Medicinal plants. List for a home first aid kit

Lesson summary on “The world around us”

2nd grade

Topic: “Plants in the home medicine cabinet”

Technologies used:

Technology of cooperation;

ICT;

gaming;

teacher primary classes

GBOU school No. 212 of Frunzensky district

Lesson Objectives :

1. To develop knowledge about the variety of medicinal plants and methods of their use by humans.

2.Introduce recipes for medications used to treat certain diseases

3. Find out the rules for collecting medicinal plants.

4. Continue learning about ways to improve your health.

5. Develop an environmental culture junior schoolchildren, bring up careful attitude to nature.

Equipment: presentation for the lesson, samples of medicinal plants (herbarium), cards for individual, pair, group work.

Technologies used:

Technology of critical thinking;

Technology of cooperation;

ICT;

gaming

During the classes.

I. Organizational moment.

Guess the riddle:

Yellow eyes with white eyelashes,

For the joy of people, bees and birds.

They decorate the earth with themselves,

Sometimes they tell fortunes on their petals

Butterflies love them, insects love them

These flowers are called... (Daisies)

(Children are given paper daisies with 5 petals)

II. Updating knowledge, problem statement, difficulties.

1. Goal setting

- Guys, have you ever played hospital? So today we will play. Imagine that your favorite animal toys are sick. What urgently needs to be done?

Remember how the good doctor Aibolit treated sick animals?

- Who can tell me how they treat him at home? sore throat, cough, cold?

What does your mother do when you are sick? (goes to the pharmacy, gives medicine, calls a doctor)

Where does mom get her medicine? (at the pharmacy)

What is a pharmacy? Where can I find out about a pharmacy? (from adults, from a dictionary, from the Internet, etc.)

A pharmacy is an establishment that sells (or prepares) medicines medicinal products). This is a set of first aid medications, a cabinet or box with such a set. There is a travel first aid kit, a forest pharmacy

Who guessed what we will talk about in class? What will we learn and what will we learn?

What would you like to know according to our topic? What goals will we set?

Let's get acquainted with how medicinal plants appeared;

what medicinal plants are there?

we will find out whether all parts of plants are medicinal;

learn how medicinal plants are collected;

We will select treatment for our patients.

III. Solving a learning problem.

Medicinal plants have been known to man since ancient times. People noticed that animals greedily ate some plants. And the man gradually began to collect these herbs and dry them. By collecting fruits, roots and herbs, a person tried to use them to get rid of the suffering that various diseases caused him. People passed on information about such plants from generation to generation and composed legends and myths about them. Even in big cities such as Moscow and Saint Petersburg They planted so-called PHARMACEUTICAL GARDENS, where they grew various medicinal plants to be treated with them. Medicinal plants are called GREEN PHARMACY.

Let's return to our goal, what have we learned? (history of the emergence of medicinal plants)(self-assessment is carried out at each stage of the lesson. On a daisy with 5 petals received in advance and when each stage is consolidated, the petal is painted green, yellow or red)

What is our next step? (let’s find out what medicinal plants there are)

I suggest working in groups. Discuss medicinal plants from home medicine cabinets, try to put it on a plate:

Name

application

Examination. Self-assessment of your activities. (petal)

What do you think about all the medicinal plants? (No)

Why? (we don’t know much yet)

How will we treat sick animals? (we need to find out more)

How can we find out? (in adults, from a textbook, from books, from the Internet, etc.)

I suggest opening the textbook.

Read the names of the plants.

I prepared it for you interesting information- I was thinking about how to surprise you so that you would want to learn more about medicinal plants - and I found a LEGEND.

-What is a legend? (story, legend about some event) Sit down more comfortably. I found a legend about a plant -medicinal mother-and stepmother.

-Who is mother? (woman in relation to her children)

-Who is this stepmother? (father's wife in relation to his children, step-mother)

One evil woman planned to destroy her husband’s daughter because she didn’t want him to go meet her and his ex-wife. She lured her to a cliff and pushed her off it. Meanwhile, the mother, having discovered that the girl was missing, rushed to look for her, but was too late: the girl was no longer breathing. The mother rushed at the stepmother and, grappling, they flew to the bottom of the ravine. And the next day, its slopes were covered with a plant, the leaves of which were soft on one side and hard on the other, and small yellow flowers, reminiscent of the girl’s blond hair, rose above them.

Now let's open the workbooks. Here are examples of medicinal plants given in the textbook. You have to look at these samples and guess which parts are used for treatment

Liked? Self-assessment of your activities. (petal)

IV.Physical training and self-esteem

There are many plants in nature that people have called medicinal.

Why did people call them that?

Where can they be purchased?

How do they get to the pharmacy?

And who collects them?

What kind of people collect them? (knowledgeable)

What is our next stage of work?

Let's find outhow they collect medicinal plants.

Where can I find this out?

Why do we need this?

Summer is ahead, you all have the opportunity to collect your own small collection. But what do you think you need to know before collecting lek. plants?

We will now work using cards.

