How to take aspen bark for diabetes in order to achieve maximum effect and improve the general condition of the body, as well as normalize the functioning of many organs and systems? You can learn more about this from our article. It’s no wonder that this tree is popularly called mystical, because thanks to its strength and healing properties it can prevent the development of various ailments. A powerful natural antiseptic, which, thanks to the herbal insulin substitutes it contains, helps reduce blood glucose levels. Sugar disease is a very insidious disease, requiring an individual approach and the development of special diets. In folk medicine, there are a large number of recipes for infusions and tinctures using various effective ingredients, in particular with tree bark.
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Why is it effective for type 2 diabetes?
The main essence of any method of treating diabetes is to reduce blood glucose levels.
All those negative processes that make the life of a person with diabetes mellitus incomplete are due to its excessive amount. Therefore, all attention to the question: how does aspen bark regulate the concentration of glucose in the blood? Type 2 diabetes mellitus (in other words, the insulin-independent form) is characterized by chronic hyperglycemia, which is caused by incomplete or incorrect interaction of insulin and tissue elements. In other words, this endocrine disease makes cells and tissues resistant to insulin.
Therefore, the goal of therapeutic action is to normalize carbohydrate metabolism and reduce the formation of glucose in the liver.
In addition, it is necessary to stimulate the cells to produce additional insulin and create its plasma concentration at physiological concentrations.
The composition of the bark includes glycosides (consisting of a sugary and non-sugary component), minerals, essential oils, salicylase (a special oxidative enzyme that causes redox processes), anthocyanins, flavonoids (special substances that play an important role in the metabolism of substances), pectins, sterols (analogues of cholesterol), resins and tannins (preventing decay processes).
This chemical composition can affect glucose metabolism in the body.
How to prepare a remedy?
Preparatory stage
Counting on a good therapeutic effect after using products based on aspen bark, you need to be confident in the quality of the raw materials used. Thus, the bark should be collected in an environmentally friendly area, away from highways and chemical industry zones.
After collection, it must be cleaned (cobwebs, insects, dust), dried and crushed almost into powder. Drying of raw materials should exclude direct sunlight and moisture, and should take place in a ventilated area.
It is better to store prepared raw materials in linen bags or cardboard boxes (to ensure free air exchange), excluding proximity to odorous household chemicals.
The actual preparation of the infusion
Take two teaspoons of aspen bark powder, pour one and a half cups of boiling water over them and let it brew for half an hour. Cooling should occur naturally. The medicine is considered ready when its temperature is equal to room temperature. Recommendations for use: half a glass immediately after waking up in the morning.
What is the difference between the decoction?
As you know, the difference between infusions and decoctions lies in the raw materials used (the whole plant or its individual parts) and the method of preparing the product. As a result, infusions are absorbed faster, but are not retained in the body. Decoctions, on the contrary, have a delayed effect, but are longer lasting.
Thus, a decoction of aspen bark is also an effective herbal medicine, for the preparation of which you will need raw material powder and boiling water (pour 2 teaspoons of aspen bark into one and a half cups of boiling water. Be sure to boil in a water bath for 20 minutes. Slow boiling will enhance the extraction of beneficial substances into the liquid and will give the product the components necessary for treatment.
With the help of a decoction, the decrease in blood sugar will occur gradually.
About healing tea
The healing properties of aspen bark tea will depend on the method of its preparation. It is best to prepare the tea leaves in a thermos. To do this, pour 50 g of aspen bark with a glass of boiling water and pour it into a heat-resistant kettle or thermos. It should take at least an hour for the tea to be ready to drink.
It is allowed to add pure boiling water to the so-called tea leaves before use. However, its quantity should not exceed a quarter of the volume of the fixed asset.
To ensure success, it is recommended to prepare and consume this product daily for two weeks. There is another way to prepare a decoction. Its difference from the above option is that dry raw materials are filled with cold water. After this, the vessel is placed on the fire and the contents are brought to a boil, which continues for half an hour. After removing from the heat, such a decoction should be wrapped and left for another 12-15 hours.
How to collect and store
Aspen bark is collected from early spring until the first frost; the peak of harvesting usually occurs in June - the period of the most active movement of juices. Although you need to know that the bark of this tree is most useful immediately after winter ends. Go “hunting” to clean places away from roads. Take a walk through an aspen grove and take a closer look: not all bark is suitable for medicinal preparations.
Aspen Grove
Only the bark of young trees or thin branches with a diameter of up to ten centimeters is harvested for medicinal purposes. The young bark is lighter and smoother, grayish-green, with a reddish velvety base.
