Wormwood, the contraindications to which are very strict, are also called palen, Chernobyl, and Yemshan. Pharmacy name: wormwood leaves or wormwood herb.
Wormwood (contraindications are available) is used in traditional and traditional medicine most often as bitterness, which helps to stimulate appetite and improve digestion. This herb restores strength in especially weakened patients. A rather effective drug is wormwood and in complex liver diseases: cholecystitis, hepatitis and gallstone disease. Plant preparations are prescribed for flatulence, dysmenorrhea, inflammation of the appendages, as an abortive drug, for kidney stones and kidney diseases, as an anthelmintic, less often as a mild laxative. As an external remedy, this herb is used for lotions and compresses, as well as in enemas against roundworms and pinworms. Bitter wormwood excites the central nervous system and improves blood formation. It is indicated for insomnia, anemia, asthenia and epilepsy. Here is such a healing clinic - wormwood. Contraindications to it are given below.
Wormwood: contraindications
The wormwood herb is strictly contraindicated for use during pregnancy. The toxic substances that are present in wormwood can negatively affect the course of pregnancy and even (in rare cases) provoke a miscarriage. The entire period of breastfeeding should also pass without the participation of tinctures and decoctions of wormwood.
Wormwood is contraindicated in those people who suffer from bleeding, enterocolitis, as well as allergies to some components of the plant. A relative contraindication for the use of a wormwood plant is a combination of old age and increased human body mass. For people with such indicators, wormwood can be too powerful a tool that will harm the body.
Also contraindications to the use of wormwood grass are intestinal and stomach ulcers, any gastrointestinal diseases in the exacerbation phases. In no case, inside, you can not take any wormwood preparations for people prone to alcoholism, suffering from mental disorders, as well as complex diseases of the central nervous system. If there is thrombophlebitis, then wormwood should also not be taken orally.
When deciding to use wormwood for treatment, contraindications for its use should be studied especially carefully. Carefully measure each gram of grass for teas, infusions and decoctions. Wormwood is very toxic, so the slightest overdose can easily provoke significant mental disorders, muscle tremors, even the appearance of visions in a healthy person. It is not recommended to drink preparations from wormwood for a long time, as this can also provoke a dangerous overdose. Of course, preparations from this herb have a very bitter taste. But it is precisely in this bitterness that is the main healing effect of wormwood. Do not immediately drink a lot of infusions and teas with this bitterness, because you can get used to it very soon.
Wormwood tincture: contraindications
The drug is not allowed to be used to treat patients who are hypersensitive to the plant itself, to alcohol, as well as those suffering from peptic ulcer of the duodenum and stomach, reflux esophagitis, gastritis with high acidity, cholecystitis, as well as during pregnancy and lactation.
An overdose of wormwood can cause severe excitation of NS (convulsions, hallucinations).
Wormwood categorically can not be taken constantly. It is necessary to take short breaks - at least for 1-2 months. The course of treatment with this herb should not exceed a total of two weeks, it can last a maximum of a month, after which a break is needed - at least 2 weeks, and even better for a whole month. Since the plant is poisonous, it is necessary to use it exclusively under the supervision of a doctor.