White locust is very popular with florists, landscape designers and just gardeners. A beautiful tree finds application both in beautiful plantations and in pharmacology. Having in its composition many useful substances, it has medicinal properties, but also has contraindications.
A bit of history
This tree was brought to Europe from North America in the early 17th century. Acacia immediately became the favorite of all gardeners. The name took root among the people quickly, but in the botanical gardens it is not called that. Under the name "acacia" there grows a flower that people are used to recognizing by the name "mimosa". But the well-known White acacia is called "Robinia" or "Robinia pseudo-acacia".
The history of the name of the plant is associated with a French florist who received seeds from Canada. He was the first to plant them on Parisian soil, thus perpetuating his name. The gardener's name was Jean Robin.
At first, the tree was underestimated, used only for aesthetic purposes. In the 19th century, shipbuilders appreciated the wood, because it was quite hard, moisture resistant, and did not rot. Even to create the first tracks for steam locomotives, the Americans used sleepers made from the trunk of Robinia.
Chemical composition
As mentioned above, the correct name for the tree is Robinia. Even the main substance contained in the acacia was called robinin. It allows you to remove ammonia from the body.
The substance is used in pharmacology for the production of medicines. Self-administration is strictly prohibited due to the toxicity of robinin.
Valuable substances contained in Robinia:
- glycoside;
- esters;
- tannin;
- essential oils;
- flavonoids;
- vitamins A and C;
- minerals;
- pectin;
- tannins;
- fatty acid;
- sugar.
Beneficial features
The therapeutic effect of white locust was discovered in the 19th century. Due to its chemical composition, which is still not fully understood, the tree helps to treat diseases in various fields of medicine. Here are some of its properties:
- antipyretic;
- antispasmodic;
- hemostatic (increases blood clotting);
- expectorant (stimulates sputum production);
- antiseptic (destroys bacteria);
- diuretic (increases the amount of urine excreted);
- laxative (mild effect without addiction);
- diaphoretic (cleansing the body by increasing sweating);
- choleretic (increases the intensity of bile secretion);
- lowers the level of acidity of the gastrointestinal tract;
- painkiller.
Treatment of diseases with the help of Robinia
Not only white acacia flowers contain useful substances. The bark with leaves is also used in therapy. Here are just a few of the diseases that can be treated:
- The bark is used in the treatment of the stomach, intestines (ulcer, gastritis, duodenal disease) due to its properties to reduce acidity and weaken.
- Due to the expectorant properties of white acacia, they are used in the treatment of lung diseases, whooping cough.
- With varicose veins and thrombophlebitis, a tincture is used, which is lubricated with disturbing places.
- The tree effectively treats pyelonephritis and cystitis.
- Due to its antiseptic action, it is used in epidemics of viral infections, it also relieves cough.
- With sciatica, tincture of flowers or acacia bark is used as an anesthetic.
- Expectorant and antipyretic properties help in the treatment of acute cough, high fever. It is recommended to drink a decoction prepared from the dried leaves of the plant.
- In gynecology, with thrush and other whites, douching with a decoction on dry flowers is used.
- Treatment of skin diseases by lubricating problem areas.
- Neuralgic diseases (migraines, poor sleep).
- Urolithiasis and kidney stones are treated due to the diuretic effect.
- Due to its choleretic properties, it is used to normalize the functioning of the gallbladder.
- Strengthening the body's immune system.
- In aromatherapy, white acacia essential oil is used to reduce excitability and nervousness. They treat depression, nervous exhaustion.
In medicine, half-blown flowers are used, which are harvested in the morning or evening. To prepare the water infusion of Robinia, you need 2 tablespoons of fresh or 1 tbsp. pour a spoonful of dried flowers on the floor with liters of boiling water and let it brew for 5-6 hours. Used for internal and external treatment.
If the stomach is concerned, then you need to take 70-100 ml of warm infusion and drink 20 minutes before eating. After a day, colic and pain in the abdomen will become less pronounced, heartburn will pass
With ulcers and gastritis, it is necessary to continue treatment for at least half a month. If you are concerned about high acidity - 3-5 days.
For long-term storage, leave the infusion in the refrigerator, but not more than 3 weeks. Useful properties are undeniable, but you need to remember about contraindications.
Contraindications
The healing properties of white acacia attract people. It helps with many diseases, but precautions should be taken.
Attacks of headaches, weakness, malaise and nausea are possible with an overdose. The robinin contained in the bark is toxic, so it is better to entrust the preparation and dosage of the medicine to professionals.
