Ivan Chai - general description
Narrow-leafed Ivan tea or fireweed is a perennial herbaceous plant 50-150 cm high. The plant can be recognized by its thick creeping rhizome and collected in tassels, purplish-pink, red with violet tint, pale pink or white flowers. Ivan-tea blooms from June to August.
The plant contains a large amount of nutrients. This tannin, flavonoids, mucus, pectin and vitamin B, C. Moreover, Ivan-tea is several times ahead of lemon in terms of vitamin C content.
The plant is also a very good honey plant, since each flower contains about 25 mg. nectar.
In Ivan tea there is also a protein that is easily absorbed by the body. 100 gr. green mass of willow tea contains iron (2.3 mg), nickel (1.3 mg), copper (2.3 mg), manganese (16 mg), titanium (1.3 mg), molybdenum (0.44 mg ), boron (6 mg), as well as a significant amount of potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium, lithium.
Ivan tea - types and places of growth
Among the most famous types of willow tea can be distinguished fireweed narrow-leaved and small-flowered fireweed, which are very similar for their medicinal properties.
The plant prefers the soil of wet meadows, hills, the territory along roads and forest glades, dried swamps. As a rule, Ivan tea forms thickets, grows on sunbeds or in the places of former settlements.
The plant is distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere, including the CIS countries.
Ivan tea - healing properties
Ivan tea has a sedative effect on the body, which is equated with the action of Valerian officinalis. Decoctions and infusions of the plant have anti-inflammatory, astringent, diaphoretic, enveloping and antibacterial properties.
Traditional medicine will use Ivan tea to treat the whole body. Water infusion of leaves of fireweed effectively copes with headaches, stomach ulcers, and also regulates metabolism and stimulates the work of the heart. A decoction of willow-tea leaves has a hypnotic and sedative effect.
With the help of Ivan tea, diseases of the genitourinary system are treated, including cystitis, acute or chronic inflammation of the urinary tract. It is also recommended for use by men with adenoma and chronic prostate diseases.
Decoction of Ivan tea is used to treat gastritis, diarrhea, colitis, dysentery, and stomach ulcers.
A decoction of grass gargle during a sore throat, it is taken inside to treat colds and acute respiratory infections.
Due to its anti-inflammatory properties, Ivan tea has a positive effect on the healing process of wounds and ulcers. It is also used for cosmetic purposes, preparing face masks and steam baths from the plant.
Moreover, the plant is also a very powerful antioxidant, which is used to cleanse the body of toxins and toxins.
Useful properties of plants are also used in Russian baths, where Ivan-tea is combined with a birch broom.
Ivan tea - dosage forms
As medicinal raw materials use leaves, flowers, stems and roots of the plant. Various decoctions, tinctures, powders and ointments are prepared from them.
Ivan tea - recipes
To prepare a decoction of Ivan-tea necessary for the treatment of headache, nasopharynx and colds, you need to pour 3 tablespoons of crushed raw materials with a glass of boiling water. Eat a few tablespoons with food.
You can cure a duodenal ulcer or stomach ulcer by preparing a mixture of willow-herb tea, linden blossom, pharmacy chamomile and fennel fruits in a ratio of 2/2/1/1 and fill everything with a glass of boiling water. Drink two glasses before meals.
Ivan tea - contraindications
There are no contraindications to the use of the plant. Nevertheless, pregnant and lactating women should consult a doctor before taking ivan tea preparations.
Comments
You need to drink only fermented tea according to a special recipe. What is sold in the pharmacy is dried grass. I tried to drink such tea, there is no aroma in n1m and the properties are not the same as those of a fermented one. I especially recommend with oregano and thyme. The best blends with herbs I took here directly from the tea manufacturer: ivanchaj.ru
