Hellebore - a perennial plant with a powerful therapeutic potential, which allows it to be used to treat many of the most complicated diseases that are actually not amenable to treatment by traditional methods. This miraculous plant has a positive effect on the state of the cardiovascular system, eliminates bleeding gums, improves the condition of the skin, accelerates hair growth, and besides, the freezer is recently used to cleanse the body and get rid of excess weight. In its natural environment, hellebore is grown on the forest edges, gorges and slopes of the Caucasus Mountains and Adygea.
Composition and therapeutic properties of hellebore
The roots and rhizomes of hellebore contain cardiac glycosides - Korelborin K and Korelborin P, indicated for use in circulatory disorders II - III degree. These cardiac glycosides are characterized by rapid exposure and the ability to retain biological activity for a long time after entering the body. They reduce the heart rate, increase the excitability of the cardiac conduction systems, lower the venous and stabilize blood pressure, improve trophic nutrition and myocardial oxygenation, which allows the plant to be used to treat heart failure, angina, arrhythmias and hypertension.
Did you know? Ancient healers believed that the hellebore has supernatural power. And Hippocrates and Avicenna wrote about his healing properties in their treatises.
In addition, the plant contains steroid saponins, which improve the secretory function of bronchial glands, enhance the synthesis of corticosteroid hormones, irritate cough centers in the brain and relieve inflammation, and this allows the use of hellebore for the treatment of bronchitis, pneumonia, bronchial asthma. The fatty oils that make up the plant have a positive effect on the condition of the skin. They increase the regenerative capacity of the cells of the body and reduce inflammation, which allows the use of hellebore in the treatment of non-healing wounds. In addition, they protect the human body from the negative effects of carcinogenic substances.
As part of the hellebore, there are alkaloids that help to improve blood circulation, reduce the severity of pain and have a stimulating effect in small doses, and in large doses - a depressant effect on the central nervous system of a person. Due to this, hellebore intake has a pronounced sedative, analgesic, hypotensive and hemostatic effect. In addition, the plant contains antraglycosides, which have a slight irritating effect on the intestines, which allows using it as a mild laxative. The hellebore is a real storehouse of vitamins; its roots contain in large doses vitamins E, C and D. 
Thanks to an impressive amount of vitamin C, taking a plant reduces the concentration of uric acid in the blood, stabilizes redox processes, improves cellular respiration, accelerates bone growth, stimulates the adrenal glands, and promotes high-quality removal of compounds that contribute to the development of malignant tumors.
The content of vitamin D allows the use of hellebore for the treatment of fractures, as it improves the absorption of calcium and contributes to its deposition in the bones. Vitamin E, which is part of the hellebore, improves the reproductive system, reduces menopause, regulates protein and RNA biosynthesis, and also prevents thrombosis.
Did you know? The hellebore is a long-lived plant. But he reacts poorly to transplants; if you leave the bushes alone, then in one place they can grow for more than 25 years, becoming every year more beautiful and more magnificent.
The hellebore contains an impressive amount of flavonoids, which allows it to be used for the prevention of heart attacks and strokes, since its use helps to reduce the fragility of blood vessels, normalizes the central nervous system, stabilizes blood pressure and heart rate. Coumarins were also found in the roots of hellebore, which provided the plant with a pronounced antitumor and wound-healing effect. Despite the fact that so far the chemical composition of hellebore has not been fully elucidated, the data obtained are quite enough to assess the powerful healing potential of the plant.
Important! It is not recommended to take hellebore with laxatives: this not only does not speed up the process of losing weight, but can also cause significant harm to the body, since most laxatives remove potassium from the body, which is necessary for the normal functioning of the heart and circulatory system.
Preparations made on the basis of hellebore, normalize metabolic processes in the body, improve the flow of bile from the gallbladder, normalize the work of the digestive tract. They are used in cases where it is necessary to quickly cleanse the body of toxins, improve immunity, soothe an attack of bronchial asthma and prevent the development of cancer cells.
Harvesting and storage of hellebore
For therapeutic purposes, rhizomes of hellebore are used. Preparation of medicinal raw materials is carried out in the early autumn, after the shedding of the seeds of the plant. The ground part is cut off and removed, since it does not represent therapeutic value. Dug roots are thoroughly cleaned from the ground, rotted areas and washed. Large thick roots for uniform drying are cut into pieces no more than 0.5 cm thick. The roots are dried under a canopy in a well ventilated place. Also, the raw materials can be dried in electric dryers at a temperature not exceeding 40 degrees, since otherwise the glycosides contained in the roots of the plant are destroyed.
Did you know? In order for the cut flowers of hellebore to stand in a vase as long as possible, they need to change the water every 2 to 3 days.
Properly dried roots have a brownish outer and light cream color on the break. The roots of hellebore have an unpleasant smell and bitter taste. Store dried raw materials should be in tightly closed glass jars, paper bags or bags of natural material. The roots of the hellebore plant are characterized by long storage and retain its medicinal properties with proper storage for up to three years.
