Tincture of acacia flowers. White acacia. Medicinal properties. Application. Contraindications. For constipation and high acidity
White acacia is a large tree, the height of which reaches 15–20 meters. This tree belongs to the legume family, and it is very often used in the folk treatment of various diseases. White acacia has a beautiful and spreading crown, longitudinal cracks are visible on the tree trunk. The trunk of the white acacia is gray-black or gray-brown in color.
Shoots and young branches of acacia are green and smooth. The leaves of the acacia are egg-shaped and arranged oppositely on petioles of 7-21 pieces. The outer side of the leaves is smooth and green, and the inner side is velvety gray-green. Acacia white flowers are white, smell pleasant and are collected in brushes that droop. White acacia blooms from the end of May, and it ripens in June.
The fruit of the white acacia is a dark brown flat pod with 4–6 bean-shaped seeds. White acacia was first seen in North America, and after it was transported to the south of our country. This tree grows most often in parks, gardens and along roads.
Collection and harvesting of white acacia.
Medicinal raw materials are flowers, fruits, leaves and bark of white acacia. Flowers must be harvested at the stage of their flowering, and they are collected in a half-blown form. Drying should be carried out in a room that is well ventilated and in which the temperature is 40-50 degrees Celsius. The bark and foliage should be collected during the growing season.
Medicinal properties and uses of white acacia.
In folk medicine, a decoction of white acacia bark is used, this helps people who have exacerbated gastritis or peptic ulcer. Young shoots and leaves are raw materials for the preparation of tincture, which is taken during exacerbation of peptic ulcer and gastritis.
Infusion and decoction of white acacia flowers are used for diseases of the kidneys, bladder, and also for rheumatism. Flowers are used by combining them with bearberry leaves, flowers, as well as blue cornflower flowers and licorice root.
Chemical composition of white acacia.
The chemical composition of the white acacia, and especially its fruits, is still not fully understood. Acacia bark and flowers contain the flavonoid robinin. This substance has a hypoazotemic effect - it removes urea from the body. On the basis of Robinin, medicines are made. However, this substance is toxic, which means that self-treatment of any disease with the help of acacia is dangerous, in any case, you need to consult a doctor.
Flowers and leaves contain other flavonoids, fatty oils, glycosides, essential oils, tannins, pectins and sugars, vitamins and minerals, as well as organic acids.
With uterine myoma and inflammatory disease of the female genital area, a decoction prepared from white acacia flowers is taken. To prepare it, take 1 tablespoon of dried flowers and pour in two glasses of water, bring to a boil and leave for another 2 minutes on low heat to boil a little. After that, strain the contents, cool and add water to get as much as it was before boiling. Such a decoction should be taken daily 3-4 times half an hour before meals, 1 tbsp. spoon.
Tincture of white acacia flowers is taken for infertility. To do this, pour 10 grams of flowers (fresh) with 10 grams of alcohol or vodka. We insist all this for 10 days. This tincture should be taken 3 times a day, but not in pure form, but diluted: 20 drops of tincture should be mixed with one tablespoon of water.
With rheumatism, myositis, joint pain and sciatica, rubbing is done. To do this, you need to take 2 glasses of vodka, pour 50 grams of acacia flowers into them, insist for three weeks in a dark room, but do not forget to shake occasionally. When the mixture is infused, strain it - and the rubbing liquid is ready. Rubbing should be done a couple of times daily.
For coughs and colds, or as a fever reducer, a decoction of white acacia leaves is used. You need to take one tablespoon of dried leaves, crushed into powder, add 1 cup of boiling water, put on fire and boil for 5 minutes on low heat. After the broth, you need to cool, strain and take 3 times daily before meals, 1 tablespoon.
Acute and chronic cystitis can be cured by collecting white acacia flowers, wheatgrass root, calendula flowers. 50 grams of this collection should be poured with 300 milliliters of water, brought to a boil, boiled for 8 minutes. Next, the broth must be removed from the heat and insisted for 60 minutes, then strain and add more boiling water to the initial volume. You need to drink such a decoction daily 3 times before meals, 50 ml each.
Contraindications to the use of white acacia.
Acacia white should be taken in moderate doses, because a large dose is poisonous. Acacia bark is the most dangerous, as it contains toxalbuminrobin, which can irritate mucous membranes. Acacia should not be taken by people with low stomach acid.
When harvesting wood, the following symptoms of malaise may occur: nausea, vomiting, headache, drowsiness. Horses are very sensitive to alkaloids. When animals are poisoned by acacia, they are tormented by pain in the abdomen. Horses are agitated, their limbs tremble, their hearts are not working as well as they used to. In case of poisoning, the first thing to do is to rinse the stomach and give the horse absorbents.
Among the many healing representatives of the plant world, one of the places of honor is occupied by an ornamental tree - white acacia. The medicinal properties of this plant species, which is known by other names - robinia, pea, heart tree or Robinia pseudoacacia (lat.) - were discovered by scientists back in 1859. Bark, flowers and fruits are still used as raw materials for the preparation of folk remedies.
