The plant of Cypriots in folk medicine is known as ivan tea, which initially characterizes it as one of the most popular medicinal drinks in Russia since the 12th century. From the willow-tea produce two types of tea leaves - for kiprejnogo and Kopor tea. The difference between these drinks lies in the different processing of raw materials. In the first case, it is dried, and in the second case, it is fermented.
Kiprayny tea has an undoubted benefit, but it can also harm the body. As a raw material for brewing tea, as a rule, the upper parts of the plant collected during flowering are used. Thus, not only the upper young leaves get into the tea leaves, but also the inflorescence, which increases the benefit of tea spray.
Benefits and disadvantages of spray tea
Kiprejnyj tea is a real storehouse of useful substances, curative components, vitamins and minerals. Due to the high content and concentration of the most valuable elements, cypress tea has a number of properties that can cleanse, revitalize and rejuvenate our body.
Tea from the leaves and inflorescences of the spray contains a wide range of healing effects on most organs and functional systems of man.
What is useful for boiling tea for health?
- Freshly brewed tea helps to normalize metabolic processes, stimulates and cleanses the digestive system, improving the efficiency of nutrient absorption. It is recommended for people with endocrine disorders and excess weight to restore healthy metabolism.
- Increases the immunity and ability of the body to resist viral and bacterial infections, which is an excellent preventive and restorative means.
- Has a mild laxative, choleretic and diuretic effect, which stimulates the purification of the body of toxins, slags, helps to eliminate edematous and stagnant processes. By removing slags and excess fluid, reduces the risk of stones in the kidneys and gall bladder, improves liver function and cleanses the genitourinary system.
- The enveloping effect due to the high content of mucus can protect and restore the mucous membranes of the gastrointestinal tract, improve intestinal motility, and remove the inflammatory processes of the digestive system.
- High content of vitamins C and A, as well as natural phenols provides ivan-tea with excellent antioxidant properties, which in turn prolongs the life cycle of cells, and accordingly youth.
- The anticonvulsant and calming effect of tea from the spray makes it possible to use it as a mild sedative, antidepressant and hypnotic.
And this is just a short list of useful properties of kaprejnogo tea, which provide this drink healing power and growing popularity.
The composition of boiling tea is abundant with rare and valuable elements, these include:
- mono- and disaccharides, providing the body with energy and increasing the overall tone;
- pectins, removing heavy metals, reducing cholesterol and normalizing cellular metabolism;
- bioflavonoids, which exert antioxidant action and protect cells;
- micro and macro elements
(iron, copper, phosphorus, calcium, potassium, magnesium, selenium, manganese), which are involved in all vital processes and are necessary elements for the healthy functioning of internal organs; - rich composition of vitamins (C, A, B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B9, PP) provides the body with building material for cell regeneration, strengthening of the immune system and healthy tissue growth.
Contraindications to the use of tea from kipreya is an individual intolerance to a given kind of plant or elements contained in a drink. With excessive use of spray tea or in very large quantities, there may be an intestinal disorder (diarrhea), which is easily eliminated when restrictions are introduced.