Adams root - grassy winding lianafamily of pumpkin. In the wild, it grows in the southern regions of Russia, Ukraine, Asia and Western Europe. In the Caucasus, in Abkhazia, Georgia and in the Crimea, this wonderful plant is very well - Adam's root. The use in folk medicine for medicinal purposes found its thick tapeworm rod tuber, dark brown outside.
If the "snake root" (one of the plant names)cut, you can see the juicy, yellowish-white content. The "fleshy" texture of the Adam's root is smeared like butter. The length of the tuber sometimes reaches 1 m, and the mass - up to 5-6 kg! Stems, ranging in size from two to four meters, are studded with spines, five-pointed rough leaves, umbellate flowers of pale yellow shade and black, spherical fruits are poisonous and forbidden to use. Blossoms adam root in late spring (April to June), its fruits - bright red juicy berries - acquire a dense black color by the end of summer (in July-August). The root of Adam was labeled folk medicine by a multitude of names: "fire root", "white transgression", "lehshura", "inaccessible", "white bryony" or "serpent grass".
"Hall-root" or "paralyzed grass", "povitel" in the pharmacy can be found under the name "Tamus root" (Tamus Communis) ".
"Burning Healer", or Useful Properties of the Fire Root
Despite the fact that the tamus is ordinary or adamicthe root is considered not fully studied by the plant, it contains many useful substances: alkaloids, steroids, glycosides and saponins, fatty and aromatic oils, carotenoids (lycopene and lipoxanthine), nitrogen compounds, coumarins and resins, phytosterols, polysaccharides and amino acids, brinol, oxalic, formic acid and tannins.
Thanks to a wide range of vitalelements that are part of the Adam's root, it has a strong anti-inflammatory and hemostatic, antimicrobial and antispasmodic, regenerating and toning, antitumor, expectorant and diuretic action. Also, a decoction or tincture of white bryony from diabetes mellitus or hypertension is good - a gentle decrease in pressure or a decrease in blood sugar concentration significantly improves the condition of the patients. With external application of the fire root, they note a significant reduction in pain and inflammation due to the heating effect due to the stimulation of skin receptors, the harmonization of mineral metabolism in bone tissue and joints (the crunch decreases), as well as the acceleration of regeneration processes of the skin and cartilaginous tissue.
Scope of lehshura or adamic root
Many diseases were subject to folkhealers, when they used root for the treatment of adam. The use of non-adherence in folk medicine today is connected with centuries of experience and modern research of a unique plant. To take the tincture of the Adam's root inside the healers are recommended for various diseases: stomach and duodenum, bronchitis and pleurisy, thrombophlebitis and varicose veins, bladder diseases, strokes, problems with erectile dysfunction (in men), oncogynecology - ovarian cysts and inflammation of the appendages, endometrial hyperplasia (among women). A high effect of external application of funds based on the Adam's root is noted in rheumatism and polyarthritis, radiculitis and osteochondrosis, gout, sciatica, trophic ulcers, pigment spots, eczema and traumatic injuries of joints (dislocations, fractures or sprains).
Methods of making products with the Adam's root
For the preparation of broths, tinctures, ointments,poultices and lotions or powder can be purchased at the pharmacy dry crushed tamus, or adam root. The use of White's shift in folk medicine is also associated with the independent harvesting of raw materials in the autumn period.
Gently digging it out of calc-stonysoil, cleaned of soil, cut into thin plates and dried in a shade or in a well-ventilated room. When harvesting a root, people need to protect their body with dense clothing to avoid burns. Do not allow children to taste poisonous berries or touch burning leaves. When ingested adam root causes symptoms of poisoning. In the refrigerator, the fresh root of the inadequate is stored in the lower compartment. Rub the tamus exclusively on a plastic grater, and cut it with knives from stainless steel or ceramic. Insist the fire root in a container of dark glass or wrap the containers with foil, since sunlight is disastrous for many medicinal properties of the root.
External application of thamus
For local anesthesia, you can makethe poultice: dry chemical raw material to be boiled, wrapped with gauze and applied to a problem site (bruise, healed fracture or inflamed joint). Eczema, dermatitis and warts are treated with a mixture of tincture transient and boric acid until the healing of affected areas.
Hall root powder can also be used externally as a powder for the treatment of abscesses, trophic ulcers, wet diathesis, pigment spots and warts.
Treatment of the fire root with the intake of tinctures and broths inside
For the treatment of bronchial asthma, pleurisy orbronchitis it is advisable to prepare a tincture of the Adam's root, mixing it with honey (if there is no allergy to the bee product) and butter. Decoctions treat gastric diseases (gastritis and ulcerative lesions of the gastrointestinal tract), as well as violations of intestinal peristalsis (constipation). Tinctures and broths are recognized by folk healers for the treatment of gynecological problems (thrush, inflammation of the uterus and ovaries and other diseases) in women, as well as prostatitis and the effects of testicular inflammation in men.
Adams root: application in folk medicine for joints as an excellent anti-inflammatory and anesthetic agent
Lepshura has long been recognized as an effective tool infight against rheumatism, osteochondrosis, radiculitis, polyarthritis, deforming arthrosis and other joint diseases. Its action is considered akin to acupuncture.
Adam's root, application in folk medicinewhich is justified by centuries of experience, deeply warms tissues, acts locally on nerve endings, causing an anti-inflammatory, analgesic effect. For the preparation of alcohol tincture from the fire root, it is necessary to crush 200 g of fresh tuber, place it in a darkened glass container and cover 0.5 liters of quality vodka or alcohol diluted to 40 degrees. It is necessary to insist the remedy within a half to two weeks in a place closed from sunlight, after which they can handle areas of problem joints. This tincture "Adam's root" application finds extensive, but is used only externally. She rubs her back and aching joints before going to sleep. After processing the problem areas they must be insulated, wrapped in a woolen scarf. An analgesic lotion is obtained by filling 60 grams of crushed Adam's root with 200 ml of boiling water and insisting for about 5 minutes. Then the healing gruel is wrapped in bandage or gauze and applied to the sore spot until it cools completely. Thus, you can get rid of 2-3 painful attacks during the day. Ointment with adam root for grinding is prepared by mixing vaseline, vegetable oil or gel (100 g) with 10 g grated tuber. It is stored in the refrigerator, and pre-heated. Affected joints are massaged with applied ointment for 15 minutes, and then covered with a compress for 2-3 hours.
From the dry shredded root floor, you canprepare an alcohol or oil tincture (50 grams of raw material per 500 ml of vodka or vegetable oil), insist for 1.5-2 weeks and use the same as a fresh Adam's root.
A warning
Studying the poisonous plant adam root,application in folk medicine, photo, it is necessary to coordinate its use with the attending physician. The main precept of the home doctor has always been the call: "Do no harm!" It is necessary to be especially careful in handling a rather toxic plant root of Adam. Traditional medicine advises very carefully to apply the prescribed dosage and follow the recommendations of the phytotherapeutist.
