The plant, which is known to many as Kuril tea, is called a five-leaved shrub in botany. He is a shrubby cinquefoil, and in the folk environment it is called "mighty." It is part of the pink family.
Description
It grows to one and a half meters, its brown branches, have a gray or reddish hue. Fresh shoots have silky hairs on the surface. The leaves are oblong, also usually with small hairs, pinnate. Flowers that appear at the very beginning of summer are located on the tops of branches, have a yellow or white color, as well as a fluffy middle. Their size reaches a diameter of thirty millimeters. The fruits of the five-leaved shrub appear at the same time as the flowers, they resemble small brown buttons.
Where does it grow?
Kuril tea is characterized by unpretentiousness and a long life span; its bushes reach thirty years. It tolerates cold climates and grows even in permafrost areas. But more favorable conditions for it are soils with high humidity, that is, the edges of streams, river banks, meadows. A description of the shrubbery five leaf can be found in herbalists.
However, it is often found on low-fertile, arid lands. The quintuple leaf loves those places that are well lit, as a result of which it often "rises" along stony embankments and mountain slopes. Thickets of Kuril tea are found in the mountains of the Caucasus, Central Asia, Sayan Mountains, and Altai. It also grows in Chinese and Mongolian areas, in the Far East, in almost all of Eastern Siberia, on the Japanese islands and even in some countries of Europe and the North American continent.
In this article, we consider the use of a five-leaved shrub.
How to harvest and store raw materials?
Kuril tea is harvested when the plant begins to bloom (depending on the region, this moment falls in June or July) and until mid-autumn. Almost all components of the plant are used as raw materials - and flowers, and shoots with leaves, and the root part. Its aerial part is also used - the tops of the shoots, cut off somewhere along the fifteen-centimeter length.
The resulting raw materials are dried in the sun, and after that - in special drying devices at a temperature not exceeding seventy degrees. It is best to store finished raw materials in a glass bowl or in a tin can with a tight-fitting lid. If you adhere to all storage conditions, the healing properties of Kuril tea can be preserved for a whole year.
Usage history
The shrub quintuple is one of those traditional remedies used by Tibetan monks for medical purposes. Their canons prescribe the use of Kuril tea for the treatment of the digestive system, respiratory system, with the appearance of gynecological problems, diseases of the heart and blood vessels, with a delay in the body fluid. Tibetan doctors used Kuril tea in the form of ash, from which pills and other forms of medicine were made.
Widely used Kuril tea as Mongolian healers. They considered it an excellent natural remedy, combating nervous disorders and mental illness.
The peoples living in the region of Eastern Siberia, where it was used as part of traditional recipes for cholera, typhoid and other infectious diseases, were also aware of the healing properties of the five-leaved shrub. The written sources mention Kuril tea from the 17th century, here it was called "mighty". With its help, diarrhea and bleeding were stopped, inflammation, nervous excitement, insomnia, digestive tract disorders and various female diseases were treated.
In Kamchatka, in the Far Eastern region, they drank Kuril tea every day as a regular drink, because it resembled black tea in smell and taste, but besides this, it still had a lot of useful properties. Strong infusion of the plant was used as an effective tool for rinsing the oral cavity for various inflammations, throat diseases, and was also used by women for douching during gynecological disorders. The use and contraindications of the five-leaved shrub we consider below.
Modern use
In many places, there is still a hunting tradition: in the process of brewing add some Kuril tea to boiling water, which is the prevention of various infections and helps in the fight against known viruses, which is also confirmed by medicine. A water decoction of dried leaves of a shrubbery shrub is used to disinfect and wash any wounds and skin lesions in the field, healers generally recommend using it to treat skin diseases.
Now the therapeutic and decorative properties of Kuril tea are appreciated. Often there is a five-leaved shrub (photo - above) in flower beds and on alpine hills.
The chemical composition of the raw material and its pharmacological effect
Since most species of cinquefoil belongs to pharmacopoeial plants, the chemical composition of the five-leafed leaves has been studied in great detail. The leaves of Kuril tea have vitamins P and C, chemical compounds triterpene and flavonic structures, carotenoids, various organic acids (ellagic, coffee, ursolic, etc.). Information on the chemical composition of the quintuple is contained in many monographs and scientific reports.
Use in medicine
The quintuple has a whole set of properties, such as:
- antimicrobial;
- astringents;
- anti-allergic;
- antidiabetic;
- bactericidal;
- choleretic;
- expectorant;
- immunostimulatory;
- hemostatic.
