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Among medicinal plants, hawthorn occupies a special place. Hawthorn tea has a pleasant taste and healing properties. When properly prepared and used, it not only strengthens the immune system, but also maintains vitality at a high level.
Hawthorn tea: beneficial properties and contraindications
It is important to brew healthy hawthorn tea correctly. It contains a huge amount of vitamins and microelements that have a sedative, astringent, vasodilator, and anti-cholesterol effect. The drink is useful for the following diseases:
- frequent dizziness;
- insomnia, neurotic conditions;
- arterial hypertension;
- diabetes;
- various poisonings;
- obesity;
- prostatitis, prostate adenoma;
- male and female infertility.
The drink will help prevent epilepsy attacks and maintain a normal condition in case of liver diseases. It is better to brew the drink every day to drink it fresh.
There are a number of contraindications: low blood pressure, pregnancy, breastfeeding, gastritis, peptic ulcer.
How to make hawthorn tea
Hawthorn tea has its benefits and harms, but it is important to brew it correctly. It is necessary to properly collect and prepare the berries. Then they will release healing substances into the drink and add flavor to the tea.
Collection and procurement of raw materials
Ready-made dry fruits are sold in stores or pharmacies. But it’s safer to collect the fruits yourself and prepare them correctly. Suitable harvesting methods include: drying, freezing, drying, as well as preparing preparations using berries.
Traditional healers advised collecting the fruits of the plant on October 1, during the national holiday. But it all depends on the region. The berries are collected from the end of July until the 20th of October. It is important that the fruits do not have time to freeze. The first frosts negatively affect the beneficial properties, the tea will not be as healing.
Raw materials must be collected in clean areas, away from roads and enterprises. Berries are able to absorb environmental pollution.
Collect undamaged, ripe berries. The fruits should be taken whole, not pecked or bruised. When harvesting, it is correct to pick not only the fruits, but also the stalks and receptacles. This is the only way to preserve vitamin C, which is most important for colds. In the stalks, healing substances, vitamins, and microelements are concentrated as in the fruits themselves. To brew a medicinal drink, it is recommended to use berries with stalks, leaves, and flowers of the plant.
How to make fermented tea from hawthorn leaves
Fermented leaves are leaves that have been processed in a special way. This process will allow more healing substances to manifest. The processing process looks like this:
- Lightly wilt fresh leaves in the shade for 4–5 hours.
- Roll the leaves until they become soft and sticky. This can be done either with your hands or on a grooved board.
- Place the rolled pieces in a container and cover with damp gauze.
- Leave to ferment for 7 hours so that the beneficial substances are released along with the juice.
- After 7 hours, place the leaves on a baking sheet and dry in the oven.
After the preparation is dried, it is used to brew tea. The drink turns out tasty, aromatic, but without the smell of grass. Useful properties combined with taste make the enzymatic infusion a unique product.
How to brew tea with hawthorn
Hawthorn tea can be prepared using several recipes. For this, not only fruits are used, but also leaves and even roots.
Hawthorn berry tea
They brew tea with the fruits, make compote, and make an infusion. This is a classic recipe using berries:
- Pour a spoonful of plain black tea and the same number of berries into the teapot.
- Cover with a lid and leave for 4 minutes.
- Drink with lemon and honey.
Tea made from hawthorn fruits at night improves sleep, normalizes blood pressure, and also helps with coronary heart disease and angina.
Green tea with hawthorn
You can brew hawthorn tea not only with black tea leaves, but also with green tea. The drink is made according to a simple classic recipe. Green tea with hawthorn is useful because it removes cholesterol from the body, normalizes blood sugar levels, and has a diuretic effect.
Green tea helps restore skin as it accelerates cell regeneration processes.
Healing tea from hawthorn leaves
The leaves are an excellent vasodilator, and therefore the drink will be a salvation for chronic hypertensive patients. A healing drink from the leaves will have an anti-inflammatory effect against colds and prevent the occurrence of cardiac shortness of breath.
Preparation of a classic drink from leaves:
- Take a tablespoon of dry crushed leaves.
- Pour a glass of boiling water over it.
- Leave for 3-5 minutes.
