Wheatgrass creeping in folk medicine. Wheatgrass creeping: description, properties, control measures

Creeping wheatgrass is a herbaceous perennial belonging to the family of cereals. Currently, more than 50 varieties of wheatgrass are known. Among the people, the grass was called the inhabitant, rye, dog grass. The plant has a long rhizome that spreads very quickly along the ground. It is considered one of the main enemies of the garden or garden plot. The grass is capable of sprouting from the smallest pieces of root left in the ground, so it is very difficult to deal with it.

Botanical description of wheatgrass

Creeping wheatgrass - herbaceous plant, the roots of which are located in the soil in a horizontal position. The roots of wheatgrass have a branched structure. The area occupied by the root of one plant can reach several square meters, and the length of the root can be up to 15 meters. When the root bends up and comes out to the surface of the earth, a new plant is formed.

The stem of the wheatgrass is erect, the leaves are flat and bare, the leaf plates are up to 5-10 mm wide and have a long sheath. The upper part of the leaves has a rough surface. If you don't fight the plant agrotechnical methods, its height can reach up to 120-140 cm.

The plant blooms from late May to early September. Wheatgrass flowers are complex spike-shaped inflorescences that gather at the tops of the stems in two-row spikes about 10 cm long. Flowers are pollinated by the wind. Fruit ripening begins in early July and lasts until September. The fruit is a caryopsis similar to a grain of wheat.

Wheatgrass propagates by seeds and rhizomes. The main role belongs to the rhizome. If you remove a plant from the ground and do not remove it from the site, it is able to give a new plant if a living bud remains on it. The roots do not have a dormant period, they begin to grow even with minor damage. That is why it is very difficult to fight wheatgrass on garden plot or vegetable garden. Wheatgrass is distributed everywhere. It grows along roads, in the forest, in arable land and wastelands.

Why wheatgrass is good for you

Wheatgrass has many beneficial properties. This is evidenced by the fact that cats and dogs find and eat the leaves of the plant for various ailments. This happens at the instinct level. With the help of wheatgrass, animals cleanse the body and intestines. Also wheatgrass is strong remedy to combat worms in animals.

Wheatgrass really has healing substances and is used in the treatment of a number of diseases in folk medicine. The weed has the strongest cleansing properties, moreover, it cleans not only the intestines, but also the circulatory system, and also has diuretic, anti-inflammatory, expectorant properties. It is useful to use wheatgrass in case of changes in metabolism, diseases of the heart and blood vessels, and in many other cases. The medicinal qualities of wheatgrass are manifested due to the chemical composition, which includes:

• Vitamin C.
• Phenolic compounds.
• Apple acid.
• Carotene, saponin, mucus, pectin.
• Trace elements of iron, magnesium, sodium.
• Fatty and essential oils.
• Many other compounds including amino acids.

The rhizome of the plant has healing properties. Rhizomes are harvested when cultivating the land in early autumn. They are collected when harrowing the soil, freed from leaves and stems, earth, washed well and dried in rooms with good movement of warm air or dryers. After the roots are dry, rub them with your hands, remove the remnants of the leaves so that only the rhizomes remain. Dried wheatgrass roots are suitable for use for 2-3 years. The dried roots are odorless and have a slightly sweet taste.

The use of creeping wheatgrass for medicinal purposes

Wheat grass root is used as a diuretic for inflammation of the urinary system, kidney disease, cystitis, in the presence of stones in the urinary organs. For these qualities, wheatgrass is similar to the field horsetail. Its decoctions are also used for dropsy and various edema to remove excess fluid from the body.

Wheatgrass creeping is used as a coating agent for diseases of the stomach or intestines, as well as a mild laxative. For bronchitis and lung diseases, wheatgrass is used as an expectorant. Children are prescribed preparations from wheatgrass for rickets, anemia. It is found in a soothing tea for children.

One of the main properties of a plant is its ability to cleanse the blood of radionuclides, and the walls of blood vessels from plaques. Purification of blood also occurs due to the fact that with the removal of fluid from the body, toxins are removed. This property of wheatgrass is also used for skin diseases, furunculosis and various skin rashes. For skin diseases and rashes, take baths from herbal decoctions.

Due to the presence of vitamins and many trace elements in the wheatgrass, it is used to restore the body after physical and emotional stress. The state of fatigue and weakness is removed after taking wheatgrass tea for a month.

Good results are obtained when using rhizomes to relieve pain in arthritis, arthrosis, joint diseases, and gout. Both herbal decoctions and herbal baths are used.

How wheatgrass is used in traditional medicine recipes

In medicine, extracts from wheatgrass rhizomes are added in the manufacture of certain medicines. Along with this, the rhizomes of the plant are used in treatment in folk medicine.

• In order to cleanse the blood vessels, 2 tablespoons of the prepared grass roots are poured with cold boiled water (250 ml), insisted for half a day in a dark place. The water is then drained and these roots are poured with a glass of boiling water. The cooled water is drained and mixed with the one that was drained for the first time. The resulting composition is drunk during the day. Take half an hour before meals. Treatment takes 3 months.
• To cleanse the joints from salts, the infusion is prepared from 1 tablespoon of grass rhizomes and a glass of boiling water. The herb is poured with boiling water, insisted for a couple of hours in a warm place, consumed three times a day, 40-50 ml. Duration of admission is 1 week. Then they take a break for several days and repeat the course again. You can do 3-4 courses in a row.
• For various skin diseases, rickets, diathesis in children, baths are made from a decoction of wheatgrass rhizomes. For this, 50 g of rhizomes are poured with 5 liters of boiling water and heated in a water bath or boiled over low heat for half an hour, insisted, and then the broth is carefully poured into a bath of water. For the course of treatment, 10-15 baths are done, depending on the severity of the disease.
• A concentrated vapor from the roots of wheatgrass is used for diseases of the biliary tract. To do this, pour 100 g of peeled and prepared rhizomes with boiling water (1 liter), boil over low heat until half of the water evaporates. After cooling, drink 20 ml before meals several times a day. The same composition can be drunk with cardiovascular diseases, as well as with diabetes mellitus.

