Chestnut flowers in folk medicine. Chestnut treatment at home

horse chestnut, which is widely used in traditional medicine, is a plant that can strengthen the vascular walls of capillaries, normalize their tone, and dilute the blood. For treatment, fruits, leaves, flowers, tree bark are used. For use in medicinal purposes chestnut flowers are harvested during flowering, leaves during the growing season, and for fruits and bark best time autumn. They make different medical preparations: infusions, decoctions, alcohol tinctures, extract, ointments, gels, etc.

Originally native to regions of northern India, today this tree grows all over the world. This tall tree with a branching crown and large leaves reaches a height of up to 30 meters. It can be recognized in the spring by cone-shaped inflorescences that bloom in the month of May. Nuts dark brown and a gray spot ripen in early autumn.

Benefits of horse chestnut

With their healing properties horse chestnut owes its chemical composition. He contains:

glycosides;

Saponins;

Coumarins;

Flavonoids;

Fixed oils;

Of the vitamins, it contains the most vitamin K. Vitamin C and thiamine are present.

All these chemical compounds give it the properties:

expectorants;

Tonic;

Stimulants;

antipyretic;

Anti-inflammatory;

Sedatives.

Horse chestnut leaves have pronounced sedative properties. A glass of tea brewed with leaves can provide a deep restful sleep. However, it is often not worth taking it, as it still has tonic properties.

The presence of vitamin K makes it useful for people suffering from circulatory disorders, varicose veins, and frostbite.

Roasted nuts are traditionally used for diarrhea, prostate diseases. Fruit preparations can help with thrombosis, rheumatism, neuralgia, burns, strengthen veins and arteries.

Chestnut is used for bronchitis, gastritis, gastroenteritis. Tea with leaves is drunk with fever, colds, dysentery, malaria, as a poultices - with lupus and skin ulcers. liquid extract helps with sunburn.

Although considered poisonous, the unripe fruit is used for rheumatic pains and toothaches.

It is useful for fatigue, all types of physical pain, quickly reduces swelling in the legs.

His powerful astringent properties along with anti-inflammatory drugs, they effectively improve the tone of the walls of the veins, which become weak over time, which leads to varicose veins. Chestnut is able to improve the permeability of capillaries.

Astringent effect effectively helps in the treatment of malaria, diarrhea, diseases of the spleen, uterine bleeding, normalizes acidity gastric juice and secretory activity of the gallbladder

Horse chestnut use in folk medicine

With a therapeutic purpose in folk medicine, all parts of the plant are used: flowers, leaves, bark, fruits (the outer shell and the nuts themselves). It is used to treat many diseases, it relieves inflammation and swelling, relieves pain. Especially popular are alcohol tinctures prepared from the fruits and flowers of the plant.

In folk medicine, horse chestnut is used for:

Varicose veins;

hemorrhoids;

sinusitis;

colds;

Rheumatism;

Skin diseases: ulcers, burns, frostbite, eczema, etc.

From it prepare infusions, decoctions, ointments. It is best known for its use in the treatment of varicose veins. The compounds present in it inhibit the hyaluronidase enzyme and reduce vein permeability, resulting in reduced venous fragility.

horse chestnut leaves application

Horse chestnut leaves contain glycosides, pectins, tannins, vitamin K. As remedy decoctions and infusions are prepared from them, which are used for internal bleeding.

Leaves are harvested from May to September. Dry them in the shade in the attic or under a canopy, spreading out thin layer. Properly dried leaves should have green color and have a pleasant smell.

horse chestnut flowers

Chestnut flowers are used for many diseases. Decoctions, infusions, alcohol tinctures are prepared from them. Used to treat:

Endarteritis;

hemorrhoids;

Ulcers on the feet;

prostate adenomas;

prostatitis;

Mastopathy;

Tumors of the brain.

Use preparations on flowers for radiotherapy. They contain in their composition substances that are able to restore the amount of protein in the blood.

horse chestnut extract

Horse chestnut extract contains estin, which helps relieve leg fatigue during treatment varicose veins veins. In addition, it contains triterpensaponins, which give it anti-inflammatory properties, improve the tone of the veins. Take an extract to lower cholesterol, normalize blood pressure.

Horse chestnut recipes for use in traditional medicine

Horse chestnut preparations can be taken orally, used to treat external lesions. Based on it, you can make many home remedies.

