In the cold season, even before the cold begins to creep up on you, just waiting for the right moment, the best preventive and preventive measure can be a good vitamin tea. The composition of which simply must include herbs and berries enriched with vitamins and having certain therapeutic properties.
Plants that are very useful during an exacerbation of colds include: raspberries, linden, mountain ash, wild rose, strawberries and lemon balm.
What is interesting about vitamin teas from these plants?
They are prepared from field or forest berries and plants, extremely different in color, taste and aroma. In fact, herbal vitamin teas are constituent elements of nutrition, and besides, those that have a mass of biologically active substances (BAS): enzymes, vitamins, organic acids, microelements, etc. This bouquet of biologically active substances heals, warns, protects a person from a large number of diseases, is favorable for his body. Why vitamin herbal teas It is desirable to use all people, regardless of the age at which the person is and what his state of health is.

The value of herbal vitamin tea can also be seen in the fact that it does not have caffeine and other exciting ingredients that are not so harmless for the human body, and even more so for people with disorders of the cardiovascular and nervous systems. Herbal vitamin tea is especially beneficial for the child's body, while ordinary tea with caffeine is not at all indicated for use by babies under 2 years old.

At the present time, many are beginning to realize the health-improving effect of vitamin tea on the body as very useful and therefore they constantly drink it.

Ingredients for making tea at home can be purchased at a pharmacy. But the best vitamin tea is the one that was made from hand-made herbs.

Therefore, it is very important that everyone understands the rules for collecting medicinal plants, drying and storage of medicinal plants and had an understanding of the preparation medicines. First of all, it is necessary to harvest the above-ground parts of plants in such a way that there is no “scorched desert” left after you, because nature is quite vulnerable and, every time, you need to make sure that some grass remains at the place of collection for its natural renewal.

How to brew vitamin tea?

The flowers are brewed in a large porcelain teapot with boiling water. Before brewing, fresh fruits must be flattened, and dry fruits should be crushed. The leaves are placed in hot water and boiled for about 4 minutes or brewed with boiling water. Stems, roots and other coarse fragments of medicinal plants should be finely chopped. Then they are placed in cool water, brought to a boil over low heat and boiled for 10 minutes. After brewing, teas from fruits, leaves and flowers are kept in a porcelain teapot for about 10 minutes, and teas from stems and roots are allowed to brew in enamelware about 15 min.

Properly brewed vitamin tea has a unique color, aroma, taste, and most importantly, it preserves all biologically active substances.

Composition of herbs for vitamin tea.

Fees for vitamin herbal teas can be completely different and depend on the state of the human body and its taste preferences. It is recommended to introduce only one fragrant herb into the collection (melissa, mint, thyme and oregano, etc.). It is not worth using in compositions of 2-3 such herbs: the aromas of plants can drown out or merge into a completely non-aromatic smell. The practice of herbalists has deduced that, in the collection, there should be only one fragrant plant and several neutral herbs. This mixture is the best. Nobody bothers to experiment, but do not forget about the contraindications to the use of medicinal plants and the possibility of obtaining an unexplored reaction when mixed ...
Therefore, it is better to stick to centuries-old recipes for vitamin teas.

From these reflections, a legitimate question arises as to which vitamin teas to drink?

In the morning it is advisable to drink tonic tea (strawberry leaves, angelica, clover leaves and flowers, lavender, lemongrass and lovage, etc.).

In the evening, soothing vitamin herbal teas (ivan tea, St. John's wort, peppermint, raspberry leaves, lemon balm, chamomile, cherry leaf, primrose, etc.) should be consumed.

In early spring and winter, you should pay attention to multivitamin herbal teas (blackberry leaves, carrots, raspberries, nettles, black currants, fruits of mountain ash, black currant, rosehip, sea buckthorn, barberry, etc.).

But in the summer, herbal teas should be prepared from freshly picked plants. And it is this time that should be used to the maximum for the benefit of the body.

Recipes for vitamin teas.

Heather tea recipe.

Take 2 grams of dried rosehip leaves and heather flowers, and another 10 grams of dried strawberry leaves. Rinse the porcelain teapot with hot water (having a temperature when the hand can no longer endure - above 60 C). Then pour the collection of herbs and pour over 200 ml of boiling water. Hold for about 10 min.

Blueberry tea recipe.

Take 10 g of granulated sugar, 12 grams of dried lingonberry leaves, a glass of water. Rinse the porcelain teapot with boiling water, add lingonberry leaves, brew with boiling water and soak for 15 minutes, then pour granulated sugar and pour into cups.

Recipe for strawberry tea.

Take 2 g of mint leaves and St. John's wort, 10 g of dried strawberry leaves, a glass of water. Rinse the porcelain teapot with boiling water, pour in the collection of leaves, pour boiling water over it and soak for about 10 minutes.

Rowan tea recipe.

Take 2 g of dried blackcurrant leaves, 5 g of dried raspberries, 30 g of dried fruits of mountain ash. Brew the mixture in a porcelain teapot, soak for 7 minutes. Use further as tea leaves.

Primrose tea recipe.

Take a glass of water and 5 g of dried leaves of St. John's wort and primrose. Pour the mixture of leaves with boiling water in a porcelain teapot and let it brew for about 7 minutes. Use further as tea leaves.

Thyme tea recipe.

Take 4 g of dried lingonberry leaves and 20 g of dried St. John's wort and thyme leaves. Brew the mixture of leaves and use as tea leaves.

Vitamin tea recipe.

Take 5 g of dried oregano leaves, 10 g of dried rowan berries, 20 g of dried rose hips, 200 ml of water. dried berries grind, and then pour over boiling water and then cook for 5 minutes, then add oregano leaves and soak for 10 minutes. This is a multivitamin tea that has a beneficial effect on the metabolism in the body, and serves as a remedy for sclerosis.

Recipe for rowan and nettle tea.

Take (7:3) rowan fruits and nettle leaves, and then 1 tbsp. l. composition, pour 500 ml of boiling water over and boil for 10 minutes, then let it brew for 4 hours in a tightly closed container in a cool and dark place, filter. Drink 1/2 cup 3 r. in a day.

Recipe for lingonberry and strawberry tea.

Take the whole strawberry plant and the whole lingonberry plant in equal amounts. 1 st. l. Pour 200 ml of water over the composition, bring to a boil, filter, add honey to taste. Drink hot in a glass of 3 r. in a day.

Strawberry tea recipe.

1 st. l. pour over 200 ml of boiling water over field strawberry leaves, soak for 15 minutes, filter. Drink like tea.

Rosehip and raspberry tea recipe.

Mix raspberries and rose hips in equal amounts. 1 st. l. pour 250 ml of boiling water over the composition, and boil for 10 minutes, soak for 3 hours, filter. Drink 1/3 cup 3 r. in a day.