When using infusions and decoctions from wheatgrass rhizomes, no special contraindications have been identified, however, do not exceed the dosages indicated in folk recipes... It is not necessary to apply recipes using wheatgrass rhizomes for the treatment of children under 2 years of age and pregnant women.

Useful properties of creeping wheatgrass.

What popular names it is not called: villager, rye, diving, root-grass, dog grass and even worm-grass. Indeed, these words reflect outward resemblance plants and their ability to grow underground?

The translation from the Latin name literally means the fire of the fields: the speed and scale of its spread are similar to powerful tongues of flame. And it is not possible to remove the weed completely from the garden.

Why is wheatgrass weed useful and is it worth storing it for future use? Read in this article

What does the wheatgrass grass look like, where does it grow?

The malevolent wheatgrass weed belongs to the Cereals family

• Its thin, branching roots invariably in the horizontal direction penetrate through the upper layers of the soil, and form there a whole web of rhizomes and buds, ready to turn into a new plant
• Rhizomes do not usually penetrate deeper than 15 centimeters
• The weed has an erect stem, reaching a height of 40-120 cm.Long and flat leaves reach a length of 15-40 cm
• Leaves are green or gray-green. Leaf blade width 3-8 mm
• Wheatgrass flowers are inconspicuous in appearance. These are complex long apical spikelets of 4-7 flowers, collected in inflorescences. The spikelet itself reaches a length of 15 cm. The weed blooms by May-June. By the end of the first summer month, ripe fruits can already be observed, representing a caryopsis similar to wheat. Fruit length - 5 mm

Under the ground, wheatgrass shoots are capable of spreading quickly. It is for this ability of his to fill in useful for garden crops the area with its creeping roots, summer residents do not favor it and mercilessly get rid of the weed

At times to clear private plot from weed is very difficult. The process of killing wheatgrass can take months.

Sometimes the slightest damage to the root causes a new plant to grow. For this, the tops of the rhizomes are bent upward and are located at the surface of the soil layer

Where does the weed grow?

In addition to arable land, wheatgrass fills meadows, steppe slopes, river floodplains and roadsides with its climbing rhizomes. In a word, wherever there is a fertile soil, wheatgrass is able to germinate... To form a new individual, only a part of the rhizome with a single bud is enough.

Wheatgrass creeping - grass and root: medicinal and beneficial properties and contraindications

More doctors Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome knew about healing properties wheatgrass. Creeping grass was also used in Medieval folk medicine.

Incredibly, the seemingly unsightly plant is a laxative and diuretic. It is used for severe coughs, colds, and is used as an anti-inflammatory drug.

Pharmacies sell dried roots of a weed called

In what cases do they resort to the healing properties of wheatgrass(in combination with other herbs)?

• For various disorders of the functions of the digestive tract. It can be colitis, gastritis, enteritis, cholecystitis.
• Diseases of the genitourinary system (cystitis and nephritis)
• Skin conditions such as dermatitis, eczema, ferunculosis, or acne
• Respiratory system disorders - bronchitis and various pneumonia
• Failure of metabolic processes (metabolic disorders of fats, proteins, carbohydrates) - diabetes or anemia, rickets
• Various disorders of the musculoskeletal system - arthritis and osteochondrosis

Decoctions or infusions of wheatgrass rhizomes are taken orally, but only as directed by the attending physician

Weed pollen is part of an immunological preparation, thanks to which allergic inflammation, hay fever, bronchial asthma

In alternative medicine, wheatgrass rhizome is widely used. The viability of the plant and its beneficial properties are explained

How is wheatgrass applied externally?

• For external use, decoctions and infusions of the rhizome and the green part of the plant are prepared. Such funds help with skin diseases of infants.

Wheatgrass is effective for jaundice, diaper rash, prickly heat, diathesis. For the broth to work, you must prepare it in the following way:

Recipe: Newborn Bath Wheatgrass

50 g wheatgrass root i fill 0.5 liters of boiling water a. Leave to infuse for half an hour.

Application: Pour the resulting broth into a bathing bath and hold the crumbs in it. Repeat bathing in weed broth three times during the week.

Wheatgrass infusion also helps with adolescents acne... You only need to apply the resulting "lotion" to the affected area of ​​the face

Get rid of repetitive furunculosis will help lotion of concentrated wheatgrass infusion

How to apply wheatgrass internally?

Ancient Medicines Recipe That Improves Eyesight

Juice wheatgrass mixed with honey m. The ratio should be 1: 1. The mixture is heated for 5 minutes.

Applications e: it is believed that continuously taking such an infusion, 1 tablespoon three times a day (as much as 180 days), can significantly improve vision (up to 1-3 diopters)

Recipe: Wheat Grass for Weight Loss

1 tablespoon fresh wheatgrass juice
100 ml of water

Application: mix ingredients and drink four times a day. You need to apply the mixture for at least a week.

Contraindications in the treatment of this tenacious plant can only be if a person has an individual intolerance.
Uncontrolled use of infusion from wheatgrass root can adversely affect the genitourinary system, kidneys and liver

Caution requires the use of wheatgrass for the following diseases:

• Exacerbation of ulcers
• Pancreatitis
• Diarrhea
• Pregnancy

Burdock root, wheatgrass, dandelion: medicinal properties, what heals?

Hard-to-eradicate weeds can help with many diseases. It is enough to prepare the roots of three plants - burdock, wheatgrass, dandelion

Why is wheatgrass useful?

