The benefits of medicinal plants are now being talked about more and more. They are already used in official medicine, various tinctures can be purchased at the pharmacy. Do not think that all herbs are safe. There are also poisonous ones among them, which can only be used externally or in strict dosage and under the supervision of a doctor. One of these plants is hellebore. The tincture of this herb is sold in pharmacies, but most often it is used in veterinary practice. This plant is very poisonous, and ingestion of just 1 gram can lead to death. Therefore, those who decide to use hellebore for the treatment of any diseases need to carefully study its properties and methods of use. But it's better not to risk it and use the plant the way it is done most often - for the treatment of animals.
What is Hellebore
The tincture of this plant, like the plant itself, is very poisonous. It is a translucent brown liquid and is made from crushed hellebore roots, filled with alcohol 1:10. It can be purchased at a pharmacy orcook on your own. But due to the high degree of toxicity of the plant, you need to act very carefully. Hellebore grows on the edges of forests and in floodplains.
In central Russia, this grass is found everywhere. It is a perennial plant about a meter high, with a round, fleshy stem and large leaves. It blooms all summer with yellow-green or white flowers collected in paniculate inflorescences. The most poisonous qualities of the plant appear in the spring. After collecting and grinding raw materials, wash your hands thoroughly. And you can buy the drug at the pharmacy.
What properties does the tincture have
This preparation contains nervin alkaloids, protoveratrin and others, tannins, gums, resins and sugars. Due to the fact that hellebore is very poisonous, its tincture is used only externally. It has strong antiparasitic properties. In addition to lice, scabies mites and fleas, hellebore effectively drives away worms and destroys the fungus. In addition, it relieves rheumatic and neuralgic pains. In some cases, small doses of tincture are also taken orally. It causes severe vomiting and lowers blood pressure. For these purposes, hellebore tincture for animals is most often used. But you still need to strictly monitor the dosage, since its excess threatens with severe poisoning. Some healers add small doses of the tincture to homeopathic remedies and use it to heal people.
It is believed that such funds havethe following steps:
- antiparasitic;
- antibacterial;
- antifungal;
- painkillers;
- diuretic and choleretic;
- promote hair growth and eliminate dandruff;
- Relieve seizures, depression and migraines.
When the plant is used
The tincture of hellebore is best known for its use in veterinary medicine. It is used to treat cattle, goats and pigs. Hellebore is effective because it:
- restores chewing gum in cows;
- treats atony of the proventriculus of animals;
- used for blockage of the esophagus, paresis and tympania of the scar in cows;
- enhances motility and secretion of the proventriculus of ruminants;
- very often hellebore tincture is used in veterinary medicine to kill fleas, ticks and lice in animals;
- used as an emetic for poisoning pigs or dogs;
- hellebore tincture is also useful in agriculture, sometimes it is used to destroy pests of cultivated plants.
What side effects can cause
Hellebore is very dangerous for humans and small animals. Tincture in an amount of even 1 gram can already cause severe poisoning and cardiac arrest. Therefore, it is better not to use it internally. What signs show that an overdose has occurred and the medicine has a negative effect on the body? This is:
- slow heart rate;
- nausea and severe vomiting.
Whenthe appearance of these symptoms, you need to inject a 1% solution of atropine subcutaneously into the patient, rinse the stomach and give activated charcoal to drink.
Tincture of hellebore: instruction
For animals, this remedy is used quite often. Cattle are given medicine inside 5-12 ml, goats and pigs - from 1 to 4 ml, depending on weight. Before use, the desired dose of the drug is diluted with water. The larger the animal, the more water should be. The drug is poured through the mouth with a rubber bottle. Sometimes hellebore tincture is also used intravenously. The instruction for animals recommends doing this very slowly and in small doses - for cattle - no more than 2-3 ml, so as not to cause cardiac arrest. But most often the drug is used externally: the tincture is diluted and sprayed on the back of an infected animal. In this case, it effectively destroys mites, fleas, lice, scabies mite and other parasites.
Can be used for pets
Sometimes hellebore tincture is used as an emetic for poisoning in dogs. Together with vomit, it helps to remove all toxins and toxic substances from the body. But it must be used very carefully, the dosage should be calculated in accordance with the weight of the animal, but not more than 1-2 grams. Usually, treatment with the drug is allowed only in large breeds of dogs, it is not used for small animals, except perhaps only externally.
Usually this is how most often andhellebore tincture is used in veterinary medicine. The instruction recommends diluting the required dose of the drug with water and spraying the back of an animal infected with fleas, ticks or lice. The dosage is the same as for ingestion: 0.05 ml per kilogram of the dog's weight. But now such a poisonous agent is almost never used for pets. Many other drugs have appeared that are safer and more convenient to use. Therefore, hellebore tincture is used by dog breeders very rarely. And for cats and other pets, it is generally not used because of their small weight and the danger of overdose.
Special instructions for the use of the drug
1. Very careful you need to be those who use hellebore tincture. This is a very poisonous drug, so when working with it, you need to use gloves and store it separately from food. An empty medicine bottle cannot be used for anything.
2. It is very important to strictly observe the dosage of the drug, even when used externally. The tincture is rarely used on dogs and cats, as they can lick it off and become poisoned.
3. Although hellebore tincture has been used successfully by some people, it's best to play it safe and only use it on animals.
4. The drug is contraindicated for horses and pregnant animals.
Feedback on its application
One of the cheapest drugs is hellebore tincture. Its use in veterinary medicine, however, has recently become not so common. Although such a price is rarely found among medicines for animals - about 50rubles. But mostly the drug is used for farm animals.
And pet owners try to buy a more expensive, but safe drug. Those who used the tincture to kill fleas and ticks note that it helps to quickly get rid of parasites. True, using it is not very convenient, and besides, you need to make sure that the animal does not lick itself.
A lot of positive feedback on the treatment of hellebore tincture of pediculosis. Those who tried to get rid of lice in this way note that insects and their larvae died in half an hour, and there was no re-infection.
