of inula helenium.

ATHEROSCLEROSIS
Put 20 g of dried crushed root elecampane in a dark bottle, pour 1/2 cup of alcohol for 20 days in a dark place. Strain, mix in half with a 20-percent alcohol tincture of propolis and take 25-30 drops 2-3 times a day.
BRONCHITIS
Pour 1 cup boiling water 1 tablespoon of the roots of elecampane, boil for 15 minutes, cool and strain. Take 1/4 cup of warm broth every 3 hours.
Take 2 teaspoons of crushed roots of elecampane, pour 3 cups of cold boiled water, insist 8 hours, drain. Take 1/4 cup of infusion 4 times a day for 15 minutes before eating. Mix in a ratio of 1: 1 Elecampane juice and honey. Take with a strong cough.
HYPERTENSION
Take equal parts flowers of tansy, and the root of Elecampane (crushed). Pour 1 teaspoon of the mixture of 2 cups of boiling water, soaring 1.5 hours, drain. Take 1/2 cup 3 times a day for 2 hours before eating.
Exudative diathesis
Take 5 g elecampane roots, grasses gentians and yarrow herb, pour 0.5 liters of water, the mixture is boiled for 10 minutes to insist 30 minutes. Take 1 tablespoon 3 times a day for 1-2 months in the form of heat before eating.
WHOOPING COUGH
Pour 1 tablespoon of roots and rhizomes Elecampane 2 cups of water and boil for 15 minutes on low heat. Take 2 tablespoons every hour throughout the day.
ATTENTION!At kidney disease do not take.
MALARIA
Insist on a 96-percent alcohol in a ratio of 1: 5 ground rhizomes elecampane. Infuse 2 weeks. Take 10 drops 3 times a day.
Runny nose
Mix equal amounts taken in the roots of elecampane, licorice and marshmallow. 10 g of this mixture add 0.5 liters of cold water. Insist 8:00. Drink 1/2 cup 3 times a day.
OBESITY
Take 1 tablespoon chopped rhizomes elecampane, pour 1 cup of cold water, to insist night in the refrigerator, drain, drink in the morning. To the remaining rhizome add 1 cup of cold water and 2 teaspoons of vodka or cognac, once again leave for 8 hours in a refrigerator. Secondary infusion drink the next day. The infusion helps to reduce appetite.
Overwork ORGANISM
Grind to a powder rhizome Elecampane. Take 1 g of powder 3 times a day with water. Take before meals.
Take 12 grams of fresh crushed rhizomes elecampane (high, boil 0.5 liters of red wine type "Cahors" at least 10 minutes. Apply as a general tonic for convalescents, feeble and infirm people.! Take 1/4 cup 2 times a day .
PREMATURE AGING
From the roots of elecampane, you can cook the wine of inula  0.5 l "Cahors" or the port to take 1 tablespoon of fresh root elecampane and boil for 10 minutes (preferably 1 tablespoon of honey), take 2-3 glasses (50 ml) after meal. Wine also has expectorant, anti-inflammatory, diuretic, choleretic, hemostatic, bactericidal and anti helminthic action, and has a revitalizing effect in various diseases.
Alzheimer's disease
Pour 30 g of crushed root elecampane 0.5 liters of vodka and infuse for 40 days, then the infusion and take 20-25 drops three times a day for 30 minutes before eating. It recommended long course.
PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS
Grind grated fresh root elecampane. Pour 1/2 cup crushed root 0.5 liters of vodka and insist 9 days in a dark place at room temperature. Drink 1 tablespoon before meals for 2-3 months.
Peptic ulcer of the stomach and intestines
Take 1 teaspoon of the crushed roots of elecampane, pour 1 cup of water, infuse for 10 hours. Drink throughout the day.
ARTHRITIS
Pour 100 g of fresh roots elecampane 1 liter of water, boil for 15 minutes, to insist, drain and mix with warm water. Make bath for aching joints of the hands or feet. The water temperature not exceeding 38 ° C.
SKIN RASH
Pour 100 g of roots and rhizomes elecampane 4 cups of boiling water and insist 4:00. Use for skin rashes, itchy.
Pyodermia
Take equal parts of Elecampane root, burdock root and leaves of walnut. Pour 1 tablespoon of chopped mixture of 1 cup of boiling water, boil for 10 minutes, drain. Drink 1 cup every 3 hours.
WOUNDS
Take 100 g of fresh crushed rhizomes elecampane, pour 1 liter of water, boil for 15 minutes on low heat, infuse 1 hour, drain and rinse the wound.
RICKETS
Mix 200g of elecampane root and burdock root and fill with a mixture of 10 liters of boiling water. Put on low heat and warm 15 minutes, for 1.5 hours, drain. The broth is poured into the tub and bathe the child.
Fading skin
Take a handful of fresh crushed rhizomes elecampane, boil for 10 minutes on low heat 0.5 liters of dry white wine. Wipe the face 2 times a day.
Elecampane (Inula helenium)Herbaceous perennial up to 2.5 m tall with short thick underground stems and roots. Leaves are alternate. The flowers are yellow, ligulate and tubular, are collected in large baskets. The fruit - achene. Blooms in July-August.
Underground organs contain up to 44% inulin, essential oil (1-4%), saponins, mucus, alkaloids. Use roots that are dug in late fall, but until frost, it is possible - in early spring. The roots should be cleaned from the ground, rinse with water and dry quickly. The bark from the roots should not be removed because it is rich in biologically active substances. It stimulates appetite, improves digestion, has a diuretic, expectorant, diaphoretic, anti-inflammatory and soothing effect.