Deciduous shrub with whole leaves. Introduced into culture in the 16th century and is still widely cultivated as an excellent ornamental plant. The plant, especially flowers, contains many useful substances, thanks to which it is used in folk medicine as a wound healing, diaphoretic, antipyretic, analgesic and antimalarial agent. The plant is poisonous!

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Flower formula

Lilac flower formula: * H (4) L (4) T2P2.

In medicine

In scientific medicine, common lilac is practically not used. But in folk medicine, lilac leaves and flowers are recommended as a diaphoretic, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and pain reliever for febrile diseases (influenza, SARS and malaria). With long-term use, lilac is considered an effective remedy for epilepsy. In addition, lilac buds are recommended for the treatment of diabetes and urolithiasis. Infusion of fresh lilac leaves can be used for compresses in the treatment of wounds, panaritiums and boils as an anti-inflammatory and wound healing agent. Lilacs are also recommended in the treatment of febrile diseases and diabetes.

Contraindications and side effects

Common lilac - poisonous plant, therefore, its preparations should be taken with caution, not exceeding the dosage, for a period not exceeding 3 weeks. May cause headache if inhaled for a long time.

In other areas

Common lilac is one of the most popular ornamental shrubs, which are widely used as beautifully flowering plants in landscaping gardens, parks, squares in almost all localities in Europe. Along with the decorative value, common lilac as an unpretentious plant is widely used for soil protection purposes on slopes subject to erosion. In addition, lilacs can bloom indoors in winter, so they are widely used for forcing. Lilac is a melliferous plant, although due to the long corolla tube, pollen is not readily available to bees.

Classification

Common lilac (Latin Syringa vulgaris) - belongs to the genus Lilac (Latin Syringa) of the olive family (Latin Oleaceae). The genus unites about 30 species (in culture), of which 5 species are in Russia. Of all the species, common lilac is the most widespread, currently represented in gardens among about 500 varieties of the most diverse colors.

Botanical description

Deciduous shrub 2-5 m in height, with a spreading dense crown. The diameter of the bush's trunks can reach 15-20 cm. The root system is usually located in the upper layers of the soil. In young plants and young branches, the trunk is smooth, gray, and in old ones it is dark gray or gray-brown. At the same time, annual shoots are yellowish-gray or olive-green in color, with almost imperceptible lenticels, ending in two thick, tetrahedral buds, less often one. Leaves are simple, petiolate, glabrous, dark green, entire. The leaf blades are ovoid in outline, with a heart-shaped base and a pointed apex, 4-12 cm long and 3-8 cm wide, fall off almost green. The leaf arrangement is opposite.
Flowers are bisexual, regular, tubular, 10-15 mm in length, usually of different shades from lilac to purple and even white, with a pleasant smell, small, collected in paired, pyramidal, erect or drooping panicles 10-20 cm long. Perianth double, four-membered ... The calyx is spine-leaved, poorly visible; the corolla is also spine-lobed. There are two stamens. The ovary is superior, two-celled. Lilac flower formula: * H (4) L (4) T2P2. The fruit is a two-celled capsule up to 1.5 cm long with several light brown, leathery winged oblong seeds. The plant lives up to 100 years. Propagated by seeds, cuttings and root shoots. Abundant flowering occurs in the 6th year. Blossoming time May-June. The fruits ripen in September-October.

Spread

Common lilac comes from the Balkan Peninsula (homeland), grows wild in mountain areas in the undergrowth of light deciduous forests and in open places in southern Europe from Albania and northeastern Greece to Asia Minor. Currently, this unpretentious shrub in culture is found everywhere, in Russia from the western to eastern borders and north to the Solovetsky Islands. For growth, lilac prefers fertile, moist, neutral or slightly alkaline, easily warmed up soils, open and lighted places, and can grow in partial shade. It practically does not tolerate acidic soils and stagnant water.

Distribution regions on the map of Russia.

Procurement of raw materials

For medicinal purposes, useful raw materials are flowers, leaves, buds, common lilac bark. The collection of plant raw materials as a whole is usually carried out in dry, sunny weather during the flowering period of the plant. Flowers are harvested in the budding phase - the very beginning of flowering, they are separated from the brushes, scattered with a thin layer (1-2 cm) and dried for several hours in the sun, dried in the shade under a canopy or in a room with good ventilation, or branches with inflorescences are cut, tied in bundles and, hanging, dried in air, and dried in the same way. Leaves are also harvested in dry weather, usually until mid-summer (from May to July). You can dry the leaves in a dryer at a temperature of 40-60 ° C. Lilac keeps its beneficial properties for two years, so the shelf life of raw materials is 2 years.

