Dioscorea Nipponskaya Is An Excellent Remedy For Sclerosis

2024 Author: Sebastian Paterson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:47

Dioscorea will help in the prevention of sclerosis

Sclerosis has become much younger recently. After all, once the French called it the disease of the third age. As a prevention of this disease, phytotherapeutic agents can be successfully used. One of them is the Nippon Dioscorea.

Dioscorea Nipponskaya in the wild is widespread in the Primorsky and Khabarovsk Territories, the Amur Region. It grows in sparse deciduous and mixed forests, in forest glades, forest edges, in the valleys of rivers and streams. This plant is a perennial herbaceous vine of the Dioskorean family with a climbing stem up to 4 m long.

Its rhizome is thick, branched, horizontal with lateral branches. Dioscorea leaves are alternate, petiolate, with venation.

The lower ones are seven-lobed, the middle ones are five- and three-lobed. It blooms in July - August. The fruit is a three-sided elongated box. The seeds ripen in August-September.

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Rhizomes are used as medicinal raw materials. They are harvested from April to late autumn. Dig it with a shovel, shake it off the ground, remove the stems and decayed parts, wash the roots with cold water and cut into pieces 5-10 cm long. Then wither and dry on the day of harvest in a dryer at a temperature of 60 … 70 ° C.

High-quality raw materials are also obtained by drying in well-ventilated attics, where they are laid out in a layer of up to 10 cm and mixed periodically. Drying in the sun is allowed. Raw materials can be considered dried when the rhizomes break with a bang. The shelf life of medicinal raw materials is three years.

Dioscorea rhizomes contain various organic compounds. The most important of these are the water-soluble steroidal glycosides (saponins). On the basis of dioscorea rhizomes, the preparation "Polisponin" is prepared, but at present its production has been discontinued due to a small raw material base.

Dioscorea is used in atherosclerosis of the vessels of the brain and heart to lower blood pressure. It reduces headaches, tinnitus, fatigue, irritability, improves mood, memory, normalizes sleep, improves condition with glaucoma, cataracts and inflammatory eye diseases, improves vision.

Dioscorea is popularly used as a tonic and tonic for the treatment and prevention of diseases of the central nervous system. It increases the capacity for work and the body's resistance to stress in neuroses, insomnia.

When taking drugs from this plant in patients, the content of cholesterol in the blood is normalized, memory improves, and sleep is restored. Dioscorea preparations improve health, memory, and normalize sleep. The decoction and powder of rhizomes have an anti-sclerotic and diuretic effect, lower blood pressure, increase the secretion of bile and reduce blood clotting.

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They are used for atherosclerosis of various origins and localization as a therapeutic and prophylactic agent. The positive effect of dioscorea is associated with inhibition of the absorption of cholesterol in the intestine, which is accompanied by a decrease in its content in the blood. In this case, blood proteins are able to keep cholesterol in a colloidal solution, which reduces the possibility of its deposition in the walls of blood vessels.

Treatment is carried out in cycles of 20-30 days with 7-10-day breaks. The course of treatment is at least 3-4 months. Taking dioscorea drugs is especially effective in the initial stages of atherosclerosis. No side effects have been identified. If you experience itching, sweating and decreased appetite, you should reduce the dose or temporarily cancel the drug. Dioscorea saponins irritate the gastrointestinal tract, so decoctions and powder should always be taken after meals.

An alcoholic tincture is prepared from raw materials: pour 150-160 g of roots with a liter of vodka, leave for 10-12 days. Take one teaspoon three times a day.

To prepare the broth, 1.5 g of crushed rhizomes are poured with 1 glass of hot water and kept in a sealed enamel bowl in a boiling water bath for 30 minutes. Then it is cooled at room temperature, filtered through two or three layers of gauze and the volume is brought up to the initial volume with boiled water. Take 2-4 tablespoons three times a day after meals.

With extreme caution, you should use the tincture and decoction of dioscorea if you have diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. In this case, be sure to consult your doctor.

Since in nature the reserves of dioscorea are depleted, it would be nice to grow it in your summer cottages. It has been growing in my garden for many years. This plant is undemanding to soils, but it urgently needs support. Dioscorea propagates by seeds, but they germinate for a very long time. Therefore, it is better to propagate it vegetatively. In the fall, plant the rhizomes, and in the spring sprouts will appear, which will only need to be directed to the vertical support. You can use rhizomes as a medicinal raw material in the 3-4th year of cultivation.

In addition to the Nippon Dioscorea, there is also the Caucasian Dioscorea. Their methods of application and treatment are almost the same.