Ointment and oil based on horse chestnut can be used for skin lesions, to strengthen the walls of blood vessels, maintain the tone of the veins. They are prepared on the basis of vegetable oils, fat. Sometimes homemade cream is used. In this case, the drugs must be stored in the refrigerator.

Ointment based on horse chestnut

To prepare an ointment from seeds, you should take 50 grams of peeled and crushed seeds, pour 250 grams of pre-melted lard and add 250 grams badger fat. All this mixture must be put on the stove and brought to a boil. After simmer on low heat for 30 minutes. Cool, strain into a clean container. The ointment is ready.

Horse chestnut oil

To prepare horse chestnut oil, take 5 pieces of nuts (they can be crushed for better extraction useful substances) or 5 tablespoons of dried flowers. Pour them with 500 ml of vegetable oil and put on water bath. Simmer for approximately one hour. Then cool and strain.

Infusion based on horse chestnut bark

To prepare the infusion, brew 1 teaspoon of chopped bark with 400 ml of boiling water (preferably in a thermos) and insist overnight or at least 8 hours. Strain and drink 2 tablespoons four times a day.

bark decoction

To prepare a decoction, brew 50 grams of measles (grind) with 1 liter of boiling water and boil at a low boil for another 15 minutes. Leave overnight (at least 8 hours) and strain. Strained broth is used for baths and baths.

A decoction of chestnut branches

To prepare a decoction, take 50 grams of chopped twigs and brew with 1 liter of boiling water. Insist and strain. It is useful to add tincture of water pepper to the infusion.

These decoctions are used for bleeding hemorrhoids to recuperate after prolonged disorder intestines, skin lesions. Take baths for bleeding at room temperature water, with skin diseases- at 35-37 degrees for 5 to 15 minutes.

Broth on flowers

To prepare the infusion, brew 1 tablespoon of inflorescences (dried) with a glass of boiling water (200 ml). Put on low heat and bring to a boil. Remove and wrap, insist for 6-8 hours. Drink the resulting broth per day from 1 to 1.5 liters.

flower tincture

To prepare the tincture, flowers and vodka are taken in a ratio of 1:10 (i.e., 500 ml of vodka for 50 grams of raw materials). The flowers are poured with vodka and put the container in a dark place. Insist for 2-3 weeks, shaking occasionally.

The finished tincture is filtered through several layers of gauze or bandage. Drink 30-40 drops three to four times during the day.

Chestnut peel decoction

To prepare a decoction, take 5 grams of crushed seeds (or seed peel) and pour a glass of boiling water. The solution should be boiled for 15 minutes. It should be taken orally in a tablespoon, three times a day.

Infusion of chestnut fruit

Crush two fruits and brew 200 ml of boiling water in a thermos. Leave for two hours and filter. Take an infusion of 2 tablespoons up to 5 times a day.

This infusion helps with diarrhea, kidney disease, and colds of the upper respiratory tract.

Horse chestnut tincture

To prepare a tincture of horse chestnut and alcohol, the fruits should be cleaned of prickly shells and brown skins. Next, you need to cut the seeds and use a meat grinder (blender) to grind to a mushy state. The resulting mixture should be poured with a liter of vodka. Insist for a week in a dark and cool place, shaking occasionally. Ready tincture is taken diluted with water, in the amount of 15 drops, three times a day.

Decoction to improve potency

Brew with a glass hot water green skin from two chestnut fruits. Put on the stove and boil at a low boil for 10 minutes. Cool to room temperature and drink 100 ml in the morning and evening.

Horse chestnut for joint diseases

Preparations based on horse chestnut are used for gout, osteochondrosis, arthritis, rheumatism. All these diseases are modern world become younger every year and affect not only people in old age, but also quite able-bodied. They bring pain and cause discomfort during movement, limiting the mobility of the joints. Basically, in the treatment of such diseases, alcohol or vodka tincture is used.

To prepare the tincture, take about 1 kg of chestnut fruit (you can have more). The fruits are crushed with a blender or meat grinder. You can use a coffee grinder, but not auger.

The prepared raw materials are placed in a jar and poured with 1 liter of vodka. The container is removed in a dark place and infused for 14 days, shaking occasionally.

The finished tincture is filtered through several layers of gauze and stored in a cool dark place.

