Bug from a cough in the bronchi

Ledum is a lover of swampy places. This evergreen shrub with beautiful white flowers, collected in large inflorescences, can be found in Ukraine, Belarus and abroad. For medical purposes, use dry raw materials from young shoots with leaves and flowers of the plant.

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Pharmacodynamics

Especially popular was the rosemary in connection with the treatment of a painful cough for acute and chronic bronchitis. This is an excellent antitussive drug that helps to dissolve sputum and remove it from the most remote regions of the bronchi, soften the cough and increase its productivity, relax the muscular wall of the bronchial tree. The plant is ascribed to the antitussive, expectorant, anti-inflammatory, sweating (antipyretic), antibacterial, antiallergic effect. Ledum makes the cough softer and reduces its severity, not only affecting the cough center, but also simply facilitating the excretion of phlegm.

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Dosing and administration

When coughing, bronchitis, bronchial asthma, cold, the most simple but effective medicines from the grass of the Ledum are the broth and infusion.

The broth is prepared from 1 tsp. Dry raw materials and 1 cup of boiling water. Boil the composition only 1-2 minutes, then after half an hour he will have to insist. Take a decoction three times a day after eating. Single dose - 1 tbsp.

Infusion is prepared from 1 teaspoon. Vegetable raw materials and 2 cups of boiling water. Insist the composition of 15-30 minutes in a warm place, after which take small doses during the day in a warm form with honey as a mucolytic and expectorant.

But the cold infusion acts more like antitussive drugs. The components are taken in the same proportions as for hot infusions, only water is pre-cooled. In the evening the raw material of Ledum is filled with water, and after 9-10 hours it is filtered and used for the intended purpose after half an hour after eating. Single dose - 100 ml. Multiplicity of reception - 2-3 times a day.

When coughing, it is possible to use young shoots of Ledum for inhalation. For 250 ml of water take 15 grams of dry grass and insist 30-40 minutes. It takes 10-15 minutes to breathe hot steam. This is a very effective procedure, especially at the beginning of the disease, when a person suffers from a persistent dry cough.

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Contraindications

Labrador tea is not a safe herb, so it is not recommended for hypersensitivity, during pregnancy and lactation, for liver damage (hepatitis), pancreas (pancreatitis), kidney (glomerulonephritis), and low blood pressure (hypotension).

For children, formulas with ledum are allowed from 14 years. Thus the daily dose for children will be 3 times less than the adult.

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Side effects Fennel

Ledum marsh is a very effective cough remedy, but the plant contains poisonous substances that can cause a lot of unpleasant symptoms when overdosed (overdose), beginning with dizziness and unusual arousal and ending with inflammation of the gastrointestinal mucosa and CNS depression.

Safe is the daily norm of dry raw tobacco beet, equal to 1 tablespoon. Children's dose is one-third of the adult. Formulations with grass outside food are taken with an interval of at least 20 minutes.

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Storage conditions

This plant is poisonous, therefore it is necessary to treat it carefully and carefully. Collect vegetable raw materials in late August-September, when the plant begins to bear fruit. Choose only young shoots of the first year of life, the stem of which is still tender and elastic. The length of cut shoots should not exceed 10 cm.

Dry the plant can be under canopies or in a dryer with a temperature of up to 40 degrees. Keep dry raw materials better in tightly closed containers, because its pronounced flavor can cause headaches, nausea, dizziness. For the same reason, the collection of raw materials should take no more than 2 hours a day. Shelf life of dry raw materials is 3 years.

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