The Use Of Oils, Ointments And Tinctures Based On Aromatic Plants In Medicine - 1

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The use of oils, ointments and tinctures based on aromatic plants helps to promote health and improve appearance

Smell is a magnificent divine gift of nature to animals and humans - the ability to smell the smells that fill the atmosphere around us. We do not see or hear smells, but we feel them, intuitively separating useful from harmful.

But we do not always know that a plant, which, in our opinion, has an unpleasant odor, is a potent drug. For example, the smell of a blooming hemlock plant can immediately scare us away, because it feels like you have raked a mouse's nest. Moreover, if you bring this plant into the room, then after a while you will feel a headache. The same thing happens in the swamp where wild rosemary grows. Some particularly sensitive people quickly start to experience headaches. Still would! After all, these are poisonous plants! The smell warns of danger, it can be alarming, but not only! The main thing is that the smell can protect against disease, from infection, it can heal, and these "little things" we least of all pay attention to in everyday life. Although for the sake of justice it should be notedthat lung patients are usually treated with pine air. It is in the pine forests, as a rule, that tuberculosis sanatoriums are located.

In a society plagued by stressful lifestyles and pollution, it is especially gratifying to find simple, natural ways to relieve stress, prevent and treat disease. For this, plant smells and oils prepared on the basis of aromatic plants are used, which are distinguished by a prolonged healing effect, unlike the aroma of fresh plants.

Aromatherapy is the enhancement of mental and physical health with the essential oils found in plants. Essential oils contain vitamins, hormones, antibiotics, pheromones (invisible but perceptible aromatic signals), as well as substances that regenerate cells, which nourish, give vital energy to a living plant and protect it. Thanks to these properties, pathogenic bacteria are destroyed and viruses are neutralized.

Essential oils "work" in two directions: physically - penetrating through the skin into the capillary circulatory system and psychologically - acting through the olfactory organs on the nervous system during steam or direct inhalation, aroma smoking. In the first case, essential oils are used for rubbing and for massage, for facial and body skin care, for aromatic, foot baths or inhalation.

Aromatherapy is a unique link that connects our health with the wealth of the world around us. Pleasure is a therapy in itself, but aromatherapy goes further, turning therapy into pleasure.

Now let's talk about the plants from which essential oils are obtained, with the help of which you can improve the mental and physical health of people.

Calendula

Flowers are used. Our ancestors attached garlands of marigold flowers to doorknobs to protect themselves from infectious diseases. Since ancient times, it is believed that this famous medicinal plant "calms the heart and soul."

This excellent home remedy is made from the orange petals of ordinary marigolds. Calendula ointment is one of the first to calm and quickly heal fresh wounds, cuts, scrapes, abrasions and irritations. It is prepared from an antiseptic herbal extract of calendula flowers with the addition of calendula oils. It is an excellent ointment for preventing infection and for treating diaper rash and prickly heat in children.

Create your own face and body oil. Calendula oil is ideal for sensitive skin. This oil, which has high bactericidal properties, can be used as a mild antiseptic for cuts, scrapes, abrasions, ulcers, skin inflammation, prickly heat in newborns and cracked nipples in nursing women. It has a beneficial effect on hands constantly exposed to excessive exposure to water, extreme temperatures or chemicals. By softening cracked skin, calendula helps prevent scars. It is a safe oil that does not irritate even the child's sensitive skin.

More often, especially for cosmetic purposes, not oil is used, but a tincture or cream based on calendula inflorescences. Yet the effectiveness of the oil is much higher.

Carrot

A root vegetable is used. Ancient healers considered carrots to be a "herbal medicine" for treating skin conditions. It was considered a cleanser.

From early childhood, we are taught to eat carrots to improve vision. Carrots have a calming effect on eye fatigue and inflammation. Carrot oil nourishes and heals, it will bring health to the skin, especially for those parts of it that are constantly exposed to sunlight, which creates the risk of blistering and flaking. Use rubbing to treat cuts, abrasions, and herpes.

Carrot oil is ideal for dry, cracked and flaky skin and is used for rubbing the face and body.

pharmaceutical camomile

Flowers are used. During the Tudor era, poets loved to spend time in meadows dotted with radiant daisies, whose aroma inspired them to write fiery verses. Chamomile is often referred to as a plant healer by botanists because it appears to help heal the surrounding herbs.

Chamomile flower oil, also known as Roman Chamomile, has been used for centuries in European medicinal and cosmetic traditions to treat fever and inflammation.

Chamomile has a rich, soothing scent that acts as a healing balm. Due to its anti-inflammatory properties, chamomile oil is an excellent non-allergenic face and body skin care product and is also included in massage oil mixtures. Recommended for delicate, sensitive and easily injured skin. When added to shampoo, it has a soothing effect on the scalp. To lighten and condition light or brittle hair, add oil to rinse water after shampooing.

For temporary relief of headaches, migraines, insomnia, stress and tension, create your own massage oil blend and massage it into your neck, shoulders, or any other part of the body to relieve pain. Ideal for treating babies when they are particularly irritable, such as teething or an upset stomach, add a few drops to the baby bath. When treating digestive problems, diarrhea, or vomiting, massage the abdomen clockwise with the oil massage mixture.

It has a cooling and soothing effect on the skin in case of thermal and sunburns, capillary bleeding, insect bites. To temporarily relieve the symptoms of dermatitis, eczema, and skin inflammation, apply a mixture of oils to the affected area. A massage oil blend containing chamomile helps temporarily relieve muscle and joint pain.

People with low blood pressure should be careful.

Geranium

Herb is used. Considering geranium one of the most famous medicinal plants, people began to grow it in their homes and near their homes to protect themselves from evil spirits. It is beautiful, blooms for a long time, unpretentious. People often underestimate the mild astringent and antiseptic properties of this plant, which regulate and maintain balance in the body. It cleans the air from microbes, improves the condition of asthma patients due to the release of essential oils. There are many types of geraniums. Geranium with a dissected leaf protects from hypertension, botanists call it fragrant pelargonium. If you chew a leaf, your blood pressure will drop. It helps digestion, is a good antiseptic, and is useful in diabetes. In Bulgaria, 1-2 leaves are placed on 1 liter of jam, compote. The leaves are used to prepare geranium oil, which is used in perfumery. From 100 kg of leaves, 1 kg of essential oil is obtained.

Geranium is one of our best stress relievers. It is good for muscles and joints. It is used to get rid of toxins, puffiness, as well as to treat acne, bruises, burst capillaries, cuts, skin imbalances (oily or swollen skin), dermatitis, eczema. Geranium stops nose, uterine bleeding, regulates the menstrual cycle. Regulates the work of the heart, prevents venous blood stasis. Promotes rapid bone healing in case of fracture. Has an antispasmodic effect on headaches, migraines. Prevents benign and malignant neoplasms.

The rich, cheerful, sunny bouquet of geranium has a delightful refreshing and invigorating scent. This oil can be used as a wonderful, inimitable perfume, in an invigorating aromatic bath or massage oil mixture. Use this oil whenever the mood pendulum fluctuates sharply and needs improvement. Ideal for relieving stress or premenstrual tension.

Contributes to the normalization of the activity of the sebaceous glands. An excellent remedy for the balanced treatment of both too dry and too oily or combination skin. Geranium applied to the skin as a face and body oil dries oily areas and nourishes dry ones.

To be continued

Tikhon Baranov, journalist