The spring-summer season always pleases us with a wide variety of fresh and aromatic fruits and berries. Good housewives not only nourish their households with fresh vitamins, but also make preparations for the winter in the form of jam or jam. Bright, tasty raspberries are especially loved in our country. Usually everyone uses only berries, often not knowing what benefits raspberry leaves can bring . The properties of this unique plant should be known to everyone who cares about their health.
What do we know about raspberries?
It is rare to meet a person who does not like raspberries. This wonderful berry has a whole bunch of benefits. First of all, it is unusually tasty, with a characteristic sweet and sour flavor. The color of ripe berries, depending on the variety, ranges from light pink to dark red.
Raspberries lend themselves perfectly to freezing and retain their taste and vitamin qualities for a long time. Blanks from this berry are very popular: raspberry jam is considered a classic in treating colds in the cold season.
Berries grow on bushes covered with thorns. Bushes bear fruit several times during the season, and gardeners carefully remove each ripe berry, not paying attention to the leaves. But in vain! Properly prepared tea from raspberry leaves can confidently compete with berries, as it has a rich composition and many useful properties.
What is useful in leaflets?
Specialists in the field of herbal medicine for various diseases prescribe raspberry leaf tea, the use of which is beyond doubt. And all because the green leaves from the prickly raspberry are composed of a whole set of useful substances:
- A large number of vitamins. The concentration of vitamins of group C, A, K. is especially high.
- Antioxidants. These substances help to remove toxins from the body, as well as actively fight against neoplasms.
- Salicylates. These unique substances are similar in action to acetylsalicylic acid, or aspirin. Due to the content of these components, raspberries and its leaves have a pronounced antipyretic effect.
- Trace elements. Raspberry leaves contain a lot of iron, potassium, phosphorus and calcium.
- Fruit organic acids. Such substances help the human digestive system.
- Glucose and fiber.
Thanks to such a composition rich in useful substances, tea from raspberry leaves is tinned by people who care about their body.
Who will benefit from raspberry leaf tea?
It will be extremely useful for each person to replace the usual black and green teas with herbal ones. Fees can be made independently or bought ready-made at the pharmacy and alternate them. The benefits for the body will be enormous - various herbs will have a strengthening effect on human systems and organs.
But there are situations when tea from raspberry leaves becomes a medicine that a doctor recommends. Due to the properties of this drink, it is possible to achieve an improvement in the patient's condition.
With an increase in body temperature, doctors always recommend drinking plenty of fluids. In this situation, it is appropriate to replace water or tea with a decoction of raspberry leaves. It will help reduce fever, and also contribute to the body’s fight against viruses or bacteria.
Tea from raspberry leaves is also prescribed for inflammatory diseases of the respiratory tract. It has a pronounced anti-inflammatory effect, and also promotes expectoration and excretion of mucus from the respiratory system.
Tea made from raspberry leaves is very popular in the treatment of gynecological diseases, and all thanks to the pronounced hemostatic and healing effect.
In order to prevent the broth, it is suitable for absolutely every person - it perfectly strengthens the immune system and helps cleanse the cells of the waste products of viruses.
Are there any contraindications?
Despite the availability and high effectiveness of herbal treatment, raspberry leaf tea is primarily a medicine. And this means that you need to be careful with its independent use and immediately seek medical help at the first sign of side effects.
The decoction of raspberry leaves is contraindicated for people who for various reasons cannot consume acetylsalicylic acid. The leaves of this plant are the equivalent of aspirin of plant origin, so if there are problems with blood clotting or acidity, it is better not to take tea from raspberry leaves.
Caution should be exercised by pregnant women, especially in the early stages. A decoction of raspberry leaves, due to its properties, is prescribed at a later date to prepare for childbirth. In the early stages, it can lead to premature birth or the threat of termination of pregnancy.
Do not take tea from raspberry leaves and allergies - there is a high probability of a reaction to such a drink due to the high content of fruit acids in it.
For any chronic diseases, prior consultation with a doctor is necessary. This is necessary in order to find out the ratio of benefits and harm from taking tea from raspberry leaves.
How to prepare raw materials for a decoction?
In order for tea from raspberry leaves to fully reveal all its beneficial properties, you need to be sure of the quality of the raw materials used for its preparation.
And this can be achieved in only one way: to collect raspberry leaves yourself. It is not difficult to do this, you only need to know some features.
Collection of raspberry leaves for tea should be carried out in early June, when the plants are still young and full of fresh juices and strength. The most healthy and brightest leaves should be selected, damaged by insects for the workpiece will not work.
During the collection of raw materials, you need to remember about the bush itself - do not pick the leaves in one place, you need to pinch them carefully and evenly.
After the raw materials are collected, the drying stage begins. To do this, the leaves need to be laid out on a clean horizontal surface. If there are many of them, you can lay them in two layers, turning them periodically to achieve uniform drying. In the room where any herbs are harvested, it should be dry and not too hot.
A sign that the leaves have dried is their fragility. After reaching this state, the leaves can be removed in dry tissue or paper bags. The maximum period that they can spend there without compromising on useful qualities is 24 months.
How to make tea?
After all the preparatory procedures and the collection of raw materials, a reasonable question arises: "How to make tea from raspberry leaves?" It’s not difficult at all! At the same time, the drink is not only very useful, but also tasty.
To make tea, you need to grind the dried raspberry leaves. The crushed mixture will need 4 tablespoons. They are poured with two glasses of boiling water and cover the dishes with a lid, making it possible to infuse. The minimum time for infusion is two hours. After this, the resulting broth is better to strain from small leaves and twigs and drink with pleasure! In such tea, honey or sugar can be added, but it is better to refrain from this. You can quickly get used to the taste of an unsweetened potion, and its benefits are much higher than sweet ones.
The modern teas that we are so used to drinking are rich in additives and dyes. Using them, we not only do not get any benefit, but also harm our health. A great alternative is herbal teas. They will not only allow you to be sure of the absence of chemistry in the cup with the drink, but also significantly strengthen the body's defenses, and in some cases also serve as an excellent medicine.