People call the swamp saberfoot Russian ginseng, decopus, marsh cinquefoil and five-leafed. This plant is considered healing since ancient times. The description of this culture can be found in manuscripts from the XVII century. However, to this day, the properties of this plant are not yet fully understood.
Botanical Description
It is a perennial and herbaceous plant. Belonged to the family Rosaceae. Deck rhizomes are filiform, knotty and creeping.
Stems with a reddish tinge, curved and can be extended up to 60 centimeters in height. Leaflets are located on long petioles and have from 5 to 7 sharp-toothed leaflets. Below the leaves have a grayish tint, dark green above.
A small number of flowers, bisexual, appear on the plant. They have a dark red color and 5 petals. Flowering occurs in June-July. The fruits ripen by August and are numerous bare achenes.
Where grows
Swamp cinquefoil grows throughout Russia and the CIS countries. Prefers northern regions. It grows in Western Europe, in Korea and China, North America.
The plant prefers wetlands, places near lakes and rivers. It grows well in the lowlands, in meadows and in the tundra, in backwaters. You can search for saberfish near sedge, they grow well in the neighborhood.
The quintuple forms dense and very dense thickets. Rhizomes are always directed towards the nearest reservoir. On the ground near the water and swamp covered with this plant, you can walk without fear. The roots and rhizomes are so strong that they can support the weight of a person.
Cinquefoil Composition
The presence of the beneficial properties of the marsh cinquefoil is due to its rich chemical composition. Growing in moist soils, the plant absorbs not only moisture, but also useful substances through its roots. To date, there are about 200 units of beneficial micro and macro elements, vitamins in the composition of the plant. Most of them are in the rhizome.
The following can be distinguished:
- amino acids;
- beta carotene;
- oils;
- organic acids;
- vitamins of most groups;
- resins;
- flavonoids;
- trace elements such as phosphorus, zinc, potassium, magnesium and copper.
And most importantly, in the plant, these substances are contained in high concentrations. However, when taking medicines from the saberfish, you should always remember this, so you need to strictly follow the dosage and drink according to the established schedule.
Beneficial features
The unique composition allows the use of marsh cinquefoil in the treatment of many diseases. The main properties of the plant include: analgesic effect, hemostatic, antipyretic and astringent effect.
Dekop is used in the presence of the following diseases:
- thrombophlebitis;
- gastric bleeding;
- hepatitis;
- cholecystitis;
- diarrhea;
- stomach pains of unknown etiology;
- colds;
- BPH;
- hemorrhoids;
- bleeding wounds;
- neoplasms;
- periodontal disease;
- heavy bleeding during menstruation.
In addition, the marsh cinquefoil helps with a weakened immune system, is used in the treatment of diseases associated with the musculoskeletal system. It is a good remedy if necessary to eliminate various pains.
It is established that the grass helps to cope with SARS, flu and tracheitis. It allows you to quickly remove the heat and strengthen the immune system.
Terms of use and contraindications
Before you begin to study the methods of use, recipes and medicinal properties of the marsh cinquefoil, you should familiarize yourself with the restrictions on use and contraindications.
First of all, decopping should not be used for children under 12 years old, even if the dosage form is alcohol-free.
Preparations manufactured in industrial and domestic conditions, at the beginning of treatment, cause an exacerbation of the disease, this is normal. After a few days, the pain and discomfort will disappear. In rare cases, patients have diarrhea while taking the drug.
The following contraindications are absolute contraindications for the use of the cinquefoil:
- bradycardia;
- epilepsy;
- neurological diseases;
- hypotension.
In no case should you exceed the recommended dose of the drug, this disease will not pass faster, and large doses of this plant can be dangerous for the body.
Rarely, but still there is an individual intolerance to the dekop.
Men's problems
The beneficial properties of the marsh cinquefoil, the use of which helps to get rid of many diseases, allows it to be widely used in the treatment of male ailments, it is not for nothing that it is called "Russian ginseng." With a competent combination of a five-leafed leaf and methods of conservative therapy, physiotherapy, even prostate adenoma can be cured.
Remedies from this plant allow you to stop the inflammatory process, stop the growth of the tumor and destroy the infection. In addition, the plant activates metabolic processes at the cellular level.
For the treatment of adenoma, you can use a mixture of herbs:
- marsh cinquefoil;
- dill;
- stalnik;
- horsetail;
- buckthorn bark.
All raw materials in the mixture are added in equal parts. For example, if you add to the mixture all the ingredients for 1 teaspoon, then it will take half a glass of boiling water. Then the composition is boiled on fire for about 5 minutes. Insist a little. Drink chilled, about 120 mg, 2 to 3 times a day. However, it will take a long time to be treated in this way, not less than 6 months. In parallel with treatment, it is recommended to abandon alcohol and fried foods.
Pregnancy
Despite the excellent healing properties of the marsh cinquefoil, the use of this plant during pregnancy is recommended to be limited. In particular, abandon alcohol tincture. Many substances that make up the plant can adversely affect the body of the expectant mother and child.
A strong concentration of nutrients can play a trick on a woman’s body and, conversely, cause relaxation of smooth muscles and, as a result, provoke a miscarriage.