• Restores metabolic processes
• Treats Severe Urinary Tract Disorders
• Treats diseases of the respiratory system
• Treats diseases of the digestive system
• Can be used as a pain reliever
• Treats ovarian dysfunction in women

What is dandelion good for?

• It is used in the treatment of arthritis and arthrosis
• Helps with anemia
• It is used in the treatment of cancer
• Eliminates inflammation in the joints and lymph nodes

How is burdock useful?

• able to fight cancer
• helps in the treatment of bronchitis and sinusitis
• accelerates recovery bone tissue with fractures
• able to fight heart failure
• used in the treatment of hepatitis
• treats the initial manifestations of influenza

How to prepare a decoction of three herbs?

• Collect young plant roots in early spring or autumn time before the onset of cold weather. Burdocks need to be taken annuals. Two-year-old burdock rhizomes lack useful properties: they go into inflorescences
• Rhizomes should be dug up and washed under running water... Plants are crushed after drying and each plant species is dried and cooked separately
• Pour boiled water over two tablespoons of dried roots. Set to boil for 10 minutes. After that, the broth is filtered and infused for 2 hours
• Straining the broth, you can drink it to the amount of half a glass three times a day. Be sure to drink the broth on an empty stomach. In this case, from the broth into the blood will immediately enter useful material and will quickly disperse throughout the body

Change decoctions from the roots of three herbs every week. For example, if this week you are drinking a decoction of burdock root, then on next week it should be a decoction of dandelion root, and next week there will be wheatgrass

How to brew wheatgrass roots?

To brew the wheatgrass rhizome you will need 8 tbsp dry wheatgrass root... The crushed mixture is poured boiled water and after two hours of infusion, it can be applied

Wheatgrass decoction: how to cook and use?

Wheatgrass decoction recipe

• Take 2 tbsp. l. dried wheatgrass root I am
• Fill in 1 cup boiled water
• Boil for 5-10 minutes
• Chill
• Strain and squeeze

How to take a decoction of wheatgrass? Drink 1/3 cup three times a day

For what diseases does wheatgrass decoction help:

• With gallstone disease
• With urolithiasis
• With inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract
• In the treatment of padagra and rheumatism

Wheatgrass juice from stems and leaves of grass: how to make and use?

Wheatgrass juice recipe

• Collect 1 kg wheatgrass together with the roots and rinse under running water
• Dry the washed grass
• Chop up the grass
• Pour in 2 liters of water
• Stir

Application: After one hour, the juice must be filtered and squeezed. The finished juice can retain its beneficial properties for several days when stored in the refrigerator. The storage time of the juice can be increased by adding 1 glass of vodka per liter of juice

They drink juice 3-4 times a day in the amount of 0.5 cups on an empty stomach. Treatment lasts 3-4 months

Wheat grass decoction copes with various skin diseases

Decoction recipe:

• 50 g wheatgrass root
• 5 l boiling water

Application: the raw material is poured with water and placed for heating on water bath... The finished broth should be infused for 2 hours. Take a bath by pouring the infusion into water

Wheatgrass tincture on vodka: how to prepare and use?

Wheatgrass is successfully used in the treatment of hyperopia. To do this, prepare a tincture with vodka.

Tincture recipe

• 100 ml crushed into powder wheatgrass root
• 150 ml vodka
• 200 ml water

Application: all manipulations with the wheatgrass root must be performed in a dark glass container. The water is heated and combined with vodka

• The resulting liquid is poured into wheatgrass powder. The dishes with wheatgrass root are tightly closed. After 20 minutes of infusion (in the dark), the tincture is ready for use.
• The filtered agent is taken in an amount of 20 drops twice a day for 30 days

Wheatgrass for cancer: a recipe

Oncological diseases are treated with wheatgrass as follows:

Prescription for cancer

• 2 tbsp chopped wheatgrass root
• 500 ml boiling water

Application: the raw material is filled with water and boiled for 15 minutes. After 3 hours of infusion and straining, the infusion can be consumed. Adhere to the following dosage: a third of a glass three times a day on an empty stomach. Take within 3-4 weeks

Wheatgrass for vision: a recipe

Improvement of vision occurs with the use of the following decoction

Prescription for vision

• 4 tbsp chopped wheatgrass root
• 5 full glasses boiling water

Application: Pour wheatgrass with water and keep on fire until the water evaporates to ¼ volume. Drink 4-5 times a day for 1 tbsp

Anti-reflux wheatgrass: a recipe

Various types of treatment are effective in treating reflux. herbal preparations... They are even prescribed to their patients by doctors.

Reflux Treatment Recipe

• 100 g marshmallow root
• 100 g linden flowers
• 50 g yarrow
• 50 g wheatgrass root
• 50 g St. John's wort
• 50 g licorice root
• 50 g dried herb common shandra
• 20 g centaury

Application: mixed and brewed in 30 g each with one glass of boiling water. After half an hour of infusion, herbal tea can be drunk. Drink it hot once a day after eating

The healing properties of wheatgrass on the joints: how to apply?

Wheatgrass is used in the treatment of joints

Joint Treatment Prescription

You need to take 1 glass rhizomes and insist for 12 hours in 1 liter of boiled water.

Application: can add honey and drink 0.5 cups 3-5 times a day

Wheatgrass for diabetes mellitus: how to apply?

Wheatgrass will help regulate your metabolism. For the treatment of diabetes mellitus, the following infusion is used

Prescription for diabetes

• 4 tbsp chopped wheatgrass rhizome
• 5 glasses water

Application: the raw materials are poured with water and boiled until the volume decreases to ¼. The strained broth is drunk in 1 tbsp 4-5 times a day

Wheat grass decoction from mosquitoes: how to use?

To prepare effective mosquito repellent, need a handful of crushed wheatgrass rhizomes. Raw materials should be poured into 1.5 liters of water and boiled three times until the broth acquires a light yellow hue.

