Home "doctor". The healing properties of the lilac

When spring comes to an end and summer begins, it fills all cities with a wonderful aroma. Her flowers of different shades are an indescribable decoration of gardens, parks and squares. Who is she? Of course, we are talking about lilacs. There is an opinion that the one who finds a lilac flower with five petals and eats it will be able to make a wish that will certainly come true.

From beauty to business!

First people cultivated it as an ornament, admiring the unearthly beauty of the plant. However, after a while they realized that the lilac can not only be admired, but also used for medical purposes. Today, the medicinal properties of lilacs are widely used in folk medicine. As medicinal raw materials all its components are used:

• Flowers;

• leaves;

• Kidney;

• bark.

From them prepare broths, infusions, ointments. The products obtained from this plant have different properties:

• Antipyretic;

• Anesthetizing;

• Diaphoretic;

• Diuretic;

• Anti-inflammatory, etc.

Before the "doctor"

It should be noted that the most therapeutic properties of lilacs are manifested in its wound-healing effect, as well as in the treatment of joints. Next, consider a couple of ways how you can use a lilac with the maximum benefit for yourself:

1. Tincture of lilac. Flowers of lilacs are simply wonderful helpers in the treatment of rheumatism, bruises, and also with the deposition of salts in the joints. To make the tincture fill the dry flowers with vodka (the ratio is one to one), then insist for ten days. The resulting means rub the sore spots or make compresses from it.

2. Lilac leaves (always fresh) perfectly heal wounds, especially purulent. Cooking infusion. Two spoons of leaves pour boiling water (200 ml) and bring to a boil. We insist about two hours, after which we filter. The infusion is ready. Dampen the napkin in it and attach it to the wound. Repeat the procedure three times a day until the wound is completely healed. In addition, the leaves can simply be washed in water and applied to the wounds, bandaging them.

Doctors say "no"

Note that traditional medicine opposes the use of lilacs for medicinal purposes. And all because of the fact that it is not sufficiently studied. In addition, if you use it inside in large quantities, then the medicinal properties of lilacs will easily turn into harmful! It becomes toxic, because it contains the glycoside of the syringin. During disintegration, it is capable of releasing a strong poison - cyanide acid.

Categorically prohibited treatment of lilacs:

• With severe kidney or liver disease;

• During pregnancy;

• With individual intolerance.

If you still apply the medicinal properties of lilacs with special fanaticism, they can cause an overdose. Its symptoms are as follows:

• There is a headache;

• Bitterness occurs in the mouth;

• Nausea starts;

• Mucous membranes acquire a bright pink color;

• Breathing becomes difficult;

• Cramps are possible;

• In particularly severe cases (if a large amount of poisonous acid has got into the body), cardiac activity may stop.

In any of these cases, even if you just had a headache and a taste of bitterness appeared in your mouth, immediately call for an ambulance. And it will be even better if you first talk with your doctor about lilac treatment. Be healthy!