Under the rather interesting name "Ivan Tea" hides useful for the body "Cyprus Non-Tallant" - so Ivan tea is called in specialized literature. But ordinary people when they want to correct their health, they are looking for the tea named Ivan.
What does Ivan tea look like and what it is useful
On Ivan tea it is impossible not to pay attention to: bushes, a height from 50 to 150 cm, with a rather thick stem and a mass of leaflets of an elongated shape. Went every stem long inflorescence from flowerflocks from gently pink to dark raspberry or even red. Ivan Tea is a perennial plant, which every new season extends far beyond the boundaries of its initial settlement. It is explained by the fact that the plants have very powerful roots that grow not in depth, but in breadth. In traditional medicine, absolutely all parts of the plant are used, but flowers are considered the most healing.
Ivan tea is useful with such states:
- heart diseases;
- neurological diseases;
- violation of the work gastrointestinal;
- inflammation of the kidneys and the urogenital system.
Some people's healers argue that Ivan tea even copes with tumor processes, but official medicine does not confirm this. Nevertheless, even if a person does not have a certain painful state, tea from this plant will not hurt him. He will give strength and energy, while the drink itself is very tasty. Ivan Tea is an excellent honey, so the bees love him so much. Honey collected from pink plantations is distinguished by an extraordinary aroma and is considered a strong therapeutic product. Ivan tea is growing along the roads, on the edges of the forests and on non-very wetlands.
When and how to collect Ivan tea
Collect flowers from the plant needed during bulk flowering - from mid-June to mid-July. To collect, you need to choose a sunny day and tear flowers early in the morning, but after the depth of the dew. For collecting only those places where there are no closely arranged automotive tracks or railways. ways.
How to dry Ivan tea so that he brings the greatest benefit
Collected flowers can be dried as all other herbs, that is, in the shade under the canopy. Before that, they need to decompose the thin layer on the fabric or white paper and periodically mix with their hands. Ready dry raw material need in paper bags and in a place where there is absolutely no damp. Such tea is good to add to all sorts of healing fees, i.e, mix with other useful plants.
In order for Ivan tea to become a real medicine, phytotherapists recommend drying in several stages. How to do it:
- Treating floweries. Flowers Ivan tea decompose a layer of 5 cm on any flat surface with a cloth or paper. Purchase during the day, while the flowers are constantly mixed. Watch that the sun did not fall on the flowers.
- Flower twisting. When the flowers become sluggish, take them in small portions and very gently and carefully carry between palms. Do it until the flowers acquire a rather dark color and moisture will begin to stand out. As a result, you will get a mass, reminiscent of wet ordinary tea with twisted leaves.
- Fermentation of twisted flowers. The resulting flower wet mass lay the layer of 4-5 cm into the appropriate dishes. A deep shape for baking made from porcelain or glass is suitable. Shape with twisted florals cover with a damp cloth and put it in place where the temperature keeps at 24-27 degrees. At such a temperature, the flowers will begin to be fermented - the oxidation of raw materials will begin, in which useful enzymes are distinguished. Depending on the temperature, this process can last from 6 to 12 hours. The signal that fermentation is over will become saturated flower - fruit aroma of raw materials.
- Final drying. Twisted flowers that have passed fermentation, lay out on a clean kitchen board and charge them finely sharp knife. Crumpled raw materials spread on a sheet, shining pure dry parchment. Layer of crushed colors - 1-1.5 cm. Planted in the oven, heated to 100 degrees. Dry tea only one hour and watch the temperature in the oven rises. Instead of the oven, you can use the sunny window chassis, but then you will increase drying to one and a half - two hours.
Where and how to store fermented Ivan tea
Dried fermented tea must also be satisfied. For this, raw materials should be placed in a glass jar and close it tightly with a lid. Then transfer the dishes with tea in the storage room or the closed cabinet. Rated occurs one month. After 30 days, tea can already be brewed. Unlike conventional dry raw materials, fermented Ivan tea can be stored for two years. It should be shifted to a dense paper bag before that. Tea at the same time will be becoming more saturated taste and aroma. Fermented flowers can be mixed with fermented green leaves, which are made according to the described technology.
To make tea benefit, it is necessary and correctly brewed. For this, the kettle rinse the boiling water and pour into it a couple of tablespoons of tea. You can add a handful of flowers dried in the usual way. Then in the kettle pour 100-150 ml of boiling water and give content to breed for 5 minutes. Next, draw the kettle of hot water to a total volume of 500 ml, and wait another 10 minutes. Fermented tea from Ivan tea is allowed to brew 2-3 times, as you do when preparing ordinary green tea.
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