You need to take it 40 drops, diluted with water, after each meal. The same tincture is rubbed on sore joints.

Help to get rid of the pain caused by inflammation of the joints, warm cakes with nut flour and clay. To make a cake, grind a few chestnuts and make a cake by adding clay. Clay can be taken any. As a rule, black clay or Dead Sea clay is used.

Horse chestnut use for hemorrhoids

With hemorrhoids, which is accompanied by cracks and bleeding, it is recommended to do sitz baths at room temperature with decoctions of bark or chestnut twigs. Folk healers It is also recommended to chew fresh nuts, removing the outer shell.

In addition, you can drink the following decoction. For its preparation, a collection is prepared by taking 5 parts of chestnut bark, 2 parts of sage grass, 3 parts of chamomile and 3 parts of chestnut fruits crushed together with the shell. This fee brew 1 liter of boiling water and put on a slow fire. Incubated at a low boil for 10 minutes. Remove from stove and insist overnight. Then strain and use for sitz baths.

Such baths relieve irritation and itching in anus, swelling caused by swelling of the veins, improve healing and tissue regeneration. The course of treatment is 10 days.

Horse chestnut for cancer treatment

In folk medicine, it is used to treat cancer. With this disease, an infusion is prepared by taking 1 tablespoon of chestnut flowers per 200 ml of water. Infusion requires 1.5 liters per day, which is drunk in small sips throughout the day.

It is prepared like this: raw materials are poured with boiling water and infused for 8 hours. Then they filter.

Official medicine does not recognize such treatment. Therefore, it can only be concomitant treatment to the main course prescribed by the doctor. Take strictly after consulting your doctor.

Horse chestnut for weight loss

Horse chestnut promotes the removal of toxins and toxins from the body, accelerates metabolic processes. When losing weight, kvass is prepared from nuts. To prepare it, 25 pieces of fruit are cut into two parts and placed in a linen bag and placed in a three-liter jar.

Add 1 glass of sugar and 100 grams of whey. Pour 2.5 liters of boiled and chilled water.

The jar is placed in a warm dark place. You can just cover the jar with a cloth. Withstand 14 days.

Drink kvass 1 glass twice a day. The course of treatment is 1 month.

In the remaining wort, water and a tablespoon of sugar are again added. every 2 weeks add from 4 pieces of new chestnut fruits. In a day, a new kvass will be ready.

Horse chestnut in cosmetology

Found horse chestnut wide application in home skin and hair care products. Rich useful composition relieves skin inflammation caused by different reasons, enriches it useful minerals and vitamins, prevents premature aging.

Homemade Skin Whitening Cream

To prepare it, take 5 tablespoons of the flowers of the plant and pour over large quantity vegetable oil (preferably olive oil). Warm up for half an hour in a water bath and leave until the oil has cooled. Filter and store in a container with a lid. Use instead of cream.

To rinse the hair, infusions and decoctions are made on the fruits and flowers of the chestnut. They help strengthen hair follicles, improve growth and give hair shine, help to cope with dandruff and relieve itchy scalp.

For men, you can make a homemade aftershave by infusing horse chestnut with triple cologne. This lotion relieves irritation after shaving, cleanses the pores well.

Side effects and contraindications

To avoid unpleasant side effects, all preparations based on horse chestnut should be taken strictly in the recommended doses.

Avoid use in people with liver or kidney disease.

It is contraindicated in pregnancy and lactation.

Do not treat people who suffer from bleeding. All parts of the plant contain coumarins, which thin the blood. For this reason, it is forbidden to take it simultaneously with taking blood-thinning drugs.

Sometimes some people may experience allergic reaction on the skin after topical application.

Any treatment based on horse chestnut must be agreed with the doctor, and in some cases carried out strictly under his supervision.

Video about the healing properties of horse chestnut

Today we will talk about treatment with chestnut flowers, especially since in the south the horse chestnut is already in full bloom, and in middle lane Russia is already starting. And since there are medicinal raw materials in large quantities, given to us by Nature herself, it is a sin not to use them.

Horse chestnut - medicinal properties

Treatment with horse chestnut - accessible to everyone folk treatment. Used as medicinal raw materials chestnut flowers, seeds, leaves, bark. The most popular fruits, they are even very often used in official medicine, more than one medicine for and is made of them. And both internal and external use. And this is not surprising, chestnut - potent agent, excellent blood thinner, effectively preventing thrombosis.

