Birch tinctures on brunka and not only. Birch brunks in folk medicine and alcohol industry What are brunks

The warm summer is over. And this means that the season for collecting medicinal herbs has come to an end. By the way, it starts early enough - when the snow has not yet left the ground. It was then - in March - that connoisseurs and connoisseurs of the healing powers of nature begin to collect miraculous birch buds or, as they are popularly called, birch "bruneks". Every year there are more and more collectors of medicinal raw materials in Ukraine.

The pantry of our nature

AIF asked what exactly was collected in Ukraine this year.

“Of course, traditionally alder buds, birch leaves and brunky, oak and birch bark, sorrel, sage, rose hips, celandine, yarrow, fennel, licorice,” he shared collector of medicinal plants Petr Nagirnyak... - And also tansy, motherwort, cinquefoil, iris, St. John's wort.

According to him, the most labor-intensive has always been and remains the collection of birch bruneks.

“Collecting brunki is like washing gold,” he admits. - Imagine that before we cut the brunettes from the branches one by one. Over time, they began to bring from the forest branches of birch trees cut by foresters. But it didn't make the job any easier. After all, first you need to take the bundles out of the forest, load them into the cart and take them home. Then dry properly - so that the brunettes do not dry out, but also so that mold does not form on them. The branches are threshing like ears of corn. For this, a canvas is laid out on the floor, where the brunks are poured during threshing. Then you need to choose them one by one and collect them in canvas bags. Well, what is not golden dust! "

What bees know about

By the way, bees use birch buds for propolis. So the tincture of birch buds in its medicinal properties differs little from the tincture of propolis, but it is more accessible and widely used in the treatment of various diseases.

Experts say that in terms of the effect on the human body, ordinary birch brunks are not inferior to the widely advertised garden ginseng, which has been cultivated artificially for a long time. And brunettes in Ukraine are harvested in the wild, and exclusively in ecologically clean areas. This means that they have time to absorb and store a maximum of nutrients. That is why our domestic phyto-raw materials - including birch brunks - are especially appreciated abroad.

Studies have shown that unblown brunettes are rich in flavonoids, essential oils, contain vitamins C and PP (improves metabolism), carotene, as well as minerals: magnesium, iron and calcium. Thanks to this, brunettes have a firming, anti-edematous, choleretic, anti-inflammatory and tonic effect.

Cold remedy

“Now, when it's damp outside, the healing effect of tincture on brunoks is difficult to overestimate,” says phytotherapist Boris Skachko... - You can buy it at the pharmacy, or you can prepare it yourself at home. Take 1 part of the kidneys, grind in a mortar, pour 5 parts of alcohol. Insist in a dark, warm place for 7 days. With the temperature and symptoms of ARVI, you first need to rub the body with it, and then wrap yourself in a blanket and drink tea - also from birch buds. Such therapy can warm, reduce aches, relieve fever - and the cold will recede. "

Phyto-raw materials in industry

And yet, as it turned out, medicinal plants are widely used today not only for the preparation of prophylactic or therapeutic agents - all kinds of ointments, tinctures, decoctions and extracts. On the basis of phyto-raw materials in the food industry, a wide variety of infusions and aromatic alcohols are produced.

“To create a specific formulation, medicinal raw materials, for example, birch brunks, are poured with a water-alcohol mixture,” said chief Technologist of the Crimean Vodka Company Sergey Grigorenko... - When infused, aromatic and biologically active substances pass into a liquid. And for the preparation of vodka, the ready-made infusion is distilled in a special installation to obtain aromatic alcohol.

On a note - about methods of dealing with a hangover

“It has long been noticed that natural remedies help a drunk person very well. For example, such a recipe: pour boiling water over birch brunks - 1 teaspoon per half a liter of water, - B. Skachko shared. - Let them soften, then crumple, so that more active substances are released, and the leaves unfold. It is necessary to drink such an infusion during the day: 3-4 sips every half hour. Thus, the excretory system is activated, the blood is purified. In addition, birch buds have a mild tonic effect and stimulate the brain. By the way, you can't drink tea, coffee or energy tonics while fighting a hangover. A drunken person already has cerebral vascular edema, and the consumption of caffeine only increases blood circulation. The risk of stroke increases. "

Tinctures based on certain birch components are considered one of the most useful. They are, in fact, a ready-made vitamin complex and in small doses can easily help improve health. Everything is used to prepare such tinctures: brunettes, juice, kidneys, earrings.

Birch tincture on brunka

Birch buds are called brunks. The tincture prepared on their basis helps with kidney diseases, colds, sore throats, stomach ulcers, and also facilitates the course of tuberculosis. Collect the buds suitable for infusion should be in the spring, when they have already swollen, but have not yet opened. Too early kidneys have not yet acquired useful substances, and there is no point in using them. Before use, the kidneys are usually dried in the open air or in a dryer, keeping at about thirty degrees Celsius, and then stored in glass jars or pouches.

There are quite a few recipes for making birch tincture on brunks.

Recipe? 1 (Tincture is more medicinal than for direct drinking)

Ingredients:

• dry brunettes? 20 g;
• 70% alcohol or vodka? 100 ml;

This tincture is left in a dark, cool place for three weeks, mixed regularly, then filtered and taken before meals in the amount of 20 drops per tablespoon of water.

Recipe? 2. Vodka based on birch brunettes

Ingredients:

The brunettes are placed in a glass jar and filled with alcohol. The settling period is 10 days, after which they must be filtered.

Recipe? 3

Ingredients:

• fresh brunky and birch leaves (you can do without leaves, but they allow you to add richness to the taste)? 200 g;
• vodka or moonshine? 6 l.

Brunettes and leaves are placed in a glass container and poured with 2 liters of alcohol, after which they are infused for 3 days in a dark, warm place. After straining, they are poured again (the liquid from the first infusion at this time is in a cool dark place) and infused for another 3 days. This liquid is also separated, after which the third stage begins, similar to the first two, but it is necessary to insist for 10 days, after which all three obtained liquids are mixed and filtered.