Conclusion
The therapeutic effect of acacia is impressive, but its contraindications should not be underestimated. The flowering of the tree lasts a long time, so you can prepare for yourself a supply of medicinal ingredients for the whole year.
Before using a drug based on Robinia, you should consult with your doctor about allergies and other contraindications.
Photo of white acacia
White acacia is often used in folk medicine. The United States is considered the birthplace of the acacia.
In Europe, the plant is used in landscape design and they don’t even know what properties it has.
The chemical composition of white acacia
The composition contained in the white acacia, scientists have not been able to fully study. Flowers and bark contain robinin, a flavonoid that removes urea from the body. It is on the basis of this component that medicines are created.
Important! Robinin flavonoid is toxic, so if you are going to be treated with it, it is better to consult a specialist.
In the leaves and inflorescences of acacia, the chemical composition: glycosides, essential oils, sugar, vitamins, minerals, tannins and flavonoids.
Medicinal properties and uses of white acacia
Acacia has anti-inflammatory and antipyretic properties, and it also has expectorant, antispasmodic, hypotensive and laxative properties. Acacia-based recipes are used for food allergies, inflammation, pain in the stomach and intestines, and stomach bleeding. Acacia is also used for women's diseases.
Acacia color has many medicinal properties, so the plant is used for thrombophlebitis, sciatica, rheumatism, gastritis, stomach ulcers, osteochondrosis and neuralgia.
Preparations on acacia flowers can cure colds, coughs, and also normalize sleep and relieve nervous tension. The bark is used for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.
Did you know? There is a belief in the East: if you mix camellia, musk and acacia oil in different proportions and use it in rituals, the mixture will bring happiness and protect you from evil spirits.
Traditional medicine recipes: white acacia treatment
Since the tree has many healing components that can be collected and used, we bring to your attention recipes for tinctures and decoctions from acacia, which help relieve pain and inflammation, expel bile, and many more different properties and effects. 
White acacia tea
Recipe for whooping cough tea:
- 1 st. l. dried flowers are brewed in water or milk.
- Cool and add honey.
Recipe for a cold:
- 1 st. l. dried petals are added to a glass of hot water.
- Infuse for 5 minutes and drink with honey.
White acacia tea recipe for ovarian inflammation:
- 1 st. l dried flowers pour a glass of boiling water.
- It is necessary to infuse the mixture for 1 hour.
Did you know? Acacia is a symbol of immortality, it was not in vain that rakias were made from its wood to store the relics of saints, and a branch of flowering acacia inspires poets and artists to create masterpieces of world art, it calms, restores strength, and stimulates deep healthy sleep.
Acacia honey has many beneficial properties, but it also has contraindications. We will talk about them later, but now we will pay more attention to useful properties and applications.
Acacia honey has a fragrant aroma of flowers and a delicate taste. In liquid form, white acacia honey is transparent, and when candied, it becomes white. Honey contains fructose and glucose.
The delicacy is taken for diabetes, gastritis, ulcers and other diseases.
Acacia honey does not cause allergies and contains carotene and enzymes. It is given even to children, as it has a good effect on digestion and healing of affected mucous membranes.
Acacia honey restores blood pressure and has a beneficial effect on the cardiovascular system. Therefore, if you have hypertension, we recommend that you include it in your diet. 
You need to use it for 2 months, 50 g each, and your body condition will improve, the hemoglobin level and blood composition will normalize.
Acacia honey is used to improve eyesight. To do this, you can make lotions for conjunctivitis or make a solution with distilled water, which you can instill in your eyes.
With ulcers, eczema, neurodermatitis, periodontal disease and gingivitis, the following recipe can be used: Applying honey to wounds or ulcers kills many germs and improves blood flow.
If you start taking 1 tsp. honey before bed, you can quickly restore strength in a dream, and in the morning you will be cheerful.
With rhinitis, tracheitis, laryngitis and bronchitis, we recommend that you do inhalations with a 30% aqueous solution of honey. You can even do this with a kettle. Boil it, mix water with honey and inhale the steam for half an hour.
A decoction of the leaves for the treatment of colds and as an antipyretic
Since white acacia has antipyretic properties, a decoction of the leaves is used for colds in children and adults. 
Cough decoction recipe:
- 1 st. l. dried flowers are poured with water.
- The mixture is stirred and cooked over low heat until boiling.
- The decoction should be infused for 1 hour.
Recipe for cough tincture:
- 1 st. l. flowers need to be filled with hot water.
- Infuse the mixture for half an hour.
- The infusion is filtered and taken in combination with honey.
Decoction for diseases of the oral cavity
If your teeth just hurt, you need to prepare a decoction based on acacia flowers.
