Bedstraw present: medicinal properties. Bedstraw tenacious - an aggressive weed plant with medicinal properties Bedstraw useful properties and contraindications

Bedstraw tenacious or flax bedstraw (hemorrhoid grass, sticky, flax, etc.) is an annual herbaceous plant family Rubiaceae. It will grow in wastelands, along roads, on rocky slopes, river banks, wet meadows in the European part of Russia, in Siberia, Central Asia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova. Weeds flax crops. From time immemorial to this day, tenacious bedstraw has been used in cooking and traditional medicine different countries.

Description and preparation

The tenacious bedstraw has lying ascending stems and pointed leaves, collected in whorls of 6-8 pieces. Both stems and leaves have prehensile, hooked spines, hence the name. From July to August, the plant blooms with small white flowers collected in semi-umbrella inflorescences.
As a medicinal raw material, the herb of the tenacious bedstraw is used, and sometimes the root. The preparation is made during the flowering of the plant: the stems with leaves and flowers are cut, tied into small bundles and hung to dry in a well-ventilated area (for example, in the attic).
The roots are harvested in autumn: dug up, washed in running water, dried and dried.
Store harvested raw materials for a year.

Composition and properties

Bedstraw tenacious contains: flavonoids, iridoids, coumarins, glycoside asperulizide, tannins, vitamins, tannin. The roots are rich in iridoids, saponins, vitamins K and C. Due to its composition, the plant has: analgesic, hemostatic, urinary and choleretic, blood-purifying, anti-febrile and antitumor effects.

ARI, angina;
scarlet fever;
pneumonia;
tuberculosis;
scurvy;

jaundice;
cystitis;
urolithiasis;
urinary retention;
dropsy;
ascites;
kidney disease;
intestinal colic;
stomach cancer, duodenum, liver, kidneys;
rheumatism, arthritis;
epilepsy;
goiter;
lymphosarcoma, neurinoma;
breast tumors;
menopause, menstrual irregularities;
gonorrhea;
obesity
wounds, acne, pimples, ulcers, scrofula, papilloma;
eczema, psoriasis;
insect bites;
hair loss and dandruff.

Recipes

Infusion (general recipe):

2 tsp crushed grass of the tenacious bedstraw;
250 ml of boiling water.

Pour boiling water over the grass, let it brew for 4 hours. Strain. Drink in small portions throughout the day before meals. This infusion has diuretic, hemostatic and anti-febrile properties. Also, an infusion of tenacious bedstraw can be used as a hair rinse for hair loss and dandruff on the scalp.

Cold infusion:

2 tbsp dried tenacious bedstraw;
200 ml cold water.

Fill the bedstraw with water and leave to infuse for a day. Strain. Drink throughout the day.

Infusion for breast cancer:

1 st. boiling water.

Pour boiling water over the bedstraw and let it brew for 3 hours. Strain. Drink hot 1/4 cup in small sips three times a day.
Infusion for epilepsy:

4 tsp crushed grass of the tenacious bedstraw;
2 tbsp. boiling water.

Pour boiling water over the bedstraw, let it brew for 3 hours and strain. Drink half a cup 4 chars a day in small sips. The recommended course of treatment is 21 days. Also, this infusion can be taken with oncology and kidney stones.
Infusion for angina pectoris:

20 g of crushed dry root of the tenacious bedstraw;
500 ml of boiling water.

Pour boiling water over the root, let it brew for 6-8 hours and strain. Drink 100 ml 2-3 times a day.

Cleansing tea:

1 tbsp tenacious bedstraw herbs (fresh or dried);
200 ml of boiling water.

Pour boiling water over the herb, let it brew for 5-10 minutes and strain. Divide the tea into three portions and drink three times.
Diuretic tea:

2 tsp dry grass of the tenacious bedstraw;
250 ml of boiling water.

Place the bedstraw in boiling water, boil for 1-2 minutes - the tea is ready. Drink 2-3 cups of tea a day with urinary retention, swelling of the legs, inflammation of the kidneys.
Tincture for external use in rheumatism:

30 g of crushed grass of the tenacious bedstraw;
500 ml. vodka.

