Hello friends! Today I want to tell you about another wonderful medicinal plant. Namely, how the herb Galega officinalis can help with diabetes. Medicinal plants were not only an object of study for me during my studies and work at the university, but, one might say, also a part of my life. I hope that the accumulated knowledge and practical experience will be useful to you. Diabetes mellitus is a disease that requires a comprehensive treatment approach and herbal medicine is an integral part of it.
Plants that are useful for high sugar, quite a lot. This includes stevia, burdock, dandelion, blueberries, and, which I have already written about in detail before on the pages of r-Moneybox. Now it's Galega's turn.
The plant has one more official name – goat's rue (Galega officinalis). Among the popular names in literature you can find - goat, solodyanka, rutevka.
This perennial herbaceous plant from the legume family can reach a height of 1 meter. If you are going to harvest wild galega raw materials yourself, then look for thickets in well-lit places - along ditches, in vacant lots, along streams, in meadows.
If you wish, you can transplant several plants onto personal plot and grow them as a garden crop. To do this, just take a piece of rhizome and dig it into loose, fertilized soil. Galega is settling in well in her new place.
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The aerial part with flowers and fruits is used as medicinal raw material. The main active ingredient of goat's rue is alkaloid galegin. It is he who determines the use of galega for diabetes mellitus. This substance can lower blood glucose levels.
In addition, the biologically active complex of goat's rue includes tannins, the alkaloid peganin, carotene, rutin, vitamins, phenolcarboxylic and other organic acids, saponins, phytosteroids, essential and fatty oils.
Photo of Galega officinalis
In fairness, it is worth noting that the herb galega officinalis is used not only for diabetes. When using drugs based on it, many positive changes occur in the body:
Infusions, decoctions and teas from this plant can provide additional assistance in treatment diabetes mellitus. But remember that those whose disease has not yet progressed too far get a more noticeable effect. In case of first degree diabetes, count on positive result difficult - in this case it is necessary to rely on the treatment prescribed by the doctor.
There is one more circumstance that is worth knowing about. Galega officinalis refers to. Therefore, it is most often recommended to use it in herbal infusions with others useful plants. A course of taking any herbal remedy lasts 3-4 weeks. After a 10-day break, you can repeat the dose.
Galega grass (1 teaspoon) poured hot water(1 glass) and leave for 2 hours (can be in a thermos). Take 1 tablespoon 3-4 times a day.
Pour 1 teaspoon of galega seeds into a glass of boiling water and heat over very low heat for about 5 minutes. Then let the broth brew for another two hours. Take 1 large spoon 3-4 times a day.
Goat's rue, bean leaves, dandelion root, nettle leaf are taken in equal volumes. Brew 1 tablespoon of the collection with a glass of boiling water and leave for 30-40 minutes. Take half a glass twice a day.
A collection is made from goat's rue grass, blueberry leaves and nettles (1:1:1). Brew one large spoon of herbal mixture with 300 ml of boiling water. Leave for half an hour, strain and take 2 tablespoons 3-4 times a day before meals.
Natural remedies to regulate sugar:
Fobrinol- a drink that increases insulin synthesis and improves the functioning of the liver and pancreas.
Diabenot- capsules for diabetes, combining rapid and prolonged effect.
Galega grass, chaga rose hips, licorice root, nettle and motherwort herbs are crushed and mixed in equal proportions. The collection (2 tablespoons) is brewed with boiling water (300 ml) and left for at least half an hour. Take 100 ml infusion three times a day.
Goat's rue grass is poured with alcohol in a 1:1 ratio. Infusion is carried out in a dark, warm place for two weeks. Take the tincture 15-20 drops 3 times a day after meals.
If you are going to use goat's rue in medicinal purposes, be sure to follow the dosage when preparing and consuming medications. If this rule is not followed, there may be consequences in the form of work disruption. gastrointestinal tract and increased blood pressure.
