Fern: useful properties. Application in folk medicine

Since ancient times many nations have firmly believed that in the middle of summer, on the night of Ivan Kupala, the fern dissolves a flower of unprecedented beauty, to which miraculous properties were attributed.

Description of the fern

It is a herbaceous perennial plant, whose height is from 30 to 100 cm. It has a brown and thick rhizome with a large number of appendages that resemble filaments. The fern stem is under the ground. In May, young leaves (vayi) appear, at first they look very much like snails, and in time they unfold and become like hooks. Rakhis is a leaf petiole. The fern reproduces by spores, so it can not have any flowers in principle.

Properties of fern-fern are well known to people. The thing is that he is one of the most ancient plants on Earth. The fern leaf is scaly, pinnately complex. In the fall, sporangia appear on them, from which later spores are spilled out.

Spread

Fern, useful properties of which use folk healers, grows around the world. It can be found in the northern countries (Norway and Finland), it feels fine also in hot Mexico or Central Asia. Even in some Arctic regions it is possible to meet him in the summer. In Russia, the fern grows everywhere: from the Kola Peninsula to Siberia. Most often it occurs in forests, preferring spruce, fir, beech and mixed massifs.

Composition

The root of the fern contains starch, alkaloids, eagle-tannic hydrocyanic acid, essential oils, tannins, flavonoids, fat. Young shoots are saturated with vitamins, tocopherol, riboflavin, carotene, and nicotinic acid.

Fern: useful properties, application

In the fern-eagle contains protein, which in its composition and properties is close to the indicators of this valuable substance in cereals. It is easily absorbed by the human body. Fern is included in the diet of taiga farmers in the Far East and the inhabitants of Korea and Japan. Its use in food contributes to the proper formation of the skeleton, normalizes the metabolism, normalizes the nervous system, increases the efficiency of the person, removes radionuclides from the body, improves the endocrine system.

Some peoples of the world use fern in cooking. From young leaves and shoots prepare salads, and petioles fry, boil, salt and marinate for the winter. They are an excellent seasoning for meat and resemble mushrooms to taste.

Modern researchers do not cease to be surprised by the healing properties of the root of the plant: it contains many unique components that help to remove toxins from the human body and purify it. When skin diseases are quite effective fern. The use of drugs based on the root gives a positive effect in the treatment of long-healing wounds, eczema, rheumatism, chronic constipation, relieves headaches. In addition, recent studies have shown that such drugs improve the state of the cardiovascular system (but with some heart diseases they are contraindicated, so a doctor's consultation is necessary).

Healing properties

Basically, preparations based on ferns are aimed at fighting intestinal parasites. The curative properties of the fern in the fight against this disease are explained by its chemical composition. It contains substances that paralyze the musculature of tapeworms.

Folk healers use aqueous infusion of fern roots to treat seizures, rheumatism. Infusion with these diseases is applied externally.

Harvesting of roots

Fern in folk medicine is most often used as infusions from the roots of a plant. They are collected in September and October. Thoroughly clean from the ground, remove the scaly leaf of the fern and small roots. Dry the raw materials, as a rule, in furnaces or in premises with good ventilation. Store them in a sealed container. Stored raw materials can not be more than one year. The roots that are inside are browned, you can not use them for making medicines.

Fern: cooking recipes

In order to prepare the decoction of the roots of the fern, it is necessary to take 10 g of dried and well-ground raw material, pour it with a glass (200 ml) of boiling water. The formulation is boiled until the volume is reduced by a factor of two. Take it with honey for 1 teaspoon. You can mix it with flour, divide the resulting mass into 10 equal parts and take it inside. However, you need to know that you can only be prescribed by a doctor. It is impossible to take such medications independently. This is a very powerful remedy for fighting intestinal parasites.

It should be remembered that after taking it you should definitely take a laxative (saline) and make several cleansing enemas. Another laxative use is not recommended, so as not to cause the absorption of this agent into the blood.

External application

Fern, useful properties of which are very versatile, can be used for external use: baths, wipes. Take 50 g of dry root (or 100 g fresh), boil it for 2-3 hours in two liters of water under a closed lid. Add the composition to a cool bath (+ 27-32 degrees).

In Russia, a thick extract from the root of the fern is allowed. It is used for infection with a pig, bovine or dwarf chain. This is a quick-acting drug, therefore, after 30 minutes, you must take a laxative to remove the parasites from the intestine.

For this, a folk remedy is used, the basis of which is the fern. Recipes cooking potions from this plant are simple, but you should strictly follow the dosage. Prepare powder (60 g) from the dry root of the fern. Divide it into 30 parts. Powder and castor oil take under the scheme:

1 day. During the day, take only liquid food. At night, take 2 tablespoons of castor oil.

2 day. Every 2 minutes for an hour on an empty stomach take 1 part of the powder mixed with 2 ml of the ether root tincture. Food should not be taken for 6 hours, then take a laxative.

Contraindications

Remember that the fern extract is the strongest poison, therefore all preparations based on it must be used only for the intended purpose and under the supervision of physicians. They are categorically contraindicated to people with chronic liver diseases, with ulcer of the duodenum and stomach, fever, tuberculosis, anemia. In addition, they can not be given to children under 2 years.

Overdose can cause nausea, vomiting, convulsions, severe headache, a sharp decrease in blood pressure, dizziness, weakened cardiac activity, respiratory depression and even death.

It is strictly forbidden to use fern during pregnancy. In case of an overdose, it is necessary to urgently clean the stomach, take a laxative and immediately seek help from a medical institution.

Fern, useful properties of which can help with quite serious diseases, can be very dangerous with uncontrolled intake and non-compliance with dosage.