Tansy ordinary. Medicinal plant tansy

Tansy - bright and beautiful plant, which has a strong effect. Healers have long used it in the treatment of many diseases.

Consider contraindications, how useful it is and whether there is a danger in the application.

Description

Tansy is a herbaceous plant perennial has more than 70 varieties, 27 of them grow in Russia. The most common species that interests us is called The name of the plant comes from the Greek tanaos and aceomai, which means "long" and "live".

At first it seems that tansy can be planted along with other flowers for beauty. After all, such beautiful bright yellow dense inflorescences will decorate any garden. But this plant has strong medicinal properties, so strong that you need to be careful with it, because it also releases poison and toxins.

The smell is tart and resinous. But if a bouquet of tansy is kept indoors, no flies and mosquitoes will fly there. Cockroaches also do not tolerate grass.

The plant is unpretentious, therefore it is able to grow where there is not enough sun. The flowering period is at the end of July. It is at this time that it is collected. Raw materials are dried, spread out on paper thin layer. It can be dried, but at a temperature not exceeding 40 degrees.

Compound

The healing properties of tansy and contraindications are revealed due to the composition. So, the plant has a large number of alkaloids, essential oils, flavonoids, tannins, tanacetin and many other equally useful components.

The highest concentration is observed during the flowering period. The alkaloids released at this time have an intoxicating effect on a person. In dry form, in addition to the substances mentioned above, the plant contains glycosides, polysaccharides, proteins, vitamins A and C.

Raw materials collected during the flowering period are useful for essential oil. It has a yellow-greenish color. The composition includes camphor, pinene, borneol and thujone.

Beneficial features

grass tansy medicinal properties and contraindications are different. The following actions are useful:

• astringent;
• choleretic;
• antispasmodic;
• anti-inflammatory;
• bactericidal;
• diuretic action.

Such has tansy medicinal properties. And contraindications will be considered as well. But first, we will study in what cases it will be useful to apply it.

Medicinal properties of tansy, use and contraindications

It is not for nothing that folk healers value this plant so much.

Tanacetin, which is part of it, increases the secretion gastrointestinal tract and also enhances intestinal peristalsis. Taking tansy will help with indigestion and anacid gastritis.

Tansy has a wound-healing effect and relieves itching from scabies.

Influenza, SARS and colds disappear, and immunity is restored.

Render beneficial action on the cardiovascular system.

Cardiac activity normalizes, arrhythmia and flickering pulse go away.

Contraindications

After we have become aware of the healing properties of tansy, and contraindications need to be studied.

The first thing to keep in mind: the plant is poisonous!

An overdose in any person can lead to disruption of the kidneys, deterioration nervous activity, depressive and apathetic state, as well as an increase in blood pressure.

But the most dangerous consequence of the plant threatens pregnant women. Tansy can cause fetal loss.

Abortive properties

Some representatives of the weaker sex who want to terminate a pregnancy take tansy on purpose. Medicinal properties and contraindications for women, announced by doctors, nevertheless contain information about the threat of miscarriage in the paragraph related to contraindications.

body poisoning;

uterine bleeding;

decomposition of the fetus inside, because of which the uterus will have to be removed;

fatal infection in women.

For joint and skin lesions

Since ancient times, this plant has been used to embalm the dead in Greece and Egypt. But meat was wrapped in its leaves so that it would not deteriorate.

Tansy is able to cure festering wounds, ulcers and scabies. The infusion will remove pus from the body, stop the development of inflammation, eliminate infection and prevent microbes from penetrating inside.

For the treatment of gout, rheumatism and joint pain tansy (flowers) is successfully used. Medicinal properties, contraindications are especially pronounced through this part of the plant. Decoction, and even more effective Fresh Juice or tincture of alcohol from flowers, have a very pronounced effect. Therefore, the decoction can be taken in different ways. But from juice and tincture it is better to make compresses on a sore spot than to take it inside.

For diseases of the gastrointestinal tract

From worms

With proper and careful application, the healing properties of tansy will be manifested, and contraindications, when taken into account, will not lead to negative consequences from acceptance.

So, tansy will perfectly help get rid of worms. Reception is carried out inside, in the form of a powder or infusion. Crushed wormwood leaves will help enhance the effect.

can be reached positive result and thanks to the infusion with the addition of wormwood, chamomile and garlic, which is used for microclysters.