Chemical composition

Pharmacological properties

Lilac is primarily used as a diaphoretic and anti-inflammatory agent. Lilac preparations stimulate appetite, promote the discharge of stones and sand in case of urolithiasis. Due to the content of many useful substances in the plant, it is used as a remedy that has wound healing, antipyretic and analgesic effects. Lilac flowers have a diaphoretic, antimalarial and analgesic effect, the leaves are anti-inflammatory, promote the ripening of abscesses and purify them of pus.

Application in traditional medicine

Common lilac contains many useful substances, thanks to which it is widely used in folk medicine in the form of infusions, teas, decoctions, compresses, preparations and ointments. In the form of infusion and tea, common lilac is used for a wide variety of diseases (malaria, flu, acute respiratory diseases, whooping cough, cough, diarrhea, rheumatism, stomach ulcer, pulmonary tuberculosis, diabetes mellitus, shortness of breath, epilepsy, leucorrhoea, for visual acuity, etc.) ... Tincture of lilac flowers is used in the treatment of malaria, neuralgia, rheumatoid arthritis, arthralgia, gastric ulcer, shortness of breath, diarrhea, whooping cough and kidney diseases, as well as for the treatment of wounds and bruises. Mixed with linden flowers, it is used as a diaphoretic and antimalarial agent. Infusion of lilac leaves is used for malaria, influenza, acute respiratory diseases as a diaphoretic, and also as a means to stimulate appetite. The leaves are part of a mixture of herbs used in traditional medicine to treat pulmonary tuberculosis. Fresh crushed leaves are applied to poorly healing wounds and ulcers, and an ointment made from lilac flowers is used for rubbing in for rheumatism. Powdered dried lilac leaves mixed with petroleum jelly (1: 4) are used externally as an ointment for neuralgia and arthralgia. Infusion of lilac buds is used to lower blood sugar in the treatment of diabetes and allergic skin rashes. Outwardly, tincture of lilac flowers is used for rubbing in rheumatism and osteochondrosis; bark - for dermatological diseases, leaves and flowers - for pain in the joints, their mixture in the form of an ointment for neuralgia.

Historical reference

Common lilac was introduced to Europe in the 16th century, to Italy and Vienna from Constantinople by the ambassador of the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I, to Turkey by Mr. Ogier Ghislain de Busbecomi, for a long time it remained a plant of aristocratic gardens. For the first time "lilak", "Turkish viburnum" was so called in those years lilacs, bloomed in Vienna in May 1589. However, until the 1880s, common lilac occupied a very modest place in ornamental gardening, its shortcomings included a short flowering period, its irregularity, small flowers, small, loose and few-flowered panicle inflorescences. The state of affairs has changed thanks to the selection work of the French gardener Victor Lemoine (1823-1911). At the end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th centuries, he received several dozen varieties of common lilac, some of which are recognized as standard. Lemoine managed to overcome the natural disadvantages of common lilac: its varieties are distinguished by lush and long flowering, dense inflorescences of the correct shape; he also created varieties with double flowers of the most varied colors. The business of Lemoine (the elder) was continued by the son of Emile Lemoine (1862-1942) and the grandson Henri Lemoine (1897-1982). In total, 214 varieties and hybrids of lilacs were bred in the Victor Lemoine and Son nursery from the 1870s to the 1960s; the vast majority of them are common lilac varieties. Therefore, in Europe, France was considered the leading center for breeding common lilacs, where, in addition to Lemoins, Charles Baltet, François Morel, Auguste Gaucher worked with lilacs. At the beginning of the 20th century, the culture became very popular in Holland, where Hugo Coster, Jan van Tol, Klaas Kessen, Dirk Evelens Maarse were engaged in lilacs. Maarse made the most significant contribution to the breeding of lilacs, introducing into the culture 22 outstanding varieties, among which - "Sensation" with a rare fringed color and "Flora 1953" - a variety with one of the largest flowers up to 3.5 cm in diameter. In addition, breeders from other countries, in particular Germany, Poland, the USA, including Belarus, have successfully worked with common lilacs. In Russia, a self-taught breeder LA Kolesnikov (1893-1968) was engaged in the selection of lilacs, who bred about 300 varieties, of which about 50 survived. Some of them are recognized as masterpieces of selection work (for example, the famous variety "Beauty of Moscow"); for an outstanding contribution to the culture of lilacs, the International Lilac Society awarded L.A. Kolesnikov in 1973 the highest award - "Golden branch of lilac". N.K. also worked on varieties of common lilac. Vekhov (1887-1956), who created 15 highly decorative varieties (Forest-steppe experimental breeding station near Lipetsk). NL Mikhailov was engaged in the selection of lilacs, who in 1977 became the laureate of the Golden Branch of Lilacs. Collections of botanical gardens have become centers for the study of lilacs in Russia: Tsitsin Russian Academy of Sciences and the Botanical Garden of Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov. The GBS collection, which included over 400 varieties, was considered one of the best in the world in the 1970s. The collection of 130 varieties of the Botanical Garden of Moscow State University contains the most complete collection of varieties bred by L.A. Kolesnikov.

