Than the chestnut is useful? How to use it?

A horse chestnut plant is often found in large and small cities. It pleases the eye during flowering, fills the air with a wonderful fragrance. But not many know what a chestnut is useful for. It turns out that it is often used both in folk medicine and in the production of medicines and cosmetics.

Chestnut horse. Beneficial features

Chestnut seeds are brown glossy nuts, in high concentration they contain such minerals as potassium, calcium, zinc, iodine, as well as some vitamins, oils and tannins. There are a lot of pectins, flavonoids and carotenoids in the leaves.

On the basis of this plant, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and anesthetic preparations are made. Useful horse chestnut substances can dilute blood, prevent thrombosis, improve blood flow.

In cosmetology, the components that make up this plant, take care of the problem skin, playing the role of antiseptic. And lymphatic drainage qualities of chestnut are good in the fight against cellulite.

Procurement of raw materials

Traditional medicine knows many recipes using the medicinal properties of plants. How can we preserve what the chestnut is useful? It is advisable to prepare ingredients for these recipes in May, when there is an active movement of the juice in the plant.

Flowers are separated from the inflorescence and laid flat on the surface, leaving in the sun for one day. In the future, complete drying of the product should take place in a well-ventilated area. Leaves without petioles are dried in the same way. If everything is done correctly, it does not lose its original color and does not break on the bend. Young branches (3-4 years old) are used for harvesting bark. The ground raw material is dried under a canopy. The seeds of the plant, which have fallen alone, retain their useful qualities throughout the year.

Application

How can the most effective use of what is useful horse chestnut? Massage with fruit of reflex points reduces pain in rheumatism. It is enough to compress them periodically in the hand. And if you press the chestnut, attached to the chest between the nipples, you can get rid of the beginning cough.

Vodka tincture from the seeds of the plant is used as rubbing with radiculitis. Grinded chestnuts with the addition of white or blue clay are applied for a couple of hours to problem areas with joint pain and gout.

Flowers can be insisted on vegetable oil and used as rubbing against radiculitis and polyarthritis. And to compress the swollen joints after the dislocation of compresses from the hot broth of buds - that's what a chestnut is useful for.

Baths from the decoction of the plant are beneficial for osteochondrosis, neuralgic diseases, nerve block syndrome , skin itching. Poultices based on fresh or dry leaves help with skin dermatitis.

Contraindications

Much than a chestnut is useful, but there are still reasons why taking this medication can cause harm. If drugs made on its basis are used inside, it is necessary to monitor blood pressure and take a blood test to the level of prothrombin. It is necessary to refuse such means at pregnancy and during a lactemia, if the menstrual cycle is broken, and also at a gastritis. In addition, with kidney and liver diseases, chestnut treatment is performed only under special medical supervision.