But do not forget: the use of tansy for this purpose is unacceptable for children!

How to apply

The recipe for the infusion is as follows. Flowers should be poured with boiling water (20 g of grass per 200 ml of water), cover and hold on low heat for 15 minutes. After that, cool it, strain and squeeze. The remedy is taken for 3 days, 150 grams in the afternoon and evening. Then they drink a laxative so that the worms leave the body.

Conclusion

All those that tansy has medicinal properties and contraindications, the reviews of people who have tried it, are revealed in their comments. Among them, there are also those when people have a discharge or an incomprehensible taste in their mouths. There were no reviews describing a negative result after use.

However, it should be remembered that this medicinal plant has a strong effect. Therefore, it is best to consult a phytotherapist before taking it.

Sin .: field ash, wild ash, love spell, magpies, bottle gourd, helminth, nine yellow, mother liquor, humpback, wild tansy.

Herbaceous plant with yellow flowers. It is used in medicine as an anthelmintic and cholagogue.

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In medicine

Tansy flowers are used as anthelmintic with ascariasis and enterobiasis.

As a choleretic agent for chronic non-calculous cholecystitis, hypomotor biliary dyskinesia (in complex therapy).

In dermatology, tansy is used for psoriasis and eczema.

Tansy flowers are a component Cholagogue collection №3.

At home

As an insecticidal agent, dried tansy powder is used against bedbugs, flies, fleas, cockroaches and other insects. Also for these purposes, fresh or dry grass is hung around the house in bunches.

A decoction of tansy is sprayed with horticultural crops from pest butterflies, in particular from moths. The roots of the plant are used to make a green dye.

Tansy is actively used in veterinary medicine for the treatment of pets. But as a fodder plant, tansy cannot be used, since it is poisonous. When eating plants large quantities animals are poisoned.

In cooking

AT medieval Europe young tansy leaves mixed with an egg were a favorite dish that was prepared for Easter. Today, tansy is not very popular in cooking.

The leaves of the plant have a strong aroma. They are used to “beat off” the sharp specific smell of meat, especially lamb and game. To keep meat fresh longer, northern peoples cover him with tansy.

As a spice, young and freshly picked leaves are usually taken. The plant is used for canning, added to the marinade for tomatoes, cucumbers and other vegetables. Sometimes tansy is used for flavoring in the manufacture of liqueurs, liqueurs, tinctures and wines. In the confectionery industry, tansy is taken instead of ginger and cinnamon. AT small quantities the leaves of the plant are added to omelettes, minced meat, put in fish and salads, in the manufacture of homemade kvass.

Classification

Common tansy (lat. Tanacetum vulgare L.) belongs to the aster family (lat. Asteraceae). To the genus tansy belongs 50 species of herbaceous plants. Most of plants grow in temperate climates northern hemisphere.

Botanical description

Common tansy is a perennial herbaceous plant, 50-100 cm high. The stem is straight, branched from the middle, furrowed, glabrous or slightly pubescent. The leaves are alternate, dark green above, grayish below, pubescent. The lower leaves are short-petiolate, the rest are sessile. All leaves are pinnately dissected into lanceolate lobes, the edges of which are serrate. Flower baskets with a diameter of 5-8 (12) mm, numerous, collected at the top of the stem in corymbose inflorescences. All flowers are yellow, funnel-shaped. Marginal flowers are pistillate, single row; middle - bisexual. The formula for the common tansy flower is *CH0-∞L(5)T(5)P(2).The fruits are oblong gray achenes 1.5-3 mm long, with 5 ribs. The plant blooms from mid-June to September, the fruits ripen in August-September.

Spreading

Common tansy is distributed over a large territory of Russia, in the middle zone of the European part of the country, in the Caucasus, Altai in Eastern and Western Siberia, in the Far East, Sakhalin, in mountainous areas Central Asia. The plant grows in Europe and some countries of Asia, as an adventive is found in North America.

Tansy grows in wastelands, the outskirts of fields, dry meadows, forest belts, meadows, steppes, along river banks, forest glades, in bushes, along roadsides, near dwellings. Often forms large thickets.

Distribution regions on the map of Russia.

