Amateur summer residents are well aware of a creeping plant with a long and branched rhizome, which is difficult to eradicate and quickly fills the entire space with itself. This is wheatgrass. Uninformed people undertake various methods to get rid of it, without even realizing the benefits of the herb. The healing properties of couch grass were known to the ancient Romans and Greeks. The plant was used for medicinal purposes in medieval Russia and is still used in modern pharmacology.
Homeopaths respect the tenacious weed and prepare drugs from it for physical misfortunes. It is also attractive for animals - dogs and cats are happy to absorb wide stems with leaves, independently healing their body. In the common people, the plant is called so - "dog grass". Let's talk more about the benefits and therapeutic qualities of a nondescript root.
Creeping couch grass: description, harvesting and habitat
The plant has several names: worm-grass, rye, dandur and villager. It belongs to the family of cereals, it has a very powerful root system that forms multiple shoots. Often reachesmeter height. A distinctive feature is the presence of an upright stem, at the top of which there is a small inflorescence similar to wheat.
Propagated mainly by rhizome. Flowering is observed throughout the summer period. It tolerates low temperatures, drought well and has a high survivability, which is probably why it is found almost everywhere: Europe, Russia. The weed can be spotted on the roadside, in the forest and steppe thickets, in meadows and household plots.
Probably, the healing properties of wheatgrass are due to the ineradicable vitality. The root part is mainly used as a pharmaceutical raw material. They begin to collect it in early spring or autumn. The rhizomes are separated from the stalks and dirt, then washed and dried in natural conditions or in a room with a certain temperature regime, previously laid on a fabric base. Prepared raw materials are packed in cardboard containers, glass containers or fabric bags and stored for 24 months.
Biochemical kit
Creeping wheatgrass (close-up photo vividly illustrates the plant) is a unique natural pharmacy containing essential elements and vitamins for humans. For this reason, in many he alth resorts, healing decoctions and infusions are brewed from the rhizome, which are then prescribed to diabetics, patients with atherosclerosis and joint disease.
A large dose of ascorbic, silicic and malic acid was found in the composition of the herb. The medicinal properties of couch grass are explained by the presence of useful trace elements that are actively involved in the work of internal organs: iron, sodium, calcium, etc. The roots are enriched with pectins, fructose, gluten, polysaccharides, protein compounds, triticin, saponins and essential oils.
Creeping wheatgrass: medicinal properties and use in medicine
In Russia, grass is not as in demand as, for example, in Europe. German Aesculapius make biologically active additives from the rhizome, which are used to treat diseases of the respiratory system. Infusions from rye have diuretic, expectorant, diaphoretic and anti-inflammatory effects. The crushed roots are brewed with boiling water and drunk as a tea drink, it helps the natural cleansing of the body, normalizes intestinal activity, strengthens and tones.
Folk doctors in our country recommend drinking decoctions to restore metabolic and carbohydrate processes. Due to the content of triticin in the composition, the herb can be used by women with irregular menstruation. Couch grass, whose properties are characterized by a firming, wound healing and hemostatic effect, is the best medicine for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, gallbladder, liver and spine.
Helps to cope with a number of dermatological pathologies: eczema, furunculosis, acne vulgaris, acne, psoriasis. Herbal decoctions have a positive effect on the nervous system, relieve depressivecondition, excitability, chronic fatigue. Indications for the use of wheatgrass root are all colds, rickets, hemorrhoids, hepatitis, edema, inflammation of the bladder, gout. Healers use couch grass for malignant tumors and hypertensive crisis (close-up photo is presented in the material).
Folk recipes
Many physical misfortunes can be eliminated by a malicious weed. From our ancestors, we adopted a lot of useful medicinal recipes based on wheatgrass, which help modern man do without chemicals. We are happy to share them.
Those who suffer from skin diseases can use the following decoction: boil 450 ml of water, let it cool, then pour 4 large spoons of dry roots. Pour into a glass container and leave under a closed lid for 10-12 days. Filter the solution. Pour the remaining grass again with a glass of boiling water, leave for 60 minutes, strain. Combine two decoctions, drink daily for a month, 100 ml three times a day.
With diabetes and metabolic disorders
This drug acts on the body as a natural regulator. The infusion is prepared in this way: for 60 grams of dry raw materials you need a liter of water. Boil the mixture until it is reduced by half. Before use, the decoction is filtered and taken four times a day in a large spoon.
Remove inflammation of the urinary tract
Also shown is a drug for cystitis and inflammation of the colon in the formmicroclysters - 60 ml at night. With hemorrhoids, the following infusion is used inside: take the rhizomes of couch grass (30 grams) and pour a glass of water. Boil for about ten minutes, filter and drink 70 ml three times a day before meals.
Diseases of the stomach and intestines
Helps eliminate pain, colic, bloating, normalizes digestion and creeping stool. The medicinal properties of the herb have been known for their anti-inflammatory effects for more than one century. See for yourself by preparing a simple decoction of five dessert spoons of crushed raw materials and a glass of water. Infuse the solution for ten days, then strain, and pour the remaining roots with 200 ml of boiling water, leave for 45 minutes. Mix two decoctions, consume half an hour before meals, 100 ml four times a day.
Cough and inflammation of the respiratory tract
Has an expectorant and mucolytic effect, also fights pathogenic bacteria. Pour a large spoon with a slide of crushed dry raw materials into a jar, pour 500 ml of warm boiled water. Cover with a lid and leave for 12 hours. Drink half a glass three times a day only in filtered form. To improve sputum discharge, 5 grams of mullein herb, coltsfoot and elderberry leaves are added to the decoction.
To summarize the informational article: the medicinal properties of couch grass are unique, they restore he alth to a person and heal from serious diseases. Now, the next time you weed your garden, think about what you are destroying.
