Herb of gold-thousandths - useful and affordable

This plant is a representative of the Gorechavkov family, in the literature it is also called the "Golden-Hulled Lesser". In the people there are many other names of this plant, among them the most common are: gastric grass, spool, scrofula, gold-thousand grass, seven-cylinder, grass from fever.

This is a low plant, in height it does not exceed 50 centimeters. The herb of the gold-bearing mill has tetrahedral stems and thin rooted roots. The leaves are also thin and oblong. Flowers are located in the inflorescences and have five petals, they are bright pink in color. The flowering of the plant continues throughout the summer, it is widespread almost throughout Southern and Central Europe, occurs in the Caucasus, Altai and Western Siberia. The herb of a thousand-thousandths likes to grow on solar patches, so it can often be found on the fringes, the outskirts of roads, and also on meadows and slopes of mountains.

The plant is widely used for medicinal purposes. Raw materials are best harvested during flowering plants. As a rule, the grass of a thousand-centimeter cut at an altitude of 5-10 centimeters from the ground. Dry it, like all other medicinal herbs, outdoors in the shade or in well-ventilated areas, for this you can use lofts. It is also possible to dry the collected grass and in special drying devices, only the temperature in them should not exceed 45 degrees. For 2 years the harvested raw material retains all its medicinal properties.

Healing properties and useful properties

This plant contains flavonoids, alkaloids, essential oil, mucus, bitter glycosides, linoleic and ascorbic acid, resins, sterols, xanthones. Also, the herb of a thousand-thousandths has many carbohydrates in the form of glucose, sucrose and fructose, microelements and vitamins.

Preparations, which include this plant, have antiseptic, choleretic, anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective, wound-healing, hemostatic, and also a mild laxative and analgesic effect. In the grass of the golden-mill bear bitterness, which contribute to the improvement of appetite and digestion processes, and also due to them the secretion of gastric juice is intensified . Another name for this plant is the umbrella gold-mill, it contains the alkanoid gentianina, and therefore it has an antihelminthic effect. Especially effective is the use of drugs containing this herb in the post-operative period, when it is necessary to tone and strengthen the weakened organism.

Use in folk medicine

This plant is widely used in folk, traditional medicine and in homeopathy. The herb of a thousand-thousandth is available as a part of the majority of gastric herbs.

It is used in the presence of the following diseases: anorexia nervosa, flatulence, chronic enterocolitis, nervous exhaustion, some gynecological diseases. It is also effective to use preparations containing this plant in the treatment of spasms of the intestines and stomach, anemia, sinusitis, migraine, skin diseases. Decoctions and tinctures of a thousand-acres help well in diabetes, influenza, edema, malaria, heart and kidney diseases, liver disorders, epilepsy and pulmonary tuberculosis. Together with the field horsetail, bitter wormwood and thyme it effectively helps in the treatment of alcoholism.

Juice grass is used for instillation in the ears, and also taken internally for the treatment of diseases of the liver, stomach and gall bladder. If children have food allergies, it is also recommended to use this plant. Ways to use a variety of, it can be a decoction and tincture, as well as butter and tea, can be consumed inside and externally in the form of grindings or compresses. The herb of a golden-thousand-centner is added to liqueurs and wine, after which they gain a pleasant and unique aroma.