Beautiful "candles" of chestnut - well, not a symbol of the May flowering of nature! But, in addition to the picturesque appearance, these flowers also have medicinal qualities. People's healers know about them for a long time. It's time for us to use their secrets. How to use chestnut flowers in folk medicine? This is in our new material.
Useful properties of chestnut flowers
The chemical composition of the flowers of chestnut is a complex of elements that strengthens the whole organism. Flavonoids, tannins and the most important component - escin. This substance, replacing the most effective anti-inflammatory and antipyretic drugs. Escin beneficially affects the metabolic processes in the adrenal cortex, thereby increasing the stress-resistance of the body.
Another useful property of escin is its ability to strengthen small and large vessels. Therefore, it is the extract of the flowers of chestnut - one of the most common components of medicines for varicose veins and hemorrhoids. Also, the flowers of chestnut are treated:
- diseases associated with the received above-normative dose of radioactive irradiation;
- seals in the mammary glands;
- arthritis;
- myositis;
- gastritis ;
- thrombosis;
- gout;
- edema of various origin.
Tincture of chestnut flowers
In folk medicine have learned to apply the medicinal properties of chestnut flowers in two versions: take freshly squeezed floral juice or tincture. In turn, tincture is prepared either for alcohol, or for vodka. Accordingly, the methods of preparation of tinctures differ only in proportions, and the methods of application - with dosage. Here's how to make a tincture from the flowers of horse chestnut on ordinary vodka:
- Rinse and lightly dry 20 g of chestnut flowers.
- Dip flowers in glassware.
- Pour the raw material 0.5 liters of vodka.
- Infuse the mixture in a dark place for 14 days.
- The strained tincture can be used for rubbing joints, applying to the sites of bloating, as well as for internal use.
Strengthens the effect of the tincture adding to it chestnut honey, regardless of whether the tincture is taken or whether external manifestations of the illness are treated.
Treatment with flowers of chestnut
In its pure form, chestnut color can be used to treat stomach diseases and for general strengthening and rejuvenation of the body. To do this, from 50 g of flowers squeeze the juice and place it in the refrigerator. Take 1 teaspoon 2 times a day for 30 minutes before meals. It is worth noting that the shelf life of this medication is only 48 hours. Therefore, after a two-day reception, you need to prepare fresh juice. The course of admission is 21 days. Such application of chestnut flowers is possible only in the period of flowering of trees. Dried flowers can be used for the same purposes as a decoction. Prepare it as follows:
- 100 g of dried chestnut flowers mixed with 1 tablespoon of tree bark.
- Pour a mixture of 500 ml of boiling water.
- Cook in a water bath for 10 minutes.
- Broth strain and take 1 tablespoon 2 times a day.
From the flowers of a chestnut at home it is not difficult to make a cream from varicose veins. For this you need:
- Prepare an extract of the flowers of chestnut on alcohol. As an option - to crush fresh flowers to the state of gruel.
- Mix 1 teaspoon of extract or flowering mass with usual children's or any other fat cream.
- Apply the cream to problem areas twice a day.
Ointment based on flowers of chestnut:
- Grind 50 g of chestnut flowers.
- Pour the flower mass of 300 ml of olive or sunflower oil.
- Boil the mixture on low heat for up to 60 minutes.
- Cool and drain into glassware.
Use this ointment can be with hemorrhoids, varicose veins, as well as for the healing of ulcers and burns.