Medicinal plants. Heart-shaped linden is not a "linden" for you! How to collect linden juice from wood

Linden, cordate or common- Tilia cordata Mill. - a large well-known tree from the linden family (Tiliaceae) with a slender trunk up to 25 m high and a wide crown. The bark is brown, smooth on young trunks and branches, on thicker ones with furrowed cracks in the upper layer. Linden has a well-developed root system with a deeply penetrating taproot, which makes it wind-resistant.
The leaves are alternate, cordate, 2 to 8 cm long and wide, at the apex drawn into cusps, finely serrate along the edge of the plate, with well-pronounced venation, green above, glabrous, slightly glaucous below, with bundles of yellowish-brown hairs along the veins. The leaf petioles are long, tomentose, reddening by autumn. Leaves on coppice shoots are much larger - up to 12 cm in length and width. Linden is distinguished by late blooming of leaves, it becomes green in our forests almost the last, at the end of May and even in June (only oak leaves after linden leaves).
The flowers are yellowish-white, fragrant, up to 1 cm in diameter, collected 3-15 in corymbose inflorescences, equipped with a yellowish-greenish lanceolate peri-colored leaf, up to half of its length fused with the axis of the inflorescence. Each flower has a 5-leafed calyx, a 5-petal corolla up to 1 cm in diameter, many (up to 30) stamens accreted into 5 bunches, a pistil with an upper 5-nested ovary, a short thick column and 5 stigmas. Linden blooms in July (less often at the end of June), flowering lasts 2-3 weeks. Insects pollinate flowers.
The fruit is a spherical nut 4-8 mm in diameter with a rather thin and fragile shell. The fruits ripen in September, but fall off the trees only in winter, when the trees are already bare. Whole inflorescences fall, which are carried by the wind, and the preserved bract leaf serves as a sail. In the winter after thaws, when the snow is compacted and covered with a crust (crust), the wind carries the linden fruit along the crust like little ice floes.
Linden reproduces in nature mainly in a vegetative way: by layering and pneumatic shoots. In many linden forests, the entire stand is essentially of coppice origin. However, it is not in vain that linden forms so many fruits, and the seed path of renewal is not alien to it. In forests where there are at least single linden trees, you can almost always find linden seedlings. Note, however: not everyone will guess that the shoot with two leaves, the plate of which is strongly dissected, belongs to the linden, these leaves are very different from those that hang on the tree.
The first 5 years of life, linden seedlings grow slowly, then growth accelerates, and from about 60 years old it slows down again. At 130-150 years old, the linden reaches its maximum growth and practically does not increase in height anymore, but its crown and trunk thickness continue to increase for a long time. Linden lives 300-400 years, some trees are known that have lived up to 600 years.

Spreading linden

Areal of the heart-shaped linden- Europe and adjacent regions of Asia. It is widespread in the middle and southern zone of the forest zone and forest-steppe of the European part of Russia. Some fragments of the range of this species are represented in Western Siberia (island linden forests in the Kuznetsk Alatau and other places). Forms pure forests (lime forests), occurs as an admixture in broad-leaved and mixed forests, where the basis of the stand is formed by other species, for example, pedunculate oak. Often it forms the second tier in oak forests and coniferous-deciduous forests. Demanding on soil fertility, does not tolerate waterlogging.
It is widely bred in urban plantings along the streets, in parks and squares, as well as in roadside plantings. It tolerates crown cutting well. In Moscow and other cities of European Russia, along with the cordate linden, the large-leaved linden (Tilia platyphyllos Scop.) Native to Central Europe is widely represented in plantings. It differs from our domestic linden in larger leaves and flowers, as well as earlier flowering (by about 2 weeks).
Linden is an exceptionally shade-tolerant tree species, therefore it can grow even in the second tier of dense spruce forests. Shading does not interfere with its undergrowth. At the same time, the linden itself, developing a large crown, rich in leaf mass, gives a dense shade, which prevents many trees and shrubs from renewing under its canopy.

