Burdock: useful properties and contraindications to plants

This is a long-term culture that is used inmedical, cosmetic and culinary purposes. It belongs to the family of the Astrological and has other names: burdock and a dogman. This is a strong and powerful plant that blooms with purple prickly flowers in the summer. The leaves of the burdock are pale green, have a heart-shaped shape. The plant has long roots of black and green-brown hues.

Long time folk healers used totreatment of many burdock diseases. Useful properties are the leaves, stems and roots of the doggie. From it they make tinctures, decoctions, make juice, take baths. Burdock in folk medicine occupies a separate niche and is successfully used for the therapy of such diseases:

• hepatitis, cholecystitis;
• gastritis, ulcers;
• colds;
• urolithiasis;
• gout;
• skin;
• female genital organs.

Not only folk medicine, but also modernCosmetology widely uses burdock. Useful properties of plants are used against hair loss, creating a means to strengthen curls. So, the use of juice or butter burdock makes the hair soft, thick and shiny.

Burdock: useful properties of culture

The dog has the following useful qualities:

• diuretic;
• anti-inflammatory;
• diaphoretic;
• laxative.

Burdock contains many useful minerals andvitamins (P, E, C, B, A). The root of thistles is 50% consists of inulin and is a salvation for people with diabetes. In addition, the plant is used for the treatment of oncology, alcohol poisoning and joint diseases.

How and where to apply burdock

Today there are many recipes from burdockfor the treatment of diseases. Before you start using any of these, you should consult a specialist. Let's note the most popular recipes:

1. In case of violations of the gallbladder and livermake tea from the roots of a dogman. To do this, they must be finely chopped and poured with water, insist, boil and strain. They drink this decoction three times a day.
2. With solar and domestic skin burns. To do this, you need to make an ointment from the leaves of the plant, previously welded in water, and butter.
3. With diabetes, rheumatism and chronic gastritis.Take roots burdock, pour water, insist and drink three times a day. This tincture can be used to rinse the oral cavity for colds.
4. With urolithiasis and gout drink freshly squeezed plant juice. It is enough to eat three times a day.
5. With female infertility and menstrual irregularitiescycle. In this case, helps the juice, which is obtained by suppressing the burdock properly. Useful properties of plants are also used for the treatment of mastopathy, imposing the leaves of the dogman on the chest.

When the use of burdock is forbidden

In general, the plant has a beneficial effect onthe human body and copes with a variety of diseases. But still it is necessary to be careful, using leaves, stems and burdock root. Contraindications in the application of plants are as follows:

• with individual intolerance;
• when breastfeeding;
• during pregnancy.

Before using burdock to treat children, you should consult your doctor.