Sawberry, wild strawberry, magpie, field buck, cinquefoil - all these are agrimony, the medicinal properties and contraindications of which have long been known to experienced healers. They used the herb to treat wounds, considered the plant a love potion, dried it and sewed it into clothes.
How it will help
Agrimony prevents the destruction of cartilage tissue and sclerotic changes in capillaries.
Prevents the growth of cancer cells and the formation of blood clots. Relieves inflammation and accelerates tissue healing processes, including after abdominal surgery. Increases immunity and endurance of the body under various loads. Restores the nervous system, improves memory, maintains normal levels of insulin and cholesterol. It cleanses the bronchi, and even chronic bronchitis can be cured with this herb.
In my grandmother’s village, agrimony was considered a love herb, and women often collected the herb to improve relationships with their husbands. As a child, I liked the flowering spikelets of agrimony, but I suffered mercilessly from the ripening achenes. I had to clean my clothes from them, just like from thistles. Grandmother grumbled that I was crawling in the thickets of grass, but fragrant boletus and boletus grew in the grass. The adults did not discourage me from wanting to mushroom hunt, so I walked all the surroundings up and down. While I was looking for mushrooms, I managed to pick up various berries and herbs.
As a child, I didn’t think much about the benefits of agrimony. I liked collecting bouquets from it, although I immediately gave the collected bouquet to some neighbor’s grandmother. And she dried it for treatment. It’s a help to people, and it’s a pleasure for me to give needed gifts.
I have never liked the popular names for agrimony: field male, jack lice, five-leafed plant, sculptor, forty-never-wort, common love spell. Is it possible to call such a beautiful plant such a beautiful plant? My great-grandmother called him a honey doctor and told me good tales about him, and later from my grandmother I learned recipes for treating with this plant. Grandmother prepared agrimony in huge quantities. Dry grass was stored in large pillowcases, because such volumes could not fit into anything else, but the grass quickly sold out. Tumors, female diseases, cholecystitis, hepatitis and joint diseases were treated with agrimony. I have many recipes for treating this herb, so I can only give a few of them.
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Indications for use
Alternative medicine uses agrimony to treat a wide range of diseases. Preparations based on the plant help relieve inflammatory manifestations and are used for the prevention and treatment of various pathological processes. Herbalists recommend agrimony for diseases of the liver, gastrointestinal tract, joints, heart, blood vessels, female, skin pathologies, etc.
Agrimony for women
In folk medicine, the plant is used to stop bleeding in women, with painful menstruation, tumor processes, and erosions. It is also recommended to take it for mastopathy.
The folk remedy helps eliminate unpleasant symptoms, inflammatory manifestations, and pain. The benefit for women is due to its antitumor effect, the ability to reduce benign tumors, preventing their degeneration into malignant neoplasms.
Agrimony for the liver
Alternative medicine recommends the plant for cirrhosis, jaundice, and cholelithiasis. The benefits for the liver are due to its regenerating, anti-inflammatory properties.
Preparations based on agrimony accelerate the restoration of damaged cells, eliminate swelling, and normalize organ functions. The plant helps the liver remove harmful substances, toxins, poisons, waste, improves the fluidity of bile, normalizes its outflow.
Agrimony for weight loss
It is recommended to take agrimony for the purpose of losing weight and effectively cleansing the body. The plant cleanses the body of slagging and harmful substances, improves and normalizes metabolic processes.
Agrimony for gastritis
The benefits for gastritis are due to the ability to restore glandular and muscle tissue and normalize the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract. The plant contains bitterness, they stimulate the formation of bile and gastric juice.
Agrimony for hemorrhoids
Traditional medicine has long used agrimony-based remedies for hemorrhoids. The benefits are due to the ability to stop bleeding, relieve inflammation, pain symptoms, and normalize the functions of the circulatory system.
Agrimony for pancreatitis
In alternative medicine, the remedy is actively used for pancreatitis. Plant substances normalize the functions of the pancreas due to their antiallergic, astringent, tonic, and antispasmodic effects. Agrimony also effectively relieves inflammatory manifestations.
Agrimony for pancreas
Preparations based on agrimony normalize the functions of the pancreas. For maximum recovery from pancreatitis, it is recommended to take the drug for three months.
Other indications:
- ulcer;
- cholecystitis;
- heart and vascular diseases;
- skin diseases - wounds, bruises, rashes;
- pain in the goal, sore throat;
- diabetes;
- rheumatism, radiculitis;
- tuberculosis;
- cough;
- CNS diseases;
- inflammatory processes of various etiologies;
- endocrine disorders;
- pain of various types;
- urological diseases;
- neoplasms;
- internal bleeding.
Depending on the problem to be solved, the product is used for internal or external use.