Birch sap tinctures

Birch juice? one of the best basics for making a tincture? it has a pronounced distinctive taste and the same smell. Therefore, it is no coincidence that a large number of corresponding recipes have appeared. Not only tinctures are prepared from it, but also moonshine, wine, mash and some other types of alcoholic beverages.

Recipe? 1. Tincture with propolis

Ingredients:

• propolis? 200 g;
• vodka or moonshine? 1 l;
• birch juice? in the desired quantity.

Propolis is crushed, poured into a bottle and poured with vodka, after which it is stirred or shaken for half an hour. It takes three days to insist, shaking and stirring regularly, after which the resulting tincture is diluted with birch sap.

Recipe? 2.? Princely? moonshine with birch sap

Ingredients:

• sugar? 3 kg;
• dry yeast? 40 gr (200 gr of pressed bakery can be used);
• birch juice? 10 l;
• milk or kefir? 1 tbsp. l.

Is birch sap warmed up to 30 ° C? hot is not recommended? and mixed with sugar. The yeast is diluted in warm water. The container intended for fermentation is filled with the obtained birch syrup and diluted yeast so that it remains empty for another third (this place will be occupied by carbon dioxide during fermentation). The spoon is pouring in dairy product or milk itself, which allows to reduce the amount of foam, and the mash is placed in a warm place under a water seal, where it settles for 10-12 days until it acquires a lighter shade and becomes bitter. After that, it can be drained and overtaken in one of the convenient ways. You can improve the resulting moonshine based on birch sap by cleaning charcoal or after re-distillation.

Birch earring tinctures

For the preparation of such a drink, exclusively male types of earrings are used. These tinctures are more of a therapeutic nature and are almost never used independently, outside of medical
goals? primarily because they require very small doses. Birch catkins in tinctures help against heart disease, as well as stomach ulcers and tuberculosis. They are harvested in early summer or late spring, shortly after bud collection ends.

Recipe? one

Ingredients:

• birch male earrings in an amount sufficient to fill 2/3 of the proposed glass jar or bottle;
• vodka or moonshine in the remaining 1/3.

The glass container is filled with earrings, which are then filled with alcohol. It is corked and left in a cool dark place for 21 days to settle. For medicinal purposes, the tincture can be consumed without straining, but it is better to do this, otherwise, over time, it can acquire an unpleasant bitter aftertaste, which will be extremely difficult to get rid of.

This tincture is taken in an amount of not more than a teaspoon, slightly diluted with water, half an hour before meals. This should be done no more than two months in a row and no more than a couple of times a year.

Recipe? 2

Ingredients:

The earrings are placed in a glass container and filled with alcohol, after which they are infused in a dark cool place for 10-15 days. Reception of such a tincture should be carried out in an amount of no more than 40 drops three times a day. The course should not last more than two consecutive months.

Before preparing birch tincture with any base, you should pay attention to the fact that the pollen and resin of birch (especially its buds) are quite allergenic and before the slightest suspicion of a reaction, it is better to carefully check everything.

Another important point is that most birch liqueurs are intended to be consumed in small doses, and only in this case they will be useful to the body, as a whole, they are ordinary rather strong alcohol. Therefore, you should drink them carefully and in moderation.

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Birch buds medicinal properties

Birch is one of those trees whose medicinal properties are recognized by any medicine.

(folk, official, Chinese, Indian, etc.)

Especially valuable medicinal raw materials in birch are birch buds collected during their swelling period from late April to early May, during sap flow, while they have not yet opened, which is very important !!!

It is in these kidneys that the most important healing component is contained, which has phenomenal healing power - this is an essential oil, which is a thick balsamic liquid with a very pleasant smell and contains a large number of biologically active components

It is this oil that has a huge number of useful medicinal properties that can restore the work of damaged organs and systems of the human body.

I read in one source that

birch bud oil can turn any skin into velvety!

You will hardly find a ready-made herbal balm or elixir, wherever it is in the composition of birch buds.

Traditional medicine endows them with a wide range of medicinal properties that really prove their effectiveness.

Let's look at some recipes for using birch buds.

BIRCH KIDS APPLICATION

BIRCH KIDNEYS - URINE

Birch buds are effectively used as a diuretic for various diseases of the genitourinary system and edema of cardiac origin

BIRCH KIDS-CHILDREN'S REMEDY

Infusion of birch buds is used for diseases of the liver, biliary tract, cholecystitis

BIRCH KIDS - IN DISEASES OF THE STOMACH

The effectiveness of the use of infusion of birch buds in various diseases of the gastrointestinal tract has been proven

BIRCH KIDS - IN INFLAMMATORY PROCESSES OF THE UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT

To do this, make inhalations with the infusion of birch buds and use them to gargle.

BIRCH KIDNEYS FOR SKIN DISEASES

Birch buds are very effective remedy for various skin diseases: eczema, furunculosis, acne, dermatitis, erosion, wounds, burns, bedsores, etc.

For this, medicinal baths are used with infusion of birch buds and an ointment is prepared, which is rubbed into the diseased areas of the skin.

BIRCH KIDS - FOR JOINT DISEASES

Alcohol tincture of birch buds is very effective in relieving inflammation and pain in joints and can be used for:

rheumatism, gout, lumbago, arthritis, joint pain

BIRCH KIDNEYS FOR DIABETES

BIRCH KIDNEYS - FORTIFICATION AGENT

Birch buds can be used as an infusion during the period of weakening of the body after severe illnesses, during the period of a cold, accompanied by bronchitis and fever, with a loss of strength and energy, overwork.

BIRCH KIDS IN ORIENTAL MEDICINE

According to oriental medicine, birch buds harmonize the state of hollow organs: stomach, small intestine, large intestine, gallbladder, bladder, three heaters. Affect the endocrine system: pineal gland, pituitary gland, thyroid gland, pancreas, adrenal glands, ovaries, testes. And also on all properties and pathological states of systems.

