Acacia white is a favorite plant. It is popular both for its beautiful decorativeness and for the fact that thanks to a very powerful root system it can safely survive even on sandy soils. Therefore, acacia white is successfully used in landscape design to strengthen artificial embankments and crumbling slopes.
Protects it and agricultural land. For this purpose, white acacia is planted along the edges of the fields in the form of a forest belt. And beautiful honey properties only add to this tree of popularity.
But not only for decorative and household purposes acacia is grown white. Its healing properties, well known to many people, are worth a separate conversation. The plant is used for various ailments. For this purpose, the best raw materials are the flowers of this magnificent shrub. They are used both in fresh and dried form for preparation of various broths and infusions. For medicinal therapy, you can also use jam, prepared from white acacia flowers.
The chemical composition of parts of the bush
On many household plots there is such a plant as acacia white. The healing properties that it has made it very popular with most gardeners. The chemical composition of various parts of acacia, and especially its colors, most often used by man for therapeutic therapy, is still in the study stage.
It is well known that in them is contained in sufficiently large amounts of flavonoid robinin, which is capable of exerting an excellent hypoazotemic effect, that is, promoting the removal of urea from the body. On its basis in traditional medicine, medicinal products intended for this purpose are manufactured. But due to the fact that this substance is toxic, self-healing acacia can be dangerous. Use drugs prepared on the basis of parts of the plant, it is only after consulting a specialist.
Flowers and leaves also contain various vitamins and minerals, tannins, essential and fatty oils, flavonoids, glycosides, sugars and pectins, as well as organic acids. Due to its chemical composition, white acacia flowers have been used not only for the treatment of various diseases, but also for their prevention. This plant is very effective for prolonging the periods of remission in various types of severe diseases. Especially good reviews about the therapeutic properties of this plant are obtained from patients who, for any reason, do not recommend the use of traditional dosage forms.
Healing properties of the plant, proven by centuries
Acacia white, the medicinal properties of which are used in the treatment of many diseases, is known from antiquity. Even in the XVIII century, people knew that the white acacia, and especially its color, has excellent healing properties, so it was actively used in the treatment of certain diseases.
In recent years, an increasing number of people turn to the proven folk medicine for centuries and use the recipes of great-grandmothers, proven to be effective, in the treatment and prevention of most diseases. Great attention is paid to them and white acacia, which has always been famous as an indispensable therapeutic assistant, even in cases where traditional medicine was powerless.
Acacia white in folk medicine
Very popular with connoisseurs of folk, centuries-old recipes of grandmothers, white acacia. Treatment with this plant is possible in almost any, even the most neglected cases. Folk medicine is recommended to use the flowers of this plant. Leaves and bark of young shoots are used in famous recipes that have excellent healing effect, much less often.
Pharmacological properties of acacia
Acacia white is also popular in modern pharmacology. Her curative properties are very valuable. Thanks to them, preparations made from the flowers of this shrub are very effective in the therapy of many diseases. They are used in the manufacture of traditional medicines with properties such as:
- , an easy laxative;
- is antispasmodic;
- expectorant;
- is a diuretic;
- is antipyretic.
The acceptance of traditional medicines, which are made on the basis of drawing from the flowers of this plant, is prescribed by many specialists. They are mainly used when patients have pathologies such as the first stage of hypertension, various female diseases, gastrointestinal diseases, urological problems.
What diseases are treated with acacia white flowers?
White acacia flowers are so unique that they make it possible to use this plant to treat diseases such as:
- Myoma of the uterus. For her therapy, a decoction is prepared from the flowers of the bush, which is taken 3 times a day before meals.
- Gastric problems. The broth should be infused in a thermos bottle, and three times a day, one third of the glass is taken.
- With strokes and hypertension, a tablespoon of decoction is drunk before each meal.
Is tincture useful for alcohol from a white acacia?
A large number of people who are well versed in phytotherapy, are happy to use in the treatment of certain diseases drugs made from such plants as acacia white. Healing properties of it are not lost in alcoholic tinctures. These drugs are good for ingestion and for external use. The most optimal recipe is one in which 100 grams of dried flowers are infused for two weeks in 300 milliliters of vodka. This drug is suitable for the treatment of the following diseases:
- Sciatica. Tincture is used as grinding. In order for the healing effect to be better, it is recommended to take 20 drops before meals in the course of a month in addition.
- Mobility to joints affected by stroke paralysis also returns due to this tincture, which is rubbed in this case from the bottom up.
- In multiple sclerosis, the agent is applied to the spine. Also, a good effect is provided by the treatment of sites damaged by thrombophlebitis.
White acacia flowers are also well suited for the preparation of a remedy capable of curing infertility. With this pathology, fresh, not dried flowers are used, 10 grams of which are filled with vodka and insisted for ten days. Take 20 drops immediately before meals.
The healing properties of jam from white acacia
For therapeutic purposes, white acacia is almost always used. Recipes of the means made from it, can be found in all possible sources. But not only decoctions and tinctures can help to save the patient from all sorts of ailments. Of the fresh flowers of this plant, you can weld a jam-perfect jam, which is also a real healer, as it preserves all the healing properties inherent in this plant.
The recipe for its preparation is quite simple. For a kilogram of sugar and a liter of water, you need to take 120 grams of acacia flowers. For taste it is not forbidden to use as an additive and lemon juice. The petals fall into the prepared syrup, and the acid is added before the end of cooking.
Rules for the procurement of medicinal raw materials
Most often used in folk medicine are white acacia flowers. The use of them will bring patients undeniable benefit only with properly conducted workpiece. Bloom this plant almost all summer, so the period for their collection is quite long.
However, it is worth remembering that during the rain this procedure is not performed. It is not necessary to be engaged in gathering of medicinal raw materials and on not dewy dew. Wet flowers are difficult to dry properly.
White acacia flowers for more proper storage require certain drying rules:
- The most effective medicines are prepared from half-blown inflorescences collected in dry weather.
- The room in which they are to be dried should be well ventilated and shaded.
- The temperature for a more optimal process should not exceed 40 degrees.
Caution to patients
Traditional healers are recommended to treat and prevent various diseases using drugs prepared from such plants as acacia white. Its therapeutic properties are used in the treatment of various diseases, but it is not worth it to be treated independently with its help.
The danger in this case may be the toxic ingredients present in it. The greatest harm to the body with the incorrect use of preparations prepared on the basis of acacia, is able to bring the alkaloid robinin. This is expressed in the strongest poisoning that occurs as a result of a violation of the dosage.
But still, in cases where white acacia is used for therapeutic methods, the patient's treatment proceeds without possible pathologies. Only be sure to get expert advice and observe all precautions when using it.