Quintuple leaf is often used as an effective diaphoretic in the presence of fever in humans. It is successfully used in the treatment of various diseases.
Especially famous is Kuril tea as an excellent natural remedy that helps in the fight against digestive problems. It is advised to use it for various intoxications, poisoning, in the treatment of dysbiosis. Healers recommend drinking Kuril tea during intestinal upsets and when it is difficult to digest food in diseases such as stomach ulcers and gastritis. Five-leaf drinks have a bile and diuretic effect, pacify flatulence, eliminate constipation and diarrhea, regulate the metabolism in general and the absorption of fats by the body in particular, help in the fight against heartburn and a feeling of heaviness in the stomach.
Also, Kuril tea effectively fights bacteria and viruses, prevents inflammation. As an external remedy, rinses are useful for diseases of the oral cavity and nose, throat, gums, colds, sore throat, SARS. There are also folk recipes in which a five-leafed leaf is recommended for pneumonia, croup and other bronchial diseases, as well as for more successful sputum discharge.
Kuril tea, in principle, helps to strengthen the immune system, increases the tone of the body, gives vitality, and helps speed up the healing process.
As an antiseptic, the plant is used as a remedy for diseases of the urogenital sphere, including inflammation of the urinary tract and cystitis. Also, Kuril tea has an anesthetic effect. Apply shamrock shrubs in gynecology.
It is useful for women based on it, since it helps in the fight against various kinds of diseases of the gynecological sphere. They help reduce the abundance and duration of menstruation, have anti-inflammatory effects, including ovarian disease, and help speed up the healing process of erosion. A decoction of Kuril tea is used for douching to cure colpitis, vaginitis and other diseases in this area. The healing properties of the five-leaved shrubby are known to many.
It also has high sedative properties. Many herbalists compare its sedative effect on the nervous system with valerian. Being a natural natural remedy, Kuril tea helps with various neurosis, stress, depression, insomnia, nervous exhaustion. If you use it regularly, then the work of the nervous system will be established, a quiet sleep will return. It is recommended to use it even for children, especially when there are problems with urinary incontinence in a dream. In addition, Kuril tea is used to treat diabetes.
In the presence of inflammation in the organs of vision, including conjunctivitis, a five-leaf broth is used to wash the eyes. Baths with Kuril tea are also useful, which help eliminate skin problems and prevent the appearance of acne. Foot baths are also recommended for combating fungal infections and to reduce sweating. If you use Kuril tea as a hair rinse after washing it, it will strengthen their roots, make them stronger, and reduce the oily scalp.
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Outdoor use of Kuril tea
In addition to internal body therapy, Kuril tea can also be used externally in the treatment of stomatitis, burns, periodontal disease, ulcers, tonsillitis. The quintuple is one of the substances that make up the ointment, which is widely used for healing wounds, cracks in the lips, panaritiums. If the Kuril tea is ground to a powdery state, then it can be used as a powder for wet wounds and bleeding. Thanks to its anti-inflammatory and bactericidal properties, the plant helps eliminate bad breath.
Useful properties of rhizomes
Since the rhizome has many useful properties, it is often used in the form of a decoction, which is used in the treatment of chronic hepatitis, stomatitis, diarrhea, cirrhosis, dysentery, gingivitis, tonsillitis and internal bleeding. Often they are washed with various kinds of wounds on the skin, used as an ointment in the presence of cracks on the lips.
Contraindications shrubs
It is not recommended to take Kuril tea with its individual intolerance, pregnant women, as well as those who have problems in the heart and blood vessels (coronary heart disease, accelerated heart rate, rhythm disturbances). It is also not advisable to use a five-leafed leaflet during low blood pressure.
Kuril tea is also not recommended for chronic kidney and liver diseases. There are no restrictions on the duration of its administration in the absence of contraindications. But it is worth remembering that when treating with any medicine based on herbs, you should always consult a doctor. Any recipes that contain Kuril tea do not belong to the field of scientific medicine.
Features of the use of Kuril tea
As a prophylactic or as a substitute for natural tea, the five leaf leaves are brewed in the following proportion: one tablespoon of raw materials per glass of boiling water. The drink must be infused for ten minutes in a porcelain teapot. To improve the taste, you can add various aromatic plants, for example, lemon balm, mint, bergamot. Such tea will serve as a good way to prevent colds, for example, after hypothermia.
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