BIRCH KIDS IN COSMETOLOGY

Infusion of birch buds can replace a tonic for dry skin, is very useful for acne and helps to treat age spots

HOW TO COLLECT BIRCH BUD

Very well described in this video about birch buds

HOW TO PREPARE OUR BIRCH KIDNEYS

Since the kidneys are a soft plant material, it is best to prepare an infusion from them.

To do this, half 1 tsp. crushed birch buds are poured with half a glass of boiling water and insisted in a boiling water bath, in a sealed container for 15 minutes. Refrigerate for 45 minutes at room temperature, strain and consume 3 times a day

With this method of preparing infusions (applies to any herbs), all useful substances are completely transferred from the medicinal raw material to the infusion, which makes it possible to obtain a full therapeutic effect

Store in the refrigerator for 1 day.

HOW TO PREPARE ALCOHOL TINCTURE FROM BIRCH KIDS

Birch buds are infused in a ratio of 1:10 for two months in 70% alcohol, shaking occasionally, in a dark place, and then filtered. Store in a cool place, protected from light

Tinctures from birch buds just as useful as propolis tinctures.

HOW TO PREPARE BIRCH KID OINTMENT

You need to take unsalted butter and kidneys.

Put in a small saucepan in layers: a layer of oil, a layer of kidneys (layer thickness of 1 cm) and so on until it is full. Close the lid. Put all this in a warm place for 14-18 hours (you can use a stove, oven or hot battery). Then filter all this and squeeze through cheesecloth. Store the finished ointment in a cool place. Apply by rubbing into the affected areas of the body in the evening before bedtime, once a day.

CONTRAINDICATIONS TO THE APPLICATION OF BIRCH KIDS

Renal failure

1. Contraindications to use

After all, birch is one of the most common trees in the temperate climatic zone.

The medicinal properties of birch buds were appreciated in ancient times, as soon as sap flow began in the spring, and the buds began to swell, they were carefully cut from the branches and dried, and later used to prepare medicinal decoctions and infusions.

During the same period, the healing birch sap is also harvested, bringing great health benefits.

Collection of birch buds

Birch buds are harvested in the spring during the swelling period. From mid-April to early May. Birch buds are collected while they are not yet open, while the birch sap moves along the tree trunk.

This is very important because picking birch buds too early is useless. There are still too few nutrients in them. The buds are collected by hand or cut along with the branches.

The color of the buds is brownish-brown, sometimes greenish at the base. The smell is balsamic, intensifying when rubbed. The taste is slightly astringent, resinous.

It is better to collect birch buds outside the city, away from highways and factories, then it will be environmentally friendly raw materials.

They are dried in the open air or in dryers at a temperature of 25-30 degrees. They are stored in cloth or paper bags or in glass containers.

Medicinal and beneficial properties of birch buds

To fully appreciate the benefits and medicinal properties of birch buds, you need to consider their biochemical composition. Those who like to take a steam bath with a birch broom know how pleasant the air becomes. So - the same fragrant essential oils as in the leaves are also contained in birch buds.

Birch buds contain essential balsamic oil, which includes betulenic acid, betulol and betulene, resinous substances, alkaloids, flavonoids, fatty acids, vitamin C, PP, carotene and saponins, tannins and minerals (magnesium, calcium and iron).

Pesnyary - Birch sap

The oil obtained in an amount of 5-8% by distilling the kidneys with steam is a thick yellow liquid with a pleasant balsamic smell.

The beneficial properties of birch buds are known not only to folk, but also to traditional medicine. They have a diuretic, choleretic, diaphoretic, blood-purifying, analgesic, disinfecting, wound-healing effect.

This is an excellent anthelmintic agent, birch buds relieve inflammation, have a strong antibacterial effect, killing microbes of the intestinal typhoid series. Tincture of birch buds (1: 5) exhibits antimicrobial activity against antibiotic-resistant forms of 144 staphylococcal strains isolated from patients with various forms of purulent infection.

This makes it possible to treat various purulent infections such as phlegmon, furunculosis, peritonitis and mastitis. The essential oils contained in birch buds have a destructive effect on invasions.

Preparations made from plant buds are prescribed for cardiac edema... Birch buds increase urine output and quickly reduce peripheral swelling, even when traditional diuretics do not have the desired effect. For edema caused by functional disorders of the kidneys, such treatment is not recommended, since resinous substances can irritate the kidney tissue.

Choleretic properties of birch buds are used for diseases of the liver and biliary tract... In addition, they are used in the treatment of bronchitis, tracheitis as a disinfectant and expectorant. Birch buds are also used for hygienic and medicinal baths.

As you can see from the above, birch buds have a lot of medicinal properties.

Application of birch buds

As mentioned at the beginning, this medicinal raw material is mainly used in the form of decoctions of infusions. It is also widely used in folk medicine in the form of alcoholic tinctures and ointments.

Infusions and decoctions of birch buds are used in otolaryngology and dentistry as an anti-inflammatory, decongestant and epithelizing agent for stomatitis, gingivitis, periodontal disease, glossitis, tonsillitis, chronic tonsillitis, acute respiratory diseases in the form of rinsing and application of gauze napkins or soaked napkins.

In folk medicine, birch buds are used to treat gout, rheumatism, and joint pain. They will help in the treatment of burns, eczema, acne. Compresses made from a decoction of birch buds will have a wound healing effect.

Due to its regenerating effect, birch buds promote faster cell regeneration. In the treatment of arthritis, trophic non-healing ulcers, edema, a decoction of birch buds will have a diuretic and strengthening effect on the body.

In case of diseases of the oral cavity and throat, it is recommended to gargle with a decoction, which includes birch buds.

