Eleuterococcus - useful properties and contraindications

Getting to the healing essence of Eleutherococcus was not so simple. This prickly bush will not let everyone in. And nevertheless, the medicine managed to find out that eleutherococcus has useful properties, indications and contraindications to the use. It turned out that this is not just a plant, but a real storehouse of medicinal substances that can be used to treat the ailments of various organs and systems.

In what cases does Eleutherococcus help?

Eleutherococcus is a plant that has many beneficial properties and almost no contraindications. Healing substances are found in all parts of this bush. But their greatest concentration is in the rhizome. In it there was a place for:

• glycosides;
• gums;
• essential oils;
• fatty acids;
• mineral substances;
• resins;
• vitamins of groups A, B, E, C, D;
• eleutherosides.

The latter are found exclusively in eleutherococcus - hence the name of the substance - and have a high biological activity.

The medical direction very quickly became the main use of the bush. As practice showed, the form of release - on the basis of the plant prepare tinctures, extracts, make tablets and capsules - does not affect the effectiveness of treatment with Eleutherococcus.

Thanks to eleutheroside, medicines based on the prickly bush can be used to restore metabolic processes and improve the tone. They also contribute to the strengthening of immunity and have an adaptogenic effect - that is, they help the body resist various kinds of pathogenic microorganisms.

If there are no contraindications to the use of Eleutherococcus in tablets, form of tincture and liquid extract, its useful properties can be used for:

• increased motor activity;
• lowering cholesterol;
• normalization of the cardiovascular system;
• early restoration of damaged particles of the epidermis;
• recovery of the central nervous system (treatment for depression, apathy);
• improvement of vision ;
• increase of hearing;
• fighting chronic fatigue;
• reduction of the risk of oncology;
• improve the work of organs at the cellular level;
• strengthening the effect of anti-radiation therapy;
• treatment of various dermatological ailments;
• relief of the condition in painful menstruation;
• normalization of the menstrual cycle;
• infertility treatment;
• increased low blood pressure;
• activation of the brain;
• operative restoration of an organism after the transferred illnesses;
• lowering blood sugar .

Very often experts recommend taking eleutherococcus for colds, because the plant can increase the volume of the lungs and increase their vitality.

A great advantage of the healing bush is that it can be used not only for the treatment of a particular disease, but also for preventive purposes.

Contraindications to the use of extract, tablets and tincture of Eleutherococcus

If you comply with all the rules for taking funds based on the rhizome, it will be almost impossible to face side effects. Have Some patients may develop diarrhea due to the plant, but this is extremely rare.

And yet some contraindications (or rather - warnings) for the use of eleutherococcus are available:

1. The plant is better not actively treated hypertensive patients - it is actively increasing blood pressure.
2. It is not recommended to take funds based on the root during the exacerbation of infectious diseases.
3. Eleutherococcus is undesirable at elevated temperature.
4. If you suffer from insomnia, it is better not to take a tonic for the night.
5. Of course, individual intolerance can also be considered an important contraindication.