What work do we have to do? (correlate or make rules

1.MUST COLLECT MEDICINAL PLANTS

EACH PLANT SHOULD BE PLACED SEPARATELY FROM THE OTHER, USING CANVAS BAGS

2. MEDICINAL PLANTS

AROUND THE HIGHWAY, ROADS, ROUTES

3. WHEN ASSEMBLY

KNOWLEDGEABLE PERSON. HE MUST IDENTIFY MEDICINAL PLANTS AND KNOW WHAT TO TAKE FROM THIS PLANT: A LEAF, ROOT OR INFLOWER.

4. WHEN ASSEMBLY

PLANTS INCLUDED IN THE RED BOOK.

5.NO ASSEMBLY

MEDICINAL PLANTS

YOU NEED TO TAKE AS MUCH AS YOU NEED

6.NO NEED TO TAKE

THEY ARE COLLECTED WHEN THERE ARE A LOT OF ACTIVE SUBSTANCES IN IT.

Comparison with the standard.

Self-assessment of your activities .(petal)

What else do we have left to do? Find treatment for your friend. Let's go back to our toy hospital. Remember what your patients complained about? This means we need to find remedies for coughs and sore throats. colds and cuts. Listen to what the plants you meet are used for and try to choose a treatment for them. I will read the text in the textbook. And as you read, you choose the place where the plant is written that is suitable for treating your friend.

V. Lesson summary. Reflection.

Guys, let's remember what the topic was in our lesson?

What did we want to know? What was the purpose of our lesson?

Continue. I FOUND OUT)…………………………..

What medicinal plant helped us during the lesson? (chamomile)

D/z (to choose from) ) - prepare a message about a medicinal plant that you do not yet know or have not talked about.

Prepare a recipe for any ailment using a medicinal plant.

Show your flowers - those with the most green petals did a good job, those with all the green petals - well done.

The popularity of herbal medicine does not fade with time. This is due to the fact that plants can really help in the prevention and treatment of many diseases.

Herbs for your home herbal medicine cabinet can be purchased at a regular pharmacy, or you can collect them yourself. It is important to remember that plants absorb exhaust gases well and absorb everything from the soil. harmful substances, therefore they cannot be collected within a modern metropolis, and especially near highways. Ideally, the place where they are collected should be in ecologically clean areas; a forest or your own garden will do if you are confident that they are “environmentally friendly”.

It is useful to have chamomile, nettle, linden, bird cherry, rose hips and a number of other herbal remedies in your home medicine cabinet.

Chamomile officinalis

An excellent antiseptic, eliminates intestinal colic, helps with colds. Chamomile infusion is prepared in the same way as infusions of many herbs: 1 tablespoon of chopped chamomile is poured into 1 glass of boiling water, infused for 20 to 40 minutes and filtered. Chamomile is used both externally and internally.

When you have a cold, gargle with chamomile (4-5 times a day). Chamomile infusion is drunk for pain in the abdomen, stomach, and given for colic in children.

In cosmetology, chamomile infusion is used for:

• cleansing and toning the skin, improving complexion;
• disinfection and healing of small wounds;
• light hair lightening for blondes;
• getting rid of unpleasant odor(as a natural deodorant).

Stinging nettle

Contains many vitamins, improves immunity and blood clotting. Nettle infusion (prepared in the same way as chamomile infusion), if you are not allergic to it, is useful to drink 1-2 glasses a day for a week to improve immunity. Then a week's break is required. Then you can repeat the course of fortification. Nettle tea is tasty and healthy to brew with leaves of strawberries, blueberries, lingonberries, as well as with rowan berries, both red and chokeberry.

Bird cherry

Bird cherry, thanks to its high content of phytoncides, is an excellent antiseptic. Its decoction (1 tablespoon poured into 1 glass of water, brought to a boil, infused for 40 minutes) is often used in folk medicine for conjunctivitis in the form of eye lotions.

Bird cherry is a popular remedy in complex treatment diseases of the genital area in both men and women: fibroids, fibroids, chlamydial and other infections, prostatitis. For colpitis in women, bird cherry infusion is used for douching.

Bird cherry berries contain many vitamins and organic acids. They have an astringent property, so they are often used for gastrointestinal disorders.

Linden

Linden has medicinal properties only in the flowering phase, so linden flowers with bracts are collected.

Linden infusion (2 tablespoons linden color per 1 glass of boiling water) – diaphoretic, antipyretic, expectorant, diuretic, bactericidal, depressant. It is used 2-3 glasses per day for:

• cold;
• inflammation of the kidneys and bladder;
• stomach cramps;
• neuroses;
• headaches;
• convulsions.

Rose hip

Rose hips are a storehouse of vitamins, especially vitamin C. An infusion of dried rose hips (1 tablespoon of rose hips in 1 glass of water, boil for 10 minutes in a sealed container, leave for 24 hours) drink 1–2 glasses a day for:

• normalization of metabolism;
• improving blood circulation and strengthening blood vessels;
• prevention of vitamin deficiency;
• stabilization of the nervous system.