Rosehip and cranberry tea recipe.

Mix lingonberries and rose hips equally. 1 st. l. composition, brew 500 ml of boiling water, and boil for 10 minutes, then soak for 4 hours in a tightly closed container in a cold and dark place, filter. Drink 1/2 cup 3 r. in a day.

Rosehip and rowan tea recipe.

1) Mix rowan and rose hips equally. Then 1 tbsp. l. crushed mixture, brew 1/2 liter of boiling water, let it brew for an hour, drain through cheesecloth, add granulated sugar to taste. Drink 1/2 cup 3 r. in a day.

2) Mix rose hips and mountain ash in equal parts. 1 st. l. composition, brew 500 ml of boiling water, boil for 10 minutes, let it brew for 4 hours in a tightly closed container in a cool and dark place, filter, add sugar to taste. Drink 1/2 cup 3 r. in a day.

Rosehip honey tea recipe.

20 g rose hips, 15 g honey, 5 g lemon juice, 200 ml water. Grind the dried rosehip berries, pour over with boiling water, and cook for 10 minutes in an enameled bowl with a tightly covered lid, let it brew for 10 minutes. Filter the decoction. Add honey lemon juice.

Rosehip and thyme tea recipe.

10 g dried rose hips, 5 g dried thyme leaves, 15 g honey, 200 ml water. Grind the rose hips, pour over boiling water and cook for 5 minutes, and then add thyme leaves. Infuse for 10 minutes, filter, add honey to taste.

Rosehip and blackcurrant tea recipe.

Mix the rose hips and blackcurrant equally. 1 st. l. brew 500 ml of boiling water with a crushed mixture, let it brew for at least 1 hour in a well-covered dish, filter through cheesecloth, add granulated sugar to taste. Drink 1/2 cup 3 r. in a day.

Rosehip, blackcurrant and nettle tea recipe.

Mix (3:1:2) rose hips, blackcurrant and nettle leaves. 1 st. l. pour 500 ml of boiling water over the composition, soak for an hour, filter, add granulated sugar to taste. Drink 1/2 cup 3 r. in a day.

Rosehip, blackcurrant, nettle and carrot tea recipe.

Combine (3:1:3:3) rose hips, blackcurrant berries, nettle leaves, carrot root. 1 st. l. Pour the mixture over 500 ml of boiling water, and boil for 10 minutes, soak in a well-covered container for 4 hours in a cool and dark place, then filter. Drink 1/2 cup 3 r. in a day.

Recipe for rosehip, lingonberry and nettle leaf tea.

1) Combine (3:1:3) rose hips, lingonberries, nettle leaves - 3 parts. 1 st. l. composition, brew 500 ml of boiling water, and boil for 10 minutes, soak for 4 hours in a tightly closed container in a cool and dark place, then filter. Drink 1/2 cup 3 r. in a day.

2) Mix (3:2:3) rose hips, lingonberries, nettle leaves.
2 tbsp. l. crushed vitamin composition, brew 200 ml of boiling water, soak for 3.5 hours, filter. Drink a glass of 2 r. in a day.

Rosehip, lingonberry, currant and raspberry tea recipe.

Take and mix equal amounts of rose hips, raspberry leaves, currant leaves, lingonberry leaves. After that, 2 tbsp. l. composition, brew 200 ml of boiling water, and boil for 10 minutes, soak in a tightly covered container until cool, then filter, add sugar to taste. Drink 1/2 cup 2 r. in a day.

HEATHER TEA
Ingredients:
2 g dried heather flowers
2 g dried rosehip leaves,

200 ml of water.
Cooking:
Rinse a porcelain teapot with hot water, add a mixture of herbs and pour boiling water over it.
Insist 5-10 minutes.

COWBERRY TEA
Ingredients:
12 g dried lingonberry leaves,
10-15 g sugar
200 ml of water.
Cooking:
Rinse the porcelain teapot with boiling water, add lingonberry leaves, pour boiling water over it and leave for 10-15 minutes, add sugar and pour into cups.

STRAWBERRY TEA
Ingredients:
10 g dried strawberry leaves,
2 g St. John's wort,
2 g mint
200 ml of water.
Cooking
Rinse a porcelain teapot with boiling water, pour in a mixture of leaves, pour boiling water over it and leave for 7-10 minutes.

ROWAN TEA
Ingredients:
30 g dried rowan berries,
5 g dried raspberries,
2 g dried blackcurrant leaves.
Cooking
Brew the mixture in a porcelain teapot, leave for 5-7 minutes.
Use as a brew.

Vitamin scented teas for good health + recipes

Fragrant and delicious herbal teas are loved by many, and I am no exception. I have already begun harvesting herbs and flowers, and I want to involve you in this process. There are many plants from which you can make delicious and healthy tea. Most often, fresh or dried leaves, flowers, berries and roots are used for this. If you give the leaves and flowers the opportunity to absorb the warmth of human hands, the tea will turn out to be much more aromatic and tastier. Usually, the collection of leaves and flowers suitable for brewing tea is not difficult. For this, leaves of currant, raspberry, apple tree, strawberry, fireweed, mint, blackberry, cherry, bird cherry, heather, St.

If you are interested in a plant, taste it: you felt sourness, astringency, original aroma, you can safely use it for tea. The only advice: if the plant is unknown to you, try to find its description in the reference book - suddenly it is poisonous or has some properties that are personally undesirable for you.

The processing of leaves and flowers for tea is simple and does not require much time. This is fermentation, which gives the gifts of the forest an exquisite aroma. The collected leaves and flowers should be dried a little. It is enough if they lie in the shade in the breeze for 5-8 hours, depending on the thickness of the leaves. It is necessary that the leaves lose some of the moisture, but do not dry out, but become soft and not brittle. Large leaves one at a time, and small leaves a few at a time, we immediately begin to knead and roll (twist) in the palms. The leaves should be covered in juice and become slightly sticky. In this case, intercellular bonds are destroyed in them and, under the influence of air, the fermentation process will begin. You can twist into tubes or balls, as you like.

You can combine: for example, put a small leaf of tansy, wormwood or several flowers of St. John's wort into a mashed apple leaf. The scope for experimentation is wide, it all depends on your imagination. Twisted leaves are folded into a dense, but not rammed pile, and covered with a damp cloth. In this position, they are kept for 8-12 hours, allowing the juice to ferment. After that, the leaves must be dried, and quickly so that they do not sour. This can be done on a baking sheet in the oven at a temperature of 70-90 degrees or in the sun with occasional stirring.


If the leaves are rolled into long tubes, they can be cut or torn into several pieces before drying. With this method of processing, leaves and flowers lose their grassy smell, but acquire an original aroma, which is not found in raw materials that have undergone simple drying in the shade. It is curious that the color of tea in this case will be more saturated.

