The resistance of the guardhouse is best described by its Latin name Sempervivum, which means "always alive". It is a perennial plant from the tustikovka family, also known as cmilić, možk, meters, pod silu živ, peset, uhovnik, ušna, vazdaživ, and žednjak. It is characterized by thick fleshy leaves full of water and star-shaped flowers.
The guardhouse grows from Morocco to Iran, through the mountains of the Iberian Peninsula, the Alps, the Carpathians, the Balkans, Turkey, and the Caucasus. In our areas, it is more often used as an ornamental than a medicinal plant. Some of you remember it as a plant with which you were treated for earache as a child.
The composition and healing properties of the house
The guardhouse contains tannin, vegetable mucus, fatty oil, resin, formic, and malic acid. Modern research has confirmed that it contains very valuable acids, flavonoids, and carbohydrates. It is used in folk medicine due to its anti-inflammatory, astringent and diuretic properties. It is applied in the form of juice, dressing, ointment, tincture, or tea.
It calms and stabilizes the nervous system, removes drowsiness, and increases workability. Freshly squeezed juice strengthens the body's resistance, helps treat stomach ulcers, various inflammations of the mucous membranes, cures headaches, asthma, gout, heart, and bloodstream diseases, increases blood pressure, cures flu and sore throats. gingivitis and sore throat. Belarusian experts recommend fresh juice of the housekeeper with honey for heart defects.
Due to its anti-inflammatory and antiseptic properties, it also serves as an excellent first aid for burns, stings, and bites, because it provides quick relief and soothing. warts, burns, as well as painful areas caused by gout or insect bites.
It is a plant that cures fibroids and uterine cysts, but also many other diseases. It cures bronchitis and menstrual cramps. Guardian is an old folk remedy for ear diseases, damage to the eardrum, and hearing loss. Its juice dissolves excess cerumen in the ear and reduces pain.
It is enough to drip 2 to 3 ml of juice from the leaves into the ear, let it rest for a while and after a few minutes let the juice run out of the ear. Some research has shown that guarding the house reduces the risk of cancer and helps treat cancerous diseases
The best natural remedy for earache
The guardhouse is an old folk remedy for earache, eardrum damage, and hearing loss. Its juice dissolves excess accumulated resin (cerumen) in the ear and reduces pain. Many are convinced that it works better than drops from a pharmacy, and even some pediatricians recommend it for children. To be treated with it, it is enough to squeeze 2 to 3 ml of juice from the leaves, drip it into the ear, let it rest for a while and after a few minutes let the juice flow out of the ear.
Halve a few leaves of the housekeeper and squeeze two to three drops of juice into the sore ear. Let the liquid act for a few minutes, and then turn your head until the juice flows out of the ear cavity.
An excellent remedy for skin diseases and wounds
Guardian has a similar effect as aloe vera, which is known in the treatment of various skin problems. This herb is considered one of the safest remedies for a wide range of skin diseases. Due to its anti-inflammatory and antiseptic properties, it also serves as an excellent first aid for burns, stings, and bites, because it provides quick relief and calming.
You can treat:
Red wind (erysipelas)
Corns
Freckles
Wounds and ulcers
Herpes zoster
Inflammation of the eye and ear
Malignant skin diseases
Hard skin on the soles
Burns, stings, and bites
Simply smear the problem area with the juice of the housekeeper or apply a cut of the cut leaf.
Juice of the housekeeper
Guardian juice contains polysaccharides and antibacterial compounds that effectively fight bacteria. It also helps with nervous disorders, fears, and epilepsy, as well as against intestinal parasites. It can be drunk or gargled in case of bronchitis, purulent inflammation of the teeth, ear, and throat. It is recommended for malignant tumors of the uterus and oral cavity. Drink three teaspoons of juice a day or eat a few leaves of this plant.
Guardhouse in honey
This mixture successfully treats fibroids and cysts on the uterus, as well as thyroid problems. It has a detoxifying effect, so it is recommended after eating and drinking in moderation. Mixed with hot water, the mixture of housewife and honey lowers the temperature. Grind 750 g of house leaves and mix them with a kilo of honey. Take one tablespoon in the morning on an empty stomach and one to two tablespoons during the day.
Tea from the housekeeper
Guardian tea is excellent for heavy menstruation, menstrual cramps, diarrhea, and ulcers. Boil 10 g of fresh or 12 g of dried cucumber for 15 minutes in 250 ml of water. Strain and allow to cool. He drinks a cup of tea in the morning on an empty stomach, and then one teaspoon every hour.
Raising a housekeeper
The housekeeper is easy to raise from her offspring. It is a very hardy plant that can be grown in jars or outdoors. It is available in different colors and grows up to twenty centimeters. Wherever you plant it you will not go wrong. You will have beautiful decoration and with it medicine at your fingertips. Interestingly, the guardhouse works even after freezing. This is a logical consequence of its high tolerance to cold and ability to survive in winter conditions. It is harvested from March to October, and if it is in a jar, then throughout the year. Pregnant and breastfeeding women should avoid the caretaker.
