In the arsenal of medicine and pharmacology todaythere are thousands of substances of natural and artificial origin, widespread and extremely rare, natural and obtained in laboratories. However, medicine is shoulder to shoulder today and with phytotherapy, and its reserves are truly enormous. Not always, however, the official science recognizes the soldiers of the green army. Such an unacknowledged soldier is Kurilian tea. Its use in medicinal purposes is not too common, but it is necessary to evaluate the properties for their worth. So, what is this wonderful plant and what are its properties?
How does the kuril tea shrub?
The use of this plant is more common inplaces of growth. The Cinquefoil (second name of the Kuril tea) grows in Russia from the Urals to the Kurils, as one can understand from the name. This plant, reaching the age of forty, stretches to almost a meter. In thick thickets, bright yellow flowers stand out at once, complex narrow leaves glisten. In summer, during flowering, and collecting chicken tea. Its application is based on the properties of the tips and roots. This is a whole time-consuming process, requiring endurance. The branches are broken off, of which there are many, dried and follow the temperature regime and humidity. Harvesting occurs mainly in the areas where the plant lives. This is very important, as the environmentally friendly environment has a beneficial effect on the Kurilian tea. The use of contaminated plants will not be of any use.
Kuril tea: medicinal properties
The plant is an excellent antiseptic.Decoction is considered an antimicrobial and bactericidal agent. This property is also used in diseases of the oral cavity, with stomatitis, angina. Still, the carbide helps with diarrhea, stops blood, and has an analgesic effect. Tibetans and Kamchadals use infusions and all kinds of medicines for diarrhea and pulmonary tuberculosis, as an expectorant, with diseases of the stomach, intestines, urinary tract, kidneys. Distinct and soothing effect. Acne, furuncles, rashes on the skin, too, are amenable to treatment with the carpus. As already mentioned, the tops of plants and roots are considered therapeutic. They contain flavonoids, essential oils, resins, tannins, acids, tannins, PP vitamins, provitamin A - carotene ... Just do not count. Noteworthy fact: the concentration of ascorbic acid (or vitamin C) in the leaves of this plant is several times higher than the content of the same substance in the lemon!
Kuril tea: home use
The main medicine of the green pharmacy, which can becook from the products of cinnamon, - broth. To make a good pinch of dried shoots, pour half a liter of boiling water, then a little less than ten minutes, boil, infuse for a couple of hours. If you reduce the amount of water to 300 ml and insist for ten minutes, then such a decoction can gargle. Eat half a glass three times a day, you can drink a snack with honey, also an excellent folk remedy. You can insist and root: for one tablespoon take two hundred grams of boiling water. If there is a wild Kurilian tea nearby, the crushed grass can be applied to the affected skin.
