Geranium is not only a beautiful and unpretentious plant in the care, but also a real home doctor. Especially effective is the use of indoor flower to treat the ears.
In folk medicine, recipes based on aromatic herbaceous culture have long been popular in the treatment of various diseases of the organs of hearing, especially otitis.
Medicinal properties of the plant
The miraculous healing properties of geranium are proven by science. The flower has anti-edema, anti-diabetic, antiviral, analgesic, diuretic, hemostatic, antiseptic and other actions. The natural chemical composition of room culture is truly unique. The leaves are rich in essential oils, in flowers - vitamins, carbohydrates, pigments and many other useful elements, in the roots contain phenols.
Impact
Geranium is not for nothing used to treat various ear diseases. The plant relieves pain, stimulates the production of interferon, inhibits the growth of bacteria and viruses, removes edema and prevents the formation and spread of pus.
Reference! Due to the sedative effect, the plant normalizes sleep, which is especially important during the period of the disease.
What parts of the plant are used to treat ear diseases?
And among folk healers, and professional otolaryngologists, all parts of the plant are of interest.
Leaves
Essential oils contained in the leaves, have a bactericidal and anti-edema effects, which is very important for otitis.
Geranium sap obtained from its foliage strengthens the walls of blood vessels. From pain and irritation in the ear, a torn geranium leaf rolled into a tube can help.
The roots
The roots of the indoor flower are widely used in the treatment of otitis media of the middle ear.
And in combination with sage leaves and chamomile flowers, they form an effective remedy for ear pain, inflammation and redness.
Flowers
Juice made from the flowers of the plant is very valuable with essential oils. Geranium flowers also used for inhalation for swelling and inflammation inside the ear.
If mint and coltsfoot are added to the leaves and flowers of the home doctor, the therapeutic effect can be enhanced.
The smell of flowers wonderful room culture treats the symptoms of otitis - soothes the nervous system, eliminates headaches. Flower aromatherapy improves sleep.
Indications
Geranium has established itself as an effective folk remedy for the treatment of the following diseases: acute otitis media of various etiologies (especially with severe earache) and chronic otitis media. The plant is used in the treatment of ear diseases.
Important! It is recommended to resort to the national method of treatment of indoor plants in combination with medication preparations. Geranium is an effective, but only an additional tool in the treatment of ear diseases.
Risks and contraindications
In the treatment of ear diseases, especially otitis, it is very important to prevent complications. Otitis is able to quickly move into the purulent stage. Therefore, self-medication, especially in children, is very dangerous!
Geranium treatment is contraindicated in the following cases. - pregnancy, age up to three years, bronchial asthma, individual intolerance. With special care to apply folk healing is necessary if there are severe chronic pathology.
How to cook?
- Squeeze the juice from the leaves of the flower.
- Add water - 3 tablespoons of juice to one glass of water.
Soak the cotton wool with the resulting solution and gently screw it into the ear.
- Two tablespoons of flowers and leaves of room culture mixed with 250 ml of sunflower oil.
- Infuse the solution for at least 10 hours.
Medicated oil lubricate the ear canal from the inside, providing an antibacterial effect.
Mash a fresh leaf of a plant, twist it into a tube and carefully insert it into your ear. A simple procedure will reduce pain.
Squeeze the juice from the leaves of a home plant, 1-2 drops to bury inside the ear. After that, insert a cotton wool into the diseased hearing organ. It will relieve shooting pains.
- Grind to gruel 5 fresh leaves of the plant.
- Add 2 tablespoons of oatmeal.
- 2 tablespoons of camphor alcohol.
- Knead the dough, roll it with a roller and make a compress - wrap the sore ear.
- Put compressor paper, cotton wool on top and secure with a bandage.
The procedure is carried out at night for 3-4 days until the pain recedes.
Crush the leaves of the flower and pour hot, but not boiling, water. Insist a couple of hours. Infusion abundantly bury in the diseased organ of hearing.
How to treat otitis with a geranium leaf? Read more in the video below:
Geranium - a home doctor for the treatment of ear ailments. The plant is able to help with otitis, bleeding from the ear, inflammatory and inflammatory processes. But it is important to understand that traditional therapy is used as an adjunct to traditional medical treatment.