The original taste is obtained if the corresponding dried berries are brewed together with the leaves of strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, currants. Leaves for drying and fermentation can be harvested all summer until they begin to turn yellow, but it is advisable to take into account the properties of plants. Raspberry, currant, blackberry, fireweed leaves are best taken in the first half of summer, when they are more fragrant. And strawberry leaves, on the contrary, it is advisable to collect in early autumn, when they "accumulate" the largest amount useful substances. Recipes for tea from the gifts of nature can be found in reference books, but it is much more interesting to come up with them yourself, experimenting with various plants. By the way, birch and mountain ash leaves, young (soft) needles of a Christmas tree, pine, juniper or fir, if used in small quantities, will give the tea a peculiar flavor. Don't be lazy to spend a few hours collecting and processing leaves and flowers, and in winter you will have the opportunity to enjoy Berendey tea, the aroma of which will remind you of summer.

Dried leaves and fruits should be stored in paper or cloth bags, each type of plant separately (can be stored in glass or ceramic jars with tight lids). The bag or jar should have a label indicating the name of the herb and the time of collection.

The shelf life of flowers, leaves and grass should not exceed 1-2 years, the shelf life of fruits and berries - 3-4 years, roots, rhizomes and bark 2-3 years.

Herbal tea recipes offered by pharmacist Natalia Zamyatina

● Badan leaf - 3 parts, raspberry leaves, black currant and oregano herb - 1 part each. Fortifying tea.

● Melissa or catnip, St. John's wort, hawthorn flowers or fruits, linden flowers, mint leaves - in equal parts. The tea has a mild sedative effect.

● Leaves of lemon balm or catnip, chamomile flowers, yarrow grass, thyme grass - in equal parts. Fortifying tea.

● Black elderberry fruits - 2 parts, linden flowers and thyme grass - 1 part each. Tea is not only tasty, but also helps with back pain and neuralgia.

● Chamomile, thyme grass, peppermint leaf - in equal parts. aromatic tea, improves digestion, relieves bloating, soothing.

● Blackberry leaves, raspberries, nettles, strawberries and apple peel - in equal parts. Vitamin tea that improves digestion.

● St. John's wort, mint leaf, sage leaf - 2 parts each, chamomile, bergenia leaf, thyme grass - 1 part each. Tea reduces the acidity of gastric juice. Recommended for gastritis with high acidity and stomach ulcers (2-3 cups a day).

● Rose hips, black currant, mountain ash and nettle leaf - in equal parts. Vitamin tea is also used for gout, rheumatism and arthritis.

● Leaves of raspberries, blackberries, black currants, white acacia flowers - in equal parts. Tea is not only tasty, but also regulates metabolism, "purifies the blood."

● Nettle, rose hips and black currant, dried carrot root - in equal amounts. Tea has a vitamin effect.

country tea
- 2 teaspoons of black tea;
- 4 leaves from a blackcurrant bush;
- 2 leaves from a bush garden raspberry;
- 3 mint leaves;
- 1/2 teaspoon of chamomile.
The rosehip petals and lime blossom, along with a small amount of leaves, give a taste somewhat reminiscent of watermelon.


A very pleasant combination is obtained if you add wild strawberries to rose hips and lime blossom - along with berries.

Collect "tea" herbs on a sunny day after the dew dries. Herbs with strong stems are tied into loose bundles and hung to dry in a ventilated dark place. In tender plants, the leaves are torn off the stems and scattered on a frame covered with gauze, or a sheet of cardboard.

Raspberry, blackberry, fireweed and strawberry leaves are best fermented beforehand. To do this, they are kneaded before drying until juice appears and allowed to lie down in a warm place so that they darken. Dry on low heat.

St. John's wort is used for tea only dried, fresh it has no taste and smell.

Heather - 2 g dried heather flowers, 2 g dried rosehip leaves, 10 g dried strawberry leaves. Porcelain teapot is rinsed with hot water, poured with a mixture of herbs and poured with boiling water (200 ml). Insist 5-10 min.

Lingonberry - 12 g of dried lingonberry leaves, 10-15 g of sugar, 200 ml of water. Porcelain teapot rinse with boiling water, pour lingonberry leaves, pour boiling water and leave for 10-15 minutes, add sugar and pour into cups.

Strawberry - 10 g of dried strawberry leaves, 2 g of St. John's wort, 2 g of mint, 200 ml of water. Rinse a porcelain teapot with boiling water, pour in a mixture of leaves, pour boiling water over it and leave for 7-10 minutes.

Rowan - 30 g of dried rowan berries, 5 g of dried raspberries, 2 g of dried blackcurrant leaves. The mixture is brewed in a porcelain teapot, infused for 5-7 minutes. Used as a brew.

Tea with primrose - 5 g of dried primrose leaves, 5 g of St. John's wort, 200 ml of water. A mixture of leaves is poured with boiling water in a porcelain teapot and infused for 5-7 minutes. Used as a brew.

Tea with thyme - 20 g dried thyme leaves, 20 g St. John's wort, 4 g dried lingonberry leaves. A mixture of leaves is brewed and used as in the previous recipe.

Rosehip-honey tea - 20 g of rose hips, 15 g of honey, 5 g of lemon juice, 200 ml of water. Grind dried rose hips, pour boiling water over them, cook for 10 minutes in an enameled bowl with the lid closed, leave for 10 minutes. Strain the decoction. Add honey, lemon juice.

Rosehip and thyme tea - 10 g of dried rose hips, 5 g of dried thyme leaves, 15 g of honey, 200 ml of water. Grind rose hips, pour boiling water and cook for 5 minutes, then add thyme leaves. Leave for 10 minutes, strain, add honey.

Vitamin - 20 g of dried rose hips, 10 g of dried rowan fruits, 5 g of dried oregano leaves, 200 ml of water. Grind dried fruits, pour boiling water and cook for 5 minutes, then add oregano leaves and leave for 10 minutes.

This is a multivitamin tea, it has a beneficial effect on the metabolism in the body, and is an anti-sclerotic agent.

Recipe for lingonberry, raspberry, rosehip and currant tea.

It is necessary to mix raspberry leaves, rose hips, lingonberry leaves, currant leaves in equal amounts. After that, boil 2 tbsp with boiling water (200 ml). herbal composition, and boil for 10 minutes. Keep until cool in a tightly covered container, then filter, you can add granulated sugar to taste. Tea is recommended to drink 2 times a day for 0.5 cups.

Recipe for blackcurrant, rosehip, carrot and nettle tea.

Combine carrot root, blackcurrant berries, rose hips, nettle leaves (3:1:3:3). Pour boiling water (500 ml) 1 tbsp. mixture and boil for 10 minutes. Soak in a well-covered container for 4 hours, then filter. It is recommended to use three times a day for 0.5 cups.

Rosehip honey tea recipe.

