Highlander bird - phytopreparation with antispasmodic, diuretic, and litholytic action, most often used in the treatment of urolithiasis.
Common names: chives, herb, knotweed, goose grass, bird crap, pustyrnaya grass toptun grass, Stewpan, Kuroedov.
Grass Knotweed - low annual herbaceous plant thrives on well-fertilized soil. Being hardy to trampling, can grow almost anywhere: on vacant lots and backyards, on dry pastures and weedy people places. This plant is a cosmopolitan, it can be found on all continents except Antarctica and the Arctic.
Widely used as feed for poultry. Many add this useful "weeds" in summer salads, soups and mashed potatoes, and the culinary traditions of Asian nations it is used as a filling for a pie.
The plant has branched erect stem with a very distinct nodes. Root - subramose, rod. Flowers and leaves of grass Knotweed small. The fruits look like nut black or brown and begin to ripen from mid-summer.
Collect and harvest the grass Knotweed from June to September, during the active flowering. Dry mostly in the dryer with artificial heating or in rooms with good ventilation. When the stems become brittle, drying is stopped and the grass was purified by blackened leaves and the impurities.
Gather herbs if stored properly retains its medicinal properties for 3 years.
Grass Knotweed contains many useful substances. This vitamin K and E, ascorbic acid, carotene, fat, carbohydrates, flavonolovy glycoside avikulyarin, silicic acid and its soluble compounds and tannins.
Pharmacological action Knotweed due to the content in the plant bioactive compounds.
The plant has anti-inflammatory, diuretic, antiseptic, tonic, diaphoretic, astringent action, prevents the formation of urinary stones, increases the contractile activity of the uterus. Widely used in traditional and folk medicine of different nations.
The dried grass Knotweed released in cartons of 50 g or 100 g
Highlander bird used inside:
- When urolithiasis in the initial period as a tool that helps discharge of small stones. In the postoperative period after removal of the stones used as a means of anti-relapse;
- In chronic diseases of the urinary tract;
- In diseases of the gastrointestinal tract such as gastric and duodenal ulcers, gastritis with low or high acidity, as well as inflammation of the gastric mucosa;
- In diseases of the liver;
- When uterine (with uterine fibroids, after childbirth or abortion) and hemorrhoidal bleeding;
- In the complex treatment of malaria and tuberculosis;
- When inflammation of the oral mucosa;
- Respiratory diseases;
- As a tonic and tonic.
Highlander bird can also be applied externally - to treat ulcers of various etymologies, wounds and bruises.
Caution should be used for children up to 12 years, thrombophlebitis, varicose veins, angina and hypertension.
Do not use this herb Knotweed in pregnancy, increased blood clotting and acute diseases of the kidneys and bladder.
mode of application
To use Knotweed prepared infusion. To do this, 1 cup of herb brewed with 1 liter of boiling water and insist 2 hours. Assign 1 / 2-1 / 4 cup 2-3 times a day before meals. The treatment course - 20-25 days. Methods for preparation and administration may vary depending on the disease. The final solution is stored is not more than two days in a cool place.
It is also possible to prepare an alcohol tincture.
For external use only use lotions from napara fresh grass.
Highlander bird is often used in a variety of blood-purifying and pulmonary dosage fees combined with other plants. It is part of the collection Zdrenko as a symptomatic treatment for the treatment of cancer.
Application Knotweed does not preclude treatment with other drugs.