Tansy is a perennial herbaceous plant from the family of Compositae. It is widespread everywhere, and it can be found growing in the armholes of rivers, in meadows, among bushes and even at the side of roads. For medicinal purposes, flowers are used most often, and tansy leaves are less common.
Why is tansy useful?
Tangerine flowers contain:
- vitamins A and C;
- flavonoids;
- alkaloids;
- organic acids;
- tannic and resinous substances;
- essential oil.
In folk medicine, tansy is used for:
- treatment of peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum;
- diseases of the liver, bile and urinary tract;
- round worms, giardiasis;
- migraines;
- epilepsy;
- rheumatism;
- gout;
- nervous disorders;
- skin inflammation, furunculosis.
Useful properties of tansy and contraindications for use
Due to its composition, tansy has many useful properties. Firstly:
- anti-inflammatory;
- bactericidal;
- wound-healing;
- antihelminthic;
- astringent;
- diaphoretic;
- choleretic;
- diuretic.
Tansy refers to weakly poisonous plants, because it contains thujone (toxic substance). Long-term use of tansy medications and an overdose instead of the expected benefits can cause serious damage to health. When poisoning, there are disorders of stool, nausea, vomiting, headaches, and in severe cases, cramps are possible. At the slightest sign of poisoning, it is necessary to stop taking the drug, rinse the stomach and take sorbents.
Also, the active substances contained in the tansy cause uterine contractions and can cause miscarriage or premature birth. Because pregnant tansy is contraindicated.
Contraindicated in the use of herbal medicine tansy to young children and people suffering from cholelithiasis.
With caution and only if the possible benefit exceeds the risk, you need to take tansy to people suffering from arrhythmia, increased blood pressure and heart problems. The latter is due to the fact that tansy medications increase blood pressure, increase the amplitude of heartbeats and slow the heart rate.
With the external application of tansy, in rare cases, the appearance of allergic reactions on the skin.
Application of tansy
Consider the most famous and often used recipes using this plant.
Tansy from worms
The medicine for parasites is prepared and used as follows:
- A tablespoon of tansy seeds is mixed with two chopped cloves of garlic, poured into two glasses of milk.
- Cook on low heat for 10 minutes.
- After that, the mixture is filtered and used in a warm form for enemas.
Also for an enema with an anti-worm effect, use a mixture of tansy flowers, chamomile and wormwood herb. The mixture is brewed at the rate of two tablespoons per half liter of water.
For reception from worms inside:
- A tablespoon of tansy flowers is poured into a glass of boiling water.
- They boil for 10 minutes.
- Then they insist for 2 hours, filter.
- Drink a tablespoon for half an hour before meals up to 4 times a day.
Tansy from boils
At a furunculosis the national medicine recommends to use a tansy and for reception inside, and as an external agent. Ointment from tansy flowers is used externally:
- Powder of dried and crushed flowers is mixed with interior fat or butter in a 1: 4 ratio.
- The mixture is heated in a water bath, stirring occasionally for an hour.
- After transfer to a glass container and clean in the refrigerator.
Ointment is applied on a napkin to boils.
In addition, for wiping boils, it is recommended to use alcohol tincture of tansy:
- To make the tincture, the flowers are filled with vodka in a ratio of 1: 4.
- Insist 10 days, periodically shaking.
For ingestion, a tablespoon of raw material is poured into half a liter of boiling water and insisted for an hour. Drink a third cup to 3 times a day.