The recipe is the following:
- 1 st. l. dried flowers are brewed in a cup of hot water.
- The cup must be covered and cooled.
Stomatitis:
- 1 tsp acacia honey is added to the water.
- 1 tsp soda is added to the solution.
For periodontal disease, you should rinse your mouth with warm tincture of acacia flowers.
Decoction of acacia bark with exacerbation of gastritis and peptic ulcer
Ulcers and gastritis.
Decoction recipe:
- Half a tablespoon of acacia bark is poured into 0.5 liters of water.
- The mixture should be brought to a boil over low heat (20 minutes).
- The broth should be filtered while hot.
Treatment of stomach ulcers.
Tincture recipe:
- 1 st. l. crushed acacia bark is mixed with 0.3 liters of vodka.
- All ingredients are mixed and infused for 10 days.
Did you know? Farnese acacia grows in Egypt, France, Morocco and Algeria. It is from this type of acacia oil that oil is obtained for elite French perfumery. Silver locust grows mainly in Africa, Mexico and Australia.
Infusion of flowers for diseases of the kidneys and bladder
Considering the previous recipes, one can understand that acacia tincture treats a lot of diseases.
For diseases of the bladder and kidneys, a tincture or decoction is used.
Tincture recipe:
- 1 st. l. acacia flowers mixed with 200 ml of hot water.
- The mixture is infused for half an hour.
Decoction recipe number 1:
- 1 st. l. flowers are poured with 500 ml of hot water.
- The broth is boiled over low heat for 3 minutes.
- The mixture is cooled and filtered.
Important! The decoction should be diluted with water.
Decoction recipe number 2:- 1 st. l. flowers pour 500 ml of water.
- The broth is boiled to a boil over low heat for 3 minutes.
- The mixture should be strained and cooled.
Rubbing potions
Tinctures based on white acacia are also used externally for sciatica, paralysis, varicose veins, and chronic rheumatism.
With sciatica it is necessary to moisten abundantly with tincture and rub. For paralysis, you should apply an alcohol tincture and rub it dry overnight.
With varicose veins it is necessary to moisten the swollen venous nodes abundantly with alcohol tincture on the flowers of white acacia and rub.
For rheumatism you need to rub the tincture before going to bed, and then insulate.
Alcohol tincture.
- A liter jar is filled with acacia flowers.
- The jar is filled with alcohol above the level of the flowers on the finger.
- The mixture is infused for 2 weeks in a dark, warm place.
Vodka tincture for rubbing feet.
- 1 st. l. dried flowers pour 0.2 liters of 70% vodka.
- The mixture is infused for a week.
Tincture for fatigue and spider veins on the skin:
- 100 g of flowers pour 500 ml of vodka.
- The mixture is stirred and infused for 3 weeks.
- Sliced lemon is added to the tincture.
- The mixture is infused for another 1 week.
For rubbing venous nodes:
- A three-liter jar should be filled with fresh acacia petals and poured with 500 ml of vodka and alcohol.
- Chopped plantain leaves are added to the mixture.
- The mixture is infused in a dark place for 14 days.
White acacia in gynecology
White acacia is also used in gynecology. In the treatment of female diseases, bark, flowers and fruits are used, which are used externally and internally.
Inflammation and leucorrhea.
Tincture recipe:
- 200 g of dried flowers are poured into 500 ml of vodka.
- The mixture is infused for 2 weeks.
Inflammation of the uterine appendages.
Tincture recipe:
- 500 g of crushed bark is mixed with 2 cups of hot water.
- The mixture is left to infuse for an hour.
Inflammation of the ovaries and uterine fibroids.
Tincture recipe:
- 1 st. l. dried flowers pour a glass of hot water.
- The mixture is infused for 15 minutes and filtered.
Infertility.
Decoction recipe:
- 1 teaspoon of dried flowers is poured with a glass of boiling water.
- Cool down.
The use of white acacia in aromatherapy
Acacia is used not only in medicine, but also in aromatherapy. The aroma calms the nervous system, helps to relax, tune in to communication and helps resolve conflicts.
Acacia essential oil helps with:
- Irritability and nervous tension.
- Increased excitability, depression and nervous exhaustion.
- Overwork.
- Headache and high fever.
- premenstrual syndrome.
- Unpleasant manifestations of menopause.
- Frigidity.
Collection and preparation of raw materials from white acacia
Acacia flowers should be harvested in May, when the buds are only half open. You can dry them under a canopy and turn them over often. 
Leaves are collected all season - from the moment when the tree starts up new leaves and before falling off.
