The Healing Properties Of Kalanchoe Pinnate Juice And Kalanchoe Degremon

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

Kalanchoe pinnate

Previously, this plant could very often be seen in rural huts and in the apartments of townspeople. It is now less common. How can this be explained? There may be several versions here.

Perhaps housewives are now chasing more fashionable plants now, to which home designers include fuchsias, azaleas, palms, hippeastrum and others, which have unusually beautiful flowers.

Another reason: projects of residential buildings have appeared, in which a window sill is not provided at all, on which indoor plants are often grown. Of course, the most enthusiastic flower growers find a way out here too - they put their favorite plants on various shelves, stands, tables next to the window. Such a reason is also possible - the wide development of the pharmacy business. Just a little - people run to the pharmacy.

And by the way, this plant used to very often help people out, and now it helps those who know about its medicinal properties. It is no coincidence that the people invented many other respectable names for him: the tree of life, indoor ginseng and even a surgeon without a knife.

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What kind of plant are we talking about? And this is all about him - about the Kalanchoe.

Science knows over two hundred species of this plant. They mainly grow in tropical regions and South Africa, as well as islands such as Madagascar. And also - in South and Southeast Asia, in the tropics of South America. Kalanchoe is a genus of evergreen succulent plants belonging to the Tolstyankov family. But we are primarily interested in two species from this large list.

It was they who were brought to Europe, and then to our country, and occupied an honorable place on the windowsills in the apartments of experienced housewives, combining two roles - that of an unusual ornamental plant and a home doctor. These two perennial herbaceous succulent plants are Kalanchoe pinnata and Kalanchoe daigremontiana.

Kalanchoe Degremona

Kalanchoe Degremona is a rather original plant with a straight stem, without branches, reaching a height of up to one meter. It has opposite, triangular, fleshy leaves, angled upward from the stem, with serrated edges curved inward. When viewed from the side, it is the serrated edges of the leaves that attract attention.

It seems that some scales or small leaves are attached to them in a row. These are the so-called brood buds or babies. It is with the help of them that this type of Kalanchoe multiplies: they separate from the mother plant and fall down. And they take root quite easily. It can also be propagated by cuttings and seeds.

Kalanchoe pinnate looks simpler: it also has a straight, non-branching stem, but a higher one, lignifying at the base with age. It can reach a height of one and a half meters or more. And his leaves are also opposite, juicy, thick, but not triangular, but ovoid or elliptical.

You can propagate this type of Kalanchoe by seeds, but in an apartment it will be more convenient to propagate it in a vegetative way. To do this, you need to take a leaf of this plant and put it in a pot with the prepared soil with the bottom side up, and then sprinkle it with sand around the edges with a layer of 2 cm, compact it. Moisten the soil. Several young Kalanchoe plants can sprout from this leaf, which, after the appearance of 4-5 leaves in them, can be carried to separate pots.

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Kalanchoe Degremona

Medicinal properties of Kalanchoe

It is these two types of Kalanchoe - Kalanchoe pinnate and Kalanchoe Degremona, due to the presence of many useful substances in their composition, and are used for medicinal purposes, more precisely, not the whole plant, but its juice obtained from the leaves and stem. It makes up more than 90% of the total mass of the Kalanchoe.

This juice contains flavonoids, catechins, tannins, organic acids - malic, citric, isolimonic, oxalic; polysaccharides, enzymes, micro- and macroelements - silicon, magnesium, calcium, aluminum, iron, copper, manganese; vitamins P, C and other substances.

To obtain juice, young leafy shoots are cut off. Before harvesting raw materials, the plant is not watered for a week. After cutting, the shoots are kept in a refrigerator for seven days at a temperature of + 5 … + 10 ° C. According to experts, such keeping plants in the dark at low temperatures contributes to the accumulation of biogenic stimulants important for the treatment of many diseases. After aging in the refrigerator, the raw materials are crushed and squeezed out.

Kalanchoe juice has antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, wound-healing properties, quickly cleans wounds and ulcers from necrotic tissues, accelerates their healing, and has low toxicity. Thanks to this, preparations from Kalanchoe have found application in surgical, dental, obstetric-gynecological, otolaryngological, ophthalmological practice.

Kalanchoe juice in pharmacies

In surgery, Kalanchoe juice and ointment are used for purulent-necrotic processes, trophic ulcers of the leg, bedsores, as well as in preparing wounds for the imposition of secondary sutures and for skin grafting.

