Marvelous! it is now the end of May, and the linden is already in bloom! It's worth hurrying up and stocking up lime blossom!
Useful properties of linden known to people since ancient times, but why linden heals, it became known only after scientists found out chemical composition bark and flowers of this tree. Traditional medicine uses different parts of this tree for therapeutic measures, but according to scientists, most of the beneficial properties are found in linden flowers.
It is best, therefore, to pick flowers just when the linden begins to bloom. Linden flowers contain many flavonoids, essential oils, so these components are the main active substances. In addition, linden flowers contain various sugars and tannins. In addition, linden contains glycosides, in its pure form a glycoside, which has a pronounced diaphoretic effect. Due to these glycosides, linden is often recommended in the treatment of colds. And of course, linden flowers contain provitamin A, carotene and vitamin C. Vitamin A itself is easily synthesized from provitamin A in our body. Linden flowers contain a large number of macro and microelements, these substances are necessary for the coordinated work of our body.
Linden is used not only in folk medicine, but also for the manufacture of various medicines.
The triterpene compound tiliadin, as well as up to 8% of the oil, contains linden. The medicinal properties of this plant are known to many people. Decoctions and infusions are made from linden, used as a diaphoretic and antipyretic for colds, as a bactericidal agent, for rinsing the mouth, and gastritis.
Associated with the kaempferol and quarcetin contained in it. Tiliacin has great phytoncidal activity. In addition to these properties, linden is used as an analgesic, anti-inflammatory, anticonvulsant. The infusion can be used not only for colds, but also for inflammatory processes, for tonsillitis, for rinsing the mouth, for headaches.
Various medicines are made from linden flowers, thanks to which the secretion of juice secreted by the stomach can increase, and bile enters the duodenum more easily, bile formation becomes greater.
mild sedative effect nervous system render beneficial features linden flowers, due to them the viscosity of the blood slightly decreases. Beneficial features lime blossom are explained by biologically active compounds in linden flowers.
Linden flowers are indispensable components in many herbal preparations intended for rinsing the mouth with angina. In the form of lotions and decoctions, linden inflorescences are used for inflamed hemorrhoids, ulcers, burns, gouty and rheumatic pains in the joints. Linden flowers are often added to regular tea or brewed with other herbs. Linden tea has a wonderful aroma, a bright golden color, so it is even brewed just like that, for family tea drinking.
In the elderly, as well as in young men with increased nervous excitability, lime blossom is used as a sedative. Beneficial features linden tea able to reduce the secretion of gastric juice, improve the digestive properties of the entire gastrointestinal tract. For violations in metabolic processes, as well as for digestive disorders, the same linden decoction.
Tinctures and decoctions of lime flowers. Linden tea
The easiest recipe for linden tea is to pour one tablespoon of linden flowers into a glass of boiling water. The flowers need to be insisted for about 40 minutes, wrap the infusion, then strain. Drink this linden tea 4 times a day, one glass each for bronchitis, colds, coughs, headaches, pulmonary tuberculosis, catarrh of the throat. As an external agent, a decoction is used for rinsing the mouth with sore throat.
To relieve intestinal spasm and colic, you need to use baths with an infusion of lime blossom. Brew 9 handfuls of linden flowers in one liter of water, boil and let stand for a while, then pour the infusion into a hot bath. Take this bath for about 15 minutes.
Mix in equal proportions raspberry leaves, sage grass, dried raspberries, elderflower, linden flowers. Take this mixture as follows: pour two tablespoons of the composition into 200 ml of boiling water and insist for one hour. The infusion is drunk only in a warm form at bedtime, as an expectorant, diaphoretic, for bronchitis, with catarrh of the upper respiratory tract.
With influenza, rheumatism, viburnum fruits and linden flowers are brewed in equal proportions. 2 tablespoons of the mixture pour 400 ml of boiling water, boil for about 10 minutes and take 2 cups hot at night. You can also take raspberries and linden in equal proportions, or combine all these ingredients.
Linden tea should be used as a disinfectant, softening and anti-inflammatory agent for various diseases oral cavity. They take to prepare linden tea: 3 parts of chamomile flowers, 2 parts of linden flowers, mix, then pour one part of the dry mixture with a glass of boiling water, wrap and infuse for about half an hour, then filter. The throat should be gargled for two to three days, as often as possible.
