Devyasil belongs to the family of astrovs: this perennial plant grows in Europe, Asia and Africa and on many continents is considered a healing remedy for most diseases.
Devyasil is widely used both in folk and in official medicine, because its composition includes useful substances that have a beneficial effect on the body.
Useful properties of elecampane
The roots of elecampane possess a more useful composition than flowers and leaves, so when collecting plants, special attention should be paid to this part.
The composition of elecampane includes:
- inulin - about 40%;
- gum;
- resins;
- polysaccharides;
- salonins;
- essential oil;
- helenin;
- alanthol;
- tocopherol;
- proasulen;
- ascorbic acid.
Treatment of nine
Today, elephant can be found in a pharmacy in several forms: popular is essential oil, which is often used to treat skin and internal diseases. Also experts in folk medicine appreciate the decoction of this plant, so some manufacturers supply already ready dried rhizomes to pharmacies. Together with this, the elecampane is produced in the form of a tincture, which is a concentrated substance.
Also it should be mentioned that on the basis of elecampane they make tablets that are prescribed for peptic ulcer and stomach ulcer. Devyasil, due to toxic effects, helps against ascarids, and on its basis they produce the appropriate drug, alantolactone.
The plant has a beneficial effect on the organs of the digestive tract, preventing bile stagnation. People suffering from stomach ulcers, the drug based on elecampane helps to speed up the healing process due to the activation of blood circulation in the gastric mucosa and reduce the amount of pepsin.
Devyasil also helps with coughing: it is taken as a decoction with a wet cough, as this plant contributes to expectoration. This natural product can replace the simplest mucolytic medicines.
Devyasil also helps with asthma , however, in combination with medicines and other special herbal remedies.
Tincture of elecampane also helps in some cases with infertility, but rely only on this plant for treatment is not worth it. It should be taken only with the approval of the attending physician.
Devyasil can improve the condition with psoriasis, if you take a bath with the addition of decoction from the rhizomes of the plant. It is important at the same time to make a low concentration of the substance. Since this disease is of an autoimmune nature, it is important to treat the body not only from the outside, but also from the inside, so you can take the plant's tincture with the doctor's consent.
How to take elecampane?
Before brewing elecampane, it is washed. Then the roots are put in cold water and put on a slow fire for 40 minutes. After boiling, the container is covered with a lid. Then decoction of elecampane is planted, cooled, and he is ready to receive.
The number of appointments is assigned by the attending physician. If elecampane is administered in the form of a tincture or tablets, it is taken in the amount specified in the instructions.
In case of an overdose, a person may develop nausea, vomiting, dizziness and diarrhea. This plant is not recommended for pregnant and breast feeding women.
How to harvest elecampane?
Since this plant is common in our territory, it can be harvested independently.
Collection is carried out in the autumn and after digging out it is washed with cold water. Then the roots are cut into several parts and put to dry in the open air. A few days later, the roots are brought into the house, and dried until the end, they will not begin to break when bent. In a dry room, the root of elecampane is stored for 2 years.