Kalanchoe juice is used in the treatment of patients with trophic, varicose, post-traumatic ulcers. Several layers of gauze moistened with this juice are applied to the surface of the ulcerative areas. To relieve the burning sensation, Kalanchoe juice is diluted with an equal amount of a one percent solution of novocaine. Twice a day, this dressing is moistened with plant juice. Change the dressings in a day or two.

Kalanchoe juice is actively used in dental practice, for example, for gingivitis. In case of diseases of the oral mucosa and periodontal disease, Kalanchoe juice is treated by aerosol inhalation. It helps to reduce bleeding gums, relieve itching sensations, and pus stops flowing.

In gynecology, Kalanchoe juice preparations are used in the treatment of perineal wounds, ruptures during childbirth. If cracks appear on the nipples in nursing women, it is recommended that after each feeding of the child, apply a few drops of Kalanchoe juice to the nipples or lubricate them with Kalanchoe ointment.

In ophthalmology, Kalanchoe juice is used in the treatment of various lesions and eye diseases. It is most effective in treating eye burns.

In pharmacies, you can find Kalanchoe juice for medicinal purposes in ampoules of 3.5 and 10 ml, as well as in vials of 20 ml. It is recommended to heat the juice to a temperature of 37 ° C before use.

Kalanchoe ointment in pharmacies

Kalanchoe ointment is also sold in pharmacies. It is available in packs of 10, 30 g. It is recommended to store it at a temperature not exceeding 10 ° C, and before use it should be kept for heating at room temperature for at least half an hour. This is a homeopathic ointment with wound healing, analgesic, anti-inflammatory effects.

It is made from natural ingredients of plant and animal origin. The active principle is the extract from the Kalanchoe Degremon, which exhibits a unique wound healing, anti-inflammatory, analgesic effect. Kalanchoe ointment is used to treat trophic ulcers, non-healing wounds, burns, bedsores.

They are used for bleeding hemorrhoids, when nipple cracks appear in nursing mothers, for the treatment of stomatitis, gingivitis. Kalanchoe ointment has a local anti-inflammatory effect. Helps cleanse wounds from necrotic tissues, stimulates their healing.

In folk medicine, the range of application of Kalanchoe juice is much wider. For example, it is buried in the nose with a severe cold. Adults can bury natural juice; for children, it must be diluted with water in a 1: 1 ratio. It cleans the nose very effectively.

It is also used for inflammatory diseases of the middle ear. You can bury the juice diluted with water (1: 1), or even better - insert gauze or cotton swabs moistened with alcohol tincture of the juice into your ears.

Kalanchoe juice tincture

It is used to treat varicose veins, mastopathy, purulent inflammation and diseases of the oral cavity.

It is prepared from Kalanchoe juice and water or alcohol in a 1: 2 ratio, for example, 100 ml of juice and 200 ml of vodka. They are mixed and infused in a dark place for two weeks. Then it is filtered, stored in the refrigerator.

Kalanchoe juice treatment

When treating stomach ulcers, they drink one teaspoon three times a day 20 minutes before meals.

When treating tuberculosis, the juice is diluted with water in a ratio of 1: 3 and taken half a teaspoon twice a day.

Kalanchoe water infusion

It is simple to prepare it: you need to take fresh Kalanchoe leaves, knead them until juice is released, pour water in a ratio of 1: 5 and leave for one hour. Then bring this liquid to a boil and boil for 2-3 minutes, cool and strain through cheesecloth.

The resulting infusion can be used for lotions in the treatment of skin diseases, inflammation of the eyelids, for rinsing the mouth and throat.

In folk medicine, such an infusion is used to treat gastritis with low acidity and chronic colitis. Take such an infusion one tablespoon 2-3 times a day half an hour before meals.

Heals Sabur

In medicine, Kalanchoe is also used, like aloe, in the form of its condensed juice (sabura). Sabur is a black-brown lump or powder with a bitter taste. In medical practice, Sabur is used for chronic constipation, prescribing 0.1-0.3 g per dose.

And in small doses (0.05-0.2 g), sabur increases the activity of the digestive system, increases the production of digestive juices and bile, stimulating appetite. However, you just need to remember that sabur causes a strong blood flow to the pelvic organs, therefore it is contraindicated in pregnancy, hemorrhoids, uterine bleeding and inflammation of the bladder.

Contraindications

Kalanchoe preparations cannot be used during pregnancy, if they are individually intolerant. Also, it is not recommended to take these drugs inside for patients with hepatitis and liver cirrhosis, hypotensive patients. Do not take Kalanchoe and patients with tumors and diseases of the joints.

Treatment should be started only after consulting your doctor.

Anatoly Petrov