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Instructions for use:

Description of lilac

Lilac is a shrub from the genus Olive, growing wild in southeastern Europe, Asia, cultivated as an ornamental plant and for use in home medicine.

Flowers, bark of a lilac bush and buds are endowed with medicinal properties. The flowers are harvested along with the branches when the buds are tied. Dry them is advised tied in bunches and in the shade. Lilac leaves are collected in dry weather in June-July, they are dried, as well as flowers under a canopy or at 40-60 degrees in special dryers.

For medicinal purposes, the bark is cut only from young lilac bushes, sometimes it is harvested simultaneously with the leaves.

It is possible to store medicinal raw materials of lilac for only two years, in wooden closed boxes or bags made of natural fabric.

Useful properties of lilac

Means made from leaves, flowers, bark of a lilac bush have antimicrobial, antidiabetic, analgesic, diaphoretic, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, diuretic effect.

Tea on lilac flowers, prepared as follows, has an anticonvulsant effect: 250 ml of boiling water is poured into 1 tablespoon of dried flowers, infused for 20 minutes, filtered. This lilac tea helps with epilepsy, you can drink it for several years.

For diarrhea, such a remedy is prepared: 250 ml of boiling water is poured over a tablespoon of lilac flowers, 60 minutes. insist, filter, take 3-4 rubles / day on a tablespoon or 30 drops 4 rubles / day.

Well relieves migraine headache ointment from lilac flowers: rub two tablespoons of raw materials with two tablespoons of butter and rub the forehead and temples during an attack.

The same lilac ointment can be used to lubricate sore joints with inflammation and injuries. With these diseases, it is recommended to drink an infusion of lilac flowers up to 4 times a day, 1 tablespoon. Lotions from the same infusion help with bruises, rheumatism of the joints - the bandage is changed 4-5 r / day.

With bronchial asthma, tuberculosis, pneumonia, an infusion on flowers and lilac buds relieves heat well: two tablespoons of table buds and flowers are poured into 250 ml of boiling water, kept for an hour, filtered. It is recommended to drink the infusion warm 3-4 r / day, 250 ml each.

With cystitis, an infusion on lilac flowers can be taken at 30 drops 3r / day, and a tincture on the leaves - 20 drops three r / day before meals.

Gargling with flower tincture can be done with laryngitis: insist on 100 g of vodka 50 g of flowers for a week. The resulting alcoholic tincture is diluted with boiled water 1:10 before rinsing.

Lilac infusion also helps with impotence: two tablespoons of fresh flowers (or one spoonful of dry) pour 500 ml of boiling water, stand for half an hour, filter. You need to drink the remedy 3 r / day after meals for 1/3 cup. An infusion of lilac is prepared for two days at once, stored in the cold.

With inflammation of the kidneys, an infusion on the leaves of a lilac bush helps: pour two tablespoons of dry and crushed leaves with hot water (250ml), heat to a boil, remove and insist in warmth for 2-3 hours. Before use, the lilac infusion is filtered, squeezed. It should be drunk 4 r / day before meals on a tablespoon for 2 weeks. After 2-3 months, you can take the course again, if necessary.

Lilac buds are beneficial for diabetes. They are harvested in early spring, when they begin to swell. The broth is prepared as follows: 20 g of crushed dried lilac buds are poured with 250 ml of hot water, boiled for 15 minutes, filtered and boiled water is added to 250 ml. It is recommended to drink broth for diabetics in a tablespoon of 3 rubles / day.

In the description of lilac it is also indicated that not only dry leaves can be used for treatment. Fresh leaves of a bush heal well festering wounds, and before applying them, it is useful to wash the wound with infusion on the leaves.

In addition, the thoroughly washed lilac bark also heals purulent ulcers: the ulcer is first steamed and then covered with bark, fixed with a bandage. The bandage is changed on the first day of treatment 4 r / day, and then only one r / day.

Contraindications to the use of lilac

Lilac flowers are poisonous, so you should get qualified medical advice before starting treatment and do not abuse the tinctures on the flowers.

Common lilac (Syringa vulgaris).