Other related linden species

In the Far East, there are local species of linden, which are equivalent in terms of healing properties to cordata, similar to it morphologically: Amur linden (Tilia amurensis Rupr.), Manchurian linden (Tilla mandshurica Rupr.), Etc.

Economic use of linden

Like any tree species, the linden tree has the widest use of wood. She is light, soft and although not very suitable for construction, it is indispensable for the manufacture of many joinery. Linden is used to make tubs, beehives, furniture, dishes, and drawing boards. But it is especially appreciated by artists specializing in such an art form as wood carving. Fancy cornices, the finest images of fruits, flowers, cupids, which amaze us in the palaces of the 18th-19th centuries, are mostly carved from lime wood. And in churches, the setting of icons often owes their pretentiousness to linden.
No matter how unusual it may seem, the waste of linden wood processing in the form of sawdust, stumps, shavings can serve as feed for livestock, since they contain a lot of starch. Naturally, before the waste is fed, it must be dried and ground into powder. Linden gives first-class charcoal.
Linden bark, or rather its inner part - bast, is of no less interest for the national economy. He goes to matting, mats, washcloths, various wicker products. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, linden matting sacks were the most common container in Russia. The bark of young linden trunks is called bast. The everyday shoes of the Russian peasant - bast shoes - have been made from bast for many centuries. From it they twisted ropes, all kinds of harness, various bags, purses. Roofs were covered with bark stripped from old trunks.
It is difficult to find a person who does not know that linden is a wonderful honey plant. In places where there is a lot of it, despite the short flowering period, bees manage to collect abundant bribes from linden trees - one bee colony (clearly speaking - one hive) can procure up to 5 kg of linden honey per day. And this honey is distinguished by transparency, unique aroma and taste, it is deservedly highly valued as a wonderful food and medicinal product.
Linden inflorescences ("linden blossom") have long served as a surrogate for tea in Russia. They are used to flavor alcoholic beverages. Young, freshly blossomed linden leaves are also used for food. Leafy linden branches are an excellent food for livestock. They are harvested in the summer, tied up like brooms and hung under the roof of sheds and houses. In this state, they dry out, and in winter they are gradually fed.
One cannot but mention the beauty of linden trees. This breed has long been bred as an ornamental tree in Russian noble estates. Alleys were laid from it, many of which have survived to this day, although they are already 150-200 years old. Nowadays, linden trees are planted on city streets and boulevards; it forms the basis of many parks.

Features of the preparation of medicinal raw materials of linden

Collect Linden blossom during the full blooming of flowers. The collection period is short, because linden blooms for only 10-20 days. It is advisable, of course, to cut or pluck individual inflorescences so as not to damage the trees. But in practice, usually with garden shears on a long pole, the branches abundantly planted with flowers are cut off and the inflorescences are cut off from them. With careful harvesting in this way, you can ensure minimal damage to the tree (you need to take only part of the branches from each tree, while trying to cut off the branches not entirely, but only their apical part). Up to 1.5 kg of fresh inflorescences can be harvested from one tree.
We remind you that the harvesting of linden blossom should in no case be carried out on city streets and in roadside plantings, no matter how attractive the flowering lindens look here. Air pollution from vehicle engine exhaust makes the raw materials harvested from the roads and in plantings on the streets unsuitable for treatment or for tea.
The collected raw materials should be dried immediately so that they do not turn black. Dry it in the air in the shade, in ventilated rooms, spreading it in a thin layer on a clean bedding. Do not overdry the inflorescences so that individual flowers do not crumble from them. Properly dried raw materials have a pleasant honey aroma.

