Repeshok

Name: Repeshok

Rosaceae – Rosaceae.

Popular names: field male, jack lice, cinquefoil, Greek liver grass, pigtail.

Parts Used: Aerial part of flowering plant.

Pharmacy name: agrimony grass – Agrimoniae heiba (formerly: Heiba ​​Agrimoniae).

Botanical description. A perennial plant with a slightly branched pubescent stem, reaching 1 m in height. On the stem are large, up to 20 cm in length, also pubescent, discontinuously non-paired pinnate leaves. Yellow flowers are collected in a terminal spiky raceme and bloom one after another in ascending succession from June to September. Repeshok is found in Northern and Central Europe, the Balkans, Russia and climate-friendly areas of Asia, it is also found in North America. The most suitable places for it are dry meadows, bushy hills, forest edges and roadsides. The fruits are spread by humans and animals, as they are equipped with small hooks that cling to animal hair or people’s clothes.

Collection and preparation. Grass agrimony should be collected from June to September. The best material is obtained if the collection occurs in June and July. Grass for drying is laid out in the air or hung in bunches. If dried with artificial heating, then the temperature must be no higher than 40 “C, so that the active substances do not break down.

active substances. Tannins, tri-terpenes and a little essential oil are the most important active ingredients, which, in combination with silicic acid, mucus, flavonoids and numerous related substances, determine the healing effect of agrimony.

Healing action and application.Tannins are always effective against diarrhea. But if there are also bitterness and essential oil, then the scope of this remedy is significantly expanded: agrimony acts on gastrointestinal diseases of various kinds, including those diseases that are based on insufficient secretion of enzymes or a weak outflow of bile. Agrimony is used as a tea against diarrhea, bile stasis, loss of appetite and biliary colic. Since the diuretic effect of agrimony has not been reliably confirmed, its use in diseases of the bladder and kidneys belongs to the past. As a gargle for inflammation in the mouth and throat, agrimony, on the contrary, can do a good job, especially for speakers and singers who use it to support their voice. Information that tea from agrimony is effective against bedwetting,

  • Tea from agrimony: pour 2 teaspoons with the top of the raw material * / 4 liters of boiling water. Let it brew for 5 minutes, strain. If necessary, drink 1 cup 2-3 times every day. The tea is suitable for gargling and washing the tonsils. Repeshok is also included as an integral part in many collections against diseases of the stomach, intestines, bladder, kidneys, gallbladder and liver.

My special advice. Those who suffer from gallstone disease, who complain of stagnation in the gallbladder, are often overcome by severe pain, up to colic. In these cases, tea from agrimony or a mixture with it helps.

  • Tea mixture with agrimony: Wormwood 10.0 Agrimony 20.0

One teaspoon with the top of the mixture pour 1/4 liter of boiling water and strain after 2 minutes. It turns out a very bitter tea, which must be drunk in small sips as hot as possible. Soon the pain will go away. You can’t sweeten.

Application in folk medicine.The healing plant, which in the ancient world was dedicated to Pallas Athena, naturally falls into herbalists. Medieval authors refer to Galen, Pliny, Dioscorides and other ancient sources when they prescribe agrimony for fever, diseases of the stomach, liver, gallbladder and intestines, or advise using it to combat dropsy and pains of various origins. From these books, folk medicine drew its knowledge, expanded it through its own experience, thus, the catalog of recommendations became gigantic. Some of them I would like to list here to demonstrate how sometimes a traditional medicinal plant is turned into a panacea: hemoptysis, kidney bleeding, pain during menstruation, stitches in the side, pain in the legs, asthma, flu, nosebleeds, inflammation of the eyes, suppuration, furunculosis. To successfully use the herb agrimony, be content with the indications for use, which are called by the German National Health Service: “Inside: for mild non-specific and acute diarrhea and inflammation in the mouth and throat. Outwardly: for mild superficial inflammation of the skin.” Personally, I recommend using it for diseases of the gallbladder, even though it has not yet been possible to explain the healing effect of this plant based on the substances it contains. There is no reason to fear side effects. Personally, I recommend using it for diseases of the gallbladder, even though it has not yet been possible to explain the healing effect of this plant based on the substances it contains. There is no reason to fear side effects. Personally, I recommend using it for diseases of the gallbladder, even though it has not yet been possible to explain the healing effect of this plant based on the substances it contains. There is no reason to fear side effects.

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