Kiprej: medicinal properties and forms of application

Kiprej, the medicinal properties of which are known to most people, is a herbaceous plant with a thick creeping root. Its popular name is "Ivan the Tea". He has a completely naked long stem. Pink (sometimes white) flowers are collected in a long beautiful brush. The leaves have slightly convex veins, are attached alternately to the stem. Fruit in the form of a box, seeds are placed in it. Collect it is necessary at a certain time to spray, the healing properties of it in this case will be maximum. This occurs during the period of mass flowering. Ivan tea grows almost on all continents with a temperate climate, in well-lit places - these are felling, burning, meadows, shores of lowland water bodies.

Chemical composition

It shows kiprej curative properties thanks to the substances contained in it. In particular, they are tannins, mucus, alkaloids, vitamin C, gallic and ascorbic acids, coumarins. There is tannin and pectin in it. The microelement set is striking: copper, boron, iron, manganese, titanium and even molybdenum.

Pharmacological properties

This herb has a mild laxative, wound healing, hemostatic, astringent, emollient, mild hypnotic and anti-inflammatory effect. For medicinal purposes use all the spray, the healing properties are in the leaves, root system, stems, flowers.

Application

Preparations from willow-tea help with gastrointestinal ailments: colitis, gastritis, ulcers. Outwardly, the spray is used for washing bruises, wounds, with joint pain. It is believed that Ivan has healing properties that help in the fight against male prostate diseases, including adenoma. Apply it for insomnia, headaches, for washing ulcers on the skin. Useful not only the spray itself , ivan-tea, healing properties passes even the honey collected from it. Help the funds on the basis of this plant in case of anemia, internal outflow of this fluid, ailments of the throat, kidneys, bladder.

Koporsky tea

This is the most common way to consume this healing herb. According to the classic recipe of the Koporsk peasants, the willow-tea is harvested, tearing off the flower brushes by 30-40 cm. Then they are scattered on a flat surface by a layer of 4-5 cm and the resulting mass is rolled into a roll. At the same time, it must be crimped with a certain force, so that part of the juice is released from the grass. Then the twisted mass should be left overnight, covered with a wet burlap. During this period, the raw materials will be fine, and fermentation will take place. At the end of the process, the grass is again spread out evenly and produces a partial withering. The final operations are drying in a hot oven (oven) and rubbing. The main sign of the correct preparation of Kopor tea is the color, it should be green. Keep it in tight bags or paper bags for no longer than two years.

Other dosage forms

From young leaves and shoots of Cyprian soup, salads are prepared. Roots in fresh or cooked form are used similarly to cabbage or asparagus. Of them, make flour. Frying them, you can get the so-called "boiling coffee". From fresh flowers make juice, decoctions, infusions and oil.