Linden - medicinal properties and contraindications

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

Folk bark folk healers made various charms that protect against unkind people and various ailments. Healing characteristics and limitations of lime have been investigated by experts. To date, linden formulations are widely distributed among lovers of alternative medicine.

What is a linden

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

The linden is unpretentious, grows on any soil, but does not love ground waters. This tree can be found on the street, in the park, in the alley.

The chemical component of lime

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

Foliage
It is often brewed and placed on a sore spot. Foliage contains elements such as:

• vitamin C;
• vitamins;
• protein.

Flowers

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

Linden bark
Tinctures from lime bark are used for a variety of diseases, because only it has triterpene substance. It also has 8% oil.

Nuts
The fruits that are harvested at the end of summer - the beginning of autumn contain medicinal oil that is identical to Provencal.

Sap plants
The sweet juice that bees collect contains sucrose and glucose.

Healing properties

The linden is a strong natural antiseptic, trees can take in a large proportion of the dust, which consists of heavy metals. Because of this, linden trees today are planted along highways in metropolitan areas.

All parts of a linden tree differ in salutary characteristics: buds, bark and leaves, but a significant proportion of nutrients is contained in the inflorescences. Vitamins, proteins, glucose and other trace elements are very necessary weakened immune person.

Healing characteristics of inflorescences of a tree are characterized as follows:

• Tone and calm.
• Eliminate the inflammatory process, swelling and itching.
• They reduce the temperature and have a diuretic effect.
• Stabilize the digestive process.
• Lowers blood sugar and increases its viscosity.
• Accelerate metabolism.
• Cure diseases of the genitourinary system.

Inflorescence plants are in various collections of herbs that are used for the treatment of inflammation in the oral cavity, for example, with pharyngitis.Salts and tinctures of linden flowers are used for peptic ulcer disease, burns, hemorrhoids, as well as to eliminate pain in the joints. An excellent technique for eliminating contractions of the intestines and stomach cramps is a bath with linden blossoms.

The fake drink often used in alternative medicine brings great benefits to female beauty and well-being. Tea has an excellent rejuvenating effect, and its natural estrogens, which are identical to the female sex hormones, will help stabilize the menstrual cycle, remove pain in critical days.

Medicinal characteristics of other parts of the plant

1. In addition to the aforementioned favorable properties of the inflorescences of the plant, physicians widely use its fruits. Of these, preparations are made to stop the blood. Swabs are made from the kidneys, they apply it as a compress, putting it on the head, eliminate pain.
2. A certain role in the treatment is played by lime coal. It is produced from twigs and wood of a tree. It removes various toxins, because of this it is used to cure indigestion, an inflammatory process of the gastrointestinal tract.
3. Coal is also effective in tuberculosis, and the tar that is produced during production is applied from skin eczema.
4. In winter, tree bark is removed, dried, powder is made of it, the 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. From the foliage prepare a drink that helps with the appearance of tumors on the skin.

How to apply the plant for therapy

1. For the manufacture of tincture in the treatment of serious forms of lung disease, it is necessary to pour a glass of hot water into a spoonful of dried inflorescence. Leave for 40 minutes, filter, squeeze and drink. It is required to consume one mug three times a day. The same tincture caressed the mouth.
2. If a healing bath is required to relieve a painful symptom in the intestines, joints, and muscles, then 8 handfuls of linden blossoms will be needed. They are poured with a liter of water and brought to a boiling state. Then the composition must be then in a tank for about five minutes. Let it stand for at least a quarter of an hour. Taking a spoon three times a day, you can forget about the pain.
3. For diarrhea and food intoxication it is necessary to take powdered charcoal. It is consumed in a spoon thrice a day. If you brew it instead of coffee, you can cure prostatitis.
4. The healing characteristics of the plant are used for the treatment of oncology. In cancer of the gastrointestinal tract do swaz from a tablespoon of seeds. They are poured with a mug of hot water and boiled on low heat for a quarter of an hour. The filter is filtered and divided into three equal shares, taken three times during the day. But it is required to coordinate nontraditional therapy with the doctor.
5. As a firming, anti-sclerotic, antiseptic and as a very pleasant lime drink you can brew much easier. A spoonful of linden inflorescences is diluted with a cup of hot water and left to warm for 30 minutes. under the cover or towel. Take a drink at the same time with honey. This tea is an excellent treatment for colds, migraines - with these diseases, the healing characteristics of the plant are expressed most clearly.
6. Simultaneously with tinctures they drink and brew from inflorescences. He is the most concentrated. It is used both for external use and for drinking inside. 2 tablespoons of linden blossoms are diluted with a cup of hot water, boiled over low heat for five minutes and left for half an hour. Filtered tincture add up to one glass.If it is not contraindicated, then the tincture is used three times during the day. Rinse infusion mouth required 8 times a day.