Fill the grass with vodka and let it brew in a dark place for 10 days. Shake the container with the mixture periodically. Use as a rub for rheumatism for 14 days.
Topical tincture for arthritis:

crushed grass of the tenacious bedstraw;
vodka.

Take a glass bottle, fill it 1/5 part with a bedstraw and fill it with vodka to the top. Put the bottle in a dark place for 21 days. Shake the infusion periodically. Ready tincture strain and use for rubbing joints with arthritis 2-3 times a day. It is good to combine with taking a decoction or infusion of a bedstraw inside.

Ulcers, festering wounds, abscesses on the skin are sprinkled with powder from the dry grass of the bedstraw. For cystitis, the herb powder is taken orally 1 teaspoon with water three times a day. Bedstraw powder will also help with diarrhea with blood - in this case, it should be taken 2 grams with water.

At oncological disease tongue prepare gargle:

1 tsp herbs of a bedstraw tenacious;
1 st. boiling water.

Pour boiling water over the bedstraw, let it brew for 40 minutes and strain. Use for rinsing oral cavity. On the day you need to apply 3-4 cups of infusion.
Infusion for erosion and oncology of the uterus for douching:

2 tbsp tenacious bedstraw root;
3 art. hot water;
1 tbsp infusion of black poplar buds.

Pour the crushed root with water and boil for 10 minutes. Then let the broth brew for half an hour and strain. Add to finished product infusion of poplar buds. Use for douching in the evening.
At female diseases you can apply douching with infusion of bedstraw, prepared from 1 tablespoon of herbs and half a liter of boiling water.
Wound healing ointment:

1 part powder from the flowers of the tenacious bedstraw;
5 parts interior fat (lanolin/vaseline).

Mix bedstraw powder with a fat base and use to treat burns, boils and ulcers.
You can prepare an ointment for scrofula, abscesses and boils by mixing the powder of bedstraw flowers with a small amount butter.

Bath infusion:
3 tbsp crushed bedstraw grass;
3 art. boiling water.
Pour boiling water over the grass, wrap the container with the mixture with something warm and let it brew for 4 hours. Strain and pour into a bath with warm water. Take such baths for scrofula, boils, ulcers, skin rashes in a course of 10-12 times a day. Also, this infusion can be used for compresses and lotions.

Contraindications

Attention! The tenacious bedstraw belongs to slightly poisonous plants.
Tenacious bedstraw is contraindicated:

children;
pregnant and lactating women;
with individual intolerance.

It should be used with caution in diabetes mellitus.
Before starting treatment with tenacious bedstraw, it is necessary to consult with your doctor and strictly follow the recommended dosage. Every two weeks of treatment with a bedstraw should take breaks for 7-14 days.

Name in Latin: Galium aparine

Synonyms: flax bedstraw, velcro, hemorrhoid grass, scratcher, flaxseed, linden, biting biting, sticky grass, tar

Tenacious bedstraw (Galium aparine L) - a plant belonging to the madder family, an annual herbaceous plant 30-80 cm high, with tenacious, lying, rising stems. The fruit is a tenacious nut with two wings. The flowers are collected in axillary semi-umbels. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, pointed, arranged 6-8 in whorls. Stamens 4. Pistil with 2 stigmas and lower ovary. The flowers are small, white, with a four-lobed corolla. Blooms in July - August.

The tenacious bedstraw grows in forests, shrubs, river banks in most of Russia. Widespread weed plant.

For medicinal use widely used grass during flowering.

Galium aparine L contains glycoside asperulizide (rubichloric acid).

It has anti-febrile, diuretic, choleretic, hemostatic, blood-purifying and analgesic effects, as well as the ability to soften infiltrates.

plant parts used

Root
Grass

Contraindications

For part of the plant - Root

For part of the plant - Grass

Recipes

For part of the plant - Grass

Infusion. It is used as an anti-febrile, diuretic and hemostatic agent.

2 teaspoons of chopped herbs pour 250 ml. boiling water, insist 4 hours, strain. Drink the whole broth in small sips, during the day.