In addition, before starting a phytotherapeutic course, you must ensure that there are no following contraindications:
I hope you found today's information useful. The herb Galega officinalis can contribute to the treatment of diabetes and improve well-being. The main thing is to follow the rules.
The herb goat's rue, not recognized by traditional medicine, finds its use in traditional healers. This is a medicinal species of goat's rue, but there is also an oriental variety of this plant, which has value as a fodder crop. Goat's rue is also known under other names: forest saltwort, galega, goat's rue.
Goat's rue can grow in a variety of places: in meadows, steppes, thickets of bushes, along the banks of reservoirs. In general, the plant prefers marshy areas and low-lying areas. It is quite unpretentious, frost-resistant and grows on any type of soil, except acidic and sandy, and does not tolerate close proximity (more than 1.3 - 1.5 m) of groundwater.
Cultivated sod-carbonate, sod-podzolic, medium and light loamy, as well as peat soils are best suited for cultivation. It is better to choose flat areas so that water does not accumulate on them.
To avoid migration, goat's rue crops should be kept away from other legumes.
When growing goat's rue, it is important to meet 2 basic conditions:
Goat's rue is an excellent green manure that also has antibacterial properties. The plant improves the quality of the soil, enriching and purifying it. As a legume, goat's rue contributes to the accumulation of biologically pure nitrogen in the soil. Goat's rue grass is suitable for cultivation in all agricultural regions of Russia; in one place it can grow for up to 15 years (there is a known case of growing a plant in one place for 27 years) and produces up to 2-3 harvests of green mass per season.
Goat's rue can be propagated vegetatively (dividing the bush) and. Reproduction by dividing the bush is carried out in the fall, once every 3-5 years. Separate stems with rosettes and roots are separated from a large bush and planted in the soil.
The best time for planting is early spring.
When sowing, the seeds are deepened into the soil 1.5 centimeters and rolled. Since the seeds have a dense shell, it is recommended to carry out a scarification procedure before sowing, for example, treating them with sandpaper. After 10-12 days, scarified seeds sprout. Goat's rue is planted in rows with an interval of 45 centimeters; if the purpose of cultivation is to obtain, the distance between the rows should be left 70 centimeters.
In order for nodules to develop well on the roots, you need to treat the seeds in a special way:
If you do not carry out such treatment, you can feed the seedlings with any nitrogen, for example, urea. In the first month after emergence, the root system actively develops, while the above-ground part, on the contrary, grows very slowly. Therefore, during this period it is important to clean so that they do not clog the crops. In the second and subsequent years, the goat's rue, growing, suppresses the weeds.
By the end of the season in the first year after planting, the goat's rue rarely reaches a height of at least half a meter. In autumn, plants are cut to a height of up to 20 centimeters. The goat's rue reaches its maximum growth in the second and subsequent years. Therefore, it is not recommended to harvest in the first year.
Goat's rue is a cross-pollinating plant, therefore the eastern and medicinal species It is not recommended to plant nearby.
In the first year of growth, care herbaceous plant consists in loosening the inter-row space and regular. carried out at the beginning of spring and after each harvest of green mass (for forage varieties):
To avoid depletion of the soil under the goat's rue, it is recommended to leave an area with the plant every 3 years for the seeds to ripen. Goat's rue grass is harvested from June to August, during the flowering period, seeds - after they ripen in the fall. Both seeds and grass are dried in the open air.
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The herb galega officinalis is known to many people suffering from such a terrible disease as diabetes. For those who have never heard of this plant, we will tell you about its use in folk medicine, useful properties oh and contraindications.
Galega officnalis is a perennial shrub from the legume family. This is a beautifully flowering, powerful, multi-stemmed plant, about one and a half meters high. The bush can have up to twenty stems. They are erect, tubular, hollow inside, painted green.
The leaves are large, odd-pinnate, petiolate, with stipules. Their length can reach twenty-five centimeters. The castings consist of fifteen pairs of leaves, elongated oval in shape. They are slightly pointed towards the top.