The medicinal value of linden and methods of medicinal use

Medical raw materials with the trade name "Linden flowers, or linden blossom" are inflorescences collected together with the bracts. They contain essential oil, carotene, flavonoids, saponins, ascorbic acid and other substances.
In scientific and folk medicine, linden inflorescences are prescribed as a diaphoretic agent for the prevention and treatment of colds. They are part of the sweatshop fees. Linden infusion also has bactericidal properties, so it is effective in the form of rinsing the mouth and throat for various inflammatory diseases, it is also prescribed for tonsillitis (it is good to add 5 g of baking soda to a glass of warm broth).
Linden honey is an excellent medicine. Like linden tea, it is effective for colds, and is very useful for many other diseases and ailments.

For colds, there are several ways to prepare linden infusion and a decoction for sweating. 10g (3 tablespoons) of raw material is placed in an enamel bowl, 200ml (1 glass) of hot boiled water is poured, covered with a lid and heated in boiling water (in a water bath) for 15 minutes, cooled at room temperature for 45 minutes, filtered, the remaining raw materials wring out. The volume of the resulting infusion is brought up to 200 ml with boiled water. The prepared infusion is stored in a cool place for no more than 2 days. Take hot 1-2 glasses of 2-Zraza a day after meals as a diaphoretic, diuretic and antimicrobial agent.

Two tablespoons of inflorescences are brewed like tea in 2 glasses of boiling water, boiled for 10 minutes, filtered and drunk hot 2-3 glasses overnight.

One tablespoon for 1 glass of water, boil for 30 minutes. The solution obtained in this way also has antiulcer, desensitizing activity, stimulates the regeneration of soft tissues and the body's performance.
The linden blossom has been known since ancient times in folk medicine. From linden flowers you can make a wonderful drink with a pleasant aroma, beautiful golden color - linden tea, which has a healing effect: diaphoretic, expectorant, anti-inflammatory, emollient. Tea is an excellent thirst quencher. Don't just go outside right after your tea.
They tear flowers with narrow yellowish leaves, i.e. whole inflorescences, in dry weather in the morning. Dry in the oven or in the sun. Before brewing, the dried linden blossom is lightly fried to improve the flavor. To increase sweating, you can add the same amount of raspberries to the kettle.

Put equally 2 tablespoons of a mixture of lime blossom and raspberries in 1 glass of boiling water, boil for 5-10 minutes, drain. Drink hot in one go for flu and colds.
Hot 10% decoction of linden inflorescences together with honey or raspberry jam before bed is curative.
The linden blossom has long been known in the peasant household in Russia as a blood-purifying, analgesic, sedative, diuretic and was used for rheumatism, gout, abdominal pain, for kidney stones and gallstone colic, and for inflammation of the female genital area.
The bark of the linden tree is crushed and welcomed with a chill of water, the inside cleans and moves.
The juice is squeezed out of the pimples that are on the linden foliage, and with this we anoint bodily impurity, and the body will become hisis and smooth.
Linden foliage, when it spreads out new, boiled in wine and accepted, any outflow (swelling) of the interior will grow from it.

Ancient herbalists report that the linden blossom is useful for hypochondriacs and people prone to stroke; tincture of linden blossom cured "chronic epilepsy."

Not everyone knows that linden blossom is capable of treating nervous diseases. Strong broth - 5 tablespoons of crushed inflorescences in 0.5 liters of water, boil for 30 minutes. - helps with neuroses, severe nervous breakdown, frequent fainting, convulsions.
But an alcoholic tincture of linden inflorescences has a clearer anticonvulsant effect, which is prepared as follows:
Fill the jar to the top with a loose layer of freshly dried inflorescences, without ramming them, and pour vodka to the very edge; insist 2-3 weeks. Take 7 teaspoonfuls 3 times a day, and before going to bed, increase the dose to 1 tablespoon. Unfortunately, the old linden blossom does not give the desired effect.

For children suffering from seizures, it is more useful to give fresh lime juice, collected in early spring at the beginning of sap flow.
Linden has a disinfectant effect, therefore inflorescence inflorescence is used to rinse the mouth and throat with angina.

