Hyssop

Throughout time, hyssop has been prescribed by doctors for a wealth of different medical conditions. Other than as a sedative and a stimulant, hyssop has traditionally been used as an expectorant, an antispasmodic, an emmenagogue (which stimulates menustruation), a carminative (which aids digestion), a peripheral vasodilator, an anticatarrhal, an anti-inflammatory, a tonic and a sweat inducer.

However, hyssop is primarily used to treat chronic catarrh, bronchitis and coughs, as well as for the tonic effects it produces when used to treat the urinary, digestive, bronchial and nervous systems.

Additionally, to treat tinnitus and inflammation, doctors regularly use hot hyssop decoction vapors.

Listed below are some common uses of hyssop.

Ayurveda trusts in healing humanity through the five major senses namely the sense of sight, sense of sound, sense of touch, sense of taste and the sense of smell.

Using ayurvedic essential oils in bath and in abhyanga, the art of ayurvedic massaging treats illnesses of the mind and body through the sense of touch and the sense of smell.

Excess of kapha dosha is responsible for respiratory problems like cold, cough, chest congestion, nasal congestion and breathing difficulties.

Hyssop essential oil controls excess kapha and assists in relieving respiratory disorders including heavy catarrhal conditions.

This oil also has expectorant, decongestant and diuretic properties that help in expelling excess of phlegm and mucus deposits in the chest, bronchial and nasal passages.

Whenever we are wounded or get a cut or abrasion, our first worry is that the wound might become septic.

If it is from an iron object, then there remains a chance of it becoming infected by tetanus.

Hyssop oil, applied on wounds, might help us avoid both of the above situations.

Since it is an antiseptic substance, it prevents infections from developing in the wounds.

Deep cuts will heal quicker and the scar marks left by them will disappear sooner if hyssop oil is applied to them.

It is equally beneficial to fade away the after spots of boils, pox, infections, and insect bites.

This oil facilitates digestion.

Being a stimulant, it stimulates the secretion of gastric juices like acids, enzymes, and bile into the stomach, which speeds up the decomposition of complex proteins, carbohydrates and other nutrients.

It also facilitates the passage of these foods through the intestines by stimulating peristaltic motion, thereby optimizing the absorption of these nutrients by intestinal villi.

Hyssop essential oil can also speed up detoxification of your body, removal of excess water and sodium, loss of fats and reduction in blood pressure just by promoting a single thing a urination.

It increases the frequency of urination and the quantity of urine as well.

This has other benefits too.

Hyssop essential oil keeps your heart healthy, aids digestion and also reduces the formation of gas.

When fever is due to infections, it helps reduce it by fighting infections.

When fever is due to an accumulation of toxins in the body, this oil reduces it by promoting the removal of toxins from the body through urination.

Hyssop oil also brings about sweating, which helps bring down a personas temperature in cases of very high fever.

This property of hyssop essential oil can help women with irregular, obstructed, painful, or exhausting menstruation.

This oil opens up menses, makes it regular and also helps overcome symptoms related with menses like nausea, headache, pain in lower abdomen, fatigue, loss of appetite, and mood swings.

This is yet another beneficial property of hyssop essential oil.

It is an expectorant.

This is a good remedy to loosen phlegm that has been tightly deposited in the respiratory tracts.

This keeps the respiratory warm and stops any further deposition of phlegm in it.

Moreover, it helps to cure the infections due to the common cold.

Hyssop has anti-septic properties that make this herb an essential cure for treating all kinds of septic wounds, cuts and abrasions.

It stops infections from developing and is known to assuage pain and inflammation too.

Whatas more, it is known to offer instant relief from insect bites and large wounds and stop bacteria and fungus from causing further infection.

Hyssop concoction is known to offer ease against irregular periods.

Women with poor flow or other period problems can resort to this herbal cure to alleviate their stress.

It is known to alleviate period cramps, and also used to treat fatigue, nausea and cure loss of appetite.

Hyssop is primarily used to assuage all digestive, respiratory and other external illnesses.

It is easily absorbed by the body and reaches the bloodstream and is known to relieve distress easily.

Hyssop has astringent properties too that helps skin, gums, tissues, blood vessels, muscles of limbs and abdomen from contracting.

This prevents muscles and skin from shrinking, averts the risk of blood vessel haemhorrage and reduces the chances of loosening of teeth.

*indiscriminate self-supplementing may cause serious harm! blood sugar reducing herbs and spices can be dangerous if you are a type 1 diabetic, experience hypoglycemia, or are on insulin medication. Excess use of the same herb or spice day-in day-out, on a long-term basis, may cause body function changes and possibly illness. Unfortunately, pesticides and preservatives are commonly used in the production of popular spices. Therefore, buy herbal remedies and spices from credible, known sources only.

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