Eucalyptus prutoid: description, photo, distribution, medicinal properties

More and more folk medicine is becoming popular. People sometimes completely abandon the chemicals during treatment, since they believe that the herbs and infusions from them will not cause harm as much as the means received in the laboratory. But is it? Today we will consider eucalyptus rod-shaped. The healing properties of this plant have been known since time immemorial, and it does bring a lot of benefits. But, like everything useful, he has his own contraindications. What is this plant?

Eucalyptus rod-shaped: description

It is a giant tree in dense forests, and small on poor soils of seaside coasts. It reaches a height of 50 meters, evergreen, as we all know the Christmas tree. The bark of the eucalyptus tree is white with a gray tinge, very smooth, but it has bald patches, since with age it sometimes cracked, peels off and disappears.

The young foliage of this tree is opposite, stibble and sessile, broad and narrow-lanceolate. Leaflets up to two centimeters wide, up to ten. The more mature foliage is much larger, it reaches a size of up to 25 centimeters in length and about three in width.

Eucalyptus, a photo of which can be seen in this article, during the flowering period looks quite remarkable. This giant adorns itself with a lot of inflorescences, located with axillary umbrellas, their color can vary from white, to bright yellow and pink, after flowering fruits begin to form. They are ripe, they have the form of four-walled boxes, in which, as in the package, there are seeds.

Eucalyptus rod-like: spreading

This tree grows in the dry forest areas of the Black Sea coast in the Caucasus. It can also be found in the Krasnodar Territory, Georgia, Azerbaijan (Lenkoran district).

In New Zealand, in southern China, in South America and California, there are many cultural plantations of eucalyptus trees and shrubs. In a small amount, this plant is found in Asia, the tropics of Africa and the Mediterranean countries.

In many of the above countries, the imported eucalyptus was rod-shaped. Australia and Tasmania are considered the birthplace of this evergreen giant.

In Russia (Krasnodar Territory) eucalyptus was able to settle down, because it is quite a frost-resistant tree. It can easily transfer prolonged frosts with the air temperature to minus twelve degrees.

Chemical composition of leaves

Eucalyptus rod is famous for its useful properties. Its main active ingredient is essential oil, which in foliage contains up to three percent. The oil contains about eighty percent of cineol, the rest of the substances are pinel, myrthenol and aldehydes (caproic, caprylic, isovaleric).

Also in leaves there is a small amount of esters, resins, tannins, phytoncides, organic acids and bitter substances.

Eucalyptus leaf-shaped leaves are medicinal raw materials. From them, a mixture is prepared, from which medicinal products are subsequently manufactured in the form of resorption tablets, filter bags and tiles for the preparation of infusions, pure essential oils.

Effects on the body

What is so remarkable about eucalyptus rods? In nature, this tree is popular with koalas, this is their main food. Bears never get sick, because they eat eucalyptus foliage daily. People also learned to benefit from the essential oils of this plant. What is it capable of?

1. Effectively fights inflammatory processes.
2. Restores breathing.
3. Gives analgesic effect in muscles and joints.
4. Stimulates the withdrawal of phlegm from the lungs.
5. Cures a runny nose and sore throat, relieves coughing attacks.
6. Helps in the healing of damaged skin tissue.
7. Improves the condition of the skin.
8. Suppresses the progression of gram-negative and gram-positive microorganisms. Effective fights against the harmful effects on the body of various microbes, bacteria and viruses, including influenza, streptococcus, staphylococcus, trichomonads, typhoid bacillus, tuberculosis microbacteria, causative agents of dysentery.
9. Eucalyptus rod-shaped has been recommended as an effective repellent.

Indications for use

Based on the above-described effects, we can safely talk about the indications for use. In what cases and under what diseases will the funds produced on the basis of eucalyptus leaves be useful?

Diseases that affect the throat, nose and ears:

• laryngitis;
• otitis;
• rhinitis;
• Chronic and acute tonsillitis;
• pharyngitis;
• flu;
• ARVI;
• angina.

Means containing essential oils of eucalyptus, tinctures and infusions can be used not only for the complex treatment of an existing disease, but also for prevention.

Diseases affecting the respiratory tract:

• tuberculosis;
• Tracheitis (inflammation of the mucosa of the trachea);
• bronchitis;
• Bronchial asthma;
• Gangrene and abscesses of lung tissue;
• pleurisy.

