire course is repeated again. The number of cycles, according to the reviews of the cured, can be unlimited. Therapy continues until the disease stops progressing and there is a positive trend towards a cure.
Water infusions
For people who do not tolerate ethyl derivatives or who have contraindications to the use of tinctures with a golden mustache on alcohol,it is recommended to prepare water infusions with a short (up to 48 hours) shelf life. For such infusions, only long lashes of plants with 10 knees or medium, intact leaves are used.
Methods for preparing aqueous solutions:
- Wash a large leaf of homemade ginseng (or 5-7 whip knees), tear with your hands and pour three cups of boiling water in a regular jar. After a day of infusion, the solution must be filtered and drunk as directed.
- Chop a golden mustache leaf with a knife, place in a thermos and brew 1 liter of boiling water. After 6 hours, the hot liquid is filtered into a bottle or jar and used.
The infusion is drunk to relieve food or seasonal allergies, to lower blood glucose levels in diabetes, to prevent respiratory diseases. According to reviews of the golden mustache of traditional healers, it can be concluded that a two-week course with drinking infusion in autumn and spring helps to maintain he alth in the cold season and prevent vitamin starvation with the onset of heat.
Decoctions
All parts of homemade ginseng are involved in the heat treatment process, except for the root system. The size of the leaves used in the recipe should reach 17 centimeters or more, and the optimal length of the lashes is focused on the number of knees in the stem - there should be at least 12.
The healing properties of the golden mustache are best revealed with gradual heating, so one of the general principles for preparing healing decoctions is soaking raw materials incold water followed by boiling. The schemes for preparing decoctions with this plant are approximately the same. In all recipes, instead of ordinary water, you can take ionized, charged with silver particles:
- Wash a large leaf of a golden mustache and blot moisture with a paper towel. Finely chopped greens are placed in a saucepan with intact enamel, 4 cups of cold boiled water are poured there and brought to a boil over low heat. After 10 minutes of languishing under the lid, the boiling mixture is removed from the stove and slowly cooled for 4 hours. The finished medicine is filtered, poured into a jar and used for its intended purpose.
- The middle leaf of the plant, together with 3-4 phalanxes of the mustache, is crushed as small as possible, poured with a liter of water and the solution is slowly brought to a boil, then the fire is immediately turned off. After five hours of infusion in heat, the broth is poured through several layers of gauze into a glass jar.
- 25 phalanges of homemade ginseng mustache cut into small pieces, pour two liters of cold water and slowly boil for 15 minutes under the lid. The broth is insisted throughout the night, and in the morning it is filtered into a jar and cleaned in a cool place.
Warm decoctions of the golden mustache are drunk for diseases of the genitourinary system (not complicated by the formation of stones) and pathologies of the gastrointestinal tract. Some nutritionists recommend drinking medicinal decoctions of callisia before going on strict diets - this is done in order to remove excess toxins from the body and prevent the occurrence of gastritis and peptic ulcer, which often accompany processesweight loss.
Use of the plant in facial care
In order to cope with pigmentation on the skin, reduce inflammation in acne or reduce the intensity of sebum secretion, it is enough to use ready-made vodka tincture on a golden mustache. With a cotton pad soaked in alcohol, the face is wiped 3-4 times a day, and as a preventive measure or after mechanical cleaning of the face - in the morning and evening.
It is very important not to overdry the skin, so for a combination or normal type of epidermis, a tincture of 40% alcohol is not suitable. If it is not possible to use another form of a remedy with a golden mustache, then the tincture is diluted with distilled water 1:1 or 1:2.
Here are a few all-in-one beauty recipes to help with common problems many women are familiar with:
- Nourishing "mask of youth" - mix half the yolk of a chicken egg, 1 tbsp. a spoonful of fresh juice from the leaves of the golden mustache, 1 tbsp. a spoonful of liquid honey, and 1 teaspoon of sesame and grape oil. The mask is distributed with a brush in several stages, allowing each layer to dry for 5-7 minutes. In total, three to five layers are applied, then the mask is kept for another 7 minutes and washed off with a large volume of water.
- Moisturizing toner for dry skin. Combine 2 teaspoons of strawberry juice and callisia juice and add the mixture to a bottle with 150 ml of still mineral water. Pour 1 tsp there. glycerin. Each time before wiping the face, the bottle is shaken, and after the procedure, it is removed into the refrigerator door, where it cankeep for 10 to 14 days.
- Soothing cream. In a separate jar you need to mix 2 tbsp. tablespoons of an inexpensive cream based on sea buckthorn or tea tree extract and pour in the same tablespoon of golden mustache juice. Everything is mixed until smooth and used as a regular cream twice a day.
In relation to dry, hypersensitive or irritated skin, water infusions or decoctions with homemade ginseng are better suited. They are convenient to wash, wipe the face or apply to problem areas in the form of warm compresses.
Use for diabetes
Recommending to use the power of the golden mustache to alleviate the condition of diabetes, herbalists for some reason insistently point to a certain stage of plant development - on the largest lashes of callisia there should be exactly nine knees of a rich purple hue. It is difficult to verify how these tips correspond to the necessary conditions for curing a serious illness. However, the long-term experience of herbal medicine has so many positive examples of getting rid of complex pathologies that most patients, being hostages of sugar disease, do not hesitate to take into account all the nuances of the requirements of alternative medicine.
Here's how to prepare a decoction to help regulate plasma glucose levels in type 1 and type 2 diabetes:
- a full glass of finely chopped leaves and joints of the plant is placed in an enamel pan and poured with two liters of cool raw water;
- solution is heateduntil boiling, then simmer over low heat for about 7 minutes and immediately removed for a six-hour infusion;
- after the prescribed period, the broth is filtered and poured into a dark glass container.
You need to drink a healing drink in 30-day courses, repeated 3 times a year according to the following scheme: a third of a glass of broth 20 minutes before all main meals.
