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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 ornament, 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 inflammations of the oral cavity, toothaches, skin problems, and women praised their effects in relieving menstrual cramps. Raspberry leaves can also help with stomach pain, feelings of “heaviness” and diarrhea. Few people know that in urinary tract inflammations they have the same effect as cranberries, flushing bacteria from the urinary tract and preventing 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 an important 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 the fight against varicose veins. You can find the recipe below.
You can make tea from raspberry leaves, or a medicinal compress that you simply apply to painful areas; it acts anti-inflammatory, antiseptic and relieves pain. To prepare tea, it is enough to pick, dry and crush the leaves – as with common herbs for tea. The tea can be drunk plain – it smells wonderfully of raspberries. It is excellent for fevers, throat inflammations, and also to relieve menstrual pain (then a combination of tea and a compress is good). It also helps with diarrhea, urinary tract inflammation and helps cleanse the body of toxins.
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 similar effects to, for example, aspirin. They also contain substances that are essential 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 can be crushed and used as a rejuvenating facial mask or on inflammations or acne. If you want to amplify the healing effect, rinse the mask off with a decoction of raspberry leaves. Raspberry salve – freshly pressed juice from raspberry leaves mixed with pork lard has been traditionally used on swollen, reddened or painful areas of the skin.
Tincture against varicose veins, for sore stomach, for diarrhea and menstrual pains!
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 additive to a bath.
For its production, it is enough to pour fresh raspberry leaves with alcohol or Alpa so that the leaves are always well submerged and the alcohol reaches about 1 cm above them. First wash the leaves thoroughly and make cuts in them. Then just put them in a bottle and pour brandy about 1 cm above the leaves. Close the bottle and place it in a dark place and let it macerate for 14 days. Stir periodically. After the infusion period has passed, 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 the late stage of pregnancy helps with childbirth, but in earlier stages could trigger spontaneous abortion.
Clover should be known especially to 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 acts beneficially on breast pain caused by hormonal changes during menopause.
- It regulates irregular menstruation.
- Prevention of breast cancer.
- Keeps the 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 a fresh one is prepared each time.
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 wash wounds with the decoction.
Clover tincture
Press 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 fill it into a dark glass container.
Clover tincture is used both externally and internally. Externally in the form of 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 flowers of the clover and leave them in the shade for a few hours so that small bugs can crawl out of the 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 gently heat.
- The active ingredients are released best at a temperature of approximately 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 gauze and fill the oil into dark glass bottles.
Women, get to know its power and you truly will not regret it!
Lady’s mantle is a medicinal herb that grows in clean environments – on the edge of forests, meadows, clearings, or on higher hills. It grows to about 25 centimeters in height and is really not hard 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 the following:
- regulates the menstrual cycle and treats menstrual disorders,
- improves fertility in women and men, relieves menstrual cramps, heavy bleeding and vaginal discharges,
- cleanses the reproductive organs, supports the function of the ovaries and uterus,
- during menopause it alleviates or even removes most negative symptoms associated with hormonal changes,
- cares for the health of female genital organs, prevention of uterine cancer,
- protects the heart and blood vessels,
- helps regeneration after childbirth – strengthens the slack connective tissue of the uterus,
- helps with anemia,
- removes muscle weakness,
- diuretic effects, drains excess fluid, cleanses the urinary tract and kidneys, supports and cleanses the liver,
- supports the healing of the skin, wounds, burns, skin diseases,
- disinfects wounds
- normalizes blood pressure, during menopause removes hot flashes, improves overall well-being,
- improves sleep quality, calms the nervous system.
Harvesting
From lady’s mantle we harvest the flowers, stems and also the 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 very well both fresh and dried.
How to take 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 2 times 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, sleep disorders, water retention or problems with bowel movements.
