Yarrow tea

Description

Hajdučka grass is a very useful and appreciated plant, as it has a wide spectrum of activity and is a common ingredient of various phytopharmaceutical products. Hajdučka grass or yarrow purifies and strengthens the blood and digestive organs. It is especially useful for preventing diseases of the liver, spleen, pancreas, jaundice, catarrh in the intestines and stomach, as well as cramps, fever, palpitations, lower back and back pain, irregular menstruation, painful hemorrhoids, insomnia, various skin rashes and ulcers.

Yarrow tea has a beneficial effect and prevents chapped hands, rashes – psoriasis. In psoriasis, in addition to compresses, blood cleansing treatments must be performed. It is also used for angina pectoris as a tea. In case of nervous problems, it is recommended to wash the whole body with cooled yarrow tea more often in the morning and in the evening. Warm baths of yarrow and chamomile relieve nervous problems.

Relieves discomfort from gout and rheumatism. It has a beneficial effect when diabetes problems occur, especially in the early stages. It is also useful for excessive bleeding.

St. John’s wort belongs to the medicinal substances that act on the gastric mucosa with their bitter taste, stimulating gastric juice secretion and thus stimulating appetite.

It has a beneficial effect on food intake. Gastritis, colitis, stomach and intestinal cramps are helped by medicinal preparations in which yarrow grass is represented in the tea mixture.

Potassium, which is contained in yarrow, supports kidney work and blood circulation and thus indirectly influences heart work and is also successfully used for women’s diseases. It is not addictive and can be used daily to strengthen the CNS.

Because of these properties, it showed particular improvement in conditions of alcohol dependence or cigarette use.

Teas with yarrow improve and stimulate the immune system in the fight against intestinal infections.

The dried plant has an aromatic odor and a bitter-aromatic taste due to the presence of bitter compounds belonging to sesquiterpene lactones, such as achilicin. Besides bitter substances, the plant is rich in essential oil (about 1%), vitamin K, tannins and organic acids.

Some studies have proven that yarrow has anti-inflammatory, spasmolytic, antimicrobial, anti-allergic and healing effects.
Hajdučica herb contains flavonoids, essential oil (with at least 0.02% proazules), alkaloids, germacranolides, polyacetylenes, triterpenes, sterols, cyanogenic glycosides, organic acids and sugars. Recent research has shown that its alcoholic extract has a repellent effect

In addition, yarrow is extremely rich in tannins, organic acids, bitter substances that give it a bitter-aromatic taste, vitamins K and C, resin, potassium and sodium minerals…

It is an integral part of a variety of tea blends from different fragrant, bitter and pungent herbs. The spectrum of action is extremely wide, up to sprinkling and dressing wounds with a fine powder of a well-dried and ground plant. Here the effect of azulene and tannins comes into play.

Official medicine has proven that the leaf extract slows down the development of pathogens, because tannins and essential oils prevent wounds from festering and contribute to faster healing and relieve pain.

In folk medicine, Hajdučka grass takes a special place in the treatment of irregular and irregular menstruation in young women, the elimination of hot flashes and other unpleasant symptoms in the climax, but also later, when women enter their later years. Just one cup of tea a day made from fennel, freshly picked in the bright sun, is enough to alleviate or eliminate the symptoms that plague a considerable number of the fair sex.

Proponents of folk medicine claim that it is also successful in the treatment of white linen, inflammation of the ovaries, diseases of the uterus and the appearance of fibroids. For all the above problems, as well as for pain in the arms and legs, we recommend baths with fennel grass. The bath is made by adding 100 grams of the whole yarrow plant to a liter of cold water to stand overnight. The next day, the water is heated to boiling and then added to the bath water.