Brew 20 g of lime blossom in 1 glass of boiling water, cool to the temperature of fresh milk, add 5 g of bicarbonate of soda (the soda is dissolved in a warm broth).

Mix well the lime blossom with sage and chamomile in equal parts, brew 1 teaspoon of the mixture with 1 cup of boiling water. Apply the infusion every 2-3 hours.
Linden powder stops nosebleeds and wounds.
Pain relievers and anti-inflammatory poultices are effective for breastfeeding, ulcers, burns, hemorrhoids, swollen joints.
boil 2-4 tablespoons of linden leaves with boiling water, wrap in gauze and put on a sore spot.
Lubricate or apply compresses to the affected areas from fresh linden bast. Apply well to painful hemorrhoids.

Gruel from fresh leaves and leaf buds is used as an emollient.
For consumption, diathesis was treated with the inner layers of fresh lime bark, taking them inside. You can also drink slimy decoctions from linden leaves or bark.

Dried linden branches are burned on a fire or in a stove. Choosing coal. Crushed it is taken orally 3-4 teaspoons for bloating or diarrhea. When treating tuberculosis, take 1 teaspoon of coal, diluted with goat's milk.
Linden is known to stop hair loss.

Eight tablespoons of linden blossom are poured over 0.5 liters of water and boiled for about 20 minutes. The resulting broth is used for shampooing.

Linden blossom masks and decoctions are indispensable for dry skin care. Linden decoction refreshes and tones it well. Concentrated warm linden tea can be added to any nourishing cream.

Take 2 teaspoons of nourishing cream for dry skin and beat with 2 teaspoons of concentrated hot decoction of various herbs and linden blossom. A warm mass is applied to the face and neck in the form of a mask.
It is very useful, instead of washing, to wipe dry skin with a cold infusion of lime blossom (from dry raw materials). Combined with honey, this treatment has a rejuvenating effect. In combination with dill herbs, it tones up flabby, wrinkle-prone skin.

Linden Nutrition Recipes

Linden seeds are highly nutritious, they are used in the same way as hazelnuts or walnuts, from which an oil is obtained that is close to olive in quality, and resembles almond in taste.
Fresh leaves are used to prepare salads, dried ones are added to the dough.

Linden and dandelion salad
Young linden leaves are washed, chopped finely and mixed with chopped dandelion leaves, green onions and dill. Season with sour cream or vegetable oil. Linden leaves - 50 g, dandelion leaves - ZOG, green onions, greens
dill, 1 tablespoon sour cream or vegetable oil, salt.
Young leaves are dried and stored in paper bags. The dried leaves, ground into powder, are added to the dough for fortification.

Linden flower jam
The flowers are cut from the stalks, placed in a colander, washed with water and laid out in an enamel bowl. Prepare syrup (400 g of sugar, 1 liter of water per 1 kg of flowers), boil it, filter and pour the flowers with boiling syrup, making them completely immersed in the syrup. In 5min. until the end of cooking, add citric acid (3 g per 1 kg of flowers). The finished jam is packaged in sterile jars and cooled.

Linden is popularly called unmercenary.
“Whoever approaches a linden tree will leave with goodness,
Prepare a leaf - feed the cattle,
It will shelter you from the heat and rain, it will calm your heart.
The bee will collect honey,
The owner with a broom will leave,
Shoe, clothe, give water, warm,
Will drive away an evil cold.
Whoever plants a linden tree, people remember,
God prolongs life for that. "
According to Raphael, the linden tree is ruled by Jupiter, the ruling planet for people born under the signs of Sagittarius and Pisces. According to Sedir, the linden tree is ruled by the Moon and is healing for those born under the sign of Cancer.

) there were also ampoules with linden tree sap. Such a remedy is quite popular in France, where, along with an extract or tea made from cherry stalks, it is a "grandmother's" recipe for draining excess liquid. Remembering my failure with cherries / cherries, which, well, did not affect this very fluid in my body in any way, I was skeptical about linden, but still took a pack of ampoules for a sample. And imagine what my surprise and joy were when the lime tree worked!