Decoction of birch buds - recipe

10 grams of kidneys (this is about 5-6 pieces) are poured into 0.2 liters of hot water, after which they boil for 15 minutes, cool and filter. This broth is recommended to be consumed every day for half a glass between meals. It will help restore the body in case of colds and flu, and will provide the necessary vitamins in the spring. They can gargle with sore throat, stomatitis or periodontal disease, it reduces swelling, having diuretic and choleretic properties.

Alcohol tincture of birch buds

Alcohol tincture of birch buds is recommended for colds, laryngitis, bronchitis, tracheitis, pulmonary tuberculosis, for indigestion, poor appetite, for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, stomach ulcers and duodenal ulcers, for dysentery and dyspepsia and in children, pinworms choleretic and diuretic, with kidney stones and diseases of the bladder, with headaches and migraines, with atherosclerosis.

It is useful to give the tincture to seriously ill patients after stress, especially to women after an artificially terminated pregnancy, during a severe climacteric period, with edema of cardiac origin, with liver disease.

Preparation of alcoholic tincture (internally)

Pour 20 g of dry crushed birch buds with 100 ml of 70% alcohol or vodka, insist in a cool dark place for 3 weeks, periodically shaking the contents, strain, squeeze the rest.

Take 20-30 drops per 1 tablespoon of water 3 times a day, 15-20 minutes before meals.

Alcohol tincture for external use

As an external anesthetic, anti-inflammatory agent, alcoholic tincture of birch buds is used for rubbing and compresses for rheumatism, gout, joint pain, lumbago and bedsores, in the treatment of minor wounds, skin erosions, skin irritation with purulent secretions, in the treatment of acute and chronic forms of eczema, bad healing ulcers, in the treatment of myositis and arthritis, with toothache in the form of rinsing the mouth.

Preparation of tincture for external use

Birch buds are ground in a mortar and poured with alcohol according to the following calculation: 1 part by weight of the buds - 5 parts of alcohol. In the absence of alcohol, you can use quality vodka. After a week, the tincture is ready for use.

Birch bud ointment

There are two ways to prepare kidney ointment:

The first method requires 700-800 grams of unsalted butter and birch buds as needed. An enameled pan is taken and oil and birch buds are alternately applied in equal layers in a finger thick. After that, the closed saucepan is wrapped in foil and placed in a preheated oven for a day. Camphor can be added to the resulting ointment to enhance the therapeutic effect (a little, five grams).

The second way is simpler - pour boiling water over birch buds, filter this liquid and mix it with melted lanolin. After the resulting mass has solidified, drain the liquid formed on the surface. The ointment is ready to use.

The ointment obtained by these methods can be rubbed into sore joints every evening. In addition to rheumatism, it will be useful for czema.

Birch buds. Contraindications

Birch buds have, albeit minimal, contraindications for use. Do not use birch buds for medicinal purposes for women during pregnancy and lactation.

It is also very carefully advised to use them in acute diseases of the urinary system and kidney failure.

Ideally, you should consult a doctor before ingesting birch buds. This is not always possible, but it will avoid many troubles.

Birch buds - the benefits and beneficial properties of birch buds

author: Marina Kurochkinadata: 12.12.2012

Birch buds are a unique natural remedy that helps to get rid of a whole bunch of diseases, it is noteworthy that it is a very effective and environmentally friendly medicine available to most people. After all, birch is one of the most common trees in the temperate climatic zone. The beneficial properties of birch buds were appreciated in antiquity, as soon as sap flow began in the spring, and the buds began to swell, they were carefully cut from the branches and dried, and later used to prepare medicinal decoctions and infusions. During the same period, the healing birch sap is also harvested, bringing great health benefits.

How are birch buds useful?

To fully appreciate the benefits of birch buds, you need to study their biochemical composition. Birch buds contain essential balsamic oil, which includes betulenic acid, betulol and betulene, resinous substances, alkaloids, flavonoids, fatty acids, vitamin C, PP, carotene and saponins, tannins and minerals (magnesium, calcium and iron).

Traditional medicine has been using the beneficial properties of birch for the treatment and prevention of various diseases since ancient times. According to Russian legends, epic heroes drank a decoction of kidneys to recuperate after battles and long campaigns. And modern medicine recommends the use of birch preparations for the treatment of tonsillitis, gingivitis, stomatitis, periodontal disease and other diseases of the throat and mouth. In addition, birch buds have an expectorant, diuretic, antifungal, anti-inflammatory and diaphoretic effect.

Using a decoction of birch buds

Preparations made from plant buds are prescribed for cardiac edema. Birch buds increase urine output and rapidly reduce peripheral swelling, even when traditional diuretics do not have the desired effect. For edema caused by functional disorders of the kidneys, such treatment is not recommended, as resinous substances can irritate the kidney tissue. The choleretic properties of birch make it possible to use it for diseases of the liver and gallbladder.

Birch buds are used for pulmonary tuberculosis as an antibacterial, expectorant and hemostatic agent. Patients with oncology include decoctions of the kidneys in the complex treatment. The benefits of birch buds are also great in atherosclerosis - they quickly remove harmful cholesterol from the body. Due to the content and beneficial properties of vitamin PP, birch buds are used for weight loss (this vitamin promotes the breakdown of fats).

Birch bud tea can be used as a remedy against seasonal vitamin deficiencies. It will fill the deficiency of carotene and vitamin C, help to cope with weakness, drowsiness, chronic fatigue and irritability.

It is worth noting the cosmetological benefits of birch buds, the decoction strengthens the hair, gets rid of dandruff. Other popular recipes for hair growth will help to improve hair growth.

Contraindications:

Any medicines that include birch buds should not be used for chronic and acute diseases of the urinary tract, kidney failure, and during pregnancy.

By the way, it starts early enough - when the snow has not yet melted from the ground. It was then - in March - that connoisseurs and connoisseurs of the healing powers of nature begin to collect miraculous birch buds, or, as they are popularly called, birch "brunecs" ... Every year there are more and more collectors of medicinal raw materials in Ukraine.