The bark is also collected throughout the growing season, cut into strips from young shoots and dried in an oven at a temperature of 55 °.
Leaves and flowers are stored no more than 5 years, and the bark - up to 7 years.
All components must be stored in burlap bags.
Contraindications
The healing properties of white acacia are known to any person, but few people pay attention to contraindications. It is better not to use acacia in any form during lactation, during pregnancy, acute diseases of the digestive tract and internal organs.
In addition, the seeds of the plant are poisonous. An overdose has the following symptoms: nausea, vomiting, dizziness, abdominal pain. If you notice side effects, you need to call an ambulance, wash your stomach and take an enterosorbent. The bark also contains toxalbuminrobin, and it is he who can lead to irritation of the mucous membrane.
Did you know? Acacia oil is considered sacred and is still used in many religions for anointing and cleansing.
White acacia is widely used, and its medicinal properties are known to almost everyone. If your doctor has recommended that you take acacia either externally or internally, don't be afraid to use it.
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Among the many healing representatives of the plant world, one of the places of honor is occupied by an ornamental tree - white acacia. The medicinal properties of this plant species, which is known by other names - robinia, pea, heart tree or Robinia pseudoacacia (lat.) - were discovered by scientists back in 1859. Bark, flowers and fruits are still used as raw materials for the preparation of folk remedies.
There is no area of medicine in which tincture of white acacia flowers, essential oil, decoctions and acacia honey would not be useful. This plant is used in aromatherapy and cosmetology, healthy and clinical nutrition. However, the flowers and bark of caragana or heart grass (as white acacia is also called) contain a toxic substance - robinin-flavonoid, therefore, it is possible to be treated with infusions and decoctions from its flowers or bark only with the approval of a doctor.
Botanical description
The white locust is a deciduous tree belonging to the legume family. Its homeland is North America and Canada, where Robinia can reach a height of 20-35 m. Having spread throughout Europe, Asia Minor, the Caucasus and the Crimea, the black locust is also traditionally found in the Volga, Kuban, Far East, Moscow region, and steppe regions Russia and Ukraine. The tree has a spreading, openwork crown; a trunk 0.3 m thick and up to 5-6 m high; bark with deep grooves; powerful root system, going deep into the distance up to 10-20 m.
The leaves of the white acacia are pinnate, the length of each of them is from 10 to 25 cm. They are formed from several pairs (usually from 4 to 8) of elliptical leaves, dark green on the outside and silver-green on the inside, up to 4-4 long, 5 cm. The most valuable vegetable raw materials are white acacia flowers. Medicinal properties (and contraindications that must be followed unconditionally) allow you to heal a variety of ailments, avoiding side effects. The inflorescences themselves have the appearance of leaning brushes with a pleasant thick aroma, thanks to which this tree has become one of the most beloved garden plants. The fruits of the white acacia ripen in the form of oblong-shaped beans with a brown tint. Outside, they are packaged by Mother Nature in pods.
Chemical composition
To date, scientists continue to study the features of the pharmacological action of white acacia, the medicinal properties of which are associated with the content in the woody part of the plant - tannins, robinin (toxalbuminrobin), phytosterol, stigmasterol, tannins and other substances; in flowers rich in glycosides - esters of salicylic acid, methyl anthranilate - anthranilic acid ester, heliotropin - aromaaldehyde, also characteristic of vanilla pods and lilac flowers, tannins and sugars, organic acids and aromatic oils; in the leaves - flavonoids and their glycosides - acacia, robinin and acacetin.
The concentration of fatty oils in white locust can reach 14-15%. The most little-studied part of the whole tree is considered to be its fruits - beans. It is known that the most toxic parts of the plant are: roots, seeds and bark.
Dosage forms
Timely collection of plant materials and proper processing of flowers, fruits and leaves of white acacia allows you to maximize its beneficial effect on the body and guarantees the absence of side effects. Acacia flowers must be collected half-blown and dried in well-ventilated places or ventilated rooms at a temperature of 45 ° C and above. In the future, tinctures, decoctions and infusions can be prepared from them.
The bark from young shoots and leaves are harvested during the growing season. It is better to prepare decoctions from tree bark, and the leaves are more often used in the manufacture of alcohol tinctures or are also added to decoctions.
