Compound:

The widespread use of immortelle in medicine and the medicinal properties of the plant are due to the chemical composition of its inflorescences, flower baskets and grass.

. The following were found in the inflorescences:

 Apigenin and naringenin ;

5-diglucoside of naringenin C27H32O15;

Steroid compounds of the composition C27H46O;

Fatty acids;

Campesterol C28H48O;

Isosali-purposide C21H22O10;

Essential oil and inositol;

3-diglucoside of kaempferol C27H30O16;

5,7-dioxyphthalide C8H6O4;

Diterpene alcohol C20H34O4;

Apigenin glucoside C21H20O16;

5-methoxy-7-glucosylphthalide C15H18O9;

Salipurposide C21H22O10 and flavonoids ;

Phenolic dyes C18H1607 and C21H2407.

The herb of immortelle is rich in vitamin K , tannins and essential oil. The flower baskets contain flavonoids , essential oil, steroid compounds, flavonoid glycosides, carotene, saponins, ascorbic acid, tannins, coloring and bitter substances, as well as microelements and fatty acids.

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The flower of “immortality” has truly magical healing qualities, long recognized by herbalists, and official medicine agrees with this. What can I say, the herb is part of the famous Tibetan tea. Tibetan monks drink it for longevity, and modern adherents of a healthy lifestyle add the plant to tea to preserve youth.

The properties of immortelle have been studied quite thoroughly. Helichrysum baskets contain organic compounds. The plant contains flavonoids , bitter and tannins, saponins, essential oils, organic acids, carotenoids , polysaccharides. There is a lot of vitamin K , which is not often found in plants, vitamin C. The plant is rich in potassium, manganese, iron, calcium salts.

Due to these beneficial properties, folk remedies with flowers:

• Improves secretion of the gallbladder, increases its tone, promotes the outflow of bile, changes the chemical composition and viscosity of bile. Decoctions and infusions of immortelle have an antispasmodic effect on the smooth muscles of the sphincter of the bladder. Bile formation is activated, the content of bilirubin increases.
• Helichrysum is used to improve the secretion of gastric juice, and this promotes better digestion of food.
• Infusions and decoctions are used to treat giardia and worms. I have written a separate article about giardia , be sure to read it.
• Helichrysum will help with bleeding, especially uterine, ovarian dysfunction and fibroids. It is used to treat leucorrhoea.
• Traditional healers advise using flowers for rheumatism, gout, and inflammation of the sciatic nerve .
• The herb will help with kidney diseases: acute inflammation with painful and difficult urination, stones, and will relieve swelling associated with renal failure.

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Contraindications and harm to the body

It is worth remembering that, like any medicinal product, immortelle herb not only has medicinal properties, but also has contraindications for use. These include:

• hypertension: due to the ability to increase blood pressure, the drug is not recommended for hypertensive patients, or is allowed to be used with caution in courses of no more than 3-5 days;
• tendency to thrombophlebitis: this drug increases the rate of platelet formation and, accordingly, blood clotting;
• pregnancy: the property of the collection to thicken the blood and increase blood pressure gives reason not to recommend sandy immortelle during pregnancy;
• increased acidity of the stomach, especially against the background of gastritis: sandy immortelle promotes the active secretion of gastric juice, the increased acidity of which increases the risk of erosive and ulcerative diseases of the gastrointestinal tract;
• long-term use: may provoke a permanent tone of the hepatic veins with their expansion and subsequent stagnation of blood in certain areas of the liver;
• obstructive jaundice: with this disease, the bile ducts for the outflow of bile do not function properly, so taking the drug will only cause a sharp exacerbation of the disease.

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