The use of hellebore in medicine
The hellebore has clinically proven medicinal properties, but its reception should be especially careful, as the plant has a number of contraindications. The hellebore is used to treat the thyroid gland, however, to achieve the maximum therapeutic effect, it must be taken in conjunction with the rhizome of the white potentilla and the Japanese Sophora.
On the basis of the plant a variety of medical preparations are made:
- "Leukocetin" (increases the protective functions of the body and stimulates the immune system);
- "Boichil-forte" (a highly effective anesthetic used for joint pain);
- Korelborin K (the strongest cardiac glycoside shown for the treatment of heart failure II - III degree, strengthens the cardiovascular system, increases diuresis, increases blood flow and has a pronounced effect on the central and peripheral nervous system);
- "Gellipol" (a new drug that stops the growth of cancer cells when administered intratumously, and is used as a radiosensitizer during radiation therapy).
In addition, on the basis of medical hellebore, a variety of dietary supplements have been created, which restore the metabolism and cleanse the body of various slags and toxins.
Oncological (cancer) diseases
For many years, radiation and chemotherapy are considered the main methods of treatment of cancer. However, these methods have a strong negative effect on the human body. Today, a whole series of new drugs based on hellebore, whose action is based on the transportation of antitumor substances in the neoplasm itself, which prevents a negative impact on healthy tissue, has been created. The plant contains essential and fatty oils that inhibit the growth of atypical cells. From the roots of hellebore is made the drug "Gellipol", which is intended for intratumoral injection and stops the growth of tumors. Drugs made on the basis of hellebore have a more pronounced antitumor effect than even thistle, mordovnik and celandine.
The hellebore preparations help to cope with the following diseases:
- mastopathy;
- myoma;
- cysts;
- polyps;
- prostate adenoma;
- mammary cancer;
- fibroma.
The hellebore is used to cleanse the body of toxins, eliminate pathogenic flora, increase the body's defenses. A huge plus is the fact that it combines perfectly with other therapies used to treat cancer.
Diseases of the liver and cardiovascular system
Due to the glycoside content, the hellebore improves the cardiovascular system, increases the oxygenation of the heart muscle, normalizes the heart rhythm and enhances the coronary cardiac circulation. On the basis of the hellebore is made a number of drugs used in the treatment of angina, arrhythmias and heart failure. The hellebore improves lipid metabolism in liver cells, cleanses it from toxic substances and improves the functioning of this organ, which has a positive effect on the state of the whole organism.
To cleanse the blood
Substances present in the roots clean the blood of toxins, radionuclides, cholesterol and heavy metal salts, in the process of which a rejuvenating effect is observed, regeneration and metabolic processes are accelerated, wrinkles are smoothed, the skin becomes more elastic, there is lightness in the body, increased vitality and reduced sugar levels in blood.
Immunity stimulation
The systematic use of hellebore increases the body's defenses, strengthens the immune system and reduces the risk of colds.. Especially relevant is the use of hellebore during seasonal epidemics of influenza and ARVI. Reception of hellebore increases stress tolerance of the body and its adaptive abilities, which prevents the development of prostration, increased nervousness and sleep disorders.
Slimming
The use of hellebore for weight loss has been incredibly popular over the past 15 years. Many women have already appreciated all the advantages of using hellebore as a means to reduce weight. The plant normalizes metabolic processes and accelerates the metabolism in the human body, cleans toxins and slags, which causes a soft and safe weight loss. Among other things, the hellebore restores the water-salt balance in the body, which leads to the removal of excess fluid from the tissues and the elimination of edema. When used, hellebore does not sagging of the skin and the appearance of ugly folds. 
The plant has a pronounced rejuvenating effect, thereby increasing turgor and skin elasticity. A huge advantage is that the process of weight loss at the beginning of the use of hellebore proceeds rather slowly and begins with accelerating metabolism, normalizing metabolic processes, cleansing the body of toxins, cholesterol and feces accumulating in the intestine and not allowing it to function normally. Due to this, the weight gradually goes away, but there is no return of extra kilograms when refusing to use the plant.
Contraindications and negative effects
The hellebore is a unique plant, its beneficial properties are priceless, but it also has a number of contraindications. In order not to harm your body, you need to know in which cases the treatment with a plant is not recommended.
Important! Drinking hellebore is strictly forbidden to pregnant and lactating breasts, as toxic substances in the plant can adversely affect the development of the child.
In addition, the treatment of hellebore should be abandoned to those who:
- recently suffered a myocardial infarction;
- has aortic or ischemic heart disease;
- suffers from endocarditis;
- under the age of 14;
- suffers from urinary or gallstone disease.
Important! With an overdose of hellebore, nausea, vomiting, arrhythmias may occur, such as an increase in or a decrease in heart rate, muscle weakness, headaches, hallucinations, emotional lability, visual disturbances, skin allergies and diarrhea.
If you decide to start treatment with hellebore, it is best to consult a doctor. When taking hellebore it is necessary to strictly observe the dosage, since even a slight excess of the recommended dose can cause undesirable consequences. Hellebore - a unique plant, but in order to receive it only brings benefit to your body, you should carefully observe the dosage, since an irresponsible attitude to the use of the drug can cause significant damage to your health.
