All about tincture of Kalanchoe: indications for use and recipes based on vodka or alcohol
Everyone knows that Kalanchoe is not only a beautiful flower, but also very useful. Everyone has known about its healing properties for a very long time.
Its juice is used to treat a wide variety of diseases. In this article we will consider all the useful tools of this plant, talk about how to use it.
Share recipes for tinctures of Kalanchoe. Watch a useful video on this topic.
Healing properties
Kalanchoe is widely used in folk medicine. The flower has the following beneficial properties:
- Antiseptic, bactericidal. Well heals wounds, fights with allergic rashes. Especially Kalanchoe juice can be used to combat acne and to treat wounds from acne.
- Hemostatic property. You can attach a piece of the plant to a scratch or wound and the blood will stop quickly.
- Antimicrobial property. It's hard to believe, but the risk of contracting viral diseases will be much less if Kalanchoe grows in the room where you spend most of the time. The beneficial properties that the plant secrete disinfect the air, killing microbes.
- Anti-inflammatory property.
- Helps fight gingivitis and stomatitis. It is good to rinse the oral cavity after tooth extraction, because Kalanchoe has a healing and anti-inflammatory property.
- With colds (runny nose), Kalanchoe is the best medicine, not inferior to modern drops. About how to use the plant in the treatment of runny nose in adults, we talked about in this material, and about the use of Kalanchoe in childhood colds, you can find out here).
- Used for psoriasis, eczema, bedsores. heals and disinfects well.
- Increases skin elasticity and removes small wrinkles (neckline and neck).
- Whitens the face, removes freckles and age spots, as well as acne marks.
- With cervical erosion, douching with Kalanchoe juice is recommended.
- It disinfects well at the first sign of a sore throat.
- An anti-inflammatory agent for otitis media (we talk about how the plant is used for colds of the nose and ears in our article).
- It relieves itching and inflammation from insect bites.
- Heals boils, fistulas.
- Kalanchoe is used to treat eye diseases, in particular with opacification of the vitreous body of the eye and glaucoma.
A useful remedy from a plant
Kalanchoe tincture is finely chopped stems (less often flowers), drenched in ethyl alcohol or vodka. Apply tincture for treatment:
- gynecological diseases;
- varicose veins;
- vascular disease;
- trophic ulcers;
- deep rotting wounds;
- periodontal disease;
- stomatitis;
- gingivitis;
- hepatitis A.
You can further list the list of diseases treated by tincture of Kalanchoe, but in more detail we will consider its effect on such a widespread problem as varicose veins.
With varicose veins
If you often wear high heels or have a job where you mostly stand, then you probably know the problem of varicose veins. This is a very unaesthetic sore, but in addition it is also dangerous. After all varicose veins can form blood clots, for the treatment of which various medications will already need to be connected, and at later stages, surgical intervention.
It should be remembered that tincture will not give an instant effect, the recommended treatment period is 2-3 months. Depending on the neglect of varicose veins.
Kalanchoe tincture relieves leg fatigue, swelling, prevents the risk of blood clots, relieves pain in the legs. Rub your feet with this tincture as follows: start from the foot and move up to the knee. After rubbing, wrap your feet in a blanket.
TIP: It is best to perform the procedure overnight for 2-3 months. For the best effect of tincture, you can add a couple of drops of camphor oil to it.The recipe for making Kalanchoe slices in alcohol or vodka
First you need to choose the right plant from which we will prepare the tincture. Kalanchoe must be at least 3 years old. Stem at least 50 cm long, strong, fleshy. If the plant is younger, then less juice can be extracted from it.
Here is the recipe for making vodka:
- We take a jar with a capacity of 0.5 liters.
- We wash the Kalanchoe under running water, dry it with a paper towel.
- Next, cut the flower into small cubes and put it in a jar. Kalanchoe should occupy no more than half the banks.
- Then we fill our crushed plant with medical alcohol or vodka.
- We tightly close the jar with a lid and hide it in a cool dark place for at least a week.
- From time to time, shake the container with the solution.
Our tincture will be ready in seven days. Keep tincture in the refrigerator.
Watch the video on the preparation of tinctures of Kalanchoe for varicose veins:
Alcohol tincture of pulp Kalanchoe
There is another method of preparing tinctures. The mixture prepared in this way is ready much earlier:
- To do this, take the leaves of Kalanchoe, grind them in a blender or through a meat grinder.
- From the resulting gruel, squeeze the juice using a medical bandage or ordinary gauze.
- The resulting liquid is left for two days.
- Then we merge the upper part, and leave the lower one with sediment, it has the most value.
- Pour Kalanchoe juice with vodka or medical alcohol in a proportion of 1/20 (1 is alcohol, 20 is precipitate).
The tincture is ready. Keep it in the refrigerator.
Where and for how much can I buy?
If you do not have the opportunity to prepare the tincture yourself or just do not want to bother, then the city’s pharmacies will come to the rescue. Kalanchoe tincture is not a rare medical tool. You can find it in any pharmacy. The average price is from 52 rubles to 85 rubles. depending on the volume of the bottle.
Contraindications
Kalanchoe tincture certainly has a number of useful properties. However, like any medicine, there are contraindications.
IMPORTANT: It is strictly forbidden to use during pregnancy, hypotension, children whose age is less than three years, with problems with the gall bladder and liver.Risks and warnings
Taking Kalanchoe tincture orally can cause heartburn, nausea (especially for people with gastritis). In case of an overdose of this tincture, the same symptoms may appear, plus an allergic rash will be added to them.
Conclusion
Kalanchoe is a very useful plant, if used correctly, it can help in the treatment of many diseases, cosmetic problems. Also, a beneficial effect is noticed if a pot of Kalanchoe is in your room. This is hard to believe, but Kalanchoe invigorates and restores strength, even if you just sleep next to it.