With epilepsy, hemorrhoids, malignant tumors, kidney stones.

Pour 4 teaspoons of chopped herbs with 2 cups of boiling water, leave for 3 hours, strain. Take the infusion hot, 1/2 cup 4 times a day, in small sips. Course 3 weeks.

With breast cancer.

Pour 4 teaspoons of chopped herbs with 1 cup of boiling water, leave for 3 hours, strain. Take hot, in small sips of 1/4 cup 3 times a day.

Powder. Effective for anuria, cystitis. Purulent wounds, abscesses, ulcers are sprinkled with dry powder.

Grind the herb to a powder. Take 1 teaspoon of powder 3 times daily with water.

Arthritis tincture. Outwardly.

Pour 1/5 of a glass bottle with chopped grass, pour vodka up to the neck, leave for 3 weeks in a dark place, shaking occasionally, strain. Rub sore joints 2-3 times a day. Combine with taking a decoction (infusion) inside.

Tincture for rheumatism. Outwardly.

30 grams of chopped herbs pour 500 ml. vodka, insist 10 days in a dark place, shaking occasionally, strain. Apply for rubbing. Course 2 weeks.

Baths, lotions, compresses. Used for scrofula, skin rashes, boils, wounds, lichen, ulcers.

Pour 3 tablespoons of chopped herbs with 3 cups of boiling water, insist, wrapped, 4 hours, strain. Procedures are carried out every other day, 10-12 times.

Additional materials

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1 tbsp crushed to the size of a rice grain of the root, pour 200 ml of boiling water in a thermos, leave for 8 hours (night), drink 2 tbsp. 4 times a day, 15 minutes before meals.

3. Wobenzym, drink 4-5 tablets 4 times a day for a month.

4. Outwardly, goiter area.

Apply Endocrinol gel at night, for a month so far, and observe the volume.

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08/06/18 Leah

I want to consult with you. I am 23 years old. Height 150 cm. Blood pressure 100/80. Pulse - 90. Weight 40 kg. Unfortunately, there have been no pregnancies yet. Menstruation started at 12 years old. Periods are very painful, there is PMS. The menstrual cycle is irregular. Either 30 days or 40 days. Previously, menstruation went for 5 days, now it is 7 days, sometimes plentiful, sometimes scarce.

I sympathize with you both and, frankly, I think that only a change in lifestyle will be beneficial for you in itself (see below).

I suspect that you, Leah, are very low level cortisol and mild degree adrenal insufficiency with all the ensuing consequences - weak immunity, weak hematopoiesis, low blood pressure, libido tending to zero.

To begin with, cancel Mastodinon, it lowered your prolactin almost "to the plinth"!

1. Replace it with Cyclodinone, 30 drops every morning, with meals. The course is 2-3 months.

Brew like regular tea and you will be engulfed by a forgotten feeling of cheerfulness and well-being.

Pour 50 grams of crushed roots with 500 ml of vodka, insist in a dark place for 12-14 days, shaking occasionally, strain. Drink 25-30 drops 2 times a day, in the morning. The course is 1.5-2 months.

Grind grass and fruits evenly up to 2-3 mm, roots up to 3-5 mm - at the beginning mechanically to small pieces, then on a coffee grinder; mix evenly.

Herbs without a dose should be taken in tablespoons.

1 tbsp mixture pour 300.0 ml of cold drinking water for an hour, then bring to a boil. Simmer over low heat or boiling water bath, covered, 15 minutes.

Cool, strain, squeeze and add to 300.0 ml.

Drink 100.0 ml three times a day, 30 minutes before meals. Course - 2 months.

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08/04/18 Ilya

Thank you so much for helping me with my double eye. I did everything according to your recipes. You can say cured, but there are still a few residual effects. I have a different question. You know that I got poisoned by aconite through my own fault, from an overdose.

He made cakes of blue clay and put them on the small pelvis or spine. I used decoctions of May wormwood + common wormwood + Chernobyl), I changed them every week. Repeshok, dandelion, sand immortelle, tansy - flowers, tartar, Ivan-tea, lungwort, astragalus, arnica, senna, Icelandic moss, yarrow, nettle, celandine, horsetail, white mistletoe, bedstraw. The whole point is that while I'm afraid to use aconite, although I have hemlock - tincture, but it will not help me much.