Contraindications

The exclusivity of the plant is that it actually has no limitations. It can be accepted by everyone: women in position and during lactation, small children and pensioners.

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

Of the restrictions on the top step of the pedestal is the frequency of consumption of the drink and the lime linden. Specialists make a warning: an overdose of fragrant tea can result in an increase in the disturbance of the NA 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 bast basket and other utensils. From linden seed get edible oil, it is sweetish in taste, quite fat, its taste is similar to almond oil.

Of course, this healing tree is most prevalent in alternative medicine, tinctures and infusions are made from it, which help in curing many ailments.

1. Drink from colds and migraines. In a spoonful of inflorescences plants pour a mug of hot water. Then left for 20 minutes and consumed with honey four times a day, or caress their larynx.
2. Compress from pain in the joints. Hot water is added to the foliage, insisted, the composition is allowed to cool slightly and put on the joints, cellophane is put on top, and the compress is wrapped in a blanket. This compress gently hold for about 2 hours. It perfectly eliminates puffiness and pain.
3. Linden against burns. In 4 spoons of lime 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. They are allowed to cool and smear them on the skin.
4. Tincture of cystitis. 3 tablespoons of inflorescences diluted with a liter of water, placed on the fire and bring to a boil, but do not let the boiling infusion. The composition is left for an hour and drunk throughout the day. The duration of treatment is 10 days. From the second day, 3 spoons of inflorescences pour ½ liter of water.
5. Inflorescences from angina and pneumonia. 2 spoons of inflorescences pour 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. Spoon-two inflorescences pour hot water (1.5 liters) and boil for a quarter of an hour, then filtered. At bedtime, drink 2-3 cups.
7. From bronchitis. Linden blossom, 1 spoon, pour boiling water, boil and drink 100 milliliters 3-4 times daily.
8. Lipa in the fight against overweight. Take dried lime leaves, finely chop them and cover with water. The resulting composition is drunk in 2-3 doses per day on a small spoon.
9. Lipa with pain in the head. Lie down on the sofa, relax, and put fresh lime leaves on your forehead. Hold until the pain subsides.
10. Inflorescences from stomatitis. A spoonful of inflorescences diluted with hot water and leave for half an hour. Then filtered and rinsed the jaw.
11. Lipa from sleep disorders and stress. You must take a bath with the inflorescences of the plant. To do this, 200 grams of inflorescences diluted with 2 liters of cool water, and leave for a quarter of an hour. Then the composition is placed on the stove and boil for about 10 minutes. Filtered, leave for another 10 minutes, and pour the brew into the bath. You must take a lime bath once every 7 days for at least half an hour. Before taking such a bath, you need to wash well. After the linden bath wash with running water is not necessary.

How to collect lindens

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

You can check the readiness of raw materials. For this you need to break the flower. If it breaks easily, then the collection is ready. If dark spots or damages appear on the inflorescences, such damaged areas should be removed.

Lipa is an exceptional plant, a natural fount for physicians and lovers of alternative medicine. Its characteristics are healing and unique. Before you begin to cure linden, you must carefully examine all the healing properties and limitations. In order to have excellent health, to gain strength, it is necessary to be treated with means that have in their composition a lime blossom, foliage of a plant, bark or buds.

Video: the use of linden flowers