Our Nature's Pantry

"Komsomolskaya Pravda" asked what exactly was collected in Ukraine this year.

Of course, traditionally alder buds, birch leaves and brunky, oak and birch bark, sorrel, sage, rose hips, celandine, yarrow, fennel, licorice, - shares with us collector of medicinal plants Petr Nagirnyak. - And also tansy, motherwort, cinquefoil, iris, St. John's wort.

According to Peter, the most labor-intensive has always been and remains the collection of birch bruneks.

Collecting "brunki" is like washing gold, he admits. - Imagine that before we cut the brunettes from the branches one by one. Over time, they began to bring from the forest branches of birch trees cut by foresters. But it didn't make the job any easier. After all, first you need to take the bundles out of the forest, load them into the cart and take them home. Then dry properly - so that the brunettes do not dry out, but also so that mold does not form on them. Branches thresh like ears of corn. To do this, a canvas is laid out on the floor, where the brunks are poured during threshing. Then you need to choose them one by one and collect them in canvas bags. Well, what is not golden dust!

What bees know about

By the way, bees use birch buds for propolis. So the tincture of birch buds in its medicinal properties differs little from the tincture of propolis, but it is more accessible and widely used in the treatment of various diseases.

Experts say that in terms of the effect on the human body, ordinary birch brunks are not inferior to the widely advertised garden ginseng, which has been cultivated artificially for a long time. And brunettes in Ukraine are harvested in the wild, and exclusively in ecologically clean areas. This means that they have time to absorb and store a maximum of nutrients. That is why our domestic phyto-raw materials - including birch brunks - are especially appreciated abroad.

Studies have shown that unblown brunettes are rich in flavonoids, essential oils, contain vitamins C and PP (improves metabolism), carotene, as well as minerals: magnesium, iron and calcium. Thanks to this, brunettes have a firming, anti-edematous, choleretic, anti-inflammatory and tonic effect.

Cold remedy

Now, when it is damp outside, the therapeutic effect of tincture on brunka is difficult to overestimate, says phytotherapist Boris Skachko. - You can buy it at the pharmacy, or you can prepare it yourself at home. Take 1 part of the kidneys, grind in a mortar, pour 5 parts of alcohol. Insist in a dark, warm place for 7 days. With the temperature and symptoms of acute respiratory viral infections, you first need to rub it on the body, and then wrap yourself in a blanket and drink tea - also from birch buds. Such therapy can warm, reduce aches, relieve fever - and the cold will recede!

Phyto-raw materials in industry

And yet, as it turned out, medicinal plants are widely used today not only for the preparation of prophylactic or therapeutic agents - all kinds of ointments, tinctures, decoctions and extracts. On the basis of phyto-raw materials in the food industry, a wide variety of infusions and aromatic alcohols are produced.

To create a specific formulation, medicinal raw materials, for example, birch brunks, are poured with a water-alcohol mixture, - said Sergey Grigorenko, chief technologist of the Crimean Vodka Company. - When infused, aromatic and biologically active substances pass into a liquid. And for the preparation of vodka, the ready-made infusion is distilled in a special installation to obtain aromatic alcohol.

Note (about methods of dealing with a hangover):

It has long been noticed that natural remedies help a drunk person. For example, this recipe: pour boiling water over birch brunks - 1 teaspoon per half liter of water. Let them soften, then mash, so that more active substances are released, and the leaves unfold, ”phytotherapist Boris Skachko also shared with Komsomolskaya Pravda. - It is necessary to drink such an infusion during the day: 3-4 sips every half hour. Thus, the excretory system is activated, the blood is purified. In addition, birch buds have a mild tonic effect, stimulate the brain. By the way, you can't drink tea, coffee or energy tonics while fighting a hangover. A drunken person already has cerebral vascular edema, and the consumption of caffeine only increases blood circulation. The risk of stroke is increased.

Dear doctors and healers! Usually, when it comes to treatment with traditional medicine, they mean tinctures and preparations from medicinal herbs. I myself make stocks of them for future use and look forward to the onset of summer. I recently learned that in the spring months, you can get a "panacea" used to prepare all kinds of healing potions. These are birch buds. I would like to know about what diseases they heal and how to use them in home treatment?

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Due to the presence of a unique complex of medicinal components, birch buds can be successfully used to treat diseased joints, as a diuretic, choleretic and diaphoretic, simultaneously providing an analgesic effect ...

ABOUT medicinal properties birch has been known for a long time.Especially popular among traditional healers was alcoholic infusion on birch brunks (as the kidneys were called at that time). The people appreciated it for its ease of preparation and velvety-soft taste, using it as a preventive measure, anddoctors prescribed a tincture forkidney and stomach diseases and for quick wound healing.

"White birch under my window ..." The poet who wrote these lines seemed to be visiting me, because in my front garden there really is a birch, planted once by my grandfather. Over the years, she has grown in height decently, which is why the neighbor from time to time tries to convince me to cut down the blond beauty. “It is dangerous,” he says, “to have such a tree near the house - suddenly a gusty wind will blow, break off the branches, and if the broken trunk falls on the roof, it will not seem enough to you!”

Only my hand does not rise to take an ax or a saw and destroy such beauty. So I get off with general promises. Like, let the beauty live still, please the eye. After all, cutting it down is a matter of a minute, and to grow it takes years and decades.

A friend from Crimea recently came to visit me. I saw a birch, and threw up his hands:

— Yes, you have, - he says, - under the window a real living pharmacy!

I did not immediately understand what was at stake. I grow greens in the front garden, but her price is a penny in the bazaarnyday. There is nothing to admire about this. And the fact that the acquaintance had in mind the birch, I could not even think of.

— I, - he says, - came to you on time. Soon the time will come to collect birch buds - so to me and to the forestno need to go. You have enough of this stuff. I hope you don't mind?

So, quite by chance, I learned that in the family of my friend,birch buds are called a real panacea. They have been treated with them for a long time, and are considered the best alternative to many drugs.

