The first mentions of the healing plant of safflower lefts are from the 19th century. The first to cultivate it were the Europeans. Siberian folk healers believed that it helps to maintain health, youth and cure 14 diseases. In common people, a medicinal plant is usually called a maral root. Today, official medicine is actively using it for pharmaceutical purposes: tinctures, extracts and decoctions are made from it.
What does a leuzea look like?
She receives mostly positive feedback from users. Finding a herbaceous perennial reaching 180 cm will not be difficult. It attracts attention with a thick erect stalk with a rather large, spherical, purple basket with small purple flowers. It begins to bloom in July-August, and only in the alpine and subalpine territories. Rhizomes at the maral root are branched, very dense with a tarry odor.
Biochemical composition
The underground part of the plant is rich in tannins, flavonoids, ecdysones (steroid compounds), resins, essential oils, carotene. Also, the roots abound in ascorbic acid, inulin, gum, coumarins, organic acids, phosphorus salts, catechins and arsenic. The aboveground parts also contain useful substances: micro and macro elements, proteins, sugars, vitamin C, mineral elements. It is scientifically proven that the tonic, anti-inflammatory and adaptogenic effect on our body has a leuzea. The reviews of people are as follows: tincture helps relieve irritability, quickly eliminates fatigue and apathy.
Healing properties
The biological activity of maral’s root is associated primarily with a high content of ecdysterone (a natural anabolic). Accumulates during the growth phase. Tincture of safflower levzea regulates pressure (maintains normal values for hypotension), improves lipid metabolism, blood circulation, increases heart contractions, and also has sugar-lowering, psychostimulating, anticoagulant and vasodilating properties. Favorably affects the gonads, increases efficiency, improves immunity and improves well-being.
Medical use.
Tincture
The root mass of the plant is dug up in the third year of vegetation, in early October. And the leaves, on the contrary, begin to be harvested in July or August. Rhizome infusion is used for physical overwork, especially in athletes. Maral root normalizes the level of hemoglobin and red blood cells, enhances appetite, relieves nervous excitement and improves the condition with alcohol intoxication.
To reduce blood coagulation, tincture from flower baskets is used. It also helps women relieve clinical manifestations during menopause. It’s not difficult to prepare the drug, for this you need a large spoonful of raw materials (grind) and a glass of water. The mixture is heated for half an hour in a water bath, then it is infused and taken in the filtered form in a spoon twice a day.
With insomnia and fatigue it is recommended to drink two tablespoons three times a day, before meals - for two weeks. Tincture of Leuzea gets only good reviews, many are advised to use it in the offseason, especially after severe stress and illness. Helps patients with cardiosclerosis and hypotension.
Lewsee extract
The reviews and opinions of people who often use the supplement note the following: the extract gives strength, energizes and relieves fatigue. Folk healers use maral root as a tonic and aphrodisiac with a decrease in libido (sexual activity in men), increased fatigue and loss of strength. The extract removes lactate (lactic acid), helps to accumulate ATP and glycogen in the liver, muscles and heart. In addition, it has antihypoxic and hypolipidemic effect.
Decoction
The food industry makes a healing and very tasty drink "Sayan", which has a lot of useful properties. But an even more valuable decoction for restoring health can be made at home from the following components: they grind a large spoonful of roots, pour boiling water (a glass), transfer to an enameled container and boil for half an hour. The broth is allowed to infuse for some time, then filtered and diluted with boiled water (two hundred grams). Drink before meals, three times a day for 1/3 cup. Appointed with reduced pressure. They also rub the face and neck to rejuvenate and give freshness to the skin. Helps smooth out facial wrinkles and improve the quality of the epidermis of Leuzea. User reviews best confirm the healing properties of the plant.
For bodybuilders and athletes
Due to the miraculous properties, maral root is often used by athletes before strength training and after an injury for a speedy recovery. It is a true natural anabolic acting as a dope. After its application, all reserves of the body are mobilized, a person feels a surge of strength and energy.
Regular and prolonged use of the supplement leads to the expansion of blood vessels and an increase in the number of capillaries. As a result, blood flow, heartbeat is restored and the pulse stabilizes. Available in the form of capsules and tablets. It is considered a completely natural and safe product. According to doctors, the drugs do not have side effects, but only help athletes improve their health. That is why levsee is recommended in bodybuilding. Reviews from the use of drugs based on this plant are found in a positive way.
Contraindications
With its usefulness, however, the plant can also harm a person. In order to avoid negative manifestations, you should know who should refrain from taking plant extract. The annotation says that people with high blood pressure (hypertension) and suffering from fundus pathologies need to exclude the use of this drug. Only under the supervision of a knowledgeable specialist can a leuzea be used. Negative reviews almost never occur.