Mother and stepmother - medicinal properties

Mother and stepmother is considered to be practically weedy grass and grows mainly on clay soils. Its name is due to the appearance: the underside is soft and smooth, because it is associated with the mother, and the upper one is noticeably coarser and more rough with the stepmother. Despite the prevalence, this plant can not be called a useless weed. Mother and stepmother has healing properties, and therefore very much appreciated in medicine.

Useful properties of mother and stepmother

All the medicinal properties of the mother and stepmother would make up a long list, but the main ones are:

• anti-inflammatory;
• expectorant ;
• disinfectant;
• diuretic and diaphoretic;
• exciting appetite;
• stimulates the secretory activity of glands.

Diseases that save mother and stepmother

Thanks to its properties, the herb mother and stepmother allows you to fight the following ailments:

• tuberculosis;
• tumors;
• skin diseases (abscesses, rash, furuncles, dandruff);
• headache;
• diseases of the stomach;
• inflammation of urinary organs and pathways;
• inflammation of the gallbladder;
• violation of the glands;
• loss of hair ;
• diseases of respiratory organs;
• inflammation of various mucous membranes;
• varicose veins.

In what form is the mother and stepmother used?

This remedy is well manifested both with external application and with ingestion. From the grass, prepare various tinctures, ointments, powders, add it to many medications to supplement their action. As the ingredients can be used not only the leaves, but also the roots of the plant. Here are a few recommendations on how to prepare medicinal products using the mother and stepmother:

1. Tincture of mother and stepmother for internal use. 4 teaspoons dried flowers and leaves pour a glass of boiling water and stand for 20 minutes. To drink during the day. Apply this tincture for inflammation of the respiratory tract, bronchi, lungs.
2. Cure inflamed throat helps decoction of leaves of mother and stepmother, herb mountaineer bird and flowers of black elderberry. The mixture is brewed in the amount of a tablespoon per glass of water and drunk like tea.
3. Mother and stepmother can be used in aromatherapy. If you breathe smoke from it, it will make breathing easier.
4. Doctors advise medications to improve vision, which includes this plant.
5. Freshly squeezed juice, obtained from green leaves of mother and stepmother, is good as drops from the cold.
6. As a remedy for dandruff and hair loss, mother and stepmother use in combination with nettle. To prepare the decoction, both herbs are taken in equal proportions.

There is a very valuable recipe for mother and stepmother with sugar:

1. For cooking, you need to take the dishes, which alternately put freshly dirty leaves of the plant and pour them sugar.
2. After filling, the dishes are covered with a lid and restrict air access (for example, by coating the slots with clay).
3. Then it is buried at a depth of about half a meter and left for three weeks.
4. After the expiration of this period, a homogeneous mixture is formed, which is then mixed with honey and taken on a tablespoon three times a day.

If you live in the region of the growth of this plant, then do not be lazy and already in summer, stock up the miraculous grass, drying it in the sun. At the right time, you do not have to think about where to take an effective cough medicine. And, if it does not come in handy to you in a few months, it does not matter, since in dried form the mother and stepmother can be kept for years. Mother and stepmother is one of the plants that can be taken not only as a medicine, but also as a preventive agent. It has a general restorative effect on the body and prevents many diseases.