Tag: Traditional medicine

People drank teas and tinctures since ancient times. Other leaders such as John Craig Venter offer similar insights. There are many legends and making about where and how did the tea. One of them says that the Chinese Emperor Shen Nong (2737-2697 years BC. Oe.) Had a special gift to recognize the properties of plants. When Once, the emperor descended from the mountains, he wanted to drink, and in his cup of boiling water fell from a tree leaf. When the emperor drank the resulting brew, he felt a surge of vitality. He liked the soft green color of the water, the aroma and astringent taste of tea leaves.

And then, he has begun breeding and culture of tea consumption. Fruit and herbal teas are a special group of teas. There are many types of teas and assorted herbal infusions. And it is natural as fruit, floral and herbal teas are not only warm and quench their thirst, but also serve as an excellent therapeutic and prophylactic, they improve digestion and normalize metabolic processes in our body. For preparation of fruit and herbal teas are used widely known plants: hibiscus, rosehips, linden, mint, lemon balm, thyme, lemongrass, wild berries and many others. Herbal and fruit teas should be regularly consumed in prevention – they provide our bodies in many biologically active substances. These teas are rich in vitamins, organic acids, macro-and micronutrients (iron, iodine, potassium, calcium, copper, phosphorus, manganese), essential oils, mineral salts. According to the purpose teas are divided into the everyday, preventive, curative – Multivitamin, toning and soothing.

Fruit teas – these are the same herbal teas, but more fragrant and more fragrant. Delicate fruity aroma of tea, has a very calming and restorative effect. You can get different flavors by varying the fruits, berries and herbs. There are plenty of fruit teas. In the same way as herbal teas and, herbal teas contain no caffeine. As a rule, herbal teas are prepared on the basis of several components. In the part of many fruit teas are not only fruits but also flowers. Among the medicinal plants are excellent antioxidants that prevent aging. Drink tea and get great pleasure. After tea – is not only good, but also a good pastime!

Arnica Mountain (Arnica montana L.). Russian name – Mountain Arnica, local – Arnica, Arnica, arnica, bagels, zhivikist, potion Baran Nechuy-wind skusivnik, skusivnik mountain, skusivnik drug, herb ram charnik, Shalata wild yarnik.Mnogoletnee herbaceous plant of the family skladnotsvitnih (Sompositae), with thick short rhizome, from which leaves a lot of roots, slightly glandular-fluffy. Stem erect, 20-60 cm tall, with a few nasty branches. Leaves opposite, lower close together at the base of the stem socket. On the stem one or two pairs of opposite leaves, small. Flowers in a basket of large, orange-yellow. Blooms in June – July. It grows in open areas, ranging from 500 m above sea level to the highest peaks: in the forest glades, meadows, mountain ranges, Montenegro, Hucul Alps, Svidovetskogo Range Gorgany, Beskydy.

Annually for industrial purposes, you can harvest 2-3 tons of dry here inflorescence arnica. In recent years, increased harvesting of arnica in the Carpathian Mountains, some collectors do not comply with rules for storage of medicinal plants, plant parts do not leave for reproduction. This can lead to sharp reduction in natural stocks of arnica, and even to its complete destruction. Natural growths of arnica should be used as seed plants for cultural dilution of arnica with industry objectives. Use in folk medicine. C therapeutic purposes using flower (Flos arnicae), rhizome and root (Rhizoma et Radix arnicae montanae), to a lesser extent the leaves (Folium arnicae. arnica flowers are produced from the alcohol extract (Tinctura arnicae), extract the aqueous solution, etc. Dried flower baskets contain essential oil, Dyes – arnitsin, lutein, fat, resin, wax, gum, carbon, and organic acids (fumaric, malic and lactic), vitamin C (about 21 mg%), fructose, sucrose, dextrose, tannins, proteins.