With the onset of influenza conditions and rheumatism, you can prepare such hot tea from linden. The beneficial properties of linden must be combined with herbs of oregano, coltsfoot, raspberries, then you will get a unique collection of herbs that treat the throat. You need to brew herbs in the amount of two tablespoons of their mixture and pour them with two glasses of boiling water, after 10 minutes you need to express the infusion through gauze.
If you have increased stomach acidity, then take a brewed mixture of marsh calamus herbs, licorice root, linden flowers, fennel and peppermint. You can take 10-20 g of the collection and pour all 200 ml of boiling water, keep the infusion in a sealed container for half an hour, then cool and drink three times a day before meals.
The beneficial properties of linden flowers are widespread and important for women.
As a medicinal raw material, decoctions of buds, leaves, flowers and young bark are taken.
It should be taken into account that the linden blooms only for about two weeks, you need to collect flowers in the very heat, in the daytime, best of all for the new month. If you collect flowers on a cloudy day or after rain, in the evening, they can easily lose medicinal properties during storage. Linden is a unique honey plant. It is rightly called the queen among all honey plants, and linden honey is famous in almost every home. It has a slightly specific pungent aroma and is pleasant to the taste.
From hemorrhoids, gout, burns, lime boiled lime bark is used. Sometimes it is used for colds and bronchitis. Linden will help with neurasthenia, abdominal pain, disorders different nature gastrointestinal tract, with flatulence, fainting, as an anti-measles medicine and a remedy for insomnia.
Baths and poultices of lime petals are used as remedy for joints. fresh leaves and crushed kidneys are applied to burnt skin, to inflamed mammary glands, as well as to other inflammatory processes. Linden flowers can easily restore women Health specifically, eliminate menstrual irregularities. Doctors recommend that every woman over 45 take one glass of linden tea. This will be an excellent prevention of pain during menopause, it will come a little later, the body will be better prepared for it.
If you collect lime blossom on the new moon, then the flowers will have an antitumor effect in the field of female diseases. But in this case, in order for the beneficial properties of linden tea to work as they should, you need to drink tea every day constantly. Linden's medicinal actives will become much stronger when used in combination with sage, but it should be taken half as much as lime.
Linden in cosmetics
Linden infusion is rich in various mucus-like compounds. Linden is brewed with boiling water, insisted for about two hours, then jelly is formed from it, which will be very useful for wiping the skin of the neck and face. Lime jelly helps to cope with sensitive or dry skin very effectively. Women claim that the effect comes from the first day of using linden jelly. It is best to do the procedure with the skin for 10 days.
Linden in cooking
Dry and young linden leaves are added to salads to fill them with vitamins. Dried leaves can be easily sprinkled into flour for making bakery products, it is especially popular to use lime blossom in home cooking. Excellent coffee is obtained from linden seeds. The healing properties of this coffee speak for themselves: the product is completely natural and aromatic.
The beneficial properties of linden tea are known to many, but not everyone knows that you can also brew lime drink. It is drunk chilled, it is prepared by pouring 500 ml of boiling water over 150 g of lime flowers. You will get such a refreshing fragrant tea.
As we wrote above, linden tea can and should be used for colds as a diaphoretic, it is also used for lobar pneumonia, all decoctions and infusions from linden blossom are delicious and fragrant in taste.
If you buy linden flowers in a pharmacy, then most likely they will be a small scattering, but you can also buy linden in filter bags.
If you make a highly concentrated infusion of linden tea and pour it into the bath, you can remove nervous disorders in a week of use. In addition, such a bath or separate care for oily skin face with the help of linden lotions will help normalize water-salt metabolism and eliminate oily sheen.
Linden is used not only for colds. The medicinal properties of the bark and linden flowers make it possible to use it for rinsing from stomatitis, gingivitis and laryngitis. In one glass of linden broth, you need to dilute half a teaspoon of soda and rinse your mouth.
In medicine, not only linden flowers are actively used, but also fruits. They are harvested after they ripen, closer to autumn, then crushed, prepared from them as a hemostatic medicine and used for nose and external bleeding.