There is no area of medicine in which tincture of white acacia flowers, essential oil, decoctions and acacia honey would not be useful. This plant is used in aromatherapy and cosmetology, healthy and clinical nutrition. However, the flowers and bark of caragana or heart grass (as white acacia is also called) contain a toxic substance - robinin-flavonoid, therefore, it is possible to be treated with infusions and decoctions from its flowers or bark only with the approval of a doctor.
Botanical description
The white locust is a deciduous tree belonging to the legume family. Its homeland is North America and Canada, where Robinia can reach a height of 20-35 m. Having spread throughout Europe, Asia Minor, the Caucasus and the Crimea, the black locust is also traditionally found in the Volga region, Kuban, the Far East, the Moscow region, and the steppe regions Russia and Ukraine. The tree has a spreading, openwork crown; a trunk 0.3 m thick and up to 5-6 m high; bark with deep grooves; powerful root system, going deep into the distance up to 10-20 m.
The leaves of the white acacia are pinnate, the length of each of them is from 10 to 25 cm. They are formed from several pairs (usually from 4 to 8) of elliptical leaves, dark green on the outside and silver-green on the inside, up to 4-4 long, 5 cm. The most valuable vegetable raw materials are white acacia flowers. Medicinal properties (and contraindications that must be followed unconditionally) allow you to heal a variety of ailments, avoiding side effects. The inflorescences themselves have the appearance of leaning brushes with a pleasant thick aroma, thanks to which this tree has become one of the most beloved garden plants. The fruits of the white acacia ripen in the form of oblong-shaped beans with a brown tint. Outside, they are packaged by Mother Nature in pods.
Chemical composition
To date, scientists continue to investigate the features of the pharmacological action of white acacia, the medicinal properties of which are associated with the content in the woody part of the plant - tannins, robinin (toxalbuminrobin), phytosterol, stigmasterol, tannins and other substances; in flowers rich in glycosides - esters of salicylic acid, methyl anthranilate - anthranilic acid ester, heliotropin - aromaaldehyde, also characteristic of vanilla pods and lilac flowers, tannins and sugars, organic acids and aromatic oils; in the leaves - flavonoids and their glycosides - acacia, robinin and acacetin.
The concentration of fatty oils in white locust can reach 14-15%. The most little-studied part of the whole tree is considered to be its fruits - beans. It is known that the most toxic parts of the plant are: roots, seeds and bark.
Dosage forms
Timely collection of plant materials and proper processing of flowers, fruits and leaves of white acacia allows you to maximize its beneficial effect on the body and guarantees the absence of side effects. Acacia flowers must be collected half-blown and dried in well-ventilated places or ventilated rooms at a temperature of 45 ° C and above. In the future, tinctures, decoctions and infusions can be prepared from them.
The bark from young shoots and leaves are harvested during the growing season. It is better to prepare decoctions from tree bark, and the leaves are more often used in the manufacture of alcohol tinctures or are also added to decoctions.
What are the benefits of acacia flowers? Therapeutic properties
White locust has long been used as an anti-inflammatory and antipyretic, expectorant and antispasmodic, astringent, sedative, hypotensive and mild laxative, diuretic (diuretic) and choleretic, bactericidal and hemostatic agent. Phytotherapists appreciate this plant and preparations based on it, prescribing them for viral infections, for problems with the musculoskeletal system, including joints (osteochondrosis, radiculitis and rheumatism), for constipation and urolithiasis, for ulcerative lesions of the gastrointestinal tract and women's ailments. There are no health problems that white acacia would not help with. Its medicinal properties have an effect on exacerbations of gastritis, diseases of the genitourinary system, colds, healing of wounds and abrasions. Regular use of decoctions from acacia flowers effectively affects weight loss, improves the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract, cleanses the liver and kidneys, and regulates sleep. Scientists have proven that the presence of citric, malic and lactic acid in Robinia activates metabolism, accelerates the removal of excess fluid and toxins from the body.
White acacia in folk medicine: recipes for decoctions, tinctures, infusions
A decoction of acacia bark can be prepared as follows: take ½ tbsp. spoons of ground raw materials, pour it with two glasses of water (0.5 l) and boil for 20 minutes. Then the broth, without cooling, you need to strain and bring the resulting volume to the original, adding boiled water. Take in prescribed portions within 48 hours. Sometimes, with good tolerance by the patient, the doctor may approve the use of 0.5 liters of a decoction of white acacia bark in a warm form during the day. This remedy is prescribed for gastritis and exacerbation of stomach ulcers. A decoction of acacia flowers can be prepared from dried or fresh inflorescences. One tablespoon of vegetable raw materials must be poured with 500 ml of water and the mixture boiled for three minutes. After filtering, the initial volume of the broth is restored with hot water. Assign a decoction of robinia flowers 25 ml three or four times a day, which should be drunk 15 minutes before meals. Most often, this remedy is used in gynecology (in inflammatory processes of the organs of the female genital area and uterine myoma). A decoction of the leaves of the heart tree is prepared by pouring one tablespoon of raw materials with a glass of boiling water. Keep the mixture on low heat for about 5 minutes. Strain the finished product after cooling. It is prescribed for colds to relieve symptoms, providing antipyretic and antitussive effects. Drink it usually 25 ml before meals three times a day.
