Very widely used in folk medicine willow-herb, there are practically no contraindications to the use of products based on this herb. This is a perennial plant of the Cyprian family. It has an upright single stem up to 2 m high. The leaves of the plant are entire, with pointed tops, oval in shape. The flowers are large, bright pink or purple. The fruit is a box with up to 20 thousand seeds with tufts. You can find a plant in glades, clearings, forest edges, along roads and reservoirs.
Ivan tea is widely used, its contraindications are minimal, and its healing properties make it very popular. In folk medicine, the root system, leaves, stem, flowers are used.
Ivan-tea has useful properties, but it has practically no contraindications due to the harmonious set of chemicals contained in it. In various parts of the plant there are tannins, carotenoids, flavonoids, starch, ascorbic acid, sugars, essential oils, pectins, alkaloids. It contains quercetin, kaempferol, manganese, iron, nickel, copper, boron, molybdenum, titanium. All this leads to the fact that for the treatment and prevention of manyailments, you can use Ivan-tea, while contraindications will be only for a very narrow circle of people.
Means based on it have antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, astringent, enveloping, diaphoretic, analgesic and sedative effects. They are used for various ailments of the gastrointestinal tract (duodenal ulcer and stomach ulcer, gastritis with high acidity), diseases of the genitourinary system (prostatitis, cystitis), bleeding (uterine, nasal, hemorrhoidal). Ivan-tea is effective (contraindications exist in rare cases) and for local use as an external agent in the treatment of stomatitis, tonsillitis, scrofula, otitis media. It helps with neurosis, headaches, sleep disorders.
Thanks to the combination of vitamin C and iron in it, the herb willow-tea is also used to treat anemia, most patients have no contraindications for such therapy. In addition, preparations from this plant improve metabolic processes, restore appetite, and strengthen immunity. Ivan tea has good antioxidant properties. As an external agent, it helps with skin diseases, purulent wounds, frostbite. Traditional healers use Ivan tea for malignant tumors.
The main uses of this herb are infusion and decoction. The first is done as follows: 2 teaspoons of raw materials are poured into 0.6 liters of boiling water, then the container with the product is tightly closed and kept for 10-15 minutes, the resultingthe mixture is stirred. To make a decoction, fresh leaves are placed in an enamel pan with a layer of 3-5 cm. Then they are poured with clean water at room temperature. The pan is put on a small fire and heated, after which the resulting product is infused for 10 minutes. The juice and powder from the plant can also be used for treatment.
Healing preparations based on Ivan-tea are well tolerated by most people. There are practically no contraindications to their use, the only exception is individual intolerance.
