The use of horse chestnut in folk medicine is quite widespread. There is nothing surprising in this. The medicinal plant has a huge list of properties beneficial to human he alth. And due to the fact that the chestnut is practically an improvised remedy, it would be unwise not to use it.
The use of chestnut helps to strengthen the vascular walls. The medicinal plant lowers blood pressure, dissolves the formed blood clots and thins the blood. The use of drugs containing chestnut is recommended for hemorrhoids and rheumatism, gout and prostatitis, trophic ulcers and varicose veins. Miraculous trees allow you to eliminate diseases of the digestive tract and kidneys. When used, nosebleeds disappear.
The use of horse chestnut is effective due to the rich composition of the plant. The bark contains tannins and fraxin, escin and triterpene saponin, as well as fatty oil. Flowers have medicinal propertiesplants. They contain quercetin and flavonoids, isoquercetin and pectin, rutin and kemiferol derivatives. Chestnut fruits contain saponin and escin, fatty oil and spireoside, starch and tannins, as well as quercetin bi- and triosidines.
The use of chestnut in traditional medicine recipes is diverse. Based on the bark, infusions and decoctions are made. These drugs have a hemostatic, anti-inflammatory, anticonvulsant, analgesic and astringent effect on the human body.
Folk healers also use an infusion of tree flowers. This remedy is recommended as an anti-inflammatory and analgesic. The seeds of a medicinal plant also find their application. They contribute to the anti-inflammatory effect. Traditional medicine did not bypass the pericarp of the tree. Drugs prepared from them are used as an anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and also a hemostatic agent.
Decoction made from chestnut bark is used to get rid of hemorrhoids. It is recommended for both indoor and outdoor use. This decoction is also taken for the treatment of chronic inflammatory bowel diseases. A special effect is obtained by taking a healing drug for diseases of the spleen, frequent diarrhea and with increased acidity of gastric juice. A decoction of chestnut bark helps in the treatment of a severe runny nose, accompanied by inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose and throat. Its reception is effective in pathologies of the respiratory tract, for example, in bronchitis.
Horse chestnut fruits are used in folk medicine in the form of tincture. Such a drug allows you to eliminate s alt deposits and muscle inflammation. It helps with hemorrhoids, hypertension and varicose veins. Taking a tincture of medicinal fruits reduces the level of prothrombin in the blood. For its preparation, fifty grams of crushed raw materials are poured into half a liter of vodka. The mixture is infused for a week.
Horse chestnut, the use of which for varicose veins also allows you to get a significant effect, is used for this ailment in the form of a tincture. Its preparation is made from the peel of ripe fruits. At the same time, one hundred grams of prepared raw materials are poured with a liter of vodka. The mixture is infused for two weeks in a dark place.
