Many women love geranium for its beauty and magnificent flowering, but this plant is not easy to beautiful, it is also medicinal. Over a long history, it has repeatedly proved its effectiveness in the treatment of various ailments.
The fact is that geranium leaves contain tannin components, which in turn are capable of destroying harmful microorganisms. These substances are used to treat the gastrointestinal system, they use medicine in the form of decoctions, and geranium also contains oil, which can be used as a sedative.
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Medicinal recipes with geraniums
Hypertension treatment
You need to take 1 leaf of the plant and grind it well, then attach it to the wrist in the place where the pulse is felt. After 10 minutes, you can pay attention to the amazing result, because the pressure stabilizes.
Geranium from sciatica
Geranium can also cure sciatica or osteochondrosis. All you need to do is chop the petals to the consistency of porridge and put in a problem place for 1 hour, then remove by wiping the area with a cloth moistened with warm water, and the pain will cease to torment.
For hemorrhoids or toothache
To treat these ailments, you need to grind and crush a leaf of geranium and apply it to hemorrhoids or on the cheek, in case of pain in the teeth. If your ears hurt, let's say you have otitis media, then apply a mixture to your ear.
Removal of inflammation
Geranium can also help with inflammatory processes in different parts of the body, and quite effectively.
Treatment of constipation
To get rid of constipation, do as follows:
- grind the leaves and stem to a state of porridge;
- place 2 tablespoons of porridge in half a liter of water;
- boil the broth and wait until it cools;
- insist the broth for 8 hours.
You need to drink the finished tincture with geranium for 1 day, the constipation should recede.
Problem skin treatment
If you are concerned about acne, inflammation on the skin and the like, you need to make a mask. To do this, you need 3 leaves of the plant, which you need to turn into a homogeneous mixture and add 1 spoon of sour cream to it.
The resulting mixture is applied to a previously cleaned and prepared face and for one fourth of an hour it should remain on the face, after which it must be washed off using warm water.
Such a mask can be done every day 1 time, but first, it is advisable to check for susceptibility of the body. To do this, apply a little mixture to the bend of the elbow and look at the skin reaction, if it turns red or starts to itch, then the body is allergic to the components of the plant.
About the oil properties of geranium
The healing properties of plants from the geranium family have been known to mankind for a long time, by the way, in cosmetology, the oil of this plant is used very often. The range of diseases on which geranium favorably affects is great. Women with the help of such a plant normalized the menstrual cycle or treated headaches. Geranium also helps to quickly repair damaged tissues as a result of frostbite or burns.
You can also cleanse the skin, relieve inflammation or cleanse the pores.If you wash your face with water interspersed with geranium oil, it is important that the oil content is not significant, no more than 1 gram. Geranium oil will be even more effective when combined with other oils, such as:
- jasmine;
- orange
- lemon;
- lavender.
You can buy such miraculous oil or make it yourself at home. To do this, you need only 50 grams of leaves that are rubbed with a wooden rolling pin. But it is worth remembering that iron utensils are not suitable. The finished oil must be poured into a 0.5-liter glass jar, while filtering so that the slurry from the leaves is completely covered with oil.
Contraindications
Geranium treatment is not suitable:
- during the period of bearing a child;
- with chronic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract;
- with allergies;
- in diseases that make the blood thicker (as geranium thickens even more).
