Everyone knows the grandmother's recipe for a cold: as soon as a person suffers from a runny nose, breaks joints and hurts his head, makes lime tea, which gives a truly marvelous effect. Today we will consider what medicinal properties are lime-colored, and in combating what diseases they help to fight.
Composition of linden color
In the flowers of linden contains a wide range of substances, most of which this plant and owes its medicinal qualities.
In the linden there is an essential oil - its aroma is heard during the flowering of the tree and is due to the presence of an alcoholic substance of farnesol. Vitamins in the composition of lime color are represented by ascorbic acid (vitamin C) and carotene (provitamin A).
Also, vegetable raw materials contain:
- saponins;
- glycoside hesperidin ;;
- glycoside, thiadiazine;
- Sahara;
- tannins.
It is worth noting the little-known properties of lime color: in its ripened form, it (that is, the fruit) contains up to 58% of oil, the taste of which resembles a peach or almond.
The aromas of lime are in demand in the perfume and alcohol industries, where perfumes and liqueurs are used to smell the essential oils.
Basic properties
In terms of pharmacology, linden appears as:
- bactericidal;
- anti-inflammatory;
- soothing;
- diaphoretic;
- diuretic;
- antihistamine;
- febrifuge.
The maximum curative properties of lime-colored flowers are revealed, if taken as a decoction, infusion or tea, brewed in a traditional way.
Use of lime color
If you drink tea with linden with cold or flu, the symptoms of intoxication quickly disappear, and the temperature decreases, sleep becomes strong and healing.
Bronchitis, tracheitis, dry cough are effectively treated with lime flowers brewed in a thermos bottle. With pharyngitis or angina warm throat rinse.
With neuralgia, insomnia, migraines and just headaches, lime tea works as a safe soothing and relieves the ailment. The same tool will evaluate hypertension, tk. useful properties of lime color are also included in the normalization of blood pressure. And the ability to combat arrhythmias makes lime flowers a universal natural remedy for most cardiovascular disorders.
Lime as a source of youth
The experience of many generations shows that lime tea positively affects the work of the digestive tract, normalizing the synthesis of hydrochloric acid in the stomach and the release of bile into the duodenum. These beneficial properties of lime color are closely related to its ability to accelerate the metabolism, remove toxins from the body and act as an antioxidant.
Thus, linden tea helps to establish mechanisms of digestion, which, as a rule, positively affects the body as a whole, promotes weight loss, and according to some reports - even the disappearance of cellulite .
Other properties
Since lime raw material gives a diuretic effect, doctors recommend taking decoctions and infusions with it in the treatment of pyelonephritis, kidney stones, cystitis.
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be careful
In addition to the obvious benefits, lime blossom can also bring harm, if you use raw materials collected in an environmentally unfavorable area. It is best to harvest flowers away from the city, while being convinced of the normal background radiation. It is convenient to buy a linden in a pharmacy.
Before taking this phytopreparation it is worth consulting with a doctor, since linden flowers are quite active and may be incompatible with other medicines.