Galega officinalis blooms from early summer to mid-autumn. The flowers are light purple or pale blue, large, with long pedicels, resembling bells in shape. They form erect raceme-like inflorescences up to twenty centimeters long.
The root system of the plant is taprooted and powerful. The length of the root sometimes exceeds eighty centimeters, while having numerous horizontal processes from which new shoots appear.
After flowering, Galega officinalis forms fruits - erect beans with five to eight kidney-shaped, smooth seeds of a yellowish-green color, hard to the touch. Full ripening of the fruit occurs in September.
IN medicinal purposes all parts of the plant are used (leaves, flowers, roots), despite the fact that galega officinalis (goat's rue) is poisonous plant. It is important to know and follow the dosage of drugs based on this herb.
The plant Galega officinalis is heat-loving, so it can often be found in Ukraine, Moldova and the southern regions of Russia. It grows along roadsides, in meadows, forest edges, in mountain steppes, and along river banks.
Plants collected along roads are unsuitable for making medicines. Raw materials are harvested during flowering, carefully cutting off the stems with a sharp knife. The most commonly used flowers are upper part stem. Select only fresh green stems of the plant.
Immediately after harvesting, cut them into small pieces. Drying is done in the shade, with good ventilation (under a canopy or in the attic). Bags made of natural fabric or paper are suitable for storage. The storage period should not exceed one year. After this period, the grass loses its healing properties.
The fruits are harvested at different times as they ripen. They are peeled and the seeds are dried in the shade. Shelf life - twenty-four months. The roots are well cleaned and washed with running water and cut into small pieces. The roots should be dried in the shade, under a canopy, but it is better within a storage period of no more than two years.
Galega officinalis has been used since ancient times as healing agent. Initially, the plant’s ability to increase lactation was noticed. They began to use it by adding it to livestock feed to increase milk yield. The plant received its second name - goat's rue - for the same reason.
After some time, the diuretic and diaphoretic properties of the herb were discovered, which allowed folk healers to widely use it in their practice.
Today, galega officinalis has already been quite well studied. It includes:
The seeds of the plant contain:
Traditional medicine does not use this herb, but traditional healers use it quite successfully as an anthelmintic and diaphoretic. Galega gives good result when used as a means for lactation during breastfeeding. It improves fluid movement and, as a result, breast milk production.
Undoubtedly, galega cannot completely replace medicines for the treatment of such a serious disease, and it is not worth conducting experiments, refusing drug treatment.
But as aid Galega officinalis herb is used quite successfully for diabetes mellitus. The plant is effective in the initial stages of type 2 diabetes mellitus, when insulin has not yet been used. For diabetes, not only the hypoglycemic effect of galega is useful, that is, the ability to lower blood sugar levels. It increases the sensitivity of internal tissues to glucose. As a result, sudden surges in blood sugar are eliminated.
The plant galega officinalis helps in one more thing important process in the body of a diabetic. As you know, the liver contains glucose storage - glycogen. If there is not enough energy and there is nowhere to get it from, then hidden reserves come to the rescue. It is these invaluable reserves that galega helps create for diabetes. In addition, galega officinalis tones smooth muscles. This helps strengthen blood vessels and remove bad cholesterol.
To enhance the effect drug therapy and disease prevention, doctors often recommend using biologically active additives based on galega. They are a source of tannins and flavonoids, which have an antisclerotic and vascular strengthening effect on the body, and are effective means, which normalizes glucose levels in diabetes mellitus.
These additives include:
Pour two tablespoons (tablespoons) of dry crushed herbs into 500 ml of water. Boil the resulting composition in an enamel pan for twenty minutes. Strain through a sieve, add boiled water up to a volume of 500 ml. The decoction should be consumed 1/2 cup before meals. After the first use, check your blood for sugar - the dosage can be reduced or increased.