Young aspen bark
The old bark is dark and rough, it is furrowed with deep wrinkles, cracks and growths of moss. The older the aspen “clothes” are, the less healing power remains in it. Walk past such a tree or pay attention to its branches to collect bark.
Old aspen bark is not suitable for medicinal preparations
Fresh bark is easily separated from the trunk. You need to select areas with the smoothest, glossiest covers, draw two horizontal lines around the perimeter of the trunk or branch with a sharp knife, and then connect these circles with a shallow vertical cut. Now all that remains is to carefully lift the edge of the bark along a vertical line with a knife blade and gradually, rolling it into a roll, remove fresh bark from the trunk.
Don’t worry: with this manipulation you will not destroy the tree - by the next season the aspen will be completely restored and new bark will grow at the site of the cut. The main thing is not to make cuts on the tree too deep, so as not to damage its wood. The collected medicinal raw materials are laid out in the sun or dried over low heat in the oven with the door ajar. You can dry the whole bark, or you can immediately tear it into small pieces - this will speed up the process and will not in any way affect the preservation of its healing qualities.
Crushed aspen bark is a ready-made medicinal raw material for folk remedies.
Well-dried bark is ground into powder or fine fractions to facilitate the brewing process. Healing raw materials are stored in tightly closed containers, protected from light and moisture, for three years.
How to enhance the effect of taking aspen bark products?
Considering that, like any herbal medicine, the body can respond individually, the use of aspen bark-based products should be agreed upon with the attending physician. During the consultation, he should find out:
- what concomitant chronic diseases?
- Does the patient have hypersensitivity to one or more components of the product?
- What are the clinical blood test indicators?
- What is the anamnesis (history of development) of the underlying disease?
Based on the data obtained, a reliable assessment of the expected effectiveness of the prescribed treatment will be made. Most likely, the doctor will warn that treatment for type 2 diabetes should be carried out under the control of blood sugar levels, even with a glucometer for independent home use.
The use of aspen bark-based products will be useless if you continue to smoke, drink alcohol, eat heavy and unhealthy foods, and disrupt your sleep patterns. Such physiological aspects are relevant not only for lowering blood sugar, but also for the general strengthening of the body and restoration of its own immunity.
How is aspen useful?
The bark, buds, and leaves of aspen, a native Russian tree, have been used to treat many diseases since ancient times. It was believed that this vampire plant takes away disease and negative energy from a person.
The hypoglycemic capabilities of the product are ensured by its unique composition. All its ingredients not only help control glycemia, but also have a positive effect on the functioning of internal organs.
For example, salicin, a natural analogue of aspirin, helps with inflammation and joint diseases.
Aspen wood is rich in other valuable compounds:
- Tannic and ether compounds;
- Salicylase enzymes;
- Glycosides – salicortin, salicin, populin;
- A complex of microelements - iodine, zinc, iron, nickel, cobalt.
If you regularly use a decoction of the bark, a diabetic can improve blood counts. This will help avoid serious complications characteristic of uncompensated diabetes.
Long-term treatment with aspen bark promotes:
- Improvement of metabolic processes and renewal of cell membranes;
- Restoring the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract;
- Strengthening immune forces;
- Stimulation of endogenous insulin production;
- Stabilization of sugar levels;
- Speedy healing of wounds;
- Normalization of central nervous system functions.
Treatment with aspen bark and its medicinal properties for diabetes help normalize water and acid-base balances. For diabetics with the second type of disease, the decoction helps relieve inflammation; its bactericidal and antifungal capabilities allow them to restore the health of the skin.
Frequent trips to the toilet at night are a problem for all diabetics with type 2 of the disease. You can eliminate any urinary disorders with the help of aspen bark or leaves.
It is important that the capabilities of the cortex make it possible to treat not only the underlying disease, but also its numerous complications:
- Liver and gastric dysfunctions;
- Diseases of the genitourinary system (including prostate adenoma!);
- Dyspeptic disorders;
- Dysentery, irregular bowel movements;
- Flatulence and feverish conditions;
- Renal pathologies such as urethritis, cystitis, urinary incontinence.
Decoctions and inflammations will relieve inflammation, soothe coughs, alleviate colds, fever, and help heal frostbite. Choleretic aspen bitterness activates the work of the liver and bile ducts (even cirrhosis of the liver is treatable!), and is also effective against helminths.
To treat hemorrhoids, bark powder is mixed with lard or baby cream and applied to problem areas until symptoms disappear.
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