Juniper - medicinal properties and contraindications

Juniper is a perennial, evergreen tree or shrub. The name Juniper means a plant growing between fir trees. For healing, the berries of the plant are usually used. They have a diuretic, choleretic, antibacterial, expectorant effect, well soothe NS, cleanse the blood and relieve inflammation.

Healing characteristics of fruits

Medicines from the fruits are used to treat chronic diseases of the kidneys and the genitourinary system. As a diuretic, they are taken for swelling of various origins.

The berries of the plant perfectly tone, strengthen immunity, act as a laxative. In alternative medicine they are used for:

• loss of strength;
• anemia
• joint diseases;
• sluggish and chronic diseases of the dermis;
• boils, in the presence of kidney stones and pancreas;
• with prolonged respiratory tract disease;
• to increase appetite.

A blast prepared from fruits and twigs of a plant is used to make healing baths and special compresses for painful joints, arthritis, and skin ailments.

Restrictions for use:

1. Juniper is a poisonous shrub. It should be used only under the supervision and as directed by a specialist.
2. Do not use plant-based medications for kidney inflammation.

Medical exposure

Useful characteristics of the plant are as follows:

• diuretic;
• antiseptic;
• secretory;
• mouth-watering;
• relieves pain;
• heals wounds;
• expectorant;
• relieves the inflammatory process;
• cleanses the blood;
• antimicrobial;
• soothing.

In the rhizome of the plant, as well as in wood, there are diterpene alcohols, tannins. The root also contains substances that relieve inflammation, thin the blood, and destroy microbes.

In the needles of the plant there are many antibiotics that kill pathogenic microbes. It is believed that in one day a hectare of a plant releases up to 30 kilograms of antibiotics into the air. At the same time, there are a lot of vitamin C and tannins in the needles.

When use juniper

1. Genitourinary system. The plant is the strongest natural diuretic. Tinctures and explosions from the fruits are prescribed for a prolonged inflammatory process of the kidneys, as well as the bladder. Doctors recommend juniper therapy in the presence of stones and sand in the kidneys, with significant swelling, for disinfection of the urinary tract.
2. Digestive system. The healing characteristics of berries are used in the treatment of digestive disorders. They increase appetite, stabilize digestion, eliminate heartburn, nausea, gag reflex, diarrhea, gas formation. They are used to treat diseases of the liver and biliary tract, diseases of the stomach. The fruits of the plant to stabilize the digestion process are allowed not only to cook, but also to chew.
3. Nervous system. Juniper calms, relaxes NS. Explosions and tinctures are advised for neurosis and disturbed sleep. The healing effect is exerted by baths prepared from the needles of the plant, they are required to be taken in the evening.
4. Respiratory system. It reduces the viscosity of sputum, helps with diseases of the bronchi. With massive colds or flu, it is very good to smoke the apartment or attend aromatherapy sessions.
5. Musculoskeletal system. Helps aching joints, muscles and bones.Explosions and tinctures are drunk with rheumatism, as well as neuralgia, paralysis of the extremities, neoplasms, outwardly used as lotions or compresses.
6. External use. It is used as a medicine to combat microbes, it perfectly heals the skin with dermatitis, lichen, scabies, eczema, ulcers and formations on the dermis. Rinsing with a mouth blast in case of inflammation of the gums and teeth will also benefit. Tincture is dripped into the ears with inflammation. Infusions and rinses rinse the larynx with angina.

Restrictions for use

Despite all the useful characteristics, the plant has several limitations. Before starting therapy with juniper, you need to study the contraindications well:

• During the expectation of a child, there is a risk of uterine contraction, which leads to abortion.
• High blood pressure.
• Prolonged / chronic diseases of the kidneys and stomach.
• Intolerance.

Therapy with a plant should last no more than 2 months. If the deadline is not respected, then there is the likelihood of external negative consequences, such as irritation of the kidney tissue and bleeding. But with proper preparation, storage and implementation of all tips for use, juniper will only benefit the body.

Shrub for women and men

1. For the weaker sex. With explosions and infusions, sanitation of the vagina is carried out. Rinse the vagina very well for inflammation. The plant also cures inflammation of the appendages. It is good to take tinctures and conduct aromatherapy sessions in the period before the onset of menopause. The plant perfectly helps with disorders in the NS caused by a change in the hormonal background. It is allowed to drink it in the form of tinctures for alcohol, oil or boil. Berries will be of great benefit if chewed regularly.
2. For the stronger sex. Men are advised to drink alcohol tinctures made from the bark, rhizomes, plant woods with sexual impotence. Drugs increase blood circulation in the pelvic area, normalize sexual activity.

Use in the beauty industry

1. Junipers are often used by doctors to treat various skin diseases, such as various rashes, as well as to strengthen and grow the hairline.
2. Foreign experts use the antimicrobial characteristics of the bush in their work. They prescribe to patients baths from the plant, wiping with diseases of the dermis.

Alternative Medicine Prescriptions

Even in antiquity, shrubs were used to cure many diseases. Many effective recipes are used today. For the treatment of gout, rheumatism, arthritis, coniferous branches are used. From them make explosions, tinctures or make baths.

