Chestnut: medicinal properties

Chestnut has long been used in drugs against varicose veins, phlebitis, thrombosis. It helps with circulatory disorders, some cases of migraine, after a stroke, edema, frostbite.

Herbal medicine uses chestnut fruits, flowers and bark.

Escin helps against blood clots
Coumarin has anticoagulant, diuretic, mild sedative effect
Tannins have antispasmodic, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties, make small vessels more elastic, reduce swelling and inflammation, and improve blood flow in venous vessels.
Chestnut relieves pain in muscles and joints
Reduces the feeling of coid caused by poor circulation.

A decoction of chestnut bark
Pour a teaspoon of ground bark with a glass of boiling water, cook for 10 minutes over low heat.
Drink 2 times a day if necessary.

Used for poor blood circulation, the appearance of varicose veins and edema.
A decoction is recommended for dysentery, diarrhea, weakening of the digestive tract, hemorrhoids and cracking of varicose veins.
It can be used against frostbite, cuts, burns.

Chestnut fruits, baked and ground into powder, taken twice a day at the end of a knife, treat enteritis, diarrhea, colic, bloating and hemorrhoids.