2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29
Well, in our latitudes there is a beautiful tree that stands out with its white bark. This is the birch, and in our country there is a type of white birch.
This gentle-looking but resistant tree, which can withstand temperatures up to 35 degrees below zero and is highly moisture-loving, is also an herb with many healing properties.
In folk medicine, the leaves, bark and buds of birch are used. Their benefits are due to the chemical composition of birch. The individual components contain various useful substances and they are used for various health purposes.
One of the actively used parts of white birch are the buds. Birch buds contain 4-6 percent essential oil with triterpene - this is betulin. It is obtained by distillation and is a thick yellow liquid with a pleasant odor. It is used in the treatment of eczema, psoriasis and any chronic skin problems. It is also used in perfumery.
They also contain alpha-, beta- and gamma betulenol, sesquiterpene, saponin, dimethyloxyflavone. A yellow dye can also be extracted. Resinous substances are especially valuable.
Birch buds are used to obtain various types of extracts from the useful ingredients of the buds. These are decoctions, tinctures, infusions, oils, tea.
Tinctures and decoctions of the buds of the tree are used for gastritis, ulcers, rheumatism, gout, as well as for various skin irritations. Birch buds are also mild in chronic eczema. Baths are made with an extract from them.
The main action of the herb is diuretic (increased urination). Along with it goes the diaphoretic (sweating). It is believed that the diuretic effect is mainly due to the resinous substances and this made birch buds very popular because of the richness of resins. However, the role of flavonoids, which are in larger quantities in the leaves, is not small.
From birch buds are made tea. Although not the most popular herbal drink, birch bud tea also finds application in colds. Drink at high temperatures, as it leads to profuse sweating.
In indigestion and as a cholagogue is also good to drink tea from the buds of birch.
Tea successfully cures purulent outbreaks, and only steamed birch buds are used for hair loss and skin diseases.
Contraindications to the use of birch bud tea
It is good to give up this drink to those who are hypersensitive to the pollen of the tree, which causes allergies during flowering for some people. Birch tea is also not recommended for swelling due to kidney or cardiovascular problems.
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Birch / Betula / is a genus that includes deciduous trees. Their leaves have stipules that fall off early. The leaf arrangement is spiral. Of the genus Birch (a total of about 60 species) in Bulgaria is distributed only 1 species of birch. The white birch / Betula pendula /, which is found in our country, is a deciduous deciduous tree with a well-developed root system.
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