The resulting liquid is used to wash the face and exposed parts of the body

Why do cats and dogs eat wheatgrass

The grass of creeping wheatgrass has a pronounced antihelminthic effect. This explains its frequent eating by cats and dogs.

Video: properties of creeping wheatgrass

Syn.: Villager, rye, rye, diving, dandur, root-grass, dog grass, worm-grass, etc.

Perennial herb with long creeping underground rhizomes. It is used in medicine as a medicinal plant with valuable medicinal properties: anti-inflammatory, blood-purifying, emollient, diaphoretic, lactophobic, diuretic, etc.

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In medicine

Creeping wheatgrass is not a pharmacopoeial plant in official domestic medicine, but it is widely used in folk medicine and homeopathy. Medical value have grass and rhizomes of creeping wheatgrass, they are used as a diuretic, diaphoretic, expectorant and mild laxative. Sometimes in medical practice, wheatgrass rhizome is used as a therapeutic agent that regulates salt metabolism, as well as an enveloping, laxative and blood-purifying agent.

Contraindications and side effects

In cosmetology

Wheatgrass creeping is used for allergic skin diseases as an anti-inflammatory agent for lichen planus, as an anti-inflammatory and antipruritic agent for pyoderma, including furunculosis, acne, viral skin diseases, hyperkeratosis, scleroderma and baldness. With furunculosis, a strong decoction of wheatgrass rhizome has a positive effect.

In other areas

In addition to therapeutic action creeping wheatgrass rhizomes have a high nutritional value. In the years of famine, they were dried, ground and baked from it of quite decent quality bread. Currently, wheatgrass is used in cooking, for example, salads, side dishes for meat, fish and vegetable dishes, soups are prepared from fresh rhizomes. Dried rhizomes are suitable for making flour, porridge, jelly, beer are cooked from them, bread is baked, and also used as a substitute for coffee.

The rhizomes of creeping wheatgrass cleared from the ground are used for fodder for livestock, rabbits, and poultry. As a medicinal plant, wheatgrass is eaten by cats and dogs, especially in early spring - this is their favorite greenery. Wheatgrass creeping is a valuable hay and pasture plant, in culture it can yield hay up to 50-60 c / ha.

Some species (elongated wheatgrass, medium wheatgrass, and other species) are valued in breeding as plants widely used to obtain frost and cold-resistant wheat-wheatgrass hybrids that yield good quality grain.

Classification

Creeping wheatgrass (lat. Elytrigia repens) is the most famous species of the genus Wheatgrass of the family Cereals, or Bluegrass (Latin Poaceae, or Gramineae). The genus includes about 30 species of perennial grasses common in extratropical regions. There are about 20 species in Russia, some of them (feather grass) are endemics of the steppes of the European part and the Ciscaucasia and are included in the Red Data Books of the USSR.

Botanical description

Creeping wheatgrass is a perennial glabrous or pubescent herb 60-120 cm in height with a long, creeping, branched underground rhizome, which forms numerous aerial single daughter shoots. The root system is fibrous, formed by numerous thin adventitious roots. Stems are smooth, glabrous or pubescent, enclosed in leafy sheaths for their greater length. Vaginal leaves, linear, 5-8 mm wide, green or grayish, clearly ribbed from above, sharply rough, with small but clearly visible ears at the base of the plate. The sheaths are long, at the place of their transition to the leaf blade there is a short outgrowth - the tongue. The flowers are small, green, inconspicuous, collected in spikelets of 4-7 pieces, which in turn form long inflorescences - a complex spike. At the base of the spikelets (1-2 cm long), there are two smooth, pointed, with a short awn, spikelet scales with 5-7 veins. Flowers with a strongly reduced perianth, enclosed in flowering scales. There are 3 stamens, with rather large swinging anthers. Pistil with an upper unilocular ovary and two sessile stigmas. Wheatgrass flower formula: О2Т3П 2 ... The fruit is a weevil. Blossoms in June-July; bears fruit in August-September.

Spreading

Wheatgrass creeping is widespread almost everywhere, found throughout European Russia. Mass and common plant of meadow communities, exposed and overgrown substrates and banks of reservoirs, as well as fields (malicious weed), fallow lands, vegetable gardens, thickets of shrubs, wastelands and roadsides. Prefers rich and well aerated soils.

Thanks to its long rhizomes, it is able to quickly capture large areas, therefore wheatgrass is classified as a hard-to-eradicate field weed. There can be up to 250 million wheatgrass buds per 1 hectare, which germinate very quickly in case of mechanical damage, being at a shallow depth or in loose soil.

Regions of distribution on the map of Russia.

Procurement of raw materials

Wheatgrass rhizomes are best harvested during autumn or spring plowing, since they contain the maximum amount of active biologically active substances and are carried to the soil surface in large quantities. Raw materials harvested in early spring, before the stems grow back, are of great value. Having dug up the rhizomes, they are shaken off the ground and cleaned of the remains of stems and leaves. If natural drying is assumed (in the sun), the rhizomes are not washed, but only shaken off the ground. Washing is advisable if artificial drying is planned (in dryers at a temperature of 50-55 ° C). After drying, the rhizomes are piled up and rubbed by hand until small roots break off and the remains of soil and leaves fall off. Then the rhizomes are weeded out or taken away. It is recommended to store raw materials (rhizomes) intact in well-closed glass jars. The shelf life of raw materials is 2-3 years.

Raw materials must be treated with caution, as they are easily damaged by moths, beetles, weevils and other barn pests.

Chemical composition

Rhizomes of creeping wheat grass contain carbohydrates: triticin, beckon (2.5-3%), levulose (3-4%); agroperine, glucovalin, as well as malic acid salts, protein and mucous substances, saponins, pectins, fatty and essential oils, carotene, ascorbic acid, mineral salts. Most of the wheatgrass rhizome contains starch (up to 40%).