To prepare an infusion of flowers, pour raw materials (1 tbsp.) With a glass of boiling water and keep it for half an hour. Such a remedy is prescribed in complex treatment for diseases of the kidneys and genitourinary system at a dosage of 0.3 cups four times a day after meals.
Robinia alcohol tinctures
They can be made from different parts of a medicinal plant: from flowers, bark, young twigs and leaves. Raw materials are poured with alcohol or vodka. There are folk recipes that offer to make rubs from tinctures on colognes, the alcohol concentration in which reaches 55-70%. This is the well-known "Triple", as well as "Lilac", "Russian Forest" and others. Any alcohol tincture of acacia is intended exclusively for external treatment for paralysis and radiculitis, for chronic rheumatism and varicose veins. With sciatica, the sore spot should be abundantly moistened with a remedy and rubbed. With paralysis - alcohol tincture is rubbed dry and left overnight. With varicose veins, the affected venous nodes are treated with tincture. With rheumatism, the tincture is rubbed into the problem area and insulated at night.
How to make alcohol tincture? Different types
To prepare an alcohol tincture from acacia for rubbing with chronic sciatica, take the flowers of the plant (possible together with thin twigs) at the rate of 100 g of raw material per 250 ml of alcohol or vodka. Leave the mixture in a dark place and insist for a week and a half, shaking the container regularly. Then the contents must be filtered. Store the finished medicinal product in the refrigerator, in a bottle with a cork. In another recipe for alcohol tincture from white acacia, the medicinal properties of which allow it to be used for rubbing the legs, for fatigue, spider veins on the legs or venous nodes, it is proposed to fill a liter jar with robinia flowers and fill the raw material with alcohol. The level of a strong alcoholic drink should be two to three centimeters above the inflorescences. After insisting the remedy in a warm place (without penetration of daylight) for 14 days, we filter the alcohol solution. If you add juice or a slice of lemon to the finished tincture, then it will help relieve fatigue and fight spider veins on the legs. If the goal is to prepare a rubbing for the treatment of venous nodes, then before infusing an alcohol remedy from acacia, you need to add crushed plantain leaves. The tincture on the “Triple” cologne for rubbing and compresses is prepared by filling a 0.5-liter jar with robinia flowers up to half and filling it to the top with a perfume product. Infuse the mixture in a dark place for 7 days.
Robinia in gynecology
Preparations based on white acacia are widely used in the complex treatment of women's ailments: inflammatory processes of the organs of the reproductive system (uterus and appendages), fibroids - a benign formation in the muscular layer of the uterus - the frequency of diseases of which reaches a quarter of the total number of gynecological problems. With leucorrhoea, acacia flowers, especially the juice squeezed out of them, have a beneficial effect.
It is prepared from unblown inflorescences, using a teaspoon prescribed by a doctor three times a day. For the treatment of inflammation in the female sphere, douching with infusion of robinia flowers is used. It is also used for concomitant diseases of the urinary tract.
Acacia honey
The product obtained by bees during the flowering of the honey plant - white acacia, is extremely useful due to its ability to improve the functioning of the most important internal organs: the heart, liver and kidneys. Acacia honey also has a calming effect on the nervous system and reduces pressure; cures depression and increases hemoglobin; increases endurance during increased mental stress; relieves eczema and treats eye infections (it is diluted with distilled water and instilled into the corner of the eye); helps to restore immunity after a long illness; its hypoallergenicity is a big plus in the manufacture of ointment for babies and natural cosmetic products for adults. In addition, the optimal combination of glucose and fructose, for which acacia honey is famous, makes it acceptable for use in moderate amounts by diabetics (no more than 1-2 teaspoons per day). This can be done only with the approval of the attending physician. The fragrant product from robinia does not crystallize for about two years, resembling syrup. This feature of acacia honey is due to the maximum liquid content, the presence of glucose (35.98%) and fructose (over 40%).
Cosmetology: white acacia color
Fragrant inflorescences of robinia are used to prepare homemade decoctions of the plant, as well as for the production of acacia flower hydrolate in the cosmetic industry. The properties of the plant, which helps to smooth wrinkles, tone the skin, restore its firmness and elasticity, are used for tired, problematic skin, with a deterioration in the shade of the dermis, if there is inflammation and irritation on its surface. The use of white acacia flowers in the treatment and care of the skin is due to the presence in them of: vitamins A and C, essential oils, minerals and sugars, tannins, heliotropin, esters and organic acids (including salicylic acid). Due to the composition saturated with useful substances, robinia flowers have a powerful rejuvenating, anti-inflammatory and soothing effect. Before the initial use of each of the cosmetics, it is necessary to conduct a test. To do this, you need to apply a drop of the finished mask on the inner bend of the elbow or in the area behind the ear, checking its tolerance.
