This is a perennial plant from the Rosaceae family. It has an upright stem, reaching a length of up to 1 m and yellow-white fragrant flowers. Meadowsweet grows in meadows in humid places, in ravines, edges and on the banks of rivers. The use of the plant: traditional medicine, cosmetology, cooking. In another way, the culture is called meadowsweet, borage, lungwort, whitehead.
Meadowsweet: application and composition
Meadowsweet contains many useful ingredients:
- essential oil;
- micronutrients;
- glycosides;
- flavonoids;
- mucus;
- vitamins;
- organic acids;
- catechins;
- chalcones;
- tannins.
Meadowsweet is used as a natural aspirin in folk medicine. The properties of the plant in this case are aimed at relieving heat during colds. Since a large number of salicylic acid derivatives allows the use of culture to reducetemperature.
Also, the meadowsweet is used to treat the following ailments:
- gout;
- rheumatism;
- diseases of the stomach and intestines;
- arthritis;
- bladder disease;
- choking;
- kidney disease;
- dropsy;
- hypertension;
- asthma;
- uterine tumors;
- dermal;
- nervous;
- cholecystitis.
This list is incomplete, it has long been believed that meadowsweet can cure more than 40 diseases. Also, bunches of grass were hung in the house to repel mosquitoes and smeared snake bites with it. Flowers used to make fragrant healing tea.
Meadowsweet: medicinal properties of the plant
Roots, flowers and leaves are used to treat various ailments. The plant has a beneficial effect on the body and has the following effects:
- anti-inflammatory;
- painkiller;
- diuretic;
- antirheumatoid;
- sweatshop;
- anthelmintic;
- anti-ulcer;
- astringent;
- hemostatic;
- sedative;
- wound healing.
Decoctions, infusions, ointments and tinctures are made from the meadowsweet. For compresses and lotions, it is used fresh.
Meadowsweet: application in cosmetology
Meadowsweet is widely used for skin and hair care. To do this, you can make the following recipes:
- To improve complexion. Need to dotea from the flowers of the plant and drink it throughout the day.
- To fight rashes and acne. An infusion should be made from the flowers of the culture and boiling water. Then insist and strain the broth, dilute with alcohol. This medicine is used to wipe the face twice a day in the affected areas with a rash.
- For he althy looking and smooth skin. The decoction is combined with honey and carrot juice. Apply to the face with a brush, then rinse with water.
- For mattifying skin and shrinking pores. Oatmeal is added to the broth and lightly sprinkled with lemon juice. This mask is applied at night. After 15 min. it needs to be washed off with water.
- For volume and hair growth. A decoction of meadowsweet flowers is used to rinse curls after shampooing.
Meadowsweet: use in cooking
For the preparation of salads, young shoots, roots and flowers of the culture are used. They taste like fresh cucumbers. A fragrant and tasty tea is brewed from dried flowers and leaves. It is also used as a seasoning for soups and borscht. To do this, use the seeds of the meadowsweet, which are ground into powder.
To give a unique flavor, meadowsweet is added to jam and preserves, as well as to alcoholic drinks: beer and wine.