Pharmacological properties

The root of creeping wheatgrass and preparations based on it (tinctures, decoctions, freshly squeezed juice) are recommended for the prevention and treatment of cholelithiasis and urolithiasis, and also used as a diuretic, for the treatment of diseases of the biliary and urinary tract: cystitis, nephritis, urethritis, urinary incontinence, chronic bladder infections).

Wheat grass root has enveloping and mild laxative properties, it is effectively used for the prevention and treatment of diseases of the liver, spleen and organs of the gastrointestinal tract (colitis, enteritis, cholecystitis, hepatitis, gastritis, stomach catarrh, etc.). Wheatgrass creeping also has an expectorant effect, taking decoctions and infusions from the roots of wheatgrass is effective in diseases of the lungs, bronchi and various inflammations of the upper respiratory tract, accompanied by the release of phlegm. The roots and rhizomes of creeping wheatgrass have healing and anti-inflammatory properties, they are used to fight skin diseases - acne, furunculosis, eczema, trophic ulcers, different kinds dermatitis.

Wheatgrass creeping helps to strengthen the walls of blood vessels, it cleanses the blood and lowers cholesterol levels, normalizes blood pressure, improves lipid metabolism and metabolism.

Application in traditional medicine

In folk medicine, wheatgrass rhizome is used much more widely than in official medicine. In folk medicine, wheatgrass rhizomes are used as a diuretic, anti-inflammatory, enveloping, mild laxative and metabolism-improving agent. In the form of decoctions of wheatgrass rhizomes they drink for diseases of the liver, lungs, kidneys, urinary incontinence, urethritis and cystitis, they are taken for chest pain, with fever, jaundice, irregular menstruation, aches. With furunculosis, children's diathesis and eczema, children are bathed in a bath with the addition of wheatgrass rhizome juice and given to drink, especially with rickets. The juice of fresh wheatgrass leaves is used to treat colds, acute respiratory viral infections, bronchitis, cholelithiasis and urolithiasis, pneumonia. Healing baths with infusion of creeping wheatgrass are recommended for skin diseases (lichen planus and blistering dermatitis), rashes, scrofula and hemorrhoids, and enemas are recommended for chronic constipation, the broth can also be taken orally. A decoction of dried wheatgrass rhizomes is used as an anti-inflammatory agent for rheumatism, inflammation of the bladder, gout, jaundice and dropsy. Creeping wheatgrass - good remedy for diseases with impairment, metabolic arthritis and osteochondrosis. Preparations of creeping wheatgrass quickly cure furunculosis, help with juvenile acne and other skin diseases. Wheatgrass creeping is part of the collection for compresses with dry, delicate skin with reduced resistance and pyoderma (for oral administration). Together with stinging nettle, wheatgrass herb is used for premature graying. If you sweat your feet with unpleasant odor wheatgrass is applied to them at night.

Wheat grass is eaten by cats, dogs, it has an antihelminthic effect.

Historical reference

The generic name of the plant comes from the Greek. "Elytron" - scales. Old Latin name plants (Agropiron repens). It has a number of popular names: villager, rye, rye, diving, dandur, root - grass, dog grass, worm - grass, etc.

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Wheatgrass becomes a discovery for anyone who learns more about this annoying weed. On closer examination, it turns out that despite the natural harmfulness, the plant can become a friend for the gardener and his entire family.

What is creeping wheatgrass?

One of the unexpected facts about wheatgrass: in nature, there are about 50 varieties of it. This bushy herb can be found in most countries in Europe, Asia and even North Africa.

Its peculiarity is a long, aggressive rhizome, which conquers vast areas of soil at an accelerated pace. For this, wheatgrass was called creeping. V different regions In Russia, however, it is also known under other names:

• rye;
• inhabitant;
• dog grass;
• wheatgrass;
• wolf tooth.

Every gardener knows that completely exterminating the extended root system of wheatgrass is an impossible task. During weeding, small branches break off and remain in the ground, and after short term become full-fledged plants, ready to drown out everything cultural that grows in the neighborhood.

Ruthlessly removing wheatgrass from the site, many gardeners do not realize that kilograms of torn grass can thoroughly improve their health. It is not for nothing that cats and dogs love to chew these long tough leaves - animals intuitively feel their natural benefits.

Botanical description

Creeping wheatgrass is a perennial herb with a branched root system. The rhizome of one plant reaches 15 meters in length, and due to the branched structure it can cover up to several square meters of the area of ​​the site. Coming out to the surface of the soil, the root gives rise to a new plant.

The terrestrial part consists of a thin erect stem and flat, elongated leaves, which, under favorable conditions, are capable of growing up to 140 cm. The surface of the leaf is bare, and at the top it is slightly rough. The ground part also includes a spike-like inflorescence located at the top of the stem.

Each two-row spike about 10 cm long blooms from late May to early September. The wind transfers pollen from flower to flower - thus pollination occurs, as a result of which caryopses are formed by the beginning of July. Seeds ripen by September. When crumbling, they are perfectly preserved in the ground and give rise to new life.

Thus, the reproduction of a plant occurs not only by actively branching roots, but also by seeds. Therefore, weeding the site must be done before they ripen. But for those who, after reading this article, decides to conduct a course of wheatgrass therapy, it is necessary to remember that the leaves are used in a young and juicy state, and for the roots the optimal harvest time is late spring or early autumn.

The biochemical composition of wheatgrass

Analysis of the biologically active components of wheatgrass clearly shows its value for human health. Rhizomes and wheatgrass contain vitamins of group B, which provide the body with vital energy, and vitamin C, which strengthens the immune system and activates regenerative processes in cells.

Essential oils, pectin, tannin, carotene, inulin, saponin were also found in the extracts from roots and leaves. Of the valuable acids, in addition to ascorbic acid, there are silicic, malic and lactic acids. And there is a whole list of useful microelements:

• magnesium;
• potassium;
• iron;
• sodium;
• zinc;
• manganese;
• calcium.

