Kuril tea: composition, useful properties, methods of preparation, contraindications

Kuril tea (another name for it is the cattail) grows in the Altai Mountains, the Caucasus, as well as in Central Asia and China. Young shoots of this shrub with flowers and leaves have long been used to treat various ailments. Below we will consider what is so useful for this plant.

Kuril tea: composition

Its composition is very close to the composition of tea usual, and the taste of these two products are similar. Flowers, leaves and shoots of this shrub are very rich in tannin, flavonoids and catechins. The aerial part of the plant contains potassium, iron, calcium, magnesium, manganese, cobalt, copper, essential oils, saponins, resins, phenolic acids. This tea also contains a significant amount of vitamin C (here it is 5 times more than in lemon), carotenoids and P-active substances.

Kuril tea: properties and benefits

Since ancient times, various parts of this plant have been widely used in folk medicine, on their basis they prepare decoctions that have anti-inflammatory, hemostatic, anti-allergenic, antiviral, antibacterial, choleretic, diuretic, immunostimulating, soothing, analgesic and many other useful properties. The use of Kuril tea in various poisonings, diseases of the female sexual sphere (inflammation, erosion, bleeding of the uterus), gastrointestinal infections (in particular, with dysentery amoeba, rotavirus, Staphylococcus aureus, cholera vibrio and others), dysbiosis in adults and children, Treatment of stomach ulcers, constipation, diabetes, metabolic disorders, irregular stools, as well as for healing wounds, abscesses, boils, night enuresis in children, depressions, neuroses, nervous exhaustion. With stomatitis, tonsillitis and other diseases occurring in the oral cavity, folk healers recommend gargling with a decoction of this plant.

Kuril tea: contraindications

In case of individual intolerance, this remedy is not recommended.

Kuril tea: ways of cooking

Brew this tea in the same way as usual, but a little longer. Below are some recipes for the drink.

1. Pour a tablespoon of tea (leaves, shoots, flowers in a crushed form) with boiling water (200-250 ml) in a teapot and leave to infuse for ten minutes. Then just drink the decoction instead of regular tea 1 to 3 times a day. Take this drug can be as long as you want, it will not cause a decrease in its effectiveness due to the addiction of the body and does not create an additional burden on the kidneys.

2. You can make a stronger drink. For this, put a couple of tablespoons of dry raw material in a thermos and pour half a liter of boiling water. Infuse the drink for two hours, no less, and then simmer on the lowest heat for 10 minutes. And after a quarter of an hour you will be able to use a strong broth to treat bleeding, intestinal infections, kidney diseases, gastrointestinal tract and liver, dysbiosis, after straining through a small strainer. Take recommended three to four times a day (important: before eating). The same broth (in a warm state) is suitable not only for oral administration, but also as a solution for the douching procedure.

3. In the treatment of burns, wounds and intestinal infections taking place in severe form, the dosage of the Kuril tea should be increased two or even four times, that is, for the same half-liter of water, 4-6 spoonfuls of raw materials will be needed. This medicine is taken in small portions (somewhere in the range of 50-100 ml) every 1-1.5 hours. When intestinal infections in children (with vomiting, diarrhea and similar symptoms), tea is recommended to take one or two teaspoons (first every ten minutes, and after the disappearance of symptoms - every hour and a half). The strong solution is diluted 1: 1 with water.