Lime tree - a medicinal tree

Forest prevails throughout the globe. Numerous trees give coolness on a hot day. Very common in Russia is a linden tree, a tree that has long been considered medicinal.

Let's go back to history ...

The origin of this miracle takes its roots in Western Europe. Slavic peoples believed that the linden tree is the tree of the goddess Lada, a symbol of beauty and love. Near such a plant it was often possible to meet girls, leading round dances, singing songs or making fun. It was believed that the one who burns the lime tree will take a big sin at heart. About this great tree, many writers composed poems, ballads. The image of the lime is adorned with the coat of arms of the very old city of Liepaja.

Lime tree is a tree that lives up to 300-400 years. But it also happens that the age of the linden grows even 1100 years. In urban parks and gardens, it lives to only 100 years. Lime tree (the height of the tree reaches about 40-70 meters) bends its thin twigs low to the ground itself. On a hot summer day, the air in the forest is usually filled with honey aroma, which means that the linden has begun to blossom. Many people ask themselves "What does the linden look like?" A tree, a photo of this plant is easy to find, very similar to a slender Russian beauty, a thin, even trunk is crowned by a fluffy crown. The tree is spread all over the Earth.

Lime tree - a healing tree, and so they say not in vain! After all, in fact, for extremely useful decoctions you can use a lime flower, leaves or bark. Lipa is valued even in modern medicine, where extracts for medicinal products are obtained from it. Well, of course, at home, they often use all the useful properties of a miracle tree. What is so useful for a linden tree?

In medicine, lime leaves are used as an excellent remedy that replenishes in the body a lack of calcium, potassium, sulfur, nitrogen, but it is important to properly prepare them so as not to cause harm. In the flowers of linden contains a small amount of ascorbic acid, carotene, so they prepare a useful decoction of them. It perfectly helps to relieve cramps, pain, inflammation or rash. Medicines based on lime color are valuable for their antibacterial action, they help to treat diseases such as rheumatism, colds, neurological diseases, stress. Useful properties of limes are also in the removal of inflammation in angina, bronchitis, the elimination of headaches, with fainting, fever, with pain in the stomach and intestines. Lipu is used even for tuberculosis. You can use a decoction for rinsing the mouth. The broth should be infused for about an hour, then let it through the cheesecloth. Use it in small amounts, you can use a tablespoon three times a day. It is necessary that this medicine is always warm, otherwise the effect will be lost.

Another very popular linden in the manufacture of bast shoes. It is her bark that is the most soft and complaisant, it is easy to work with, and the fake bast shoes will be extremely durable and worn.

In this article we examined what a linden tree is. Wood is widely used in medicine, and the value and taste of lime honey does not need a description.