Linden buds are collected together with leaves and applied as compresses for headaches. But linden bark needs to be stored in winter, peeled, dried and ground to a powder state, then brewed as tea. This tea is perfect as a natural choleretic.
Linden charcoal plays a special role in folk and traditional medicine. Such coal is obtained from linden branches and wood. He has unique properties. Linden coal is able to adsorb and eliminate various harmful toxins, as well as substances that exceed its own volume by 90 times. Lime charcoal can be used in the treatment of diseases such as dysentery, diarrhea, inflammatory diseases intestines and stomach.
The beneficial properties of linden tea are not only that they treat colds, but also that they can be used for pyelonephritis, bladder and kidney stones, and cystitis. These properties are due to the pronounced diuretic effect of tea. Another advantage of linden tea is that it has a sweet taste that children love so much.
Contraindications for use
Linden tea - first of all medicinal tea. Linden is able to increase the body's immunity, remove infections. Due to the diaphoretic and diuretic properties, linden puts a lot of pressure on cardiac activity, so you should not drink it just like that every day. You should also not replace the usual intake of tea with linden tea.
Linden during flowering emits a powerful aroma that spreads over long distances, such a smell attracts both bees and people. Treat diseases comprehensively - linden tea along with linden honey.
Linden is very useful plant, and what is very important, easily accessible for the inhabitants of Russia, since this deciduous tree is often found in temperate and subtropical latitudes. The healing properties of the plant are so extensive that even to this day it is widely used in medicine. V medicinal purposes almost all parts of the tree are used: bark, leaves, buds, inflorescences, bark, flowers, and, of course, from its nectar. Let's talk about the benefits of linden in more detail.
Linden composition
The flowers of the tree contain many useful substances, these include A, tannins, saponins, iron, potassium, magnesium, flavonoids, hesperedin (glycoside), as well as essential oil. The composition of linden leaves includes phytoncides.
Collection, harvesting and storage of linden
Raw materials should be collected and harvested, of course, only from plants growing outside the city, which were not stuffed with chemicals and were not damaged by insects.
Linden begins to bloom, as a rule, from mid-June. Flowering lasts only 3 weeks. At this time, the whole tree is decorated with yellow inflorescences. Looks very nice.
During the flowering period, flowers with a bract should be carefully plucked.
It is necessary to dry the raw material by spreading it in a thin layer, in the shade and in a ventilated place. Sun exposure during drying should be avoided, as the inflorescences change their color. Upon completion of drying, damaged and browned flowers should be removed.
Linden can be stored for about 2 years in cardboard boxes or in jars with a tightly closed lid.
Useful properties and benefits of linden
- strengthens,
- heals,
- brings down the temperature
- helps to cure kidney diseases,
- lowers blood sugar
- removes toxins from the body,
- eliminates the violation of the menstrual cycle,
- has spasmodic and diaphoretic properties,
- improves digestion,
- fights diarrhea, belching and bloating,
- relieves ulcers,
- eliminates headaches,
- copes with respiratory diseases,
- treats hemorrhoids,
- relieves pain in
- alleviates the condition of oncology,
- eliminates inflammation of the oral cavity,
- calms the nervous system
- helps relax,
- fights with
- rejuvenates
- heals burns,
- heals,
- reduces swelling and inflammation of the skin,
- tones and improves skin condition,
- strengthens hair.
Linden for women
Linden is a very useful plant for women's health, due to the presence of phytohormones in the inflorescences of the plant, which are identical to female sex hormones. To maintain health, it is recommended to drink an infusion prepared from linden inflorescences. And women over 35 need to take preventive actions: every morning, linden tea for 3 weeks. The procedure is done 1 time in 6 months.
In addition, linden eliminates menstrual irregularities, treats infertility and uterine bleeding. To do this, you need 1 tbsp. Plant flowers pour 1 cup boiling water. Let it brew for 15-20 minutes, then strain and take 1-3 cups 3 times a day.
To alleviate the condition during menstruation, it is recommended to take.
Linden contraindication and harm
- individual intolerance,
- diseases.
Excessive consumption of linden tea, decoction or infusion is fraught with heart problems, as the plant has a diaphoretic property and stimulates immune system, and this is an additional burden on the heart.
