February 19, 2016, 19:46
The people call it differently: “brilliant green”, “burial ground”, “ivy”. And the periwinkle is also called unfading. It has creeping long shoots with shiny emerald leaves that look like lingonberry leaves, and large pale blue flowers with five petals. They say that a periwinkle planted in the garden will certainly bring happiness, and placed in a bouquet — unchanging love and a long memory.
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But I want to add that periwinkle also heals. A decoction of periwinkle leaves helps with dizziness, high blood pressure, headaches, it is also good as a sedative.
To prepare a decoction, take 1 tbsp. a spoonful of leaves, pour 1 cup boiling water. Boil in a water bath for 15 minutes. Cool, filter, squeeze out the remaining raw materials. The decoction is taken 1/3 cup 3 times a day.
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An infusion of leaves also helps as a hemostatic agent. Take 1 tbsp. a spoonful of chopped fresh herbs, pour a glass of boiling water, leave for 2 hours, filter, add boiled water to the original volume. Take 1 tbsp. spoon with the addition of 1 tbsp. spoons of red wine 4–5 times a day 20 minutes before meals. With bleeding gums, the same infusion is used as a rinse.
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As an external remedy for ulcers, purulent and weeping wounds, skin itching, take 2 tbsp. spoons of crushed fresh leaves and stems of periwinkle, pour 300 ml of boiling water, leave for 2–3 hours, filter and use periwinkle infusion for washing, as well as in the form of lotions or microbaths
Source: Home Doctor Magazine
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