The combination of all these substances provides the preparations based on wheatgrass with an anti-inflammatory, cleansing and powerful energetic effect. Traditional healers, this herb is also known for its diuretic and expectorant effect, the ability to maintain the health of the heart and blood vessels, relieve rickets, anemia and a number of other diseases, restore physical strength and mental activity after overload.

Beneficial features

The gastrointestinal tract benefits from the anti-inflammatory and enveloping properties of wheatgrass for gastritis, enterocolitis, peptic ulcers and flatulence. A slight laxative effect is also useful for chronic constipation and in the complex treatment of hemorrhoids - in this case, ingestion of the decoction of the roots can be accompanied by microclysters.

For acute colds and chronic diseases, accompanied by cough, as well as pneumonia and tuberculosis, wheatgrass tea will be a good expectorant and diaphoretic. Due to the diuretic action, wheatgrass becomes an assistant in the fight against hypertension, gout, edema and salt deposits in the joints. Due to the silicon content, it will make blood vessels more elastic.

For women, a decoction of the roots will return the regularity of the disturbed cycle, balance nervous system during the period of premenstrual syndrome, will cheer up with melancholy. For children, a decoction of herbs and rhizomes in the form of baths will eliminate allergic rashes and itching, and ingestion will be useful for anemia, rickets and nervous overexcitation.

Contraindications

Before proceeding to a phytotherapeutic course, it is necessary to clarify under what health problems herbal preparations based on creeping wheatgrass can harm:

• a stomach ulcer in an exacerbation stage;
• diarrhea;
• acute pancreatitis;
• celiac disease (lack of enzymes that break down gluten).

Any herbal preparation can cause allergic reaction or individual intolerance, and wheatgrass is no exception. Therefore, you should start taking it gradually with small doses and at the first signs of an inadequate reaction of the body, stop taking it.

The restriction for oral intake applies to children under three years of age and pregnant women.

Recipes for the use of wheatgrass in traditional medicine

In the time-tested recipes of healers, both underground and terrestrial parts of the plant, with the exception of seeds, have found their application. The herb is used mainly for squeezing out medicinal juice, and the unfortunate creeping root of the weed is the most popular.

Application of the herb

To get juice from wheatgrass, the leaves with stems are scalded with boiling water and rolled through a meat grinder. A similar amount of water is added to the resulting slurry and filtered through cheesecloth folded in several layers. This elixir is stored in the refrigerator for up to two days, and if you add 0.5 liters of vodka to a liter of juice - up to three months. You need to take half an hour before meals.

• To improve vision a mixture of wheatgrass juice and honey, taken in equal parts, should be warmed up for five minutes and taken in a tablespoon three times every day. This course continues for six months. That is, you need to start it already with the appearance of the first greenery in order to be in time before the end of the season.
• For weight loss four times a day they drink half a glass of water with the addition of a tablespoon of juice. The course is at least a month.
• For the treatment of chronic bronchitis and pneumonia, as well as to get rid of furunculosis, kidney stones and gall bladder, relieve pain in osteochondrosis and with heavy menstruation, juice diluted with water in equal parts, drink for three to four months, half a glass 3-4 times a day.

Another problem that wheatgrass relieves is sweating feet. To do this, in the evenings, socks are filled with fresh grass and put on for a night's sleep on washed feet. They sleep like this for two weeks.

Root application

Pharmacology uses wheatgrass rhizomes as one of the components for the manufacture of the drug "Uronefron", which is effective in urolithiasis. Traditional medicine recommends extracting juice from the roots, preparing tea, decoctions, infusions, vapors and medicinal baths on their basis. In all these products, wheatgrass can act as both the only component and one of the components of the medicinal collection.

Root juice.

Fresh wheatgrass roots must be chopped with a meat grinder and squeezed through cheesecloth. Diluted with water 1: 1 and slightly boiled fresh juice is drunk five times a day, 2-3 tablespoons for colds and chronic diseases of the upper and lower respiratory tract as an expectorant, and for cardiovascular diseases - to strengthen the capillaries and lower the level cholesterol.

Infusion of the root.

It won't take long to prepare it. It is enough to pour two or three tablespoons of roots chopped with a knife in the evening with a liter of boiling water and keep in a thermos until morning.

• Atpyelonephritis, cystitis, prostatitis the ready-made infusion is filtered and taken before meals, 40-50 ml three times a day for a diuretic and anti-inflammatory effect.
• For cleaning joints from salt deposits throughout the week, then take a break for several days and repeat the weekly course. So alternate 3-4 times.
• For preventive cleaning of blood vessels a double infusion is applied. A couple of tablespoons of finely chopped rhizomes are poured with a glass of cold boiled water overnight. In the morning, the infusion is drained, and the raw materials are poured again, but with a glass of boiling water. After cooling, mix the first infusion with the second and take several spoons half an hour before meals. This prophylaxis must be continued for three months.

Root decoction.

In one liter of water, it is necessary to boil 25 - 30 g of creeping wheatgrass roots on a low fire until half of the original volume of liquid has evaporated. Strain the broth through cheesecloth or a sieve and drink ½ - 1 glass several times a day before meals with:

• gout;
• swelling;
• osteochondrosis
• arthritis and arthrosis
• diseases of the kidneys and bladder, including those associated with the formation of sand and stones;
• chronic gastrointestinal diseases.

Root napar.

This infusion, steamed in a water bath, is a well-known remedy for enuresis in children and adults. . The steaming procedure lasts about half an hour, the proportion is a tablespoon of roots in a glass of water. The remedy is effective when taken for a period of three months.

The same drink can be taken in case of cardiovascular diseases, as well as diabetes mellitus. The dosage is the same in all cases: 1/3 cup three times a day.