Description. Deciduous shrub of the Olive family (Oleaceae) 2-5 m high, with a sprawling dense crown. The diameter of the bush's trunks can reach 15-20 cm. The root system is located in the upper layers of the soil.
Older trunks with dark gray or gray-brown bark that peels off in narrow stripes. The bark of young plants and young branches is smooth, gray. Annual shoots are yellowish-gray or olive-green in color, with almost imperceptible lenticels, ending in two thick, tetrahedral buds, rarely one. On the kidneys, the scales are crosswise (8 external and 4 internal).
Leaves are opposite, simple, petiolate, 4-12 cm long, 3-8 cm wide, cordate at the base or straight cut, whole-edged, pointed towards the top, green, dense, glabrous. Falling green.
The flowers are bisexual, from lilac to violet (different shades), also white, small, fragrant, long non-falling, collected in paired, erect or drooping pyramidal panicles, the length of which is 10-20 cm. There are from 100 to 400 flowers in a panicle. Blooms in May. Fruit ripening in September - October.
The lilac fruit is a two-celled capsule up to 1.5 cm long with several light brown leathery winged oblong seeds. The homeland of lilacs is the Balkan Peninsula. Distributed throughout the CIS. Prefers neutral or slightly alkaline, easily warmed soils, open, illuminated places. Grows in gardens and parks, near housing. Abundant flowering occurs in the 6th year.
The plant lives up to 100 years. Propagated by seeds and root shoots. In Europe, common lilac has been cultivated since the middle of the 16th century.

Collection and procurement of raw materials. For medicinal purposes, flowers, leaves, buds of common lilac are used. Flowers are harvested at the beginning of flowering. The collection is carried out in sunny weather. The flowers are separated from the brushes, scattered with a thin layer (1-2 cm) and dried in the sun for several hours. Then it is dried in the shade under a canopy. Can be dried in a room with normal ventilation.
Leaves are harvested in dry weather, usually during the flowering period of the plant. Can be harvested until mid-summer. Dried in the shade under a canopy. Can be dried in a dryer at 40-60 ° C. The shelf life of raw materials is 2 years.
Plant composition. The flowers of common lilac contain essential oil, syringin glycoside, phenol, farnesol, syringopicrin. The bark, leaves and branches contain the glycoside syringin, bitter substances, vitamin C.

Lilac medicinal properties, application, treatment.
Lilac preparations have diaphoretic, anti-inflammatory properties, stimulate appetite, promote the discharge of stones and sand in case of urolithiasis.
In folk medicine, lilac flowers in the form of infusion or tea are prescribed for malaria, flu, acute respiratory diseases, whooping cough, cough, diarrhea, rheumatism, stomach ulcers, pulmonary tuberculosis, diabetes mellitus, shortness of breath, leucorrhoea.
Tincture of lilac flowers - for rheumatism, neuralgia, rheumatoid arthritis, arthralgia, stomach ulcer, shortness of breath, leucorrhoea, for the treatment of wounds and bruises. Tea made from lilac flowers is taken for epilepsy.
Infusion of leaves - for malaria, flu, acute respiratory diseases, as a diaphoretic, and also as a means to stimulate appetite.
Infusion of the kidneys - for diabetes, allergic skin rashes. Freshly crushed leaves are applied to poorly healing wounds and ulcers.

Dosage forms and doses.
Infusion of lilac flowers. Pour a glass of boiling water over one tablespoonful of flowers. Insist 6-7 hours, filter. 1-2 tablespoons take 3 r. in a day.
Infusion of leaves and infusion of buds prepared in the same way as the infusion of flowers and taken in the same dosage.
Tincture of lilac flowers. A quarter of a glass of lilac flowers is poured with 200 ml of 40% alcohol or vodka, insisted for 2 weeks. For 40-50 drops, take 3 r. in a day.
Ointment. Dried lilac leaves are ground into powder. One part of the powder is mixed with four parts of Vaseline. Apply externally for neuralgia and arthralgia.

Warning. Common lilac - poisonous plant, therefore, its preparations should be taken carefully, not exceeding the dosage. The period of taking the drugs inside is up to 3 weeks.

Each of us is familiar with lilac bushes. Fragrant fragrant flowers in early spring tell us about the onset of the warm season. They bloom in streets and parks, in gardens and near houses. In May, the lilac pleases with a variety of colors, and after flowering, bright juicy green foliage remains on it until autumn. But this shrub is remarkable not only for flowers and captivating aroma. It has long been known for its medicinal properties and has been successfully used in folk medicine to treat many diseases. The buds, bark, leaves and flowers of the plant are used for healing purposes.

What does lilac look like and where does it grow

Hardly anyone does not know what a lilac looks like. It cannot be confused with any plant. Despite the variety of blossoms, everyone knows its pyramidal branches with fragrant flowers.

Lilac is a multi-stemmed perennial shrub belonging to the Olive family. About 10 of its species grows wild in Europe, mostly in the Balkans and Hungary, in Asia (mainly in China).

There are many more cultivated decorative varieties with different shapes (simple and double), color (from white to dark purple with various shades), flower size and flowering time.

Although it belongs to shrubs, the height can be from 2 to 8 meters. It begins to bloom in May, and in more southern regions already in April. Flowering lasts about 3 weeks. Inflorescences develop at the ends of young branches and are collected from hundreds of flowers in pyramidal panicles.