It will take 200 ml of water, 15 g of honey, 20 g of rose hips, 5 g of lemon juice. Grind dried rose hips, pour boiling water in an enameled bowl and put on a slow fire for 10 minutes with a tightly covered lid, then let it brew for 10 minutes. Then filter the broth, add lemon juice and honey, and drink like tea.

Recipe for vitamin tea from lingonberries, nettle leaves and rose hips.

Mix nettle leaves, cranberries, rose hips (3:2:3). Brew 2 tbsp. crushed vitamin collection 200 ml of boiling water, then soak for 3.5 hours, filter. Tea is recommended to drink 2 times a day in a glass.


Restorative:

    3 g dried strawberry leaves, 3 g blackberry leaves, 3 g black currant leaves, 10 g St. John's wort, 10 g thyme, 200 ml water. A mixture of dried herbs is poured with boiling water in a porcelain teapot and infused for 7-10 minutes;

    6 g of dried rose hips, 6 g of dried sea buckthorn, 2 g of centaury herb, 2 g of licorice root, 3 g of dandelion root, 20 g of honey, 200 ml of water. Grind the fruits, finely chop the roots, pour the mixture with boiling water in an enamel bowl, boil for 10 minutes, leave for 1 hour. Strain, add honey; fruits dried rose hips(3 parts), blueberries (2 parts), bird cherry (1 part), nettle leaves (3 parts). Grind the fruits, make a mixture, then pour one tablespoon of the mixture with 2 cups of boiling water, boil for 10 minutes and insist in a thermos for 2 hours. Take one glass a day while hot. Tea of ​​this collection is contraindicated for constipation;

    dried rose hips (3 parts), cranberries (1 part), dried nettle leaves (3 parts). Grind the fruits, make a mixture. Pour boiling water over one tablespoon of the mixture, bring to a boil, leave for 1 hour. Drink 1-2 cups with honey.

Recipes for medicinal teas.

How to Choose a Cleansing Tea Herbal Blend As recommended by M.V. Oganyan, it is necessary to choose herbs according to the principle of cleansing the respiratory, digestive and excretory systems, since the state of the whole organism directly depends on their harmonious work.

It can be the following herbal collection: mint oregano lemon balm yarrow thyme violet tricolor chamomile plantain horsetail coltsfoot knotweed fireweed (willowherb) bearberry sage nettle motherwort, etc. You can mix them all, you can remove some or add any others - the more herbs in herbal tea, the tastier it is!

Diabetic - for 200 ml of water 2 g of green oat straw, 2 g of dried blueberry leaves, 2 g of dried bean sashes, 2 g of flax seeds. Pour the crushed mixture with boiling water in a thermos, leave overnight, strain in the morning. Tea has a sugar-lowering effect, it is recommended to drink with diabetes.

Blueberry - for 200 ml of water 2 g of dried blueberries, 2 g of dried chamomile flowers, 2 g of peppermint, 2 g of nettle leaves. Brew the crushed mixture in a porcelain teapot, leave for 15-20 minutes. Tea is recommended for chronic colitis.

Diuretic - for 200 ml of water, dried herb leaves - 5 g of sainfoin, 5 g of St. John's wort, 5 g of blackcurrant leaves. Pour a mixture of herbs into a porcelain teapot, pour boiling water over it, leave for 8-10 minutes.

Cholagogue - immortelle flowers (4 parts), shamrock leaf (3 parts), peppermint (2 parts), coriander seeds (2 parts). Brew two tablespoons of the crushed mixture with two cups of boiling water, leave for 20 minutes, strain. Drink half a glass 3 times a day 20 minutes before meals. Tea is used for cholecystitis and cholenitis.

Diaphoretic - dried raspberries (1 part), linden inflorescences (1 part). Brew two tablespoons of the mixture with two cups of boiling water, leave for 5 minutes, drink everything hot and go to bed. Tea is used for colds and flu;

- dried chamomile flowers (1 part), linden (1 part), black elderberry (1 part), dried peppermint leaves (1 part). Brew a tablespoon of the mixture with a glass of boiling water, leave for 30-40 minutes, strain. Take 2-3 cups of hot infusion for colds;

- dried linden flowers (1 part), black elderberry (1 part), dried peppermint leaves (1 part). Brew one tablespoon of the mixture with a glass of boiling water, insist, wrapped, 30 minutes, strain. Take hot tea in two doses for flu and colds.

Thoracic - dried coltsfoot leaves (4 parts), plantain leaf (3 parts), licorice root (3 parts). Brew one tablespoon of the mixture with two cups of boiling water, leave for 30 minutes, strain. Tea to drink two tablespoons every 3 hours, which contributes to the withdrawal of sputum from the lungs.

Soothing - dried leaves of lemon balm (1 part), veronica (1 part), strawberries (3 parts), hawthorn fruit (4 parts). Brew one tablespoon of the crushed mixture with 250 ml of boiling water, leave for 5-7 minutes. Drink with honey;

- dried strawberry leaves (3 parts), peppermint (2 parts), hawthorn fruits (4 parts). The mixture is brewed and taken as in the previous recipe;

- dried peppermint (1 part), lemon balm (1 part), valerian root (1 part), leaves and flowers of prickly tartar (1 part). Pour one tablespoon of the crushed mixture with a glass of boiling water, leave for 30 minutes, strain. Drink half a glass 3 times a day for insomnia, irritability;

- dried peppermint (1 part), motherwort (1 part), valerian root (1 part), hop seedlings (1 part). The mixture is brewed and taken as in the previous recipe. It is used for nervous excitement, irritability.


What vitamin teas, when to drink?

In the evening, you should drink soothing herbal teas (St.

In winter - in early spring, it is advisable to drink multivitamin herbal teas (raspberry leaves, blackberries, black currants, nettles, carrots, rose hips, mountain ash, barberry, sea buckthorn, black currant, etc.).

In summer, herbal teas are prepared only from fresh herbs, this period of the year should be used with maximum benefit for the body.

Vitamin teas with rose hips

Rose hips are part of numerous herbal preparations. There is hardly anyone who has not heard about their benefits, so there is no point in repeating them - let's go straight to the recipes.

For the prevention of beriberi, the following tea is prepared: 1 tablespoon of crushed dry rose hips per 1 cup of boiling water; brew in a thermos or heat for 15 minutes in a water bath (note: the drink is quite concentrated; this is the recommended daily dose for an adult).

You can add dried rose hips to other herbal ingredients, brew and drink them like regular tea:

  • rose hips and black currant berries (or raspberries, or lingonberries, or mountain ash) in a ratio of 1: 1
  • rose hips - 3 parts, nettle leaves - 3 parts, lingonberries - 1 part
  • rose hips - 3 parts, dried carrots- 3 parts, nettle leaves - 3 parts, blackcurrant berries - 1 part
  • rose hips, raspberry leaves, blackcurrant leaves - 1 part each, lingonberry leaves - 2 parts.

