Healing tree linden: flowers and their useful properties

Often, after catching a cold, we hear from relatives of venerable age advice to drink tea from a linden. Why exactly from it, and what is so good a lime tree, whose flowers are recommended instead of medicines? In which cases can it help, in what ways should it be more cautious?

Lime has been considered a healing tree since ancient times. To prepare potions, not only the inflorescence was used, but also the bark, as well as the buds of the plant. Walking along the lime avenue, you can improve your health and health, just inhaling a pleasant floral fragrance.

For billet use the flowers of small lime( heart-shaped) linden and large lime linden. When to collect lime flowers, so that it will bring more benefit? It's right to do this during the flowering period, when a part of the flowers has opened, and some are still in buds. As a rule, this is the end of June - the beginning of July. It is better to do it on a clear sunny day. It is necessary to tear the flower together with the bract, trying not to shake the pollen. It is not necessary to collect medicinal raw materials near motor roads, because the plant can accumulate harmful substances, and you do not need to do this after the rain.

Having prepared lime flowers in the summer, useful properties of which can be listed for a long time, you get a unique natural medicine. In its composition there are many useful substances: vitamin C, essential oil, glycosides, carotene, flavonoids, tannins and other important elements.

Perhaps the most famous indication for the use of this folk remedy is the treatment of colds. For this, the linden, flowers and inflorescences are brewed as tea or applied in the form of infusion. It has a pronounced diaphoretic and antipyretic effect, helping to cope with fever. Thanks to the anti-inflammatory effect, it helps well with various manifestations of colds: with sore throat infusion, throat with stomatitis - oral cavity. Lime is used as an expectorant for bronchitis and cough. Lime tea helps to fix the work of the gastrointestinal tract, improves the elimination of toxins, normalizes the gallbladder. It is also prescribed for food poisoning.

Infusion of linden has an antispasmodic effect, alleviating pain, activating the activity of the cardiovascular system. We also know the soothing property that a linden has. Flowers of this tree are used to solve many other health problems, so it is advisable to periodically include in the daily tea the dried inflorescences of this tree. Infusions are not always recommended.

But with a lot of advantages of using lime, there are contraindications. Caution should be observed in the event that allergic reactions to blooming of herbs were previously noted or other types of intolerance were noted. Allergy can also be caused by linden: flowers in the form of dried raw materials and the blossoming tree itself. In addition to individual intolerance among contraindications to the disease of the cardiovascular system. If you have any questions about the possibility of using lime color, consult a doctor.