Procurement of raw materials

Inflorescences (flowers) of tansy (Tanaceti flores) are used as medicinal raw materials. At the beginning of flowering, they tear off with their hands or cut off individual flower baskets or tansy shields, with flower stalks no more than 4 cm. It is not allowed to harvest browned inflorescences, as well as to collect plants near roads and industrial facilities. The collected raw materials are dried in attics, under sheds or in dryers at a temperature not exceeding 40ºС. During drying, carefully turn the raw material over.

Chemical composition

Tansy inflorescences contain essential oil (up to 0.8%), alkaloids, bitter substance tanacetin, flavonoids (quercetin, luteolin, isorhamnetin, cosmosiin, tiliantin, etc.), phenolcarboxylic acids: caffeic, chlorogenic, isochlorogenic; polysaccharides, tannins (0.1%), vitamin C, carotenoids, etc.; macro- and microelements.

Pharmacological properties

An infusion of tansy flowers has an anthelmintic and choleretic effect.

Tansy - good anthelmintic(against ascaris and pinworms). The choleretic properties of tansy are due to flavonoids. The infusion of the plant stimulates the secretory-motor processes of the gastrointestinal tract, and also increases the tone of the gallbladder wall, stimulates appetite, and improves digestion. water infusion tansy flowers is a good remedy for the treatment of enterocolitis and some other intestinal diseases.

Preparations based on tansy flavonoids can be used to treat diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. They enhance the formation and secretion of bile, contribute to the normalization of its biochemical composition. In addition, they have an antispasmodic effect on gallbladder, bile ducts and intestines.

As a hepatoprotective agent, tansy improves liver function, enhances regeneration processes (for hepatitis and cirrhosis of the liver).

The infusion of the plant has a diaphoretic, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antimicrobial, wound-healing effect, as well as antioxidant activity.

Tansy preparations increase arterial pressure, slow down the heart rate, increase the amplitude of heart contractions, increase sweating.

The essential oil of the plant has a strong local irritant effect, excites the central nervous system.

Application in traditional medicine

In the people, common tansy is called wild mountain ash, for the outward resemblance of the inflorescences of the plant with clusters of mountain ash berries. There are also such names of this plant: gourd, helminth, yellow nine-flower, mother liquor, humpback, wild tansy.

The plant is still widely used in Russian traditional medicine and folk medicine of various countries.

An infusion of tansy flowers is very popular as antihelminthic in folk medicine. It is used for round worms (ascaris, pinworms), giardiasis.

Also, an infusion of tansy flowers is used for jaundice, peptic ulcer stomach and duodenum, at gastrointestinal diseases, especially with low acidity and for the regulation of menstruation.

A decoction of tansy is used for headaches, epilepsy. Externally, in the form of compresses and baths, a decoction of the plant is used for rheumatism, osteochondrosis, joint diseases.

Tansy is also used externally for catarrhal angina, stomatitis, gingivitis, ulcers, festering wounds Oh.

In folk medicine of Karachay-Cherkessia, a decoction of flowers is taken for skin cancer.

In folk medicine in Belgium and Finland, tansy flowers are used against worms. Infusion of the plant - as an anti-febrile agent and with a rush of blood to the heart, as well as to reduce and stop menstruation.

In German folk medicine, an infusion of flowers and leaves is used for various diseases digestive organs, dysentery, intestinal colic, gas retention, constipation.

History reference

The beneficial properties of tansy have been known for a long time. AT ancient egypt the plant was used for embalming. In the Middle Ages, tansy was widely used as a medicinal plant. It was grown in the gardens of Charlemagne, and in England during the reign of Elizabeth I, tansy was considered a valuable medicine. At that time, it was believed that tansy helps to expel from the body " Bad mood", improves metabolism after long-term nutrition salted fish. Gypsies considered tansy healing remedy from all ailments.

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What is tansy

What is tansy, medicinal properties and contraindications of tansy, what are beneficial features this plant, all this is of great interest to those who lead healthy lifestyle life, looks after his health, and is interested in folk methods treatments, including herbal medicines. So we will try to answer these questions in the following article.

Tansy (lat. Tanacétum) - (wild mountain ash, yellow ashberry, field ashberry, helminth, devyatilnik, nine brother, nine, paradise-color, love spell, button, calyx) is a genus of perennial herbaceous plants and shrubs of the Aster family, or Compositae (Asteraceae ), growing mainly in temperate climatic zones of the Northern Hemisphere. The genus includes at least 167 species, about 30 of them grow in Russia.

