Coltsfoot is a medicinal plant which grows in the moisture hill and mountain areas and has emollient, expectorant, pectoral, antispasmodic, bronchial cough, respiratory antiseptic, and diuretic, diaphoretic, depurative, tonic, appetizer, anti-inflammatory and astringent properties.
Coltsfoot leaves are dried in cool places at stable temperature.
Is used as simple or combined with other plats as teas, syrups, tinctures, poultice and compresses in dried and fresh form.
Coltsfoot contains tannins, mucilage, bitter principles, volatile oil, carotenoids and minerals and is used as internal and external remedy.
Coltsfoot has a wide variety of diseases and problems application in tobacco chronic bronchitis and asthma, pleurisy, emphysema, flu, cold, dry cough and whooping, laryngitis, tuberculosis and irritable colon, kidney, stomach and bladder tonsillitis, hoarseness, pulmonary silicosis, tuberculosis, kidney and genital rickets in children, scrofula, phlebitis, swelling in the legs with phlebitis, wounds, superficial wounds, erysipelas, boils, cuts, ulcers, scrofulous ulcers, inflammations and insect bites.
As internally infusion and decoction, coltsfoot leaves and flowers are used in cough, bronchitis, laryngitis, convalescence, asthma, emphysema, dyspepsia, bile disorders, scurvy and smoking.
As externally decoction, compresses coltsfoot leaves are used in scalp problems, burns, scabby, scab, swelling, sores, sprains, skin ulcers, wounds and rheumatic diseases. Also coltsfoot flowers as an infusion, decoction and compress are used in seborrhea problems.
In combination with mullein flowers, honey – bear and plantain leafs is used as expectorant for asthma, bronchial disorders and for those who want quit smoking.
In combination with honey is used in treatment of dermatological disorders, varicose veins, wounds, abscesses and erysipelas.
In combination with chamomile, birch leaves and oregano has good effects on pneumonia.
In combination with blackberry and birch leaves is used for adjustment of metabolism overweight.
Have good effects in combination with leaves of birch, hawthorn fruit and licorice root in hypertension affections.
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