People have long believed the leaves of laurel tree universal remedy and apply them to a variety of medical purposes. Another Greek Hippocrates using broth bay facilitated the attempts of women in childbirth, and the Roman Galen treating urolithiasis. Persian same doctor ar-Razi applied bay leaf remover nervous tic face. In the Middle Ages of the leaves makes an excellent healing agent for wounds of the head, and another infusion against fever.
Bay leaves are used in folk medicine today. For example, they possess useful properties to alleviate the condition of diabetes Type II diabetes. Let's look at this in more detail.
Overview
Indeed, laurel leaves contain a huge amount of volatile production, which are able to inhibit the growth and spread of harmful bacteria in the human body. In addition, these substances adhere to the development of fungi and protozoa.
Lavrushki bitter taste due to the presence in its sheets of tannins, essential oils. And then, and another it helps to improve the quality of the digestive process, as well as a positive impact on the functionality of the human liver. Also laurel leaves are rich in saturated fatty acids and organic, fiber, B vitamins, A, C and PP. They contain a lot of calcium, sodium, iron and zinc, there are copper and manganese, and the mother-phosphorus, potassium and magnesium.
Application leafs diabetes
In the treatment of diabetes in the early stages in the complex therapy is often used and decoctions infusions of laurel leaves, both fresh and dry (but they should not be stored more than a year), without spots and damage. In this bay leaf facilitate:
- a decrease in blood sugar levels;
- normalization of carbohydrate metabolism;
- smoothing "jumps" of glucose;
- wound healing;
- a general cleansing of the body;
- stimulation of immunity;
- improving the overall tone;
- a decrease in pressure;
- normal urine diversion.
Complexity and contraindications
Of course, the use of laurel decoctions and infusions should be initiated only after consultation with doctor, since these funds have a number of serious contraindications, and take them uncontrollably it is impossible.
Bay leaf, in particular, is contraindicated in:
- patients with first-type and second type of diabetes mellitus in the last stages;
- patients suffering from gestational diabetes.
Decoctions of lavrushki can exacerbate existing problems with the kidneys, blood vessels and heart. Such traditional medicine can cause ulcer exacerbation.
Important:laurel infusions and decoctions have even if not expressed, but aborted the action, so they are contraindicated in pregnant women.
A tendency to constipation and frequent allergic reactions, use of bay leaves for medical purposes and is not recommended. Renounce the use of such funds and the need for patients with poor blood clotting, as well as patients with a diagnosis of "intestinal obstruction".
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