La Gravelline Aubier de Tilleul Bio
The complex consists of 30 glass ampoules with fresh woody sap taken from the very core, diluted in local mineral water. In some sources, I read that this liquid should be called an extract of the bark, but this does not change the meaning and essence of the product itself. Lindens here are not anyhow, but mountain, from Roussillon, grown in the most environmentally friendly conditions, all organic for selection. The extract is an excellent liquid dispenser, diuretic, and also very useful for the stomach. The package contains 30 ampoules, which must be diluted in a glass of water and drunk 3 times a day.

I started with a similar 10-day course. I must say right away that I did not break the intake into 3 times, but immediately diluted 3 ampoules in a glass of water and drank, in the morning or afternoon, between meals. The effect was not long in coming and turned out to be quite extensive: I didn't rush to the toilet too often, but not so rarely, my stomach started working like a clock, and my weight even dropped a little. All 10 days and then almost 2 more weeks, the body worked according to the same schedule, without retaining water, and very effectively exploiting the gastrointestinal tract. Alas, after that, fluid problems began again, which was noticed by the face that began to swell and by the absolutely unmotivated weight jumps.
I had to urgently order a few more packs of the miracle linden. And as soon as she arrived, on the second day after the start of the next course, everything returned to its optimal form.

And now I have dilemma: in theory, this is a course that must be done once a season, although no restrictions are indicated in the instructions. On the one hand, I don’t want to sit on diuretics all the time, it’s still not useful, and on the other hand, it’s not good to keep the fluid either! I will try to reduce the number of ampoules, first to two, and then to one, and see the result. Or you will have to conduct a course monthly for 10 days a month and hope that the body will not get used to the effects of linden. But I always have in stock a birch tree and various herbal detox elixirs, which also give a good effect. So, it will be possible to alternate.

Composition:

The tree sap itself is a brown transparent liquid with a slight woody odor and woody taste. It is quite normal to drink it in a divorced state. Nothing unpleasant was found.

Price: € 19.50 per package of 30 ampoules (10-day course).

By the way, according to the Celtic horoscope of trees, I am a "linden tree", so somewhere in the depths of my soul, there is a small hope that my tree will not let me down! Well, it's not for nothing that I just love linden blossom, tea made from it, linden honey and just the scent of blooming linden!

Linden is a long-lived deciduous plant that is found in temperate climates and requires no maintenance. Linden grows both in urban park areas and in garden plots.

The healing properties of linden have made the plant popular in folk and traditional medicine. It is rich in antioxidants, flavonoids, quercetin, essential oils, and tannins. Linden flowers contain kaempferol, which gives them diaphoretic properties.

In everyday life, all parts of the plant are used. However, linden flowers are used more often. Linden blooms in early summer, and then the flowers are replaced by clusters of small fruits.

Pick the linden tree when its flowers are just starting to open. During this period, they contain a maximum of useful substances. Pluck the inflorescences along with the leaves adjacent to them, since linden leaves also have medicinal properties. They can be used to prepare teas and infusions.

Linden strengthens the immune system, calms the nervous system, removes toxins from the body and improves digestion.

For joints

Linden has a strong anti-inflammatory effect. This allows you to eliminate pain symptoms from both muscle pain and joint diseases. Linden is beneficial for internal and external inflammation. Regular consumption of linden can help relieve arthritis and rheumatism pain.

For the heart and blood vessels

Linden affects heart health. It reduces vascular inflammation, lowers blood pressure, improves blood clotting, and reduces the risk of atherosclerosis or blood clots. Eating linden can help prevent a heart attack, stroke, or coronary artery disease.

For the brain and nerves

The soothing properties of linden reduce mental stress and anxiety. The plant affects hormone levels and helps to relax.