Sugar or honey can be added to such teas; they are not only useful, but also pleasant to the taste. And I also make a mixture of rose hips and dried apples; I use it as an additive to tea - just put 1-2 teaspoons in a teapot.

You can also add herbs to regular tea. For example, I like the blend of black tea with thyme.


spicy teas

Many of the herbs we are accustomed to are also used to make tea, which will be especially useful in cold weather (and autumn is just around the corner...)

  • Mint tea with St. John's wort

Mix 100 g of peppermint leaves with 50 g of St. John's wort; pour 1 teaspoon of the mixture with a glass of boiling water and insist under the lid for 15 minutes. Strain, add 1 teaspoon of honey. This tea has a mild sedative effect.

  • Mint tea with cardamom

2 teaspoons of dried peppermint leaves, 1 cup boiling water, 0.5 teaspoons of ground cardamom; Pour boiling water over mint, leave covered for 10 minutes. Strain, add cardamom. This tea helps to get rid of hiccups.

  • Coriander tea

1 tbsp coriander seeds, 1 cup boiling water; pour coriander seeds with boiling water, leave for 15 minutes, strain. You can add honey to taste. This drink is considered especially beneficial for those who have allergies.
Spicy teas for coughs

If you happen to catch a cold, hot spicy drinks that you can drink in a cup 2-3 times a day will help relieve your cough:

  • 2 teaspoons of herb hyssop officinalis, 0.5 l of cold water; pour the grass with water, bring to a boil, leave for 5 minutes, strain
  • 1.5 teaspoons of creeping thyme herb, 1 glass of cold water; Pour the grass with water, bring to a boil, leave for 10 minutes. Strain, you can add honey to taste.

Herbal teas for colds

linden flowers and raspberries in a ratio of 1: 1; to make tea, take 1 tablespoon of the mixture in a glass of boiling waterUnfortunately, this condition is familiar to all of us: chills, aches all over the body, fever ... With such ailments, it is useful to drink plenty of fluids, and it is good if these are herbal teas that are pleasant and healthy for health. You can use, for example, such fees (they are brewed and drunk hot 3-4 times a day):

  • raspberries and coltsfoot leaves, 2 parts each, oregano grass - 1 part; for tea you will need 1 tablespoon of the mixture per glass of boiling water
  • linden flowers and coltsfoot leaves in a ratio of 1:1; Pour 1 tablespoon of the mixture with 1 cup of boiling water, leave for 20 minutes, strain
  • peppermint leaves, black elder flowers and linden flowers in equal parts; Pour 1 tablespoon of the mixture with 1 cup of boiling water, boil for 10 minutes, strain (this is the daily dose of tea; drink it in 2 doses, hot).

Delicious teas from herbs and berries

fresh or dry leaves monards double pour boiling water in a ratio of 1:10 and insist 10 minutes; you can add leaves and inflorescences to regular tea - they will give it a pleasant aroma and tasteFresh or dry leaves, flowers, berries can be added to regular tea leaves or used instead. Delicious, healthy, uplifting))

  • if you grow lemongrass, dry not only its berries, but also pieces of liana left over from pruning (mid-summer, by the way, is the right time for this), or bark and add them to tea - a tonic effect and a coniferous-citrus aroma are guaranteed (attention hypertensive patients should not use lemongrass fruits - they increase blood pressure and stimulate cardiac activity)
  • catnip grass can be brewed dry or fresh, added to regular tea for taste and aroma; catnip drink has a slight sedative effect, helps with flatulence and intestinal cramps, insomnia
  • aronia fruits are very rich in vitamins - chokeberry; they can be brewed in a thermos (dry berries are poured with boiling water in a ratio of 1:10) and drunk 3-4 times a day for half a glass of a pleasant-tasting drink (attention! You should not use chokeberry - in any form - suffering from thrombophlebitis and having reduced arterial pressure)
  • 1 teaspoon of dried dandelion roots and 1 teaspoon of chicory roots are ground in a coffee grinder, poured with 2 cups of boiling water and infused under the lid for 5 minutes; besides good taste, this tea has a beneficial effect on the cardiovascular and nervous system
  • dry flowers and hawthorn fruits (or only dried and crushed fruits) are brewed at the rate of 1 tablespoon of raw materials per 1 cup of boiling water in a teapot or thermos; this tea is useful for heart patients, hypertensive patients, as well as those who suffer from migraines and insomnia
  • fragrant is brewed for 10-15 minutes in a teapot at the rate of 2 tablespoons of chopped herbs per 1 cup of boiling water or added to regular tea
  • you can add meadowsweet flowers or meadowsweet to the tea; it gives the drink a pleasant honey aroma and soft taste(by the way, meadowsweet tea is good to drink with a cold: this plant is a plant analogue of aspirin, and it has long been used as an antipyretic and anti-inflammatory agent)
  • Ivan tea, or fireweed, has been used since ancient times instead of the usual tea leaves; you can brew dry or fresh flowers, or you can cook the famous Koporye tea- however, this is a rather lengthy and difficult process that requires compliance with a certain technology, the details of which will be revealed in the following video

COMPOSITION OF MONASTERY TEA

Dog-rose fruit

Elecampane root

Hypericum herb

herb oregano

Black tea

(can be replaced with green tea)

DELICIOUS TEA COLLECTION

For 250 grams of black tea you need to take

2 tablespoons of mint and St. John's wort,

0.5 tsp cumin fruits,

1 tsp of herb oregano, linden flowers and thyme herb

TEA BALM

St. John's wort 3 parts

mother and stepmother -3 parts

mint-2.5 parts

oregano - 2.5 parts

chamomile-2 parts

rose hips - 1.5 parts

eucalyptus-o, 5 parts

Mix everything.

From the finished mixture of herbs, take 2 parts of herbs for 8 parts of tea.

BERRY TEA BALM

This tea balm can be prepared when the berry bushes begin to bloom, collecting their wonderful young fresh leaves.

Leaves of wild strawberries, strawberries, rose hips, apple trees, cherries, bird cherries in equal amounts, grind, mix with an equal amount of tea.

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Another delicious berry tea balm recipe:

Take 2 tablespoons of rose hips,

as well as currant, raspberry and lingonberry leaves,

taken in equal amounts, mix with 2 tablespoons of Ivan tea

Herbal teas and medicinal fees - based on them, you can make such teas yourself

TEA "VISIT"

Ingredients: mint leaves, thyme, lavender flowers, oregano, rose, jasmine.

COLLECTION OF PLANTS FOR RESPIRATORY TREATMENT

  1. Oregano
  2. Zheleznica
  3. Coltsfoot
  4. Rose
  5. Plantain
  6. Chamomile
  7. Mint

TEA "BOGATYR"

Ingredients: horsetail, chicory, plantain, calendula, wild rose, acacia, ironwort.