I want to start using herbs and tinctures again, but I don't know how. I then drank divided herbs into two parts and changed them every 7 days. I beg you, can you give me advice - maybe something needs to be removed from the collection or something else to add. I have no pain. I feel good and there is no fatigue yet. I forgot to write, I completely abandoned animal proteins. I eat vegetable and unrefined oils. I wrote to you at the beginning of May, but received no answer. Please give me some advice on what to do next. God is merciful to me and I think your help is of great importance!

Thank you for your reply, I'm looking forward to it!

Now everything has become clear! You are being treated truly heroically, and this is cruel to yourself! But, nevertheless, "burning yourself with milk, blowing on water" is not necessary! Dzungarian aconite is a poison to all poisons. You drank 10% tincture, and this is the usual fortress, provided that you take it according to the slide scheme, from 1 initial drop!

I think that it is possible to repeat the drip intake of Dzhungarian aconite, but more carefully - from 1 drop twice a day, adding 1 drop daily to the reception. Make the peak of the slide at 20 drops and go down. Otherwise, only the red fly agaric, in the finished tincture, can be compared with Dzhungarian aconite.

With bone metastases, it is best to use the roots of high larkspur (spur) and larkspur (comfrey). You already know him. Simultaneously with Jungar aconite, or fly agaric, high larkspur and comfrey can be used locally - in lotions and microclysters, alternating them. There is no more direct access to the prostate.

Photo of a medicinal plant Bedstraw Tenacious.

Cleavers

Cleavers weed, but with many medicinal properties used in folk medicine of many peoples of the world for the treatment of various diseases.

Synonyms: Bedstraw tenacious, or Bedstraw flax.

Latin name: Galium aparine.

English titles: cleavers, clivers, bedstraw, goosegrass, catchweed, stickyweed.

Family: Rubiaceae - Rubiaceae.

Folk names: sticky grass, hemorrhoid grass, scratchworm, zeplyanka, sticky, biting biting, sticky grass, tar.

Pharmacy name: Bedstraw herb - Asperulae herba.

Botanical description: annual herbaceous plant 30-80 cm high, with tenacious, recumbent, ascending stems. The fruit is a tenacious nut with two wings. The flowers are collected in axillary semi-umbels. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, pointed, arranged 6-8 in whorls. Stamens 4. Pistil with 2 stigmas and lower ovary. The flowers are small, white, with a four-lobed corolla. Blooms in July - August.

Habitat: tenacious bedstraw grows in forests, shrubs, river banks in most of Europe, Asia, and America. Widespread weed plant.

Used parts: v medicinal purposes use grass (stems, leaves, flowers) and roots.

Collection and preparation. As a medicinal raw material, mainly the ground part of the plant, collected during the flowering period (July - August), is used. Cut off when assembled with scissors flowering part herbs about 30 cm long, after which the leaves are separated. All raw materials are dried together, laid out on a cloth or in paper, in the shade, with good ventilation. Periodically, the raw materials should be turned over (at least once a day). Store the workpiece in paper or cardboard bags, in linen bags for no more than a year.

Chemical composition. The roots contain iridoids, saponins, anthraquinones, purpurin-3-carboxylic acid, vitamins C and K. Iridoids, flavonoids and vitamins are also found in the herb.

Cleavers applied as part of natural preparation Lymphatic Drainage to cleanse the human lymphatic system.

Beneficial features

In the spring, after a winter meal that was rich in starch, it is very beneficial to drink tea from the fresh tops of the plant. It helps cleanse the body. Our ancestors dried and roasted bedstraw seeds and then used them as a coffee substitute. Swedish peasants made a coarse sieve from the stalks of the bedstraw. It was used to strain milk. The infusion of the plant is successfully used in cosmetology for rinsing hair. This procedure allows you to strengthen the hair roots and get rid of dandruff.

