Joint inflammation is not only an age-related problem associated with the development of arthritis, rheumatism, gout. Pain and swelling occur after an injury, and against the background of an infectious disease. Help the patient and alleviate his condition will help tincture of dandelion for joints, which is prepared from all parts of the plant.
Useful properties of dandelions
The pronounced anti-inflammatory effect that tincture provides is associated primarily with a high content of inulin in the plant. This is a substance that promotes rapid tissue regeneration. In addition, other biologically active substances contained in dandelion juice have a beneficial effect on inflamed joint tissue:
• vitamins (ascorbic acid, retinol, nicotinic acid, B-group);
• sponins with a pronounced anti-inflammatory effect;
• triterpene alcohols;
• volatile compounds - volatile compounds that act as a natural antibiotic;
• carotenoids;
• minerals, including calcium, manganese, iron and phosphorus;
• tannins.
Studying the properties of dandelion, scientists came to an amazing conclusion: the plant acts as a chondroprotector. This means that tincture of dandelion for joints not only relieves pain due to the alcohol component, but also helps the inflamed tissue recover, gradually eliminating inflammation.
By the way, tincture is anesthetized quickly, significantly relieving the condition within the first 2-3 days from the start of treatment. However, for complete restoration of the cartilage tissue, at least 6-7 weeks must pass from the start of treatment.
An important point: to consider tincture as the only or primary means of treating such serious diseases as rheumatism or gout, at least naively. It is about alleviating the general condition, relieving pain, but the anti-inflammatory effect should be reinforced, strengthened by other medications prescribed by the doctor.
Dandelion flower tincture for joints
The cause of joint inflammation can be a violation of metabolic processes, constant physical activity, sports injuries, infection that has entered the body. That is why a painful symptom can appear in both young people and the elderly. Relieving pain with tincture of dandelions for joints, remember to find out the cause of the disease.
It’s easy to cook. You will only need raw materials, which in the spring, summer and autumn as you like, vodka or plain water and a suitable recipe. It is advisable to collect raw materials outside the city or in a forested area within the city, but away from highways and industrial enterprises.
All parts of the plant are suitable for preparing tinctures: yellow young heads, leaves, roots. But if leaves and flowers are collected at the time of flowering, that is, in early spring or in the first days of June, then the roots are harvested in late September and early November. In late roots, the maximum amount of inulin accumulates.
Here are some options for preparing dandelion tincture for joints to choose from.
Alcohol tincture on flowers and vodka
An effective product for external use is prepared from fresh dandelion flowers. Rinse the raw materials under cold water, dry on a paper towel. Tightly fill the glass liter jar with yellow heads on? volume. Pour vodka or good clean alcohol over the neck. Seal tightly and place in a dark cupboard, away from sunlight.
Insist dandelions on vodka for three weeks. Shake the jar every 5-6 days so that the contents are mixed. On day 22 strain the dandelions, wring them out. Pour the treated tincture into a glass bottle, put in the refrigerator.
Alcohol tincture on flowers and triple cologne
The triple cologne, popular among the older generation, is also used to prepare dandelion tinctures for joints. Cologne itself is, rather, a healing remedy. Due to the essential oils contained in the medicinal herbs included in its composition, this perfume product has anti-inflammatory and warming properties. When the triple cologne is saturated with useful substances from dandelion, an even more effective remedy is obtained.
Prepares tincture on a triple cologne faster than on vodka. It is necessary to fill the glass container with dandelion heads, pour liquid, tighten the lid tightly and insist in a dark place for 10-14 days. Then strain, drain the healing aromatic tincture into a glass container and store in the refrigerator.
Alcohol tincture on the roots of dandelion for joints
In the roots of dandelion no less useful medicinal substances than in the aerial part of the plant. For tincture, use both fresh and dried roots. Fresh can be grated, dried grind in a mortar. Gruel of fresh dandelion root, take 120 grams, dried - 60 grams. Fold in a glass dish, fill with a bottle of vodka (0.5 liters) or a glass of 70 percent alcohol (250 ml). insist 21 days, on the 22nd day strain and use.
How to use dandelion tincture for joints
The main method of using alcohol tincture is external, in the form of rubbing or compresses. It's simple: soak a piece of cotton cloth or gauze folded in 4-5 layers with alcohol tincture, apply to a sore part of the body. Make a compress: put a piece of plastic film over a damp cloth, and then wrap it with a warm scarf, towel. It would be nice to climb under the covers and fall asleep - the effect will be greater.
You need to do such a compress twice a day. The treatment for pain of various origins is shown: gouty, muscular, arthritic. The tool helps with osteochondrosis and bone pain.
As a grind, tincture on a triple cologne is more suitable. A sore spot should be rubbed vigorously 3 times a day with a small amount of liquid. After grinding, you need to put on your body dry, warm clothes made from natural fabric and give the joint peace.
In addition, tincture can rub your chest with a dry cough and chest pain caused by a cold. So alcohol dandelion infusion is useful in both chronic and acute diseases accompanied by pain. The analgesic effect occurs in about ten minutes and lasts for 3-4 hours.
Limit its use only for children, adolescents and young people up to 20 years. while the skeleton is growing, it is undesirable to use active agents in relation to bone, cartilage and articular tissue. Do not use tincture for adults suffering from allergies.
Water dandelion tincture for oral use
An additional agent with an anti-inflammatory effect that can be used for inflammation of the joints is an aqueous tincture of dandelion. It is taken orally. You can cook like this.
1 way
Put two tablespoons of the crushed root and dandelion leaf in a saucepan, pour a glass of boiling water and simmer for ten minutes in a water bath. Insist, wrapped in a towel, until completely cooled. Strain and drink a glass in three doses during the day. Helps with rheumatism, osteochondrosis, arthrosis, arthritis.
2 way
Mix fresh dandelion flowers with an equal amount of sugar, crush a little and put in the refrigerator for ten days. The plant will let the juice. It needs to be filtered and drunk a third of a glass three times a day on an empty stomach. To obtain the effect, rheumatism will have to be treated for a long time, at least two, or even three months.
Do not forget that the treatment of inflammatory processes in the joints should be comprehensive. Pain is a symptom. The use of tinctures for rubbing, compresses, internal use should be part of the treatment aimed at eliminating the causes of the disease, and not its symptoms.