This tea mobilizes the body's defenses, will not let you grow old. It has healing properties, allows you to save vital energy.

CHOLEGOGONIC COLLECTION

Ingredients: immortelle flowers, yarrow, mint leaf, coriander fruit.

How to use: Pour 1 tablespoon of the mixture with 2 cups of boiling water, leave for 20 minutes, take 0.5 cup a day 30 minutes before meals.

TEA "HARMONY"

Ingredients: mint leaves, lemon balm, sage, lavender flowers, oregano.

This tea will help with melancholy, strengthen the senses, invigorate the mind, and balance the general condition.

TEA "HEALTH"

  1. Wild apple and pear color
  2. Mulberry leaf
  3. hawthorn flowers
  4. Sheet walnut
  5. sunflower petals
  6. Rose
  7. Chamomile
  8. Chicory
  9. St. John's wort
  10. Clary sage
  11. Zheleznica
  12. Elecampane root

TEA "EMERALD"

Ingredients: spring primrose, plantain, lilac, chamomile, violet, linden, coltsfoot, horsetail.

This tea is successfully used in the treatment of respiratory diseases. It has an emollient, cleansing, diaphoretic and diuretic effect.

TEA "MEGANOM"

Ingredients: thyme, mullein, chamomile, mountain and clary sage, mint.

TEA "SOKOL"

Ingredients: clover, chamomile, rose, mint, yarrow, mullein, flax seed.

This collection of plants is used for the prevention and treatment of the gastrointestinal tract; stomach and duodenal ulcers.

TEA "SUN CASTLE"

Ingredients: hawthorn, birch leaves, oregano, horsetail, licorice root, dill seeds, fennel fruit, lemon balm, motherwort, red clover, mint, medicinal herb, rose hips.

This tea has a tonic, analgesic, diuretic, anti-allergic effect. It has a beneficial effect on the metabolism in the body, regulates water-salt metabolism. It is widely used for the treatment of cardiovascular disease, atherosclerosis, hypertension. It will help you find peace of mind and harmony in your body!

TEA "SUGDEA"

Ingredients: rosemary, mint, mountain and medicinal sage, initial letter, wild apple and pear blossom, centaury, lilac blossom, hazelnut leaves, tea rose.

The collection is used in violation of the gastrointestinal tract, indigestion, nausea, as a good anti-inflammatory, tonic and immune booster.

TAVRIA TEA

Ingredients: currant and cherry leaves, oregano, wild rose, St. John's wort, fireweed, chamomile, nettle leaf, strawberry flowers and leaves, red geranium, verbena, sage.

This magnificent tea normalizes metabolism well, expels toxins, strengthens the body.

TEA "SHAKTI" - ENERGY

  1. Melissa
  2. Rose
  3. Cornflower blue
  4. Chamomile
  5. walnut leaf
  6. yarrow
  7. wild poppy petals
  8. Linden blossom
  9. centaury
  10. tangerine peels
  11. Clary sage
  12. Zheleznica
  13. St. John's wort
  14. Sunflower
  15. Thyme
  16. Sophora japonica color
  17. Wormwood
  18. strawberry leaf

TEA "EL-BUZLY"

Ingredients: horse chestnut flowers, black elderberry flowers, tricolor violet, linden, hazelnut leaves.

This tea prevents the formation of blood clots, perfectly cleanses and strengthens the walls of blood vessels and veins, improves their tone. It is used for skin diseases associated with metabolic disorders, in the treatment of rheumatism, gout.

TEA "YAYLA"

Ingredients: St. John's wort, red geranium, mountaineer, medicinal sage, hops, chamomile, mint, mallow flowers.

TEA FOR STRESS

Ingredients: oregano grass, mint leaves, chamomile flowers, sage, hawthorn, hops.

How to use: pour 1 tablespoon of the collection into 250 ml of boiling water, insist.

Most simple teas which you can make yourself are teas with the addition of dried flowers.

It can be any flowers, for example, violets.

Or roses. Both petals and small buds.

And in general, a variety of flowers and herbs.

Flower petals make tea both more beautiful and fragrant, and making such tea is quite simple.

We collect flowers, preferably in the morning or from 4 to 6 pm, rinse with running water (if you are not sure that the flowers are clean; I don’t wash mine, as everything is homemade, environmentally friendly), and dry in the shade. The sun burns the grass.

If the flowers are large, then we dry the petals, small flowers can also be dried with buds. You need to dry not in a thick layer and stir from time to time so that they do not deteriorate.

In general, this list can be continued for a very long time, because many garden, garden, forest, meadow, field plants are used to make tea drinks. Surely you have your own "signature" recipes - share them in the comments I!


Today, no one doubts the benefits of tea, of course, if we are talking about leaf tea, and not about an incomprehensible substance in a bag. But it turns out that tea can be made even more useful and it will turn into a wonderful vitamin drink, which is especially relevant in spring, when the body, tired of winter, needs support.

What are the benefits of vitamin tea

Firstly, vitamin tea is both a direct benefit to the human body and delicious drink, because for the manufacture of such a drink, various dried or freshly picked herbs, flowers, berries or leaves are used. A variety of gifts of nature are beneficial both for preventive and often medicinal purposes: fruits (for example, mountain ash, stone berry, dog rose, sea buckthorn, cranberries, currants), herbs (for example, St. John's wort, plantain, mint, thyme) and leaves (to for example, blackberries, birches, currants, cherries, etc.). Understanding this, you can independently assemble a vitamin collection according to your own taste. You can also purchase a ready-made herbal (flower or other) composition, which will only have to be brewed.

The unfavorable ecological situation led to changes in the human body, which became not only weakened, but also stopped assimilating the vitamins and microelements that came into it along with food in its entirety. Vitamin deficiency inevitably leads to increased fatigue, which is accompanied by muscle weakness, disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, central nervous system, organs of vision, etc. When taking vitamin tea, it becomes possible to significantly strengthen the immune system, and with its systematic intake, maintain the balance of substances in the body at the proper level.

Of course, the consumption of vitamin tea will help activate metabolic processes, activate the course of tissue repair and the process of hematopoiesis. A ready-made natural drink saves important biologically active substances that increase the strength of the human body, helping it to resist viruses, diseases and the negative effects of the reality around us.

The above factors speak in favor of vitamin drinks and explain that they are still very popular today.

Composition of vitamin tea

The advantage of vitamin teas is also that they are available, because their composition depends entirely on your choice, desires and taste preferences. However, it is very important to take into account the properties of each component included in the composition of vitamin tea, since the use of herbs may have contraindications. It is also worth knowing that, in addition to neutral herbs, only one strongly smelling herb, such as lemon balm or oregano, should be present in the composition of the herbal mixture.