Fighting inflammation caused by viruses and physical effects:

• Burns or frostbite of tissues;
• Wounds, cuts, abrasions, eczema;
• Herpes (the most common form of the virus can be suppressed by the action of essential oils of eucalyptus, and it can also be used with already manifested inflammation);
• Mastitis purulent ;
• Inflammation of the eyelid margin - blepharitis;
• Furuncle and furunculosis;
• Acute inflammation, which occurs in the sebaceous glands or hair follicles located nearby - carbuncles.

Eucalyptus rod-shaped has a fairly wide range of applications. Its leaves are used to make preparations, decoctions and infusions, aimed at treating a variety of diseases and gynecological problems. Eucalyptus also proved to be a well-known analgesic. It is used to relieve pain in the joints and muscles with radiculitis, rheumatism, arthritis, arthrosis, myositis and neuralgia.

Pharmacodynamics

Antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties of eucalyptus leaves have been marked by mankind many centuries ago. Eucalyptus, whose photo is in our article, is used in pharmacology, and the preparations prepared on the basis of its leaves are distinguished by a gentle sedative characteristic.

Infusions of alcohol and water based on the leaves of eucalyptus have antiviral, antibacterial and antiprosthetic characteristics, have high fungicidal properties. They are used for inhalation and oral administration. Thanks to the above prescribed properties, such drugs can significantly help in withdrawing sputum from the lungs, treating the common cold, including chronic ones.

Oils and alcoholic infusions of eucalyptus treat the damaged skin. They help in healing wounds, prevent inflammation or fight them. Also, oils and tinctures are used to treat various skin diseases, including purulent. Thanks to anesthetic properties, eucalyptus perfectly eliminates burning, itching, relieves redness and swelling of the skin. Its leaves can also be used for cosmetic purposes in the fight against acne, acne, traces from them.

Means made from eucalyptus leaves can become an easy soothing and preventive agent at a low concentration of aromatic oil, its amount should be about 0.3-1.5%. If the eucalyptus is expected to have a curative property to combat a progressive disease, the concentration of aromatic oil should be 2 to 4.5%.

The increased content of natural bitterness and natural oils in eucalyptus rods is able to help in the treatment of the gastrointestinal tract, since it promotes better and more gentle digestion of food.

Use of funds from eucalyptus leaves during pregnancy

Almost all people who use the national recipes for the treatment and prevention of diseases believe that the natural components are not capable of harming and are only good. This judgment is fundamentally wrong. Medicinal herbs are also a medicine, and definitely affect the body, so you can not ignore the advice of a doctor. Eucalyptus is a rod-shaped plant, a little studied plant, and preparations made from its leaves are forbidden for use by pregnant women. If there is no alternative treatment, then it's worth notifying your obstetrician-gynecologist that eucalyptus will be used to eliminate any symptoms of the disease.

It is not necessary to use funds from eucalyptus and breastfeeding. Essential oils of this tree have a pronounced flavor and bitter taste. Once in the milk, they will radically change its taste. The kid can just give up the chest, will be capricious.

Contraindications

As we have already noted, plants are also medicines, and they have a number of contraindications. Eucalyptus is not an exception. Its leaves should not be used if available:

• Individual intolerance of the components that make up the eucalyptus;
• Not recommended inhalation for bronchial asthma, whooping cough, bronchospasm, atrophy of the mucosa of the upper respiratory tract.

Side effects

Since the eucalyptus is rodent-shaped, it is well perceived by the body, only the allergic reactions with such symptoms can occur on the means of its leaves:

• muscle spasms;
• Redness and rash on the skin;
• Swelling, itching;
• hyperemia;
• There may be attacks of nausea and reflex vomiting;
• In rare cases, there is a slight disruption in digestion and intestinal work, there may be bloating, flatulence.

Side effects appear extremely rarely, but before applying eucalyptus, take a sensitivity test, applying a small amount of funds to the intact skin area.

Mode of application

Since funds based on eucalyptus are available in different forms, there are many ways to use them and dosages. The most common procedure is inhalation. It is made according to the following scheme.

One glass of boiling water requires 15 milliliters of infusion from the leaves of eucalyptus or 15 drops of essential oil. Prepare the inhalation solution immediately before use, as the oils can evaporate. The procedures are carried out for treatment for three days 3-4 times a day.