Wormwood tree - God's tree

Wormwood, tree-like, or in a different way, a tree of wood, is a semi-shrub plant and reaches a height of 30 to 150 cm. It has a pleasant balsamic odor, especially if this plant is ripped off in dry sunny weather or grinded in its hands dried twigs. Straight branched stems from below rivet, and at the older age they become whitish. The bluish-green leaves on the back are fluffy, grayish in color. Wormwood tree-like God-tree blooms in August and it can be easily found on dry hills or ditches of ditches, cemeteries or roads, abandoned rural yards or on the border.

Spread

God's tree is common on deposits, solonetsous meadows, in deserts. It is easy to meet on the rubble slopes and river valleys of the European part of Russia, the Western part of Siberia, the Caucasus and Central Asia.

Medicinal properties

As a medicinal raw material, the upper part is used. Gather it during flowering. The branches are pinched, tied in bundles, and then dried, suspended or in the form of bouquets.

Wormwood tree-like tree is widely used as a medicinal product. Oil from wormwood is an integral part of the preparation "Atermisol", which has an antispasmodic effect. It can dramatically increase the solubility of salts in the urine, and also promotes excretion of sand and urinary stones. In addition, this drug is used in the treatment of nephrolithiasis, as well as with increased acidity of gastric juice and gastritis.

As a diuretic , the herb infusion is used, and the essential oil has good laxative properties.

For a long time in folk medicine the God-tree was used for preparation of alcohol tincture in a ratio of 2.5: 10, and then applied with radiculite for rubbing. Infusion of herbs helps with epilepsy, with violations of the menstrual cycle and as an anthelmintic.

But this folk medicine has not stopped. God's tree also cures colds, toothache, gastrointestinal, rheumatic, infectious and many other diseases. Tea or napar is taken internally. It is prepared in the following ratio: 1 tablespoon chopped wormwood for a glass of boiling water and is consumed per day for 2-3 glasses.

Also, wormwood is used in mixtures with other medicinal plants. For example, with a medicinal bulb in sciatica or with rue in kidney diseases, including stones.

Wormwood is considered an antispasmodic and analgesic. The plant is steamed with boiling water, and then they impose abscesses on it, which accelerates their maturation. This remedy is recommended in people with inflammation of the breast. A water extract using wormwood is used for poultices, compresses, washes and lotions. For the same purpose, a homogeneous mass of fresh mashed plant (inflorescence and leaves) is used.

In the people this plant is appreciated especially, the name itself speaks about it. The mind comes, another similar name - a ladybug. Trees, grasses, insects, which bring benefits to man, have always been held in high esteem, they are treated with care now.