Healing tree linden: flowers and their useful properties

Often, after catching a cold, we hear from relatives of respectable age advice to drink tea from a linden tree. Why exactly from it, and what is so good about a linden, whose flowers are recommended instead of medicines? In which cases can it help, in what ways should it be more cautious?

Lipa has been considered a healing tree since ancient times. To prepare potions, not only the inflorescence was used, but also the bark, as well as the buds of the plant. Walking along the lime avenue, you can improve your health and health, just breathing in a pleasant floral fragrance.

For harvesting, flowers are used for small-leaved lime (heart-shaped) and linden. When to collect lime flowers, so that it will bring more benefit? It is right to do this during the flowering period, when a part of the flowers has opened, and some are still in buds. As a rule, this is the end of June - the beginning of July. It is better to do it on a clear sunny day. It is necessary to tear the flower together with the bract, trying not to shake the pollen. It is not necessary to collect medicinal raw materials near motor roads, because the plant can accumulate harmful substances, and you do not need to do this after the rain.

Having prepared the flowers of lime in summer , the useful properties of which can be listed for a very long time, you receive a unique natural remedy. In its composition there are many useful substances: vitamin C, essential oil, glycosides, carotene, flavonoids, tannins and other important elements.

Perhaps the most famous indication for the use of this folk remedy is the treatment of the common cold. For this, the linden, flowers and inflorescences are brewed as tea or applied in the form of infusion. It has a pronounced diaphoretic and antipyretic effect, helping to cope with fever. Thanks to the anti-inflammatory effect, it helps well with various manifestations of colds: with sore throat, rashes the throat, with stomatitis - the oral cavity. Lime is used as an expectorant for bronchitis and cough. Lime tea helps to improve the work of the gastrointestinal tract, improves the elimination of toxins, normalizes the gallbladder. It is also prescribed for food poisoning.

Infusion of lime has an antispasmodic effect, facilitating pain, activates the activity of the cardiovascular system. We also know the soothing property that a linden has. The flowers of this tree are used to solve many other health problems, so it is advisable to periodically include the dried inflorescences of this tree in daily tea. Infusions are not always recommended.

But with a lot of advantages of using linden there are contraindications. Caution should be observed in the event that allergic reactions to flowering herbs were previously noted or other types of intolerance were noted. Allergies can also be caused by linden: flowers in the form of dried raw materials and the blossoming tree itself. In addition to individual intolerance among the contraindications to the disease of the cardiovascular system. If you have any questions about the possibility of applying a lime color, consult a doctor.