What are the benefits of acacia flowers? Therapeutic properties
White locust has long been used as an anti-inflammatory and antipyretic, expectorant and antispasmodic, astringent, sedative, hypotensive and mild laxative, diuretic (diuretic) and choleretic, bactericidal and hemostatic agent. Herbalists appreciate this plant and preparations based on it, prescribing them for viral infections, for problems with the musculoskeletal system, including joints (osteochondrosis, radiculitis and rheumatism), for constipation and urolithiasis, for ulcerative lesions of the gastrointestinal tract and women's ailments. There are no health problems that white acacia would not help with. Its medicinal properties have an effect on exacerbations of gastritis, diseases of the genitourinary system, colds, healing of wounds and abrasions. Regular use of decoctions from acacia flowers effectively affects weight loss, improves the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract, cleanses the liver and kidneys, and regulates sleep. Scientists have proven that the presence of citric, malic and lactic acid in Robinia activates metabolism, accelerates the removal of excess fluid and toxins from the body.
White acacia in folk medicine: recipes for decoctions, tinctures, infusions
A decoction of acacia bark can be prepared as follows: take ½ tbsp. spoons of ground raw materials, pour it with two glasses of water (0.5 l) and boil for 20 minutes. Then the broth, without cooling, you need to strain and bring the resulting volume to the original, adding boiled water. Take in prescribed portions within 48 hours. Sometimes, with good tolerance by the patient, the doctor may approve the use of 0.5 liters of a decoction of white acacia bark in a warm form during the day. This remedy is prescribed for gastritis and exacerbation of stomach ulcers. A decoction of acacia flowers can be prepared from dried or fresh inflorescences. One tablespoon of vegetable raw materials must be poured with 500 ml of water and the mixture boiled for three minutes. After filtering, the initial volume of the broth is restored with hot water. Assign a decoction of robinia flowers 25 ml three or four times a day, which should be drunk 15 minutes before meals. Most often, this remedy is used in gynecology (in inflammatory processes of the organs of the female genital area and uterine myoma). A decoction of the leaves of the heart tree is prepared by pouring one tablespoon of raw materials with a glass of boiling water. Keep the mixture on low heat for about 5 minutes. Strain the finished product after cooling. It is prescribed for colds to relieve symptoms, providing antipyretic and antitussive effects. Drink it usually 25 ml before meals three times a day.
To prepare an infusion of flowers, pour raw materials (1 tbsp.) With a glass of boiling water and keep it for half an hour. Such a remedy is prescribed in complex treatment for diseases of the kidneys and genitourinary system at a dosage of 0.3 cups four times a day after meals.
Robinia alcohol tinctures
They can be made from different parts of a medicinal plant: from flowers, bark, young twigs and leaves. Raw materials are poured with alcohol or vodka. There are folk recipes that offer to make rubs from tinctures on colognes, the alcohol concentration in which reaches 55-70%. This is the well-known "Triple", as well as "Lilac", "Russian Forest" and others. Any alcohol tincture of acacia is intended exclusively for external treatment for paralysis and radiculitis, for chronic rheumatism and varicose veins. With sciatica, the sore spot should be abundantly moistened with a remedy and rubbed. With paralysis - alcohol tincture is rubbed dry and left overnight. With varicose veins, the affected venous nodes are treated with tincture. With rheumatism, the tincture is rubbed into the problem area and insulated at night.
How to make alcohol tincture? Different types
To prepare an alcohol tincture from acacia for rubbing with chronic sciatica, the flowers of the plant are taken (possible along with thin twigs) at the rate of 100 g of raw material per 250 ml of alcohol or vodka. Leave the mixture in a dark place and insist for a week and a half, shaking the container regularly. Then the contents must be filtered. Store the finished medicinal product in the refrigerator, in a bottle with a cork. In another recipe for alcohol tincture from white acacia, the medicinal properties of which allow it to be used for rubbing the legs, from fatigue, spider veins on the legs or venous nodes, it is proposed to fill a liter jar with robinia flowers and fill the raw materials with alcohol. The level of a strong alcoholic drink should be two to three centimeters above the inflorescences. After insisting the remedy in a warm place (without penetration of daylight) for 14 days, we filter the alcohol solution. If you add juice or a slice of lemon to the finished tincture, then it will help relieve fatigue and fight spider veins on the legs. If the goal is to prepare a rubbing for the treatment of venous nodes, then before infusing an alcohol remedy from acacia, you need to add crushed plantain leaves. The tincture on the “Triple” cologne for rubbing and compresses is prepared by filling a 0.5-liter jar with robinia flowers up to half and filling it to the top with a perfume product. Infuse the mixture in a dark place for 7 days.
Robinia in gynecology
Preparations based on white acacia are widely used in the complex treatment of women's ailments: inflammatory processes of the reproductive system (uterus and appendages), fibroids - a benign formation in the muscular layer of the uterus - the frequency of diseases of which reaches a quarter of the total number of gynecological problems. With leucorrhoea, acacia flowers, especially the juice squeezed out of them, have a beneficial effect.
