In the arsenal of medicine and pharmacology today there are thousands of substances of natural and artificial origin, common and extremely rare, natural and obtained in laboratories. However, medicine goes shoulder to shoulder today with herbal medicine, and its reserves are truly huge. However, fighters of the green army are not always recognized as official science. Such an unrecognized soldier is Kuril tea. Its use for medicinal purposes is not too common, but properties should be appreciated. So, what is this wonderful plant and what are its properties?
What does shrubby kuril tea look like ?
The use of this plant is more common in places of growth. Cinquefoil (the second name of Kuril tea) grows in Russia from the Urals to the Kuril Islands, as the name implies. This plant, reaching forty years of age, extends to almost a meter. In dense thickets, bright yellow flowers immediately stand out, complex narrow leaves glisten. In the summer during flowering and collect Kuril tea. Its application is based on the properties of tops and roots. This is a whole laborious process that requires endurance. Break off branches, of which there are many, dry and monitor the temperature and humidity. Harvesting takes place mainly in areas where the plant lives. This is very important, since an environmentally friendly environment has a beneficial effect on Kuril tea. The use of a contaminated plant will not bring exactly any benefit.
Kuril tea: medicinal properties
The plant is an excellent antiseptic. The broth is considered an antimicrobial and bactericidal agent. This property is also used for diseases of the oral cavity, with stomatitis, tonsillitis. Bloodroot also helps with diarrhea, stops the blood, has an analgesic effect. Tibetan residents and Kamchadals use infusions and all kinds of medicines for diarrhea and pulmonary tuberculosis, as an expectorant, for diseases of the stomach, intestines, urinary tract, kidneys. Great and calming effect. Acne, boils, skin rashes can also be treated with cinquefoil. As already mentioned, tops of plants and roots are considered healing. They contain flavonoids, essential oil, resins, tannins, acids, tannins, PP vitamins, provitamin A - carotene ... Just do not count. A remarkable fact: the concentration of ascorbic acid (or vitamin C) in the leaves of this plant is several times higher than the content of the same substance in lemon!
Kuril tea: home use
The main medicine of the green pharmacy, which can be prepared from the products of cinquefoil, is a decoction. To prepare it, pour a good pinch of dried shoots with half a liter of boiling water, then boil for a little less than ten minutes, leave for a couple of hours. If you reduce the amount of water to 300 ml and insist ten minutes, then with such a decoction you can gargle. Drink half a glass three times a day, you can drink a bit of honey with honey, also an excellent alternative medicine. You can insist and the roots: for one tablespoon, take two hundred grams of boiling water. If there is nearby wild Kuril tea, then chopped grass can be applied to the affected skin.