Potentilla (this is how Kuril tea is scientifically called) has a number of other names. The people call it galangal-grass or cinquefoil. Biologists distinguish between her 2 varieties: "goose" and "upright". Translated from Latin, its name "potent" means nothing more than "powerful, strong." It has been known for over three millennia. In Russian folklore, it is already mentioned in the legend of Ilya Muromets, who received heroic strength from this herb.
Healers call her "powerful" (the name says a lot), using it to get rid of "thirty ailments" and maintain health. Its habitats are in the Altai Mountains, there is a lot of grass in Central Asia, a lot in the Caucasus and even in China. Being an unpretentious and unpretentious culture, cinquefoil has become popular today and takes root well in personal farmsteads.
Young shoots of a plant, flowers or buds, leaves are allowed into the business. Natural raw materials are harvested for future use by drying. Small bundles are hung under a canopy so that they are blown from all sides by the wind. Pickers start work in the morning when the dew subsides. The most favorable time for this is flowering.
Want to always have Kuril tea at home? It is easy to grow in the backyard. Kuril bush tea is propagated using seeds and the method of dividing the bush into parts. It prefers spacious, well-lit places, tolerates drought well, and is responsive to watering. The plant loves warmth, so for the winter it is preferable to mulch it with sawdust or needles.
Kuril tea useful properties
This is an amazing health promoting tea. Its amazing impact was noticed even by distant ancestors. Do you have high blood pressure? Just right to start drinking it. Tea, unlike medications, has no side effects. Try it, and you will immediately feel a surge of strength and energy, you will immediately forget about fatigue.
The drink does not taste like the usual black tea. It will certainly enrich your body with flavonoids, catechins, tannins and a host of essential trace elements. Doctors urge him to drink to make up for the lack of cobalt, potassium, calcium, copper, manganese, magnesium, and iron.
The list of advantages does not end there. Includes Kuril tea and medicinal properties inherent in the rarest flora samples. It also contains phenolic acids, which are important for hematopoietic metabolism. It enriches us with the well-known vitamin C. There is 5 times more of it in Kuril tea than in lemon!
Tea contains carotonides and saturates the body with them no worse than apricots or carrots. Its constant use can get rid of colds. This is one of the few remedies against skin cancer and other oncological diseases.
Kuril tea has unique properties. It makes you forget about most allergic reactions. Young ladies and young people who make friends with a drink forget about acne, pimples, rashes. Their skin is clean, fresh, beautiful and healthy.
Kuril tea can reduce hyperactivity in children. Taiga hunters and hunters drink Kuril tea with pleasure to prevent scurvy and prevent the development of stomatitis. Experts recommend it as a defender of the immune system.
If the patient suffers from diseases with the genitourinary system, tea will be just right. Women have long used it for painful menstruation and other ailments. For a short period, relieves post-hangover syndrome. It is worth drinking it for a day or two, and diarrhea disappears, the process of digestion improves.
This tea is afraid of pathogenic bacteria that cause poisoning, dysentery and stomach ulcers. Not everyone knows, but he is an invaluable helper for diabetics. The substance contained in the plant, myrtillin, is akin to insulin, it can alleviate the condition, especially in the initial stage.
Kuril tea is an excellent assistant in metabolic processes. It utilizes glucose, makes the pancreas work normally. Tea devotees know how important it is for cell regeneration in the event of surgery or injury.
It helps to restore weight with anorexia, increases appetite for those who do not like to eat. The drink has a beneficial effect on "male power".
Kuril tea contraindications
Unfortunately, Kuril tea also has contraindications. Parents need to be especially careful when they are treated to children. The concentration needs to be halved or tripled. It is undesirable for chronic diseases and for individual intolerance. This tea is also prohibited during pregnancy.
If vomiting, fever, diarrhea, nausea appear, stop drinking tea immediately. It should not be taken by people with a diagnosis of hypotension. If someone suffers from impaired kidney function, then he should also stop drinking Kuril tea.
How to brew Kuril tea
The cooking procedure is slightly different from the usual. A cleanly washed porcelain teapot is taken. First, it is rinsed with boiling water. Then add 1 teaspoon of ground dry tea. It brews for at least 10 minutes. Freshly prepared infusion is stored for no more than 4 hours. Gourmets try to enjoy it right away.
The optimal volume for consumption is 250 ml. As a medicine, tea leaves are used stronger: up to 3 tablespoons per half liter of water. The waiting time frame is increased to 2 hours, no less. Then it should be additionally simmered over low heat for another fifteen minutes. Only after that the infusion is suitable for internal, external use and for douching.
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