What is useful for aspen bark

A large number of medicines and healing substances gives us nature itself. You just have to bend over and take her gifts. Like aspen bark. Infusion from the bark of this tree helps with colds, nervous disorders, gastrointestinal diseases ...

The aspen cortex has a beneficial effect on the human body due to its rich composition. It contains a number of useful organic substances: carotene, vitamin C, fatty and essential oils, resinous and tanninous compounds that give an astringent and fixing effect, phenoglycosides with antimicrobial action, apple, benzoic, ascorbic acid, carbohydrates.



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Properties of aspen bark A as well as salicin. This is the most active substance in the aspen bark, it gives the bark a bitter taste. In production, acetylsalicylic acid is obtained from it, which is sold in a pharmacy as aspirin.



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Salicin, like tablets made from it, has anti-inflammatory and antipyretic properties. Therefore, the infusion of aspen bark is useful to drink with colds, sore throat, viral diseases. He's a great headache reliever.



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But the beneficial properties of bark infusion do not end there. It is also able to reduce sugar levels in diabetics, accelerate the healing process of wounds, reduce toothache.



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Infusion is taken for diseases of the genitourinary, digestive, musculoskeletal systems, metabolic disorders. The tool has a choleretic and anthelmintic effect.



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There are a number of contraindications. Treatment of aspen bark It is not recommended for pregnant and lactating women, as well as everyone who has problems with intestinal patency, constipation.



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  1. Freely available for sale drugstore. You can also prepare the bark of a young tree in the spring and dry it.
  2. To prepare the infusion 1 tablespoon of bark pour a glass of water.
  3. Put it on the fire and boil for three minutes.
  4. Cover the boiling water and leave it to brew for an hour.
  5. Then strain and move to the refrigerator for storage.




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Take 50 ml of infusion three times a day half an hour before meals. If you have a sore throat, rinse with infusion. And for pain in the joints, use it for compresses. You can even use it for hair care. Rinse infusion from the bark of aspen will give weakened hair strength.



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