For medical purposes, flowers are prepared that contain alkaloids of the isoquinoline series (protopine, etc.), glycosides, bioflavonoids, tannic and mucilaginous substances, bitters. The herbal infusion and freshly squeezed juice normalize the secretory-motor activity of the gastrointestinal tract, stimulate bile formation and bile secretion, increase appetite, strengthen the general tone of the body in weakened and recovering patients after severe infectious diseases and heavy blood loss, have a beneficial effect on the work of the heart, constrict blood vessels, and tone the smooth muscles of the uterus. Dimyanka has a diuretic, choleretic, diaphoretic, metabolism-improving and slightly stimulating central nervous system effect. Dimyanka medicinal is taken in the form of freshly squeezed juice, mixed with beer and whey. For medicinal purposes, grass (stems, leaves, flowers) is prepared during flowering. Folk medicine uses medicinal smoke for diseases of the liver and biliary tract, kidney stone disease, cystitis, dropsy, scurvy, constipation, stomach ulcers, flatulence, skin rashes and hemorrhoids; recommended for scrofula, jaundice, skin rashes, ringworm, acne on the skin of the body and face, as well as as a diuretic and diaphoretic agent. In veterinary medicine, an infusion of cypress is used to treat scabies in horses.
сывороткой - 20-25 г сока на 1 стакан молочной сыворотки, употребляют по 1 рюмке 2-3 раза в день. С лечебной целью заготавливается трава (стебли, листья, цветки) во время цветения. Народная медицина использует дымянку лекарственную при заболеваниях печени и желчных путей, почечнокаменной болезни, циститах, водянке, цинге, запоре, язве желудка, метеоризме, кожных сыпях и геморрое; рекомендует при скрофулезе, желтухе, кожных сыпях, лишае, угрях на коже тела и лица, а также в качестве мочегонного и потогонного средства.В ветеринарии настой дымянки используется для лечения чесотки у лошадей.