Medicinal properties

There is evidence that the tenacious bedstraw was widely used in Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece with snake bites. And in the open spaces Ancient Russia the juice of the plant was used for diseases of the liver, dropsy, goiter, cancer and scurvy. The English use a tincture of the herb for psoriasis, lupus, eczema, leprosy, and acne. Indians use the bedstraw as an excellent laxative. In folk German medicine A decoction of the plant is taken for urinary retention, catarrh of the bladder, kidney stones and sand, as well as for skin diseases (lichen and rashes).

The aerial parts of the tenacious bedstraw are used in folk medicine as a blood and lymph purifier. Grass enhances the outflow of lymph. The plant is recommended to be used internally and externally for skin rashes, persistent boils, as aid at malignant tumors. The plant is used for scrofula, as well as for inflammation and swelling of the bladder as an auxiliary diuretic. medicinal plant used as a hemostatic and anti-febrile agent.

Infusion recipe

Brew a tablespoon of chopped herbs with a glass of boiling water, leave for an hour, strain. Take a quarter cup of infusion 3-4 times a day between meals.

ATTENTION!

Self-treatment is dangerous! Before treatment at home, consult with your doctor.

Treatment with tenacious bedstraw

Arthritis. Fill 1/5 of the volume of a liter jar with bedstraw grass and pour vodka to the top. After 2 weeks of infusion, rub the joints with tincture 3 times a day.
At the same time, you can take an aqueous infusion of this herb inside. To do this, pour 2 teaspoons of bedstraw into 1 cup of boiling water, leave for 2 hours and drink 1/4 cup 1-2 times a day.
Skin diseases(lichen, rash, eczema, psoriasis). A daily dose of infusion is prepared according to this recipe: 2 teaspoons of tenacious bedstraw per 250 ml of boiling water. Insist 3 hours. Drink in small sips throughout the day.
This recipe can also be used as a diuretic, anti-febrile and hemostatic agent.
nephrolithiasis. Grind 4 teaspoons of bedstraw in a coffee grinder. Pour the resulting powder with 2 cups of boiling water. After 3 hours of infusion and straining, take 100 ml hot 4 times a day.
Mammary cancer. Brew 4 teaspoons of herbs in a glass of boiling water. Insist in a thermos for 3 hours. After straining, drink warm in 1/4 cup in small sips.
Furuncles, infiltrates, scrofula, ulcers and wounds. Pour 3 tablespoons of herbs with 3 cups of boiling water and, after 4 hours of infusion, use to prepare baths and washes.
cystitis, anuria. Grind the grass of the tenacious bedstraw in a coffee grinder and take the resulting powder 3 times a day, 1 teaspoon with water. Therapeutic effect appears within 2 days after the start of admission.
Erosion, leukoplakia, cervical cancer, wounds, ulcers, boils. 2 tablespoons of grass pour 600 ml of boiling water, boil in a water bath for 15 minutes, cool, strain. Apply externally for douching, treatment of wounds. The course of treatment with decoction is 2-4 weeks. Then 2 weeks break and you can repeat.

Contraindications. The tenacious bedstraw has a strong astringent effect, due to the high content of tannin. Therefore, it is necessary to take a break for one to two weeks after every two weeks of use. The juice from the plant has pronounced diuretic properties, so you need to be especially careful people who are sick diabetes. The plant is slightly toxic, so it is necessary to strictly maintain the dosage when using. Do not use plant preparations for pregnant women and children. Bedstraw prehensile can cause a localized rash known as contact dermatitis on contact with the skin in some people.

Bedstraw is a perennial honey plant from the Rubiaceae family. It can reach a height of 80 cm. It has straight, short-haired stems and pointed leaves. Above, they are shiny dark green, and below with a grayish-velvet tint.

Bedstraw stems contain carotenes, rubber, saponins, glycoside asperuloside, coumarins, essential oils, dyes and tannins, citric and gallotannic acids. There are also many trace elements.

The rhizome contains ascorbic acid, iridoids, coumarin, tannins and steroidal saponins, flavonoids.

