Phytotherapy: useful properties of wheat grass

A creeper is a perpetual enemy of gardeners and truck farmers. This cereal plant in the people is still called a dog's tooth or grease. However, the useful properties of wheatgrass are invaluable for herbal medicine. In addition, very few people know that from the dried rhizomes of this plant you can make flour. Useful properties of wheat grass are not limited only to application in folk medicine. Due to the large content in the shoots of the plant sugary compounds, alcohol can be obtained from it. In cooking, it can be added to salads and soups.

Workpiece

The useful properties of wheatgrass directly depend on the correct and timely preparation of raw materials. Rhizomes are the most important part of the plant for folk medicine. Harvest them in autumn. The roots are excavated, freed from the ground part, small roots and soil. The raw material is dried in special dryers at a temperature of no more than 60 ° C. After drying, it is better to tie it in bundles and hang it in a dry dark place or put it on a shelf - so the roots of wheatgrass are better kept. The healing properties with this method of storage are saved much longer. We continue our acquaintance with this medicinal plant.

Composition

Useful properties of wheatgrass are due to the content of such substances in its composition: levulose and triticin, silicic acid, fructose, proteins and polysaccharides, glycides, carotene, vitamin C, vitamins of B group, essential oils, saponins, carbohydrates. The plant is very rich in iron.

Purei creeping: useful properties

This plant has a lot of useful properties. The substances contained in its rhizomes have emollient, expectorant, diuretic, anti-inflammatory, choleretic, diaphoretic, analgesic, tonic, haemostatic, blood-purifying properties, and also give an easy laxative effect.

Application in phytotherapy

Infusions and preparations based on wheatgrass strengthen the vascular walls and give a good effect in various disorders of metabolic processes. They are also recommended for use in urolithiasis and cholelithiasis, cystitis, kidney disease, hemorrhoids, diabetes, gastritis, furunculosis (lotion and bath) and pneumonia.

As an expectorant, wheatgrass is very effective in bronchitis. It is also a tonic and increases blood pressure. The decoction of the plant is good for stomach disorders and diarrhea. Outwardly it is recommended to use it for eczema, diathesis, neurodermatitis and other skin diseases. Infusions of wheatgrass are effective in diseases of the musculoskeletal system: osteochondrosis, polyarthritis, rheumatism. With pulmonary tuberculosis (in addition to the main therapy), a good effect is the ingestion of the broth of rhizomes of the plant on milk. Juice of stems is used to restore vision. When rickets in children they are bathed in a bath with a decoction of wheat grass. Preparations based on it are recommended for women with various disorders of ovarian function.

Application Features

Special contraindications to the use of drugs and infusions of wheatgrass creeping is not available. But when taking large doses, a depressed condition may develop, work capacity decrease, diarrhea may begin. In these cases, the use of decoctions and medicines based on the plant should be discontinued. Prolonged and uncontrolled reception of wild boar infusions can adversely affect the kidneys.