Fireweed: beneficial properties. Video

Even in time immemorial, folk healers appreciated the beneficial properties of this beautiful plant and gave it the name Ivan tea. Indeed, people made tea from dried flowers, which soothed, eliminated insomnia, regulated the digestive tract, etc.

Due to its rich composition, the narrow-leaved fireweed is currently classified as a medicinal plant. Its roots contain carotenoids, flavonoids, starch, mucous and tannins. And in the aerial part, a large amount of tannins, tannins of the pyrogallic group, mucous substances, flavonoids were detected, vitamin C, provitamin A, iron, manganese, etc. are also present.

All this determines the beneficial effect of fireweed infusions.

It has the following properties:

• enveloping
• wound healing
• calming
• anti-inflammatory
• laxative
• hemostatic

Narrow-leaved fireweed is used to treat headaches, neuroses, normalize sleep and work of the stomach and intestines, it restores damaged mucous membranes in case of stomach and duodenal ulcers, eliminates dysbiosis, and so on.

The preparation of the aboveground part for the preparation of medicinal infusions begins in the middle of summer, when the inflorescences have not yet begun to fluff. They are cut and dried in the shade for several days, after which they are crushed and stored in linen bags in a dry place.

The roots are dug up in the fall, when they have accumulated useful substances. Then the roots are washed and dried. Grind before use.

From fireweed, you can prepare excellent healing tea, which was first prepared in Russia in the village of Koporye and was given the same name – Koporye tea.

To have such a historical drink, it is enough to prepare narrow-leaved fireweed using the following technology:

• assemble
• dry up
• grind
• ferment
• dry

For raw materials, the leaves are collected at the height of the flowering fireweed. The plant itself does not need to be cut off, just the upper leaves on the inflorescences are cut off from the stem (the lower large ones are not taken) and the flowers separately. At home, the leaves are laid out in a thin layer for drying. Flowers just need to dry well. After the leaves lie in the shade for a couple of hours, they are twisted into bundles in the form of cigars, but so that the juice is not squeezed out too much.

Next comes the fermentation time. Raw materials are laid out on a baking sheet and covered with a damp cloth. So it should lie for a day at a temperature of 25 degrees.

And finally, the leaves of the fireweed are dried. First, the bundles of grass are cut into small pieces, while being careful not to get moldy areas. Then they are dried in an oven or a Russian oven at a temperature of 100 degrees, stirring occasionally. The result is a dark, almost black tea. Store it in a dry place and brew it at the rate of 2 teaspoons per glass of boiling water. Dry flowers can be added for aroma.

Dry Koporye tea can be mixed with black tea in equal parts. It turns out an incredibly tasty drink

For headaches and insomnia, brew 1 tablespoon of dried roots with 200 ml of boiling water. After the product has been infused for an hour, strain it and drink three servings throughout the day.

For cystitis, pour 1 tablespoon of dry inflorescences with 200 ml of boiling water, cover and let stand for at least 60 minutes. Then strain and take 60 ml three times a day.

It is better to brew medicinal herbs in a thermos. This will allow the raw material to give all the nutrients

For diarrhea, pour 3 tablespoons of the dried herb with a glass of water and simmer for 15 minutes. Strain. Dilute with boiled water to the original volume and drink 2 tablespoons three times a day.

For severe menopause, try the following remedy. Pour dry flowers into a half-liter jar to half its volume. Pour vodka under the neck, close and leave for a month. Shake occasionally. After infusion, take 30 drops three times a day.

With conjunctivitis and barley, make lotions with fireweed. To do this, first pour a tablespoon of dry herb with a glass of boiling water and boil for 15 minutes, then cool. Dampen cotton pads and apply to sore eyes. The same solution can be used to gargle with sore throat, add it to therapeutic baths for scrofula.

When treating conjunctivitis and barley, be sure to use a different cotton pad for each eye so as not to transfer the infection

Fireweed supplements well the treatment fees.

Soothing collection:

• 2 parts dry fireweed
• 2 parts dried hawthorn
• 1 part dry motherwort
• 1 part dry mint

For insomnia:

• 3 parts dry fireweed
• 1 part dry meadowsweet herb
• 1 part dry mint
• 1 part dried cherry leaves

Brew fees as follows. Take 200 ml of hot water for a tablespoon of herbs. After insisting, drink half a glass 3 times a day.

An infusion of fireweed is also used in home cosmetology, they wipe the face from acne and make compresses on the face to smooth out fine wrinkles.

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