You will need 25 grams of galega grass, bean pods, nettle leaves and dandelion root. Pour 250 ml of boiling water over the herb and let it brew for 30 minutes. Take two tablespoons (tablespoons) three times a day.
The seeds of the plant are used (10 grams). They are poured with one glass of water and boiled for five minutes. Take 1/2 cup twice a day.
Fresh juice from the plant is used as antiseptic. They can be used to wash ulcers and wounds, rinse the throat or mouth. To do this, squeeze the juice from fresh grass and dilute it with water by one third.
As you can see, galega officinalis has many beneficial properties. It also has contraindications. Herbalists warn that the herb has toxic properties. Therefore, any treatment must begin with a visit to the doctor, who will find out whether you can take drugs based on it and prescribe the required dosage.
Nursing mothers who take Galega should be especially careful to improve lactation. Overdose may lead to exposure harmful substances into milk, which will affect the baby’s health. The main contraindications for galega include:
When treating with galega, it should be taken into account that it can disrupt the intestinal microflora. Therefore, to restore it, you may need a wellness course after the end of treatment.
Galega has long been recognized as an excellent honey plant. This plant produces the same amount of nectar as sainfoin. From one hectare of galega, bees collect about two hundred kilograms of nectar. In addition to the fact that galega is a medicinal plant, an excellent honey plant, a valuable fodder crop, it can be used as food. In the Caucasus, this plant is used as a seasoning. Salads with young leaves of the plant are useful for nursing mothers.
This plant is like many others medicinal herbs, has several names: chokabuk, rue, goat grass, etc. Delicate and very beautiful in appearance, the grass is found in the lowlands of rivers, ditches, and swamps.
Since ancient times, the goat's rue grass, a photo of which we posted in this article, has attracted the attention of traditional healers for its medicinal properties. In addition, it is used to feed livestock. Traditional medicine does not use goat's rue.
What does goat's rue grass look like? A herbaceous perennial belonging to the legume family. It has a weakly branched taproot, branched, sparsely hairy or bare branches up to one meter high. Leaves are up to twenty centimeters long, alternate, with 4-10 pairs of leaflets.
Flowers are delicate light purple or blue color(snow-white ones are very rare), moth type. They are located in the axils of the leaves, forming thick, loose clusters that reach 25 cm in length. Medicinal herb goat's rue blooms from mid-June to the end of August.
The fruits (beans) ripen in the second half of August. The seeds of the goat's rue grass are greenish-yellow, kidney-shaped, smooth.
This plant is widespread in the Crimea, the Caucasus, Moldova, and the Carpathians. It is found throughout the European territory of our country.
Goat's rue is widely used in folk medicine in many countries of the world thanks to useful substances included in its composition. This:
The seeds of the plant contain: steroids and sucrose, saponins and stachyose, linoleic, stearic, palmitic and linolenic acids, alkaloids.
The plant has pronounced diaphoretic, diuretic and lactogenic properties. In addition, it has proven itself as a anthelmintic. Preparations based on goat's rue regulate metabolism and show excellent results in complex therapy in the treatment of many diseases.
Goat's rue grass for diabetes mellitus can be used independently remedy, and in various collections with other plants. Externally, a decoction of the herb is used to treat lichen and eczema.
For medicinal purposes, traditional healers use the herb and seeds of the plant. The grass (stems, leaves, flowers) is harvested during flowering, and the seeds are collected as they ripen. The above-ground part of the plant is cut off (30-35 cm). It is necessary to dry the raw materials in the shade in the open air. It should be spread out thin layer. Paper or fabric is suitable for this. You can use a dryer (temperature no more than 40 °C). The raw material retains its medicinal properties for two years.
People began to use this wonderful medicinal plant back in the Middle Ages. Initially, the ability of the grass to increase milk yield in livestock was noticed, so it began to be added to feed. It is thanks to this that its name came about - “goat’s rue”.
