Heart plant.

 As walking on the shores of lakes, marshes, raw meadows you can see a herb lycopus europe. And he looks,like deaf nettle,and mint field , like relatives, but in lycopus leafs are oblong, and leaf edge with big dents, and sometimes his calling a marsh nettle. And on Latin means a wolf s feet, and to find in his wolf s feet is need to have a big imagination , maybe somebody  dreamed, but Carl Linney later received this name,like a generic.And a most interesting his Russian calling, as a good person is not calls zyuzja , but this a not person, as on the nold time called very drunk person or wetted, and so this plants growing are on the lakes shores  is hard to get, as not wet through,thus and here a formed such funny name  as for  zyuzja will enter ,you will be a left a zyuznjik.

And despite pretentiousness name in alternative medicine he is very appreciating,and on European countries are coking remedies and selling of lycopus. And in Italy his calling a henna plant,as in plant having quinidine , which a first time selected from a bark henna plant.Quinidine as excites a heart muscle, effectivity in heart beating attacks, exstrasistolia,endocarditis and a most often his using in hyperthyreosis, lowering arterial and venous hypoxia.Litosperm acid lowering excitement for thyroid gland,shortening manufacturing an abundant quantities hormone thyroxine, normalizing iodine metabolism. After remedies using of lycopus base is lowering excitement, diffusion toxic goitre displaying, not having abundant heart shortenings, tremble, sweating high, improve mood, work capacity rising. And for calming effect his use,like analogues  for leonurus and valeriana as in a cure neurosis, worry, and non reason fear.A herb causing  slow pulse, doing a heart beating a most deep, and  even,that allow to use his for patients with a heart disease, and a most effectivity lycopus shows with leonurus and here having a synergic effect,and thanks for tannins having  he having a blood stopping and anti cough effects. And using his as infusion.

3 tbl.sp. dried chopped herb add in glass of the hot water, infuse for 4 hours in thermos, filter, use 1/3 glass for 3 times a day before meal.

one tea.sp. dried chopped herb add in glass of the hot water and  cook 5 min in enamel dish, turn off fire, filter, lead till a first size with a boiling water, use on 50 ml. for 4 times a day before a meal time.

50 gr of dried chopped herb add in 0.5 l. of vodka,shake, good to close, infuse in dark place for 15 days, filter, use on 30 drops in 50 ml. of water diluting before 20 min till meal use.

A side effects, and avoiding using.

As avoiding his using in hypotonia, hyperthyreosis, abundant thyroid hormones as not having with destroy of thyroid glands and pregnancy , lactation, and children age till 7 y.old and not faster stop a course his using, if you are using his separately or with an other remedies,thus this is leading to the visible burden disease course, as thus his using in hyperthyreosis,thus consult with you doctor as he need to confirm adequateness for including his in a scheme cure.

By Filin, biologist, herbalist, CBS.

   paint lycopus.