To get an anti-aging face mask, you need to take 10 inflorescences of white acacia, grind them and grind with 25 g of fresh honey. Then pour in a little heavy cream (one tsp). Then you can cover the skin of the face with the mixture, and after 10 minutes wash off the remnants with weak green tea. For the treatment of oily skin, it is advisable to add a beaten egg yolk to the powder from dry leaves of white acacia and mix with a teaspoon of milk. After 10 minutes, wash off the product with contrast water (first warm, then cool). To smooth out wrinkles, mix crushed acacia flowers (1 tablespoon) with a small amount of sour cream and vegetable oil (olive). Apply the mixture to your face and keep it on for 10 minutes. Then remove the remnants with a warm decoction of parsley and a cotton swab.
Contraindications and first aid for poisoning
Improper preparation and overdose can cause side effects or even poisoning. Therefore, it is necessary to strictly adhere to the prescription and doctor's advice. If symptoms of poisoning occur: heart rhythm disturbance, dizziness, vomiting, diarrhea and nausea, you should immediately stop taking the medicine, wash your stomach, take sorbents and consult a doctor for emergency help. Treatment with acacia flowers is harmful to people with individual intolerance, as well as to pregnant women and nursing mothers. The bark of a white acacia is prohibited for use by people with low acidity of the stomach.
For medicinal purposes, it is allowed to use the flowers, leaves and pods of the plant. Through experiments, it was confirmed that white locust in medicines has a diuretic and antispasmodic effect. It is used in the form of tinctures, decoctions, essential oils.
The bark of the tree contains pectins, oils, robinin. In high concentrations, these substances cause poisoning. Use very carefully in recipes. remember, that poisonous elements of acacia lose their properties during heat treatment.
Chemical composition
The tree has a rich aroma, thanks to the essential oils in the composition. The bark and flowers of white acacia contain the glycoside robinin. The element helps to remove toxins from the body, but at the same time it has a toxic effect (it is important to follow the dosage). Blooming flowers contain up to 1.5% of this substance, dried petals - 3.6%.
White acacia flowers also contain:
- biquercetin;
- bicrobin;
- essential and fatty oils.
Robinia bark and wood are filled with minerals. Young shoots and leaves contain vitamins A and C. In all parts of the tree there is mucus, it is she who has a beneficial effect on the digestive system. And rutin in the composition of white acacia makes blood vessels in the human body stronger and more elastic.
How is robinia used in homeopathy?
In the field of traditional medicine, white acacia is almost never used due to insufficient study of the chemical composition. And homeopaths, on the contrary, actively use the medicinal properties of the plant to combat many ailments.
Homeopathy is a special method of therapy that has existed for over 200 years. This is a type of alternative medicine in which treatment is carried out with the help of herbs or natural products in a minimal dosage.
What are useful, and how to apply in treatment?
With medicinal properties medicinal potions are usually prepared from the flowers, leaves or pods of white locust. Due to the toxic substances in the composition, the bark is almost never used. Roots are also not used.
flowers
The first and most useful part is the flowers. It is their healing properties that are most often used in medicine. A decoction and infusion is used for a number of pathologies and problems:
Flowers should be collected in a half-open state, dried in the fresh air.
- To make a tincture of acacia flowers at home, you need to pour 10 g of raw materials into 200 ml of boiling water, insist and strain.
- Another cooking option is to pour 10 g of raw materials with vodka or alcohol (100 ml), insist 2 weeks in the sun.
Use only externally for rubbing and compresses (for osteochondrosis, joint pain).
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Leaves
This part is also actively used in tinctures. Acacia leaves are especially effective for gastritis and ulcers., with diseases of the stomach and duodenum.
With the help of alcohol tincture, the nervous system is restored, mood rises, headaches, insomnia, and excitement stop.
Widely used for the treatment of female diseases. It has an excellent effect on the body, which is affected by multiple sclerosis. Leaves are collected from the moment the white acacia begins to bloom until late autumn.(while the foliage is still green and not falling).
pods
Pods are used in medicine for the treatment and prevention of gastrointestinal diseases, to reduce the acidity of gastric juice, to reduce pain in case of an ulcer or gastritis. How to make a medicinal tincture from the pods?
- Grind the pods to the desired size, hold in air until hardened.
- Insist raw materials on 40% alcohol in a ratio of 1:10.
- Keep for at least 15 days, shake regularly.
- Drink 1 tsp. 3 times a day before meals.
Honey
is a rare, very tasty and unusual product. It contains a huge amount of vitamins: groups B, C, A, PP, as well as calcium, iron, zinc, iodine, magnesium. The most important property of honey is strengthening.
