In nature, there are many plants that have healing properties. Many of them are well known and widely used in traditional medicine and in official pharmacology. But what kind of a plant, the grass louse, and why it is useful - not everyone knows, because most gardeners and gardeners consider it a weed, which should be destroyed.
Description
Mokritsa (starfish) is an annual plant with a branched stalk creeping along the ground, on which oblong-rounded leaves are located. 
The stem is covered with fine hairs, and at the edges of the leaves there are cilia, when touched there is moisture, hence the name lice.
When flowering, inflorescences of white color are formed, and the flowers themselves resemble small stars by their appearance, hence the second name is star.
Check out also such medicinal annual plants: sunberry, safflower, quinoa, sage oakwood, datura, borage.After a long flowering (from May to August), fruits appear in the form of boxes of dark brown color, which contain many seeds. Seeds ripen from July to October and during this period the boxes periodically open.
The main places of growth are farmsteads, gardens, gardens, banks of streams and rivers, roadsides, forest edges. Ideal conditions for the growth and development of this plant provide a moist soil and location next to an open pond.How the grass louse looks like can be seen in the photo below, but what medical properties it possesses, and whether there are any contraindications to its use, we will find out further.
Did you know? The colors of woodlice can predict the weather. If by nine o'clock in the morning they did not open, then it would rain in the afternoon.
The composition of woodlouse
Mokritsa not accidentally found its use in traditional medicine. This amount of nutrients, like this plant, you can only envy. Grass contains:
- vitamins of groups C, E and K;
- carotene;
- organic acids;
- tannins;
- alkaloids;
- potassium salts;
- essential oils;
- flavonoids;
- phytoncides;
- lipids;
- iron, zinc, boron, copper, magnesium, cobalt.
Using a plant with such a rich composition for medicinal purposes, you can easily replenish the lack of vitamins, nutrients and trace elements in the human body, as well as get rid of many diseases.Pharmacological properties
Mokritsa has many useful properties, and there are almost no contraindications to its use. You can use it as a medicine with the following action:
- pain medication;
- sedative;
- anti-inflammatory;
- hemostatic;
- expectorant;
- choleretic
Reception of hellebore has a pronounced analgesic effect, and medicinal peony - anti-inflammatory.For therapeutic and prophylactic purposes, the herb is used as a means for:
- enhance immunity and general body strengthening;
- accelerate recovery from colds, bronchitis, pneumonia and some other lung diseases;
- pain relief for bruises, sprains, sprains;
- fighting rheumatism, arthritis and joint diseases;
- strengthen the nervous system;
- recuperation with their breakdown;
- improve heart health and relieve heart pain;
- treatment for diseases of the liver, kidneys, thyroid gland;
- eliminate flatulence, constipation, treatment of hemorrhoids;
- activation of hemoglobin production;
- the fastest healing of purulent and badly tightening wounds.
Application
Mokritsu, as a medicine, is used fresh, as well as in the form of juice, tincture and tincture, tea, decoction and even a bath.
This herb, as a prophylactic measure for improving immunity and obtaining nutrients and vitamins, is eaten as salads, vegetable soups and sandwiches.
The juice
Standard juice preparation is as follows:
- Fresh grass breaks, not more than 500 g.
- Washed thoroughly under running water.
- Juice is squeezed out of the grass with the help of a juicer, and if it is not available, it is softened by a pulp with further pressing through cheesecloth.
- Juice is poured into a bottle for further storage.
During lactation in women, one teaspoon of juice is mixed with the same amount of honey and taken three times a day, before meals.Important! Fresh squeezed juice can be stored no more than 2 days and only in a refrigerator!
Infusion
The infusion of woodlice is prepared as follows:
- One tablespoon of fresh grass is poured with a glass of boiled water.
- Infused for 1 hour without stirring and shaking.
- The prepared infusion filter and pour into a small container for storage.
- to strengthen the nervous system - 4 times a day, 50 ml;
- as drops for the eyes - 1-2 drops not more than 4 times a day.
Tincture
To obtain the tincture, pour 1 tablespoon of chopped herbs into a half-liter glass jar and add 300 ml of regular forty-degree vodka. Then the bank is placed for two weeks in a dark place.
After a 2-week period, the infusion can be taken before meals with pain in the stomach or intestines of 20 drops, which should be diluted in a glass of water.
Did you know? There is a popular belief that if at dawn we find and eat the seven-petal flower of wood lice, then any, even the most cherished desire will come true.
Tea
Tea of woodlice affects the body as a tonic and sedative. 
To make tea, one tablespoon of herbs is poured with boiling water and left under the lid for 5 minutes. You can drink such a drink three times a day for half a cup, like regular tea.
Decoction
The broth is prepared in a water bath, always in an enamel pot for half an hour. To do this, 2 tablespoons of herbs are poured half a liter of boiling water, and after bathing it is filtered through gauze with addition of boiled water to the original volume. 
Accepted before meals, 50 ml four times a day for myoma, cyst and erosion. It also helps to get rid of dizziness, anemia and general weakness.
Baths
For the treatment of radiculitis, rheumatism, arthrosis and pain in the joints, hot baths are taken with the addition of pre-infused herbs.
Against rheumatism brewed mint will also help you.The same baths treat skin rashes, suppurating wounds, ulcers, scrofula.
Contraindications and harm
People with low blood pressure take dosage forms of wood lice is not recommended, as it lowers it even more.
In rare cases, there is a rash and itching, indicating an allergic reaction to any of the substances that are present in the plant.
Important! There is a plant similar to mokitz, which has a name - starfish lanceolate. Under no circumstances should this herb be used for treatment, because it is poisonous.