Some essential oils in linden can help fight depression. They reduce stress levels, stress on the heart and metabolism, and improve mood.

Linden tea is effective against insomnia. It will help get rid of fatigue, relax and relieve tension. To enhance the action, you can add a decoction or linden to the bath. Linden leaves relieve headaches and relieve migraines.

For bronchi

Linden is used to relieve nasal congestion and make breathing easier. It reduces coughing and soothes sore throat. The antioxidants in linden tree eliminate harmful bacteria and microorganisms that damage the respiratory tract. It helps to cure bronchitis. Linden-based products are used as expectorants to remove phlegm when coughing.

For the digestive tract

The chemical compounds in linden are involved in the treatment of diseases of the digestive system. Linden tea can help relieve indigestion, constipation, diarrhea, excessive gas and irritable bowel syndrome. Linden is used to prevent ulcers, colitis and stomach cramps. It normalizes bowel function.

For kidneys and bladder

In folk medicine, linden is used as a diuretic that stimulates the cleansing of the genitourinary system.

For skin

Linden extract helps to get rid of infections. The plant contains kaempferol and quercetin, which help fight aging, prevent premature wrinkles and unwanted age-related edema.

Linden bark is effective in eliminating skin conditions associated with itching and redness. It is applied to the affected skin to relieve irritation.

For immunity

Linden contains P-coumaric acid, which is a natural diaphoretic compound. It eliminates fever and lowers body temperature along with profuse sweating, and also removes toxins, salts, fats and excess water from the body naturally.

Linden tea is effective against various strains of bacteria and yeast. It helps the immune system fight disease.

Benefits of linden honey

The medicinal properties of linden are preserved in honey obtained from its flower nectar and pollen. Linden honey is a high quality variety with a rich taste and beneficial properties, including natural antibacterial, antioxidant, tonic and protective properties. It is used to treat respiratory infections such as colds, flu, laryngitis, pharyngitis, or rhinitis.

The viscous consistency helps the honey adhere to the throat lining, forming a protective coating that prevents irritation and helps tissues heal. Linden honey tones, increases energy levels, improves mood and appetite. It stimulates the secretion of bile and improves liver function.

Linden honey is used as a remedy for improving digestion, eliminating stomach irritation from gastritis and treating ulcers.

For maximum benefits, linden honey is best eaten raw, without heating or processing. Heating destroys nutrients.

Linden Recipes

The most common way to use linden for medicinal purposes is to make linden tea.

Lime tea

For this you will need:

• fresh or dried linden flowers;
• linden bark;
• boiling water.

For a long time, linden has been famous for its beneficial properties, but there are also contraindications to the use of this natural medicine. Despite the flourishing of the pharmaceutical industry and the emergence of many drugs, this plant continues to be used to treat various diseases. Due to its diaphoretic, anti-inflammatory and hemostatic properties, linden is used for colds and viral diseases of the respiratory system, malfunctions in the digestive tract, dermatitis and various inflammatory processes.

The healing properties of linden

Who does not like to walk along the linden alley on a cool June evening! Clean air, saturated with a delicate floral scent, calms the nervous system, allowing you to forget all the worries of the working day. Linden is an excellent natural antiseptic, which is why this tree is so often used for landscaping cities.

Traditional medicine knows many recipes and medicines, in which the active substance is linden. Moreover, all parts of the tree have healing properties, without exception.

