Than the bark of an oak is useful

Do you know what curative properties oak bark has? I am sure that many of you have already made sure that it is simply priceless. Well, and if you suddenly do not know about it, read this article, the information is sure to come in handy for you to get rid of many health problems. But first a little about the plant itself.

Oak - a fairly large, deciduous tree, up to 50 m in height, belongs to the beech family. He lives up to 500 years, and some trees - and up to 2000 years, in diameter reaching 4 meters. The oak has spreading leaves and a powerful root, its bark is smooth, and the old oak trees are fissured, the leaves are oblong, shiny. A tree grows in oak forests and broad-leaved forests.

For medicinal raw materials, in general, the bark of oak is used, which is harvested before the appearance of leaves, during the period of sap flow (when the buds are budding), and it is stored only in bags. Only young trees can be used to collect the bark. Shelf life of such raw materials is 5 years. There is no smell in the dry bark, but if it is soaked in water (especially hot water), the characteristic aroma characteristic of fresh bark will appear. Taste is an astringent. You can prepare raw materials yourself or buy at a pharmacy.

Slavs, ancient Romans and Greeks considered the tree sacred, worshiped him and attributed many miraculous properties. And now this raw material is a popular means of treating all sorts of ailments.

Oak bark: chemical composition

The bark of the mighty tree contains tannic substances, acids, resins, flavonoids, pectins, sugars, fatty oils, ellagic acid, starch, protein substances, levulin, flobafen. Of course, all these and many other components of it did not go unnoticed. Therefore, the bark has found such wide use in folk and official medicine.

From the oak bark they make broths, powder is used as powders, and tincture is used as a medicinal and cosmetic means.

Oak bark: properties, applications and recipes

Oak bark is inherent in astringent, antioxidant, wound-healing and anti-inflammatory properties.

In addition, tannins, contained in the bark, determine the tannin property. So, when applying oak preparations to wounds and mucous membranes, the processes of inflammation are inhibited and pains are reduced. This same property is also successfully used in disorders of the stomach, with the goal of "fixing" the intestine, and also to treat the skin of the head.

Outwardly in the form of rinses, the oak bark is used for the gums, mucous pharynx, throat, mouth and larynx, coping with inflammatory ailments.

Without the help of the bark of oak can not do with burns of varying severity. And if you have a problem with excessive sweating, you will also help the oak cortex.

Apply this remedy in the form of decoction and with rickets, diseases of the spleen and liver, scrofula, stomach or intestinal bleeding, colitis, enterocolitis, dysentery, scurvy, pressure sores, cholera, poisoning with salts of copper and lead or mushrooms.

Oak bark will certainly come to the rescue in cases of diarrhea or profuse menstruation. With success use it with whites in women, and even with an unpleasant odor from the mouth, pharyngitis, gingivitis, stomatitis, tonsillitis and tonsillitis.

With frostbite, sweating of the palms and feet, skin diseases and hemorrhoids baths are recommended with the addition of decoction of the bark. And with inflammation of the eyes impose lotions.

The lotions are also made on burnt surfaces, due to which a film is formed on the burn areas, which prevents penetration of microbes and protects from chemical stimuli, which makes the process of tissue regeneration more rapid. Eczema, burns and ulcers of the lower leg can be treated with compresses with decoction from the bark.

And now your attention would like to present some recipes on the basis of this medicinal raw material.

1. For lubrication bedsores in bed patients make ointment: 2 o'clock oak bark, part of the buds of poplar black, 7 parts of cow's oil. Ingredients put in cast-iron dishes, put in a warm oven for the whole night, in the morning, boil for half an hour the mixture obtained on low heat, filter, squeeze and pour into a jar. After waiting for cooling, treat with ointment affected areas of the skin.

2. When sweating feet make such a bath: a liter of boiling water pour 50 g of oak bark, and as soon as the water cools down, lower it into it for 15-20 minutes. legs. Doing such baths every day, after 10 days you will forget about this problem.

3. Decoction for the control of diarrhea, gastritis, gastric or intestinal bleeding (inside), and also for rinsing with tonsillitis, stomatitis and other problems in the oral cavity: pour 20 g of oak bark with a glass of boiled chilled water and put for half an hour on a water bath, Stirring regularly. After that, the broth is removed and cooled, filtered and taken inside by 100 ml in the morning, at lunchtime and in the evening (or rinse).

4. For the treatment of burns, eczema, hemorrhoids, excessive sweating of legs and hands, various ulcers and wounds, one uses such a decoction: 200 grams of water are poured on 40 g of bark, they are allowed to pour for half an hour, then left for infusion for 2 hours, filtered and used for Baths, enemas or lotions.

5. With gastric bleeding, female diseases with copious monthly, frequent urination, with kidney problems, English sickness, the appearance of blood in the urine and diarrheas inside, take a decoction prepared from 40 g of oak bark per liter of water.

However, preparations from the oak bark have no side effects or contraindications, which is a significant advantage over other medical products and preparations. So boldly use the bark of oak for your health!