Medicinal properties

Bedstraw can be taken internally, for example, to fight cancer, or externally if you have boils or skin rashes.
It has diuretic properties, so it is often used for complaints of bladder(in case of inflammation and swelling).
Bedstraw juice helps treat gonorrhea, obesity, epilepsy, dropsy, goiter and scurvy.
Accelerates the healing of wounds in the mouth, stops bleeding.
Eliminates blockages in lymphatic system and makes it work. After using this herb, the size of edema in lymph nodes, boils are cleared and tumors are reduced.
With scarlet fever, breast cancer, rheumatism, intestinal colic and kidney disease, it is recommended to drink juice, tincture or take powder from the bedstraw.
The decoction enhances potency in men, and helps women restore the menstrual cycle.
It has excellent antitumor properties. Used in the fight against various types cancer (eg, skin and tongue). Participates in complex treatment cervical erosion.
Bedstraw tincture is considered an excellent anti-febrile remedy. Recommended for colds, sore throats, coughs, tuberculosis and pneumonia. Helps fight nausea, vomiting and thyroid disorders.
It is worth noting the hemostatic, disinfecting, anti-inflammatory, sedative and analgesic properties of drugs based on the bedstraw.

Contraindications and precautions

Children, pregnant and lactating women should not take the bedstraw and products made from it.
In diabetes mellitus, bedstraw juice should be treated with extreme caution due to the diuretic properties of the drink. And only after medical consultation.

The plant may have an astringent effect due to a large number tannin. Because of this side effect it is necessary to take two-week breaks in herbal treatment.

Carefully read the dosages that the doctor will indicate, since the bedstraw is a poisonous plant and, if used incorrectly, can cause poisoning.

Cancer patients should stop taking if tests show a decrease in white blood cells.

The use of a bedstraw causes an increase in pressure, so hypertensive patients should be more careful and monitor their well-being. In case of discomfort, the reception is immediately stopped.

Application

From bloody diarrhea, accompanied by severe pain in the abdomen, herbal powder will help. To prepare it, you need to dry and grind the bedstraw. Take 3 times a day the resulting mass of 2 g.
If you suffer from scrofula, abscesses, boils, boils, use the ointment. To create it, grind the herb into powder, take 10 g and mix with butter (50 g). Leave it for a week to set. A couple of times a day, lubricate the affected areas until complete healing.
With diarrhea, stomach pain and skin diseases 1 st. l. vegetable raw materials should be poured with 2 cups of boiling water. Leave the product alone for 3 hours so that the broth is infused, and then strain through cheesecloth or a fine strainer. The resulting medicine should be drunk 100 ml three times a day, immediately before each meal.
The decoction will also help with pain in the kidneys. It is enough to pour 2 tsp with a glass of hot water. herbs and put on water bath. After 15 minutes, turn off and leave for half an hour to infuse the drink. Drink a decoction of 1 tbsp. l. 4 times a day. Do not forget that after taking something you need to eat.
For external use, you can use lotions or compresses, as well as make baths with a bedstraw. Take 4 tbsp. l. raw materials, brew half a liter of hot water and leave to brew for a couple of hours. Then filter through gauze and pour into a bath or soak a compress in the resulting decoction.
Men can appreciate beneficial features bedstraw, if they drink three times a day, 2 tbsp. l. fresh juice. Within a few days, herbalists promise an improvement in potency and overall well-being.

This plant has a scientific name - Galium verum. But among the people, the real bedstraw is called the grass of whey, honey, honey, yellow porridge, worm, chest. Each of the names is associated with the specifics of the application, appearance and melliferous properties of the plant. Widely known in antiquity, the yellow healer is almost forgotten today. In vain. The possibilities of this herb are manifold, and the results of therapy are positive.

This plant has a scientific name - Galium verum

A relative of gentian, the real bedstraw, is not lost in the Rubiaceae family, which has 13.5 thousand species, among tall trees, lianas and shrubs, because it is incredibly tenacious, diverse and distributed throughout Eurasia.

Gradually, the grass conquered the USA, Canada, Mexico, South America, Australia, New Zealand, oceanic islands and part of Africa. The yellow bedstraw grows (another name of it) on dry hills, rocky outcrops, borders, river banks, along roads, in dry deciduous forests and shrubs.

