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Joint diseases are familiar to many people; almost no one is immune from them. Dandelion tincture for joints in alcohol has long been successfully used in folk medicine. It is prepared in several ways, some of which are given below.
What are the benefits of dandelion tincture for joints?
Joint pain, as a rule, occurs due to the development of an inflammatory process in bone joints. Diseases such as neuralgia, arthritis, arthrosis, and osteochondrosis can lead to their appearance. To eliminate this kind of pain, special tinctures of medicinal herbs are prepared, usually in alcohol. This substance is well absorbed into the skin and delivers the active ingredients of plants to problem areas. In addition, alcohol is a good antiseptic.
Rubbing has the following effect on sore joints:
- anesthetic;
- anti-inflammatory;
- vasodilator;
- warming, accelerating blood circulation.
Joint pain deprives a person of the opportunity to lead a normal, full life and significantly reduces its quality. Medicines do not always help; most often, what doctors prescribe turns out to be useless. And here it is necessary to call for help from traditional medicine, which has accumulated considerable experience in solving such problems.
One of the remedies that helps treat joints is dandelion. The beneficial properties of the plant are due to its rich chemical composition. It is worth remembering just a few components that are extremely necessary for diseased joints:
- calcium: part of bone tissue;
- luteolin: antioxidant, prevents age-related damage to the musculoskeletal system;
- vitamin C: cleanses and strengthens blood vessels, promotes better blood supply to tissues;
- tannins: have an anti-inflammatory, bactericidal effect;
- antimicrobial peptides;
- saponins: analgesic effect;
- glycosides.
For preparing dandelion tincture, the most useful are the heads of freshly picked flowers. They contain a huge amount of essential oils. This tincture can be stored for a very long time, at least 3 years. That is, once you have managed to collect dandelion flowers in early spring, you can forget about it for several years. A universal tincture against 100 diseases will be stored in your home medicine cabinet. As reviews indicate, dandelion for joints is a very effective remedy that should be used in two ways: internally and externally.
How to make dandelion tincture for joints
Dandelion tincture for joints is prepared based on the roots and flowers of the plant. Any vodka, including homemade vodka, as well as alcohol, can be used as a solvent and preservative.
What to insist on
Vodka or alcohol is one of the best preservatives for plant materials. The substances help to extract useful substances to the fullest extent. For tincture, it is better to take alcohol no higher than 70 degrees, so as not to lose some of the valuable properties of the plant. It will be very convenient to prepare the tincture if you use a container with a wide neck as a storage container. In this case, you can simplify the process of preparing the tincture, as well as make it more effective.
Place the finely chopped raw material in a gauze bag, tie it with a thread and secure it to the neck of a jar or other container. Tightly seal the opening of the container in which the medicinal product will be infused. With this method, the process moves many times faster. Alcohol, saturated with useful substances, sinks to the bottom, and fresh, light alcohol rises in its place. The infusion time with this preparation technology is reduced.
There is a recipe for dandelion for joints in triple cologne. Rubbing with this product gives a long-lasting analgesic effect. The tincture is prepared in the same way as when using vodka and alcohol.
Preparation of raw materials
In recipes for preparing tinctures, dandelion for joints can be taken either fresh or dry, previously crushed in a mortar or with a knife.
The flowering period of dandelion occurs in the second half of spring. Therefore, the collection and procurement of raw materials is carried out at the same time. As soon as the bright yellow heads of dandelions appear, we can consider that the “hunting” season is open. In fact, the plant blooms 2-3 weeks a year.Dandelion flowers need to be collected in environmentally unpolluted areas, away from roads, industrial zones, garbage dumps and other similar places that contaminate the soil, air and water around them.
It is necessary to harvest during a period when the weather is stable and there has been no precipitation for several days. The yellow baskets of dandelions should be cut with scissors or torn off with your hands, being careful not to sprinkle the healing pollen of the plant. It is not recommended to prepare plant materials early in the morning. You need to wait until the dew dries on the grass. Dandelion flowers should be dried in the shade or in a well-ventilated area. Spread in a thin layer, remember to turn over for more even drying.
In late spring, a very valuable substance, inulin, accumulates in the roots of dandelion. Therefore, they need to be harvested immediately after flowering, in late April - early May. If it was not possible to dig up dandelion roots to treat joints in the spring, you can do this in the fall, in September-October. It is not recommended to harvest roots in summer, as they contain a small amount of active ingredients.
Dig up the roots of the dandelions, wash them well, change the water several times, and dry them. It is advisable to clean them up a little, remove some unnecessary parts, small shoots. Using a sharp thin knife, cut the rhizome lengthwise into two halves and chop into small pieces with scissors. Dry all this in the shade, grind in a coffee grinder until it becomes powdery. Can be stored in paper packages or glass jars for 5 years.
How to make dandelion tincture for joints using vodka
To prepare a dandelion infusion with vodka for joints, you need to chop the bright yellow inflorescences with a thin sharp knife and place them in a container with a wide neck.Pour in the same amount of vodka. Leave for 12 days in a place away from sunlight. It is necessary to shake the jar periodically so that the infusion process proceeds evenly. After this, strain the solution and squeeze out the dandelion inflorescences.
Rub the joints at night for 5 minutes until a characteristic burning sensation appears. Wrap with a linen bandage and insulate.
How to infuse dandelions in alcohol for joints
It is worth considering a recipe for dandelion tincture for joints in alcohol. Prepare a 0.5 liter bottle of tinted glass and fill it with flowers. Pour 0.3 liters of alcohol into it and leave it to stretch in a dark place for 2-3 weeks.
When pain appears, pour a little dandelion in alcohol for joints into the palm of your hand, spread (do not rub) your legs from the feet to the knees. Relief will come almost immediately.
Rules for using dandelion tincture for joints
Dandelion tincture is a universal remedy. Used for various forms of treatment. In order to achieve a long-term effect and stimulate the restoration of cartilage tissue, it will take at least several weeks. It is necessary to remove excess stress on sore joints; if you are overweight, you should lose weight.
Rubbing
The use of dandelion rub on joints is aimed at improving blood circulation in the area of pain. The active substances contained in the drug, thanks to rubbing them into the surface of the skin, better penetrate inside the diseased joints and produce their therapeutic effect there.
Compresses
With the help of a properly prepared and applied compress, you can relieve inflammation from sore joints. It is necessary to moisten a gauze pad in dandelion tincture and apply the wet side to the affected joint. Secure the top with plastic wrap, then apply a layer of cotton wool and cover everything with an elastic bandage. Each subsequent layer should overlap the previous one by 2 cm. It is better to do the procedure at night, once a day. Keep it for no more than an hour or an hour and a half.
You can make a compress simpler. Rub the sore spot with dandelion tincture until a slight burning sensation appears. Then wrap something warm on top and go to bed.
Massage treatments
Massage improves peripheral blood circulation, oxygen and nutrition begin to flow to diseased tissues. As an additional remedy during a massage, you can use dandelion tincture, mixing it with a small amount of oil (2:1). The active ingredients will enhance the therapeutic effect of massage procedures.
Restrictions and contraindications
Alcohol tincture of dandelions for joints is used both externally and internally. In this case, you need to remember those few cases when the drug is contraindicated for use:
- ulcerative lesions of the gastrointestinal tract;
- gastritis;
- bile obstruction.
You also need to strictly observe the dosage of dandelion-based medicinal tinctures, since an overdose can lead to vomiting, diarrhea and other undesirable conditions.
Conclusion
Dandelion tincture for joints in alcohol is an effective folk remedy that has an analgesic, anti-inflammatory effect and many other beneficial effects.
