Birch tar is a dark,oily liquid with an unpleasant odor, obtained as a result of dry distillation of birch bark. This product has excellent antiseptic, as well as anti-inflammatory properties. It is thanks to its valuable qualities that birch tar is one of the components of many tools used in folk medicine.
Product Manufacturing
The upper part of the birch bark used forreceiving birch tar, collected in early summer with growing trees. The collected birch bark is placed in a container with a tube, under which a small fire is raised, and the bark itself is ignited, from which the tar is extracted. This product is formed as a result of the decomposition of the substance that stains the birch bark in white. Ready tar can be purchased at pharmacies.
Application in folk medicine
The most commonly used birch tar attreatment of skin diseases. Prepared from this remedy, compresses and ointments excellently remove from lichen, eczema, psoriasis, scabies and fungal diseases.
Birch tar, the use of which will help get rid of many ailments, gives a good result in the treatment:
- liver disease,
- colds,
- intestinal infections,
- Cystitis.
This drug and drugs from itnormalize metabolic processes and blood pressure, and also strengthen the heart muscle. Ancient healers actively used birch tar, the use of which was saved from scurvy.
Also, this drug is an ancient remedyfrom tuberculosis. One drop of birch tar, divided into three parts, should be taken during the day. Drink this product with carrot juice or coffee, prepared from ground and roasted oats, barley or wheat grains.
From respiratory diseases are also usedBirch tar, the use of which in a mixture with an equal amount of honey gives a good medicinal effect. Take this medicine on a spoon on an empty stomach in the morning and in the evening.
In many folk recipes is presentBirch tar. Application in the form of pills helps with purulent coughing, smallpox, leprosy, unclean rashes, aches and wounds on the body. To prepare this remedy, an equal amount of powders from juniper berries and the root of elecampane are taken. From this mixture and birch tar mix the dough and divide it into 125 grams of pills. Take in the morning and in the evening from ten to thirty pieces.
Traditional medicine specifies how to takeBirch tar for cold cystitis. Five to ten drops of this product should be stirred in a glass of warm milk and take two glasses in the morning, afternoon and evening twenty minutes before meals.
Traditional healers have long used a solutionbirch tar. It is mixed with boiled water in a ratio of 1: 8 and defended for two days, and then, after removing the film, pour into a clean container. The tar water thus obtained is an excellent remedy for the treatment of lung diseases.
Getting rid of suffocating cough, pneumonia andBronchitis is also capable of this solution. Taking a spoonful of tar water before going to bed, it is necessary to wrap it up warmly. In a more severe case, the dosage is increased to three spoons. In the morning, it is necessary to rinse the throat with tar water. This recipe is used for asthma and tuberculosis. Lubricating the glands with a tampon, oiled in tar, you can cure angina. Thus, you can simply and effectively get rid of the ailments.
Use tar water to improvedigestive processes and blood thinning. With the bones of the bones helps her rubbing in the joints. It finds its use tar oil and as a diuretic and cleanser.
Often use birch tar from parasites.At night, use one drop of this product, mixed with a teaspoon of honey, milk or carrot juice. The number of drops of tar is increased daily, bringing up to eight. The course is repeated annually.
