Lime color: useful properties and harm
The fact that the summer has come is reminiscent ofthe heady aroma of a lime blossom. In the very beginning of July, the first fragrant flowers are blossoming on the trees, which have been used in folk medicine since time immemorial. Indeed, the linden is a real "green doctor", which can help to recover without pills and injections.
It's time to collect
In warm and dry weather, when the morningdew, collect a lime blossom, the useful properties of which in another period may be lost. The most optimal collection time is when some flowers are already dissolved in the inflorescence, but most are still in the bud stage. And because the linden fades very quickly, this moment can not be missed! Dry flowers best in the shade in the fresh air or in ventilated rooms. You can also use electric dryers, but at the same time observe the temperature regime not higher than 40-45aboutFROM. It's okay if you collected too much of this unique raw material. It can be procured for future use, because with proper storage, the useful properties of lime color can persist for two years. Quality depends on the place of growth of the plant. You should not collect lime flowers in cities, roadsides and other places, which, from the ecological point of view, are considered unfavorable.
Useful properties of lime
What is useful for a lime color and how to use it? The fact is that the composition of the buds of this plant is really unique. Lime blossom is especially rich in essential oils, flavonoids, tannins, so it can be safely classified as a great natural antiseptic. Even if the linden tree grows under your window, this absolutely guarantees that the air in the house will be clean. In the raw materials, there is a lot of vitamin C and carotene, which stimulates the production of a very important and necessary vitamin A. It is also considered a powerful natural antioxidant and used to treat various inflammatory ailments.
Brewed fake color, useful propertieswhich does not need anyone to prove, is considered a great remedy for the common cold. This is an ideal antipyretic and sudorific remedy that increases immunity, literally "flushes" harmful microbes out of the body and normalizes metabolic processes. Therefore, it is drunk with honey for colds, flu, ARVI. And if you add to the collection of dry color in the proportion of one to one more peppermint and raspberry leaves, then in a few days there will be no trace of these "woes".
Lipa - a cure for a hundred diseases
However, very few people know, under what diseases canstill use a lime color. Useful properties of this plant are used in the purification of the liver from toxins. To do this, a simple lime tea is prepared: 1 tablespoon of dry raw material is poured into 300 ml of boiled water and insist 5-7 minutes. You should drink this drink on an empty stomach once a day, without sugar and honey. If you brew lipo for 20 minutes, the resulting infusion dilutes the blood.
For those who have gastrointestinal problems, doctorsadvise at least once a day the usual tea is replaced with lime, using it only after eating. This helps faster and more complete digestion and simultaneously cleanses the kidneys from toxins and toxins.
In cases of various diseases of the gallbladder, lime tea is drunk before going to bed, a couple of hours after dinner.
If regularly in small amounts (150-200 ml) to drink at night without honey and sugar brewed fake color, its useful properties will help get rid of insomnia and overcome chronic fatigue.
Even people with oncological diseases will not stop to include such tea in their diet, as this plant has an excellent regenerating effect.
It can be used from atherosclerosis andvaricose veins, for washing very deep cuts and suppurating wounds, as decoctions from hemorrhoids, compresses for the treatment of radiculitis, lotions for burns and dermatitis.
Caution: harm from lime tea!
Delicious tea from linden is advised to pregnant women andchildren, the elderly and the young. But not all. Science has proven that if you drink it daily and in large quantities, then problems with vision can not be avoided. Therefore, people with various ophthalmic diseases should be treated with tea from the linden very carefully.
Do not get carried away by such a drink and those who havethere are big problems with the heart muscle. After all, because of the diaphoretic action of lime tea, the heart will experience additional stresses. Doctors say that treatment with a medicine from a linden to take a great interest is not necessary: the wonderful aromatic drink has drunk a month - it's time to take a break.
