Common sour - single or perennial herb or shrub plant, belonging to the family Oleaceae. There is a large variety of varieties of acidic. For the prevailing part of the plants, three-, four-, or five-lobed leaves on elongated cuttings are present; they are folded under mechanical stimulation, protecting from precipitation and scorching sunlight.
Kislitsy has a special tart taste, which appeared due to the high concentration of oxalic acid. Kislitsy flowers can get the most intricate shapes and shades.
The distribution area is spruce forests of Russia, South and Latin America, Africa. In some countries, erroneously, many varieties of Kyslitsy are considered weeds (hornflower).
Chemical composition of acid
The plant has a remarkable volume of vitamins: ascorbic acid (92 mg / 100 g), vitamin K, rutin, flavonoids, phenolic acids and tocopherols. Organic acids were found in the leaves - oxalic, amber, fumaric, tartaric, citric. Their presence is the cause of the sour taste in the leaves.
Did you know? Kislitsa is able to move leaves, very sensitively reacts to touch, than reminds mimosa.
Healing properties Kislitsy
Scientifically proven to increase the ability of acidic gastric subacids, whet the appetite, the plant has diuretic and choleretic properties. However, traditional medicine reveals a wide range of opportunities to benefit from it. He is credited with diuretic, anti-inflammatory, anthelmintic, wound-healing properties, advised to use in the prevention of hypo-and avitaminosis, hyperacid gastritis and anorexia.
Oxygen contributes to the treatment of liver diseases, nephritis, heartburn, is a strengthening agent. Medicinal decoctions of acidic will have a healing effect on scrofula and even stomach cancer, tincture will cope with diarrhea, stomatitis, abscesses, diathesis, metabolic disorders. Their use will have a positive effect on gastrointestinal diseases, helminthic invasions, tonsillitis, gingival suppurations, ulcers, enuresis; the juice will lower the temperature, heal the boils, ease the menstrual pains, as the Bulgarian and Russian healers testify, will strengthen the cardiovascular system. In the Caucasus, the use of leaves as a detoxification for arsenic and mercury poisoning is popular.
Did you know? In addition to the healing effect, tiller can be eaten by adding its leaves to salads, soups, pies. Tea lovers can be recommended to taste the wondrous sour drink.
Collection and storage of medicinal raw materials from acido
The grass and leaves of common oxalite have many useful properties, therefore they are stored as a medicinal raw material during the flowering phase - the period from April to June. The plant is dried under a canopy with good ventilation; special dryers can also be used for this (the temperature should not exceed 45-50 ° C). Dried raw materials are crushed into small layers and saved no more than 1 year suspended in dry rooms or in hermetic paper bags.
Recipes of medicines from acidic medicine in folk medicine
Broth to rinse with angina
Sore throat is a very insidious disease that can catch any person off guard. It is not necessary to immediately run to the pharmacy for medicines. It is well proven decoction of acidic ordinary for gargling. To make it, it takes 2 teaspoons to pour 200 ml of pure water, boil and leave to cook on the stove for 10 minutes. After cooling, strain and add boiling water to restore the primary volume. Take three times daily before meals.
Broth at high temperature
It is known that exhausted immunity worse overcomes leaking into the body infection. The antipyretic properties of Kislitsy allow it to be used for colds and flu. The decoction of the kislitsa at high temperature is simple: 1 tablespoon of herbs pour 180 ml of hot milk and leave in a water bath for 30 minutes. Like a decoction for sore throat, you need to eat for half an hour before meals three times a day.
Tincture for kidney and urinary tract diseases
Unhealthy lifestyles, excessive consumption of fatty foods, smoking, alcohol, hypothermia serve as a source of kidney disease, and E. coli, chlamydia, mycoplasma - urinary tract. Folk medicine prescribes tincture in similar circumstances. Add a tablespoon of dried leaves to 400 ml of hot water, bring to a boil and keep in a water bath in a sealed enamel bowl for about 15 minutes, then strain through a triple layer of gauze. Drink half a glass three times a day with meals. Also use alcohol tincture of acidic, which will cope well with inflammation and liver disease: 50 ml pour 200 ml of vodka, insist about a week and take inside before eating 2 times a day.
Tincture for compresses with rheumatism and bruises
Rheumatism makes itself felt as a consequence of the transfer of streptococcal diseases, such as sore throats, as an allergic reaction or genetic predisposition. Adopt a hare cabbage tincture. Prepare such an alcohol decoction: 50 g of leaves should be poured with 500 ml of vodka, left in a dark place for 10 days, filtered and used for compresses for muscle pain and bruises, they are placed on the affected skin.
Important! Oxygen will be a panacea for stomatitis, only then the ratio of acidic and water should be 1: 1.
Juice with honey for diarrhea and inflammatory processes
Food intoxication, gastroenteritis, permanent stresses, sensitive intestines and oversaturation of the body with antibiotics cause diarrhea. In order to dull the unpleasant sensations, you can resort to sour juice with lemon. Squeeze the juice from the above-ground parts of the sour and mix with honey in a ratio of 1: 1. Take 1 tablespoon several times a day.
Contraindications to the use
In addition to the curative effect, this drug has many contraindications. So, for people with gout, kidney and liver failure, cirrhosis, impaired blood clotting, oxaluria, it is dangerous to eat acidic.
Important! In addition, the rest should not forget that the acid oxides belong to weakly poisonous plants, so it should be taken as prescribed by a doctor.Thus, drawing attention to the gentle fragile plant Kislitsu, its beneficial properties and contraindications, you will find an indispensable tool for improving your health and getting rid of various ailments.