This herbaceous plant is easily recognizable by its elongated, dense, cone-shaped panicle with sunny yellow small flowers and the smell of honey. It blooms in July-August, and the fruits ripen by September. The grass stems are straight, triangular or square, slightly pubescent, weak, rising from a branched rhizome to a height of 15 to 80 cm. The leaves are pubescent from below, from this angle they appear gray, velvety , in contrast to the shiny dark green upper side. They are very narrow and are collected on a stem in 8-12 pieces. in a whorl.

Bedstraw grass has rich reserves chemical elements, among which:

essential oil (antidepressant, inhibitor of harmful microorganisms);
tannins (kill bacteria and help heal wounds);
flavonoids - natural antioxidants (block the aging process, destroy abnormal cells, are responsible for the stable functioning of the gastrointestinal tract and nervous system);
coumarins - regulators of blood clotting (prevent the formation of blood clots, help normalize blood pressure);
steroid saponins - "natural cleaners" (strengthen and clean the walls of blood vessels, ensure the effectiveness of other plant substances);
iridoids (contained in rhizomes, neutralize bacteria, viruses and fungi, have antitumor properties);
organic acids (support acid-base balance stimulates the production of saliva gastric juice and enzymes, have antiseptic properties regulate metabolism)
ascorbic, silicic acids (strengthen the strength and elasticity of the vascular wall, prevent the development of atherosclerosis and normalize the intestinal flora);
glycosides (have a positive effect on the work of the heart);
phenolic compounds;
caffeine (stimulates the central nervous system);
dyes;
macro- and microelements, vitamins (necessary for the normalization of all processes in the body).

A relative of gentian, the real bedstraw, was not lost in the Rubiaceae family, which has 13.5 thousand species.

All types of honeydew, including tenacious bedstraw, Siberian, fragrant, soft, chemical composition differ from each other only in the amount of substances they contain. But traditional healers use real and tenacious bedstraw more often than other species.

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All parts of honeydew have hemostatic properties. But other possibilities of the plant are no less important:

antiseptic;
strengthening;
choleretic;
anti-inflammatory;
analgesic;
antispasmodic;
diaphoretics;
diuretics;
estrogenic;
sedatives;
hemostatic;
wound healing.

For treatment, all parts of the plant are needed, which are collected during the flowering period and dried. Juice, steam, powder from flowers are used to cleanse wounds, abscesses, ulcers, eczema, abscesses, and mastitis. If the bleeding from the nose does not stop, the juice of the bedstraw is drawn into the nostrils. Fresh herb gruel is used to relieve pain from bites.

In the past, this plant was highly valued as a medicine for hysteria and epilepsy, it was used externally for skin rashes in the form of fresh juice or decoction, and tea from its dried leaves was used to cleanse the body. A pleasant, slightly sour summer drink made from star flowers was considered an excellent tonic and refreshing remedy.

The same dosage forms used internally for colds, sore throat, pneumonia, bronchitis. Bedstraw rhizome is one of the best antipyretic. There is evidence that its decoction improves potency, restores the menstrual cycle.

Fresh juice is used to treat diabetes by helping lower blood sugar levels. Problems of the gastrointestinal tract, biliary dyskinesia, nephritis, liver disease, dermatitis - this is not the whole list of diseases that the medicinal plant successfully fights.

When taking potions from the bedstraw, the medicinal properties and contraindications for its use should be carefully studied. For example, its relative from the Rubiaceae family - common bedstraw - is a poisonous plant. It is not too dangerous for a person, but you should not ignore the recommendations of doctors on the dosage of funds with its content.

Doctors do not advise the use of a bedstraw:

future women in labor and nursing mothers;
children under the age of 12;
patients with diabetes mellitus (due to a strong diuretic effect);
patients with high blood pressure;
cancer patients.

In the old days, dried earthworm was used as a mattress filler. The smell of coumarin in the plant repelled fleas. From here English title bedstraw (bed and straw).

True, there is a version that the origins of the name are different, and they are described in the Christian legend about the manger in Bethlehem, where the bedstraw was one of the "lullaby herbs".

