Lipa - medicinal properties and contraindications

Of the many trees, linden is magical and healing. She gives strength to a traveler who decides to rest in the shade of her foliage, or will be a good canopy in the rain. There is a superstition that lightning never hits this unusual plant.

Folk healers made various amulets from linden bark, protecting from unkind people and various ailments. The healing properties and limitations of linden have been investigated by experts. To date, linden compositions are widely distributed among lovers of alternative medicine.

What is linden

Recognizing this tree from others is easy. Its leaves look like a heart, and between them are small nuts. In the spring, during the flowering period, a pleasant smell of honey emanates from it. Going up to the tree, you can see a lot of bees that curl around the fragrant white flowers. They collect medicinal nectar, which is then processed into honey.

Linden is unpretentious, grows on any soil, but does not like groundwater. This tree can be found on the street, in the park, in the alley.

The chemical component of linden

There are many nutrients in linden, but it all depends on the specific part of the plant.

Foliage
It is often boiled and imposed on a sore spot. Foliage contains elements such as:

• ascorbic acid;
• vitamins;
• protein.

Flowers

• natural pigments;
• ascorbic acid;
• natural aromatic essential oil;
• glycosides;
• aromatic substances;
• vitamin A.

Linden bark
Tinctures from linden bark are used for many diseases, because only it has triterpene substance. It also has 8% oil.

Nuts
The fruits, which are harvested in late summer - early fall, contain medicinal oil identical to Provencal.

Plant juice
The sweet juice collected by the bees contains sucrose and glucose.

Healing characteristics

Linden is a strong natural antiseptic; trees can absorb a significant amount of dust, which consists of heavy metals. Because of this, linden trees are planted along highways in megacities today.

Healing characteristics differ in all parts of the linden: buds, bark and leaves, however, a significant proportion of the nutrients found in inflorescences. Vitamins, proteins, glucose and other trace elements are very necessary for weakened human immunity.

The healing characteristics of inflorescences of a tree are characterized as follows:

• Tone and soothe.
• Eliminate the inflammatory process, swelling and itching.
• Reduce temperature and have a diuretic effect.
• Stabilize the digestion process.
• Lower blood sugar and increase its viscosity.
• Accelerate the metabolism.
• Cure diseases of the genitourinary system.

Inflorescences of the plant are in various collections of herbs that are used to treat inflammation in the oral cavity, for example, with pharyngitis. Explosions and tinctures from linden flowers are used for peptic ulcer, burns, hemorrhoids, as well as to eliminate pain in the joints. An excellent technique for eliminating contractions of the intestines and gastric colic is the bath with the use of linden inflorescences.

Great benefit to women's beauty and well-being is brought by a linden drink, often used in alternative medicine.Tea has an excellent anti-aging effect, and its natural estrogens, which are identical to female sex hormones, will help stabilize the menstrual cycle, and remove pain during critical days.

The healing characteristics of other parts of the plant

1. In addition to the already mentioned favorable properties of inflorescences of the plant, doctors widely use its fruits. They make preparations for stopping blood. They make a blast of the kidneys, use it as a compress, imposing on the head, eliminate pain.
2. Linden charcoal plays a role in the treatment. It is obtained from twigs and wood of a tree. It removes various toxins, because of this it is used to cure indigestion, the inflammatory process of the gastrointestinal tract.
3. Coal is also effective in tuberculosis, and tar, which is obtained during production, is used for skin eczema.
4. In winter, the tree bark is removed, dried, powder is made from it, a drink is made and taken as a natural choleretic agent. The secret obtained from the bark of the plant is used to relieve pain and as an anti-inflammatory agent.
5. A drink is prepared from the foliage, which helps with the appearance of neoplasms on the skin.

How to use the plant for therapy

1. For the manufacture of tinctures for the treatment of serious forms of lung diseases, it is necessary to pour a glass of hot water into a spoon of dried inflorescence. Leave for 40 minutes, filter, squeeze and drink. Consume one cup three times a day. Use the same tincture to rinse your mouth.
2. If you need a healing bath to relieve a pain symptom in the intestines, joints, muscles, then you need 8 handfuls of linden inflorescences. They are poured with a liter of water and brought to a boiling state. Then the composition must be darkened in a container for about five minutes. Let it brew for at least a quarter of an hour. Taking a spoonful three times / day, you can forget about the pain.
3. For diarrhea and food intoxication, powdered charcoal should be taken. It is consumed in a spoon three times a day. If you brew it instead of coffee, then you can cure prostatitis.
4. The healing properties of the plant are used for oncology therapy. With cancer of the gastrointestinal tract, a boil is made from a tablespoon of seeds. They are poured with a mug of hot water and boiled over low heat for a quarter of an hour. The broth is filtered and divided into three equal parts, taken three times during the day. But it is required to coordinate alternative therapy with a doctor.
5. As a firming, antisclerotic, antiseptic and very pleasant linden drink, you can brew much easier. A spoonful of linden inflorescences is diluted with a mug of hot water and left warm for 30 minutes. under a bedspread or towel. Take a drink at the same time as honey. This tea is an excellent treatment for colds, migraines - with these diseases, the healing properties of the plant are particularly pronounced.
6. Along with tinctures, they drink and a blast of inflorescences. He is the most concentrated. It is used both for external use and for drinking inside. 2 tablespoons of linden inflorescences are diluted with a mug of hot water, boiled over low heat for five minutes and left for half an hour. The filtered tincture is added to one glass. If it is not contraindicated, then tincture is used three times during the day. Rinse with infusion of the mouth is required 8 times a day.

