Application of medicinal plants in sports medicine

06 September 2017, 21:58 | Health
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Herbal preparations are widely used in modern sports medicine at all stages of training athletes both to increase adaptation to the loads and to treat pathological conditions, they practically do not change the normal functions of the body and have no side effects, without being toxic and doping substances.

Herbal preparations are widely used in modern sports medicine at all stages of training athletes both to increase adaptation to the loads and to treat pathological conditions, they practically do not change the normal functions of the body and have no side effects, without being toxic and doping substances.

If you need to improve physical and mental performance, tolerance of stresses, resistance to various unfavorable factors (cold, heat, thirst, hunger, psychoemotional stresses and t. ), then without drugs, adaptogens are indispensable.

Adaptogens are medicines of natural origin, obtained from medicinal plants for millennia mainly in the countries of the Far East and South-East Asia.

Presumably, the main mechanism of action is their tonic effect on the central nervous system and through it to all other systems and organs of the body. Adaptogens allow you to increase the volume and intensity of training loads, improve tone and performance. All this, without increasing directly the muscle mass, contributes to the overall stimulation of the body and allows you to solve the set training tasks. Adaptogens are not recommended for use with increased nervous excitability, epilepsy, insomnia, hypertension, heart rhythm disturbances, fever, and children under 16 years. The most popular medicinal product of this group is ginseng, which exerts a tonic effect, stimulates metabolism, efficiency, contributes to overcoming general weakness, fatigue, exhaustion. Athletes are used in cases of overtraining, states of decay, depressions. Spirituous tincture of ginseng root is taken on 20-25 drops 2 times a day before meals (in the morning).

Course 10-15 days. Ginseng capsules (available in various combinations with honey, bees' milk) are taken 1-3 times a day. Saparal - tablets containing the sum of glycosides, obtained from the roots of Manchu aralia, are used to prevent fatigue, more often after training. Take after eating 1 table. 2-3 times a day with a course of 20-30 days. With muscle fatigue, asthenia, it is possible to recommend the coursework of the zamanichi high, especially after the off-season (in the state of overtraining), with the ability to work in long physical exertion. Take 30-40 drops of lure 2 times a day before meals. The golden root (rhodiola rosea) is considered the king of plant psychostimulants and, in addition to the properties common to all adaptogens, further aggravates sight and hearing and increases the body's response. Extract from rhodiola rosea rhizomes are taken by 5-10 drops 2 times a day with a course of 10-20 days. Also stimulates the nervous system tincture and levzeya safflower extract (maral root) for 15-20 drops 2 times a day in the morning 2-3 weeks. Schisandra Chinese has been used for centuries by the indigenous inhabitants of the Far East as a stimulant that increases physical performance, is used in the form of a decoction, tincture or tablets. With general weakness, lethargy, fatigue, a bad mood, a decrease in muscle tone, asthenia, after suffering from infectious diseases, it is possible to take stikulia platanolide preparations that have a sufficiently mild effect. Course of treatment - up to 1 month. Eleutherococcus spiny is taken for the same indications as other adaptogenes, which in addition stimulates immunity, regulates the processes of inhibition and excitation. It is applied as a dragee and extract 2 times a day for at least 25-30 days.

In sports medicine, a variety of means of plant origin for all occasions. At sports traumas - bruises, hematomas, the use of arnica is recommended, with external use it has hemostatic, anti-inflammatory and wound-healing effect. As a fortifying agent, with a decline in strength, neuroses, in competitions in hot climates, in conditions of the middle reaches, gentian preparations of pulmonary and yellow are used, which are also recommended for athletes to mitigate monthly bleeding. A thousand-year-old gold-bearer acts as a stimulant, stimulates blood formation, restores strength after infectious diseases. Notable painkiller, anti-inflammatory, bactericidal effect is wormwood wormwood. Favorable action this herb has in the pain caused by stretching ligaments and tendons. Berry sea buckthorn berries are polyvitaminic raw materials (vitamins A, B1, B2, C, E), have a general strengthening effect. The same properties are possessed by the hips, known as a source of vitamins, especially ascorbic acid. Even Tibetan medicine recommended dogrose for neurasthenic, infectious diseases, anemia, flaccid wounds, it is also able to normalize the metabolism, has good detoxification properties. Athletes are shown both during training and competition, and in the recovery period.

During the period of responsible contests, sleep disturbances are quite often observed, which hinders successful performances. For the normalization of sleep a number of medicinal plants with a calming, sedative effect. The queen of such herbal remedies is the blue-eyed lazuli with 10-12 times more potent action than valerian. It is used in the form of a decoction of 6-10 g for 200-300 ml of water (1 tablespoon 2 times a day after meals). Motherwort is used in the form of infusion of grass and alcohol tincture.

Valerian officinalis has a pronounced sedative effect, is available in a wide variety of forms - infusions, tinctures, extracts, dragees. To "vegetative sleeping pills" also include passionflower incarnate and common oregano. Peony evading (marjin root) is used as a sedative for insomnia, increased nervousness in a dose of 20-30 drops 3 times a day. Peony acts sedately without affecting blood pressure, breathing and many other functions of the body, which is very important in sports medicine.

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