Root of the Liver: medical properties and contraindications

Many medicinal plants have received very capacious and accurate folk names that fully disclose their main beneficial properties. One of them is a live-eye. This remarkable natural healer heals with injuries and diseases of the spine, bruises, arthritis, helps to grow bones even in the most complex fractures. In some regions this plant is called a comfrey.

A bit of history

The root of the liveboy, the photo of which you can see below, is known to folk healers of different countries since ancient times. Documentary evidence of this has been preserved. More than two millennia ago, the ancient Greeks used the root of the fiction. The healing properties of the plant proved to be effective for the healing of wounds, in the treatment of fractures.

The second name of the plant - comfrey - translates as "growing together" and indicates the main healing properties of this herb. It is mentioned in the treatise of Avicenna, which dates back to the 15th century. In the Middle Ages, alchemists added the root of this plant to the "elixir of life".

In Ancient Rus this plant had many names - kozloborodnik, black grass, a life-lover. The root in folk medicine has been widely used for the treatment of pain in the joints and back, bruises, sprains and fractures. In Soviet times, the industrial cultivation of the life-giving was started. Scientists have found out that the plant is very rich in protein. It was planned to be used as feed for livestock and nitrogen fertilizer.

Spread

Larkshore (comfrey) is widespread in Europe, the Carpathians, Central Russia, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Western Siberia. Prefers fertile moist soils, so it can often be found near rivers, streams, lakes. He likes to settle near natural or artificial depressions of the soil, ditches (trenches), for which he received the second name - comfrey.

Description of the liveboy

A perennial plant from the family Burachnikov sometimes reaches a height of one meter, and sometimes more. At the base the stalk is covered with hard hairs. Leaves are regular, with an unusual cucumber smell. They have a hard and rough surface. The root of an adult plant is powerful, outside it is painted black, and inside - in white. On the fracture, a viscous mucus is secreted.

Flowering begins in late May. On the plant appear beautiful purple, blue, violet, much less often white flowers. The fruit is a pod with four nuts, which mature until September. The plant perfectly multiplies itself by self-seeding, and, being on an infield, quickly recovers new areas. With the root to remove it is incredibly difficult. Even from a tiny piece of root left in the ground, a healthy and strong plant will appear next year.

Composition

The root of the fool is rich in useful substances. It contains alkaloids: lysicarpine and cynoglossin. In addition, it includes tannins, glycosides, essential oils, resins, mucus, gums and other organic compounds.

Healing properties

Procurement of raw materials is carried out in late autumn. The root of the livid is used for the preparation of all medicinal forms: decoctions, infusions, ointments. They all have anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, regenerating, hemostatic, enveloping and astringent effects.

In addition, the live-eye (root) whose application is common in many countries of the world, increases tone and improves appetite. Preparations based on this plant are effective in gastric ulcer diseases, digestive disorders. The use of infusions is recommended to reduce the symptoms of soreness and inflammation in cancer.

The root of the fisheye is taken internally for tuberculosis, severe bronchitis. Liver is irreplaceable in the treatment of fractures, bruises, thrombophlebitis. With these diseases, a gruel is prepared from fresh roots and a compress is applied to the affected area. In addition, comfrey drugs are successfully used to treat trophic ulcers, inflammatory diseases of the oral mucosa, purulent wounds, arthritis.

Features of use

Liver is an excellent healer who can cope with many very serious diseases. But to everyone who plans to use the root of the life-giving for treatment, it is necessary to know that this is a very poisonous plant. For this reason, in many countries its use is prohibited in traditional medicine. This decision was due to the conclusion of scientists who felt that long-term use of drugs based on the root of this plant is harmful, since it can cause a mutagenic and carcinogenic effect.

Many of their colleagues do not agree with this opinion. While scientists argue, folk healers successfully use the plant to treat many diseases. Below we will introduce you some recipes.

Compress

You will need 100 grams of powder from the root of the lively and vegetable oil, diluted with water in equal proportions. Pour the powder with a small amount of water-oil mixture to make a gruel, a consistency resembling thick sour cream. To restore damaged in the trauma parts of bones, muscles, tendons, this gruel is used.

In addition, such a composition is effective in hemorrhage, stretching, dislocation, inflammation of the tendons and muscles. Apply the prepared gruel to the diseased part of the body, cover it with a linen cloth, and put a thick terry towel on top. This compress is left for several hours, it is better for the whole night. In the morning, the composition can be washed off with warm water. To enhance the effect after the compress, you can apply a ready (pharmacy) ointment on the herbs. Such daily compresses will help with diseases of the spine, problems with intervertebral discs.

Burns with burns

To burn the skin faster after the burn, take the roots of the feline, chop it with a blender and measure a tablespoon (with a slide) of the finished product. Brew it with a glass of boiling water, cover the container with a lid and let it brew for an hour. After this, the composition can be filtered and make lotions on the affected areas.

Root of the lance: alcohol tincture

The healing properties of this drug have already been evaluated by many people suffering from joint diseases. In this case, the root of the living-creature fully justifies its name. The use of this tincture (for inflammation) for joints, to reduce pain in osteochondrosis, arthritis produces striking results.

Grind the root of the lifeblood. It can be ground in a mortar to a powdery state. You need a medical alcohol, half diluted with water. Pour one part of the root with three parts of alcohol and place in a glass container. Leave the tincture in a dark place for a week. Periodically shake the bottle. The prepared tincture on alcohol is stored for no more than three years. To reduce pain, use tincture for compresses or rub in sore spots.

This tincture is effective in the treatment of sinusitis. To do this, for three days in the evening make compresses on the forehead. This procedure will localize the inflammatory process and enhance mucus secretion.

Honey mixture with a fisheye

This drug is known as an effective anti-tuberculosis drug. In addition, such a composition is useful in the deposition of salts. Peeled and washed under running water, chop and mix in equal proportions with natural honey. The resulting mixture is taken on a teaspoonful (tea) daily for half an hour before meals for two weeks. Then the treatment is interrupted for two weeks, after which the course can be repeated.

Contraindications

Since today we have presented you with a medicinal but poisonous plant, we want to warn that there is no question of self-medication with these drugs. Take them with great caution and preferably under the supervision of a doctor. Drinking comfrey greatly reduces blood pressure, so hypotension use of these drugs is contraindicated. Do not take them to pregnant women and nursing mothers, as well as with individual intolerance.