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Our, Russian, Kaporsky teaTea has long entered every home. It has become a symbol of heartfelt hospitality. An elixir of vivacity and health, natural tea has taken root so much in everyday life that it seems that it is impossible to do without it. Isn't that why the first question, and sometimes goodbye, we ask the guest: "Would you like a cup of tea?"

But long before the appearance of "overseas" tea, Russian people also drank tea. They were boils - drinks made from leaves, flowers, fruits, roots of many herbaceous and woody plants. Many vzvars are remedies for a variety of ailments.

It is curious that in ancient times, when Europe also did not know Chinese tea, it was supplied with Russian, the so-called marque tea. It got its name from the nude village, the inhabitants of which harvested it. These were the leaves of willow-tea - fireweed, tucked into theca. Fireweed tea has been the most common drink for many years.

Help for the curious. Ivan tea, narrow-leaved fireweed, Kaporsky tea, or in Belarusian hekrypen, is a perennial herb with a thick creeping rhizome, from which numerous shoots extend. Stem up to 120 centimeters in height, erect, densely leafy. The flowers are large, purple-pink. The fruit is a pod-shaped, four-nested, slightly bent capsule, covered with fine hairs. Grows on © cannons of forests, clearings, clearings, burned-out areas, along roadsides. In the USSR, it is distributed in the European part, in the Crimea, the Caucasus, and Siberia. It is found throughout Belarus, often in some places forms significant thickets.

Ivan tea leaves contain a significant amount of tannins, vitamin C, as well as mucous substances. In medical practice, it is used as an astringent for stomach ulcers and anti-inflammatory for gastritis and colitis.

In appearance, other types of fireweed are similar to ivan tea, which, by the way, have the same properties as ivan tea.

Our, Russian, Kaporsky tea
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And now many people prefer brews to natural tea, often traditional, family, time-tested drinks. In Altai, for example, they drink the so-called badan tea. Taiga hunters do not forget to take tea with them to fishing, which includes badan leaves, rhizomes of Rhodiola rosea (golden root), flowers and leaves of fireweed, golden hairs, primrose and wild rose.

The desert dwellers brew camel thorn tea. St. John's wort, mint have been added to tea in the center of Russia for a long time ... You cannot list everything. Our forests and meadows are rich in herbs, fruits and berries, from which the fantasy of tea lovers creates a wide variety of compositions. Skillfully selected herbal preparations are a whole complex of various medicines, vitamins, microelements, biologically active substances, which significantly surpasses the usual tea, black or green, in healing effect.

Delicious and healing tea is obtained from linden flowers - beautiful, golden, with a special aroma and honey flavor. Linden broth is suitable for everything - both the thirst to quench, and to treat colds.

Or take raspberries. Now many villagers and townspeople try to prepare at least a little raspberry jam in case of a cold, or at least dry the berries. But connoisseurs value tea made from raspberry leaves and flowers no worse than berries. A brew of them, especially with the addition of berries, is used not only in our country, but also in many nations of the world as a medicine for a number of ailments - for inflammation and bleeding of the gums, stomach pains, skin diseases, flu and sore throat. It is even better if the broth is prepared from a mixture of raspberry and blackberry leaves. Blackberry leaves contain tannins, malic, citric, salicylic acids and other complex organic compounds.Blackberry tea helps with bowel disorders.

And the strawberries? The leaves of wild strawberry (but not garden!), Fresh and dried, also give a drink that is beautiful in color and taste, which also has diuretic and fixing properties. And if you add dried or fresh berries to the leaves of strawberries, then it is difficult to come up with the best tea. It is better to harvest strawberry leaves for the future in the fall, when they begin to turn red.

The herb St. John's wort has long been and is widely used in folk medicine, especially in combination with other plants. People say about her: "Just as bread cannot be baked without flour, so many diseases cannot be cured without St. John's wort." Her name is grass for ninety-nine diseases.

It is difficult to establish why St. John's wort was called "St. John's wort". As if because animals are sick from it. Indeed, if there is a lot of it in the hay, then it hurts the horses.

St. John's wort tea, collected at the time of flowering, has a pleasant taste, amber color, great healing power. When brewing, some care should be taken for tea, one teaspoon per glass of water is sufficient, for the medicine the concentration should be higher. An infusion or brew of St. John's wort is used for diseases of the intestines and stomach, liver, heart, ulcers, for rapid healing of wounds, as a diuretic, for colds.

