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The best help for women over 40. Definitely don’t miss these plants – they are completely free and their effects are truly amazing. Raspberry and blackberry leaves, as well as herbs like clover and lady’s mantle.
Raspberry and blackberry leaves – every woman’s best friend
They are not just a green decoration, they are full of vitamins – especially the valuable vitamin B12, nutrients and rare organic acids that are literally an elixir of life for our body.
Our ancestors used them to treat oral inflammations, toothaches, skin problems and women praised their effects for easing menstrual cramps. Raspberry leaves can also help with stomach pain, feelings of “heaviness” and with diarrhea. Few people know that for urinary tract inflammations they have the same effect as cranberries, flushing bacteria from the urinary tract and acting to prevent their return.
For women, raspberry and blackberry leaves are especially useful – they can help with painful menstrual cramps, hormonal changes during menopause and were once used to facilitate natural childbirth. Raspberry leaves stimulate the uterine muscles, which play a significant role especially in the late stages of pregnancy. In addition, they are a guarantee of beauty and youthful appearance – decoctions from them were commonly added to baths for “beautiful skin”. Raspberry leaves are also a tremendous aid in fighting varicose veins. The recipe can be found below.
You can make tea from raspberry leaves, or a medicinal compress that you simply apply to painful areas; it works anti-inflammatory, antiseptic and relieves pain. To prepare the tea, it is enough to pick, dry and crush the leaves – as with regular herbs for tea. The tea can be drunk on its own – it smells wonderfully of raspberries. It is excellent, however, for fevers, throat inflammations, and also for reducing menstrual pain (then a combination of tea and compress is good). It also helps with diarrhea, urinary tract inflammation and also helps cleanse the body of harmful substances.
You can leave artificial vitamins at the pharmacy
Replace them with raspberry leaves, they have a high content of vitamins A, B, C, E and iron. Thanks to the content of mineral salts and tannins they have effects similar to, for example, aspirin. They also contain substances that are necessary for beautiful hair and nails. Women even washed their hair with a decoction of raspberry leaves and had strong, healthy and beautifully shiny hair.
Fresh raspberry leaves are crushed and can be used as a restorative mask for the face or for inflammation or acne. If you want to amplify the healing effect, wash the mask off with a decoction of raspberry leaves. Raspberry salve – freshly squeezed juice from raspberry leaves mixed with pork lard has been used for ages on swollen, red or painful spots on the skin.
Tincture against varicose veins, for an aching stomach, for diarrhea and menstrual pain!
You can prepare a tincture from raspberry leaves that can be taken for health problems in the amount of 3 ml three times a day. For external use it is applied to the affected area (varicose veins, acne, eczema). It is also excellent as an addition to a bath.
To make it, simply pour alcohol or Alpa over fresh raspberry leaves so that the leaves are always well submerged and the alcohol reaches about 1 cm above them. First, wash the leaves thoroughly and score them. Then just put them in a bottle and pour spirit about 1 cm above the leaves. Close the bottle and place it in a dark place to macerate for 14 days. Stir occasionally. After the infusion period, strain the tincture and store it in a dark container.
Drinking raspberry tea is not recommended for pregnant women up to the 34th week of pregnancy – precisely because of uterine stimulation, which in late pregnancy helps with delivery, but in earlier stages could induce a spontaneous abortion.
Clover should be known especially by women over 40
- It contains substances known as isoflavones, which act like the hormone estrogen in the body. It is used to treat hot flashes and other symptoms of menopause.
- It has beneficial effects for breast pain caused by hormonal changes during menopause.
- It regulates irregular menstruation.
- Prevention of breast cancer.
- Keeps skin firm, wrinkle-free, nourished and youthful.
- Provides relief for gout and rheumatism.
- Excellent as a detox – removes toxins from the body
- Helps with diarrhea and digestive problems.
How to use clover?
Tea
The simplest option is to prepare tea. Simply pour 2 teaspoons of dried flowers with 250 ml of hot water and let steep for 5 to 10 minutes. Strain and drink. The tea is drunk 3 times a day, and it is always prepared fresh.
Compress
Pour 2 tablespoons of flowers with 300 ml of boiling water and let steep for 20 minutes. Strain and apply as a compress to wounds or simply rinse wounds with the decoction.
Clover tincture
Pack the flowers into a small glass container. Pour white alcohol (40%) over them and close the container. Close the container and leave it in a warm, dark place for three weeks. Gently shake every other day so that the active ingredients dissolve better. Strain the finished tincture and pour into a dark glass container.
Clover tincture is used both externally and internally. Externally as compresses for gout, rheumatism and skin problems. Internal use (1 teaspoon before bed) is recommended to alleviate menopausal problems, for diarrhea and to cleanse the body.
Medicinal clover oil
- Collect the purple clover flowers and leave them in the shade for a few hours so that any small beetles can crawl out of the flower heads.
- Then put them into a jar and pour oil over them (ideally virgin) so that all parts of the plant are covered.
- Place the jar in a water bath and heat gently.
- The active ingredients are best released at a temperature of about 40 °C.
- Leave in the water bath for about 90 minutes.
- Then remove from the heat and let rest for another two to three days at room temperature.
- Press the flowers through a filter or cheesecloth and fill the oil into dark glass bottles.
Women, discover its power and you really won’t regret it!
Lady’s mantle is a medicinal herb that grows in clean environments – on forest edges, meadows, clearings, or on higher hills. It grows to about 25 centimeters in height and it is really not difficult to find.
The miracle called lady’s mantle
Every woman should know it!
Lady’s mantle is literally a miracle for women’s health, it can do all of this:
- regulates the menstrual cycle and treats menstrual disorders,
- improves fertility in women and men, relieves menstrual cramps, heavy bleeding and vaginal discharges,
- cleanses the genital tract, supports the function of the ovaries and uterus,
- during menopause it reduces or even eliminates most negative symptoms associated with hormonal changes,
- cares for the health of female sexual organs, prevention of uterine cancer,
- protects the heart and blood vessels,
- helps regeneration after childbirth – strengthens weakened uterine connective tissue,
- helps with anemia,
- eliminates muscle weakness,
- diuretic effects, drains fluids, cleanses the urinary tract and kidneys, supports and cleanses the liver,
- supports the healing of skin, injuries, burns, skin diseases,
- disinfects wounds
- normalizes blood pressure, during menopause eliminates hot flashes, improves overall well-being,
- improves sleep quality, calms the nervous system.
Harvesting
From lady’s mantle we harvest flowers, stems and also leaves. We collect the flowering tops from spring until summer (from May to August during its flowering), leaves can be collected from August to September. Lady’s mantle can be used excellently both fresh and dried.
How to use it?
Prepare a medicinal tea from lady’s mantle
We need:
- 1 teaspoon of dried lady’s mantle
- 400 ml of water
Procedure:
Pour boiling water over the lady’s mantle and let steep for 20 minutes. Then drink the warm tea 2x a day, 200 – 250 ml before breakfast and dinner. Such a cure can be used for 1 – 3 months, until your problems improve. This lady’s mantle tea helps with irregular menstruation, painful or heavy bleeding, fertility problems, during menopause, with sleep disorders, fluid retention or poor bowel movements.
