Gold rod - medicinal properties and contraindications

The benefits of plants are not only beauty, but also their healing properties. An exceptional herb is the golden rod, whose healing qualities and limitations have been known since ancient times. It assists both in the prevention and cure of many diseases. Because of this, it is widely used in alternative and classical medicine.

The chemical composition of the plant

The composition of the gold rod includes many useful substances that help a person cope with many ailments. Combining with each other, they have a powerful healing effect, which in a short time will relieve ailments that are not amenable to the traditional treatment of the disease.

The composition of the medicinal herb includes:

• ascorbic, quinic, nicotinic acid;
• essential oils;
• tannins;
• saponisides;
• alkaloids;
• resins;
• glycosides and others

There are such elements in the gold rod as iron, magnesium, calcium, the lack of which significantly affects the work of many organs in the body, including the human brain. The composition also contains polysaccharides, iodine, chromium, and in the seeds of the grass there is quite a fatty oil. Such a composition gives the golden rod truly magical healing properties that cope even with chronic diseases.

Healing characteristics

The golden rod is a great tool for people who do not recognize the traditional treatment with medicines. It is used for various diseases of the urinary system and human skin. Strengthening immunity is also the main function of the healing herb.

Today, goldenrod is part of such medicines as Phytolysinum, Antiprostinum and many others.

The healing properties of the plant are especially noted:

• antiseptic;
• wound healing;
• diuretics;
• anti inflammatory;
• relieves puffiness and dropsy;
• provides assistance with urinary incontinence;
• perfectly heals wounds, burns, formations on the skin, cures dermatitis;
• reduces pain in diseases of bones and joints;
• increases blood viscosity, thereby protecting against VSD;
• rinsing the larynx and oral cavity will help with diseases of the throat and gums.

Eliminates the inflammatory process in the genitourinary system and prevents the growth of bacteria and viruses with inflammation of the prostate and urethra.

Application restrictions

1. It is impossible to carry out therapy using goldenrod for women in position and nursing mothers.
2. Exceeding the dose can negatively affect the state of health: allergic reactions, poisoning, migraine.
3. Do not use drugs based on the gold rod for people who have an acute stage of kidney inflammation caused by infection, inflammation in the genitourinary system, if colic in the intestines is often felt.
4. Kids also should not use products that contain goldenrod.
5. Using the goldenrod during the expectation of a child can harm both a woman and a baby, since the plant is very poisonous.

Goldenrod species

There are several types of gold rod:

• Tall.
• Hybrid.
• Daursky.
• Canadian; ordinary.

Ordinary gold rod in terms of saturation of healing properties and effectiveness of therapy is on the first step among healing plants. It has healing properties:

• Antiseptic.
• Expectorant.
• Cholagogue.
• Hemostatic.
• Stimulating the immune system.

Goldenrod is used to treat diseases such as neurasthenia, hepatitis, rheumatism, tuberculosis of the skin, dermatitis, inflammation of the kidneys and bladder.

The Canadian plant species has a strong diuretic effect. It is widely used in the treatment of the genitourinary system, kidneys and urolithiasis. The limitation is only in the presence of phosphate stones in the kidneys. This is due to the fact that the reaction of phosphates and chemical elements of the rod increases the urine pH. The plant has an antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory effect, it is also used for long-term illnesses.

Fact! In our country, the golden rod is known as mimosa.

Use of a plant in alternative medicine

The medicinal properties of goldenrod were known in ancient times. The golden rod, like many other medicinal herbs, serves as a substitute for many medicines. Mimosa can be used in conjunction with other medicines, its healing properties will only enhance the effect of antibiotics.

With kidney stones
Mimosa infusion is used as a diuretic. Toxins and negative substances leave the human body, swelling in the extremities associated with poor kidney function disappears. This therapy will help stabilize the water and salt balance in the body.

1. Blast. To prepare it, they take 75 g of dried stems of goldenrod and grind them, then pour a mixture of 0.5 l of alcohol and let stand for 21 days in a dark, cold place. They drink once a day after eating one spoonful, after diluting the broth with water in a ratio of 1: 1. Do not store the composition in the refrigerator.
2. Tea from the plant. A spoonful of finely chopped dry grass is poured with 250 ml of running water. They put in a water bath for a quarter of an hour and let it brew. Use three times a day in one mug.
3. Tincture. 4 grams of common goldenrod are poured into 0.5 liters of water and set to boil on a stove for about 5 minutes. Then removed from the stove and allowed to stand for 2 hours. Filter out. The resulting dose is drunk during the day in 4 divided doses.

Restrictions: you can not take the drug for children who are under the age of 12 years, women in position and nursing mothers. Use a alternative medicine only after talking with a specialist.

With inflammation of the prostate
Today, inflammation of the prostate is a very common disease. To eliminate signs and improve the condition, patients are advised to take tincture on the goldenrod. It can also be drunk with prostate adenoma and other oncological tumors.

To make the tincture, you need to take 4 tablespoons of crushed dry raw material from the branches of the goldenrod and pour a liter of water. Stir the composition and leave for 4 hours to insist. You need to take 70 g, 4 times a day before meals. The resulting tool will relieve and protect from the inflammatory process in the prostate gland.

With skin diseases (tuberculosis, eczema, psoriasis)
In the presence of skin diseases, it is recommended to take baths with the addition of tinctures from this healing plant. 25 tablespoons of grass are poured with 10 liters of running water, put on a stove and let the composition boil for several minutes. Allow to infuse for 2 hours, filter and add to the bath.

You can make healing oil. To do this, twigs of the golden rod are crushed to a powder and mixed with sea buckthorn or olive oil. The resulting mixture lubricates problem areas of the skin.

You can make a healing drink from the plant and drink it for the prevention of urolithiasis, kidney and liver diseases. The drink perfectly stabilizes the metabolic processes in the body.

For blood purification
Herbalists advise preparing a healing drink that has a pleasant smell and taste. However, do not forget about the dosage. It is forbidden to drink a drink more than 3 cups per day.Each drink should have no more than 2 tablespoons of dry raw materials.

With diseases of the stomach
In equal proportions mix goldenrod, linden inflorescences, St. John's wort and elderberry inflorescences. A spoonful of the collection is poured into a glass of hot water and allowed to stand for no more than 30 minutes. Instead of drinking tea, but not more than 2 cups per day.

To prevent oral diseases
The resulting broth is used to rinse with diseases such as stomatitis, gingivitis, tonsillitis and disgusting mouth odor. They can wash the wounds and abrasions, or make compresses. To prepare it, you need to pour a glass of hot water into a spoon of dry raw materials. Mix thoroughly and leave for half an hour. The resulting blast rinse the mouth at least 3 times a day. If there is an acute inflammatory process, then rinse your mouth every hour.

Proper use of the goldenrod will be of great benefit to man. The grass will cure many diseases, while there will be no side effects.

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