Wormwood

Wormwood, collected in May (before flowering), effectively increases hemoglobin and stimulates appetite. An infusion of wormwood (1 teaspoon of wormwood is poured into 1 glass of water, brought to a boil, simmered for 3-4 minutes over low heat, then infused for 40 minutes) drunk before meals. But it is not recommended for use for stomach diseases.

Spring primrose (primrose officinalis)

The yellow flowers (“rams”) of primrose contain a whole complex of vitamins, so it is often included in many herbal teas for the prevention of vitamin deficiency. It is also used as an expectorant.

Kirkazon clematis (Aristolochia)

This plant belongs to the category of potent and weakly poisonous, good remedy for anemia, hypertension, influenza. Take an infusion of kirkazon (prepared in the same way as an infusion of wormwood) a tablespoon 3 times a day.

Kirkazon is known as antitumor agent. In folk medicine it is used to treat diseases such as fibroids, fibroids, endometriosis (and others benign tumors), combining oral administration with douching.

Measure is the key to successful treatment

When using herbal remedies, it is important to remember that they, like “real” medicines, can cause harm to the body if the rules for their use are not followed. Their overdose and the wrong combination of different herbs can be dangerous.

According to statistics, an adult gets a cold in different shapes from 2 to 4 times a year, and children – 2 times more. Herbal remedies can become not only an aid in treatment, but also an excellent prevention of ARVI.

Galina Filippova, general practitioner, candidate of medical sciences:“Treatment with medicinal plants should be prescribed by a herbalist who thoroughly knows all the characteristics of your body. Only in this case can you be sure that the effect of medicinal herbs will be exactly as you expect.”

Medicinal plants should be stored in a dry, cool and dark place. During long-term storage (more than three months) in canvas or cotton bags. For short-term storage, you can use bags made of gray writing paper. Poisonous plants must be stored separately not only from other herbs, but also from each other, out of the reach of children.

Joint pain

Leave the heads of flowering dandelions in vodka for 12 days in a dark place; As many flowers as you can get, pour in as much vodka. And then lubricate the joints with this liquid, rub for 5 minutes until it becomes hot, and wrap in a linen rag overnight.

Toothache

1. Pour sage herb (one tablespoon) with a glass of boiling water and leave for an hour in a dark place. Then rinse your mouth every half hour for five minutes, silently saying to yourself: “Painful, painful, soon to pass, go for water, lie down for the grass. Crush the old, crush the little, and possess the devil. Let the devil and his she-devil fall into the underworld. Amen".
2. Wrist with inside rub with garlic. Next, having finely chopped the garlic, tie it to the pulse, bandaging the hand very tightly so that the garlic fits more tightly to the wrist and especially to the pulse. When toothache felt on right side, then garlic is tied to the pulse of the left hand, and vice versa. Note: before applying garlic, you need to cover your wrist with a rag so as not to burn it.

Pain in the legs (with fatigue, rheumatism, swelling, etc.)

Sew bags shaped like legs and parts of the torso up to the lower back. Then pick birch leaves from the tree and fill bags with them. In the evening, before going to bed, you should insert the patient's legs into these bags in such a way that a fairly thick layer of leaves covers the surface of the legs on all sides. Your feet will sweat a lot, just like they would sweat in a steam bath. Sometimes at midnight the leaves should be changed if they become too wet. A few sessions like this and your legs will look like they were young.

Headache

• For headaches caused by a cold, you can use menthol oil ( pharmaceutical drug), which can be rubbed behind the ears, back of the head, forehead, temples.
• You can make a good brew from green or black tea, add a pinch of mint and cinnamon. Drink a glass of this tea. (At normal or low blood pressure).
• Infusion of meadow clover flowers is taken 1/2 cup 3 times a day (brew 1 tablespoon of flowers with 1 cup of boiling water, leave for 30 minutes, strain).
• 1 tbsp. oregano herbs in 0.5 liters of boiling water. Leave, covered, for 30 minutes, strain. Take 1/2-2 cup 2-3 times a day.

Antiseptics

For gargling

• Common oak, bark. 1 heaped teaspoon of crushed bark per 1 glass of water. Boil after boiling for 20 minutes. over low heat, leave for 2 hours, strain. Gargle 2-3 times a day. Used for inflammation of the pharynx and tonsils, chronic tonsillitis, pharyngitis, loosening gums, stomatitis, bad breath.
• Viburnum viburnum, leaves, flowers, berries. 1 tbsp. berries for 1 cup of boiling water. Leave for 2 hours, gargle several times a day for sore throat. Take the infusion orally, 2 tbsp. l. 3-4 times a day, sweetened with honey if persistent cold cough, colds, fever and hoarse throat.
• 10 g of flowers or leaves per 1 glass of water. Boil for 5-10 minutes. on low heat. Leave for 2 hours, strain. Gargle several times a day for sore throat.

For treatment and healing of wounds

• The plantain is big. Chew a well-washed fresh plantain leaf a little and apply to the wound. Apply a bandage on top. Change three times a day.
• Stinging nettle. Mix crushed or finely chopped fresh nettle leaves with a pinch of salt. Apply two layers of bandage to the wound. Avoid direct contact of the mass with the wound. Apply a bandage on top for ten minutes.
• The following remedy was used in the old days. They put an iron key on a woolen thread and hung it so that it was on the back between the shoulder blades. The blood quickly stopped. This method especially good for stopping nosebleeds.