The most famous and widespread species of the genus, Tanacetum vulgare, with which the name of the entire genus is most often associated, is an almost ubiquitous weed and roadside plant that has dozens of folk and local names. Many species of the genus Tansy are not only known, but are of great economic importance as medicinal, food, aromatic and ornamental plants for urban gardening and horticulture, and also as raw materials for the production of insecticides, essential oils and medicines.

Perhaps the second of the most popular species can rightfully be called balsamic tansy (Tanacetum balsamita). It has been cultivated for more than three thousand years as a food, medicinal and aromatic plant, and only in the last century and a half has its significance gradually waned.

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The rhizome is woody, creeping, with thin uriculate roots. Stem erect, up to 1.5 m high, branching at the top.

Leaves alternate, pinnate, slightly pubescent, 20 cm long, 10 cm wide; the lower leaves are petiolate. The flowers are tubular, golden yellow in color, collected in inflorescences-baskets with a diameter of 10-12 mm. At the tops of the stems, flower baskets form corymbose inflorescences. The fruit is an oblong achene up to 1.8 mm long and 0.5 mm wide. The flowering period falls on July-October, the fruits ripen in August-September.

The plant is found in various areas Russian Federation, with the exception of the Far North and desert regions. You can find it in meadows, fields, wastelands, in groves, among shrubs, along roads, as well as in close proximity to human habitation.

As a medicinal raw material, flowers and fruits of the plant should be used. Tansy inflorescences are recommended to be collected without pedicels. best time to collect raw materials of this species is the flowering period. The inflorescences are dried in the shade for fresh air or in attics. Turning the raw materials during drying is undesirable, as this can lead to shedding of flowers. Overdrying flower baskets is also unacceptable.

Less commonly, tansy herb is harvested as a medicinal raw material: it is dried in the attic or on outdoors in the shade and then stored in canvas bags.

The healing properties of tansy

The plant has an anthelmintic, insecticidal, choleretic, volatile and soothing effect. The leaves and flower baskets of common tansy contain: essential oil, which includes camphor, thujol, borneol and pinene, flavonoids (acacetin, quartzetin, luteolin, diosmetin, etc.), tannins and bitter substances, alkaloids, organic acids(gallic, coffee, chlorogenic, etc.), carotenoids, vitamin C.

In inflorescences, in addition, ash and a large number of macro- (potassium, calcium, manganese, iron) and microelements (manganese, copper, zinc, cobalt, molybdenum, chromium, aluminum, selenium, nickel, lead, boron).

Common tansy preparations are used as effective remedy in the treatment of diseases such as helminthiases, hepatitis, cholecystitis, disorders of the functional activity of the gastrointestinal tract (colitis, enteritis, peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum), disorders menstrual cycle, epilepsy, headaches, rheumatism. In folk medicine, taking tansy preparations is recommended for nervous disorders, gout, malaria, stomach cramps, dandruff, and also as a diuretic.

Tansy contraindications

Tansy refers to poisonous plants, therefore, the attitude towards it should be appropriate, it is necessary to strictly observe the dosage. An infusion of tansy during the treatment period increases blood pressure, which must be taken into account for hypertensive patients. In case of an overdose, indigestion, nausea, vomiting, even convulsions can occur.

It is not recommended to use tansy for a long time, especially for gastritis with hyperacidity. It is impossible to give preparations of tansy to small children, to exclude even enemas with helminthiasis. Tansy is contraindicated during pregnancy.

In addition, it should be remembered that the treatment medicinal herbs requires compliance

Tansy treatment of various diseases:

Common tansy is widely used in traditional and folk medicine, as it contains many useful substances providing therapeutic effect on the human body. For example:

Tansy from worms, how to take

At parasitic diseases, caused by the penetration of helminths (worms) into the body, which include many flat and primary worms, it is recommended to use an infusion of flowers and seeds of common tansy and powder from dry leaves of the plant. However, before using traditional medicine, you should consult your doctor.

Recipe 1

1 tablespoon of inflorescences of tansy ordinary pour 1 glass hot water and insist for 1 hour. Strain the infusion and take 1 tablespoon 3-4 times a day 20-30 minutes before meals. The tool is especially effective for roundworms and pinworms.

Recipe 2

Grind dry leaves of common tansy into powder and take 0.5-1 g 2-3 times a day 20-30 minutes before meals, drinking warm water or juice. A powder made from dried tansy leaves can be sprinkled on food to keep flies away.