In ancient times, by the way, St. John's wort was famous for the fact that many dyes were extracted from it. It is not difficult to make sure: rub a few petals on your palm and you will see that this plant is rich in colors. Neutral extract gives yellow and green colors, hot infusion - pink and red.

Thyme is popularly called Bogorodskaya grass. Its decoctions soothe the nervous system well, help with coughs, kidney, liver, heart diseases, uterine bleeding. In everyday life, the infusion is used as a tea, as well as a spice for pickling cucumbers and tomatoes, as a seasoning for meat, fish, vegetable and other dishes.

Who does not know the wild rose, with its flaming flowers and unique scent? This plant represents a whole storehouse of vitamins. An anti-scurvy drink is prepared from the pulp of rose hips, since there is no fruit or berry richer in vitamin C than rose hips - up to 1,000 milligrams per hundred grams! This is the body's weekly need for the most important of the vitamins. But it also contains vitamins B1, B2, PP, K, pantothenic acid. The leaves and petals of rose hips also contain an abundance of various vitamins. For a glass of tea, half a dozen crushed fruits with the addition of a few petals or leaves are enough.

Tea can be made from the leaves of hawthorn, lingonberry, blueberry, black currant, oregano, lemon balm, birch, nettle and others, as well as from the leaves of apple, pear, cherry, black currant, mountain ash. Tea is nutritious, tasty and helps with colds. It can be prepared from individual plants, or mixed to your taste.

Our, Russian, Kaporsky tea
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When brewing tea, they usually mix in equal proportions the leaves of apple and strawberry, apple and cherry, strawberry tsgmalina, fireweed and cherry, fireweed and apple. Black currants, mint, oregano, sweet clover, yarrow, blueberry and cherry leaves, citrus peels give the tea a pleasant smell. Rose petals, jasmine, rose hips make the smell sweetish. You can add some fresh, thinly sliced ​​leaves to the dried leaves - the aroma of the drink will intensify.
You can prepare herbal tea yourself. Leaves are harvested in dry, clear weather, when there is no dew on the plants.

The easiest way to dry the leaves is to spread them evenly in the shade under a canopy or in a well-ventilated area. When dry, they are cut and lightly roasted in the oven. This is green tea.

There is another way, the best one is enzymatic. The collected leaves are kept in the shade for 6 hours until they wither. Then they are twisted in the palms so that the juice comes out, put in a box, covered with a damp cloth and left at room temperature for fermentation for 8-10 hours. Then the leaves are dried in an oven or in the sun.Tea leaves should be large - up to 4 millimeters, otherwise the tea will turn out cloudy. This is black tea. Dried raw materials are placed in glass jars, tightly closed with a lid.

When harvesting leaves, it is important to know the time when it is best to do it. The most suitable time for collecting willow tea and other types of fireweed is August, lingonberries and blueberries - June, heather leaves and flowers - July, blackberries and raspberries, apple and cherry - all summer.

The very procedure for brewing such tea is no less important. To make it fragrant, tasty and fragrant, you must not boil it, otherwise the aromatic essential oils will evaporate. When brewing tea, it is recommended to put it in a hot kettle (at the rate of a teaspoon per glass of water), pour over it with boiling water, immediately drain and pour boiling water over it. After five to ten minutes, the tea will be ready.

Tea is often used for medicinal purposes. Breast, emollient, gastric, diaphoretic, sedative drinks are widespread.

Tea brewed with currant leaves helps with vitamin deficiency and anemia. Blueberry and lingonberry leaves help to reduce blood sugar and urine sugar, and help with rheumatism. A decoction of blackberry and raspberry leaves relieves nervous tension. At high temperatures, kidney disease, anemia, as well as kidney stones, strawberry and heather tea is recommended. Meadow clover is brewed for weakness, general ailments. Mint leaves - for diseases of the digestive system. Chagu - for ulcers, gastritis. Rosehip is useful for heart patients and hypertensive patients. A decoction of chamomile or oregano, drunk at night, gives a sound sleep ...

That's what it is, forest tea!

In the vast expanses of our country, there are many plants that give us healing drinks. But remember: it is necessary to procure them without harming the pantries of nature.

Kudyan A.N. - The hostess about food

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