A delicious dessert provides reliable immune protection, resists infections, and helps to recover from illnesses. White acacia honey is an excellent antidepressant, it improves mood and makes it easy to resist stress.
- beautiful honey plant. During the flowering period (May - June), beekeepers receive up to 8 kg of honey from one plant.
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Contraindications
All decoctions and recipes with white acacia in the composition must be taken, strictly observing the dosage. The plant has poisonous parts (, roots), which can provoke poisoning. The most dangerous part is the bark of the tree, it contains toxalbuminrobin. This element causes irritation and inflammation of the mucous membranes. That is why it is not recommended to use white locust for people who have low stomach acidity.
It is absolutely contraindicated to use white acacia recipes for pregnant women, as well as for breastfeeding. Before using products based on white acacia, it is recommended to consult a doctor.
The consequences of improper use of the plant and the fight against them
If you use white acacia incorrectly, do not follow the dosage, you can get poisoned. You can determine the overdose of the drug by the first signs:
- nausea;
- headache;
- malaise and weakness;
- drowsiness and dizziness;
- pain and burning in the stomach.
In extreme cases, hallucinations appear, cardiovascular insufficiency develops. As a result, even death is possible due to a sharp decrease in pressure.
In case of an overdose, you need to rinse the stomach with a rhinestone, drink an absorbent drug. The following is a symptomatic treatment only under medical supervision.
So, white acacia is not a pharmacopoeial plant, it is not used by official medicine. But parts of this tree are widely used in the field of traditional medicine, homeopathy and aromatherapy. White locust is also used in perfumery to perfume soaps, shampoos, and fragrant acacia oil is used to make eau de toilette.
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In a warm spring, when acacia bushes bloom, you can get not only aesthetic pleasure, but also take care of your health by collecting flowers. Nature has endowed this plant with useful components for humans. The whole plant has healing properties, from bark to flowers and fruits. The color of white acacia is simply indispensable in the presence of peptic ulcer, thrombophlebitis, stomatitis, high acidity. Fragrant buds will help to tidy up in the season of colds. Natural medicine has been used for many years in various forms, but the most popular, at the same time, the most effective is the white locust tincture.
What is useful tincture of white acacia flowers
In folk medicine, acacia tincture has a wide range of uses. Its regular use in small doses strengthens the immune system, is used as a natural drug for the treatment of:
- kidneys;
- Bladder;
- gastritis;
- rheumatism;
- diseases in the female part.
The healing properties of the infusion, according to herbalists, are able to "defeat" infertility. For many years, women have been taking a tincture to relieve inflammation of the reproductive system.
White acacia: contraindications
In the presence of healthy components, flowers contain a share of toxic substances.
- Acacia tincture should only be used as a remedy, observing the dosage. If it is not followed, headache, drowsiness, nausea or vomiting will appear.
- Large doses of the accepted tincture can lead to poisoning of the body and loss of consciousness.
- It is better before making a decision to use the infusion as a medicine, get the advice of your therapist.
- From the infusion of acacia on alcohol will have to be abandoned during pregnancy and lactation.
Doctors noted that the use of a remedy from flowers should not be in the presence of the following diseases:
- low stomach acid;
- plant allergy.
Acacia harvest time
Acacia color, which will be used in the future to prepare homemade medicine, can be purchased at pharmacies, but it is more pleasant and useful to collect it yourself.
At this moment, you can enjoy the aroma of flowering shrubs and at the same time take a walk in the fresh air, saturating the body with oxygen.
In May, when shrubs begin to bloom, buds and flowers that have not yet fully blossomed can be harvested for making infusions.
Harvested flowers should be dried for long-term storage (2 years). With the right technology, mold does not form on them.
You will need to lay out the raw materials on a pallet with a fine mesh or clean paper. The main condition for their proper drying is shade and constant access of air.
From time to time, gently mix the acacia flowers, this is done for more uniform drying.
The time required for this is very easy to determine, the flowers and buds must be completely dry, crumbling when pressed. You can use a household appliance for drying fruit with pallets to speed up the process.
If there is such, spread the acacia evenly and select the “Herbs” mode. Store such a medicinal preparation in tissue bags or immediately start preparing the tincture.
White acacia tincture - application
Part of the tincture, it is used in folk medicine as a medicine that fights fever and inflammatory processes.
In the season of colds, taking the infusion will produce an expectorant effect. Robinia (acacia) has a diuretic effect.
The means in which it is included, stop bleeding. Regular use of infusion from its flowers regulates blood pressure, allows you to gently reduce it.
Having prepared such a remedy at home, the autumn cold will not be terrible. The components that white acacia is rich in protect the body from viruses, help with a runny nose, sore throat, and help to quickly get rid of a cough.
In folk medicine, the tincture has proven itself well, as a remedy that helps with sciatica and rheumatic, neuralgic pain.
