Medicinal herbs. Mustard

Medicinal herbs Mustard
                                                             Medicinal herbs.  Mustard






Mustard - an annual medicinal herbs cruciferous height of 40-50 cm Taproot is relatively complex. Stems erect, branched, glabrous. Leaves simple, alternate, petiolate, lower - lyre-pinnately, sometimes almost entire, stem - at least raise the stem reduced, their records are less separated and shortened roots; uppermost - glaucous. Flowers collected in corymbose brush. Fruit - a linear pod, thin, with intertwining veins on the wings and a thin nose. Seeds are small, sharikovidnye, black and gray, brown or pale yellow. It flowers in May, the fruits ripen in June.



Cultivation:

With the medical purpose of collecting medicinal herbs seeds during maturation of the lower and middle pods. Grass mowed special features dried rolls, thrashed combines, preventing drying out and falling seeds. If necessary, finally dried seeds, scattering them on the fabric with a thin (2-3 cm) layer.

Content of nutrients:

The seeds contain glycoside sinigrin, which under the influence of enzymes merosin decomposes to mustard oil, potassium sulfate and glucose.

Mustard seeds are medicinal herbs contain essential mustard oil, 25-35% fatty oil, which is obtained by pressing.

  Mustard seeds in a dry form does not smell, but it is worth their potoloch in lukewarm water as soon felt the sharp smell of mustard. These properties of mustard due to the fact that it contains a glycoside sinigrin.

Medical applications:

Preparations of mustard have local irritant, enveloping effect.

This medicinal herbs resolves hot mustard opuholi.Esli pound and drink sweetened with honey water, it eliminates the constant feeling of sore throat. Mustard opens blockages in the ethmoid bone, helps with impotence. It is believed that if you drink on an empty stomach mustard, it sharpens intelligence. Mustard helps with any poisoning toxins, clears the vision.

Mustard seeds or mustard is used inside as appetizing, irritant, promoting secretion of gastric juice to digest food.

When applied topically irritating medicinal herbs commonly used in the form of mustard plasters, mustard baths, as a means of distracting, causing a redistribution of blood (for example, inflammation of the lungs).

Mustard are inside opium poisoning to cause vomiting and diarrhea (one pinch or 1.5 grams of mustard powder taken intermittently until vomits).

Mustard swallowed 10 seeds empty stomach 30 minutes before meals daily increasing this portion, bring to 20 seeds. If there are no seeds, mustard powder can be used, starting with 1/4 teaspoon, bring to a full teaspoon with water. When burning, drink warm olive oil or milk.

A fever you can use a mixture of the following composition: 1 glass of wine, 1/4 teaspoon of mustard and a pinch of salt and mix well, drink 3 times a day.

Preparation of mustard plasters:

Mustard is prepared by smearing rubber adhesive sheets of paper and obsypaniya mustard powder, which press down, passing through the rollers. If mustard made from mustard untrimmed, the fatty oil it will prevent irritating action air mustard oil and therapeutic effect will be weak.

The action of mustard plasters because skin irritation causes a rush of blood to the area of the body, providing a therapeutic effect.

Mustard is applied to the chest, neck area, calf muscle on the heart, etc. to reflex effects on circulatory function (PNDS crises, threatening stroke, angina). Mustard is widely used in neuralgia, muscle pain, superimposing them on the pain area.

Efficiency improves wetting powder before use warm water, not hot or cold, since enzymes - unstable compounds mustard and hot water with a temperature above 60 ° C destroys them. So if put mustard in boiling water, they will not have any effect: no enzyme glycoside will not split.

Mustard compresses (1ch. l. Mustard powder in a glass of warm water). Used in pediatric practice in addition to mustard plaster for colds. Poultice applied for 1-10 min.

Mustard powder is produced from skimmed and dried pomace mustard seeds, which can be used as a free state, and as tinctures, infusions, mustard plasters.

Medicinal herbs in powder or seeds used for constipation.

In chronic rhinitis mustard powder poured in stockings or socks.

Of mustard powder also makes bath: 200 grams of mustard in the bath for adults and 20-150 g - for children. Mustard baths stimulate circulation, deepens breathing, facilitate expectoration. Sometimes make the foot baths.

Application:

Volatile couples mustard antibacterial, phytoncide effect: for this reason it is widely used at present in the food industry for the storage of perishable products.

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