Highlander pepper is used not only in traditional medicine. If necessary, the extract of this herb is prescribed by doctors. And you can find it in almost any pharmacy.
Plant composition
Pepper grass (or, as it is also called, water pepper) is an annual plant that is widely used in both traditional and folk medicine. It is harvested during the flowering period.
The composition of the mountaineer pepper includes flavonoids, including isorhamnetin, quercetin, kaempferol. They have antispasmodic, hemostatic and anti-inflammatory effects. The plant also contains vitamins of groups K, C, in a small amount - D, E, A, macro- and microelements - bromine, lead, strontium, selenium, potassium, copper, manganese, magnesium, chromium, boron, iodine, silver, nickel, vanadium, iron, calcium, zinc, cob alt, aluminum. The researchers found that the plant is a source of acetic, valeric and formic acids, paracoumaric and chlorogenic phenolic acids, aldehydes, sugars, tannins and astringents.
Thanks to myThe composition of the herb is used not only as a hemostatic agent. As one of the components, it is used in the treatment of peptic ulcer, hemorrhoids, pancreatitis, migraine, chronic diarrhea.
Appearance of the plant
In many temperate regions of the northern hemisphere, pepper mountaineer is found. A photo of him, viewed in advance, will allow you to distinguish this plant among others without errors. This grass can reach 80 cm in height, it has a branched stem, often with a reddish tint. The leaves of the plant are elongated, smooth, transparent dots are visible on them. Wild mustard flowers are inconspicuous and small, only a few millimeters long. They are framed with a green or reddish corolla. After flowering, a fruit is formed - a small egg-shaped nut, which is flat on one side and convex on the other.
Process Rules
You can collect ground parts of the plant from the end of June to September. It is during this period that it blooms. It is necessary to dry both the stems and the flowers. To do this, the collected plants are laid out in a thin layer in the shade and often turned over. For industrial blanks, it is best to use special units.
To prepare raw materials at home, you can use attics and sheds for drying. It is spread in a small layer, the thickness of which should not exceed 5 cm, on paper or fabric. If you dry grass in the sun, it will turn black. It is very easy to check if the raw material is ready. To do this, you just need to bend a fewbranches. If they break, then the plant can be packed in bags.
Plant action
Highlander pepper (water pepper is one of the names of this herb) is used as a hemostatic agent. The tincture of this plant has an astringent and anti-inflammatory effect, it is also a diuretic. In addition, it is known that water pepper is also an analgesic, sedative, antimicrobial agent. In addition to these properties, it is still able to increase the secretion of the stomach and sex glands. An essential oil made from this plant can slightly lower blood pressure.
Also Knotweed pepper stimulates uterine contractions. True, this ability is much weaker than that of ergot. With abundant painful menstruation, it greatly alleviates the condition of a woman, its effect comes quickly enough.
Use area
Not everyone knows that the use of water pepper is not limited to the need to reduce uterine bleeding. The spectrum of its action is much wider. The herb is used for various bleeding, including stomach, intestinal, menstrual. If we talk about the decoction of this plant, then it has a bacteriostatic effect (stops the growth of microorganisms). It is used for various rashes, scrofula, malaria, difficulty urinating. Its pain-relieving properties are also widely used, it is enough to make a tea out of it.
Decoction of the plant is recommended to drink even with stomach cancer and ulcerillness. Externally, pepper grass can be used as a substitute for mustard plasters.
In combination with other plants also used knotweed pepper. The description of the composition of the fees makes it possible to see what concentration of this herb is necessary to improve the patient's condition. So, in combination it is used to treat diarrhea and enterocolitis. It can also be found in collections intended for patients with hemorrhoids and chronic colitis, which is accompanied by ulcerative-erosive lesions of the mucous membranes.
Medicines
Water pepper is often prescribed by doctors. As a rule, they recommend using ready-made pharmaceutical preparations. So, on sale you can find liquid extract in bottles and dried water pepper in packs of 100 grams.