True, in order to procure this raw material in the spring, you have to work hard - to go to the forest where blond beauties grow. And here the birch is right in the yard.

— Of course, - I say, - take as much as you want, I don't mind. Just explain why you call birch buds a panacea?

Asked a question and expected to hear a short answer. As a result, I listened to the most real lecture thatonly these spring days make it possible for true connoisseurs of traditional medicine to prepare raw materials that heal from hundreds of diseases

Panacea for the party elite

Modern research has confirmed the wisdom of ancestors. It turns out that due to the presence of a unique complex of medicinal ingredientsbirch buds can be successfully used for the treatment of diseased joints, as

russian beauties

diuretic, choleretic and diaphoretic, simultaneously providing anesthetic effect.

And in essential oilcontained in the kidneys, betulin, betulol, betulenic acid were found, which makes it possible to use themfor the treatment of diseases of the upper respiratory tract .

Besides,alcohol infusion on birch brunks is an excellent anti-inflammatory agent, normalizes kidney activity, removes toxins and harmful substances from the body. And tea from the kidneys is indispensable in case of obesity, as it improves the metabolic process.

In the West, they were well aware of the healing properties of birch brunks (buds). Western pharmacologists were especially interested inrejuvenating effect of alcoholic infusion on birch buds and the possibility of their widespread use in cosmetics... The main obstacle to the transition to mass production and use of preparations from birch buds was the lack of sufficient raw materials. As it became known from the recently declassified archives of the Soviet era, a way out of this impasse was found.

In the early 1960s, several meetings of the party leadership of the Soviet Union with the heads of the largest pharmacological enterprises took place, at which an agreement was reached on the conditions for the supply of birch buds, which became one of the articles, albeit tacitly, of foreign exchange earnings into the country long before the active export abroad. oil.

To fulfill the obligations assumed, a special order was issued on the planned harvesting of birch buds (the name also used the word "brunki"). At the end of December, special groups were formed, which for three months - from January to April - were engaged in collecting swollen, but still unblown brunettes.

The cut branches were tied into bunches. The next step was drying and packing the material in special containers. But only part of the collected raw materials was sent for export, since the party leadership of the Soviet Union itself was well aware of the healing properties of birch buds. Raw materials were sent to special pharmacies, where a unique infusion was prepared from them.

From a hundred ailments

Every year in April, my friend's family goes to the forest in order to collect the buds of a white birch that have not yet blossomed, as a very valuable medicine.

Birch buds are harvested during the period of sap flow, when they are especially resinous and fragrant, but have not yet opened.Too early collection of the buds, before they swell, is irrational, since at this time there are still few resinous and aromatic substances in them. .

The buds are harvested by hand or the branches with buds are cut. After drying, the branches are threshed, and the remaining buds are cleaned of branch debris and other impurities. The kidneys are dried in the open air or in dryers at a temperature of 25-30 degrees. They are stored in cloth and paper bags or in glass containers.

Both ointments and tinctures

In folk medicine, birch buds, young twigs are used in the form of water infusions, alcoholic tinctures, ointments, as diuretics, diaphoretic agents, for gouty and rheumatic diseases.

In scientific medicine, birch buds are usedwith edema of cardiac origin, with diseases of the liver and biliary tract, and also as an expectorant.

Preparations from birch buds and leaves are usedwith hypo- and avitaminosis, with edema, atherosclerosis, gastric and duodenal ulcers, with chronic diseases of the kidneys and bladder, with kidney stones, with intestinal spasms and as an expectorant for laryngitis, bronchitis and tracheitis.

Water infusion of birch budsused for chronic kidney disease, especially with the formation of kidney stones and stones in the bladder.

Aqueous infusion of birch buds is usedduring treatment diabetes mellitus: 2-3 st. spoons of kidneys are poured with 2 cups of boiling water, insisted in a warm place in a tightly sealed container for 6 hours, after which they are filtered and this dose is taken during the day in 3 divided doses.

A decoction of birch buds is usefulfor inhalation in inflammatory processes of the upper respiratory tract, externally in the treatment of arthritis (inflammation of the joints) and as a wound healing agent ... To prepare the broth, take 2 teaspoons of birch buds, pour a glass of boiling water, insist on a boiling water bath in a tightly sealed container for 30 minutes, cool at room temperature for 10 minutes, filter and take in 3 doses 20-30 minutes before meals.

For the preparation of alcoholic tincture birch buds are ground in a mortar and poured with alcohol at the rate of 1 part by weight of 5 parts of alcohol (alcohol can be replaced with vodka). After a week, the tincture is ready for use.

As an external pain reliever and anti-inflammatory agent alcoholic tincture of birch buds is used for rubbing and compressesfor rheumatism, gout, joint pain, lumbago and bedsores, for wound healing, for skin irritation with purulent secretions, for the treatment of acute and chronic forms of eczema, poorly healing ulcers, for myositis and arthritis, toothache, for rinsing the mouth for gum disease ...

Alcohol tincture of birch buds (1 Art. a spoonful of tincture in a glass of cool boiled water) is used for douching with leucorrhoea in women.

With various lesions of the limbs (eczema, for example ) hot baths are very useful with the addition of alcoholic tincture of birch buds at the rate of 10 ml of tincture per 1 liter of water. Hands or feet are immersed in a hot bath once a day. The water temperature is the highest that the patient can withstand. The duration of the procedure is at least 30 minutes. After the bath, do not wipe the affected skin, but let it dry. The course of treatment is 15-20 days. In most patients, itching disappears after taking the first 3-4 baths. A quick cessation of itching has a beneficial effect on the general condition of patients with eczema.

As a local anti-inflammatory agent you can cook birch cakes: for 1 part of honey, take 2 parts of powder from birch buds and mix until a thick uniform mass is formed. If the honey is very runny, you can increase the amount of the powder.With furunculosis and the formation of carbuncles these lozenges are used as a concomitant therapy. They can be applied under a bandage for 3-4 hours and then replaced. It is recommended to leave this bandage on overnight.