1. Fruit. Dried and crushed walnut fruits of the lime tree are used for various external bleeding: from the nose, ear, mouth.
2. Leaves. The linden leaf compress helps with headaches, and the juice can be used as a pain reliever. Powder from the dried leaves of this plant is sprinkled on open wounds, various skin diseases are treated.
3. Kidneys. Fresh kidneys are crushed to a porridge state and treated with abscesses, burns and other skin lesions. This remedy is suitable for pain relief and inflammation relief.
4. Bark. Dried lime bark is used to prepare a healing tea for colds. The broth is used to rinse the mouth for gum disease and as a choleretic agent. If the bark is boiled for several hours, you get a healing mucus, which can alleviate the patient's condition with gout, burns and hemorrhoids.
5. Coal. Even the combustion product of this unique tree has medicinal properties. Linden coal is used as a sorbent for poisoning and other diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. To get rid of toxins, it is enough to eat 1 teaspoon of crushed coal powder 3 times a day. In addition, the charcoal powder brewed like a coffee drink helps prostatitis sufferers.
6. Linden blossom. Healing decoctions, infusions and teas are prepared from linden flowers, which will help with colds, respiratory diseases, disorders of the nervous and digestive systems.

The healing properties of linden leaves and flowers will be fully manifested if they are collected at the right time. Flowering usually occurs at the end of June and lasts about two weeks. It is better to collect inflorescences in hot weather in the morning. When collecting, it is worth giving preference to those trees that grow away from roads.

Linden tea composition and preparation rules

Linden tea has unique healing properties. It contains a full range of vitamins and minerals necessary for human health. The drink, sweetish in taste, has a pleasant delicate aroma and golden color.

The composition of linden tea contains the following substances:

• vitamin C;
• flavonoids with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties;
• phytoncides that have an antiseptic effect;
• essential oils that have a positive effect on the nervous system;
• tanning agents.

It is necessary to be able to competently brew linden tea, only in this case you can get a truly medicinal drink. It is better to use ceramic dishes for making tea. First, pour boiling water over the kettle, then pour the flowers and calculate 1 tablespoon for 1 glass of water. It is better to fill the inflorescences not with boiling water, but with water cooled to 95 ° C. Next, wrap the kettle with a towel and infuse the tea for 30 minutes.

The benefits of linden tea

The benefits of linden tea cannot be overstated. Perhaps there is no such ailment in which linden tea cannot at least slightly alleviate the suffering of the patient.

Here is an incomplete list of diseases for which linden flower tea is indicated.

• Cold. Ideal for fighting colds. It has antipyretic and diaphoretic properties, is used for the prevention and treatment of the disease.
• Bronchitis and pneumonia. It has an expectorant effect, helps to remove phlegm in case of bronchitis, tracheitis, pneumonia.
• The cardiovascular system. The flavonoids contained in linden tea maintain the elasticity of blood vessels, prevent sclerotic changes, and promote blood flow.
• Kidneys. Urolithiasis, cystitis, inflammation of the urinary tract will recede faster if you regularly drink flower tea.
• Pains of various origins. Headaches, cramps and swelling are treated with this healing drink.
• Gastrointestinal tract. Scientists know the benefits and harms of linden tea for gastrointestinal diseases. Inflammatory processes in the stomach and intestinal tract, various disorders, diarrhea and constipation can be cured with linden tea. This activates the secretion of bile and the work of digestive enzymes.
• Nervous system. Linden flower tea will calm the nervous system, better than any sleeping pill, it will establish normal sleep.

Linden flower tea is a delicious refreshing drink with many medicinal properties.

The benefits of linden tea for women

Linden flowers contain special substances that are similar in composition to female sex hormones. Thanks to these phytohormones, linden has a unique effect on the female body.

Women should drink linden tea at certain periods of their lives.

• If the menstrual cycle is irregular or pain occurs.
• With the onset of menopause, it is recommended to drink lime blossom tea every day. The benefits and harms of this drug have long been known: the drink will help reduce hot flashes and alleviate the general condition, since phytohormones replenish the natural hormonal background.
• Traditional healers claim that linden flowers will help alleviate the patient's condition with fibroma and myoma.

Thanks to phytohormones, linden is able to have a rejuvenating effect. In addition, linden tea enhances the burning of calories, so drinking a cup of the drink before meals can easily help you shed a few extra pounds.

Linden tea during pregnancy

The linden blossom is very useful for brewing tea during pregnancy. In this difficult period of life, a woman is not recommended to take medications, it is better to do with folk remedies, one of which is linden tea.