Bath with decoction of roots.

Such a bath once or twice a week perfectly complements the internal intake of a decoction or infusion for diseases of the joints and spine. warm water add 5 liters of broth or steam of burdock roots and wheatgrass (possibly together with grass), taken approximately 100-150 grams.

It will cleanse the skin of inflammation and allergic rashes, including with diathesis in young children, a bath with the addition of 5 liters of decoction of 50 g of wheatgrass roots. The treatment course consists of 10-15 baths.

Root tea

Two teaspoons of wheatgrass roots are brewed in a glass of boiling water. Such tea, when consumed in a cup once or twice a day, will cleanse the body of toxins and radionuclides, regulate intestinal motility and blood sugar levels, and restore the bacterial balance after a course of antibiotics.

This drink will relieve fatigue and migraine headaches, strengthen the heart muscle and blood vessels, and invigorate the immune system. It can successfully periodically replace traditional tea or coffee in the diet, including in combination with other herbs of similar action.

Blank for future use

Freshly dug roots, of course, have maximum biological activity. But even in dried form, they will bring great benefits to the body in the long winter.

To dry the roots, preserving, if possible, all the most valuable in them, after being removed from the ground, they are cleaned, washed in cool water, and dried in an oven or electric dryer at a temperature of 60-70 ° C, stirring occasionally.

When dried under natural conditions, the roots are not washed, but simply well cleaned of soil residues and laid out in the sun. If a piece breaks off easily and with a bang, the preparation for the drug can be hidden in a secluded dry place and stored for up to three years. Ready-made raw materials can simply be bought at the pharmacy.

In the article we discuss creeping wheatgrass. You will learn the chemical composition of the plant, medicinal properties creeping wheatgrass and contraindications to its use. We will tell you how to prepare infusions and decoctions for the treatment of cough, diabetes, oncology, joints and diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.

Creeping wheatgrass is a herbaceous plant of the Cereals family (lat.Gramineae). This weed reduces the yield of neighboring crops by drawing water and minerals from the soil.

The Latin name is Elytrigia repens. Other names: dog grass, wheat grass, duckweed, dandur, grass root, lifebird, dog tooth, Orthanian, grass worm, villager, rye. See what the creeping wheatgrass looks like in the photo. Appearance (photo) of creeping wheatgrass

What does it look like

The rhizome of creeping wheatgrass is long and horizontal with numerous secondary processes. The wheatgrass root penetrates to a depth of 5 to 15 cm.The shoots of the plant reach a height of 40 to 150 cm.

Leaves are flat, linear. The length of the sheet plate is from 15 to 40 cm, the width is up to 10 mm.

Flowers are collected in spike-shaped inflorescences of 3-8 pcs. The spikelet length is from 1 to 2 cm, the width is 5-7 mm. The inflorescences grow on the axial stem and make up a common spike with a length of 7 to 30 cm. Wheatgrass blooms from June to July.

The fruits are flat, long seeds. Creeping wheatgrass bears fruit from July to September.

Where grows

In the wild, the wheatgrass plant is found in Europe, Asia and North Africa... In Russia, it grows practically throughout the country.

Creeping wheatgrass prefers fertile moist soils. The plant is found in highlands and plains. Grows close to others cereals... Loves wetlands.

Grass and rhizome

Wheat grass and its rhizome are used as medicinal raw materials.... The beneficial properties of creeping wheatgrass are used to treat oncology, diabetes mellitus, diseases of the respiratory system, gastrointestinal tract and musculoskeletal system.

Medicinal wheatgrass raw materials in the pharmacy can be purchased in the form of dried leaves, stems and roots, or in the form of a ready-made tincture and plant extract. At home, infusions and decoctions are prepared from dry raw materials.

Chemical composition

Wheatgrass creeping contains:

• glycosides;
• carotene;
• essential oil;
• potassium;
• manganese;
• magnesium;
• zinc;
• iron;
• polysaccharides;
• organic acids;
• vitamin A;
• B vitamins;
• Sahara;
• triticin;
• mucus.

Healing properties

The herb and the root of creeping wheatgrass have medicinal properties.The healing properties and contraindications of creeping wheatgrass are chemical composition plants. Organic acids and glycosides strengthen the walls of blood vessels and normalize metabolism, polysaccharides increase immunity.

The plant has a diuretic and laxative effect. Funds based on it are used to treat constipation, gallstone and urolithiasis.

The medicinal properties of wheatgrass root are used for bronchitis, pneumonia and acute respiratory viral infections. Decoctions and infusions of the plant have diaphoretic and expectorant effects.

When applied externally, wheatgrass-based remedies are effective for osteochondrosis, rheumatism, gout and skin diseases. The plant has anti-inflammatory, analgesic and regenerative effects.

How to collect

Wheatgrass is harvested throughout the growing season. Rhizomes are harvested in early spring or late autumn after the plant has completely faded. Stems with leaves are cut sharp knife, the rhizomes are dug up, cleaned of soil and washed under running water.

Medicinal raw materials are spread evenly on flat surface and dried in the open sun at a temperature not exceeding 50 degrees. Store wheatgrass creeping in paper bags or cloth bags for a year.

How to apply

In folk medicine, the medicinal properties of creeping wheatgrass are widely used. On the basis of medicinal raw materials at home, you can prepare tea, broth, tincture and freshly squeezed plant juice.

Depending on the disease, these drugs are taken orally or used externally in the form of lotions, compresses and rubbing. To enhance the therapeutic effect, the use of drugs and external procedures are combined. Consider the most common recipes based on creeping wheatgrass.

Cough infusion

Wheatgrass creeping can be purchased at the pharmacy The infusion of wheatgrass has an expectorant and diaphoretic effect. The remedy is taken 20-30 minutes before meals. If the drink is prepared in advance, it should be slightly warmed up before drinking.

