Common Vervain

Medicinal plant:

• improves well-being with flu and colds;
• reduces high temperature;
• promotes expectoration in bronchitis and pneumonia;
• accelerates the outflow of bile;
• improves liver function and cleanses the organ of toxins;
• stimulates metabolic processes and prevents the development of constipation;
• relieves toothache and freshens breath;
• accelerates wound healing and promotes the resorption of boils and abscesses;
• soothes and softens the skin in eczema, psoriasis and neurodermatitis;
• helps to cope with allergy symptoms;
• prevents the development of anemia and vitamin deficiency.

Methods of preparation and application

Infusion

For nervous disorders, colds and vitamin deficiency, an infusion of a medicinal plant is recommended for use.

1. Pour two large spoonfuls of dry herbs with a glass of boiling water.
2. Close the container with a lid and leave for three hours.
3. At the end of the period, strain from the sediment.

The resulting remedy is divided into three servings and taken during the day on an empty stomach. In just a day, you can drink no more than 250 ml of broth.

Tincture:

A strong tincture of the medicinal Vervain plant is used at high temperatures, with sluggish appetite and with inflammation in the body. The recipe is as follows:

1. For 50 g of dry shredded plant.
2. Pour 700 ml of high-quality vodka.
3. Close the container and put it in a dark place for three weeks.
4. The current insist is sometimes shaken.
5. The finished drug is filtered and taken three times a day, 5 ml before meals.

Decoction: a decoction of the medicinal herb is beneficial for weakened blood vessels, a tendency to varicose veins and liver disease: 10 g is poured into 500 ml of pure water. Bring to a boil over low heat. Remove from heat and cool. Strain and leave to infuse for another ten hours.

You need to take the remedy 50 ml four times a day on an empty stomach.

Contraindications

The benefits and harms of Common Vervain tea, decoctions and infusions are not always the same. It is necessary to abandon the medicinal plant:

• with individual intolerance;
• with hypertension;
• in the early stages of pregnancy;
• with a low level of platelets in the blood.