Over time, scientists have studied the active ingredients of galega. They came to the conclusion that the main active substance- galegin - inhibits intestinal motility, enhances lactation of nursing mothers, constricts blood vessels.
Peganine contained in the plant is an excellent diuretic and diaphoretic. But it is especially important that it normalizes blood sugar levels. For this reason, the plant began to be used in the treatment of diabetes. Today, many doctors do not deny the beneficial effects of galega-based drugs as part of complex therapy in the treatment of this terrible disease.
It should be noted that the goat's rue grass, the photo of which you see below, has proven itself in the treatment of the initial manifestations of type 2 disease. This is explained by the fact that in initial stage As a rule, insulin is not used, and diets and folk remedies can help normalize blood sugar levels.
Goat's rue is a herb, the use of which causes active movement of fluid. But in diabetes, not only the hypoglycemic effect is important. Huge value This herb has the ability to significantly increase the sensitivity of tissues and cells to sugar.
The herb goat's rue (for diabetes) is attractive primarily because it does not cause sharp changes blood glucose levels. Goat's rue (galega) in type 2 diabetes takes part in another vital process. As you know, the liver is a “storehouse” of glucose, the role of which is played by glycogen. When the body begins to experience an acute lack of energy, it begins to use hidden reserves, which this herb helps to preserve.
The herb goat's rue (for diabetes) is also important because it strengthens and tones the internal smooth muscles. This makes it easier to remove bad cholesterol and effectively restore blood vessels, which is very important for diabetes.
In the treatment of diabetes, infusions and decoctions of seeds and herbs are most often used. We will present you several recipes.
You will need two teaspoons of goat's rue seeds. Pour the raw materials into a thermos and fill it with boiling water (500 ml). Leave the composition to infuse overnight. In the morning, it must be strained through gauze folded in several layers. You need to take the infusion 1/3 cup three times a day (before meals).
Pour one tablespoon (tablespoon) of chopped dry grass and one tablespoon of seeds into a thermos with a glass of boiling water. After two hours, strain the mixture. It is ready to use. The recommended dose is one tablespoon five times a day. The treatment course is no more than six weeks. Then you need to take a break for a month.
Prepare:
Place all raw materials in an enamel bowl and pour boiling water (500 ml). Close the container tightly with a lid and wrap it with a warm cloth. The composition must be infused for at least two hours. Take half a glass of infusion once a day (in the morning before meals).
In the treatment of this serious illness, not only goat's rue grass is used. A decoction of the seeds also helps with diabetes. It's easy to prepare. Pour a teaspoon of seeds into 200 ml of water, bring to a boil and leave on low heat for five minutes. After this, let the composition brew (about two hours), strain, and squeeze out the raw materials.
You need to know that goat's rue can be consumed in dry form (powder): 0.5 g twice a day. The powder is prepared from the dried leaves of the plant. It is simply washed down with water. Patients suffering from diabetes note that goat's rue grass is really effective. Both decoctions and infusions can be used for diabetes. However, everyone who still uses this plant today does not recommend starting treatment without consulting a doctor.
It is squeezed from juicy fresh galega grass. Pour 10-20 ml of juice with 50 ml of water, and you will get an antibacterial, anti-inflammatory agent that is effective in treating throat diseases. In addition, galega juice is used to treat wounds, ulcers and other skin ailments.
This composition includes the following herbs and spices in equal proportions:
Mix the mixture well. Now pour 10 grams of grass into 400 ml cold water for four hours, then put on low heat, boil for three minutes, let steep for another two hours. The decoction should be taken half a glass twice a day.
Despite the fact that the goat's rue has many medicinal properties, this herb is poisonous because it contains galegin - a real alkaloid. Therefore, the slightest excess of the recommended dose may lead to unpleasant consequences for the body. Contraindications for this plant include:
In any case, taking drugs based on goat's rue should be monitored by a doctor. An experienced specialist will select the dosage you need and monitor your body’s reaction to the drug you are taking.