You can drink the healing infusion in its pure form or with the addition of sugar and honey. It is not recommended to drink tea with hawthorn, as well as with leaves, during lactation. If you drink too much, you will experience problems with low blood pressure, irregular heart rhythm, and a slow heart rate.
Fresh hawthorn and rosehip tea
The fruits of hawthorn and rose hips contain vitamins, flavonoids and tannins. These are healing berries that will help with colds, heart and nervous pathologies. Hawthorn and rose hips can be brewed separately, but tea from these two fruits is even more healing. The recipe for this miracle drink is simple:
- For 1 part rosehip, take 2 parts hawthorn.
- Place in a thermos and add a liter of boiling water.
- Leave for 12 hours.
- Strain and then you can drink.
This drink promotes positive processes in the body:
- strengthen the immune system;
- dilate blood vessels and reduce pressure;
- anti-inflammatory effect;
- relieve cold symptoms.
This infusion is useful to drink for ARVI and bronchial processes.
Tonic tea made from fresh hawthorn fruits
For a tonic effect, hawthorn tea should be brewed correctly in combination with dried fruits.The ingredients must be taken in equal parts and placed in a thermos. Pour boiling water and wait a couple of hours. After this, the brewed drink can be drunk hot or cooled. For sweetness, it is recommended to add natural honey.
When an overly concentrated drink is obtained, it is diluted and made less strong.
How to make hawthorn tea in combination with other medicinal herbs
Complex infusions of hawthorn and other medicinal herbs have a positive effect on the health of the entire body. Soothing recipe:
- Art. spoon of berries;
- 1 small spoon of Ivan tea;
- 2 sprigs of mint.
Place everything in a teapot, pour boiling water (300 ml). Drink cooled with honey.
The following mixture is suitable for the heart: one part each of the berries in question, rose hips and mint, mixed with a small amount of chamomile and add 100 g of black tea. Store this mixture in a dark bag, take a tablespoon per glass of boiling water. Brew and drink after 10 minutes when brewed.
To raise vitality:
- 20 g each of rose hips, Rhodiola rosea roots, and high algae;
- 15 g each of hawthorn, stinging nettle;
- 10 g St. John's wort.
Prepare in a thermos, leave for 6 hours. Take a third of a glass 3 times a day. The healing effect will lift your spirits, give you energy and mobility.
How to drink hawthorn tea
Tea from the fruit is consumed both cold and hot. The drink can be consumed throughout the day. Tea does not cause drowsiness, calms, but does not impair coordination of movements. For prevention purposes, it is recommended to drink 250 ml of tea per day, preferably before meals. The plant should be brewed in a porcelain container. It is imperative to brew hawthorn not with boiled water, but with water brought to 100 °C.
It is better to consume fresh so that the healing effect is noticeable immediately. While the drink sits, all the beneficial substances disappear from it.
How often can you drink hawthorn tea?
It is not recommended to drink more than 300 ml of tea per day. The drink can lower blood pressure, pulse, and cause a heart attack. The patient should consult with the attending physician. The therapist will assess the presence of contraindications and restrictions on the use of infusions from the plant, and will recommend to the patient the correct use of hawthorn in accordance with the state of health.
Restrictions and contraindications for use
Despite the enormous benefits, this plant can also cause considerable harm. There are several contraindications that prevent you from drinking hawthorn tea:
- low blood pressure, chronic hypotension;
- increased blood clotting;
- varicose veins, thrombophlebitis;
- heart failure;
- gastritis, ulcer;
- pregnancy, breastfeeding;
- toxicosis;
- renal failure;
- heart disease;
- autism, mental retardation;
- age under 12 years;
- allergy.
An overdose of tea has a negative impact on health. It is not recommended to take tinctures and hawthorn teas simultaneously with medications for arrhythmia.
People with chronic diseases are advised to consult a specialist. Hawthorn causes an allergic reaction even when brewed, so patients prone to allergies need to carefully and carefully introduce the healing fruits into their daily diet. Drinking a drink without consulting your doctor is reckless. Hawthorn will not replace all the medications that a heart patient takes. This is a supportive folk therapy and will not replace primary treatment with medications.
Conclusion
Hawthorn tea is excellent for treating and preventing diseases of the nervous system, heart problems, as well as digestion and colds. Tea can tone up and give vital energy.
