Plantain (popularly “rannik”, “cuticle”) is one of the medicinal herbs used in combination with natural honey. Both ingredients in this home remedy enhance each other’s benefits.
Treatment with plantain with honey is effective for coughs and so-called colds, for stomach diseases, as well as for skin disorders (wounds, cuts).
The content of the article
- 1 Why weed is useful
- 2 Противопоказания
- 3 Recipes
- 3.1 How to moisturize your face
- 3.2 Anti-aging skin
- 3.3 For coughs and colds
- 3.3.1 The second option
- 3.4 With pharyngitis and chronic bronchitis
- 3.4.1 For dry cough – recipe number 2
- 3.5 With gastritis, ulcers, colitis
Why weed is useful
Plantain is a typical weed that grows most often on paths and along dirt roads. Since ancient times, its wide leaves have been used as a “bandage” for skin injuries. The herb well stops minor bleeding, relieves acute pain, and promotes the healing of the epidermis.
In the wild, woodworm is found in the steppes, in meadows, near agricultural fields. It also grows in large cities, but it is undesirable to use urban specimens for treatment due to the accumulation of harmful substances in the leaves.
For townspeople, the best way out is to visit a pharmacy, where the plant can be purchased dry or in the form of a ready-made extract. And the villagers and avid summer residents may well collect the plantain on their own.
The plant sap contains:
- trace elements (among which zinc, magnesium, iron, potassium, calcium are in the lead);
- vitamins (most of all ascorbic acid, vitamin K);
- flavonoids;
- saponins;
- tannins.
His beneficial featuresfamous for folk and traditional medicine:
- antitumor effect;
- lowering blood pressure;
- giving the vessels elasticity;
- dilution of phlegm in the bronchi and lungs;
- normalization of blood composition and lowering cholesterol levels;
- enveloping and calming effect on the intestinal mucosa, stomach;
- removal of spasms, acute pain in the gastrointestinal tract;
- regenerating and hemostatic effect;
- strengthening the immune system;
- detrimental effect on viruses, bacteria, fungi.
Traditionally, a mixture of juice with honey is used externally for trophic ulcers, pustules on the skin, and acne. Inside – for bronchitis, pneumonia, dysentery, cystitis, pyelonephritis, gastritis and other problems with the stomach, intestines.
Противопоказания
A mixture of plantain with natural honey is a medicinal food supplement with a pronounced biological activity.
She has her own contraindications:
- food intolerance to one of the components, more often honey;
- age up to a year;
- pregnancy and lactation (due to the risk of allergies in the child);
- diabetes mellitus (use is possible, but with the permission of a doctor and under the control of blood sugar);
- increased acidity of gastric juice;
- exacerbation of chronic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and excretory system;
- increased blood clotting, as well as varicose veins, the presence of blood clots.
To read:
How to recognize and treat honey allergies
Recipes
Before using the mixture inside, be sure to consult with your doctor.! Perhaps you have contraindications or other reasons not to take this folk remedy.
How to moisturize your face
It is taken:
- two large fresh leaves of the plant;
- 3 tablespoons of water;
- 3 tablespoons of honey product liquid or melted at 40 degrees.
The leaves are pre-ground in a mortar, put the rest of the ingredients and mix. The finished mass should resemble sour cream.
The mask is applied to a clean face for 15-20 minutes. Wash off with warm water without detergents.
Anti-aging skin
It is taken:
- 100 milliliters of boiling water;
- three to four fresh leaves of the plant;
- one egg yolk;
- a tablespoon of liquid honey product;
- a tablespoon of cream.
Leaves chopped with a knife must be poured with boiling water and insisted for half an hour. Then add all of the above components of the mask to 20 milliliters of infusion. Stir, apply on face for 20-30 minutes, then rinse with warm water without soap.
The product is suitable for all skin types, including oily and combination.
For coughs and colds
It is taken:
- a tablespoon of fresh crushed or dry leaves;
- glass of water.
The water is brought to a boil over low heat, then the broth is removed and insisted for several hours. After cooling down, 200-250 ml of the medicine is put in a tablespoon of the honey product.
Drink with a cough and low temperature, 0,5-1 teaspoon every 1,5-2 hours.
The second option
Pour crushed fresh leaves with granulated sugar (by eye), place them in an enamel bowl with a lid and leave for 1-1,5 months in a dark place in the cold.
A very thick, viscous juice will gradually emerge. With this extract, cough is also treated – a teaspoon three to four times a day.
With pharyngitis and chronic bronchitis
It is taken:
- one part of the sap of the plant;
- one part store-bought vodka.
Insist in a cool dark place for five to seven days. Store in the refrigerator, taken with natural honey in a one-to-one ratio (for example, a teaspoon of tincture per teaspoon without top honey product in liquid form).
With a strong cough with difficult sputum discharge, drink a teaspoon of the mixture 3-5 times a day before meals.
For dry cough – recipe number 2
It is taken:
- 3-4 large leaves of the plant;
- 250 milliliters of boiling water;
- 3,5 tablespoons of honey product.
The leaves are ground in a mortar, poured with boiling water, brought to a boil. Insist 2-3 hours, filter and mix warm with honey.
Take when coughing during infectious and inflammatory diseases of the respiratory tract, a teaspoon every 2-3 hours. Children from two years old can be given half a teaspoon.
The tool relieves inflammation, destroys bacteria, dilutes phlegm, and promotes its discharge. In terms of medicinal characteristics, it is comparable to the pharmacy syrup from Dr. Theiss.
With gastritis, ulcers, colitis
It is taken:
- one part fresh juice;
- one part of liquid honey product.
The product is kept in a water bath at 40 degrees for 15-20 minutes. Take 15 milliliters three times a day one hour before meals.
Attention! This home remedy should not be taken for gastritis with high acidity of gastric juice..
Note: You can prepare the extract yourself during the summer when the herb is in bloom. To do this, rub the washed leaves in a mortar with a pestle, squeeze the juice with gauze. Pour it into a dark glass bottle and store it in the refrigerator for the entire cold season, using one of the recipes above to prepare the medicine. When vodka is added in a one-to-one ratio, the shelf life is noticeably increased.