The plant was used both as a dye and for curdling milk in the manufacture of cheeses. Young grass before the appearance of spherical fruits was put in salads. The fruits were dried and fried, and then used instead of coffee (there is little caffeine in such a drink). But the true value of the herb lies in its medicinal properties used in the treatment of many diseases.

For treatment, all parts of the plant are needed, which are collected during the flowering period and dried.

Recipes for internal use

Although the therapeutic effects of action active substances chervish is not always scientifically substantiated, healers widely use it, not excluding the diseases indicated in the list of contraindications. Most often, bedstraw is treated:

Cardiovascular diseases. The action of honeydew is antithrombotic and hypotensive. An infusion is used, where the components are dry grass of the bedstraw - 2 tsp, boiling water - 250 ml. Pour the raw material with liquid, cover and infuse for 2-3 hours. After straining, drink a solution of 1 tbsp. l. 2-3 times a day half an hour before meals. The course lasts 7-10 days. Then a break for 1-2 weeks is required.
Diseases of the liver and digestive organs. Honeydew stimulates the production of bile and gastric juice, normalizes metabolism, fights inflammation in the digestive tract. A decoction of chopped grass (2 tablespoons) is used on water - 250 ml. Pour the raw material with liquid, boil for 5 minutes, leave for 2-3 hours, filter, bring the amount of broth to 250 ml. Drink 100-200 ml only freshly prepared three times a day 30 minutes before meals. The course of therapy is 3-5 weeks.
Gynecological diseases. The action of the plant is anti-inflammatory and antiseptic. Recommended for painful periods. Medicine with erosion - a decoction of the crushed root in water (100 ml). Pour raw materials with liquid, boil for 10 minutes and leave for 30-40 minutes. For best effect add 1 tsp. tinctures of black poplar buds. Douche twice a day for a long time. For baths use infusion: dry grass - 4 tbsp. l., boiling water - 0.5 l. Insist raw materials for 5 hours, strain, pour into the bath, adding a little water. With impotence, men are advised to drink Fresh Juice up to 3 times a day, 2 tbsp. l.
Diseases genitourinary system(pyelonephritis, cystitis, etc.). Take 1 teaspoon dry herb powder with warm water. The course is 5-10 days. Recommended for glomerulonephritis next recipe: grass - 3 l., water - 0.5 l. Put the raw materials in a thermos and pour boiling water. Insist 30 minutes. Drink the solution warm, ⅓-½ cup 4 times a day, one hour before meals.

Medicinal properties (video)

Bedstraw as an external remedy

The external use of the plant is based on its anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties. You need to remember the following:

With skin diseases - acne, eczema, psoriasis, pustules - the bedstraw prevents the spread of infection, accelerates tissue regeneration. The affected skin is washed with infusion, the preparation of which requires dry grass - 4 tbsp. l., water (boiling water) - 2-3 tbsp. l. Pour the grass, leave for 15-20 minutes, filter and wash wounds, burns.
For the treatment of boils and abscesses, an ointment is prepared: crushed dry or fresh flowers - 1 tbsp. l., melted fat -100 g. Mix the components, insist for several days and cover the affected area with a thick layer of filtered fat 2-3 times a day until recovery. As a base, you can use 4 parts butter and 1 part grass powder.
For problems of the musculoskeletal system, alcohol tincture is used: fresh grass- liter jar, alcohol 40%. Fill the jar with grass to the top, completely pour alcohol. Insist in a dark place for 2-3 weeks. For pain in the joints, rub the tincture 1-2 times a day, then tie sore spot warm cloth.
At inflammatory processes in the oral cavity. Medovnik treats glossitis (inflammation of the tissues of the tongue), sore throat, stomatitis. The components remain the same - grass - 2 liters, water (boiling water) - 2 cups. Pour the herb with boiling water, insist for an hour. Rinse your mouth 5-6 times a day and drink half a glass 3-4 times a day.

This unique plant helps with other health problems. believe in him healing power Of course, you can, but before taking the remedy, it is useful to listen to the opinion of the doctor.