Restrictions on the use of the cinquefoil are also valid for the period of lactation. However, with the appearance of mastitis, compresses soaked in tincture from the rhizomes of the plant can be applied to the chest. In this case, the saber will quickly reduce the fever and ease the general condition of the woman.
Oncological diseases
Preparations with marsh cinquefoil, manufactured at home and in industrial conditions, are widely used in the treatment of neoplasms. Despite the fact that scientists are still studying the effect of the plant on cancer cells, according to reviews, dekop has helped more than one patient to cope with this terrible disease.
The use of marsh cinquefoil in oncology is due to the high concentration of useful substances in it. First of all, it is used in the presence of cancer of the stomach and rectum. For the treatment of the rectum, an alcohol-free tincture is used, from which an enema is made. 50 drops of the product is added to 500 milliliters of warm water. An enema is done for 20 minutes.
With stomach cancer, you can do the medicine at home. To do this, you need 1 tablespoon of raw material, which is poured with 250 milliliters of boiling water and kept on a steam bath for about a quarter of an hour. After cooling, cool and strain. Dilute the resulting liquid with warm boiled water to a total volume of 200 ml. Take a decoction should be 3 times a day, daily.
For the treatment of gastric cancer, a collection of medicinal raw materials, including saberfish rhizomes, which will require 5 g, is suitable. Other components of the collection:
- 10 g of calamus root bog;
- 25 g inflorescences of cobweb burdock;
- 50 grams of inflorescences of a bodyaga field;
- 5 g of black poplar buds.
Remember that 5 grams equates to 1 tablespoon without a slide.
All components are mixed, if necessary, additionally crushed. 500 ml of water will require 2 tablespoons of the collection, which are poured with boiling water and infused all night. Throughout the day, the infusion must be drunk three times in equal parts. Drink the medicine should be before eating, for about 15 minutes.
Judging by the reviews of the marsh cinquefoil, in the presence of cancer, alcohol tinctures can be used. In this case, the roots of the plant are immersed in a one-liter jar and poured with diluted alcohol or 40-degree vodka. Infuse the mixture for 10 days, be sure to darken the jar at room temperature. Periodically, the jar must be shaken. After 10 days have elapsed, the product is filtered and drunk 1 tablespoon before bedtime.
As a prophylactic for the development of cancer, you can use tea from the leaves of saberfish.
Drugs from the pharmacy
The most commonly used tincture and cream of five leaves. In addition, you can purchase drugs in the form of capsules. The production of the drug is carried out by the RIA Panda enterprise, and they produce it under the name Sabelnik marsh extract-VIS, according to the manufacturer, there are no other components in the capsules. The release of cream is carried out by TD "Forafarm".
Other dosage forms from marsh cinquefoil:
- gel balm "911 Cinquefoil";
- Sabelnik tablets;
- drops with saber;
- Sabernik tea.
Tincture: how to use it
First of all, tincture with dekop is used for arthritis, osteochondrosis, radiculitis and rheumatism. The drug has an anti-inflammatory effect, reduces pain and, after dissolution, removes salts from the joints. It helps the process of restoration of cartilage tissue and stimulates the renewal of synovial fluid.
Along with this, the drug improves the functioning of the stomach and cardiovascular system. The immune and nervous processes are normalized, the drug helps to improve the reproductive system.
Instructions for use for the marsh cinquefoil states that in the treatment of joint diseases, tincture should be used from 1 to 2 months. Use the drug daily, 1 teaspoon of the drug, diluted in a small amount of water. It is necessary to take the medicine with meals.
Tincture can be used for external treatment. The drug can be rubbed into places where severe pain is felt, or compresses can be made. When rubbing, the drug acts as an anesthetic, and co-administration inside enhances the therapeutic effect.
Rub the tincture regularly, at least 2-3 times throughout the day, the entire period of taking the drug inside.
Compresses can be done 2 times a day by moistening a small piece of gauze in tincture and applying it to a sore spot for about 30 minutes.
Tincture, tablets and other forms of saberfish can be combined with other drugs, it will only enhance the analgesic effect. However, the saberfish enhances the effects of alcohol, this should be taken into account.
Cooking tincture at home
A description of the recipe from the marsh cinquefoil is given below. For tincture, you need 100 grams of rhizomes. You also need vodka in the amount of 500 milliliters, alcohol is also suitable. Raw materials must be crushed and placed in a jar, which will be larger in volume than half a liter. Rhizomes are filled with alcohol or vodka. The main thing is to grind the raw materials well so that everything is completely covered with liquid. When using alcohol, it should be slightly diluted with water.
It is necessary to insist the mixture in a dark place, the room temperature should be room temperature. You can use the medicine after 3 weeks.
DIY do-it-yourself ointment
In the annals of Russia during the reign of Peter I there is information that the sovereign himself got rid of joint and muscle pain with an ointment based on marsh cinquefoil. And now it can be made at home, for this you will need an ordinary cream and tincture of red pepper (1 teaspoon). The composition must be added 1 tablespoon of alcohol tincture of five-leaf and honey. You can add a few drops of vitamin E. All the ingredients should be mixed thoroughly - and can be rubbed into sore joints. Keeping such a cream is best in a cool place.