The tincture, which is taken orally, can have a choleretic and laxative effect.
It is taken to improve the functioning of the digestive tract, gastric ulcer and gastritis. This home remedy will help remove sand from the kidneys, reduce pain in pyelonephritis or cystitis, even in a chronic form.
White acacia has long been considered the flower of women's health. In the treatment of folk remedies, the fair sex used a tincture to get rid of fibroids, inflammation of the appendages, and many gynecological diseases. The people believed that an infusion of robinia flowers cured infertility.
The tool can be used not only internally, but also externally, in the form of rubbing or compresses. The infusion has the ability to penetrate deep into the tissues, while relieving pain.
It is used in the treatment of shallow wounds, thrombophlebitis, rubbing the body with paralysis after a stroke or multiple sclerosis. In places of burns on the skin, the infusion is applied directly to the affected area.
The prepared infusion has a beneficial effect on the psycho-emotional component of the body, eliminating:
- insomnia;
- headaches;
- bad mood;
- nervous breakdowns.
Apply tincture to restore strength, the decline of which is caused by a lack of vitamins, which is very important in early spring. In folk councils, it is noted that acacia tincture helps in relieving the symptoms of food allergies.
Acacia has a positive effect during rehabilitation after a course of chemotherapy. Substances contained in flowers remove toxins and toxins from the body.
White acacia vodka tincture - recipe
Home-made flower tinctures are distinguished by a pronounced honey aroma, while following the recipe, their taste is sweet.
The classic recipe is a vodka-based infusion; it is believed that flowers are best picked before the first May showers. In this case, the tincture is more aromatic due to the high concentration of acacia nectar.
Would need:
- white acacia flowers (robinia) - 2 liters;
- vodka - 400 ml;
- sugar - 200 gr.;
- drinking water - 200 ml.
Cooking
- Sort out pre-collected acacia flowers, rinse (for convenience, you can put them in a sieve and put them under running water).
- Transfer the washed raw materials to a clean glass jar, cover with sugar.
- Tamp the contents with a pusher or rolling pin.
- Leave for 10 minutes, then tamp again.
- Repeat the above process 2 more times.
- Put the lid on the jar and put it in a dark place (kitchen cabinet) for 4 days.
- After this time, put the resulting nectar into a colander lined with gauze.
- Squeeze well, pour the pomace into a clean jar.
- Add vodka and water, leave for another 4 days.
It happens that the infusion turns cloudy, then it must be filtered through medical cotton wool or gauze, folded in three layers.
White acacia tincture application on alcohol
Alcohol tincture of Robinia (white acacia) in traditional medicine recipes is used to prevent and get rid of a wide range of diseases.
In strong alcohol, acacia flowers more actively release useful substances. An alcohol-based infusion is used to treat kidneys, bladder, ulcers, heartburn, and belching.
Applied externally as a remedy that soothes pain in rheumatism, osteochondrosis and sciatica.
For this, acacia tincture is rubbed on sore spots and joints. Robinia flowers on alcohol can be bought at a pharmacy, but it is much more interesting to cook it yourself.
In addition, this process does not require special skills, raw materials can be prepared in the spring during the flowering of the shrub, or purchased at the pharmacy all year round.
To insist white acacia on alcohol you will need:
- fresh buds or dried robinia flowers - 1 tablespoon;
- alcohol - 100 ml.
Cooking
- If self-harvested or bought on the market acacia is used, then it must be washed with tap water.
- In a clean jar or glass jar with a lid, combine flowers and alcohol, mix.
- Tighten the lid, remove to infuse for 10 days in a dark place.
- After this time, strain the prepared infusion through a fine sieve (flowers are no longer used for medicinal purposes).
- Store alcohol tincture under the lid, in the refrigerator.
The remedy prepared according to this recipe will allow you to get rid of cholesterol plaques, cleanse the blood of toxins.
How to apply acacia on alcohol
In the presence of blood clots, it is necessary in the morning, before breakfast, to dilute half a teaspoon of white acacia tincture in clean water. Drink the resulting drug in small sips.
If you are concerned about belching with acid after eating, immediately take a diluted infusion in the amount of 1 teaspoon per 100 ml. drinking water. The tool will need to drink in one gulp.
Alcoholic flower tincture has not only a healing effect on the internal organs. When used externally, an infusion enriched with useful substances from robinia flowers is able to heal the skin with shallow wounds, abrasions, burns.
For cosmetic purposes, alcohol-based white locust is used to cleanse the face of acne at any age. Supporters of natural preparations noted that such a remedy treats psoriasis.
Applied to the skin and joints, the infusion soothes the pain of rheumatism or gout. To do this, after processing the right places, they should be wrapped with a towel or a dense soft cloth. In this state, rest for 30 minutes. During this time, the substances from the infusion will penetrate the skin, reduce swelling and eliminate pain.
White acacia is often used in folk medicine. The United States is considered the birthplace of the acacia.