The usual way to prepare a vitamin drink from dried leaves is extremely simple, just measure 1-2 teaspoons. spoons of your own useful collection and brew a glass of boiling water, but not boiling water. Vitamin tea should be infused for at least one and a half hours. It is important to remember that you should not abuse this valuable drink, only one cup of vitamin tea drunk daily will be useful.

The main vitamin used to strengthen immunity in the spring is rightfully considered vitamin C, the amount of which is large in a drink made from rose hips. Moreover, the value of the rosehip drink is also in its general composition, which is rich in vitamins A, P, E, as well as healing substances that determine the strengthening and tonic characteristics of the rosehip. Currant berries and leaves are also considered important in terms of the content of ascorbic acid. Therefore, vitamin tea will help to effectively deal with the problem of beriberi.

Vitamin tea recipe

In the spring, to avoid colds and protect against pathogens, nutritionists advise regularly taking tea from rose hips and black currants. The recipe of such tea includes an equal amount (15 g each) of rosehip leaves and fruits, dried strawberries and blackcurrant berries. The result should be a fragrant, healthy and tasty vitamin remedy.

The composition of the prepared tea can include various herbs, flowers and fruits according to your preference. In fact, vitamin tea is a complete product that is enriched with the components necessary for the human body.

Benefits of Vitamin Tea

There are no age restrictions for the use of vitamin teas, you can drink it, of course, taking into account the individual reaction of the body to the plant components present in the drink. The advantages of vitamin tea are that it does not contain caffeine and any other aggressive substances that negatively affect the nervous or cardiovascular system. These qualities make vitamin teas a valuable component of baby food as well.

However, in order for a popular vitamin drink to bring maximum benefit, it is important to know the features of its preparation.

How to make vitamin tea

Methods for brewing vitamin drinks depend on the choice of plant parts used for brewing. So, for example, the coarse parts (stems, roots) must first be crushed, then lowered into cold water and boiled over low heat, but such a drink cannot be boiled for more than 10 minutes, it is also important to consider that boiling should not be too intense.

Having chosen fresh berries for brewing a vitamin drink, it is recommended to knead them before use, dry berries just need to be chopped.

When preparing flower tea, it is important to know that the flowers should not be boiled, it is enough just to steam them with not steep boiling water in a glass or porcelain dish.

In order to prepare a vitamin drink from fresh leaves, they are either brewed with boiling water, or thrown into hot water, then boiled for another five minutes over moderate heat.

When the tea is brewed, it needs to be allowed to gain aroma and strength, that is, to brew. Flower tea and tea from berries or leaves are infused for 5-10 minutes using porcelain dishes. Healthy tea from the stems or roots, it is infused for 10-15 minutes in an enameled ladle or saucepan.

Features of the use of vitamin teas

It should be understood that herbal teas are not a medicine, it is only a natural assistant in maintaining your health, which will help keep your body in good shape, feel good, which is especially important during periods of beriberi.

Tonic vitamin teas will be an excellent addition to your breakfast, and relaxing drinks are recommended to be consumed in the evening. The tonic drink may include lemongrass, angelica, lovage, clover flowers and leaves, lavender or strawberry leaves. Before going to bed, it is recommended to choose the following herbs for brewing: lemon balm, chamomile, primrose, peppermint, St. and berries of black currant, mountain ash, raspberry leaves, dried blackberries, etc.

Perhaps you will like vitamin teas so much that you will not stop using them in the summer, especially since in summer period You will have a great opportunity to enjoy vitamin tea made from fresh berries, fruits or herbs.


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Herbs have been used for centuries traditional medicine for the treatment and prevention of various pathologies of the human body. Made herbal tea vitamin - it is traditionally natural in its composition, usually very tasty and healthy drink. It is best to use local plants growing in meadows and forests in herbal collection. Such vitamin tea will be more useful than made from exotic ingredients. Although sometimes it is possible to add plants that are especially useful in their action to the composition of tea, which in themselves are rare and have pronounced medicinal properties. But still, vitamin teas are preferable from plants representing the local flora. In many ways, they are more adequately perceived by the body, do not cause adverse allergic reactions and have a stronger energy.

In fact, vitamin teas are the same products, but saturated with enzymes, vitamins, biologically active substances and are intended to compensate for the lack of such substances in the human body. Just like for adults, vitamin teas for children are useful, but before giving such tea to a baby, consultation with a pediatrician is required. And since herbal vitamin teas do not contain substances that excite the nervous system such as caffeine, they are well tolerated by people with diseases of the heart and nervous system.

DIY vitamin tea

Recently, an increasing number of people began to lead an active lifestyle and take care of their health and the health of their loved ones. The most useful vitamin tea- this is the one that is personally prepared from personally collected and dried herbs and fruits growing in the bosom of native nature. But in order for all the ingredients of such tea to have healing power, there are certain collection rules, methods for processing raw materials and, accordingly, storage rules. Then it will be not just a herbal infusion, but a real vitamin tea, tasty and healthy at the same time.

Gather mature tea ingredients

Often, herbal preparations include such well-known plants that are familiar to many, such as stone berries, and many others. From these plants, either a few leaves or flowering parts are taken, but at the same time, part of the flowers must be left on the plant for the subsequent formation of seeds.

If you collect only flowers from plants such as elderberry, jasmine (), or hawthorn, then you need to take only fully bloomed, decorated specimens. It is the same with the leaves of raspberries, blackberries, currants or cherries - you need to take not young, but mature unfolded leaves. The same rule applies to the collection of berries and fruits. In unripe fruits, there may be substances of little use, and sometimes harmful to use.

When to harvest and how to dry grass

In order for vitamin tea to have a wonderful taste and aroma, the herbs that make up its composition should be collected only in dry weather so that there is no moisture on the plants. Harvesting time is the first phase of flowering or the moment when the plant blooms in full force. The collected plants should be carefully examined and placed for drying either under a canopy or in a room that is well ventilated in order to prevent blackening, and even more so, rotting of the plants. From time to time, the raw material should be viewed and turned over, removing the blackened parts. Even a small amount of raw materials spoiled as a result of improper drying will spoil any vitamin tea.

Those herbs that contain volatile essential oils, dried slowly and the temperature during drying should not exceed 30°C. Fruits collected from berry bushes or trees should be dried in special dryers at a temperature of 80 ° C so that vitamin C is most fully preserved in them.

Vitamin teas containing a large amount of vitamin C will be an excellent prophylactic during outbreaks of respiratory viral infections in the cold season.

Dried and sorted fruits, leaves and herbs are most conveniently stored in cloth or paper bags, or in glass jars. Bags or jars should be labeled with the type of plant, place and time of collection. Then it will be easy to create delicious vitamin tea according to any recipe from ready-made ingredients.