Joint pain
Two tablespoons of dry crushed agrimony herb are poured into one glass of boiling water, left overnight, filtered and topped up with boiling water to the original volume of liquid. Take one tablespoon of infusion four times a day until the condition improves. After a short break, the treatment can be repeated. With the same infusion, you can make compresses on the disturbing joint, but before the procedure it must be warmed up. If you have a lot of agrimony prepared, then you can add the infusion to the bath prepared for bathing. Baths with agrimony relieve tension, stiffness in the joints and relieve pain even with gout.
Beneficial features
The plant contains substances that have the following effects on the body:
- choleretic;
- diuretic;
- hepatoprotective;
- bactericidal;
- hemostatic;
- anti-inflammatory;
- vasodilator;
- sedative;
- antioxidant;
- pain reliever;
- adaptogenic;
- expectorant;
- enveloping;
- blood purifying;
- hematopoietic;
- mild sedative;
- stimulates lymph flow;
- protects the vascular system;
- relieves pain;
- lowers cholesterol levels, etc.
Plant-based products have a beneficial effect on the general condition of the body, improving its adaptogenic properties and strengthening the immune status.
Tea
I really like agrimony tea.
It gives strength, improves immunity, helps with cystitis and protects during colds. To make tea, I pour two teaspoons of dry crushed agrimony herb with one glass of boiling water, leave for five minutes and strain. I drink one or two glasses of tea a day (in the morning). You can add honey or a little lemon juice to it to taste. Ekaterina Zarudnaya, Arkhangelsk region
Before using our advice, consult your doctor.
Compound
The composition of plant raw materials is quite diverse:
- Essential oils . They normalize the functions of the gastrointestinal tract, restore self-regulation processes, calm the nervous system, and prevent thrombosis.
- Amino acids . They support the functioning of the circulatory system, prevent the development of atherosclerosis, dilate blood vessels, take part in building the muscle frame, and eliminate the harmful effects of stress on the body.
- Vitamin PP . An important component for the health of the circulatory system, prevents vascular pathologies, restores normal metabolism.
- Tannins . They have an antiseptic effect, relieve inflammatory manifestations, are characterized by hemostatic properties, and promote the removal of toxic substances from the body.
- Tanning components . They improve the adaptogenic properties of the body, neutralize adverse environmental phenomena, normalize the permeability of blood vessels and capillaries, and have an antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effect.
- Glycosides . They improve the elasticity of blood vessels, relieve their fragility, dilate, prevent thrombosis, increase appetite, and gastrointestinal peristalsis.
- Flavonoids . They cleanse from waste and toxins, neutralize the effects of free radicals, have a choleretic, antioxidant, hepatoprotective effect, accelerate the healing of damaged tissues, and stimulate the activity of liver cells.
- Saponins . Benefits for the liver, urinary system, bronchi and lungs. They have an expectorant, diuretic effect, strengthen, tone, and reduce blood pressure.
- Organic acids . Normalize the functions of the gastrointestinal tract, improve metabolic functions in the body.
- Slime, gum . They have an enveloping, expectorant effect.
- Monosaccharides . Normalize brain functions and improve its activity.
Use in folk medicine
For medicinal purposes, decoctions and infusions of common agrimony are used. Let's look at the most commonly used recipes for their preparation.
Internal organ cancer
A decoction of the roots of the common agrimony, used for cancer of internal organs. Pour boiling water (250 ml) over the crushed roots of the plant (1 tablespoon), cook in a water bath for thirty minutes. After letting it sit for 10 minutes, strain the mixture. It is recommended to take it one third of a glass three times a day (30 minutes before meals).
If it is not possible to prepare a decoction, use the powder from the roots of the specified plant. It should be taken one third of a teaspoon (1 g) according to a similar scheme, washed down with drinking water.
Intestinal polyps
An infusion of the common agrimony herb used for intestinal polyps. Pour boiling water (500 ml) over the herb (2 tbsp), cook over low heat, let simmer for 5-8 minutes. Remove the mixture from the stove and let it sit for 30 minutes. After straining, consume a third of a glass before meals 3 times a day.
If the polyp is located in the rectum, you should additionally make microenemas from the resulting product.
Dystonia
An infusion of the agrimony herb, used for neurocirculatory dystonia, accompanied by headaches and sympathetic-adrenal crises.
Pour chopped dry grass (2-3 tbsp) into a thermos, pour boiling water (500 ml), leave for several hours. The resulting composition should be drunk three to four times during the day.
Pancreatitis
Infusion of the common agrimony herb, prescribed for the treatment of pancreatitis. Brew the herb (1 tablespoon) with boiling water (250 ml), let it brew for an hour, strain. Take the infusion of a quarter to a third glass three times a day before meals.