Tansy for women

Infusion of tansy inflorescences, taken orally, is effective for algomenorrhea (painful and irregular menstruation) and amenorrhea (absence of menstruation for a long time, observed in some hereditary, endocrine and gynecological diseases).

Before turning to this method treatment, you should consult your doctor.

Recipe

2 tablespoons of tansy inflorescences pour 2 cups boiled water and insist for 40-50 minutes. Take 1 tablespoon 3-4 times a day 1520 minutes before meals.

It should be remembered that the infusion is poisonous, and it must be handled with extreme caution.

Tansy with enteritis and colitis

Flowers, dry leaves and seeds of common tansy help with many diseases of the gastrointestinal tract - colitis, enteritis, peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum, constipation and heartburn.

Recipe

Pour 1 tablespoon of tansy inflorescences with 3 cups of boiling water and insist for 30 minutes. Strain the infusion and take 5 tablespoons 3 times a day. The remedy is especially effective for enteritis and colitis.

Tansy for constipation and heartburn

Recipe 1

Mix 2 tablespoons of chopped dry tansy herb with 2 tablespoons of chopped dry St. John's wort, 2 tablespoons of three-leaf watch leaves, 2 tablespoons of chopped valerian root, 2 tablespoons of chopped calamus rhizome. Pour the mixture with 2 cups of boiled water and put on low heat for 15-20 minutes. Strain the broth and take 4 tablespoons 3 times a day for 1-2 hours before meals. The remedy is especially effective for heartburn and constipation.

Recipe 2

Mix 2 tablespoons of dry powdered tansy inflorescences with 1 tablespoon of honey. Take 1 teaspoon 2-3 times a day.

Treatment of rheumatism with tansy

External preparations of common tansy can be used for rheumatism - an infectious-allergic disease, accompanied by a lesion of cardio-vascular system and joints (rheumatic arthritis). However, before using folk remedies you need to consult a doctor.

Recipe

Dilute 2 tablespoons of powdered tansy inflorescences with warm water to a mushy state and apply this ointment to the affected joints.

After 20–30 minutes, wash off the gruel and lubricate the joints with a warming gel.

Recipes from the book by Yulia Nikolaeva “We treat the body with herbs. Helpful Hints and recommendations."

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Tansy with hepatitis

In the treatment of jaundice, tansy flowers have interesting property. If her infusion is used by men, the disease passes quickly, proceeds softer, without consequences. But for women in such situations, tansy does not help at all.

Recipe

Pour a full tablespoon of inflorescences with 1 liter of boiling water. Insist 2 hours, strain. Drink on an empty stomach as much as you can drink with pleasure. And again in the afternoon no more than half a glass. Do not rush to consume the entire liter of infusion in a day; this may be your norm for several days.

Tansy with cholecystitis

50 g of dried flowers pour 0.5 liters of vodka, leave for 2 weeks. Take 25 drops (not by eye, but from a pipette) 3 times a day 20 minutes before meals. The average course of treatment is 3 weeks.

Tansy for epilepsy

Pour 100 g of dried flowers with 400 ml of vodka, leave warm for 3 days, strain. Drink 30-40 drops 3 times a day before meals. (I know that in four cases out of five this remedy helped the sick. The fifth was a young man on whom none of the remedies known to me worked, bringing only temporary relief.)

Recipes from the book of Rim Bilalovich Akhmedov "Plants are your friends and enemies."

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Popular names: wild mountain ash, helminth, button.

COLLECTION AND DRYING OF RAW MATERIALS

PHARMACOLOGICAL PROPERTIES

APPLICATIONS IN MEDICINE

DOSAGE FORMS, METHOD OF APPLICATION AND DOSES

APPLICATIONS IN OTHER FIELDS

ELEMENTS OF AGROTECHNICAL CULTIVATION

Pouring from tansy.

Kvass with tansy.

The herb known as Latin name Tanacetum vulgare L,- tansy ordinary, has long been used in folk medicine. It increases the body's resistance to infectious diseases. Aqueous extract from the plant accelerates the treatment of measles, flu, colds, sore throats. The herb has antifungal, antibacterial, antiviral, and anti-inflammatory effects. Promotes healing inflammatory processes skin (eg. atopic dermatitis), abscesses, acne, herpes and ulcers.