When taken orally (through the mouth), it has an antispasmodic, analgesic and anti-sclerotic effect.

Infusion of seeds, flowers, bark has antipyretic, astringent action. So it is good for the treatment of gout, rheumatism, bronchitis, cholecystitis, chronic indigestion.

And of course, the most important action of horse chestnut - treatment of various vascular diseases, because chestnut helps to reduce permeability, increase vascular tone, helps to resolve already formed blood clots.

Well, now let's move on to the "main dish", because of which this article was started.

Chestnut flowers - use in traditional medicine

I drink every spring in a course of 2-3 weeks (actually, while the chestnut tree is blooming, as I prefer to use fresh raw materials) infusion of chestnut flowers and I advise him to everyone, because this infusion has a rejuvenating effect. It greatly improves immunity, has anti-inflammatory, bactericidal, resolving and soothing effects. Flower infusion cleanses the human body of salts of heavy metals and radionuclides. And of course, it's wonderful.

So many qualities, but in one infusion, wonderful.

Of course, chestnut color can be dried and harvested for future use, traditional medicine advises drinking such a remedy a couple of times a year. So it turns out, in the spring from fresh flowers (May), and in the fall (November) from dry raw materials.

Treatment with infusion of horse chestnut flowers

A decoction of chestnut flowers is prepared as follows: 50 g of flowers are poured with boiling water (250 g), infused for 2-3 hours, drink half a glass in the morning and evening. (50 g of this fresh raw material, approximately, is to pick flowers from half a brush of a medium-sized flowering chestnut, as for already dried flowers, they are lighter and need to be taken smaller - 1 - 1.5 tablespoons of crushed chestnut flowers per glass).

Sometimes flowers are insisted on a water bath, that is, the same amount of chestnut color after pouring boiling water, kept on low heat in a water bath for 20 minutes. And then they insist. The solution is more concentrated, and you need to drink it in a third of a glass.

Chestnut blossom tincture

Chestnut flowers are also used to make tincture. It is used in the treatment of varicose veins lower extremities, hemorrhoids, thrombophlebitis, thrombosis.

For 100 grams of dried flowers, take a liter of alcohol or good vodka. Insist for 10-14 days in a dark, dry place. Take 25 drops (slightly less than a teaspoon) three times a day before meals for a month. In advanced cases, the tincture is drunk for 2 months, then a break for a month and the course is repeated again.

The tincture also helps with arthritic, rheumatic pains.

Still squeezed out of chestnut flowers juice , grinding only the flowers themselves without “candle columns” in a meat grinder, they are also mixed with alcohol (as if medicinal raw materials are preserved in this way). Used mainly for varicose veins in all its manifestations.

Contraindications to the use of chestnut

Chestnut treatment is contraindicated in cases of bleeding tendency, thrombocytopenia.

chestnut honey

By the way, I want to say that it is in May, in addition to the well-known "May" bees make dark brown chestnut, collecting pollen from flowering chestnuts. Such honey has a tart, slightly bitter taste and rich smell, and is highly appreciated by connoisseurs. healthy lifestyle life.

Of the many varieties chestnut honey the most bactericidal, antiseptic. It is used for ulcers, including the stomach, open wounds. It has a pronounced antioxidant property, is used for the prevention of cancer.

And of course, the venotonic properties of the chestnut itself were transferred to honey from its flowers.

Honey is very expensive, since the chestnut tree quickly fades, and it does not grow everywhere. But, if you are lucky enough to buy a real one, then the body will tell you more than one “thank you”.

Tree Chestnut - one of the most unique, in addition to the healing properties of almost all of its parts, it also absorbs exhaust gases that poison the air big cities, neutralizes the effect of radiation, which in the atomic age is not superfluous at all. But this is his property and warns that collecting medicinal raw materials, the same flowers, is away from the roads.

Equine are no less important reason its distribution than the quality of the tree. In view of this, in the article below we will study in detail the horse chestnut, its medicinal properties and contraindications.

Medicinal properties of chestnut

The medicinal properties of horse chestnut cover a large number of diseases. First of all, the tree is valued for its ability to influence the protein composition of the blood, thereby preventing the formation of blood clots.

