Comfrey medicinal
Instructions for use:
- 1. Description
- 2. Areas of application
- 3. Chemical composition
- 4. Medicinal properties
- 5. Application in traditional medicine
- 6. Contraindications to use
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Medicinal comfrey (larkspur) is a herb belonging to the Borage family.
Description
The plant has an erect, branched stem, reaching a height of 1-1.2 meters, covered with hard hairs. The leaves of the larkspur are large, alternate, with a rough surface, the shape is oblong-lanceolate. If you knead a leaf of a larkspur in your hands, then a cucumber smell will appear.
The plant blooms with small purple or purple flowers. The flowering period is from early May to July.
Larkspur is found in the European part of Russia (except for the Far North), in the Caucasus, Central Asia, in the Carpathians and Western Siberia. The plant prefers moist peat soil, forest edges and flooded meadows, the banks of water bodies.
Fields of application of comfrey medicinal
Comfrey has found application in medicine. Even ancient healers - Paracelsus and Avicenna successfully treated more than 100 diseases with this plant.
Also larkspur is used for cosmetic purposes. It is able to repair the epithelium and improve skin color. Aromatic oils with larkspur extract are used for toning baths.
Comfrey medicinal - rubber plant. Such a fact is known - during the Great Patriotic War, the Germans tried to grow it in the occupied territory of Ukraine. So they hoped to solve the problem with the shortage of rubber.
Chemical composition
The underground part of medicinal comfrey contains alkaloids: lisiocarpine and cinoglossin. In addition, tannins, essential oils, glycosides, resins, mucus, starch, gums and other organic substances are present in the roots.
Medicinal properties of medicinal comfrey
For medicinal purposes, the roots of the plant are used. They are harvested in late autumn. Infusions and decoctions based on larkspur roots have anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, astringent, regenerating, enveloping and hemostatic effects.
A decoction of comfrey roots is used to increase appetite and tone. Plant-based preparations are used for digestive disorders, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and ulcers.
It is recommended to take drugs based on the larkspur for cancer and in order to reduce the symptoms of inflammation.
Application in traditional medicine
In folk medicine, the use of comfrey is very common. On the basis of the roots of the larkspur, alcohol tinctures, powders, ointments, infusions and decoctions are made.
Inside it is taken for duodenal and stomach ulcers. For tuberculosis, dysentery, bronchitis with difficult sputum, the plant is also considered effective.
In the form of compresses, gruel from freshly prepared comfrey roots is used for thrombophlebitis, for bruises and bone fractures.
Outwardly, plant-based preparations are used to treat arthritis and radiculitis, inflammatory diseases of the oral cavity, with purulent wounds and trophic ulcers. Larkspur is used in the treatment of lung, prostate and breast cancer. The use of the plant inhibits the appearance of metastases in bone tissues.
Contraindications to the use of comfrey medicinal
Despite the fact that medicinal comfrey is an excellent healer, successfully used in the treatment of many diseases, do not forget that the plant is poisonous. It is for this reason that in a number of Western countries the plant is prohibited from using in official medicine. When studying the plant, medical scientists came to the conclusion that long-term administration of drugs from the larkspur has a mutagenic and carcinogenic effect.
Therefore, the intake of the plant should be carried out under the strict supervision of doctors.
Contraindication to taking larkspur is low blood pressure, pregnancy and individual intolerance.
Comfrey officinalis: prices in online pharmacies
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Vitateca Cream-balm Comfrey medicinal cream-balm 75 ml 1 pc. RUB 80 Buy |
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Vitateka (Vitateka) Comfrey medicinal cream-balm for the body repairing the joints 75 ml 156 r Buy |
Information about the drug is generalized, provided for informational purposes only and does not replace the official instructions. Self-medication is hazardous to health!
