20 lifehacking plants to boost your health

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Since ancient times, plants have served as a reliable medicine and prophylactic agent in the fight against ailments. Today's medicine often relies on the same time-tested natural ingredients. Let's get to know or remind ourselves about 20 green gifts of nature, the healing properties of which have a beneficial effect on the human body.

Many alchemists died trying to create the elixir of immortality. Some from prolonged unsuccessful attempts, and some as a result of adding risky elements. Let's imagine what could become the basis of the revitalizing drink of eternity.

Ginger

Experienced travelers and more than once mothers are well aware of the ability of ginger to suppress feelings of nausea. The magical properties of the white root will be helpful in the fight against seasickness. Ginger can help relieve the unpleasant sensations of nausea when sailing on a ship or taking off an airplane, in early pregnancy, and when side effects from chemotherapy appear.

You can find gingerbreads at your nearest pharmacy, and a natural product from the store can be added in small amounts to tea.

chamomile

Probably, it's not for nothing that chamomile looks like the Sun, emitting bright rays of light. Like the star giving life to our common planet, chamomile has a wide range of medicinal properties. For example, it is traditionally used as an anti-inflammatory and antiseptic agent, and is also prescribed for gastrointestinal problems. Therefore, chamomile teas and tinctures are useful for colds and abdominal pain.

Oh yes, chamomile is recommended for loosening taut nerve strings and for chronic insomnia.

If you are having a stressful day and are having trouble falling asleep, add a couple of tablespoons of chamomile jam instead of alcohol.

Ginseng

Thanks to the teleshop on the couch, ginseng root is known to the general public as a male power booster. In fact, the spectrum of useful plant capabilities is much wider. Ginseng is often included in energy drinks for its stimulating properties. The root has a general tonic effect, increases blood pressure, suppresses drowsiness, reduces lethargy and fatigue, and also increases the efficiency of the brain. Ginseng is included in soft drinks and also taken in tablet, capsule or powder form.

Liquorice

The plant is also known by other names - licorice and licorice. Useful properties are possessed not by tops, but by roots. Which ones exactly? It can be enumerated for a long time, but here are the main ones: anti-inflammatory, laxative, expectorant, antacid, enveloping. That is, licorice will help with diseases of the upper respiratory tract, gastritis, stomach and duodenal ulcers, rheumatism, hemorrhoids and many other sores. In the countries of the East, licorice is included in the diet of patients with diabetes mellitus and is used in the treatment of a number of diseases of the reproductive system. Like its green counterparts, licorice is most commonly added to warm drinks.

Nettle

The stinging nettle leaves are remembered by every tomboy priest. In the hands of Granny, a couple of these plants coped well with excessive agility, excessive curiosity and the desire for strange experiments.

If we move away from the playful educational use, then it can be noted that the hemostatic effect of nettle increases blood clotting, and therefore is used to heal wounds, treat burns and stop internal bleeding.

Note to beauties and metrosexuals: a decoction of the plant saves from hair loss, helps to strengthen them and get rid of dandruff.

In addition to commonplace teas, ointments and shampoos, nettle is added to salads and famous multivitamin cabbage soup is cooked from it.

Black tea

The statistics do not know for certain what tea is more often associated with in people: with a way to kill working hours, with an excuse to go to a light, or with a method of getting rid of bags under the eyes. Be that as it may, and miracle workers, and would-be lovers, and Internet zombies still should not forget about another positive property of the drink. And we are talking about the beneficial effects of black tea on the human cardiovascular system.

Regular but correct drinking of tea helps to reduce the risk of heart disease.

Correct drinking does not imply excessive frequency and strength of the tea.

Lavender

A unique plant can heal not only the body, but also the soul. Let's start from the first position. Everyone knows how lavender has a beneficial effect on our nervous system in the form of a medicinal bath or oil. But less widespread is the knowledge that different forms of the plant are used in the treatment of migraines, rheumatism, as well as inflammation of the joints, dislocations and paralysis.

As for subtle matters, the eponymous Soviet imperishable Sofia Rotaru can become the most effective medicine for a fragile broken girl's heart.

Cinnamon

Schoolchildren, sit down at your desk!

Biology lesson. Cinnamon can be real and fake. Correct cinnamon can still be called true, but "fake" is more correctly called cassia or Chinese cinnamon.

