Ivan tea: contraindications and use

It is widely used in folk medicine ivan-tea, there are practically no contraindications to the use of funds based on this herb. It is a perennial plant of the Kipreiny family. He has an upright single stem up to 2 m in height. The leaves of the plant are all-edged, with pointed tips, of oval shape. The flowers are large, bright pink or purple. Fruit - a box that has up to 20 thousand seeds with tufts. You can find the plant on glades, felling, fringes, along roads and reservoirs.

Ivan-tea has a wide application, its contra-indications are minimal, and its healing properties make it very popular. In folk medicine use the root system, leaves, stem, flowers.

Ivan has useful properties, contra-indications are practically absent due to a harmonious set of chemical substances contained in it. In different parts of the plant there are tannins, carotenoids, flavonoids, starch, ascorbic acid, sugars, essential oils, pectins, alkaloids. It contains quercetin, kaempferol, manganese, iron, nickel, copper, boron, molybdenum, titanium. All this causes the fact that for the treatment and prevention of many ailments it is possible to use Ivan tea, contraindications will be only for a very narrow circle of people.

Funds made on the basis of it, have antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, astringent, enveloping, diaphoretic, analgesic and sedative effect. They are used for various ailments of the digestive tract (ulcer of the duodenum and stomach, gastritis with high acidity), diseases of the genitourinary system (prostatitis, cystitis), bleeding (uterine, nasal, hemorrhoidal). Effective isan-tea (contraindications exist in rare cases) and for topical use as an external agent in the treatment of stomatitis, tonsillitis, scrofula, otitis. It helps with neuroses, headaches, sleep disorders.

Due to the combination of vitamin C and iron in it, the herb tea is also used to treat anemia, most patients do not have contraindications for such therapy. In addition, preparations from this plant improve metabolic processes, restore appetite, strengthen immunity. Ivan tea has good antioxidant properties. As an external agent, it helps with skin diseases, purulent wounds, frostbite. Traditional healers use ivan-tea for malignant tumors.

The main forms of application of this herb are infusion and decoction. The first is done as follows: 2 teaspoons of raw materials are poured into 0.6 liters of boiling water, then the container with the product is tightly closed and held for 10-15 minutes, the resulting mixture is stirred. To make the broth, the fresh leaves are placed in an enamel saucepan with a layer of 3-5 cm. Then they are poured with clean water at room temperature. The pan is put on a small fire and heated, after which the product is infused for 10 minutes. Also for the treatment can be used juice and powder from the plant.

Healing preparations based on willow-tea are well tolerated by most people. There are practically no contraindications to their use, except for individual intolerance.