Also, daily drinking of tea can worsen vision.
Medicinal properties of linden
In folk medicine, for the treatment of various ailments, it is customary to use tea, decoction and infusion of linden.
Linden tea is tasty and easy to prepare. It creates an atmosphere of warmth and comfort, soothes, helps to cope with colds and bring down the fever.
To prepare a drink, pour 1 tbsp. flowers of the plant 1 cup boiling water. Cover with a lid and wait half an hour. Then strain. Tea is ready! It is recommended to add .
Linden infusion
It is used to prevent colds.
Pour 1 handful of plant flowers in 1 liter of boiling water. You can add others healing herbs. Close the bowl with a lid and let it brew for 30 minutes. Strain.
It can be taken both internally (for the treatment of colds) and externally (for washing and treating wounds and burns). Decoction is recommended to rinse your mouth with inflammation of the gums.
To prepare lime broth, you need 2 tbsp. linden flowers pour 0.5 liters of water. Put the dishes on a small fire. After boiling, wait another 5 minutes. Let it brew for 30 minutes.
Linden treatment
Linden from a cold
Make a tea or an infusion of linden. Drink until the condition improves. It is recommended to add honey to enhance the effect.
Linden for immunity
2 tsp linden flowers, 1 tsp , 20 g grated root .Put all the ingredients in a thermos and pour boiling water over it. Insist 40-60 min. Take the infusion throughout the day.
Linden for headache
Apply crushed linden flowers to your temples and forehead. You can also inhale the aroma of freshly brewed raw materials.
Linden for the stomach
Take linden decoction.
Lipstick for joint pain
Pour the leaves of the plant hot water and then apply to the problem area. Wrap with a towel. It is worth walking with a compress for about 1 hour.
Linden with cystitis
Prepare lime broth. Take it 2 times a day. From the second day of treatment, the decoction should be drunk at 0.5 liters. The duration of the course is 2 weeks.
Linden from inflammation of the oral cavity
Add 5 g of soda to the linden broth. Rinse your mouth with this mixture 3 times a day.
Linden from burns
Gently treat problem areas with a decoction of linden.
Linden for skin diseases
Similar to the previous point.
Linden from chronic fatigue, stress
Fill 100 g of flowers with 2 liters cold water. Wait 20 minutes, then boil for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and let steep for another 20 minutes. Strain the resulting broth and pour into a bath, the temperature of which should be 35-37 ° C. The time of taking a therapeutic bath is 20 minutes. The procedure should be done once a week.
Linden broom for a bath
The healing properties of linden are widely used in. Fans of "steam" are made from linden, knowing what they are capable of, namely: they treat urolithiasis, eliminate joint pain, relax and relieve stress, relieve gout, increase sweating, heal wounds and have a bronchodilator property.
In the presence of kidney stones and pain in the joints, it is recommended to hold the broom over the problem area for 2-3 minutes.
Breathe in the scent of a linden broom - it soothes and relieves feelings of anxiety and fear.
How to steam a linden broom
Place the broom in warm (not boiling) water and wait half an hour. As soon as the twigs and leaves soften, you can begin. 
Linden for hair
Linden is a real find for women who strive for luxurious hair and love folk remedies. The flowers of this plant strengthen the hair, give it shine and well-groomed appearance, eliminate itching of the scalp, dandruff, and, of course, enrich them with useful substances.
Linden Hair Rinse
8 tbsp plant flowers pour 0.5 liters of water. Put on a small fire for 10 minutes. Strain and cool before using. Rinse your hair with decoction after washing your hair. To get a noticeable effect, this natural remedy should be used 2 times a week.
Lipa for the face
Struggling with skin rashes, brings the skin in order.
1 tbsp linden + 1 tbsp. leaves + 1 liter of water. Bring to a boil, then let it brew for 5 hours. Strain the resulting broth. Wipe your face with it 2 times a day.
Linden is a real treasure for lovers of traditional medicine and cosmetology. The plant is very useful and therefore has such a wide application. Be sure to try it healing properties.
