Birch (silver birch) and downy birch - Betula verrucosa et Betula pubescens (Betulaceae)
description
Birch is a tree growing to 20 m in height , with a characteristic white flaky korowinie ; flowers are collected in a database arranged with three flower top; flower rod- mounted in the corner of the pituitary gland has two lobes sepals and two bipartite forked rods ; cyme grows in the corner of leaf top coat - bract ; female flowers have sepals ; pituitary flowers grow into bract wierzchotki , middle and staminate flowers have pituitary bar , the bars are lower chamber ovaries and two long marks , the fruits are tiny jednonasiennymi oskrzydlonymi nuts , rozsiewającymi using wind. They bloom in April and May , cylindrical seed heads ripen and break up in August and September. Downy Birch is different from silver birch ( white , dangled ) omszonymi young twigs , leaves opposite jajowatymi , more rigid branches , white crown in the lower part of the trunk.
Raw
Birch provide donuts - Gemmae leaves - Folium , bark - Cortex and juice - Succus Betulae , FP II, III , IV and V.
Succus Betulae / Phytopharm / (liquid 45 and 100 g) et Folium Betulae (pack of 20, 25 and 50 g) / Herbapol , Herb Lux, Watermelon , Eland , Medicinal Herbs Boguccy / can be purchased at pharmacies and herbal shops . Cortex et Gemmae Betulae we ourselves have to collect from their natural state .
Leaves breaks in May , when they are still young and sticky, but the later is a good raw material for herbal medicine . They are dried at normal temperature. Well dried leaves are green in color , light and pleasant scent and bitter , astringent taste, clenched in his hand crumble rustling . Bark is harvested in the spring , in the early spring or in the autumn, the young branches and trunks korowinie 're talking about , not the white film of covering the cork. The bark is dried at normal temperature or slightly better in the heated , open the oven , the bark can be replaced with thin twigs with buds harvested in the spring . After drying, the entire branch to be comminuted . Buds harvested in the spring before the development or in the flowering stage .
The chemical composition
Raw materials containing flavonoid compounds ( quercetin 3- galactoside , 3 -di- galactoside mirycetyny , tannins , saponins, triterpenes , essential oil , vit. P and C , mineral salts, betulin , and organic acids . Bark contains a lot of betulin and resin.
Operation and use
Extracts of birch increased urine output , and with it the sodium ions , chloride , and uric acid ( odkwaszają body) , regulate metabolism, detoxify the body ( have outstanding purifying the body of harmful products ) , protecting the hepatic parenchyma , generally reinforcing, have strong diaphoretic (especially the bark and twigs all ) , przeciwobrzękowo , przeciwgośćcowo , cholagogue , przeciwtrądzikowo , prevent kidney and urinary bladder disease , seal and strengthen blood vessels , stimulate the secretion of gastric juice , regulate digestion.
Indications: oliguria , urolithiasis , nephritis , ureters , and bladder cancer , gallstones , gouty diathesis ( arthritis ) , edema, excess uric acid , sodium and chlorine ( sodium chloride ) in the body , rheumatism, skin diseases (such as acnes , psoriasis , eczema ) , allergy , poisoning , liver damage, faulty metabolism , obesity , fatigue , malaise, convalescence , infectious diseases , fever and colds .
Infusion: 2 tablespoons dried leaves or buds pour 400 ml of boiling water , leave for 20 minutes and strain. Drink four times a plot of 200 ml babies weighing 3 kg - 8.5 mL, 4 kg - 11 ml , 5 kg - 14 ml , 6 kg - 17 ml , 8 kg -22 ml , 3-4 times the plot ; children weighing , 10 kg - 28 ml , 15 kg - 40 ml , 23 kg -65 ml , 32 kg - 91 ml , 42 kg - 120 ml , 54 kg - 154 ml , 3-4 times the plot
Intractum Betulae: half cups of fresh ground leaves or fresh half-open buds of birch pour 300 ml of hot spirits ; macerate for 10 days , then filter. Take 3-4 times dz , 15 ml in 50 ml of water; children weighing 10-12 kg - 2 ml , 13-15 kg - 3 ml , 16-18 kg - 4 ml , 19-21 kg - 4.5 - 5 ml , 22-24 kg - 5 ml , 25-27 kg - 6 ml , 28-30 kg - 6.5-7 ml , 32-35 kg - 7.5 ml , 36-42 kg - 8-8, 5 ml , 43-49 kg - 9 ml , 54 kg - 11-12 ml , 3-4 times a plot in 50 ml of water.
Bark, branches are just as potent diuretic , napotnym , antipyretic , anti-edematous , sedative , hypotensive ( lowers blood pressure) , analgesic , choleretic and cleansing . I recommend it be used only for sick bays, headaches , intoxication , hypertension , all skin diseases and infectious diseases, fever , colds , urinary stones and gallstones , edema , heart failure , nervous exhaustion , weakness , and many other diseases. Extracts from the bark and twigs are a powerful drug and extremely effective .
Some people have observed that the extracts from the bark and twigs every time after drinking contributed to the removal of very fine sand and urinary stones in the urine. Particularly intensive process occurred when mingled with birch bark and willow bark, elderberry bark or hebdu in equal parts : one tablespoon of birch bark, willow bark 1 tablespoon , 1 tablespoon of elderberry bark , raw materials mix and pour 400 ml of water , boil 10 minutes ( to complete evaporation of water ), let stand for 30 minutes , strain , drink every 3 hours . 100 ml, use this for 5 days, then drink two times a plot of 200 ml for 7 days ,
if necessary, repeat the treatment , I suggest both drink 3 times the plot of celandine infusion of 100 ml , which is a potent relaxant Urinary antispasmodics road urinary which makes things easier , and it also works with a diuretic and przeciwkamiczo ; cure completely harmless . The mixture has a strong antipyretic , analgesic and diaphoretic .
Decoction : 3 tablespoons of shredded bark or twigs pour 400 ml of water , boil 10 minutes , let stand for 20 minutes , strain. Take four times a plot of 100-150 ml administered to children 30-50-100 ml , depending on age . Changing the color of the decoction and urine red or brown is normal.
Juice drinks bought at the pharmacy to four times the plot of 1 teaspoon or 1 tablespoon in 50 ml of water. People receiving sulfonamides ( Biseptol , Amidoxal , Merafina , Urenil , etc. ) , and antibiotics should drink birch sap , infusion or decoction of the leaves of the birch bark, which prevent the formation of side effects or side effects.
The decoction of the bark can be washed sick, greasy hair and dandruff , after each cleaning . A decoction of the bark of a perfect cure inflammations of the mouth and throat .
Wraps the eyes of an infusion or decoction of birch bark have anti-inflammatory , antiseptic and przeciwropnie ( wrap to hold five minutes and apply 3-4 times the plot in inflammation and purulent conjunctivitis, eye , etc.).
