Treatment of vitamin deficiency with folk remedies

Avitaminosis is a group of diseases that are different in clinical manifestations, developing as a result of severe vitamin deficiencies in the body (beriberi, pellagra, scurvy, etc.).

Causes of avitaminosis: night blindness - lack of vitamin A, beriberi - lack of vitamin B ₁ , scurvy - a lack of vitamin C, rickets - a lack of vitamin D, pellagra - a lack of vitamin PP. However, most often there is a simultaneous lack of several vitamins - polyvitaminosis. Sometimes the cause of vitamin deficiencies is not the deficiency of vitamins in food, but the increased need for them in the body (very low or, conversely, very high air temperature, physical overload, stress, pregnancy and lactation, poor vitamin digestibility, etc.).

Signs of avitaminosis: general malaise, weakness, decreased immunity, bleeding gums, with acute avitaminosis increased fragility of blood vessels in the popliteal fossa and calf muscles.

Recipes of traditional medicine for the treatment of beriberi:

• 100 g of well washed and crushed young leaves of birch pour 2 cups of boiling water, insist for 3-4 hours, drain. Drink a glass 2-3 times a day with a lack of vitamin C.
• Fruits of rose hips, raspberry leaves, currants and cranberries gather in the same proportion. Two tablespoons of the crushed mixture pour in a thermos in the evening 0.5 liters of boiling water, and in the morning, strain and drink 1/2 cup 3-4 times a day as a multivitamin, restorative, anti-inflammatory and diuretic.
• A tablespoon of the crushed rose hips and mountain ash to pour 200 ml of boiling water, to insist for 4 hours. Drink 1/2 cup 3 times a day.
• Vitamin tea from the fruit of the Kalina has a tonic and calming effect. Spread a tablespoon of fruit with a glass of boiling water, insist 1-2 hours, drain. Drink 1/2 cup 2 times a day.
• A tablespoon with the top of the aspen cortex or kidneys pour 0.5 liters of boiling water, boil for 10-15 minutes. Infuse 3 hours, wrapped. Drink tea like 1 cup 3 times a day, sweetening with honey. You can apply a tincture of the kidneys on vodka or alcohol. Take 20-40 drops per day.
• When scurvy you need to drink lemon water and rinse it with your mouth (squeezing the juice of 1 lemon into a glass of water). Also very useful in this disease is lemons, sliced ​​and lightly sprinkled with sugar. Very effective and other citrus - oranges, tangerines, grapefruits.
• Fruits of ashberry ordinary contain vitamins C, P, carotene, organic acids. Rowan can be used as a vitamin remedy. Two tablespoons of dried berries of mountain ash fill in a thermos of 0.5 liters of boiling water, insist 1-2 hours, strain and drink 1/3 cup 3 times a day as a general restorative.
• Black currant is very rich in vitamin C. For the preparation of infusion 2 tablespoons of berries pour 2 cups of boiling water and press for 1 hour. To drink during the day. In spring it is possible to cut young branches of currant, finely cut them, boil in water for 7-10 minutes. Such a decoction should be drunk as tea.
• When beriberi, weakened by the disease of the body, it is recommended to drink medicinal tea. Take equal parts of dried herb peppermint, oregano, thyme, St. John's wort, inflorescences or immature berries, raspberry, blackberry (kidney, leaves, berries), strawberries (leaves, berries), mix everything, brew like tea and drink in a glass 3 times a day.
• Vitamin tea: fruits of cowberry - 2 parts, rosehips - 3 parts, leaves of nettle - 3 parts. Shredded raw materials mix well, mix 4 teaspoons of the mixture with a glass of boiling water, insist 3-4 hours, strain and drink a glass 2-3 times a day.
• Mix 3 parts of rose hips, 1 part of blackcurrant fruit, 3 parts of nettle leaves, 3 parts of carrot root. The tablespoon of the collection should be brewed with 2 cups of boiling water, boiled for 10 minutes, insist in a well closed dish for 4 hours in a cool, dark place, drain. Drink 1/2 cup 3 times a day.
• Rowan (fruits) - 60 g, raspberries (fruits) - 10 g, currants (leaves) - 5 g. A tablespoon of the mixture is poured in 0.5 l of boiling water, boiled for 10 minutes, insisted in a tightly closed container and drink 0.5 cups 3 times a day.
• From the needles, washed in cold water, and sugar, they cook jam and drink tea from scurvy. To prepare the broth, 20-30 g of washed needles pour 150 ml of water, boil 20 minutes in winter and 40 minutes in summer. Drink during the day in 2 divided doses. For the preparation of the present it is necessary to pour 4 cups of needles in the winter with 3 cups of cooled boiled water, acidify 2 teaspoons of diluted medical hydrochloric acid, insist 3 days in a dark place and strain. Drink 1/2 cup 2 times a day, sweetening to taste.

Diet. To prevent and treat vitamin deficiencies, it is recommended to eat foods rich in vitamins, the absence of which caused beriberi.
The content of vitamin A and carotene in certain foods (in mg per 100 g of product) is characterized by the following data:

The daily requirement for vitamin A is from 1 to 2.5 mg, and in carotene - from 2 to 5 mg.
Vitamin B1 is found mainly in products of plant origin. Particularly rich in vitamin B1 yeast, outer parts and seeds of cereals and legumes. From animal products are rich in vitamin B1 milk, eggs, liver, heart, kidneys. The daily requirement of an organism in vitamin В1 is defined approximately in 2-3 mg.
Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is formed in plants and accumulates in leaves, fruits, tubers, roots. Below is the content of vitamin C in plant products (in mg per 100 g of product):
Walnuts are green 700-3000
Rosehip (flesh of the fruit) 1000-4000
Black currant 100-400
Needles of pine and spruce 150-250
Rowan 46-100
White cabbage 25-68
The daily norm of vitamin C is at least 70 mg.
Vitamin D is found mainly in animal products - fat from fish liver, butter, milk, egg yolk, caviar, fish entrails, liver and kidneys of animals. The plants contain provitamin D, which turns into vitamin D when irradiated with ultraviolet rays.
The most important products containing vitamin PP (nicotinic acid) are milk, bread, liver, kidneys, heart of cattle, lean meat, fish, eggs, tomatoes, green peas, buckwheat, mushrooms. A daily portion of rye bread in 500 grams of a person completely covers the need for vitamin PP.