Contraindications

The plant is exceptional in that it actually has no limits. It can be taken by everyone: women in position and during lactation, small children and senior citizens.

But you need to know that because of its warming qualities, the drink increases the load on the human heart. Therefore, brewing and consuming a drink of linden every day instead of coffee and tea is impossible.

Of the restrictions on the upper step of the pedestal is the frequency of consumption of the drink and boil of lime.Specialists make a warning: an overdose of fragrant tea can result in an increase in the violation of the NS and the organ of vision.

Folk medicine

A person has been using linden bark for a long time in the household: weaving baskets, shoes, a basket and other utensils. Edible oil is obtained from linden seed, it has a sweetish taste, is rather fatty, its taste is similar to almond oil.

Of course, this healing tree found the greatest distribution in alternative medicine, tinctures and explosions are made from it, which help in curing many ailments.

1. Drink from colds and migraines. A mug of hot water is poured into a spoon of plant inflorescences. Then they leave it for 20 minutes and use it with honey four times a day, or gargle with it.
2. Compress for joint pain. Hot water is added to the foliage, it is insisted, the composition is allowed to cool slightly and laid on the joints, cellophane is placed on top, and a compress is wrapped with a blanket. Gently hold this compress for about 2 hours. It perfectly eliminates swelling and pain.
3. Linden against burns. In 4 tablespoons of linden blossom add half a liter of water and put on a small fire. The composition is brought to a boiling state and boiled for another 10 minutes. Allow the broth to cool and smear them with burns on the skin.
4. Tincture of cystitis. 3 tablespoons of inflorescences are diluted with a liter of water, placed on a fire and brought to a boil, but do not let the infusion boil. The composition is left for an hour and drunk throughout the day. The duration of treatment is 10 days. From the second day, 3 tablespoons of inflorescences are poured ½ liter of water.
5. Inflorescences from tonsillitis and pneumonia. 2 tablespoons of inflorescences are poured with hot water, let it brew for half an hour. At night, you need to drink 1-2 cups. The same tincture is allowed to rinse the larynx.
6. At high body temperature. A spoonful of two inflorescences is poured with hot water (1.5 liters) and boiled for a quarter of an hour, then filtered. Before going to bed, you need to drink 2-3 cups.
7. From bronchitis. Linden blossom, 1 spoon, pour boiling water, boil and drink 100 milliliters in 3-4 doses per day.
8. Linden in the fight against extra pounds. Take dried lime leaves, finely chop them and pour water. The resulting composition is drunk in 2-3 doses per day for a small spoon.
9. Linden with pain in the head. Lie on the sofa, relax, and put fresh linden leaves on your forehead. Hold until the pain subsides.
10. Inflorescences from stomatitis. A spoonful of inflorescences is diluted with hot water and left for half an hour. Then the jaw is filtered off and rinsed.
11. Linden from sleep disturbance and stress. It is necessary to take a bath with the inflorescences of the plant. To do this, 200 grams of inflorescences are diluted with 2 liters of cool water, and left for a quarter of an hour. Then the composition is placed on a stove and boiled for about 10 minutes. Filter, leave another 10 minutes, and pour the broth into the bath. It is necessary to take a linden bath once in 7 days for at least half an hour. Before you take such a bath, you need to wash yourself well. After a linden bath, washing with running water is not necessary.

How to collect linden

Once collection is complete, the raw materials must be placed on a dry surface in a well-ventilated area. Leave the raw materials to dry until the flowers are completely dry. Raw materials must be mixed regularly. It is impossible to dry flowers in open sunlight, this will destroy part of the healing substances.

You can check the availability of raw materials. To do this, slightly break the flower. If it breaks easily, then the collection is ready. If dark spots or damage appear on the inflorescences, then such damaged areas must be removed.

Linden is an exceptional plant, a natural storehouse for doctors and lovers of alternative medicine. Its characteristics are healing and unique. Before proceeding with the cure of linden, it is necessary to carefully study all the healing properties and limitations. In order to be distinguished by excellent health, to gain strength, it is necessary to be treated with agents that include linden blossom, plant foliage, bark or buds.

Video: the use of linden flowers