Lilac is a long-lived plant. The age of the bush can reach 100 years or more. It is resistant to street pollution, where I plant it along the roads.

Lilac bouquets are immortalized on the canvases of painters, its beauty has inspired many poets.

Lilac medicinal properties

Lilac flowers contain essential oil and glucoside sirigin.

In addition, the leaves, bark, flowers contain:

Alkaloids;

Phytoncides;

Flavonoids;

Vitamin C;

Farnesol.

It is they who determine the main medicinal properties of the plant:

Anti-inflammatory;

Diuretic;

Diaphoretic;

Antipyretic;

Antimalarial;

Pain relievers;

Antidiabetic;

Antimicrobial.

Lilac-based preparations can be used for:

Epilepsy;

Rheumatism;

Tuberculosis;

Neuralgia;

Kidney stones;

Skin diseases: abscesses, purulent wounds, ulcers, etc.

Colds: whooping cough, bronchial asthma;

Joint diseases: arthritis, osteochondrosis, gout.

For the preparation of medicines, lilac flowers are often used. Less commonly - leaves, buds and bark of a bush.

Lilac use in traditional medicine

In official medicine, lilacs are not used. The main use of this perennial shrub is in traditional medicine recipes. Essential oil is used by perfumers to flavor their products. Sometimes they are flavored with alcoholic beverages. Lovers of gourmet cuisine sugar lilac flowers to further decorate their creations, prepare syrups from them, add to baked goods.

Meanwhile, the healing properties of lilacs have been known since ancient times. So, in ancient Greece, fresh leaves were used as a disinfectant and were used in the treatment of purulent wounds. A bouquet of lilacs can refresh and purify the air in the room, help cope with insomnia. True, one must remember that for some people, such a bouquet placed in the bedroom can cause a headache.

Tea prepared on the flowers of the plant is drunk for colds, flu, whooping cough. It helps with tuberculosis, kidney stones.

Alcohol tinctures are used for joint diseases, muscle inflammation, skin lesions.

Poultices, compresses are used for various skin lesions, varicose veins, diseases of the joints and muscles.

The crushed leaves in the form of a compress are applied to various abscesses to accelerate ripening and tightening, purification of pus. Together with other herbs, they are used to treat pulmonary tuberculosis.

Water infusion of flowers together with linden flowers is drunk for colds and malaria.

Ointment on flowers is used for rubbing with rheumatism.

Application of lilac recipes

Lilacs are used to prepare tinctures on vodka and alcohol, make ointments, poultices, decoctions, compresses. Recipes for using lilacs are described in many reference books and books on traditional medicine. Let's get acquainted with some of them.

Tea for epilepsy

This tea can be drunk for a long time, over several years. It reduces the frequency of epileptic seizures, reduces seizures. Tea is brewed as follows: 1 teaspoon is poured into a glass (250 ml) of boiling water and infused for 20 minutes. They drink it in 100-250 ml two or three times a day.

Lilac tea for eyesight

Tea with fresh flowers will help relieve fatigue at the end of the working day, improve visual acuity. Brew tea as in the previous recipe. After insisting, filter and moisten a bandage, cotton swab or gauze folded in several layers in it. Apply for 10 minutes before bed.

Diabetes treatment

Brew two tablespoons of lilac buds with 0.5 liters of boiling water and leave for 6 hours, wrapped well or in a thermos. After insisting, strain and drink one tablespoon before meals.

Tincture of lilac for pulmonary tuberculosis

Lilac flowers and leaves are taken in equal proportions. A liter jar is filled with this mixture by 2/3 of its volume and poured with 1 liter of vodka. Insist in a dark place for 7 days and filter.

Take 1 tablespoon of tincture twice a day before meals.

Varicose veins treatment

Treatment of varicose veins using lilacs is described in the book by Ekaterina Andreeva "Treatment of varicose veins with proven folk recipes." In this book, she lists two recipes using decoction of leaves and fresh leaves.

According to the first recipe, you need to rinse the young, freshly blossomed leaves and brew with hot water. Boil in a water bath for about 10 minutes and drain. In the resulting broth, moisten a cloth and apply a compress to the affected veins. Apply such lotions for half an hour.

For the second recipe, you just need to attach fresh leaves to the swollen veins and fix them with a bandage. Keep the bandages also for half an hour.

During the day, you can apply several times. It will relieve inflammation and pain, and improve blood flow in the veins.

Malaria treatment

Lilac malaria was treated back in the days when this disease is very common and affects thousands of people.

Recipe 1

Take 20 grams of fresh (they should only bloom and be still sticky) leaves and pour one glass of boiling water. Wrap the container well and leave for an hour and a half.