Disinfectants

• Oak bark powder.
• Crushed dry plantain leaf.
• Crushed dry leaf of stinging nettle.
• Aloe juice.
• Crushed dry leaf of sweet clover.

Antipyretics

Stinging nettle

Nettle roots (50 g) along with three cloves of garlic are infused in 0.5 liters of vodka for 6 days and this infusion is rubbed on a patient with a high fever and 3 tsp is given orally. in a day. Helps very well with rheumatic pain.

Muryzhnik

Very strong antipyretic. 20 g of gooseberry herb per 250 ml of boiling water, infuse for 1 hour, filter. Take 1-2 tbsp. 3-4 times a day.

Oats

In folk medicine, decoctions, teas, and tinctures are prepared from oat straw, which are used as an antipyretic (to prepare a decoction, take 30-40 g of chopped straw per 1 liter of boiling water, leave for 2 hours). Drink like tea.

Fresh cucumber

Fresh cucumber and its juice are used as an antipyretic and anti-inflammatory agent. Juice of one medium cucumber - single dose. Take four times a day. It is also good to rub the juice on the chest, forehead, cheeks and temples.

Gastrointestinal fixatives

At bloody diarrhea It is good to use an infusion of plantain seeds. Brew 1 tbsp in the evening. raw materials 1 cup boiling water. Leave overnight in a thermos, strain, start drinking 1/3 glass every 30 minutes in the morning, followed by 1/3 glass of hot water (if it’s hard to tolerate hot water, you can drink it warm, but try to make it as hot as possible).

A decoction of oak bark, prepared at the rate of 1 tbsp, helps with diarrhea. for 1 cup of boiling water, simmer for 10 minutes over low heat. Let cool. Drink 1 tsp. every 15-20 minutes.

Ancient folk and effective method- birch ash. 1 tbsp. ash pour 1/2 cup boiling water. Let cool. Absorb this paste gradually over 3-4 hours.

A strong infusion of St. John's wort is prepared at the rate of 2 tablespoons per 1 glass of boiling water. Leave for 20-30 minutes, strain, drink little by little throughout the day until the diarrhea stops. Recovery occurs faster if you add garlic water to this infusion: crush 1 clove of garlic or squeeze the juice into 1/2 glass of water. Mix the infusions and drink throughout the day. At this time, eat porridge cooked only in water, or drink strong tea with crackers.

Gastrointestinal laxatives

• Beet and radish tops can enhance intestinal function. You need to brew 1-1.5 tbsp. dry or fresh tops with 1 cup of boiling water and drink 1/4 cup instead of tea 5-6 times a day.
• Tea made from carrot tops. For cooking in summer, fresh tops are used, and in winter, dried ones are brewed. Make tea at the rate of 1 tsp. tops per 1 cup of boiling water.
• Flax-seed. For chronic constipation, drink an infusion prepared at the rate of 1 tsp daily. seeds per 1 cup of boiling water. Insist, wrapped, for 4-5 hours. You should drink this infusion along with the seeds in the evening before going to bed. Grind flaxseed. Take twice a day for 20-30 minutes. before meals 1 tbsp. l., either washed down with water or stirred in 1/3 glass of water. The course of treatment is 1-2 months. Flaxseed jelly. Boil 1 cup of jelly, set aside. Drain the mucus to avoid any seeds, add any juice or honey for taste. Cook the jelly for 10 minutes. Drink 1/2 glass on an empty stomach and before bedtime.
• Remedy for spastic constipation: 500 g pumpkin, 1/2 cup water, 60 g cereal, 50 g butter. Peel the pumpkin from seeds and skin, cut into small pieces and lightly simmer in butter. Add salt to taste, as well as semolina or millet, which must first be calcined in the oven and steamed by repeatedly pouring boiling water over it. Bring the dish to readiness. Cook and eat 2-4 times a week for a month.

Antispasmodics (vasodilators)

• 2 tbsp. l. 500 ml of parsnip herbs are brought to a boil, left for 2 hours, filtered. Take the first week 50 ml 3 times a day 20 minutes before meals, and the second week - 30 ml 3 times a day 20 minutes before meals.
• Blood red hawthorn is very useful. It was known as a medicinal plant in the distant past: 1 tbsp. Infuse hawthorn flowers for 2 hours in 1 glass of boiling water in a sealed container. Strain. Take 1/4 cup 3-4 times a day before meals.
• Fill cold water in a 3-liter jar 300 g of grape leaves, leave for 3 days in a dark place. Take 1/2 cup 3 times a day.
• Place fresh lily of the valley flowers in a dark glass bottle and pour in 1.5 cups of vodka. After 2 weeks, strain. Take 10-15 drops in a small amount of boiled water 2-3 times a day. You can use ready-made lily of the valley-valerian drops, sold in pharmacies. Take 15-20 drops with water 2-3 times a day.