The plant Sempervivum tectorum, which originates from Mexico and grows almost all over Europe. This wonderful plant grows everywhere: on rocks, roofs, walls, in pots, gardens, orchards. It doesn’t ask for much, just enough sun, and it provides plenty. The Latin name for this plant is "always alive", which means that it is indestructible regardless of the conditions in which it is surrounded.
Where the guardhouse grows, it transfers its indestructible energy to the house and the household. It is known by various folk names: guardian, under force alive, cmilić, wild immortelle, thunder grass, caretaker, uhovnik, uvara, dew in the evil of good. Various superstitions and folk customs are connected with the treatment of a guard.
It is believed to neutralize the effects of harmful energy, changes in weather, the consequences of stress and negative thoughts, but also to help heal diseases. According to folklore, the guardhouse protects the house and family from fires, lightning strikes, as well as from vampires and witches. The Greeks and Romans planted guardhouses next to other plants to protect them from caterpillars, various insects, and pests.
The guardhouse is a perennial plant, 10-60 cm high. It stores water reserves in its thickened leaves and thus survives dry periods. The color of the leaves of this plant can be green, burgundy, or purple, and the flowers appear on the top and are usually red and star-shaped. It blooms from October to November and during that period its leaves can be collected for teas and other medicinal preparations.
External use of the guardhouse
From the series of healing effects that the housekeeper has, the most famous is that it is a plant that eliminates excess fat from the ear canal. Hence the other name of this plant - uhovnik. In addition, the juice from the leaves of the guardian is a very good natural remedy for diseases and injuries of the skin, ulcers, cuts, and burns. Also, the medicinal juice of this plant has been used for many years to remove corns and warts, as well as sunspots.
Internal use
If the leaves of the houseplant are combined with honey, then it is very effective in the inflammation of the oral cavity. The juice of this plant is also a very good diuretic, and it also has a laxative effect. The guardhouse is also used in cases of tension, nervousness, and fear.
To strengthen the body
Grind the leaves of the houseplant into a multi-practice, and then put them in a plastic bowl and mix them with honey. Combine the mixture well with a wooden or plastic spoon. Then, pour the mixture into a larger jar and close the jar. Cover the whole jar with aluminum foil and let it stand for five days in the refrigerator. From the sixth day, take two plastic teaspoons of the mixture on an empty stomach and for the next twenty minutes do not eat anything else, but drink a little water.
Restrictions on use: Pregnant and breastfeeding women should avoid this plant
Household preparations
It is applied in the form of juice, compresses, ointments, tinctures, or teas.
A mixture of housekeeper and honey
Grind 750 g of fresh leaves and mix with 1 kg of honey. The mixture is considered an excellent natural remedy for fibroids and thyroid problems, so take 1 tablespoon in the morning on an empty stomach, and another 1-2 tablespoons during the day.
Mix with honey for constipation
Mix 300 grams of chopped fresh leaves of the house with 500 grams of honey and put in a jar, cover, wrap in foil and keep in the refrigerator. Take a spoonful every morning half an hour before breakfast and coffee, and it is recommended that you do not eat or drink anything for half an hour after this elixir. The housekeeper has been shown to be especially effective when combined with honey, to boost immunity, cysts, indigestion, and is especially good for constipation. The mixture of houseplant and honey speeds up the metabolism and cleanses the body of toxins. It has a detoxifying effect and is recommended after eating and drinking in moderation. It is also used for heart defects on the recommendation of Russian doctors. It has been proven to successfully treat uterine fibroids and ovarian cysts. Mixed with hot water, housewife, and honey, it lowers the temperature.
Guardian grease
You will need 1 handful of finely chopped leaves of the housekeeper and 200 grams of fat. The ointment is washed in 9 glasses of water. Mix all the ingredients in one sherpa. At a low temperature, the fat is melted, without cooking, as soon as it melts, remove from the heat and leave to stand for 12 hours. After that, the fat is again slightly heated to become liquid, filtered, and placed in a jar. Store in the refrigerator. Guardian ointment is healing for: wounds caused by blows and crushing, swelling and against sunspots and blemishes on the skin, insect bites, fistulas, and purulent wounds that do not heal for a long time.
Tincture of the housekeeper
Chop the fresh leaves and soak them in the same amount of 70% alcohol or good homemade brandy. Take 15-20 drops in half a glass of water three times a day for ulcers or after stomach surgery.
A cure for hemorrhoids
To prepare this medicine, you need 300 grams of chopped leaves from the housekeeper, 750 grams of homemade meadow honey, and one lemon. First, wash the lemon well and put it in the water in which the bag of baking soda is dissolved. It should stand in that water for an hour to clean the bark from pesticides. After that, send the lemon and cut it thinly, mix it with the chopped leaves of the housekeeper and grind everything well, then strain it through gauze. Add honey to the obtained juice and mix well with a wooden ladle. Store the mixture in the refrigerator. Take one teaspoon in the morning on an empty stomach.
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Amazing I never knew this info about this plants.