Take 1 teaspoon of dried leaves and steep with a glass of boiling water. Let it brew for 20 minutes and consume it as tea several times in hot or warm form.

Then filter the infusion and drink 100 grams twice a day: on an empty stomach immediately after sleep and in the evening before going to bed. The course of treatment is 10 days.

Allowed to use the infusion up to 3 times a day half an hour before meals.

Recipe 2

A decoction is prepared from young (not yet stiff) branches together with leaves. Take 300 grams of raw material and chop finely. Pour one liter of boiling water over and cook over low heat for 10 minutes.

Having removed from the stove, they insist for another two hours and filter. Drink a decoction of 100 ml three times a day.

Collection of lilacs with wormwood

To prepare the collection, take 20 grams of fresh leaves and 1 teaspoon of wormwood. Grind and pour into a bottle or jar. Pour 1 liter of vodka and add half a teaspoon of eucalyptus essential oil.

Leave to stand for 14 days, shaking the container periodically. After insisting, filter and drink 2 tablespoons before eating.

Lilac flowers application

The flowers of the plant are most widely used. They make decoctions, infusions, tinctures, ointments.

Infusion of lilac flowers for diarrhea

One tablespoon of flowers is brewed with a glass of boiling water. Covering with a lid, insist for an hour. Strain and drink 1 tablespoon 3-4 times a day. With diarrhea, you can take an alcoholic tincture of lilac, 30 drops up to 4 times a day.

Infusion of lilacs for impotence

2 tablespoons of fresh flowers or 1 teaspoon of dried flowers are brewed with 0.5 liters of boiling water. Let it brew for 30 minutes. After filtering, they drink 50-60 ml three times a day after meals.

Such an infusion will help with problems with potency caused by everyday problems and unrelated diseases.

Infusion of flowers for urolithiasis

Brew one tablespoon of flowers with 200 ml of boiling water. After covering, let it brew for an hour. After straining, drink 1 tablespoon 4 times a day.

In the presence of urate or oxalate stones, instead of infusion, you can take a tincture on flowers, 30 drops three times a day, or a tincture on leaves, 15-20 drops, also three times a day before each meal.

Infusion for stomach ulcers

One teaspoon of dried lilac flowers is brewed with 200 ml of boiling water. Let it brew for half an hour and filter. Drink 100 ml twice a day.

This infusion can be drunk with whooping cough, gas formation.

Lilac buds application

Lilac buds are less commonly used for treatment. But there are several recipes when they are used for upper respiratory tract diseases.

For the treatment of tuberculosis, pneumonia, bronchial asthma, a collection of two tablespoons of buds and 1 tablespoon of lilac flowers is prepared.

A tablespoon of the collection is brewed with a glass of boiling water (250 ml) and infused for an hour. Having strained, they drink it in 3-4 doses during the day.

With diabetes, such a decoction is prepared. 20 grams of dried buds are poured with hot water and boiled over low heat for 15 minutes. Having cooled slightly, filter and add the broth to the original volume. Drink it a tablespoon three times a day.

Lilac leaves application

Lilac leaves can be used fresh or dried. Fresh leaves are used for compresses, their juice is rubbed into the temples for headaches.

Antipyretic leaf infusion

Brew two tablespoons of leaves with 200 ml of boiling water and let it brew for an hour. After insisting, strain and drink one glass three times a day.

Decoction of leaves for kidney disease

Pour 0.25 liters of hot water over 2 tablespoons of dried leaves and bring to a boil. Remove immediately and insist for two to three hours, covering with a towel or pouring into a thermos. Filter and drink 2 tablespoons 4 times a day before meals.

The course of treatment is 2 weeks. The repeated course can be repeated in two to three months. This broth helps with inflammatory processes in the kidneys.

Gruel from pounded fresh leaves is applied to boils, wounds, ulcers, and various abscesses. In winter, you can make poultices with dried leaves. To do this, pour the crushed leaves with a small amount of boiling water and let it brew. Then the gruel from the leaves is transferred to a layer of gauze or bandage and applied to the affected area.

Before applying bandages, it is advisable to wash the wounds with alcohol tincture of lilac.

For headaches, chopped fresh leaves are applied to the forehead or in the back of the head.

Leaf gruel is used to treat barley on the eye. To do this, several well-washed lilac leaves are crushed and this mass is applied to a whole leaf. Apply to barley 5 to 6 times a day. The leaves accelerate the ripening process, draw out pus and relieve inflammation.

Lilac ointment

Lilac flower ointment is mainly used for massage and rubbing. Prepare the ointment as follows. Powdered dried flowers are thoroughly mixed with oil or fat in the ratio of 1 part flowers to 4 parts oil. This ointment is used for joint diseases, neuralgia.