Cardiovascular drugs

• Common chicory (wild chicory) is recommended by traditional medicine in many countries as a means of regulating metabolism and calming nervous system, slowing down the heart rate. 1 tsp Add chicory roots to 2 cups of water and bring to a boil. Leave covered for 1-2 hours. Strain. Add 1-2 tsp. honey (to taste). Take 1/2 cup 3 times a day before meals.
• Infuse 40 g of garlic in a closed container in 100 ml of vodka for 10 days. Take 10 drops 2-3 times a day half an hour before meals.
• "Tea mushroom". 7-8 day infusion " kombucha", taken 1/2 cup 1 hour before meals 3-4 times a day, significantly reduces arterial pressure, blood cholesterol levels and improves the well-being of patients. Their headaches and heart pains decrease or disappear completely, and their sleep normalizes. This recipe is recommended by Professor Jakish from the Czech Republic.
• Traditional medicine recommends that hypertensive patients consume 5-6 g of black nightshade (or its juice) and/or 300 g of berries daily chokeberry in several doses before meals (or a few spoons of juice).

Sleeping pills

• 2 tbsp. mint pour 2 cups boiling water. Take -2 times a day, 1/2 cup. Try also making a pillow from hops - and then insomnia and headache you are not afraid.
• An infusion of dill seeds improves sleep and relieves nervous tension. To prepare the infusion, take 10 g (2 tbsp) of seeds or herbs, place in an enamel bowl, pour in a glass of hot boiled water, close with a lid and heat in a water bath for 15 minutes, cool at room temperature for 45 minutes, filter. Take 1/2 cup 3 times a day 30 minutes before meals.
• Parsnip root is widely used in folk medicine. Its water infusions have a calming effect on neuroses, improve sleep, stimulate appetite, and restore strength in recovering patients. Take 2 tbsp. crushed root, wash down with a glass of boiling water, leave for 30 minutes, filter and take 1/3 cup 3 times a day before meals.
• Onions, consumed in fairly significant quantities before bedtime, provide good, sound and healthy sleep.
• Drink a glass of hot sweet water or hot milk at night, but not tea. Or a glass of hot infusion of valerian root (for the infusion, take a teaspoon of the root in a glass of boiling water, let it brew in a glass or stone bowl for about twenty minutes - and drink).
• Sitz bath from cold water for three to four minutes in the evening, according to healers, promotes restful sleep.
• Tie clean clay mixed in sour milk to the forehead in a rag.
• Before going to bed, be like fresh air about half an hour.
• In the morning, at lunch and before bed, apply a mixture of wheat or rye bread, finely chopped fresh or pickled cucumbers, sour milk and clay.

General tonics

• Fill the bottle with finely chopped wormwood, always harvested in May. To fill with water. Leave for 21 days in a dark place. Drink for three weeks, two to three times a day before meals, one drop per thimble of water. Within a few days you will notice that your appetite has returned, lethargy has disappeared, a blush has appeared on your cheeks, a sparkle has appeared in your eyes, and a desire to move more.
• Wormwood grass, watch leaves - equally. Application: brew one tablespoon of the mixture with a glass of boiling water, leave for 20 minutes, strain. Take a tablespoon over 15-20 minutes. before meals.
• With general weakness, lethargy, decreased performance and fatigue It is useful to take various stimulants of the central nervous system (pantocrine and tinctures from ginseng root, lemongrass, leuzea, zamanikha, sterculia or aralia, 15-30 drops per dose). The drugs are taken twice a day (in the morning and in the afternoon, but not in the evening), on an empty stomach or a few hours after meals.

Antiallergic drugs

• Large plantain - 15 g, pine buds - 15 g. Take 4 teaspoons of the mixture with one glass of boiling water, leave for 2 hours, cook for 2-3 minutes, strain. Take 3-4 times a day.
• Strawberry leaves - 30 g. Brew 2 tablespoons with 2 cups of boiling water, boil for 2-3 minutes over low heat, cool, strain. Take 1 tablespoon every 2 hours.
• Stinging nettle - 15 g, wild rosemary - 25 g. Brew the whole mixture with 1 liter of boiling water, leave for 30 minutes. Take 0.5 cups 4-5 times a day for 15 days. It should be remembered that the use of wild rosemary as a poisonous plant requires caution (the highest single dose is 0.5 g).
• Thyme herb - 20 g, marshmallow root
• 20 g. 4 tsp. wash down the collection with one glass of boiling water, leave for 2 hours, boil for 3-5 minutes, strain. Drink the entire infusion throughout the day in several doses. bronchial asthma. Treatment - 10-30 days.

Antitussives

• Cut 6-8 black radishes into very thin slices. Sprinkle each slice generously with sugar. Drink the juice that appears, 1 tbsp. each hour. Healers claim that the described remedy cures the most severe cough in a relatively short time.
• Brazilian method: rub 2 ripe bananas through a sieve and add 1 cup of water, heat and drink this mixture.
• If you have a prolonged dry cough, rub your chest with a dry cloth, then rub the internal lard (worse - ghee) until dry, adding a little pine oil to it.
• Cut into small pieces and boil 10 onions and 1 clove of garlic in unpasteurized milk until the onions and garlic are soft. Add a little budra juice (another name is dog mint). Add honey. Dose - 1 tbsp. per hour throughout the day.
• Take 500 g of peeled chopped onion (can be grated), 50 g of honey, 400 g of sugar. Boil this entire mixture in 1 liter of water for 3 hours over low heat. The liquid must be cooled, poured into bottles and sealed tightly. Take when severe cough 1 tbsp each 4-5 times a day.