In addition, thanks to taking medicines from chestnut, the walls of blood vessels are strengthened, and the main blood arteries become wider, which again helps to avoid thrombosis. horse chestnut treatment shown at:

• high blood pressure;
• capillary hemorrhages (often there is blood from the nose);
• hemorrhagic diathesis;
• varicose veins;
• ulcers on the legs;
• hemorrhoids.

Did you know? In France, roasted chestnuts are one of the culinary delicacies. However, horse chestnut fruits are not used for this purpose, since they contain a large amount of bitter glycosides, which makes the taste very unpleasant. But in agriculture The fruits are often used as animal feed.

Even the peel has medicinal properties - it is used in gynecology. With a decoction prepared from it, it is recommended to do douching, which helps with whites. Chestnut decoctions can stop even uterine bleeding. For men, fruit peels help relieve inflammation from the prostate gland.

The properties of horse chestnut are due to its chemical composition. In particular, his seeds contain:

• 10% saponins, due to which the natural process of hemolysis (destruction) of erythrocytes is enhanced, and the release of hemoglobin from them;
• about 6% fatty oil;
• 49.5% starch;
• up to 10% proteins;
• flavonoids, which improve the elasticity of blood vessels;
• vitamins C, B and K.

The leaves also contain flavonoids and tannins. In addition, they are valuable for the presence of rutin, which reduces capillary fragility and reduces the intensity of blood clotting, and carotenoids - natural antioxidants, which also increase a person's immune resistance.

Horse chestnut flowers are rich in rutin and flavonoids, as well as pectins, which normalize metabolism and promote the elimination of cholesterol.

When and how to harvest chestnuts

In order for the healing properties to manifest themselves in full force, it is necessary to harvest it correctly. Since not only the seeds of this tree are used in folk medicine, but also its bark, flowers and even leaves, we will consider the method and time of harvesting them in more detail.

Important! For the preparation of medicinal raw materials of horse chestnut, only those species that have White color inflorescences.

Bark

The bark does not have as many medicinal properties as fruits, but its effect on the human body should not be underestimated either. The process of harvesting the bark should begin in early spring, as soon as the juices begin to circulate through the tree. It is better to cut it from young branches, but you should not get carried away so as not to harm the tree.

The collected bark is cut into small pieces and laid out to dry in a dark place that is well ventilated. Dry bark is best stored in linen, cotton or strong paper bags. However, it is not worth storing them for more than two years, since according to natural causes the bark may begin to rot and change its chemical composition.

flowers

Flowers are harvested at the very beginning of flowering. At the same time, you should not completely pluck the entire inflorescence - just remove the flowers themselves with petals and stamens from it. Dry them very carefully, laying them out one at a time. Please note that if the humidity of the air rises at the same time, and there is not enough heat, the flowers may rot.

Therefore, if you do not have an ideal place to dry chestnut flowers, you can even use an electric dryer for this purpose.

Did you know? Horse chestnut extract is used even in cosmetology, as it is very effective in intensive hair loss. In addition, it can also slow down skin aging by stimulating collagen production.

Leaves

The leaves are also collected during the flowering period of the tree, that is, in May. You only need to pluck the leaves themselves from the tree - you will not need their petioles. The process of drying leaves is similar to the process of drying flowers. It is better to store them in airtight glass containers so that the leaves do not become damp.

Fruit

In traditional and folk medicine, only well-ripened fruits are of value. For this reason, they must be collected closer to autumn or even in September, when the boxes themselves will turn yellow and open, and the fruits will be on the ground under the tree.

For long-term storage, the fruits should also be dried. If this is not done, in a closed container they can bloom and rot. Drying is also recommended in a dark and well-ventilated place. If you are not interested in the fruit itself, but in its peel, it can be removed immediately after picking the fruit.

Folk recipes for chestnut treatment

In folk medicine, horse chestnut is used much more actively than in traditional medicine. In particular, decoctions, tinctures and ointments are prepared from it, the concentrations of which vary significantly depending on the disease:

Chestnut is a unique tree growing on our planet. In addition to the fact that the plant has healing properties, it absorbs exhaust gases in a huge volume, which poison the air of large cities, neutralizes Negative influence radiation, which in our time is not at all superfluous. In folk medicine, the bark, leaves, fruits and color of the chestnut are used. The medicinal properties of this tree have been known to man since ancient times.