Enuresis
Tincture based on the seeds of the common agrimony, used for enuresis. Pour red grape wine (500 ml) over two small seeds, leave for 14 days, strain. You should take the tincture three times a day, 30-40 ml.
Osteochondrosis
Infusion of the common agrimony herb, used for osteochondrosis (including the advanced form of the disease) Pour boiling water (250 ml) over the dry herb of the plant (1-2 tbsp), leave for four hours, strain thoroughly. You should drink it four times a day, a quarter to a half glass, adding a small amount of honey to taste.
Ascites
An infusion of common agrimony flowers, used for ascites. Dry flowers (1 tablespoon) pour boiling water (250 ml), leave for a couple of hours. You need to take a quarter to a third of a glass three times a day.
Gallstone disease and cholecystitis
Agrimony has a stimulating effect on the liver and gall bladder. It is recommended to be used for cholelithiasis and chronic cholecystitis. This plant also has a strengthening, diuretic and hemostatic effect. The agrimony also has another name - an ordinary love spell, which indicates that it was used by healers and witches.
Oral cavity
For the treatment of stomatitis, gingivitis, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, laryngitis, congestion, as well as stones in the kidneys and bladder, gastritis, enterocolitis (with a tendency to diarrhea), prepare an infusion of 3 teaspoons of agrimony in 250 ml of boiling water, infuse in warm place for 2 hours, filter. Take 70 ml 3 times a day 15–20 minutes before meals.
To rinse the mouth for bleeding gums, inflamed tonsils, and laryngitis, it is recommended to prepare a decoction of 100 g of agrimony herb per 1 liter of water. The drug is boiled for 20 minutes over low heat, filtered, and 2 tbsp is added. spoons of honey.
Uterine bleeding
For pulmonary and uterine bleeding, prepare a decoction of 30 g of herb in 350 ml of water, boil until the volume of the liquid is reduced by half, and filter. Take 1 tbsp. spoon every 3 hours.
For pain in the abdomen and chest, rashes in children, prepare an infusion of 20 g of agrimony herb in 1 glass of boiling water, leave for 2 hours, filter, drink a quarter glass 4 times a day.
The common agrimony should not be confused with two other outwardly similar species - the fragrant agrimony and the hairy agrimony. A distinctive feature of the first of them is the presence of glandular hairs on the stem and a powerful branched rhizome. It has no medicinal properties. In the second species, there is no pubescence on the upper side of the leaves, and it is more sparse on the lower side. The fruits of the agrimony have spines converging in a cone. Hairy agrimony is used in the same way as common agrimony.
Collection and preparation
All parts of the plant are harvested for medicinal purposes. The above-ground part is collected during the flowering period, cutting 8-10 cm from the soil surface. The roots are dug up in the fall. Seeds after ripening.
Dry the raw materials in the shade, spreading them in a thin layer, with good air ventilation, not forgetting to turn them over periodically. Store in boxes or bags made of natural material in a room with good air ventilation. Shelf life – 2 years.
Types of agrimony
Agrimony (lat. Agrimónia) is a genus with 18 species, most of which are distributed in the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere. Along with agrimony, the following are used for medicinal purposes:
- hairy burdock (Agrimónia pitosa Ledb.);
- fragrant burdock (Agrimónia odorata Mill.);
- Asian burdock.
Latin name: Agrimónia eupatória L.
Other names: medicinal agrimony, agrimony, pharmacy agrimony, common agrimony, common agrimony, burdock, agrimony, agrimony, love spell, soared zvichaine (Ukrainian), chicken paws (Ukrainian), sour cream (Ukrainian).
Botanical description
Common agrimony is a herbaceous perennial. Height – 60-130 cm. The rhizome is short and thick.
The stem is vertical, straight or slightly branched. The lowermost leaves are scale-like, above which there is a rosette of large leaves, the rest are alternate, evenly distributed along the stem. Shape: intermittently pinnate with oblong lobes with jagged edges. Color: dark green. The stem and leaves are covered with grayish hairs.
The flowers are small, collected in a dense spike-shaped raceme. Yellow color. Length: 10-30 cm. The fruit consists of 1-2 nuts covered with rows of spines.
Agrimony blooms in June-August. The fruits ripen in July-September. Propagated by seeds.
Contraindications
As a rule, the use of agrimony does not cause any complications, but it is not recommended to take it for those patients who have a tendency to constipation, high blood clotting, or individual intolerance to this plant.
You should not take medications prepared from the common agrimony: people with bile duct obstruction, chronic constipation, individuals intolerant to the plant, people prone to thrombosis.
ATTENTION! All recipes are provided for informational purposes only. Before use, consult your doctor!