Ingredients:

1. Rhizomes of creeping wheatgrass - 2 tablespoons.
2. Water - 500 ml.

How to cook: Grind wheatgrass rhizomes, put them in a thermos and pour boiling water over them. Insist under a tightly closed lid for at least 8 hours. Strain the finished drink.

How to use: Take 150 ml of the drink 3 times a day.

Result: Infusion of wheatgrass has anti-inflammatory and diaphoretic effect, effectively eliminates cough and clears mucus from bronchi.

Decoction for the stomach

In case of disturbances in the work of the gastrointestinal tract, a decoction of creeping wheatgrass is useful. The drink is used to treat gastritis, ulcers, duodenitis and indigestion.

Ingredients:

1. Dry wheatgrass roots - 5 tablespoons.
2. Calendula flowers - 1 teaspoon.
3. Water - 250 ml.

How to cook: Pour water over the roots and flowers of plants, place in a water bath and simmer under a lid on a minimum heat for 10-15 minutes. Remove the broth from heat, leave to infuse for 2-3 hours, then strain.

How to use: Take ½ cup 3-4 times a day half an hour before meals.

Result: The drink has analgesic and anti-inflammatory effect. When taken regularly, it effectively restores the gastric mucosa and normalizes digestion.

Constipation enemas

Wheatgrass creeping has a laxative and anti-inflammatory effect. Enemas with a decoction of the plant are used for chronic constipation.

Ingredients:

1. Wheat grass root - 60 tablespoons.
2. Water - 600 ml.

How to cook: Pour medicinal raw materials with water, put on the stove and bring to a boil. Simmer over medium heat, covered, for 8-10 minutes. Remove the pot from the stove, filter the broth and dilute it with water so that the volume of liquid is 600 ml.

How to use: For an enema, use a warm broth, with a temperature of 36-37 degrees. The procedure is repeated 2-3 times a day.

Result: Treatment effectively softens fecal matter. Ingestion of a decoction of wheatgrass enhances intestinal motility.

Joint bath

A decoction of creeping wheatgrass is used to prepare medicinal baths for hemorrhoids and joint diseases. The procedure is contraindicated during the acute phase. After stopping the acute process, baths can be taken daily.

Ingredients:

1. Wheat grass roots - 60 gr.
2. Water - 2 liters.

How to cook: Cover wheatgrass roots with water, place over medium heat and bring to a boil. Simmer the liquid under the lid for half an hour. Filter the finished broth through a strainer or cheesecloth and squeeze the cake.

How to use: Add the resulting broth to the filled bath. The duration of the procedure is 20-30 minutes. Take a heating bath daily.

Result: The procedure eliminates pain syndrome, increases the motor activity of the joints, removes salts and toxins from the body.

Decoction for diabetes

A decoction of creeping wheatgrass in folk medicine is used for the treatment and prevention of diabetes mellitus. The drink effectively normalizes metabolism and regulates blood sugar levels.

Ingredients:

1. Wheatgrass herb - 4 tablespoons.
2. Field horsetail - 1 tablespoon.
3. Water - 5 glasses.

How to cook: Pour water over the grass of plants, put in a water bath and boil until the volume of the liquid is halved. Remove from heat and strain.

How to use: Take 1 tablespoon 4-5 times a day.

Result: The drink increases the body's defenses and normalizes metabolism. In combination with insulin-containing drugs, it regulates blood sugar levels.

Oncology juice

Creeping wheatgrass juice effectively cleanses the body of toxins and toxins, has a detrimental effect on pathogenic cells and neoplasms. The drink is prepared from fresh leaves and stems of the plant.

Ingredients:

1. Fresh wheatgrass leaves - 300 gr.
2. Water - 50 ml.

How to cook: Rinse the leaves of the plant under running water, sort through them and remove the spoiled blades of grass. Place the herbs in a blender and blend at maximum speed until they become mushy. Transfer the mixture to multilayer cheesecloth and squeeze out the juice. Add water and stir.

How to use: Take 2 tablespoons of the drink 3 times daily before meals. The course of treatment is 3 weeks.

Result: When taken regularly, the drink stops the development and spread of cancer cells and reduces the size of the neoplasm.

Contraindications

Contraindications of creeping wheatgrass for use:

• individual intolerance;
• children under 2 years old;
• period of pregnancy.

Before using products based on creeping wheatgrass, you should consult a doctor. The specialist will select the dosage and course of treatment. Excessive intake of herbal preparations leads to disruption of the gastrointestinal tract.

Classification

Creeping wheatgrass belongs to the genus Wheatgrass (lat. Elytrigia), the family Cereals (lat. Gramineae). The plant belongs to the order Amerious or Meaty (Latin Poales), the class Monocotyledonous (Latin Liliopsida), the department Flowering or Angiosperms (Latin Magnoliophyta or Angiospermae).

Varieties

The genus Wheatgrass unites 14 plant species:

• elytrigia acuta;
• elytrigia elongata;
• elytrigia meotica;
• elytrigia repens;
• elytrigia tesquicola;
• elytrigia arenosa;
• elytrigia intermedia;
• elytrigia obtusiflora;
• elytrigia campestris;
• elytrigia juncea;
• elytrigia sosnovskyi;
• elytrigia corsica;
• elytrigia meotica;
• elytrigia mucronata;
• elytrigia stipifolia.

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What to remember

1. The medicinal properties of wheatgrass are used to treat oncology, diabetes mellitus, diseases of the respiratory system, gastrointestinal tract and musculoskeletal system.
2. Means based on the plant have anti-inflammatory, expectorant, diaphoretic, diuretic effects.
3. Despite the minimum list of contraindications, preparations based on wheatgrass should be used strictly according to the instructions, not exceeding the dosage. Excessive consumption leads to symptoms of poisoning and intestinal upset.

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