For various coughs helps a mixture made from 2 tbsp. tablespoons of birch buds and 50 g of unsalted butter. Put the mixture on fire, bring to a boil (but do not boil), simmer over low heat or in the oven for 1 hour, then remove from heat. When it cools down, but it is still warm, strain, squeeze, discard the kidneys, add 200 g of honey, stir well and take 1 tbsp. spoon 4 times a day.

Birch bud preparations are usefulwith functional disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, pain in the stomach and intestines, with ulcers of the stomach and duodenum, with dysentery and dyspepsia in children.

Proven recipes

Healers prepare ointment from birch budsused byin diseases of the joints, both rheumatoid and gouty. 1 cup of birch buds is ground into powder (or fresh ones are ground into a spread) and ground into 0.5 kg of fresh interior fat. Put in the oven in a clay pot and simmer for 3 hours a day (in the absence of an oven

— over low heat in a water bath) for 7 days. After that, the hot fat is poured into jars. The raw material is strained and discarded.

Apply this ointment externallyWith inflammation of the glands, eczema - with any skin diseases. And with tuberculosis a teaspoon of ointment in 50 ml of warm (45-50 ° C) milk, 3 times a day before meals - inside. This drug has a good effectwith lupus erythematosus, especially if taken simultaneously internally and externally - for lupus ulceration, andwith erythema nodosum, vasculitis, dermatoses, dermatomyositis; with bedsores, ulcers of a varicose nature, lichen.

With cholecystoangiocholitis with high acidity 2 teaspoons of birch leaves pour 200 g of boiling water, leave for 1 hour. Strain. Add to the infusion of baking soda on the tip of a knife. Drink 50 g 3-4 times a day 10 minutes before meals. The course of treatment is 40 days.

With acute cholecystitis, accompanied by hepatic colic (but without stones in the gallbladder) 10 g of birch buds insist in 0.5 liters of vodka or 90% alcohol diluted 1: 1 with water for 12 days in a dark place in a well-sealed container. Strain on the 13th day. Consume 1 tbsp. spoon every 3 hours, regardless of food, from eight in the morning to eight in the evening. On the liver area — compress from a steamed birch broom (leaves and branches) 3 times a day for 45 minutes.

He was treated with birch buds - and returned hearing!

Some time ago I succeeded with the help of vodka infusion of birch budsget rid offrom hearing loss second degree... When a relapse happened a year later, I again resorted to the help of birch buds and my hearing returned. Many of my acquaintances were interested in this experience and asked to tell in more detail about the recipe and how to use it.

I will say right away, the idea of \u200b\u200bbeing treated the well-known phytotherapist Dr. Dannikov suggested me with cutting buds. In one of his articles, he writes: “Alcohol tincture of birch budssuccessfully healedchronic purulent mesotympanitis - acute inflammation of the middle ear without perforation of the tympanic membrane.

Birch buds insist on 70% alcohol in a ratio of 1:10 for two months, occasionally shaking the contents. Alcohol drops are applied in the usual way. After a thorough toilet of the ears, the tincture in a warm form (+ 37 degrees), 3-5 drops, is instilled three times a day.

Once a day, in patients with chronic otitis media, the ear should be washed with this tincture. The treatment is carried out within 10-15 days.

Ten percent alcoholic tincture of birch buds can be successfully used fortreatment of otitis media. It does not have a toxic, allergic effect and at the same time has a pronounced disinfectant, anti-inflammatoryanesthetic and anesthetic effect ".

In addition to ear diseases, birch buds treat anydiseases of the genitourinary system, malignant ulcers, oncological diseases. Using alcohol on: kidney racks save even hopeless patientswith peritonitis - postoperative inflammation of the abdomen;

noah cavity. When no anti biotics no longer work, the tincture kills pathogenic microbes.

birch buds

Water or alcoholic infusion of the kidneyspossesses diuretic, choleretic, blood-purifying, analgesic, wound-healing, anti-inflammatory, disinfecting effects. It healsdiabetes mellitus, thrombophlebitis, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, etc.

Dr. Danikov lists the healing properties of birch buds on twenty pages. Evenjoint diseases, rheumatism folk healers cured with birch buds or leaves. Why is this miracle cure forgotten today?People very rarely buy birch buds from pharmacies. The answer is simple - general ignorance of traditional medicine. Most doctors also do not know what miracles our simple birch is capable of. I can assume that pharmacists deliberately keep silent about the universal action of birch preparations - they are too cheap, you cannot make millions of fortunes.

That is why the market is overstocked with expensive synthetic drugs, although chemistry is far from safe for the body.

I'm five minutes to seventy. I am a deeply retired person and with regret I watch how my “colleagues” rush to pharmacies, worrying about the fact that they do not get preferential expensive medicines. All these worries only shorten life. Yes, you spit on these subsidized medicines, go to the forest in April and collect more birch buds, so that it will last for a whole year.

Prepare a tincture based on birch buds. This is how you are treated. There will be more sense. Trust my many years of experience .

Birch buds helped heal the stomach!

This remedy for stomach pain is much better than all the advertised tablets. It does not just relieve the spasm that prevents you from living in peace, but also makes the lazy stomach work normally, produce the necessary enzymes and not be "capricious."

However, many treat the whims of their stomach with disdain. I ate something spicy or sour, felt discomfort in my stomach, and instead of thinking about its causes, I immediately reached into my pocket for pills.

Apparently, the years of intrusive advertising have not passed without a trace for many of us. And could it be otherwise, when on TV almost every day you see a person who has “noise and din” in his stomach and who, after a pill of a magic drug, is ready to eat even “fried nails”.