In Europe, the plant is used in landscape design and they don’t even know what properties it has.
The chemical composition of white acacia
The composition contained in the white acacia, scientists have not been able to fully study. Flowers and bark contain robinin, a flavonoid that removes urea from the body. It is on the basis of this component that medicines are created.
Important! Robinin flavonoid is toxic, so if you are going to be treated with it, it is better to consult a specialist.
In the leaves and inflorescences of acacia, the chemical composition: glycosides, essential oils, sugar, vitamins, minerals, tannins and flavonoids.
Medicinal properties and uses of white acacia
Acacia has anti-inflammatory and antipyretic properties, and it also has expectorant, antispasmodic, hypotensive and laxative properties. Acacia-based recipes are used for food allergies, inflammation, pain in the stomach and intestines, and stomach bleeding. Acacia is also used for women's diseases.
Acacia color has many medicinal properties, so the plant is used for thrombophlebitis, sciatica, rheumatism, gastritis, stomach ulcers, osteochondrosis and neuralgia.
Preparations on acacia flowers can cure colds, coughs, and also normalize sleep and relieve nervous tension. The bark is used for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.
Did you know? There is a belief in the East: if you mix camellia, musk and acacia oil in different proportions and use it in rituals, the mixture will bring happiness and protect you from evil spirits.
Traditional medicine recipes: white acacia treatment
Since the tree has many medicinal components that can be collected and used, we bring to your attention recipes for tinctures and decoctions from acacia, which help relieve pain and inflammation, expel bile, and many more different properties and effects. 
White acacia tea
Recipe for whooping cough tea:
- 1 st. l. dried flowers are brewed in water or milk.
- Cool and add honey.
Recipe for a cold:
- 1 st. l. dried petals are added to a glass of hot water.
- Infuse for 5 minutes and drink with honey.
White acacia tea recipe for ovarian inflammation:
- 1 st. l dried flowers pour a glass of boiling water.
- It is necessary to infuse the mixture for 1 hour.
Did you know? Acacia is a symbol of immortality, it was not in vain that rakias were made from its wood to store the relics of saints, and a branch of flowering acacia inspires poets and artists to create masterpieces of world art, it calms, restores strength, and stimulates deep healthy sleep.
Acacia honey has many beneficial properties, but it also has contraindications. We will talk about them later, but now we will pay more attention to useful properties and applications.
Acacia honey has a fragrant aroma of flowers and a delicate taste. In liquid form, white acacia honey is transparent, and when candied, it becomes white. Honey contains fructose and glucose.
The delicacy is taken for diabetes, gastritis, ulcers and other diseases.
Acacia honey does not cause allergies and contains carotene and enzymes. It is given even to children, as it has a good effect on digestion and healing of affected mucous membranes.
Acacia honey restores blood pressure and has a beneficial effect on the cardiovascular system. Therefore, if you have hypertension, we recommend that you include it in your diet. 
You need to use it for 2 months, 50 g each, and your body condition will improve, the hemoglobin level and blood composition will normalize.
Acacia honey is used to improve eyesight. To do this, you can make lotions for conjunctivitis or make a solution with distilled water, which you can instill in your eyes.
With ulcers, eczema, neurodermatitis, periodontal disease and gingivitis, the following recipe can be used: Applying honey to wounds or ulcers kills many germs and improves blood flow.
If you start taking 1 tsp. honey before bed, you can quickly restore strength in a dream, and in the morning you will be cheerful.
With rhinitis, tracheitis, laryngitis and bronchitis, we recommend that you do inhalations with a 30% aqueous solution of honey. You can even do this with a kettle. Boil it, mix water with honey and inhale the steam for half an hour.
A decoction of the leaves for the treatment of colds and as an antipyretic
Since white acacia has antipyretic properties, a decoction of the leaves is used for colds in children and adults. 
Cough decoction recipe:
- 1 st. l. dried flowers are poured with water.
- The mixture is stirred and cooked over low heat until boiling.
- The decoction should be infused for 1 hour.
Recipe for cough tincture:
- 1 st. l. flowers need to be filled with hot water.
- Infuse the mixture for half an hour.
- The infusion is filtered and taken in combination with honey.
Decoction for diseases of the oral cavity
If your teeth just hurt, you need to prepare a decoction based on acacia flowers.
The recipe is the following:
- 1 st. l. dried flowers are brewed in a cup of hot water.
- The cup must be covered and cooled.
Stomatitis:
- 1 tsp acacia honey is added to the water.
- 1 tsp soda is added to the solution.
For periodontal disease, you should rinse your mouth with warm tincture of acacia flowers.
Decoction of acacia bark with exacerbation of gastritis and peptic ulcer
Ulcers and gastritis.
Decoction recipe:
- Half a tablespoon of acacia bark is poured into 0.5 liters of water.
- The mixture should be brought to a boil over low heat (20 minutes).
