Tavolga (labaznik) vyazolistnaya - perennial plant, which has many medicinal properties. Tavolga grows along the banks of rivers, in humid lowlands and thickets, reaching a height of one and a half meters. In June and July, it blooms with small cream or yellow flowers collected at the top of the stem into a loose whisk. Medicinal properties are possessed by all parts of the twill, but flowers and roots are used more often, and grass of the plant is less common. Flowers are harvested in the summer, in the middle of the flowering period, and the roots in the fall, when the aboveground part of the plant has already turned yellow and began to fade.
Tavolga - useful properties and contraindications
Tavolga has the following useful properties:
- antiseptic;
- anti-inflammatory;
- blood-resurfacing;
- astringent;
- immunostaining;
- diuretic;
- choleretic;
- antispasmodic;
- soothing;
- anticarcinogenic;
- bronchodilator;
- antiviral and others.
So, among other things, it helps to thin the blood, accelerate the healing of ulcers, rapidly reduce blood pressure and normalize blood sugar.
In general, tavolga is well perceived by patients, but drugs with it are contraindicated when:
- chronic constipation (since it has an astringent effect);
- hypotension;
- reduced blood clotting;
- pregnancy;
- individual intolerance of the plant.
Therapeutic properties of the meadow
For medicinal purposes, decoctions, alcohol tincture, teas and ointments with this plant are used.
Externally, the Tovolg is used as an ointment - for the treatment of arthritis and skin lesions. And in the form of alcoholic infusion or decoction - for washing and disinfection of wounds, ulcers, with problematic skin. Also, the decoction of the plant is used to wash the hair for strengthening hair.
Tea from the twig is brewed from the calculation of a teaspoon of dried flowers to a glass of boiling water. It is used as a choleretic, diuretic , with nephritis, diseases of the bladder,
Decoction from the roots of the meadow is taken inside with increased excitability and nervous diseases, hypertension, dysentery, inflammatory diseases of the kidneys and bladder, rheumatism, hemorrhoids, gout . With gynecological diseases in women, the decoction broth is recommended for syringing.
Spirituous tinctar tincture is taken inside as a soothing and anticonvulsant. It also reduces erosion and ulcers in the stomach, is used in goiter, hormonal disorders, diseases of the female reproductive system.