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Ash leaf - 50g
(Folium Fraxini excelsior)
Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) - leaves contain analgesic agents, reduce blood pressure have a diuretic and anti-rheumatic and anti-cancer effects. Therefore, they are used mainly for rheumatism, gout, kidney disease or retention of fluids in the body...
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Commonly calledAsh, European ash or common ash Latin (botanical) nameFraxinus excelsior StorageStore in a dry place at a temperature up to 25°C |
Description of herb
Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) - a stout tree growing to a height of 30-40 meters - grows from lowlands to low mountain locations, where it thrives in moist and waterlogged forests.
Its leaves (Folium Fraxini excelsior) are used for therapeutic purposes in diseases of the musculoskeletal system, kidneys, gout and rheumatism. Healing effects has Ash bark as well.
Healing effects
Ash - specifically individual leaves (not whole leaves), harvested in July to August, contain analgesics, lower blood pressure, have diuretic and anti-rheumatic and anti-cancer effects.
They are therefore mainly used for joint pain, rheumatism, gout, kidney disease or fluid retention.
To emphasize the overall effect, in these cases it is very appropriate to use the ash leaf in combination or in a mixture with Meadowsweet and the White Birch leaf.
In pediatrics, it has proven to be a mild laxative.
Ash leaves are most often given in the form of an infusion (3 teaspoons of the drug for 2 glasses of water, which is the daily dose).
Externally, the drug can be used to wash poorly healing wounds or shin ulcers.
Active substances
- essential oils
- sugars
- resin
- flavone glycosides
- coumarin-based substances
- organic acids
- tannins
- glycoside fraxin
- tannin
- inositol
- rubber
- manit
Properties
Analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antirheumatic, diuretic.
Recommended at
- high blood pressure
- kidney stones
- rheumatism
- gout
- kidney disease
- retention of fluids in the body
- joint pain
- Externally for washing poorly healing wounds or shin ulcers
Internally as a tea - 2 teaspoons of dried umbilical leaves per cup, with a recommended daily dose of 15 g dried leaves
When external use treats and helps in these diseases and problems
- VV
Preparation and dosing
Tea from ash leaves
Preparation: 2 teaspoons of dried leaves pour 250 ml of cold water. Bring to the boil and let stand for 3 minutes.
Dosing: 3 cups a day. We apply the treatment in rheumatism and gout for at least 3 weeks.
Side effects
No side effects are known.
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