It is prepared from unblown inflorescences, using a teaspoon prescribed by a doctor three times a day. For the treatment of inflammation in the female sphere, douching with infusion of robinia flowers is used. It is also used for concomitant diseases of the urinary tract.
Acacia honey
The product obtained by bees during the flowering of the honey plant - white acacia, is extremely useful due to its ability to improve the functioning of the most important internal organs: the heart, liver and kidneys. Acacia honey also has a calming effect on the nervous system and reduces pressure; cures depression and increases hemoglobin; increases endurance during increased mental stress; relieves eczema and treats eye infections (it is diluted with distilled water and instilled into the corner of the eye); helps to restore immunity after a long illness; its hypoallergenicity is a big plus in the manufacture of ointment for babies and natural cosmetic products for adults. In addition, the optimal combination of glucose and fructose, for which acacia honey is famous, makes it acceptable for use in moderate amounts by diabetics (no more than 1-2 teaspoons per day). This can be done only with the approval of the attending physician. The fragrant product from robinia does not crystallize for about two years, resembling syrup. This feature of acacia honey is due to the maximum liquid content, the presence of glucose (35.98%) and fructose (over 40%).
Cosmetology: white acacia color
Fragrant inflorescences of robinia are used to prepare homemade decoctions of the plant, as well as for the production of acacia flower hydrolate in the cosmetic industry. The properties of the plant, which helps smooth wrinkles, tone the skin, restore its firmness and elasticity, are used for tired, problem skin, with a deterioration in the shade of the dermis, if there is inflammation and irritation on its surface. The use of white acacia flowers in the treatment and care of the skin is due to the presence in them of: vitamins A and C, essential oils, minerals and sugars, tannins, heliotropin, esters and organic acids (including salicylic acid). Due to the composition saturated with useful substances, robinia flowers have a powerful rejuvenating, anti-inflammatory and soothing effect. Before the initial use of each of the cosmetics, it is necessary to conduct a test. To do this, you need to apply a drop of the finished mask on the inner bend of the elbow or in the area behind the ear, checking its tolerance.
To get an anti-aging face mask, you need to take 10 inflorescences of white acacia, grind them and grind with 25 g of fresh honey. Then pour in a little heavy cream (one tsp). Then you can cover the skin of the face with the mixture, and after 10 minutes wash off the remnants with weak green tea. For the treatment of oily skin, it is advisable to add a beaten egg yolk to the powder from dry leaves of white acacia and mix with a teaspoon of milk. After 10 minutes, wash off the product with contrast water (first warm, then cool). To smooth out wrinkles, mix crushed acacia flowers (1 tablespoon) with a small amount of sour cream and vegetable oil (olive). Apply the mixture to your face and keep it on for 10 minutes. Then remove the remnants with a warm decoction of parsley and a cotton swab.
Contraindications and first aid for poisoning
Improper preparation and overdose can cause side effects or even poisoning. Therefore, it is necessary to strictly adhere to the prescription and doctor's advice. If symptoms of poisoning occur: heart rhythm disturbance, dizziness, vomiting, diarrhea and nausea, you should immediately stop taking the medicine, wash your stomach, take sorbents and consult a doctor for emergency help. Treatment with acacia flowers is harmful to people with individual intolerance, as well as to pregnant women and nursing mothers. The bark of a white acacia is prohibited for use by people with low acidity of the stomach.
For me, the arrival of summer is associated with the flowering of white acacia. When the air is filled with an amazing aroma, the words of the famous romance are involuntarily recalled: “The fragrant clusters of white acacia drove us crazy all night long” .... It turns out that they can not only drive you crazy, but also help in the fight against many ailments. Today I would like to tell you about the beneficial properties of white acacia, tell you a few recipes of traditional medicine and tell you about those cases when you should not use it.
What an acacia looks like, we think, should not be reported, since this tree from the legume family is known to everyone. At home, in North America, acacia often grows up to 35 meters in height, while in Russia trees are traditionally found that do not exceed 6 meters. The average life of an acacia is half a century, but in its short life, an acacia manages to bring a lot of benefits.
White acacia: composition
The bark, flowers and fruits of the white acacia are used as raw materials for medicines. The flowers contain robinia glycoside, flavonoids, fragrant essential oil, sugars, organic acids. Tannins, toxalbuminrobin, essential oil, stigmasterol, phytosterol, tannins were found in the bark.