In the spring, the ointment can be made with fresh leaf juice: 1 part of the juice is mixed with oil or fat. You need to store the ointment in the refrigerator in a tightly closed jar.

You can make an ointment with butter or petroleum jelly. In this case, take in equal proportions. Used for migraines (rubbed into the forehead and temples), joint pain, bruising, sprains.

For rheumatism, an oil infusion is prepared in vegetable oil. To do this, 3 tablespoons of dried flowers are infused with 100 ml of vegetable oil for 3-4 days. Used for rubbing with rheumatism.

Lilac tincture

Most often, vodka or alcoholic tincture of lilac is used in folk medicine. It is used for various health problems: taken orally, used for rubbing and compresses, gargling. Make a tincture on flowers and bush leaves.

To prepare a tincture for 100 grams of vodka, take 50 grams of flowers or leaves. Insist in a dark place for 10-14 days, occasionally shaking the container. Strain the finished tincture and store in a dark glass bottle.

To gargle it, dilute it in a ratio of 1 part tincture to 10 parts water. Such rinses help with laryngitis, hoarse voice.

Collection and procurement of raw materials

The kidneys are harvested as soon as they appear, i.e. in early spring. At this time, they contain the maximum amount of nutrients, including resins. Dry them in the shade in a ventilated room.

Flowers are harvested during the period of mass flowering of the shrub. Be sure to dry in the shade, it is better to cover with a thin cloth.

You can immediately make alcohol tincture from fresh flowers.

Leaves and bark are harvested in mid-summer, in June or July, when the plant prepares for winter and accumulates as much of all substances as possible to survive the winter.

Dry them in the shade in a ventilated room, periodically turning them over.

Simultaneously with the leaves, branches are being harvested. You can cut them along with the leaves. Dried by spreading on fabrics or tied in bunches.

Drying of the prepared raw materials in electric dryers or ovens is allowed at a temperature not higher than 40-60 degrees.

You need to store raw materials in cardboard boxes, wooden boxes or bags made of natural fabric in a dark and cool place. Shelf life of lilac is 2 years.

Collect raw materials in dry weather, away from highways and roads, industrial enterprises.

Contraindications and side effects

Lilac is a poisonous plant. Therefore, when treating with drugs based on it, the recommended dosage and course of treatment must be strictly observed. Especially if the product is intended for oral administration.

Lilac treatment is prohibited:

With individual intolerance;

During pregnancy;

Small children and babies;

With severe kidney and liver damage.

In case of an overdose, side effects may occur that may manifest themselves:

The presence of bitterness in the mouth;

Headache;

Nausea;

Convulsions;

Difficulty breathing

Redness and rashes on the skin.

When the first signs of allergy or overdose appear, you should immediately stop treatment and contact a medical institution.

As with any alternative treatment, before starting the course, consultation with the appropriate specialist is required.

Lilac, especially its flowers, is very popular in folk medicine and has received positive reviews. But still, we must not forget about the other side and strictly follow all the recommendations.

It is called the fox's tail and the symbol of the Russian estate. It blooms one of the first - in the spring, in May, with whole clusters of purple, white, lilac flowers. Its intoxicating aroma spreads far and wide, and rarely will anyone not be tempted to pick up a whole bunch of these luxurious flowers on the way home to put in a vase at home. And it is completely in vain, because that very smell can literally turn your head and raise your blood pressure, causing a severe migraine. We know so little about the ubiquitous lilac, which can serve as a cure for many diseases, and can turn into poison, since it contains hydrocyanic acid - a poison. In folk medicine, I use lilac tincture on alcohol: the use of this home remedy helps to get rid of a number of ailments.

Lilac tincture recipe

Before you can find a use for lilac tincture, you need to be able to cook it. It is recommended to collect medicinal raw materials (flowers and leaves) from lilacs, which grow far from highways and industrial plants. This should be done in dry weather. There is still no consensus on what color lilac is the most useful. Some recipes indicate this indicator, in some it is proposed to make a choice yourself. Still, most researchers believe that it is better to give preference to white flowers.

• The classic recipe for lilac tincture with alcohol

Fresh lilac flowers (leaves) (100 g) put in a liter glass jar, pour alcohol to the very top (1 liter). Close with a regular lid, put in any dark place for 10 days. Strain through four-fold cheesecloth and take as directed. Homemade lilac tincture on vodka is prepared according to exactly the same recipe. Sometimes, depending on the disease, more or less alcohol is taken.

In fact, there are much more recipes, but this one is considered a classic of the genre, as they say: such a tincture is useful for treating various diseases. Since time immemorial, lilac has been used in folk medicine: the medicinal properties of this shrub are confirmed by modern research.

