Probably, there are not so many summer residents who do not know about wheatgrass. This weed is very difficult to eradicate, it is tenacious and ubiquitous. But do not rush to write it down among your worst enemies — wheatgrass can benefit your health. And just now it’s time to start harvesting its rhizomes as medicinal raw materials.
The rhizomes of wheatgrass have a blood-purifying, diuretic, diaphoretic, enveloping, mild laxative, expectorant effect; preparations based on it are used by traditional medicine in the treatment of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, inflammation of the upper respiratory tract, rheumatism, gout, urolithiasis, as well as skin rashes, diathesis, boils, juvenile acne.
The collection of rhizomes is carried out either in early spring or in autumn, in September and October. The excavated rhizomes are shaken off from the soil, washed with cold water and dried in the shade under a canopy, in well-ventilated rooms or in dryers at a temperature of +60…+70 degrees (140-158°F). Dried raw materials are stored for no more than 2 years.
Contraindications to the use of drugs based on wheatgrass have not been identified.
- Decoction of rhizomes of sofa grass (for oral administration)
2 tablespoons of dry crushed raw materials pour 1 cup of hot water, bring to a boil and cook on low heat for 10 minutes. Cool at room temperature, strain, and squeeze out the raw material. With urolithiasis, cystitis, inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract, take 3 times a day before meals, 1/3 cup of broth. In chronic inflammation of the colon, hemorrhoids, this remedy is also used for microclysms (30-60 ml, 1 time a day-in the evening, before bedtime).
- Decoction of wheatgrass rhizomes for skin diseases
Decoction of wheatgrass rhizomes for skin diseases
1 tablespoon of dry crushed raw materials pour 1 cup of hot water, bring to a boil, boil over low heat for 10 minutes, cool and strain. Take for 1 month 3-4 times a day before meals, 1 glass.
At the same time, 1-2 times a week, take a bath with a decoction of rhizomes: 150 g (5.3 oz) of dried crushed raw materials per 5 liters of hot water, boil over low heat for 10 minutes, cool, strain. Add water to the bath (temperature +36…+37 degrees/96.8-98.6°F).
- Strong decoction of rhizomes of sluggard with diathesis and abrasions
4 tablespoons of dry crushed rhizomes pour 1 cup of hot water, bring to a boil, boil for 5 minutes on low heat, strain. For boils for 3-4 weeks, take 3 times a day 20 minutes before meals, 1 cup of broth. When diathesis, add it to the bathing water.
- Decoction of rootstock and burdock rhizomes (for external use)
Mix 100 g (3.5 oz) of dry crushed rhizomes, pour 5 liters of hot water, bring to a boil,
boil for 10 minutes on low heat, strain, squeeze out the raw materials. Add water to the bath for skin diseases.
- Cold infusion of rhizomes of sofa grass
4 tablespoons of dry crushed raw materials in the evening pour 1 cup of cold boiled water, insist for 12 hours. In the morning, strain the infusion and pour 1 cup of boiling water over the rhizome, insist under the lid for 10 minutes, strain. Mix both infusions and drink throughout the day in several stages in equal parts. This remedy is used for violations of salt metabolism, gout, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.
- Infusion of rookery grass rhizomes
10 g (0.3 oz) of dry crushed rhizomes pour overnight in a thermos of 1 liter of boiling water. Strain in the morning. For rheumatism, gout, boils, persistent ulcers, drink warm 3 times a day for 1 glass. The course is 1 month.