Meadow geranium: medicinal properties and contraindications, composition and use, and what other names are there except for field?

Field geranium is a real natural doctor. The healing properties of this plant are widely used in folk medicine to combat a number of diseases.

This type of plant is also called a crane. Crane grows on the edges of coniferous and deciduous forests.

Often field geraniums spread on glades, meadows, along river banks and along fences. It is also planted by amateur gardeners in their summer cottages. It is found in the European part of Russia, in Western Siberia and in Central Asia.

What is a crane?

Field geranium - a perennial herb, belongs to the geranium family. Other names: meadow geranium, crane.

Field geranium has a thick rhizome and a low erect stem branching at the top. It can reach a height of 80 cm. The stem and leaves of the field geranium are covered with small hairs with glands.

Leaves are located on long petioles. Crane blooms in June - September. The flowers are large, single, purple-red. They sit on long pedicels and have five petals. Fruits appear from August to September. Fruit is a beak-shaped formation that, when fully ripe, is divided into smaller, single-seeded fruits.

Chemical composition and pharmacological action

The composition of the roots of the plant includes:

saponins;
phenolcarboxylic acid;
tannins;
flavonoids;
catechins;
carotene;
vitamin C;
carbohydrates.

Field geranium grass contains:

Glucose.
Raffinose.
Fructose.
Alkaloids.
Saponins.
Vitamins K and C.
Carbohydrates.
Carotene.
Flavonoids.
Tannins.
Leukanthocyanins.
Anthocyanins.
Minerals:
- manganese;
- iron;
- zinc;
- nickel.

Meadow geranium has numerous pharmacological properties:

astringent;
anti-inflammatory;
disinfectant;
antibacterial;
wound healing;
antitoxic;
hemostatic;
soothing;
antipruritic;
antipyretic;
relaxing
painkiller.

In addition, the plant is able to dissolve salt deposits with gout, rheumatism and kidney stone disease.

Important! Crane preparations, depending on the dosage, have a tonic or inhibitory effect on the central nervous system.

Use for diseases

The list of diseases for which meadow geranium is used:

sores;
purulent wounds;
abscesses;
rheumatic joint pain;
genital and anal fistulas;
stomatitis;
pharyngitis;
angina;
alopecia;
leucorrhoea;
malignant neoplasms;
bone fractures;
epilepsy;
fever;
upper respiratory tract diseases;
enteritis;
gastritis with low acidity;
food poisoning;
dysentery;
long lasting heavy menstruation;
bleeding with hemorrhoids;
uterine bleeding;
inflammatory diseases of the female genital organs;
urolithiasis disease;
gout;
rheumatism;
heart diseases.

Application - recipes, instructions

The main dosage forms of preparations from meadow geranium are tinctures, decoctions, oil, powders and ointments. The crane is also part of various herbal preparations.

Attention! Before starting treatment with folk remedies, it is recommended to consult a doctor.

Outdoor

Prescription for baldness and hair loss:
2 tablespoons of dry grass, steam 0.4 liters of boiling water and leave for 8 hours, then squeeze.
- after washing the hair, apply broth abundantly on the hair and do not rinse;
- do the procedure in 1-2 days for a month.
The recipe for rinsing with inflammation of the mouth and throat:
- 4 tablespoons of grass pour a cup of boiling water and simmer for 5-10 minutes;
- cool, squeeze.
Such a decoction is perfect and is effectively used for compresses.
Prescription for gout, rheumatism, osteochondrosis and polyarthritis:
- 2 teaspoons of dry roots pour 0.4 l of boiling water;
- insist night in a thermos;
- to filter.
To make lotions on sore spots from infusion. Similar compresses are effective for fractures.
With bleeding and purulent wounds:
sprinkle the affected area with dry geranium powder. In this case, the wound must first be washed with warm water.
And after powder treatment, do not rinse the affected area with water. It is necessary to withstand at least 1 hour of this medicine.
With otitis media:
- Grind 1 teaspoon of dry geranium into powder, mix with 2 tablespoons of flour and 1 tablespoon of camphor alcohol;
- roll out the dough.
Put rolled dough on a sore ear overnight.

Internal

For sedation in nervous and mental disorders:
- brew 1 teaspoon of dried leaves and stalks of a crane with a cup of boiling water;
- insist 15 minutes.
Use the entire volume during the day. The course of treatment is 2-3 months.
For diseases of the upper respiratory tract:
- pour 1 tablespoon of raw materials with a cup of water with a volume of 200-250 ml .;
- bring to a boil and keep on fire for 5 minutes;
- cool, filter.
Take 2 tablespoons 3 times a day with meals.
For diseases of the cardiovascular system:
1 teaspoon of dry roots pour a cup of boiling water and insist all night. Drink infusion during the day, in small sips. The course of treatment is 21 days, after which a break of 1 week should be taken.
With bloody diarrhea, heavy menstruation and postpartum hemorrhage:
- 3 tablespoons of roots pour 0.25 liters. water;
- bring to a boil and cook for another 5 minutes;
- cool and strain.
Drink 1 glass every 2 hours.
- 1.5 tablespoons of roots or 2 tablespoons of leaves pour 0.4 liters of water at room temperature;
- insist night;
- strain.
Drink the entire volume in a day. 1 tablespoon every 1-2 hours.
- pass fresh grass through a meat grinder;
- squeeze the gruel through several layers of gauze.
Received juice to take 20-30 drops every 2-3 hours. This method can also be used for hemoptysis.
From infertility:
In a mug of boiling water, throw 1 tablespoon of chopped leaves:
- crane;
- cook for 10 minutes;
- cool, squeeze.
Take once a day.
With urolithiasis:
Field geranium is valuable in that it does not remove stones, but dissolves them. Therefore, you can take the drug without fear.
2 tablespoons of dry raw materials pour 0.5 liters of cool water and leave for the night.
Drink the infusion 3 times a day in equal parts.
For schizophrenia:
- 2 teaspoons of dry roots brew 0.4 l of hot boiling water;
- insist night in a thermos;
- to filter.
Take 1 tablespoon every 2-3 hours. Infusion relieves irritability and normalizes sleep.
With gout, rheumatism, osteochondrosis and polyarthritis:
- 2 teaspoons of dry roots pour 0.4 liters of hot boiled water;
- insist night in a thermos;
- to filter.
Take 3 times a day for 2 tablespoons.
With angina pectoris:
- 5 tablespoons of dry meadow geranium pour 300 ml of boiling water;
- let it brew for 3 hours, then squeeze.
Take 2 tablespoons 4-5 times a day.
In the complex treatment of oncology for all types of tumors:
- 1 tablespoon of the roots of the crane to pour 0.5 l of water at room temperature;
- let it brew for 8-10 hours.
Drink the entire amount during the day in equal parts.

Contraindications

In the use of funds based on geraniums, field contraindications are in the following cases:

increased blood viscosity;
thrombosis;
thrombophlebitis;
senile constipation;
intestinal atony;
gastritis with high acidity.

Important! Means based on the crane cannot be taken by pregnant and lactating women, as well as young children.

Field geranium has a variety of healing properties. The beneficial qualities of this plant have found application in numerous recipes of alternative medicine. Before using products based on meadow geraniums, it is very important to familiarize yourself with the contraindications.

In the treatment of drugs intended for internal use, it is necessary to observe the exact dosage.