Useful properties of lilac tincture on alcohol

To prepare the tincture, they take leaves or flowers of lilac: the medicinal properties of both are the same and help in the treatment of various diseases. With proper preparation and proper use, lilac tincture:

• treats inflammatory kidney diseases, relieves the condition in the presence of stones in the renal pelvis;
• it is used as an antipyretic and diaphoretic for colds, fevers, malaria;
• used to treat bruises, wounds;
• helps with arthritis, gout, polyarthritis, rheumatism, osteochondrosis: lilac tincture for arthrosis is one of the best remedies;
• relieves heel spurs;
• treats nervous disorders;
• has antifungal properties;
• helps with laryngitis;
• used for ringworm;
• relieves migraines;
• used for cardiovascular diseases;
• excellent antitussive and anti-tuberculosis agent.

Among other things, lilac flowers, like its roots, leaves, bark, have a bitter taste due to syringin - a substance that has an analgesic, anti-inflammatory, anti-febrile effect. So it is very easy to find the use of lilac on alcohol at home. Hurt yourself - anointed - it's gone. Coughing - accepted - cured. Moreover, the external use of the product is allowed even for children. However, not everything is so cloudless: there are a number of contraindications for the treatment with lilac tincture.

Contraindications for alcoholic tincture of lilac

Such a healing shrub is also a poisonous plant, so the internal use of its tincture requires caution. It turns out that lilac combines useful properties and contraindications, and especially they relate to alcohol tincture. It is contraindicated for:

• amenorrhea (this is a long delay in menstruation);
• chronic renal failure;
• atonic constipation;
• severe stomach diseases;
• glomerulonephritis.

In all other cases, treatment with lilacs is allowed without fear. In the presence of chronic, lingering diseases that are under the control of a doctor, it is recommended to take a preliminary consultation with a specialist so as not to harm the body.

Lilac tincture treatment

To activate the beneficial properties of lilac in the tincture, you need to know the scheme of its use. For the treatment of various diseases, variations of the basic recipe are also offered, which should not be ignored: this will enhance the effectiveness of the funds.

• Kidney disease

100 grams of lilac leaves are poured with 2 liters of alcohol. Then everything follows the usual recipe. Take 20 drops before meals (you can add them to tea or drink separately) three times a day.

• High fever, fever, malaria

Rinse 100 g of fresh lilac leaves with water, put in a liter jar, add 2 g of fresh wormwood, 1 g of eucalyptus oil. Pour in vodka (1 liter), leave in a dark place under the lid for 20 days. If the temperature rises, drink 50 g of tincture before eating. If it does not help the first time, repeat three times a day.

• Wounds, bruises, trauma, ringworm

Pour 500 ml of vodka in a glass jar with 1 glass of fresh lilac flowers, insist under a closed lid in a dark place for 2 weeks. Change lotions 5 times a day.

• Low back pain, rheumatism

Lilac tincture is also used for joints, spine, bones, relieving pain syndromes. Pour 500 ml of alcohol (or vodka) into 1 glass of fresh lilac flowers in a glass jar, leave under a lid in a dark place for 10 days. Rub the sore spots twice a day.

• Osteochondrosis, arthritis, arthrosis

Grind fresh lilac leaves to make 2 tablespoons. Mix them with 300 g of juice squeezed from a radish, 200 g of honey. Pour 100 ml of vodka, leave under the lid in a dark place for a day. Before rubbing the sore spot, the mixture must be shaken thoroughly.

• Gout, salt deposits, rheumatism, articular arthritis

Fresh lilac flowers, without tamping, freely pour into a half-liter glass bottle to the very top, pour alcohol (it is better to take 40%), close, leave in a dark place for three weeks, strain. Take 30 drops orally before meals three times a day for three months.

• Heel spur

According to the classic recipe, use the prepared infusion as compresses on the affected area, changing it three times a day. In parallel with this, it is taken internally (with tea), 30 drops before meals, also three times a day.

• Angina, laryngitis

Dilute a tablespoon of tincture prepared according to the classic recipe in 100 ml of water, gargle every three hours.

• Migraine

Soak a cotton pad in a classic lilac tincture, rub your temples and forehead with it. The pain goes away within five minutes. In this case, tincture of lilac flowers is applied as needed.

• A heart

In a half-liter glass jar, fill tightly with purple lilac flowers to the very top, tamp. Pour with alcohol or vodka, leave under the lid for a week. Use for pain in the heart and attacks, drinking a teaspoon of tincture with water.

• Cough

Pour 30 g of fresh flowers of white lilac into a liter glass jar, pour vodka to the very top, leave under a lid for two weeks in a dark place. Drink before bed, pouring 30 ml of tincture with a glass of hot tea.

Lilac is such a unique shrub: the use of its tincture in folk medicine helps to alleviate many painful conditions, which sometimes even medications cannot cope with. If everything is done correctly, the benefits of this remedy will not be long in coming, and many of the ailments will recede.