Birch buds from coughing with bronchitis

Birch buds are quite popular medicinal raw materials, the availability of which is beyond doubt, because birch in Ukraine is not so rare. And in the pharmacy, dry raw materials are sold without a prescription.

Birch buds have long been used for the preparation of medicinal potions from many diseases, among which there is bronchitis. What properties of birch buds can be useful in this pathology? This expectorant effect, anti-inflammatory, spasmolytic, diaphoretic action, the ability to disastrously act on pathogens.

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Dosing and administration

The most effective in the treatment of bronchitis has an alcohol tincture of birch buds. For its preparation 2-3 tablespoons. Plant raw materials pour ½ cup seventy-percent alcohol and insist in a dark place exactly 21 days. During this time, the composition will need to be mixed several times, vigorously shaking the jar.

Take tincture is necessary, diluting 10-20 drops of medicine in 1-2 tablespoons. Water. Multiplicity of admission - 3 times a day.

An expectorant and anti-inflammatory property is also possessed by decoction and infusion of the kidneys, which can be used to treat children.

For broth for 1 glass of water we take 2 tsp. Vegetable raw materials, boil for half an hour on low heat, diluted with boiled water to 200 liters and take three times a day. Single dose of broth - 1 tbsp.

Infusion is prepared from 2 cups of boiling water and 1 tbsp. Kidney. Brewing time - 30 minutes. Take the medicine you need half a cup four times a day.

In the acute period of catarrhal diseases, a stronger infusion prepared from 2 tsp will help to remove unpleasant symptoms. Kidney and 1 cup of boiling water. First, the composition is held for a quarter of an hour in a water bath, then removed from the fire and placed in a warm place for another 45 minutes.

A good cough helps and a remedy like birch oil, which even babies can like. We collect 3 tablespoons of birch buds, mix them well and mix them with half a standard pack of butter. Oil must be taken unsalted, slightly melted. The mixture is put on a weak fire and weaken for about an hour, after which we filter and use only the remaining oil. Kept the kidneys. To the oil add 200 ml of liquid honey, mix again and take four times a day for 1-2 tablespoons.

All home remedies for birch buds should be consumed before meals.

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Contraindications

As it sounds funny, but birch buds are not desirable for people with kidney diseases, accompanied by a serious violation of their functions. Do not refer to recipes with birch buds and future mothers.

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Side effects Birch buds

Side effects in the treatment of birch buds are very rare and usually on the basis of individual intolerance.

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Storage conditions

It would seem that the difficult thing is to collect the birch buds. In fact, you need to know how to do it correctly, so that they retain their useful properties. Collect medicinal raw materials in February-March, when the kidneys just begin to swell. Blossoming buds with tender green foliage are not suitable for medication.

But prematurely collected buds are not of particular value. We must wait until the tree begins to come to life and give juice.

In order to prepare the birch buds, you do not need to cut off the branches of the plant. It is enough to prune the kidney on the branch near its base. Kidneys can be dried in the shade with good ventilation or in a dryer with a temperature of no higher than 30 degrees.

Store dry raw materials in paper bags, bags of their fabric, glass jars, ceramic containers. Shelf life of dry birch buds is 2 years.

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