Like many medicinal plants, tansy contains toxic compounds in its composition and, if overdosed or misused, can cause serious problems with health.

Common tansy - description

Tansy by appearance reminiscent of chamomile. It has the same rigid, long stems (with a height of about 1-1.5 m), not very densely covered with large, pinnate leaves, and umbrella inflorescences form at the top of the plant. However, in chamomile they are softer and not very dense, while in tansy they form larger, dense, almost flat flower baskets. They are bright yellow-orange.

The grass flowers from July to September. It grows on roadside sites, meadows, fields, forest clearings and banks of water bodies. Most often found in bulk. In Russia it is quite common.

Harvest and drying times

Medicinal raw materials are all above-ground parts: stems, flowers (baskets), leaves of common tansy (pictured).

Stems and leaves are harvested before and during flowering. Flowers should be collected during flowering. The leaves are cut from May to August, while the flowers are from July to August, possibly until September. Considering that the flower baskets inside are difficult to dry and darken when dried for a long time, it is best to dry them at high temperature. Raw materials must be dried in a dark place where the temperature does not exceed 35 degrees. This is best done in a slightly preheated oven.

Tansy - chemical composition

Common tansy contains:

• essential oil (1.5-2%);
• malic, tartaric, valeric acids;
• flavonoids (quercetin, apigenin, dirsmetin, diosmin);
• tannins;
• phytosterols.

The main component of tansy essential oil is β-thujone (about 60-70%). With their therapeutic properties the plant is obliged to the presence in its composition of this particular substance.

Biologically active compounds contained in tansy exhibit anti-inflammatory, strongly disinfecting, analgesic, antispasmodic, sedative, antidepressant effects.

Tansy - pharmacological action

The main indications for the use of tansy are:

In addition to the above medicinal properties, tansy is used as a natural repellant. The plant emits a characteristic smell that resembles the smell of camphor, therefore it effectively repels flies, mosquitoes, ants, aphids, moths, ticks and other insects.

The herb can be crushed and then rubbed into the skin. The plant can also be brewed, cooled and sprayed on the body. For these purposes, essential oil from tansy is also used. However, it should be remembered that it should not be applied directly to the skin. It must be diluted in base oil (sunflower, almond, oil from grape seeds). The following proportions are used - 15 drops of essential oil per fifth of a glass base oil.

Toxicological properties and contraindications

Since the main component of tansy is thujone, which is toxic in large quantities, it is not recommended to drink infusions prepared solely on the basis of this plant. In case of an overdose of drugs containing tansy, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, dizziness, excessive sweating, and a change in heart rhythm are manifested. In addition, hallucinations and frequent urination may occur. Herbal tincture for long-term use inside is addictive.

Common tansy contraindications:

• Plants should not be used by pregnant women, it can cause miscarriage.
• Tansy should not be used in treatment and during breastfeeding. The components of the herb can penetrate into breast milk breastfeeding mothers and pose a danger to a small child.

A decoction of tansy flowers for pediculosis

Ingredients: 1 tablespoon of tansy flowers, 1/2 tablespoon of thyme herb or wormwood herb.

Tansy tincture

A glass of dried tansy herb should be poured with a glass of strong alcoholic drink(Alcohol 70% is best). The prepared solution should be tightly closed and put in a dark place for a week. Tincture can be consumed 2 times a day for a tablespoon, diluted in half a glass of water. The tincture has a warming, analgesic and antirheumatic effect. It can be rubbed into sore lower limbs and joints.

Herbal infusion

Mask against acne from tansy

natural mask for fighting acne is a terrific addition to standard bath products. Its preparation is extremely simple, it does not require much effort. A handful of fresh tansy should be kneaded until the grass releases its juices. This herbal slurry should be applied once a day for 15 minutes on the entire face, avoiding the eye area. Repeat the procedure up to 3 times a week, but not more than 10 times a month.

Means with tansy in plant protection

In defense garden plants from insects use the green parts of the plant and its inflorescences.

To prepare a repellent against ants - 1 kg of chopped tansy leaves is poured with 10 liters of water and infused for 2 to 4 weeks. Mix thoroughly once a day. The solution is ready for use when it stops foaming and becomes clear.

Without dilution, the suspension is used to control ants in the garden. She should water places with ants and an anthill. At a dilution of 1:15, it is used against aphids during the growing season as a spray on plants and trees.