1. Bath. To make a bath from juniper, you need to pour 200 grams of dried plant in a liter of hot water. Leave for a while, so that the composition is well infused. The resulting tincture is added to the bath and sit in it for half an hour.
2. From gout, tincture will perfectly help. It takes 10 grams of dried fruit, they are soaked in a glass of water. The composition is cooked for half an hour, and then they still insist for an hour. Drink it in a spoon in 3 divided doses per day.
3. Alcohol infusion for the treatment of joints. To make it, you need 20 pieces of the fruit of the plant, they add 100 grams of alcohol. Leave for 10 days in a glass container, stored in a place where sunlight does not penetrate. Then the infusion is filtered, and the berries are squeezed. The resulting composition rubbed the affected area.
4. Cream. The fruits of the plant and lavrushka are crushed to a powder state, mixed with butter in equal proportions. Smear the cream with pain twice a day. Oil should be stored in a cool dark place.

For allergies
To make a healing tincture, you need twigs and needles of juniper. They must be cut very finely and add a glass of hot water to the raw materials.Put in a water bath and cook for about 10 minutes, then filter. Take tincture is required in a glass in 3 divided doses per day.

For allergic reactions, a juniper bath will help. To prepare it, they take branches and needles of juniper, 300 grams of raw material will be required. All crushed and poured into the raw materials 10 liters of running water. The composition must be left for some time, then put it on the stove and cook for half an hour. The resulting composition is filtered and poured into the bath. You need to take therapeutic baths 10 times.

Juniper for depression, sleep disturbances and neurosis
To prevent the symptoms of these diseases, it is advised to take baths from a medicinal plant. To prepare the bath, 200 grams of needles and branches will be required, they must be finely chopped and poured into the raw materials one and a half liters of water. The composition is put on the stove and cooked for half an hour. Let the mixture brew, then filter. The blast in its pure form is added to the bath and lie down completely for 20 minutes.

To cheer up and relieve stress, experts recommend drinking a drink with juniper fruits.

Digestive system diseases
To prepare medicinal syrup, you need to take a spoonful of finely chopped dried berries and add a glass of running water to them, put the composition on the stove and cook for half an hour. Then the product is filtered off, honey or sugar is added to it so that the liquid thickens. Drink syrup in a spoon in 3 divided doses per day, half an hour before a meal.

You can also cook a healing broth. To do this, pour 50 grams of dried berries into 200 ml of hot water and leave for 2 hours. Then the product is filtered off and a spoonful of sugar is added. Cook for five minutes in a water bath. Use a spoon 3 times a day.

For respiratory diseases
To prepare the composition for inhalation, you need to take a couple of fruits and add a liter of hot water. The product must be closed tightly and allowed to stand for 10 minutes. Then open the container and inhale the treatment vapor. To prepare the boil, finely chop 2 tablespoons of dried berries and add half a liter of hot water to them. The raw materials are cooked on the stove for 10 minutes, then allowed to cool. Drink 2 small spoons 3 times a day.

Prescription for kidney and urogenital diseases
To make tincture, you need a spoonful of berries, add a glass of hot water to it. Allow to stand for 4 hours, and then filtered. You need to drink a third of the mug three times a day.

To make a blast, you will need to take:

• Juniper fruits.
• Rhizome of licorice.
• Bearberry foliage.

The ingredients are taken in the same ratio and mixed well. Then you need to take a spoon of the obtained raw material, and pour it with a glass of hot water. Leave for half an hour. Use a blast on a spoon in 3 divided doses per day.

To prepare a tincture from the fruits of the plant, you need to take a small spoonful of fruits, chop them finely and pour a glass of hot water. Allow the composition to stand for 40 minutes, covering it with a blanket or terry towel. During the day, the resulting broth needs to be drunk.

Use in the beauty industry
In cosmetology, only essential little plants are used. It activates the growth of hair, the strands become light and fluffy. Many oil is poured into cosmetics, this will help in a short time to solve the problem with dandruff.

Oil is a multifunctional product for the skin of the face. This is a natural antiseptic that relieves acne. And ointments from the plant will tighten the skin, make it supple.

For oily hair, you can prepare a treatment mask from natural oil. To do this, mix 3 tablespoons of olive oil with 6 drops of shrub essential oil. Then the composition is heated and smeared with the skin of the head and strands. Next, cellophane is wrapped around his head, and they walk in this state for an hour. Then wash the strands with ordinary shampoo.

In a short time, the essential oil will solve the problem of dandruff. To do this, add it to a cosmetic product.The ratio is as follows: 5 drops of essential oil per one spoon of cosmetic product.

Juniper based face mask has a great effect. To make it, you will need the ingredients: protein from the egg, essential oil of the bush - 3 drops. The protein is ground to a state of foam and the oil is poured. All are thoroughly mixed and smeared on the face, left for a quarter of an hour, then washed the skin.

With problem skin, a tonic will help. For this you will need: mineral water without gas - 200 milliliters, essential oil - 5 drops. All are thoroughly mixed and poured into a clean container. Use every day.

Natural fruit therapy

This is the most effective treatment. In addition to the use of tinctures, it is allowed to chew the fruits for any diagnosis. Eating berries is required on an empty stomach, daily increasing the dosage as follows:

• The first day - 1 piece;
• The second and next 14 days - add 1 berry;
• 15 days - 15 pieces;
• Then the dosage is reduced every day by 1 piece.

The duration of therapy is a month. Natural fruits perfectly cleanse the blood, strengthen the immune system, normalize metabolism, protect against gum damage, relieve chest pain and swelling.

Juniper brooms

Many people in the steam room use juniper brooms. They stimulate the skin, disinfect it, and treat rheumatism wonderfully. To prepare the right broom, it is necessary to place the branches of the plant for a quarter of an hour in a container of hot water. Then you can water the stones in the steam room or rinse your hair.

People who managed to walk through the forest from juniper note its natural beauty and the extraordinary freshness of the air. Because of this, in recent years, many have used juniper branches for landscaping and decoration.

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