White acacia: properties
Acacia white is characterized by many healing properties. Helps with exacerbation of gastritis and peptic ulcer. Preparations based on white acacia are used for diseases of the kidneys and bladder. Acacia is also effective in rheumatism. But the biggest benefit is white acacia on women's health. It not only helps to relieve inflammation of the genital area, but even cures infertility.
At present, the composition of white acacia has not been fully studied, therefore, in the future, the list of useful properties will probably be replenished with more than a dozen items.
White acacia: contraindications
With its beneficial effect on the human body, white acacia is still a poisonous plant, toxic substances are noted in its composition. Therefore, in order to avoid poisoning, we advise you to consult a doctor before using preparations based on white acacia and strictly follow the recommendations and dosage.
White acacia: application and recipes of traditional medicine
Infusion of white acacia from female inflammation
You will need:
White acacia flowers - 1 tablespoon,
Water - 1 glass.
Cooking method
1. Pour boiling water over acacia leaves.
2. We insist for an hour. We filter.
3. Take 3 times a day before meals, 1 tablespoon for a month.
In inflammatory processes of the female reproductive system, douching with a decoction of white acacia flowers is also useful. To do this, boil 1 tablespoon of acacia flowers in half a liter of water for three minutes. We filter, cool to a temperature of about 30 degrees and douching. The procedure should be carried out continuously for at least 10 days. By the way, the same decoction helps to get rid of cervical erosion.
White acacia tea for infertility
You will need:
Acacia flowers - about 1 teaspoon,
Water - 1 glass.
Cooking method
1. Brew acacia flowers with boiling water.
2. We accept instead of regular tea. Every two months you need to take a two-month break.
Video recipe for the occasion:
White acacia tincture for headache relief
You will need:
white acacia flowers,
Cologne "Triple".
Cooking method
1. Half fill a half-liter jar with white acacia flowers.
2. Pour cologne to the top.
3. Leave to infuse for a week.
4. Wet a handkerchief in the tincture, wring it out slightly and apply it to the crown of the head. From above we cover with cellophane and warm with a scarf.
White acacia tincture for dental disease
You will need:
Acacia flowers - 1 teaspoon,
Water - 1 glass.
Cooking method
1. Pour white acacia flowers with boiling water.
2. Cover with a lid and let cool slightly.
3. Rinse your teeth with a warm solution.
Acacia white with nervous stress
You will need:
acacia flowers,
Vodka.
Cooking method
1. Half fill a liter jar with acacia flowers.
2. Top up with vodka.
3. Close the lid tightly and insist for two weeks in a dark place, do not forget to shake from time to time.
4. After the indicated time has elapsed, we filter the tincture. Squeeze the flowers and discard.
5. Take 3 times a day a quarter of an hour before meals, 1 teaspoon diluted with 50 grams of water.
The same infusion will help in the fight against heel spurs. Just apply a swab dipped in white acacia infusion to the heel.
Tincture of white acacia in milk from uterine fibroids
You will need:
White acacia flowers - 1 teaspoon,
Milk - 1 glass,
Honey - to taste.
Cooking method
1. Put acacia flowers in a saucepan and pour milk.
2. Put on fire and bring to a boil.
3. Cool and filter.
4. Add honey to taste.
5. We drink tincture 3 times a day, 1 tablespoon after meals.
Tincture of young branches of acacia with increased acidity of gastric juice, peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum, constipation
You will need:
Chopped white acacia bark - 1/2 teaspoon,
Water - 2 glasses.
Cooking method
1. Pour the chopped acacia bark with boiling water.
2. Leave to infuse for an hour.
3. Filter, cool.
4. Take 1/3-1/2 cup 3 times a day half an hour before meals.
Tincture of white acacia flowers for sciatica, cuts, wounds, thrombophlebitis
You will need:
White acacia flowers - 5 grams,
Vodka - 100 ml.
Cooking method
1. Fill the acacia flowers with white vodka.
2. We insist within 10 days.
3. We take 3 times a day half an hour before meals, 20-25 drops diluted in 1/2 glass of water.
4. With thrombophlebitis, swollen venous nodes should be lubricated with this infusion.
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Acacia honey can be used by patients with diabetes mellitus, since its processing does not require the pancreatic hormone insulin. And yet, acacia honey is considered "baby honey", it is very delicate, tasty and good for the gastrointestinal tract.
White acacia flowers mean purity. The white acacia tree is a symbol of immortality, as well as a tree that gives strength. A white acacia tree can reach a height of 20 meters. The leaves of the acacia are green, alternate, the length of the leaves is three times their width.