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basis all recipes are herbs, roots, berries . Therefore, the question often arises: what medicinal herbs in a home medicine cabinet necessary, and what properties do they have?

Nowadays, when chemistry has become the ruler in medicine and cosmetology and we trust only it, it is worth taking a close look at the experience of traditional medicine. And it’s very good that we are finally turning to face it and starting to study traditional medicine and use its cosmetics and treatment methods in practice. It's doubly nice that traditional medicine also implements in practical treatment recipes from traditional healers.

June and July are the most best months to prepare the components of your home green first aid kit. It is imperative to collect herbs on a dry, warm, sunny day. Do not mix the collected plants, keep them in separate containers.

When you get home, lay out everything you collected on a clean, dry towel or boards. Do not use newspaper for this; printing ink will ruin the grass. Dry herbs in the shade in a drafty place. If there is an attic - best place can not found.

To dry herbs, you can use the oven of a gas stove: you need to turn on a low flame, stir the herbs often and make sure that they do not dry out.

Place each type of plant separately in a linen bag, label which plant it is and when it was collected. Store hanging in a cool, dry place.

List of medicinal herbs in a home medicine cabinet

Chamomile

This unique medicinal plant is widely used for treatment and prevention. inflammatory processes, relieving pain in the stomach and intestines, for rinsing the nasopharynx and teeth, including dentures, prices for which can be found if you follow the link. Chamomile is a great cleanser purulent wounds and successfully fights infectious lesions of various localizations.

St. John's wort

Included in various fees. It is used to relieve pain in the stomach and intestines due to ulcers, colitis, inflammation of various etiologies, and calms the nervous system.

Horsetail

Treats many internal diseases, including the urinary organs, and is especially effective for kidney diseases.

Motherwort and hawthorn

They effectively treat the nervous system and are part of the cardiovascular system to regulate blood pressure and improve heart function. They are used for neuroses as calming herbs and are very effective for angina pectoris.

cornflower

Diuretic, as an addition to tinctures that help with various diseases kidney

Calendula

Calendula flowers are included in preparations for the treatment of stomach, liver, and kidneys. Calendula has a strong anti-inflammatory and antiseptic effect.

Nettle

It is used for various bleedings, increases blood clotting, cleanses it and improves blood composition. Often used for gynecological diseases, as well as in home cosmetics for hair and skin care.

Birch buds

In this article we will look at what medications should be kept in your home medicine cabinet.

Unforeseen situations happen in every person's life. Injuries, cuts, and various diseases can strike anyone. In order to provide the first medical care It is important to have a home first aid kit on hand.

We will look at what groups of drugs everyone should have and what they are needed for. We will also analyze the terms and rules for storing medications, and highlight a list of mandatory medications that can be used by both adults and children for various ailments.

How to organize and assemble a home first aid kit?

In order to assemble a home first aid kit, it is important to understand what groups of drugs it consists of. Some of the main ones are:

• Antiseptic (iodine, brilliant green, hydrogen peroxide)
• Dressing materials (adhesive plasters, elastic and gauze bandages, cotton wool, cotton swabs)
• Antibiotics wide range actions
• Antipyretic drugs (Nurofen, Paracetamol)
• Painkillers (No-shpa, Spazmalgon)
• Sorbents (Enterosgel, Activated carbon)
• Electrolytic drugs (Regidron, Hemodez)

Also, the following remedies can be used at the first signs of illness:

• Lozenges for coughs and sore throats (Doctor Mom, Chlorophyllipt, Strepsils)
• Drugs for nasal congestion (Naphthyzin, Pinasol)
• Mustard plasters
• Aerosols for the throat (Inhalipt, Propasol, Bioparox, Tantum Verde)

It is important to pack all medications in a special container and place them in a dark place. However, if after opening some drugs need to be stored in a cold room, you can use a refrigerator. But not all medications can be placed in this device, so it is important to strictly adhere to the recommendations on the package inserts.

