Lingonberry tea - beneficial properties and contraindications

In the people lingonberry is called the berry of immortality for its rich composition and variety of useful properties. Indeed, a red sweet-and-sour berry can solve many problems, it supports the body in a difficult period, when vitamin deficiency and illnesses literally bring a person to physical and mental exhaustion. Incredibly beneficial not only berries, but also the leaves of the shrub, from which they prepare healing tea. Today, scientists and healers still can not find the answer, what is still more useful - leaves or berries. Fortunately, natural vitamin lingonberry tea is prepared with the addition of both components.

 Useful properties and contraindications of cowberry tea

How to make lingonberry tea?

In order for the medicine to turn out not only healthy, but also tasty, the leaves and berries of the cowberry should be properly prepared. Leaflets are usually collected twice a year.The first collection - in April, when the bush has already become green, but has not yet begun to bloom. Cut off the upper stems with 3-4 leaves. Tea from such leaves turns out very gentle and fragrant. But the benefits are most of all in lingonberry tea, preparations for which were made in the autumn, after the harvest. Such leaves are longer and better stored, the concentration of nutrients in them is higher. After collecting the leaves should be dried immediately - in the sun or in the oven at 50 degrees.

The berries are harvested at the end of September or at the beginning of October, as they mature. To keep the lingonberries for the whole winter, the berries need to be dried or frozen. Dry lingonberries better in the sun. If you decide to speed up the process and send the red beads to the oven, make sure that the temperature does not rise above 70 degrees, otherwise the nutrients of the berry will quickly lose their value. Dried lingonberries stored in canvas bags or boxes. And best of all to freeze berries - so the lingonberry retains a maximum of useful properties. Washed berries are laid out on flat plates, and after freezing they are poured into a container for long-term storage.You can mix the berries with sugar, after defrosting you get tasty, natural and healthy jam.

Cooking lingonberry tea is not difficult. In the kettle you need to add a pinch of crushed leaves of lingonberries, pour boiling water and let it brew for at least 10 minutes. Together with the leaves in the kettle you can add 5-7 dried lingonberries. If you have frozen berries, it is better to add them directly to the cup in order to enjoy the taste and aroma of natural, wholesome and very tasty tea. If you find the drink sour, you can eat it with honey, but you shouldn’t add honey to hot tea - it loses its beneficial properties due to the high temperature. In addition, you can add ginger, raspberry and cranberry berries, lemon, mint, thyme to tea. This will make the drink even healthier and more valuable. But how does the regular consumption of cowberry tea affect the human body?

Useful properties of lingonberry tea

The composition of lingonberries is simply amazing - it contains various vitamins, microelements, tannins, antioxidants, flavonoids, tannins, arbutin, organic acids, and many more important and valuable substances.

  1. Lingonberry contains a huge amount of vitamin C, which supports the immune system and restores the natural barrier to colds. Lingonberry tea is very useful in the autumn-winter period, it will help protect against ARVI.
  2. Lingonberry tea perfectly restores strength, brings the body to a tone. It is useful for those who have suffered serious infectious diseases and operations for women in the postpartum period. In addition, tea will help you recover if you are on a strict diet or are forced to train intensively.
  3. Lingonberry tea has an anti-inflammatory effect, it is useful to use it for various diseases of the stomach and intestines. But remember that when gastritis and ulcers should use tea only from the leaves, without adding fresh berries.
  4. The knitting action of lingonberry helps to cope with diarrhea and poisoning. Such a tasty and safe medicine is especially necessary for women during pregnancy, because taking medication in the early stages is undesirable.
  5. Lingonberry tea is often used externally. Anti-inflammatory, antiseptic and antifungal properties of the liquid are used to treat wounds, boils,seborrhea, eczema, allergic rash, etc.
  6. Lingonberry tea is a powerful and safe sedative. Drink helps you quickly get rid of stress, disconnect from work problems, relieve anxiety and irritability. Tea is very useful in the fight against headache with meteosensitivity. Drink perfectly expands blood vessels and quickly relieves discomfort.
  7. And lingonberry is an excellent diuretic, which is able to get rid of excess fluid in the body, remove swelling and remove bags under the eyes. Tea with cranberry in large quantities is an effective treatment for cystitis, a drink will help you get rid of cramps, pain and frequent urge to the toilet.
  8. Lingonberry tea has a diaphoretic and antipyretic effect, it is an excellent tool to reduce the temperature during a cold.
  9. The active ingredients in the cranberry leaf normalize blood sugar levels, which is very important for diabetics. Regular consumption of cowberry tea will help you improve sleep, get rid of the constant feeling of tiredness and weakness.
  10. Lingonberry tea is very useful to drink during lactation - a decoction of young leaves helps to increase the amount of milk, make it fatter and more nutritious.

And it is recommended to drink lingonberry tea for prostatitis, oncology, tuberculosis, various kidney diseases, toxic poisonings, viral and infectious diseases. But before you begin to be treated with this tasty drink, be sure to familiarize yourself with the contraindications.

Who should not drink cowberry tea?

Among the first cautions can be identified people with gastritis and ulcers, especially with high acidity of the stomach. Drinking berry juice even as part of tea with such diagnoses is impossible. We admit only pure broth from leaflets. In addition, cranberry tea can not drink hypotensive - drink reduces blood pressure, so cranberries can aggravate the patient's condition. In case of kidney failure, cowberry tea should also be discarded. It is not recommended to give such a drink to young children. In addition, lingonberries can cause allergies, this rarely happens, but still, be careful when trying the broth for the first time. For any chronic diseases, be sure to consult with your doctor about the possibility of regular consumption of lingonberry tea.

Lingonberry berries grow in the taiga, in swampy and impassable places. Surprisingly, the bush grows wider and higher if it has to wade through stumps and other obstacles. Bushes perfectly survive in the harsh climate, the berries tolerate frost well. In winter, it is a real salvation for birds and animals that suffer from hunger. Enjoy the red beads and you - drink the cranberry tea and protect your health!

Video: lingonberry juice from a cold

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