Unobtrusive and unpretentious plant, finding itselfshelter near ditches and swamps, does not attract the look of a passer-by, but in vain! Kolgan, which in botany is called the erect spot, was used to make medicines, probably back in those days when the magicians and druids appeared as doctors. The most valuable part of this plant is its rhizome.
What kind of properties does the cobbler have?When ingested, the Kolgan root stops convulsions and bleeding, removes inflammation in the intestines and stomach, relieves pain. And if you insist on goat's milk, you can get a mild diuretic.
Kolganovy root, used externally, healsmany skin diseases, burns and frostbite, helps with hemorrhoids, heals wounds. Rinsing the throat with a decoction copes remarkably with sore throat and stomatitis, and the powder from the ground rhizome gently and quickly stops diarrhea.
Most often in the treatment of decoction, forwhose dried kolganic root in the amount of 50 g is poured with boiling water (half a liter) and boiled for half an hour on a small fire. The evaporated water is filled up with boiled water to make up the original volume. This broth is drunk with internal inflammation and bleeding of different origins.
For the treatment of the throat or oral cavity in the case ofangina, stomatitis and problems with the gums, the broth is prepared differently: 2 tablespoons of the sliced root is boiled for 20 minutes in half a liter of water, the hour is insisted and filtered. Rinses are done up to eight times a day.
Fresh kolganic root is used for cookingointments. The rhizomes for the ointment should be crushed, added to a melted butter (about 150 g), which is boiled after rooting for 5 minutes. Even warm the obtained oil is filtered and used in the treatment of weather-beaten lips and cracks in the skin.
There is still one more "potion" in which thekolganov root - tincture. It is very helpful in treating pulmonary diseases, with kidney and liver problems. The easiest way to make tincture is 200 grams of rhizome for half a liter of vodka (3 weeks insist in the dark, take in amounts of 40 drops to 2 tablespoons). By the way, if the medicine is needed urgently, the roots can be finely chopped, then the period of infusion will be reduced to two or three days.
But if you want to cure cirrhosis, tinctureIt is made on 5 g of roots and 25 g of grass (dried and crushed), which in 600 g of boiling water for half an hour are drawn into a water bath. After the subsequent filtering, such a drug is drunk quarter or half glass three times a day for two hours before meals. And so a half month. Treatment must be accompanied by an appropriate diet.
Restrictions on the use of such a useful plant are few: constipation, tendency to alcoholism, age up to 12 years, time of pregnancy and feeding, and, as always, individual immunity.
Interesting observation:ginger is similar to colgane root. The photo of the first is similar to the photo of the second. As ginger has many useful qualities, so the root of the colgan can be indispensable in the treatment of certain diseases.