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Linden is one of the most popular components used in folk medicine and home cosmetology. This tree is famous for its ability to purify the air from harmful impurities and heavy metals, inhaling lime blossom is useful for people suffering from depression and nervous disorders. The beneficial properties of this plant can be successfully used to combat many ailments, and contraindications to its use are very limited.
Linden properties
For medical and cosmetic purposes, linden flowers are most often used, but tree bark, buds and leaves also find their use. Useful properties of lime blossom:
- strengthens the nervous system, acts as a natural antidepressant;
- promotes rapid skin regeneration, relieves inflammation, reduces the manifestations of allergic itching;
- reduces body temperature during fever;
- has a mild diuretic effect;
- increases appetite, has a beneficial effect on the digestive system;
- lowers blood sugar levels;
- used in the treatment of diseases of the genitourinary system.
The beneficial properties of linden can be used to maintain and strengthen immunity, including in children (contraindications - individual intolerance to the plant and age - up to 6 months). Not only linden tea has a beneficial effect on the immune system, but also the aroma of the plant. In the children's room, it is useful to periodically keep scented sachets or pillows with lime blossom. Such an accessory cannot be used constantly, as there are contraindications: useful essential oils contained in linden in large quantities, with prolonged inhalation, can cause severe headaches.
In addition to internal use (linden tea), useful baths with the flowers of this plant are also practiced (improve skin condition, help relieve intestinal spasms), therapeutic compresses (useful for thermal burns, joint pain), decoctions for gargling throat and mouth.
Linden tea is especially useful for women. The composition of this drink contains phytoestrogens, which have a beneficial effect on female body, have a rejuvenating effect, relieve pain during menstruation, regulate the cycle. Tincture of linden flowers is recommended for use in cystitis.
A decoction of linden buds is used in the treatment of migraine, frequent headaches. It is applied in the form of compresses. The course of treatment is not limited. Linden charcoal is obtained from linden branches and wood. It is a valuable remedy for the treatment of dysentery, diarrhea, bowel and stomach disorders. The healing properties of such coal have found their application in the prevention of tuberculosis.
In winter, linden bark is collected, crushed into powder, used as a tea for a choleretic effect. Useful powders from the dried leaves of a linden help bystry healing of wounds. Tea from them is recommended for use in boils and purulent formations.
Linden honey is especially popular. It has a general strengthening effect, has a beneficial effect on vision, relieves fatigue and tones the body. It is not worth it to abuse such honey. It is enough to limit yourself to one teaspoon per day. Useful decoctions from linden as an adjunct to drug therapy are used to treat cancers of the gastrointestinal tract.
Contraindications
Linden flowers should be used with caution by people suffering from serious illnesses. of cardio-vascular system. The plant itself does not pose a threat, but in combination with potent drugs, it can provoke a sharp deterioration in the patient's well-being. Do not systematically use linden tea and healthy people, as in this case, the load on the heart increases significantly.
Linden flowers can be allergic, so people suffering from seasonal allergic reactions to flowering should be especially careful to use its medicinal properties. If such manifestations are noticed, it is necessary to refuse to use not only flowers, but also other parts of the plant (bark, buds, foliage). Contraindications of such a plan are rare, since linden is not an allergenic ingredient, but individual intolerance to it may be present due to its rather strong aroma.
The medicinal properties of this plant largely depend on the region where the tree grows. In an ecologically unfavorable environment, lime blossom, foliage and bark are impregnated with harmful impurities and can harm a person when used in treatment. For this reason, it is recommended to use pharmacy fees and check the place of its manufacture.
Contraindications to the use of lime-based drugs for the most part relate to compliance with strict dosages. Linden tea should not be used as an alternative to regular black or green tea. Regular use this drink can significantly reduce vision and exacerbate ophthalmic problems. The beneficial properties of the plant in this case will lose their relevance.
Lipa is a prominent representative of the group medicinal plants that are easily accessible to everyone.
It grows mainly in the temperate and subtropical zones of the northern hemisphere, preferring a warm and fairly humid climate.
Often used for landscaping settlements, decorating parks, forest plantations, alleys.
Any soil is suitable for her, but she still prefers rich soil.
It reproduces both vegetatively and by seeds.
Lives for 300 - 400 years, acquiring its healing properties by about 20 years.