What should be in a home first aid kit for adults: a list of necessary medications and drugs

Adults and children have various ailments and diseases different systems body. Therefore, when choosing drugs for home first aid kit it is important to take into account the needs and possible risks all family members. So for adults it is necessary to prepare the following medications:

• Painkillers (Citramon - against headaches; Buscopan - for toothache; Nurofen - used for almost all types of pain)
• For acute respiratory infections and colds (Panadol, Paracetamol, Upsarin Upsa - against elevated temperature; Pinasol, Xymelin, Rinonorm - help with a runny nose; Doctor Mom, Strepsils, Faringosept - fight sore throat and promote the removal of phlegm)
• Against heart pain (Corvalol, Validol, Nitroglycerin)
• Sedatives (Valerian tincture, Volocardin, Persen, Fitosed)
• Medicines for diarrhea (Loperamide, Imodium, Stoperan)
• Anti-allergy medications (Supragistim, Alerik, Claritin, Lorano)
• Medicines for high blood pressure (Heptamil, Mezaton, Fethanol)
• For hypertension (Telmisartan, Losartan, Zofenopril)
• Antiseptics (iodine, alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, fucorcin)
• Anti-burn agents (Panthenol, Dexpanthenol)
• Dressing materials (cotton wool, cotton pads, adhesive plaster, gauze and elastic bandage, finger pads, tourniquet, sterile gloves and napkins)
• Against increased stomach acidity (Maalox, Rennie, Almagel)
• For hepatic colic (Allohol, Flamin, Cholesan)
• Medicines for muscle strain (Diklak gel, Voltaren, Clodifen gel, Feloran)
• Sorbent drugs (White and black coal, Sorbex, Carbosorb)

It is also necessary to equip the first aid kit with the following equipment:

• Thermometer
• Mustard plasters
• Pharmaceutical jars
• Hot water bottle
• Enema
• Saline solution
• Herbal mixtures (chamomile, oak bark, sage, rose hips)
• Ammonia

What should be in a home first aid kit for children: a list of necessary medications and drugs

List necessary medications for children, which should be in every home, are somewhat different from drugs intended for adults. Despite the fact that children are more often susceptible to other diseases, not all medications are allowed to be taken from a young age.

Therefore, parents need to prepare a separate first aid kit, including the following medications:

• Antiseptics (chlorhexidine, iodine)
• Recovery Tools skin(Bepanten, Levomekol, Solcoseryl, Actovegin cream)
• Antipyretic medications (Panadol, Nurofen, Ibuprofen)
• Drugs for nasal congestion (Naphthyzin, Rinazolin, Farmazolin)
• Cough medicines (Lazolvan, Prospan, Doctor Mom, Ambrobene)
• Antiallergic drugs (Diazolin, Psilo-balm)
• Drugs to relieve symptoms of poisoning (Smecta, Sorbex)
• Ointments to improve breathing (Vaporab, Doctor Mom ointment)
• Medicines for dehydration (Regidron, Gastrolit, Normohydron, Orsol, Re-Sol)

What should be in a home first aid kit for a newborn: a list of necessary medications and drugs

To treat newborns, as well as eliminate the first symptoms of diseases, it is necessary to prepare a number of drugs that should be in every family of young parents.

• Preparations for navel disinfection (hydrogen peroxide, cotton wool, cosmetic sticks, tincture of eucalyptus or brilliant green)

Treat the wound in the following sequence:

• The baby should first be bathed in boiled water with a weak composition of potassium permanganate
• Next, the stomach is treated with cotton wool soaked in peroxide.
• A few drops of antiseptic are applied to the navel and washed using cosmetic sticks.
• After this, the wound must be treated with brilliant green or using tincture of calendula or eucalyptus

After the excess tissue has fallen off, you should consult with your pediatrician about the further use of other medications to speed up the healing process.

• It is also necessary to include anti-flatulence medications in the first aid kit (Espumizan, Plantex; Viburkol suppositories, Glycelax)

• Medicines for fever are also indispensable in the home of young parents. For the treatment of infants, it is permissible to use Viferon, Tsefekon D, Alfarekin suppositories rec., Laferon-Farmbiotek suppositories rec.

These drugs should be used after consultation with a pediatrician, but if the baby has a fever at night, then 1 piece should be used.

• Because infants are most susceptible allergic reactions, parents should have on hand medications aimed at relieving the main symptoms and improving the child’s overall well-being. However, they must be used only after a visit to the doctor, since this group is varied and each medication is prescribed after examination and analysis common features ailments.
• Most often pediatricians use: Fenistil, Peritol
• To prevent eye diseases, it is recommended to use drops of Tobrex, Gentamicin, Levomycetin. The dosage and duration of use is determined by the doctor.

Also, when creating a home first aid kit, be sure to prepare:

• Powder
• pipette
• Baby nourishing cream
• Mild shampoo
• Pharmacy collections of dry herbs
• Baby soap (you can also make your own from soap base, milk and cream)
• Water and body thermometer
• Napkins, cosmetic sticks and discs

Medicinal herbs in the home medicine cabinet: list with names

Except pharmacological drugs great benefit decoctions and infusions of natural herbs will be brought for the patient. They can be purchased at a pharmacy or prepared independently, provided they are grown in environmentally friendly areas. The following will become indispensable auxiliary medications for adults and children:

• Immortelle – for diseases of the liver and biliary tract
• Motherwort – normalizes female cycle and also helps against heart disease
• Calendula flowers - normalize cholesterol levels, increase bile production in the body, and also act as an antiseptic drug
• Peppermint has a calming effect and relieves stress. When used for bathing, improves skin condition and eliminates allergies, increased sweating and dermatitis
• Budra herb – for lung diseases, improves metabolism, increases appetite, helps with cystitis
• Marsh cinquefoil - used as a gargle for throat diseases, including infectious lesions
• Stinging nettle - indicated for gastritis, diabetes mellitus, rheumatism, anemia, cholecystitis
• Ginkgo biloba is usually brewed to treat hemorrhoids, varicose veins veins, with sclerosis and thrombophlebitis
• Birch chaga is used for tuberculosis, cysts, mastopathy, diabetes
• Chamomile has an antiseptic, anti-inflammatory and wound healing effect. Therefore, it can be used for baths, compresses, and also in the form of decoctions.