• Linden tea is a means of preventing influenza and ARVI for a pregnant woman with a weakened immune system.
• During the treatment of the disease, the linden blossom will have an antipyretic and diaphoretic effect, and will help get rid of cough. The natural remedy has no side effects and will not harm your baby.
• Tea reduces the swelling that many women suffer while carrying a baby.
• With insomnia and nervous breakdowns, characteristic of women during pregnancy, a drink made from linden flowers will cope.

The benefits of linden tea for babies have also been known for a long time. It can be given to children of six months of age in small doses, after agreeing on the reception of the infusion with a pediatrician.

Contraindications

Possessing many useful properties, linden also has contraindications that cannot be ignored. In no case should you replace regular green or black tea with linden tea and drink it every day without taking temporary breaks. After all, linden tea is, first of all, a medicine that has a certain effect on the body. You need to be treated in courses, observing the regimen. Otherwise, you can get heart disease, blurred vision and disturbances in the functioning of the organs of the genitourinary system.

Usually linden blossom is brewed and drunk every day for three weeks, after which you should take a break of 10-15 days. This natural medicine is contraindicated in people with heart failure.

Linden is a unique plant that, when properly harvested and consumed, can cure many diseases. If it is not possible to prepare flowers yourself, you can buy a collection at the pharmacy. Since linden belongs to natural medicines, it can be used by both adults and children.

Squeeze out the linden blossom, as well as the bracts.

It has diaphoretic and antipyretic properties, and is used for colds. Prescribed for influenza, headache, rheumatism, pneumonia, measles, sore throat, parotitis, infertility, neurosis, fainting, cough, runny nose, bronchitis, intestinal colic, kidney disease, bladder 1 tbsp. spoon of juice and honey in a glass of hot water at night.

It has a calming effect, like valerian, on the nervous system, moderately reduces blood viscosity, increases urine and bile secretion, has expectorant and antimicrobial properties, and helps with infections.

Take 1/4 cup 2-3 times a day after meals (children - 1-2 teaspoons per reception). Leaf juice with honey (1: 1) 1 tbsp. spoon 3 times a day before meals are prescribed as an analgesic and anti-inflammatory agent. Diluted (5%) leaf juice relieves the condition with cramps in the urinary tract.

Leaf juice in the form of lotions is prescribed for furunculosis, burns, mastitis, inflammation of hemorrhoids, ulcers, rheumatism, gout.

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Linden has many useful and medicinal properties, it is used for the manufacture of many medicines, it is often used in folk medicine. Linden flowers contain the flavone glycoside hesperidin, the glycoside tiliacin, phytoncides, tanning ...

The use of lingonberry in folk medicine is traditional and very effective. Both the leaves and the berries of the plant are healing. Medicinal raw materials have a disinfecting and diuretic effect and are usually used for kidney stones, ...

Chamomile has a sedative effect on the nervous system, has an anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, hemostatic, analgesic, carminative, diaphoretic, choleretic, astringent, laxative and anti-allergic effect. For medicinal purposes, it is prescribed ...

The ancient Slavs considered this tree sacred, so they planted it near temples and churches, hid under it from a thunderstorm. Slavic girls took round dances around, and young fathers planted a linden seed near the house to protect their child from ...

Nature itself took care of human health and beauty, creating a linden tree. Linden tea is incredibly healthy! Linden is one of the most popular and effective medicinal plants on Earth! Why is linden tea useful? What is the benefit of linden tea? What ...

Aloe and Kalanchoe are two amazing home doctors who have long been helping with a variety of diseases. These plants must be in every home! Aloe and Kalanchoe are often called flowers of life and indoor ginsengs. ...

Fragrant yellowish-white flowers, as well as linden leaves, buds, seeds and bark are effectively used by folk and clinical medicine in complex therapy for the prevention or treatment of various diseases. What are the useful properties ...