Creeping wheatgrass: medicinal properties and contraindications, traditional medicine recipes

Creeping wheatgrass is a perennial weed grass from the Bluegrass (Grass) family, characterized by medicinal properties, has contraindications. The plant is called creeping because of reproduction with the help of long, "spreading" rhizomes, the weed is most common in plots, fields, edges, meadows, gardens. Wheatgrass comes from the ancient Slavic word "pyro", which means bread, rye.

Botanical description of culture

Few people know that it has many healing properties. Traditional medicine knows many recipes for the use of weed for colds, kidney diseases, joints, rheumatism.It is also a valuable plant in pastures. Cows that eat a lot of wheatgrass produce more milk. They eat cats, dogs, wild animals. The plant is used in cosmetology, cooking.

Creeping wheatgrass is a perennial with a highly branched root system. Adventitious roots lie at a depth of 5-15 cm, forming above-ground single shoots covering large areas of land.

The stem is thin, erect. The leaf plates are smooth, rough on the reverse side, elongated, linear, with a regular arrangement, reach up to 140 cm, about 1 cm wide.

Small green flowers bloom in May-June, collected in a two-row spike 7-15 cm long.

Propagated by wheatgrass seeds and segments of rhizomes, seeds germinate even at +2 C, young shoots are not afraid of frost, drought.

Breeders cross-breed couch grass with wheat to produce parasite-resistant hybrids with quality grains.

Chemical composition

Rhizomes, ground shoots include: natural essential oils, triticin, fructose, levulose, mannitol, inulin, choline, mucus, inositol, agropyrene, organic acids, vegetable proteins, iron, calcium, sodium, pectins, glycosides , saponins, amino acids, carotene, B vitamins, ascorbic acid.

Healing properties

Based on the chemical elements of wheatgrass, grass and rhizomes are endowed with numerous healing qualities:

• choleretic;
• decongestant;
• antipyretic;
• antimicrobial;
• vasoprotective;
• antiallergic;
• antihypertensive;
• anthelmintic;
• help remove kidney stones;
• lower blood sugar levels;
• restore mineral and carbohydrate metabolism.

Grass relieves fatigue, removes toxins, promotes sputum discharge, accelerates wound healing.

Weed helps in the treatment of the genitourinary, respiratory system, gastrointestinal tract, metabolic disorders, skin diseases.

Recipes and use in traditional medicine

Raw wheatgrass is sold through a pharmacy chain. For self-harvesting, the rhizomes are dug up in early spring or in the autumn, separated from the shoots. Ground shoots for juice are harvested in summer. You can store blanks for 2 years in a glass container.

Most recipes use dry ground root of the plant, decoctions, infusions are prepared from it.

Skin Diseases

For a drink, combine 15 g of fine raw materials with 200 ml of purified water, close the dishes, boil for 10 minutes. over medium heat, stand for 4 hours, strain. Use inside 1 tbsp. l. 3 p. a day after meals.

For a bath, make a remedy in a water bath: in a prepared small bowl with a metal handle, combine 60 g of raw materials and 5 liters of cold water, (or take equal parts of wheatgrass and dried burdock), set it on top of a deep saucepan, where pour no liquid more than half, put on fire. Bring to a boil, hold for 15 minutes. Pour the filtered liquid into the bath (half a glass for 5 liters of water).

In case of psoriasis, eczema, urticaria, it is advised to apply fresh wheatgrass juice mixed with 5:1 turmeric to problem areas. After 30 minutes, lubricate the skin with neem oil.

Diabetes

Raw raw grass 4 tbsp. l. pour 5 tbsp. water, put on a slow fire, when the liquid has evaporated by ¼, remove. Drink strained daily, 4 times 10 ml.

Herbs of wheatgrass and horsetail 1:4 mix with a liter of water, reduce the amount by half in a water bath. Strained drink take 10 ml 4-5 times.

Hemorrhoids

Sliced roots 4 tsp. throw into the water 250 ml. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, keep for 10 minutes. Strained decoction is used for sitz baths, add 50 ml for enemas.

The second way - combine the juice of 15 g of grass with a glass of milk, drink for 2 weeks. This mixture reduces pain, improves bowel function.

Sweating feet

Fresh leaves, plant shoots are advised to be applied to problem areas and left overnight.

Traditional medicine has come up with a way to get rid of sweating with an unpleasant odor:

• wash feet with warm water, then rinse with cold water;
• fill socks with fresh couch grass, put them on;
• leave overnight.

Repeat the procedure for a week.

Fatigue

The tonic properties of wheatgrass relieve fatigue. Boil 200 ml of water, put 1 tbsp. l. rhizomes, hold until the liquid has evaporated 4 times. Use 1 tsp. before bed.

Eye diseases

An old recipe for eye diseases: pour natural honey or wine into fresh juice from the stem, take the components equally. Simmer over low heat for 3-5 minutes, stirring constantly until smooth. Strain, drink 10 ml 3 times a day.

Wipe your eyes with tea when overworked, after a long work at the computer.

Hypertension

Mix chopped wheatgrass, yarrow and rowan leaves, dandelion 1:1:1:1 Take 1 tbsp. l. collection, pour a glass of boiling water, drink ¼ tbsp. in the morning before meals.

Men's diseases (infertility)

For the drink you will need ground raw wheatgrass and water 1:10. Mix the ingredients, put on the stove, make a slow fire, simmer for 15 minutes. Leave covered for 3 hours, strain. Inside 4 times a day before meals.

