A fairly modest plant with a discreet appearance, referred to as the round-leaved wintergreen and growing in forests, as it turns out, hides a fairly impressive chemical arsenal that can help many people cope with their ailments. This herb is recognized as official medicine and deserves special attention. By studying its medicinal effects, you can forever dispel all doubts about the use of this plant.
General information
Grass is a species from the wintergreen family. All plants of this series, like the specified species, have a long creeping rhizome and a low stem size. Wintergreen leaves have a rounded shape, from which the herb got its name. Their color is dark green. The leaves are located at the ends of the petioles, collected in a kind of rosette right at the base of the stem. Wintergreen has white or light pink flowers that form brushes at the ends of the stem. The fruits of the plant have the form of a spherical box. Wintergreen blooms in June-July. The fruits ripen in August.
People often use wintergreen as a substitute for tea. Also, on the basis of its leaves, soft drinks are made with the addition of cranberries, currants and lingonberries.
How Wintergreen is used
This plant has been used in folk and traditional (in some regions and countries) medicine. Phytotherapy also uses the beneficial properties of this plant. Wintergreen round-leaved, reviews of which are quite flattering, really have useful properties. Therefore, it began to be used in the manufacture of certain medicines. Such medicines have an astringent antiseptic effect. Such medicines are especially needed in situations where a person has a severe disorder. The main indications for the use of medicines made on the basis of this plant are diseases associated with the gastrointestinal tract, hernia, sciatica, joint pain, migraine and epilepsy.
Grass wintergreen round-leaved has an anti-inflammatory effect. Therefore, it is used in compresses for the healing of purulent wounds. Ulcers, scurvy, skin ailments, women's problems and oncological diseases - preparations based on this plant can be used in the treatment of such diseases.
The use of medicines based on this herb in the treatment of female ailments
In the field of medicine such as gynecology, Wintergreen can help in the treatment of many diseases of the uterus. These are the following ailments - atony, weakness, and evenomission of this organ. In addition, this plant serves as an excellent remedy for solving problems of blocked tubes.
The round-leaved wintergreen type plays a special role in such sensitive and reverent issues as male and female infertility, especially when it is directly related to inflammatory processes in the genital area.
This plant (as a medicine) has antiseptic, bactericidal properties, as well as anti-inflammatory and soothing. This allows it to be used in the treatment of such female diseases as chronic adnexitis, colpitis, vaginitis, gonorrhea, pain in the pelvic area and many other problems of the genital organs.
Preparation of medicines
Traditional medicine knows many ways to make a medicine from a plant such as wintergreen. We list some of them:
With inflammation in women in the pelvic area. In order to stop this process and relieve pain, 2 teaspoons of herbs are taken. They are poured with 200 ml of boiling water and infused for several hours. After that, the infusion is filtered and diluted with a liter of boiled water. This decoction is used for douching twice a day
In the treatment of infertility in women and men. One tablespoon of dried grass leaves is poured into 200 ml of hot water and boiled for a couple of minutes for 40-50 minutes. After that they cool down. Then it is diluted with pre-boiled water in a volume of 250 ml. The resulting decoctionyou need to drink one-third of a glass three times a day for half an hour before meals
The second method of treating infertility is the use of tincture. Half a glass of freshly picked grass is poured into 200 ml of vodka and settled in a dark place in a fairly warm room. They keep it there for 21 days, after which it is subjected to a filtration process. Take 35 drops daily before meals.
It is difficult to specify the exact course of treatment, because for each organism it is individual and can be three to six months.
Grushanka round-leaved. Reviews
The preparations with this plant are especially favored by women with good reviews. After all, this herb is really able to help cope with diseases peculiar only to them. A round-leaved wintergreen is also good in the treatment of such a seasonal disease as cystitis. Many representatives of the fair sex say that any pain and discomfort in the lower abdomen disappear just a few hours after using the drug.
In addition, the help in resolving issues with childbearing, which this plant provides, is a true miracle for many people, especially when the doctor puts the conclusion after using it: “Pregnant.”
Grushanka round-leaved. Contraindications
Many sources say that this herb has no contraindications, but some properties should be taken into account when using preparations based on it.
This kindMedicines can lower blood pressure slightly, so people with these problems should take them with caution. It is also prudent to take the remedy for people with varicose veins, thrombophlebitis, increased viscosity or poor blood clotting. In such cases, wintergreen is prescribed together with other drugs that can prevent dangerous and undesirable consequences.
