Kalanchoe - home doctor and beautician
 Many houses on the window is growing kalanchoe, some people use this plant for medicinal purposes, but not everyone knows that the Kalanchoe will become more and more beautiful.

Kalanchoe   - Kalanchoe   - Herbaceous perennial evergreen succulent plant of the family Crassulaceae. Kalanchoe grows wild in the tropics, in its genus of about 200 species.

Kalanchoe plant is unpretentious. At home, in our country, usually grown Kalanchoe pinnate . He has a short root branching.

The stem is thick and 45 - 150 cm tall, woody at the base. The leaves are thick, juicy, green petioles, with teeth on edge. Right on the leaves of the young brood buds appear plants, which then fall down and take root in the ground.

With proper care kalanchoe blooms in winter. The flowers are large enough are collected in terminal racemes - panicle.

 Kalanchoe - home doctor and beautician


More homes and offices can be found Kalanchoe Degremon . He also has a thick tall stem. The leaves are gray-green, toothed on the edge, and also covered with the children.

In medicine and cosmetics used Kalanchoe pinnate . Its stalks and leaves contain vitamins C, D, proteins, malic, oxalic, acetic, citric, isocitric acid, enzymes, polysaccharides, flavonoids, tannins, potassium, magnesium, aluminum, iron, calcium, silicon, silicon, manganese, copper .

Kalanchoe juice heals wounds, stops bleeding, helps with burns and frostbite. His buried at a cold, they treat a sore throat and toothache, it is used in dental stomatitis, periodontal disease and other diseases of the gums and oral mucosa.

The juice is instilled into the eyes during inflammation 1-2 drops.

When otitis, juice impregnated swabs and put in a sore ear.

When taken orally it improves the immune system, purifies the blood, prevents the formation of blood clots, treats stomach ulcers. Kalanchoe juice is used for prevention of influenza, SARS and the common cold.

 Kalanchoe - home doctor and beautician


The leaves are cut and applied to warts, which are rapidly disappearing.

Official medicine is made of feathery leaves of Kalanchoe drug "Juice Kalanchoe ' Which is used as a bactericidal, hemostatic and anti-inflammatory agent to cleanse the wounds of dead tissue.

When otitis swab soaked in the juice of Kalanchoe, or tincture of the leaves put in the ear.

For therapeutic and cosmetic purposes, cut leaves of Kalanchoe week and stored in the refrigerator on the bottom shelf, then crushed and squeeze the juice.

Kalanchoe juice used cosmetic industry, adding it in creams and lotions.

At home, the juice of Kalanchoe effective means to rejuvenate aging skin, getting rid of the dryness and giving it smoothness and elasticity.

Clean skin, you can simply wipe the juice of Kalanchoe and wash his minutes through 20. This procedure will tighten the skin.

 Kalanchoe - home doctor and beautician


Hydrating Mask

1 tbsp. spoon Kalanchoe juice mixed with 2 tbsp. tablespoons grated grated cucumber and 1 teaspoon of cream, mix well, apply on face for 20 minutes.

Rinse with water at room temperature.

The mask for dry skin

1 tbsp. spoon Kalanchoe juice mixed with 1 teaspoon of olive oil and apply on face.

After 20 minutes, rinse with warm water and wipe the face with ice.

Mask for oily skin

2 tbsp. Kalanchoe spoon mix with 1 teaspoon honey and fill up as much crushed on a coffee grinder oat flakes, to get the consistency of cream. Spread on your face for 15 minutes. Rinse with water at room temperature.

Rejuvenating mask

1 tbsp. spoon Kalanchoe juice mixed with 1 teaspoon of liquid honey, 1 tbsp. spoon of milk powder and 1 yolk, mix well and apply on face for 15 minutes.

Rinse with lukewarm water, wash with cool.
Author: Natalia Alexeeva