Arthritis

Effective decoction: 8 tbsp. l. connect dry matter with 2 liters of water, set a slow fire until the liquid evaporates by 1/3. Take 15 ml before meals 4 times a day.

Gastritis, colitis, enteritis, metabolic disorders

Boil a liter of water, combine with 100 g of weed, make a minimum fire, hold until the liquid decreases by ½. Then cool, drink before meals 20 ml 5 times a day.

Second method: pour vodka and honey 1:1 into 50 g of ground raw materials, leave for 3 days in a dark place. Drain or strain liquid. Drink 1 tsp before meals

Recommend a collection of calendula inflorescences - 1 tsp, raw wheatgrass - 5 tbsp. l. Pour plants with water (250 ml). Put in a water bath for 15 minutes, turn off. Withstand 3 hours, inside 100 ml before meals 4 times a day.

Exudative diathesis

Combine 50 g of powdered weed and 5 liters of water, hold on low heat for 15-20 minutes, cool, strain. Add to bath. Course - 10-15 procedures.

Constipation

For a laxative: in a bowl with a lid, put ground raw materials - 4 tsp, pour boiling water - 500 ml. Endure the hour. Strained liquid drink 2 tbsp. l. 3-4 times a day half an hour before meals.

For an enema: combine the ground roots with water (100 g per liter), bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover and keep for 10 minutes. Add water to the filtered liquid to the initial volume. Allow to cool down to +37 °С.

Juice diluted 1:20 is also suitable for enemas.

Decoction for the treatment of tuberculosis

Boil a glass of natural milk, combine with 2 tbsp. l. dry or 1 tbsp. l. fresh root, hold on very low heat for 5 minutes. After cooling, strain through a four-layer gauze. Drink 600 ml daily in small sips.

Pulmonary tuberculosis

Recommend a folk remedy from a glass of cold milk and 2 tbsp. l. crushed rhizomes. Boil the mixture for 5 minutes, drink a warm drink at a time, you need 3 glasses a day.

Cholecystitis

Boil 1.5 liters of cold water, put 20 g of raw materials, hold in a sealed container for 5 hours. Strained drink to drink 200 ml 3 times a day.

Cystitis, urolithiasis

Mix ground wheatgrass - 6 tbsp. l. and a liter of cold water, set in a water bath for 30 minutes. Consume before meals ½ tbsp. three times a day.

In the chronic form, the dosage is reduced: 2 tbsp is enough. l. for 0.5 liters of water. Inside, 6 tbsp. l. 3 times a day.

Articular rheumatism, gout

Boil water - 200 ml, cool and put 4 tsp. raw materials, close, insist 12 hours, strain. Pour the grass again with a glass of boiling water, cover with warm material, after an hour, combine the first broth with the filtered second. Drink 6 tbsp. l. 2 times a day for about a month.

Cough

Boil 500 ml of water. Pour ground raw materials - 30 g into a thermos, pour boiling water, close, hold for 8 hours. Means to use 15 ml 3 times a day.

Tea Blend for Juvenile Acne

From acne, dilute freshly squeezed juice from leaves and shoots equally with water, squeeze, boil for 3 minutes. Drink chilled 200 ml before meals.

Alternative medicine recommends a drink made from wheatgrass rhizomes, violet herbs, horsetail, nettle. Ingredients take 2:1:1:1. Boil 250 ml of water, throw in 2 tsp. plants, soak in a container with a lid for 10 minutes. Drink the prepared remedy for 5 tbsp. l. 4 times a day before meals.

S alts in the joints

Pour ground raw materials 30 g into a suitable dish, pour a liter of water, set the minimum heat, bring to a boil, boil by half, strain. Drink 100 ml of drink daily 3 times before meals.

Wheatgrass recipes

Wheatgrass is an edible plant, first courses, salads, pastries are prepared with it.

Salad

Required:

• rhizome - 250 g;
• fresh carrot - 1 piece;
• leaves of young sorrel - 40 g;
• dill, parsley - to taste;
• s alt, vegetable oil.

Scald the washed root with boiling water, chop with a meat grinder. Add chopped carrots, herbs, s alt, season with oil.

Green wheatgrass soup

For this dish you will need:

• couch grass roots and stems - 1 bunch;
• a few dandelion leaves;
• water - 3 l;
• green onion - 1 bunch;
• fresh dill, parsley - 30 g each;
• chicken eggs - 3 pcs;
• potatoes - 4 pcs.;
• carrots - 2 pieces;
• s alt to taste.

Pour washed dandelion with cold s alted water for half an hour. Boil the washed parts of wheatgrass for 10 minutes, remove and discard. Add chopped vegetables: carrots, then potatoes. When they are cooked, pour in the beaten eggs. Sprinkle with herbs, put dandelion leaves, add sour cream if desired.

Cupcakes

Baking Ingredients:

• wheatgrass flour - 200 g;
• baking powder - 5 g;
• kefir - 200 ml;
• semolina - 200 g;
• sugar - 100 g;
• sesame seeds;
• egg;
• fruit syrup - 50 ml;
• s alt.

Combine dry ingredients, pour kefir, syrup, s alt to taste, beat in an egg. Leave for half an hour, arrange in molds, bake at 180 C for 15 minutes.

Harm and contraindications

Wheatgrass-based drinks can be harmful for inflammation of the pancreas, gastric ulcer during an exacerbation, intestinal upset, individual intolerance.

Do not recommend decoctions and infusions for children under 3 years old, pregnant women. Prescription dosages should not be increased.

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