Many of us tend to believe in miracles. And advertising “healings” impress us more than the advice of doctors and healers. Probably, that is why there are more miraculous remedies, only diseases from this for some reason did not decrease. And then, after all, it is known that all these "quick" remedies help for the time being,- until the time, and then the stomach just goes out of control. And then what to do?

I myself fought with this organ for a long time, long and unsuccessfully. Neither medicine nor diet helped me. Fat girlfriends envied me, they say, wow, she retained such a figure both after marriage and after the birth of two children.

How can I explain to them that it is my fear of food, which causes wild pains in my stomach. It is also impossible not to eat - it makes it even worse. So I was tormented by dietary products, which also often hurt my stomach.

I learned about the tincture of birch buds by chance. I have heard before that they are very useful, but I did not think that they would help me specifically. It's always like this. You hear about a remedy, nod and immediately forget, thinking that it will definitely not help you.

But then my mother took over my treatment. Her stomach began to junk with age. She increasingly complained of pain, nausea appeared, and her appetite disappeared. It is always easier to be treated together, so we took up this business.

It is necessary to prepare a tincture from birch buds for the treatment of the stomach.

A teaspoon of dry buds is poured into 100 ml of 70-degree alcohol and insisted in a dark place at room temperature. The tincture will be ready in3 weeks. It must be filtered and started to regularly take 20 drops three times inday. This dose was enough for me to forget about a bad stomach for a long time.

Alcoholic drink moonshine is made at home. Fans of spirits appreciate it for the fact that I have the opportunity to create a product with my own hands, adding only high-quality ingredients. In addition, moonshine can be given unique tastes, color, and smell. There are many recipes with which to make a variety of drinks. Moonshine on birch brunks is made in spring, when sap flow begins and the buds swell. Such a tincture in small quantities is considered healthy, has a spring, fresh taste and a pleasant, straw tint.

Moonshine on birch brunks

Recipes for making moonshine on birch buds

Moonshiners have many recipes and secrets with which they add zest to moonshine. Birch brunks will help create quality productif you use them skillfully.

For such a drink, you need barely swollen buds that have not yet blossomed. Pluck them from the tree together with young branches. Then the kidneys need to be dried warm and threshed. There is no difficulty in this, take a twig and beat it on the ground until the buds crumble. You can think of other ways to thresh branches, the main thing is to get the result. Birch buds can be bought at the pharmacy, or you can insist on moonshine on fresh, only plucked brunks.

1) Recipe 1.

For classic recipe prepare birch trees:

• moonshine - 0.5 liters;
• kidney - 50 grams;
• honey - one teaspoon.

Mix all the ingredients and place in a dark place for ten days. During this time, the drink will acquire color and pleasant taste. After you strain the tincture, you can try it. The number of kidneys can be reduced. Some add 50 grams per three liters and get a beige, aromatic drink.

2) Recipe 2.

If you want to add a spicy taste to the drink, then the second recipe is perfect for you:

• 40 grams of birch buds need to be cemented in a mortar.
• Kidneys, five grams of ginger, three grams of ground galangal, two grams of ground cinnamon, pour 350 ml of moonshine and leave for about a month.
• We filter thoroughly. So we get the essence we need. It is suitable for ten liters of tincture.
• Making a drink. To do this, add 30–35 ml of essence and a little sugar per liter of moonshine.
• Train for three to four days.

The tincture will acquire a yellowish color and a sharp, pleasant taste.

3) Recipe 3.

Another recipe will make a pleasant tincture. Here you will need six liters of moonshine and 200 grams of fresh birch buds and leaves. The leaves will add flavor to the flavor.

The tincture is prepared in three stages:

• First, fill in the brunettes and leaves with two liters of moonshine, leave for three days in a dark place.
• We separate the liquid, and pour a new portion of moonshine into the kidneys. After three days we filter, separating the liquid.
• We fill it for the third time, only for 10 days. After that we mix all three liquids and filter them. The tincture on birch brunks is ready.

A birch tree with a mild spring scent can be prepared using the following ingredients:

• a liter of moonshine;
• 30 grams of fresh birch buds; if the kidneys are dry, put half as much;
• two teaspoons of honey;
• 50-150 grams of birch sap.

Mash birch buds in a mortar, add honey. After half an hour, fill the raw materials with moonshine and mix thoroughly, put the liquid in a jar in a dark place for ten days. Shake the jar periodically. Then strain the tincture. If the moonshine turns out to be unclear, strain it through cotton wool. Do not use right away, keep the tincture in the dark for two more days.

The buds will give the moonshine aroma and specificity, and the juice will remove the pungent smell.

Useful qualities of birch brunettes

Birch buds have a positive effect on the human body, treating many diseases. They enhance immunity, have antiviral and antimicrobial properties.

Tincture on birch brunks will help to cure bronchitis, bowel disease, liver, migraine, has diuretic and choleretic properties. In order to cook it, take 20 grams of dry birch buds and 100 grams of moonshine or alcohol. Mix, leave for about three weeks in the dark. Shake the liquid periodically. After the mixture is infused, strain it. This tincture is taken orally in the form of drops.

In order to make a tincture for external use, take birch buds, crush them in a mortar, fill with moonshine or alcohol in a ratio of 1: 5. Insist on them for about a week.

Such a tincture is taken for such problems:

• As a rubbing agent. The tincture is rubbed into the skin for rheumatism, back pain, and joint problems.
• For the treatment of certain types of eczema, purulent discharge, minor skin lesions.
• To relieve a toothache, rinse your mouth with tincture.

Skin diseases, hemorrhoids, infections can also be treated with tincture on birch brunks. To do this, 20 grams of dry buds are infused in 0.5 liters of moonshine. In order to cure middle ear disease, infuse birch buds with 70% moonshine or alcohol for about two months. Drip the finished tincture into the ear three times a day. This product can also be used for disinfection.

Moonshine infused with birch brunks has a pleasant color, spring aroma and useful properties... The tincture is easy to drink and has no pungent odor. Lots of various recipes help you achieve flavor specificity.