Grass meadowsweet - a cure for forty diseases

A very common plant, meadowsweet belongs to the pink family and has more than 10 varieties. The meadowsweet grass has beautiful feathery dissected leaves and delicate inflorescences that appear in the second half of summer. You can find a plant by a very strong pleasant aroma.

Among the people, meadowsweet herb is considered a medicinal plant. In addition, meadowsweet is quite edible and quite tasty. Young shoots and tubers, leaves and flowers can be used for food.

Where does meadowsweet grow

The plant is distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere. in nature, the plant is more often found in wetlands, near rivers and lakes, on wet slopes of ravines. The plant also feels good in yards, in the shade of a house or outbuildings.

Medicinal properties of meadowsweet

Traditional medicine suggests that the medicinal properties of meadowsweet herb help a person cope with forty diseases. The herb is used to treat:

• type 2 diabetes
• rheumatism,
• colds and hypertension.

The herb can also help with a tendency to thrombosis and thrombophlebitis, it will cope with hair loss, it is recommended to take it for those who have had a heart attack.

How the meadowsweet herb is used

Meadowsweet roots, shoots, leaves and flowers can be taken both raw and dried. The roots are harvested in the fall, when the leaves of the plant turn yellow. dried roots are crushed thoroughly. You can store blanks for several years, but the greatest effect in treatment is obtained if they are used during the first year.

Infusion of herbs collected during the flowering period treat diseases of the heart and kidneys, bladder. A decoction of meadowsweet is used for washing wounds, ulcers, in the treatment of skin diseases.