- What is it for and properties
- How to use
- 1. Tea for sitz bath
- 2. Healing ointment
- Who should not use
Wormwood is a medicinal plant widely used to treat hemorrhoids due to its hemostatic, vasoconstrictive, healing and anti-inflammatory properties.
Its scientific name is Polygonum persicaria, which is also known as water-pepper, pepper-of-the-swamp, persicaria, capiçoba, cataia or curage, and can be purchased in health food stores and in some handling pharmacies.
What is it for and properties
Bitter herb is a plant that serves to help in the treatment of external hemorrhoids, due to its anti-inflammatory, healing, hemostatic and vasoconstrictive properties.
How to use
The used parts of the herb-of-bug are the leaves, roots and seeds, and can be used to help treat hemorrhoids, in sitz baths or in a healing ointment.
In addition, herb tea can also be used to wash the skin in case of pimples, lesions and rashes. The tea from the sprouts of this plant can be used on superficial wounds due to its healing action.
A paste made from the roots of the plant can be used in the treatment of scabies, for example.
1. Tea for sitz bath
Ingredients
- 20 g of Wormwood, 1 liter of boiling water.
Method of preparation
Add the herb in a bowl of boiling water and let it warm. When it is warm, strain and sit in the basin for about 20 minutes or until the water has cooled. Do this sitz bath about 3 to 4 times a day.
2. Healing ointment
This ointment is indicated to treat several skin problems, such as closed wounds, ulcers, varicose veins and even hemorrhoids.
Ingredients
- 2 spoons of dry herb leaves, 100 ml mineral oil, 30 ml liquid paraffin.
Method of preparation
Place the dried leaves in a pan and cover with mineral oil. Turn the heat on low and let it boil for 10 minutes, stirring constantly. Then strain and mix this oil with the same amount of liquid paraffin until it forms a homogeneous mixture. Pour into a glass container and keep it covered.
The herb herb pills or capsules can be found in health food stores to combat internal hemorrhoids.
Who should not use
Wormwood is contraindicated in pregnancy, during breastfeeding and in children. In addition, it should also not be used and people who are hypersensitive to this plant.