According to the rules established a long time ago by herbalists and traditional healers, there are certain periods of storage of plant materials. For example, the longest stored rhizomes and bark of plants, fruits and dried berries - up to three years, and already herbs, inflorescences and leaves - no more than one and a half, two years. If vegetable raw materials are stored longer than the established periods, it loses its healing properties and the vitamins that make up the composition are destroyed. And who needs herbal vitamin tea without vitamins. Therefore, even when buying vitamin teas in a pharmacy, you should first of all pay attention to the labeling of the package.

Prepare vitamin tea correctly

If there are flowers in the composition, then vitamin tea should be brewed in a glass or ceramic teapot, pour boiling water over them and let it brew for several minutes. Berries should be kneaded before brewing, if they are fresh, and if dried, then crush. The collected and dried leaves are first dipped in hot water, then brought to a boil and kept on fire for up to five minutes. The bark, rough stems and rhizomes are first crushed, poured with cold water and brought to a boil over low heat, continue to boil for about ten minutes, and then let it brew for about the same time. It is better to take enameled dishes for this. Vitamin teas, if they are properly brewed, not only have a wonderful aroma and unique taste, but also retain all the healing properties.

Properly formulated vitamin tea is a drink that tastes pleasant and healthy for a certain person. Therefore, everyone can brew tea according to their own idea, but also based on their own needs, taking into account healing properties ingredients. There are fragrant, fragrant herbs, such as oregano, thyme, monarda, which are good to add to vitamin tea so that its smell is especially pleasant. But if there is no experience, then it is worth adding only one such herb to tea for flavoring, the rest of the ingredients should be neutral. If you put too many herbs with a strong smell in vitamin tea, the result may not be as pleasant as you would like.

For morning reception strawberry leaves, lemongrass, leaves and, lovage or are good. In this composition, tea will have an invigorating, tonic effect.

For an evening reception vitamin tea should include raspberry leaves, chamomile, peppermint, cherry leaf, St. John's wort and other herbs that have a calming effect on the nervous system.

In the early spring and in winter, the composition of herbal tea should be multivitamin, compensating for the lack of vitamins that occurs during this period. These are ingredients such as blackcurrant leaves, raspberries and blackberries, carrots and nettles, as well as rowan, sea buckthorn, wild rose, and other berries.

Summer vitamin teas are prepared from freshly picked herbs, they are the most effective and beneficial for the overall health of the body.

It is very healthy and useful to drink vitamin herbal tea after a hot Russian bath. In the bath, along with sweat, all the harmful substances accumulated in the skin are removed from the body, and this is a completely natural physiological process. At a high temperature of the steam room, there is an increased release of fluid, that is, sweating, to prevent overheating of the body. Together with sweat, slags are also removed, due to which the body is cleansed and healed. Naturally, the lost fluid needs to be replenished, and either vitamin herbal aromatic tea is the best way to quench your thirst.

To replenish the amount of fluid lost with sweat and restore normal water balance body, you should know how to do it most correctly. It seems that thirst can be quenched with cold water or kvass, but this is not so, only hot fresh tea can not only replenish the fluid in the skin cells, but also perfectly quench the feeling of thirst. To do this, a samovar is usually placed in the dressing room or, if it is not available, then an ordinary thermos will do.

The main thing is that tea is freshly brewed, tasty and of high quality, so you and your guests will be able to enjoy it. You can drink it while relaxing after the steam room, but after leaving the bath, enjoy it or with jam.

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Herbal teas are prepared from forest, field herbs and fruits, varied in taste, color and aroma. Herbal teas are actually a food product, as they contain a lot of biologically active substances: vitamins, enzymes, trace elements, organic acids, etc. This bouquet of biologically active substances has a beneficial effect on the human body, protects, prevents and treats many diseases, therefore, herbal teas are recommended for everyone, regardless of age and health status.

The value of herbal tea also lies in the fact that it does not contain caffeine and other stimulants that are not so harmless to the human body, especially for people with disorders of the nervous and cardiovascular systems.

Nowadays, many regularly consume vitamin teas. And the best vitamin tea is tea made from hand-picked herbs. Therefore, it is good to know the rules for collecting, processing and storing herbs.

When collecting leaves (strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, stone fruits, etc.), only a few leaves are cut from the branch; if the flowering part is collected, then some plants with flowers are left for seed ripening (St. John's wort, oregano, mint, thyme, etc.).

The flowers of plants such as wild rose, linden, jasmine, etc., are collected only when fully bloomed.

The leaves of blackcurrant, blackberry, raspberry, cloudberry, stone fruit, fireweed (willow-herb), etc. are harvested only when they are fully unfolded.

Fruits and berries should be collected only when they are ripe.

It is necessary to harvest the grass in dry weather, as soon as the dew has disappeared.

The best time for collection is the beginning of flowering or the full flowering of the plant.

Dry the grass under a canopy, in the attic or in a well-ventilated area, preventing it from rotting. Blackened grass should not be consumed.

Rose hips, barberries, black currants and mountain ash, which contain a lot of vitamin C, are dried in a dryer at a temperature of 80°C.

Dried leaves and fruits should be stored in paper or cloth bags, each type of plant separately (can be stored in glass or ceramic jars with tight lids). The bag or jar should have a label indicating the name of the herb and the time of collection.

The shelf life of flowers, leaves and grass should not exceed 1-2 years, the shelf life of fruits and berries - 3-4 years, roots, rhizomes and bark - 2-3 years.

The flowers are brewed in a large porcelain teapot with boiling water. fresh berries before brewing, you need to knead, dry - crush. The leaves are placed in hot water and boiled for 3-5 minutes or poured with boiling water.

Roots, stems and coarse parts of plants are finely cut. Then put in cold water, bring to a boil over low heat and boil for 10 minutes. After brewing, teas from flowers, leaves and berries are infused in a porcelain teapot for 5-10 minutes, and teas from roots and stems are infused in an enamel bowl for 10-15 minutes.

Properly brewed vitamin tea has a unique taste, aroma and color, it retains all biologically active substances.

Fees (composition) of herbal teas can be very diverse and depend on the taste and well-being of a person. It is desirable to always include one aromatic herb in the mixture (oregano, mint, lemon balm, thyme, etc.).

It is not recommended to use two or three aromatic herbs in a mixture: aromas can destroy each other or mix into an unpleasant odor. As a general rule, there should be one fragrant herb and several neutral herbs in the collection.

In the evening, it is better to drink soothing herbal teas (St. John's wort, Ivan tea, raspberry leaves, peppermint, chamomile, lemon balm, primrose, cherry leaf, etc.).

In winter and early spring, it is advisable to drink multivitamin herbal teas (raspberry leaves, blackberries, black currants, nettles, carrots, rose hips, mountain ash, barberry, sea buckthorn, black currant, etc.).

In summer, herbal teas are prepared only from fresh herbs, this period of the year should be used with maximum benefit for the body.