It blooms for three weeks, from mid-June, during this period it is covered with yellow inflorescences, collected in semi-umbrellas with a bract in the form of a dragonfly wing.
Linden flowers have various beneficial properties that are widely used in traditional medicine, as well as in the manufacture of medicines.
Moreover, for these purposes, inflorescences, bark, buds, linden leaves, as well as honey from its nectar are used.
Linden leaves also have useful properties, they can be applied to the head if you have severe headaches, various compresses and baths can be prepared from them.
Linden (botanical name heart-leaved linden) belongs to the deciduous trees of the linden family (Tiliaceae). The tree grows up to 30 (40) m tall, has a tent-shaped crown. Linden is an unpretentious tree, grows in temperate latitudes, is often found in parks, forest plantations and roadside plantings. Our ancestors highly appreciated the beneficial properties of linden, used infusions and teas from the leaves and bark of the tree to treat many diseases: tonsillitis, bronchitis, headaches, fainting, burns, ulcers, intestinal colic.
However, not only the beneficial properties of linden made her famous. Among the ancient Slavic peoples, linden was considered the tree of the goddess Lada, the patroness of beauty and love. There were many rituals associated with this tree. For example, the girls danced around the old linden trees. The inhabitants of Western Europe considered the linden a sacred tree dedicated to the spring goddess Freya, the keeper of the hearth. Lipa was planted in city squares and in the courtyards of castles, meetings were held under it and common affairs were decided. Linden is mentioned in the works of Virgil, Ovid, Pliny, who call it the "golden tree".
Chemical composition
The therapeutic effect and extremely beneficial properties of linden lie in its rich composition. Linden buds, bark, inflorescences and bracts contain vitamin C, glucose, carotene, protein, tannin, micro and macro elements, essential oils, sugar, dublin substances, antioxidants, amino acids, bioflavonoids, phytoncides. The antibacterial properties of linden are provided by tiliacin, wound healing and antipyretic properties - quercetin and campforol.
Lipa for weight loss
What lime blossom tea does not have is calories, of course, provided that you drink it without honey or jam. Therefore, nutritionists recommend that losing weight people drink a cup of fragrant linden tea once a day, which warms the body and soul, which will eliminate all signs of stress or depression that may appear with weight loss.
Useful properties of linden
Linden flowers contain a large amount essential oil, which spreads through the air and has a calming effect on the nervous system. Therefore, a walk along the linden alleys can bring significant health benefits. However, the healing properties of linden are most fully revealed in teas, infusions and decoctions from flowers. Lime blossom decoctions are used as an anesthetic, anticonvulsant, tonic, stimulating the work of the heart and circulatory system, anti-inflammatory and diaphoretic.
Linden tea also reduces blood viscosity, removes toxins from the liver, activates the gallbladder, stomach, bladder, kidneys and intestines. Linden is also very useful for external use: lotions with lime infusion treat skin ulcers, burns, hemorrhoids, and relieve joint pain. And for insomnia, rheumatism, stomach cramps and intestinal cramps, there is no better remedy than a warm bath with the addition of lime blossom.
Linden extract is used in traditional medicine for the manufacture of medicines for food poisoning. Infusions of linden flowers and bark, which have a powerful expectorant effect, are used for prolonged bronchitis, tonsillitis, and chronic cough. In addition, this miraculous remedy can alleviate the condition of a person with cancer.
Linden has been proven to be very beneficial for women. Thanks to high content v linden tea"Phytoestrogens", similar in composition to female sex hormones, it normalizes the menstrual cycle and relieves discomfort during painful periods. For those who like to treat themselves to a park in a Russian bath, we can advise you to stock up on a broom made from linden branches, which, in combination with linden tea and honey (read the article "Honey - useful properties"), will help to cope with a cold. An infusion of linden flowers has a rejuvenating effect on the skin, making it velvety and elastic, so cosmetologists advise using it daily as a facial tonic.
Linden contraindications
Nevertheless, despite the healing qualities, there are contraindications of linden, due to the effect that it has on the body. Due to the diuretic and diaphoretic properties of linden tea, cardiac activity is under strong pressure, so it should not be drunk daily. However, these lime contraindications will not prevent you from using this effective medicine, made by nature itself, for the treatment and prevention of various diseases.
