Burdock root extract is made only from raw materials collected in May and is a brownish-green liquid that has a sweetish taste and a specific, rather pleasant smell. In the roots of the plant there is a lot of inulin polysaccharide, tannins, palmitic acid, bardanic, essential and fatty oils, protein, anticancer alkaloid, sigmasterol, resins, sitosterol, bitterness, mucus, phytosterol. It is known that burdock root extract has a large number of various trace elements, such as zinc, titanium, iron, manganese, copper, strontium, boron, vanadium, tin. In large quantities in the roots there is ascorbic acid.
The healing properties of burdock root, as well as recommendations for its use
Long-term studies and observations have established that the substances that make up the roots of the plant have a bactericidal, anti-inflammatory, diuretic effect. Burdock root extract also stimulates metabolic processes in the body and helps to increase glycogen deposition in the liver. The use of this drug is indicated in the presence of kidney stone disease, as well as in diabetes mellitus, but only in its initial stages. Also in the roots there are alkoloids that help inhibit the growth of various tumors. Burdock root extract is used in the treatment of any inflammation of the oral cavity, seborrhea, eczema, and acne.
This drug is used both as a prophylactic and when conducting complex therapy for such well-known and fairly common diseases as diabetes mellitus, all kinds of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, gout, poisoning, obesity and atherosclerosis, urolithiasis, rheumatism, skin cancer , infectious diseases, as well as with baldness as an external agent.
Contraindications
One of the main advantages of burdock root extract is that it is safe to use. There are no side effects when taking this drug, this allows you to regularly use it to treat a variety of chronic diseases.
Burdock root extract - reviews and recommendations for use
Many people use this drug with a Russian bath. In this case, the damaged joints are smeared with cream, which contains burdock extract and the patient is given a lot to drink (a spoonful of burdock root extract in a glass of water). After performing this procedure, the cream is again applied to the damaged joints, and they are well insulated with a fixed dressing.
Here are the recommendations for taking burdock root extract for the most common diseases:
Diabetes mellitus - a drink is taken, in the composition of which there is an extract, while taking half a teaspoon per 250 g of water, it is necessary to take up to three times a day in a full glass.
Gastrointestinal diseases, such as gastritis, peptic ulcer, not only the duodenum, but also the stomach, chronic pancreatitis, hepatitis - treatment is carried out in the same way as with diabetes.
Infectious diseases that are accompanied by fever - a solution is being prepared: a half-teaspoon of the extract is taken a glass of water and two tablespoons of honey. It is taken three times a day in a glass of the specified drink.
Atherosclerosis and obesity - as a therapeutic or prophylactic agent, ½ teaspoon of extract is taken in a full glass of water three times a day.
Gout and urolithiasis - when treating these diseases, a similar drink is taken three times a day.
Poisoning - the detoxifying properties of the extract are used in its treatment. It is also used to reduce hangover.