Tree Description

The chestnut that we will talk about today is called horse chestnut. The tree probably got its name because of the fruits, which are not edible (unlike chestnut nuts of other species from the beech family). Another version of the appearance of this name suggests that the ripe fruits in brilliance and color resemble the color of a bay horse. The epithet "ordinary" is often applied to the horse chestnut.

Chestnut is a deciduous monoecious tree or shrub belonging to the Beech family. Its height can reach 50 m. The trunk is covered with thick brown bark with deep furrows. Leaves are short-petioled, spiral-two-row, broadly lanceolate. At the top they are pointed in the shape of a heart or a wedge. Earrings are thin, 5-15 cm long, containing mainly staminate flowers, and pistillate ones are located at the base.

The color of chestnut, whose healing properties are widely used in folk medicine, appears in May. Flower nectar contains up to 75% sucrose. The fruits are thorny tricuspid green capsules. Sometimes they are called cocoons. They open along the valves and have a large seed inside. In September, the fruits fully ripen.

Seeds have the form of spherical triangular wavy cotyledons with a large white embryo. It contains a large amount of starch. In the leathery thin shell of the nuts are the remains of columns and perianths. Nuts are ovoid-spherical in shape, they are in contact with each other with flat sides. Many insects, collecting pollen and nectar, pollinate the plant.

Spreading

Trees belonging to the genus under natural conditions grow in southern Europe, in East Asia, in northern India.

In Europe, it began to be cultivated from the 16th century in parks and gardens as ornamental plant. Chestnut grows well on loose and deep soils - sandy or clay, moderately moist. It tolerates dry chernozem soils well in the steppes; it does not take root well in saline soils. The tree is sensitive to dry winds, so often in summer the leaves burn badly and fall off prematurely. At the latitude of Moscow, in very cold winters, it freezes a little; however, as in St. Petersburg, but in well-protected places they grow large and bloom profusely. Under favorable conditions, horse chestnut lives up to 300 years.

Medicinal properties of chestnut

Chestnut treatment has long been used by folk healers. Seeds, fruits, bark, leaves, chestnut color are used as raw materials. In folk medicine, the most popular are the fruits and color of the plant, which are often used in official medicine. They are used in the manufacture of drugs for varicose veins. This is not at all surprising, chestnut is a potent remedy that effectively thins the blood and prevents thrombosis. When taken orally, it has an analgesic, antispasmodic and anti-sclerotic effect.

The bark, seeds, chestnut color (photo can be seen in the article) have an astringent, antipyretic effect. Therefore, they can be used for bronchitis, rheumatism, cholecystitis, digestive disorders. But the most important medicinal properties of horse chestnut flowers are in the treatment of various vascular diseases, because this plant significantly reduces the level of capillary permeability, increases their tone, and promotes the resorption of blood clots that have already appeared.

What is escin?

Traditional healers claim, and representatives traditional medicine they are supported in this matter, that the chestnut is a storehouse of useful substances. But the most beneficial effect on the human body has escin - unique substance, which is found only in this plant.

This component acts on the human body in many ways. First of all, it should be said that escin stimulates the production of hormones of the adrenal cortex. They are responsible for resilience under stress. In addition, it is a powerful anti-inflammatory agent.

Medicinal properties of horse chestnut flowers

These fragrant cones appear on the trees in May, peaking at the end of the month. This time is most favorable for collecting and drying flowers, making decoctions from fresh raw materials.

Chestnut flowers have many useful properties:

• strengthen immunity;
• increase the elasticity of venous walls and capillaries;
• stimulate the production of hormones that produce the adrenal glands;
• enhance stress resistance;
• have anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and antiseptic action;
• normalize metabolic processes and blood circulation;
• relieve the symptoms of mastitis and mastopathy;
• removed from the body salt deposits, heavy metals, radionuclides;
• support the work of the gastrointestinal tract and normalize intestinal motility;

Chestnut color - use and contraindications

Flowers, of course, can be dried and harvested for future use, because healers recommend drinking this remedy twice a year. Therefore, in spring it can be prepared from fresh flowers, and in autumn or winter - from dry raw materials.

Before we start talking about treatment, we want to warn you that all medicinal plants along with their healing properties, they also have contraindications, which, if taken on their own (without consulting the attending physician), can be harmful to health.