Also from high temperature and colds it is useful to use:

• Currant leaves
• Raspberry leaves and fruits
• Dog-rose fruit
• Cranberry tea

• Hawthorn
• Motherwort
• Valerian
• Immortelle flowers

For constipation, it is useful to use decoctions:

• Agave
• Sugary kelp
• Field steelhead
• Horse sorrel
• Dill

To normalize stool, it is necessary to use tea with the following components:

• Fennel
• Zhoster Pursha
• centaury

Should there be antibiotics in a home medicine cabinet and what kind?

When creating a home first aid kit, many people ask the question: “What medications should I put in it and is it possible to buy antibiotics for treatment? possible diseases?. We do not recommend purchasing these medications for a number of reasons:

• Everyone knows that frequent use antibiotics negatively affect the intestinal microflora and general state body.
• Also, the use of this group of drugs can negatively affect your well-being, so you cannot prescribe medications yourself.
• To prevent illness, you should not resort to antibiotics, as they can cause serious complications. chronic diseases or provoke the emergence of new ones.
• The shelf life of each drug is different. Don't buy medications in advance because you may never use them.

• All doctors select those medications that are most effective in combating various ailments. Therefore, if you are prescribed another medicine, you will have to buy one that is not in your home medicine cabinet, and accordingly, you will incur double expenses.
• The doctor prescribes a medicine based on symptoms, tests and the presence concomitant diseases. Therefore, you should not try to use the drug yourself.

Should there be homeopathic medicines in a home medicine cabinet and what kind?

Homeopathic medicines are alternative pharmacological medicines official medicine. They can be used as auxiliary methods treatment, but their use does not exclude full-fledged drug therapy. The following medications can be prepared for your home first aid kit:

• Calm down - sedative, intended for the treatment of neuroses. The course of administration is 1-2 months in a dosage of 1 piece. in a day
• Iricar - used to combat allergies and skin diseases. The product is used externally on the affected areas up to 3 times a day for 7-14 days
• Corysalia - helps with runny nose and inflammation of the mucous membranes. The medication is used for 5 days, 1 capsule, with an interval of at least 3 hours between each dose.
• Girel - prescribed for acute respiratory infections, flu and colds, as well as laryngitis. For adults, it is recommended to take 1 piece. medications three times a day for 5 days
• Menthol or eucalyptus ointment - used to improve sleep and eliminate neuroses when applied to the external sinuses of the nose. The medicine is also used as an expectorant and for inhalation.

What is the minimum that every family should have in a home first aid kit: list

In order to assemble a complete home first aid kit, it is necessary to use a number of drugs and auxiliary products that can be used without a doctor’s prescription and to eliminate the first symptoms of diseases. These include:

• Medicines for high fever
• Cold drops
• Cough lozenges or lozenges
• Aerosols for sore throat
• Painkillers ( general purpose and toothache)
• Antiseptics

• First aid for cuts and open wounds(sterile gloves, cotton wool and bandage, bactericidal adhesive plaster)
• Medicines for diarrhea
• Absorbent drugs
• Heart failure pills
• Ointments and creams for muscle strains
• Remedies for burns

How to store medications in a home medicine cabinet: storage container

To prevent medications from deteriorating before their expiration date, and to prevent packaging from being damaged, it is important to consider the following rules:

• The container must have a tight lid and a spacious volume
• A special case for medications can be purchased at the pharmacy, as well as on medical equipment websites
• If it is impossible to buy professional packaging, we recommend using any box with a tight lid without any odors
• Keep your first aid kit in dark places

How to store medications in a home medicine cabinet: storage rules

In order to ensure that the drugs do not spoil before the indicated expiration date, and also bring maximum benefit, it is important to arm yourself with the following rules:

• Medicines should not be stored in places exposed to sunlight.
• To extend the life of opened drugs, they can only be stored in the refrigerator if this information contained in the manufacturer's package insert
• Select maximum safe place, where kids and animals cannot reach the box
• The best place to store medications is the top shelf of the cabinet. In order to avoid the characteristic smell of clothes, we recommend using aromatic sachets
• Don't let children play with real medicine

• All medications must be stored in one place
• Regularly check the expiration dates of medications to avoid poisoning in the future.
• Do not buy medicines for future use. Purchase 1 tablet of each drug
• Pack iodine, brilliant green and other brightly colored preparations in a separate box to prevent staining of house surfaces, dishes, furniture and clothing.
• All medications must be stored in their original packaging.

A first aid kit should be in every home. After all, with its help you can not only stop bleeding in time, disinfect a cut or wound, but also improve your well-being during the manifestation of dangerous diseases before the ambulance arrives.