Water pepper extract looks like a brown-green liquid with a strong odor. It tastes quite bitter, with an astringent effect. An extract is prescribed, as a rule, as a hemostatic agent, 30 (sometimes 40) drops, it must be taken three times a day.
On sale there are also candles for hemorrhoids "Anestezol", which include mountaineer pepper. The use of this herb in this preparation is due to its hemostatic effect.
Use dried plant
If you wish, you can prepare an infusion of this herb yourself. It also has a hemostatic effect. It is made from two tablespoons of raw materials and 200 ml of boiled hot water. The resulting mixture mustinsist 15 minutes in a boiling water bath. After that, the liquid is cooled for 45 minutes and filtered. The resulting thick must be squeezed out. After all these procedures, the volume of the infusion must be brought to 200 ml by adding boiled water to it. Three times a day, 1/3 cup is taken prepared in this way water pepper. The tincture, the instructions for which are contained on the box with the dried plant, should not be used with dairy products.
In most cases, it is the ground part of the plant that is used. But for the treatment of impotence and low acidity of the stomach, traditional medicine advises using the roots.
Contraindications
Like many herbal remedies, the grass of the knotweed pepper may not be used by everyone. So, it is contraindicated in patients with thrombophlebitis because of its blood-clotting effect. Also, it is not worth drinking a remedy based on it for those who have inflammation of the bladder or kidneys. Pregnancy, by the way, is also a contraindication.
It is worth considering that fresh grass can have a strong irritant effect on mucous membranes and skin. When dried, these properties are lost, so you can only use a pre-harvested plant.
When applying, it is important to strictly adhere to the dosage, because its non-compliance is fraught with poisoning. Their first symptoms will be a decrease in temperature, diarrhea, general weakness, worsening of cardiac activity. As a treatment for overdose, enveloping and laxatives can be prescribed, withdiarrhea - astringents.
Cosmetology
You can use forest mustard not only as a therapeutic hemostatic agent. If your hair falls out, then water pepper can help. Tincture, the instruction to which speaks of its stimulating properties, can improve vascular tone. To reduce hair loss, you do not have to drink it. It must be applied as a mask.
To do this, mix the ready-made pharmaceutical extract of the pepper knot and the oil solution of vitamin E in equal amounts. The resulting mixture must be thoroughly rubbed into the scalp and left for 20 minutes. Don't forget to wrap your hair in plastic and wrap it in a towel. After the specified time, the mask must be washed off using regular shampoo.
If you do not want to use a purchased pharmacy extract, you can make your own alcohol tincture. To do this, 25 g of dry grass is poured with 100 grams of alcohol or vodka. The mixture is infused in a dark place for two weeks. Don't forget to shake it occasionally.
Traditional medicine
In most cases, doctors prescribe Knotweed only as a hemostatic agent. It is usually recommended by gynecologists for painful periods and the need to reduce uterine bleeding. And traditional medicine suggests using all the possibilities of this herb.
People mostly stick to traditional methods of treatment - infusion or extractthis plant inside. But it can also be used to dissolve tumors. For this purpose, compresses are made from grass. The use of water pepper is also possible with ulcers on the skin. To scar them, the ancient Greeks suggested sprinkling the affected areas with peppercorn powder.
The plant also helps with hemorrhoidal itching. To alleviate the condition, it is necessary to do sitz baths with this herb. Prepare them in the following way. 400 g of herbs are boiled for 15 minutes in two liters of water. Separately, 400 g of milk is boiled, the same amount of roll cut into small pieces is poured into it. Infusions of grass and milk are mixed, the mixture is poured into a container in which you can sit. This procedure should take 15 minutes. Do not forget to wash yourself with warm water after it. This procedure must be done within a month after a bowel movement.
The opinions of folk and traditional medicine on the advisability of using an extract or tincture of water pepper inside coincide. Both doctors and healers recognize the excellent hemostatic properties of this plant.