- The broth should be filtered while hot.
Treatment of stomach ulcers.
Tincture recipe:
- 1 st. l. crushed acacia bark is mixed with 0.3 liters of vodka.
- All ingredients are mixed and infused for 10 days.
Did you know? Farnese acacia grows in Egypt, France, Morocco and Algeria. It is from this type of acacia oil that oil is obtained for elite French perfumery. Silver locust grows mainly in Africa, Mexico and Australia.
Infusion of flowers for diseases of the kidneys and bladder
Considering the previous recipes, one can understand that acacia tincture treats a lot of diseases.
For diseases of the bladder and kidneys, a tincture or decoction is used.
Tincture recipe:
- 1 st. l. acacia flowers mixed with 200 ml of hot water.
- The mixture is infused for half an hour.
Decoction recipe number 1:
- 1 st. l. flowers are poured with 500 ml of hot water.
- The broth is boiled over low heat for 3 minutes.
- The mixture is cooled and filtered.
Important! The decoction should be diluted with water.
Decoction recipe number 2:- 1 st. l. flowers pour 500 ml of water.
- The broth is boiled to a boil over low heat for 3 minutes.
- The mixture should be strained and cooled.
Rubbing potions
Tinctures based on white acacia are also used externally for sciatica, paralysis, varicose veins, and chronic rheumatism.
With sciatica it is necessary to moisten abundantly with tincture and rub. For paralysis, you should apply an alcohol tincture and rub it dry overnight.
With varicose veins it is necessary to moisten the swollen venous nodes abundantly with alcohol tincture on the flowers of white acacia and rub.
For rheumatism you need to rub the tincture before going to bed, and then insulate.
Alcohol tincture.
- A liter jar is filled with acacia flowers.
- The jar is filled with alcohol above the level of the flowers on the finger.
- The mixture is infused for 2 weeks in a dark, warm place.
Vodka tincture for rubbing feet.
- 1 st. l. dried flowers pour 0.2 liters of 70% vodka.
- The mixture is infused for a week.
Tincture for fatigue and spider veins on the skin:
- 100 g of flowers pour 500 ml of vodka.
- The mixture is stirred and infused for 3 weeks.
- Sliced lemon is added to the tincture.
- The mixture is infused for another 1 week.
For rubbing venous nodes:
- A three-liter jar should be filled with fresh acacia petals and poured with 500 ml of vodka and alcohol.
- Chopped plantain leaves are added to the mixture.
- The mixture is infused in a dark place for 14 days.
White acacia in gynecology
White acacia is also used in gynecology. In the treatment of female diseases, bark, flowers and fruits are used, which are used externally and internally.
Inflammation and leucorrhea.
Tincture recipe:
- 200 g of dried flowers are poured into 500 ml of vodka.
- The mixture is infused for 2 weeks.
Inflammation of the uterine appendages.
Tincture recipe:
- 500 g of crushed bark is mixed with 2 cups of hot water.
- The mixture is left to infuse for an hour.
Inflammation of the ovaries and uterine fibroids.
Tincture recipe:
- 1 st. l. dried flowers pour a glass of hot water.
- The mixture is infused for 15 minutes and filtered.
Infertility.
Decoction recipe:
- 1 teaspoon of dried flowers is poured with a glass of boiling water.
- Cool down.
The use of white acacia in aromatherapy
Acacia is used not only in medicine, but also in aromatherapy. The aroma calms the nervous system, helps to relax, tune in to communication and helps resolve conflicts.
Acacia essential oil helps with:
- Irritability and nervous tension.
- Increased excitability, depression and nervous exhaustion.
- Overwork.
- Headache and high fever.
- premenstrual syndrome.
- Unpleasant manifestations of menopause.
- Frigidity.
Collection and preparation of raw materials from white acacia
Acacia flowers should be harvested in May, when the buds are only half open. You can dry them under a canopy and turn them over often. 
Leaves are collected all season - from the moment when the tree starts up new leaves and before falling off.
The bark is also collected throughout the growing season, cut into strips from young shoots and dried in an oven at a temperature of 55 °.
Leaves and flowers are stored no more than 5 years, and the bark - up to 7 years.
All components must be stored in burlap bags.
Contraindications
The healing properties of white acacia are known to any person, but few people pay attention to contraindications. It is better not to use acacia in any form during lactation, during pregnancy, acute diseases of the digestive tract and internal organs.
In addition, the seeds of the plant are poisonous. An overdose has the following symptoms: nausea, vomiting, dizziness, abdominal pain. If you notice side effects, you need to call an ambulance, wash your stomach and take an enterosorbent. The bark also contains toxalbuminrobin, and it is he who can lead to irritation of the mucous membrane.
Did you know? Acacia oil is considered sacred and is still used in many religions for anointing and cleansing.
White acacia is widely used, and its medicinal properties are known to almost everyone. If your doctor has recommended that you take acacia either externally or internally, don't be afraid to use it.
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