In addition, this drug can also be used to increase the rate of natural contraction of the uterus. In this article we will tell you how to use the tincture of water pepper after childbirth, and what side effects it can provoke.
Healing properties of water pepper
Water pepper, or mountain pepper, is known for its valuable properties since the days of Ancient Rome. Previously it was used for resorption of various tumors and purification of bleeding wounds, but today they are used to a greater extent as an analgesic, haemostatic and anti-inflammatory agent.
As part of the mountaineer peppery there is a fairly large amount of vitamin K, which is able to stop internal bleeding, as well as routine, reducing the fragility of blood vessels. In addition, this plant is rich in such useful micronutrients as manganese, titanium, magnesium and silver.
That is why water pepper is so effective in various bleeding, including postpartum, menstruation, gastric, intestinal, hemorrhoidal and others. The extract of water pepper is prescribed both after usual and after complicated delivery for contraction of the uterus and stopping of prolonged bloody discharge.
How to use mountain pepper?
In order to prepare a medicine, you will have to purchase this plant in the form of a powder in a pharmacy, and then in the same proportion connect it with a 70% solution of alcohol. At the same time, a liquid having a bitterish astringent taste and a brown-green color should be obtained.
Most girls and women note that preparations based on the mountaineer pepper are transferred quite well. Nevertheless, in some cases there is an individual intolerance to this plant and, as a consequence, various allergic reactions. In addition, in some cases, the use of this herb causes severe headaches, jumps in blood pressure and dizziness.