The birthplace of the white locust is North America. Acacia grows almost throughout Europe. Trees are cultivated in the Far East, in the Crimea, in Central Asia.
Collection and preparation of white acacia flowers. White acacia flowers are harvested for medicinal purposes during flowering. Collect flowers in a half-blown state, in dry weather. Dry in a well-ventilated area, lay out the flowers in a thin layer on paper. During drying, the flowers are turned over. Ready raw materials are stored in glass jars, cotton bags, paper bags. And the bark and leaves can be harvested from spring to September.
White acacia flowers are very fragrant and very delicate. The flowers are white, moth type and they are collected in dangling brushes. Acacia begins to bloom in May-June, depending on the region and weather conditions.
During the flowering of white acacia, I prepare white acacia for myself, because this is truly an excellent remedy that helps to cope with female diseases, it has an expectorant. The flowers are used for coughs and as an antipyretic.
White acacia. Medicinal properties.
White acacia flowers contain: essential oil, tannins, sugar, organic acids, flavonoids, vitamins, minerals, glycosides, pectins. An infusion, tincture, decoction is prepared from the flowers, used internally, as a rubbing, douching.
- White acacia flowers have antispasmodic properties.
- Flowers have antipyretic properties.
- Acacia flowers have anti-inflammatory healing properties.
- Acacia flowers are also used as an expectorant for coughs and bronchitis.
- Acacia has bactericidal properties.
- Acacia is used as a diuretic and mild laxative.
- An infusion of flowers is used as an antispasmodic.
- Also, acacia flowers are used as a hemostatic agent.
- White acacia is used for radiculitis, rheumatism, osteochondrosis.
Preparations prepared from white acacia flowers are used for colds, for coughing, for normalizing sleep and relieving nervous tension, for diseases of the mace-genital area, for pain in the stomach and intestines, for rheumatism, for sciatica, wounds. White acacia bark is used for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.
Acacia white. Application.
Quite widely white acacia is used in folk medicine.
Acacia flowers for women's diseases. With inflammatory diseases of the female genital area, they drink an infusion made from white acacia flowers. One tablespoon of flowers is poured with a glass of boiling water, insisted, filtered and taken in a tablespoon before meals, three times a day. Take within a month.
A decoction of white acacia flowers is very useful for women's diseases and is even used to treat infertility. With whites, it is very useful to chew fresh flowers of white acacia and swallow their juice.
White acacia flowers are used for douching in women's diseases. We add a tablespoon of flowers to half a liter of water, boil everything over low heat for about three minutes, insist, filter. Douche with warm decoction, 5-7 days.
With rheumatism, sciatica, with pain in the joints. Apply a tincture of acacia flowers, make rubbing with tincture, rub the tincture into the sore spot. To prepare the tincture you will need: 50 grams of white acacia flowers and half a liter of vodka. Acacia flowers pour a liter of vodka on the floor. Insist in a dark place for about 3 weeks, tincture should be shaken periodically.
For coughs, colds and as an antipyretic. A decoction of acacia flowers is used as an expectorant for coughs, and also as an antipyretic. A tablespoon of flowers is added to a glass of water, boiled for a couple of minutes on low heat, insisted and taken before meals, 1/3 of a glass, three times a day.
An infusion can be prepared from acacia flowers, for this a tablespoon of flowers is poured with a glass of boiling water, insisted for 25 minutes, filtered and taken with honey. Honey is better to eat as a bite, you can acacia. If you have the opportunity to purchase acacia honey, I highly recommend it, it is very tasty, fragrant and very healthy.
With a disorder of the nervous system. Take an alcohol tincture of white acacia flowers. To do this, half a liter jar is filled with white acacia flowers, filled with vodka to the top and left to infuse in a dark place for three weeks. Then filter and take a teaspoon several times a day.
For diseases of the oral cavity. With periodontal disease, with stomatitis, it is recommended to rinse the mouth with an infusion or decoction prepared from acacia flowers. Rinse with a decoction or infusion in a warm form. And also, oak bark is used to treat gums, for more information about the medicinal properties of oak bark, about the use and contraindications, you can read in the article “ Oak bark".
White acacia. Contraindications.
The use of white acacia is contraindicated during pregnancy and lactation.
With an overdose of preparations from white acacia, headache, nausea, weakness, and general malaise are possible.
Acacia bark preparations are used with caution, as it contains toxic substances that can cause poisoning.
It is also worth noting that before using white acacia preparations, it is best to consult with your doctor.
The healing properties of white acacia are really impressive, it does not bloom for a long time, so during the flowering period you can prepare white acacia for yourself.
