Chestnuts and acorns have many beneficial properties and can be used to treat various diseases. Healing tincture is especially effective, which can be prepared at home. Thus, you will not only save on the purchase of the drug, but also be sure of its natural origin.
It is necessary
- To make chestnut tincture:
- - chestnut fruits
- - vodka
- - water.
- For a compress:
- - chestnut fruits
- - paraffin or wax.
- For powder for oral administration:
- - chestnut fruits.
- To prepare an antiulcer drug:
- - acorns
- - honey.
Instructions
Step 1
Horse chestnut contains substances that can reduce blood viscosity. They reduce the risk of blood clots in blood vessels and prevent the development of diseases such as venous thrombosis, stroke, heart attack. To prepare a prophylactic agent, grind about 50 g of chestnut fruit to a medium crumb state, fill it with 200 ml of vodka and leave for 3 days in a dark place. Strain through cheesecloth and dilute to 500 grams with water. Take 1 tablespoon at night. This tincture should be used for a long time.
Step 2
For therapeutic purposes, such a tincture is taken with a developed complication of varicose veins of the lower extremities - thrombosis, complicated hemorrhoids, during the recovery period after a heart attack or ischemic stroke. The course of treatment is 14 days. Take 1 tablespoon 3 times a day after meals. It is important to know that this remedy is contraindicated in blood diseases with clotting disorders, after a hemorrhagic stroke and extensive abdominal surgeries.
Step 3
Chestnut also has a pronounced anti-inflammatory effect. It is successfully used for diseases of the musculoskeletal system. The main indications are ostearthrosis, rheumatic lesions of the joints, gout, osteochondrosis of the spine. With inflammation of the joints, chestnut fruits are used for local treatment - compresses. To do this, grind 2-3 chestnuts to a state of fine crumbs and mix with melted paraffin or wax. Stir and let cool slightly. Then spread the paraffin mass on the area of the sore joint and tie it with a warm scarf. Leave such applications for 40-60 minutes. The procedure should be carried out within 10 days. You can repeat the course of treatment no earlier than 2 weeks later.
Step 4
For gout or widespread osteochondrosis of the spine, grind 1 dried chestnut fruit to small crumbs. Add 1 teaspoon of the powder to food or drinks once a day. Take constantly.
Step 5
Crushed dried acorns are used for gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. Grind 100 grams of dried acorns to small crumbs and mix with 100 grams of honey. Take 1 tablespoon 3 times a day one hour before meals. The course of treatment is up to three weeks.