Medicine lesson. It is cassia that has a pharmaceutical effect in the treatment of type II diabetes. On the Web, you can learn more about the beneficial effects of Chinese cinnamon on blood sugar.

Fennel

If you live by the principle "what is natural is not ugly" and do not hesitate to express the signs of flatulence, because "all your own", then feel free to go to the use of this greenery.

Or, if you know the feeling of shame but don't know how to get rid of bloating, try boiling fennel seeds. Of course, the resulting dill water will first of all become a faithful companion of young parents in the battle with the unstable digestion of their children.

St. John's wort

Contrary to its name, the plant is not capable of mowing a wild animal from the hooves, which really liked your sitting position in the bushes. So don't try to brush it off with a branch of St. John's wort. Offer the animal to have a snack together, which will make him dizzy, and a natural antidepressant will appear in your body, which will come in handy in such an exciting moment.

Yes, it is the ability to smooth out anxiety disorder that St. John's wort is famous for.

Mint

Do you want to sing as well as Nikolai Baskov in an old advertisement for a tea brand? The morning eggnog has nothing to do with it. Add mint to the hot drink!

Mint leaves contain substances that have a healing effect on diseases of the upper respiratory tract, hoarseness and hoarseness of the voice, as well as bronchitis.

Also, decoctions of mint are good for the inflammatory processes of the gums, toothache and discomfort in the throat.

Calendula

Remember, as a child, we applied plantain leaves to a fresh wound? This natural dressing helped stop the bleeding. And for the next wound healing, a calendula-based ointment was used. The powerful bactericidal effect of the plant will also help out in the treatment of burns, stomatitis and sore throat - vile and annoying sores.

Eucalyptus

Let's just say a few words about the fact that eucalyptus oil has antiseptic properties, that is, an anti-putrefactive effect. More interesting is the fact that eucalyptus is used to repel insects. The insecticidal properties of the plant are well known to the manufacturers of the respective preparations. But there is no scientific research on the effectiveness of using eucalyptus to repel sticky man-flies. Is that a spray in the eyes!

Comfrey

A contradictory plant, about the beneficial and destructive properties of which there are many rumors. But we will be guided by the facts: comfrey is excluded from the list of medicinal plants in a number of European countries, and in the United States, herbaceous products containing comfrey are not recommended for internal use. As for our regions, folk medicine ascribes to the plant the ability to restore damaged bones. To contact or not is up to you.

Chrysanthemum

Dear ladies, if on March 8th you got a bouquet of chrysanthemums, and your friend got roses, you should not at all spread rot for this to your man. Look to the East: in traditional Chinese medicine, plant leaves are prescribed for migraines, and dried flowers are prescribed to increase appetite. It is possible that your gentleman took an example from his Asian brother and prudently made the right choice.

Rosemary

Sly heartbreakers with the help of rosemary find the key to the men's wallet of the heart.

Check it out for yourself: rosemary essential oil includes an enticing note in the composition of the perfume, and a pleasant spice adds special shades to culinary masterpieces. In this situation, there is no chance of salvation. For medicinal purposes, rosemary is useful as a means to improve brain performance, memory, and vision.

Passionflower

Or passionflower. The etymology of the plant's name is associated with religion. Christians tend to see in the flower the image of the suffering (passion) of Christ.

If we abstract from guesswork, then official medicine uses passion flower extract for the production of sedative (calming) and anxiolytic (anti-anxiety) drugs. Fear and mental stress have no place next to passionflower.

Parsley

What product should you first stock up on when preparing for a series of holidays? That's right, parsley. It is this plant that will become a lifesaver for your stale breath after abundant libations and gluttony. Yes, due to its high concentration of chlorophyll, parsley eliminates bad breath.

Tobacco

Only the lazy in our time did not kick smokers. No, I do not defend cigarette lovers, but sometimes their persecution looks like a persecution. Although, perhaps, and rightly so, because they harass us, passive smokers, without hesitation. But no matter how tobacco looks against the general background of the negative flow, it also has useful properties. For example, it is useful as a quick anesthetic for a bee sting. They also say that the moistened tobacco will draw out toxins from the wound.

Sage

It is not for nothing that sage is in the forefront of drugstore shelves. After all, a plant with a powerful fist passes over the face of a large number of human ailments.

Sage has a healing effect on diarrhea, liver disease, respiratory tract, toothache, inflammation of the mouth and much, much more. In general, this plant should often fall into your tea mug.

What ingredients would you add to our made-up elixir?