Since ancient times, tea has been considered a unique drink, because, depending on the method of preparation and ingredients, it is able to support the immune system, remove toxins from the body, relieve fatigue and even eliminate health problems. One of the most useful is sea buckthorn tea, precisely because this tea contains a huge amount of vitamins and minerals.
Sea buckthorn tea - description
Tea with sea buckthorn in Rus' was called a longevity drink: our ancestors knew that just one cup of tea drunk a day can significantly prolong life. Healers prescribed this drink to patients as a cure for arthritis, gout and other ailments. Indeed, sea buckthorn tea is very useful, it has anti-inflammatory and tonic effect. This tea has an incredible taste and amazing aroma.
For the preparation of tea, not only berries are used, but also shrub leaves and even sea buckthorn bark. And you can drink a drink both cold (for example, in the summer, tonic cold tea will come in handy), and hot. This tea perfectly quenches thirst and invigorates.
Useful properties and contraindications
Sea buckthorn tea is not only tasty, but also a healthy drink, which is rightfully considered the best medicine for the treatment and prevention of many diseases. Sea buckthorn is popularly called the "royal berry" precisely because of its rich composition and healing properties.
The most valuable thing in sea buckthorn is the vitamins contained in the berries. Ripe fruits contain not only vitamins A, B, C, E, F, P, but also organic acids, iron and other trace elements.
Therefore, sea buckthorn tea has a number of useful properties:
- With it, you can strengthen the immune system and improve the general condition of the body;
- Tea helps to enhance cell regeneration, which stimulates the rejuvenation process;
- Thanks to sea buckthorn tea, mood improves, depression and melancholy disappear;
- Sea buckthorn tea helps prevent rheumatism, relieve inflammation in the joints;
- Doctors recommend drinking tea from sea buckthorn berries for the prevention of acute respiratory infections and in the fight against an already onset cold;
- Sea buckthorn tea is recommended for eye diseases such as conjunctivitis, cataracts, myopia, hyperopia. Thanks to the components that make up sea buckthorn, the eye vessels are strengthened and visual acuity is enhanced;
- In addition, the drink is able to solve the problem of hair loss.
Despite all the useful properties, this aromatic drink also has a number of contraindications, so before you start drinking tea regularly, you should consult your doctor. Especially if your body is prone to allergic reactions or there are any chronic diseases.
Tea from sea buckthorn berries is not recommended for cholelithiasis, pancreatitis, gastritis, cholecystitis, diarrhea. Drinks based on sea buckthorn are also contraindicated in the presence of tumor formations. In other cases, this tea will only benefit the body.
Sea buckthorn tea recipe
There are many recipes for making sea buckthorn tea: as a rule, they are all based on the use of fresh, frozen or dried sea buckthorn berries, as well as sea buckthorn leaves. Depending on taste preferences, honey, cinnamon, citrus, ginger and herbal preparations are added to the drink.
The following recipes are especially popular.
Sea buckthorn tea recipe 1
Very tasty and fragrant is the classic sea buckthorn tea, the recipe of which is simple and contains a minimum amount of ingredients.
To make tea from sea buckthorn berries you will need:
- 200 g sea buckthorn berries;
- 550 ml. boiling water;
- 1 st. l. honey;
- 1 st. l. classic black tea.
Rinse and peel sea buckthorn berries. If you plan to use frozen berries for making tea, then they should be thawed beforehand. Grind until smooth without removing the pits. To do this, you can resort to using a blender or mortar.
Pour boiling water over black tea, add crushed sea buckthorn and steep for at least 15 minutes. Honey should be added immediately before use in order to preserve all its beneficial properties as much as possible.
Sea buckthorn tea recipe 2
Ginger tea with sea buckthorn has a special, original taste. The recipe is simple, and the preparation of this drink does not take much time.
Required:
- 550 ml. boiling water;
- 120 g sea buckthorn berries;
- 2 slices of lemon;
- 1 cinnamon stick;
- 3 cm ginger root
- Anise, honey to taste.
Grind the washed sea buckthorn to a homogeneous mass, the bones should not be separated. Grate the ginger root. Pour cinnamon, ginger and sea buckthorn berry puree with boiling water and infuse for 10-15 minutes. After this time, add lemon and sugar to taste.
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