Bearberry belongs to a number of such plants that have the ability to eliminate several ailments at once. For therapeutic purposes, they use berries, leaves and flowers, which are collected at the end of August. Bearberry application in folk medicine found due to antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties.
Grass bearberry - application
The plant has gained wide popularity in folk and official medicine. Treatment with it is recommended in such cases:
- Due to the diuretic and anti-inflammatory property broths of bearberry are recommended for problems with kidneys, with inflammation of the bladder, involuntary urination and kidney stone disease.
- Treatment with bearberry is also popular with the external method of application. In this case, tincture is treated with wounds for diathesis, ulcers and other long-lasting non-healing skin lesions. Also, the treatment can be carried out in the form of baths, rinses, lotions and compresses.
- Tincture of the plant helps with uterine bleeding, tuberculosis and some types of heart disease. It is used as an anesthetic for rheumatism , oncological diseases, for colds, liver diseases, abscesses.
- Effectively helps the plant cope with gastrointestinal diseases. The leaves of the bearberry make a powder that is used against heartburn, gastritis, anemia.
- Drugs with bearberry are effective in fighting nerve diseases, sleep disorders, metabolism and sluggish digestion.
- The use of bearberry in cystitis is one of the most effective folk remedies to fight the disease. The plant not only eliminates inflammation, but also has a diuretic and antibacterial effect. In addition to fighting cystitis, the herb is effective in urethritis, bladder and kidney diseases. Leaves of grass are poured with boiled water in a ratio of 1:10. After insisting, take a spoon four times a day.
Contraindications to the use of bearberry
Despite the fact that the plant is considered residually safe, its uncontrolled use can lead to such side effects:
- nausea;
- chills;
- vomiting;
- back pain;
- noise in the ears ;
- change of color of urine;
- temperature increase.
Contraindicated treatment of bearberry in such groups of individuals:
- children under the age of 12;
- pregnant women;
- nursing mothers;
- having a sharp course of stomach diseases.