Kuril tea is an herbal medicinal drink that is made from the leaves of the plant of the cotton spoon. The spindle has another name - the bush pyatilistnik. This is a very pretty plant, often used as decorative flower beds. The cobweb is common in the Altai Mountains, the Far East, Siberia, the Caucasus and Kazakhstan, it has several varieties, each of which has useful properties and can be used for making tea.
The composition of the Kuril tea is similar to Chinese green tea , but it contains a wider range of useful components. For tea, use young shoots of bush along with leaves, stems and inflorescences.
Useful properties of the Kuril tea
The use of Kuril tea was known in ancient Tibet and was widely used for the treatment and prevention of a number of diseases. Useful properties of the Kuril tea are due to the content of a number of medical components:
- tannin - tannic acid, known for its astringent and anti-inflammatory properties;
- flavonoids - a large group of plant substances that regulate many of the enzyme processes in the body, have antioxidant, antispasmodic, antitumor, wound-healing, estrogenic, anti-inflammatory and vaso-strengthening effects;
- catechins - one of the flavonoid varieties, strong antioxidants successfully resisting the activity of free radicals;
- vitamin C - one of the most important and active participants in the most diverse biochemical processes of the body, the stimulant of the immune and endocrine system, the necessary element of metabolism and hematopoiesis, in Kuril tea its content is 5 times greater than in the lemon;
- vitamin P and P-active substances - substances with a powerful antioxidant effect, able to remove toxins and heavy metals from the body, regulate the production of collagen and prevent the deposition of cholesterol in the blood vessels;
- mineral salts of iron, potassium, copper, manganese, magnesium, calcium and cobalt - the role of micro- and macroelements in the body is very great, their functions include the formation of bone tissue, regulation of the nervous system, cellular respiration, control of contraction of the heart muscle and respiration.
In addition to these substances, the composition of Kuril tea includes essential oils, carotenoids, phenolic acids, vegetable resins and saponins.
In folk medicine, the useful properties of Kuril tea have been used for many centuries to treat and prevent a number of diseases. To date, it is very important to use decoctions and infusions of lapchatka as a preventive measure of oncological pathologies, due to the high content of various antioxidants and stimulants of biochemical metabolic processes in it.
In addition, Kuril tea has such a spectrum of effects on the body:
- analgesic and sedative;
- hemostatic and hematopoietic;
- anti-inflammatory and antiviral;
- antibacterial and anti-allergenic;
- diuretic and choleretic;
- toning and hypotensive;
- immunostimulating and regulating metabolism.
Kuril tea is used to treat conditions such as:
- food poisoning and intoxication of the body, it is active against rotavirus, dysentery and Staphylococcus aureus;
- digestive disorders and dyspeptic disorders (constipation, diarrhea);
- diseases of the female reproductive system (uterine bleeding, painful menstruation, inflammation, erosion);
- disorders of the nervous system (propensity to depression );
- infections of the mouth and throat (stomatitis, tonsillitis);
- nocturnal enuresis in children.
Contraindications to the use of Kuril tea
Kuril tea with a variety of useful properties has a number of contraindications. First of all, this concerns people with individual intolerance and prone to hypotension, since frequent use of this drink lowers blood pressure. People who have problems with kidneys need to comply with the daily rate and not abuse the use of Kuril tea, since it puts stress on the urinary system.