Herbal teas
Therapeutic teas consist of a minimum of four herbs, which are the base medicinal herbs for the treatment of this disease, and additional ones, which strengthen the action of the main ones. To improve the taste or appearance in the tea, you can add additional herbal ingredients.
Among the home teas , the most well-known softening teas from chamomile, various
for example in gauze, and bandaged like a bag. The bag is suspended from the tap of
water of mint varieties, lemon balm, linden leaves, raspberry leaves, blackberry, black currant leaves, elderberry blossoms and rose hips.
The most famous medicinal herbal teas: bronchial tea with thyme, hearty tea with hawthorn, tea for the treatment of the gallbladder with chicory and yarrow, tea against an upset stomach with wormwood bitter, anti-cold tea with black elderberry and linden, a rinse of sage noble andtea from chamomile, as well as calming teas from valerian and lemon balm.
Medicinal herbal tea is taken 3-4 times a day, and the course of treatment should not exceed 4 weeks.
D Ordinary herbal tea from a mixture of several components can be drunk daily for a sufficiently long period of time. For greater effect, the mixture of herbs should be periodically changed.
Medicinal plants contain many potent substances, so avoid overdose.
On warm days with the help of chilled herbal tea you can perfectly quench your thirst. For the preparation of herbal teas, for example, leaves of wild strawberry, mint leaves, lemon balm, blackberry leaves, fennel, rosehip fruits and, possibly, fresh berries and fruits to improve the taste of the drink.
Preparation of herbal tea: boil the teapot with boiling water. The required amount of grass, taken in accordance with the recipe, put in a tea strainer
and brew with boiling water. Tea is insisted closed for 5-10 minutes. Then the strainer is taken out
The most famous additives to summer tea-beverages are lemons, other fruits and berries. It is recommended to prepare herbal teas on mineral water. As flavor additives and tea color improvers, it is possible to use black currant leaves, elderberry blossoms, apple peels, rose hips, mallow and yarrow.
Healing tea
This tea will help you to quickly overcome various diseases, to get stronger after the transferred illness, to restore the strength of the weakened organism, to cope with the vitamin deficiency and to strengthen the immune system.
Take in equal proportions the dried herb of peppermint, oregano, thyme, lemon balm, St. John's wort, leaves of wild strawberry, kidney and dried leaves of black currant, blueberry leaves, dried berries of raspberries and black currant. Mix everything, brew just like tea, and drink hot or warm up to 5 glasses a day.
After the tea is infused, you can add a little sugar, honey or maple syrup to it, cool it and serve it as a dessert with slices of pineapple and orange.
Natural cosmetics
Nature offers us a huge number of plants that are full of active substances, the application of which leads to better health, natural elegance and beauty. In natural cosmetics, fresh plants and their parts are used, for example, mashed berries, parsley greens or sliced carrots as face masks, as well as various herbs for preparing toilet water.
When using herbs for cosmetic purposes, it is necessary to follow certain rules:
Use only healthy plant material that grows in environmentally friendly conditions. You can not collect plants near roads and industrial facilities.
In most cases, do not expect a rapid effect when treated with natural cosmetics. The result, which appeared after long-term regular application, will be stable for a long time.
Since no preservatives are used in the preparation of creams, ointments and balms, their shelf life, even when stored in the refrigerator, is limited. Therefore, such means must be prepared in quantities necessary for direct application, and used in fresh form.
Neither own plant breeding, nor special purity in cooking can prevent the development of bacteria and fungi in the finished product within a few days.
As containers for storage of medicinal creams and ointments, choose containers of glass, covered with glaze of ceramics or faience. Metal containers can not be used categorically, since all metals inevitably enter into a chemical reaction with the components of the contents and can poison cosmetic agents.