Decoction treatment

Chestnut color in folk medicine is used to make a decoction. It is not difficult to prepare it. You will need:

• chestnut flowers (50 g);
• boiling water (250 ml).

Pour fresh or dry flowers with boiling water in an enamel bowl and cover the container with a lid. Let the flowers brew for 3 hours. Take a decoction in the morning and in the evening for half a cup.

You can insist on a chestnut color in a water bath. Its healing properties do not change from this. In this case, the same amount of raw materials and water is used, the only difference is that the mixture must be kept on low heat in a water bath for about 20 minutes. Only then the broth is insisted. It turns out to be more concentrated, so you can not take it more than 1/3 cup.

How to prepare a tincture?

For this, they also use the color of chestnut. Tincture is used in the treatment of varicose veins, thrombosis, hemorrhoids, thrombophlebitis.

100 grams of dried flowers must be poured with a liter of alcohol or high-quality vodka. It is necessary to insist flowers for two weeks in a dry and dark place. Use tincture of 25 drops before meals 3 times a day. The course of treatment is thirty days. In difficult cases, the tincture can be taken for two months. But then you have to take a break for a month, then repeat the course.

This is very effective remedy- the color of chestnut. The tincture is good for arthritis and rheumatic pains.

The preparation of the tincture can be complicated, but this will help you preserve the raw materials for a long time. To do this, it is necessary to grind the flowers in a meat grinder without candle columns, squeeze the juice from the resulting slurry and mix it with alcohol. In this form, the color of chestnut from varicose veins is used.

flower juice

To strengthen the body and increase immunity, strengthen the heart muscle, prevent viral and colds it is recommended to drink juice from fresh inflorescences within two weeks.

Rinse the flowers thoroughly under running water, grind them into a pulp using a blender or meat grinder, squeeze the resulting mass and drain the juice. Filter it through several layers of gauze. Pour into an opaque glass container and refrigerate. Take this composition should be 35 drops 3 times a day. The course of treatment is 30 days.

If you do not feel improvement, then the treatment can be repeated in a month. Now you understand how important it is to collect the color of the juice from it in the spring. It rejuvenates the body and calms the nervous system.

Breast treatment

The chestnut color, the photo of which you see in our article, traditional healers they use (and, they say, very successfully) when they use it as an external and internal remedy in the form of decoctions and tinctures. But let's immediately warn our readers that any compaction of the mammary gland is a reason for an immediate consultation with a specialist. After all, compaction can occur not only as a result of benign hyperplasia. It may indicate a much more formidable disease. Therefore, do not be lazy, consult a doctor. Only after you receive a conclusion that you do not need an operation, you can use, along with the drugs prescribed by a specialist, folk remedies, in particular chestnut-colored compresses and tinctures.

Cleansing the body

In this section of our article, we will not talk about bowel cleansing, but about how escin, a component that is part of chestnut color, works. The medicinal properties of the plant are enhanced by the content of this substance in its composition. Escin "intercepts" free radicals in the cells of the body. It is they, having increased chemical activity, that destroy molecules (including DNA). This leads to mutations malignant neoplasms, to accelerated aging, aggravation of the course of many already serious ailments. There can be many reasons for their appearance. It is known that after the tragedy at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, many Ukrainians used infusions and decoctions of this amazing plant. This is another answer to the question: “What is the use of chestnut color?”

Flowers harvesting

Medicinal raw materials can be harvested for long-term storage. Collect the chestnut color (its healing properties are not lost during drying), spread the inflorescences in the sun on parchment in one layer. Leave them for 3-4 days until the flowers become crumbly and brittle.

Transfer the raw materials to a paper bag and store it at room temperature, in a dark place. In autumn and winter, prepare vitamin tea or decoction from dried flowers.

chestnut honey

What else is chestnut color good for? The medicinal properties of the plant are manifested in another product. In May, bee workers make honey. They collect pollen from flowering trees. This honey has a bitter, tart taste and rich aroma. It is highly appreciated by adherents of a healthy lifestyle.

It has powerful bactericidal properties. This is the strongest antiseptic. It is used for stomach ulcers, open wounds that do not heal for a long time.

This honey is quite expensive, since the chestnut blossoms quickly, and it is not common in all regions.

Today we told you what the color of chestnut is. Its healing properties, as you can see, are diverse. So use it in therapy various ailments just check with your doctor first.