Traditional medicine uses herbal infusions and decoctions as therapeutic agents for various diseases. Medicinal plants have been used since ancient times.
All herbal preparations are based on medicinal herbs. Currently, about a million plants with a therapeutic effect are known. Some of them are effectively used in cosmetology, while others are used as an addition to medications. However, there is another separate group of plants that help get rid of such a delicate problem as alcoholism. Tirlich grass, or centaury, refers to it.
What is a centaury?
The plant belongs to the representatives of the family Gentian. The grass has small flowers of white and pink. They are collected in inflorescences in the form of a shield. The straight stem has four faces, in the upper part it is branched. Its height reaches 50 cm. Tirlich grass (photo below) has a core root. The arrangement of the leaves is radical, but by the time of flowering they die off.
Name Origin
The plant has many names: centaury, tirlich, menorah, spool, red flower, etc. The Greeks called it the centaurium. There are many legends about the origin of such a name. One of them says that it is the grass of the centaur Chiron, who healed his wounds with it.
Many people believe that the name comes from the Latin word "hundred" - centum, and "gold" - aurum. This legend says that the rich man agreed to give such an amount of gold to the poor, provided that he could be healed of his ailment.
Our ancient ancestors also knew about the healing properties of the plant, however, the Russians knew it as tirlich grass.
Where does the centaury grow?
About 20 different species of this plant are known in the world. Its healing properties have been used since ancient times. Slavic peoples came up with many affectionate names for the plant:
- sparkle;
- dawn;
- spool;
- heart;
- red cornflower.
In our area it is known as centaury, or grass tirlich. Where this medicinal plant grows is unambiguously difficult to answer. Its varieties are found in all corners of the world.
The plant loves sunlight, therefore, most often grows in forest edges, meadows and clearings. In the summer, it becomes very warm, it is from June to September that the plant blooms. Shows how tirlich grass blooms, photo.
Where does this miracle plant grow in Russia? This issue will be of interest to adherents of traditional medicine. On the territory of the Russian Federation centaury can be found in areas of Western Siberia. On the Eurasian continent, grass is common in certain regions of Europe.
To experience the healing properties of the plant, you do not need to go in search of it in the thickets. Today you can buy a centaury in almost any pharmacy. The cost of production is about 45 rubles for 50 g. They sell grass in loose form and in filter bags.
Healing power of the plant
Tirlich grass (photo is given in the article) has the following properties:
- Antiseptic.
- Laxatives.
- Antiparasitic.
- Desensitizing.
- Strengthening.
- Cholagogue.
When looking at such characteristics of a plant, it becomes obvious how useful the grass is tirlich, whose properties are well known. The effect on the human body is as follows:
- Appetite is increasing.
- The feeling of nausea is dull, the gag reflex is reduced.
- Flatulence decreases.
- Digestion improves with atonic constipation.
- The overall health status of hepatitis is improving.
- Grass helps during rehabilitation after serious illness.
- Various parasites in the body are destroyed.
Infusion with centaury helps girls defeat such an unpleasant disease as anorexia. Tirlich grass is used for medicinal purposes for women who have suffered a miscarriage or abortion, as well as for bleeding that has begun.
Rinsing the oral cavity with the infusion of this plant will help get rid of various diseases and prevent bleeding in the gums. In addition, a decoction of the herb is effective for various cuts and abrasions, as well as for skin diseases.
Tirlich grass is widely used in medicine. This is especially true of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (liver, gall bladder), kidneys, cardiovascular system, as well as in the presence of various infectious processes.
Recipes for making infusions with centaury
It should be remembered that the use of all of the listed decoctions should only begin after consultation with the attending physician. Let's consider them in more detail:
- Making a universal infusion. You should put in a glass a large spoonful of dried grass of the golden beard and pour 250 ml of hot liquid into it. Insist for about half an hour. Use should be 1 spoon before a meal. Tirlich grass will help well in the presence of chronic gastritis, as it acts as a choleretic agent. You should also rinse the skin with this solution in the presence of diathesis or neurodermatitis.
- A composition that improves digestion. To make it, you will need about 30 grams of centaury grass. Pour it in a glass of boiled water. The resulting solution should be put on low heat and cook for 15 minutes. It is necessary to wait for the broth to cool completely. After the infusion, squeeze it out and add hot liquid again. It should be consumed half a glass a day 30 minutes before meals. This must be done in the morning and evening hours.
- A solution of centaury, which helps with an allergic reaction. Mix a glass of hot liquid and 1 small spoonful of herbal. Soak the resulting composition for ten minutes. Next, the mixture should be filtered. Drink it 30 minutes before meals. Children from one to three years old should be given one teaspoon. Children over five years old - one tablespoon of broth.
How does the centaury get rid of alcoholism?
Desenbilizing properties are at the core. They help reduce the susceptibility and dependence of the body on a substance. Thus, it is used in the presence of an allergic reaction. Thanks to these qualities, the grass helps to get rid of alcoholism.
The use of decoction of tirlich grass for a long time helps to cause an aversion to alcohol. Thanks to this, a person can get rid of addiction. When preparing the composition, put 2 tablespoons of herbal collection and pour 1 cup of hot liquid. After put on low heat and warm for 10 minutes. Next, the broth should cool. You need to drink one glass every day. The course of treatment is about 10 days.
To get rid of alcoholism, centaury should be used in combination with various medicinal herbs, such as wormwood, thyme or puppeteer.