There is a folk proverb: "In a bath a broom is more expensive than money!" What does the quality of the banya depend on? How to choose the time for the preparation of brooms for a bath, how to make and store them?
If you are interested in how to make brooms for a bath, it means that you love a bath and believe that your broom is better than the bought, more convenient, cheaper and more reliable.
"Broom and steam for health gift" - this is known to every fan of the steam room. Inveterate swimmers have 10 types of bath brooms - for mood alone, for the treatment of sores others. For all occasions they try to prepare their brooms to be fluffy, but fragrant, biting, but not burning.
Knit brooms for the bath yourself - it's a simple matter and begins with the procurement of raw materials.
Time for the preparation of brooms for a bath
In the old days, the preparation of the brooms did not begin anyway when, but only two weeks after the Trinity, when the breads rang. The case was entrusted to the leading herbalists, who knew everything about plants. After all, a bath broom (a bath-house) is not only a tool for injecting steam, massage, but a healer - twigs give their strength and healing properties to a person.
In order for the bannik not only to bring benefits, but also serve for a long time, they chose the time of harvesting, when the tree had the greatest strength according to special signs. Most often they were associated with the moon.
- On the growing Moon, they went for branches for a birch, alder or lime broom for a bath. On women's days - this Wednesday, Friday, Saturday.
- Oak branches were cut on the 14th lunar day (before the full moon) or on the 13th date of the solar calendar from July to September on Thursdays.
- On the waning moon in the height of the summer in July and before the Ascension (Apple Spawn) on August 19, they went for branches of maple, hazel, cherry, eucalyptus, ash, ashberry.
How to prepare a broom for a bath?
Never break a branch, but cut a young knife with a knife or a pruner with a length of 40-70 cm. Practically it's the same as a sanitary trim, as gardeners do in gardens.
From the conditions of drying and storage of brooms for a bath their appearance and quality depends. When billet, high humidity can damage the quality of the bannik.
Raw materials are laid out to dry strictly in the shade. Every day the branches are turned over. A broom with dry leaves and branches is hard, quickly crumbles and not so fragrant.
A good banner has a matte dark green color. The most beautiful and fragrant brooms are obtained if raw materials are stored in the hay outdoors in a dry and inaccessible place for the sun: in haylofts, shelves in a barn. In no case can you store in garages, storage rooms with paints and solvents, next to the toilet - leaves like a sponge absorb all the smells. The city is stored on loggias in a place protected from the sun and rain.
After the bath, the broom must be well dried in a suspended state away from batteries, wrapped in thick paper and put in a plastic bag. If it is wrong to store a wet broom, the leaves in the middle will begin to darken, or even mold, the broom will lose its qualities.
How to knit brooms for a bath?
Raw materials are sorted, sorted. From the thick ends of branches remove leaves, twigs and twigs on length about 10-20 see on the table the first put the greatest and fluffy is a basis. To it, add thin and straight branches. Fill the gaps so that the ends of the branches are at the edge of the table. Tightly bandaged. Turn over to the other side and work on. At the end, the broom is once again tied up at the top with the same rope. Clean the place of the handle, cut to its size. Tie underneath. Sometimes handles are wrapped for convenience. cloth.
Banniks are of 2 kinds:
- flat, like a fan, they are convenient to carry with them. This form is obtained if the brooms are folded on top of each other.
- fluffy in the form of a bouquet will be, if you hang freely on the rope.
If you are tired of the hustle and bustle of city life and can no longer withstand the wild everyday loads - go to the bath!
If you feel that you do not fit in with the rhythms of life, you can not cope with blues and depression, you tortured unrequited love - go to the bath!
Make yourself a broom from the branches of your favorite trees and go to the bath!
Steam and a broom will help you become a happy person!