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For more than ten centuries, Ivan-tea, also known as fireweed, has been known in Rus'. So it began to be called at the beginning of the 17th century, and before that, healers spoke of it as a boron potion endowed with powerful healing properties. They believed that 90% of all known diseases would be cured or prevented by the fireweed medicinal plant, and the remaining 10% by roots, tar, mushrooms, honey and other medicinal herbs.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the scientist and doctor Badmaev P.A. began to study the beneficial properties of fireweed. He wrote several scientific works on the healing power of Ivan tea, opened a hospital, where he treated with decoctions, extracts and infusions from this wonderful plant. He himself also regularly drank fireweed tea. Unfortunately, his work was tragically cut short, he died in the dungeons. At that time he was 110 years old. Ten years earlier, he had become a father. In Soviet times, Ivan tea was undeservedly forgotten, its production ceased. Currently, scientists have again taken up the study of the unique properties of fireweed, many doctors recommend it for the treatment of various ailments. Tea production is established in several regions of our country.

Ivan tea: competent opinion

Back in the 30s, Academician Pavlov spoke about fireweed tea as a native Russian drink. He claimed that Chinese or indian tea harmful to the Russian body, because it contains caffeine. And Ivan-tea can be drunk without restrictions, it does not contain caffeine and harmful substances, it brings only benefits.

Studies conducted in the clinic of neurology at the Research Institute of Experimental Medicine of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences showed that Ivan-tea can be used in various forms of neurosis, in post-traumatic disorders. The use of a natural remedy allows you to avoid the occurrence of substance abuse during treatment. Tea courses reduce anxiety and depressive disorders, help to reduce the consumption of alcoholic beverages, facilitating the treatment of alcoholism.

According to academician Albert Nikitin, Ivan-chai has unique properties, since its composition revealed from 69 to 71 microelements. This is more than half of the periodic table. Fireweed is a natural antiseptic, which has no equal in the plant world. It also has the ability to remove toxins from the body. It is noted that the effect of cleansing is observed after 2 weeks of regular intake of Ivan-tea. Lightness appears, weight begins to go away, mood improves.

Academician Valery Emelyanov confirmed the effectiveness of Koporye tea in the treatment of diseases of the stomach, prostate, gastritis. Ivan-tea normalizes the work of the intestines, having an enveloping effect on the mucous membrane of the intestines and stomach, which is extremely important for colitis, peptic ulcer.

Healing properties of Ivan tea

The plant contains a large number of tannins, mucus, vitamins, trace elements, flavonoids, alkaloids, pectin. They all endow tea drink unique properties. :

• Increases the body's ability to resist infections and viruses.
• Restores strength in case of complete exhaustion of the body.
• Strengthens hair roots for healthy growth.
• Reduces intoxication of the body, relieves hangover, relieves headaches.
• Improves blood composition and circulation.
• Normalizes pressure.
• Helps with stress, soothes, treats depression, insomnia.
• Useful for chronic prostatitis, male impotence.
• Reduces unpleasant symptoms during menstruation.
• Promotes scarring of ulcers in diseases of the stomach.
• It has antipyretic and anti-inflammatory properties.

The use of Ivan tea for various diseases

Having analyzed the composition of Ivan tea, having learned about its beneficial properties, one question arises: “What does Ivan tea treat and how to take it for this or that disease?”. The list of diseases is quite large, but before you self-medicate, you need to find out the opinion of your doctor.

Prostatitis

Fireweed tea is useful for all men, it improves potency, is a preventive measure to reduce the risk of inflammation of prostate adenoma. It is prescribed as part of complex treatment for chronic prostatitis. It has anti-inflammatory and antibacterial action, stimulates the production of testosterone. A decoction of fireweed is able to normalize hormonal disorders.

You can purchase willowherb tea in filter bags at the pharmacy for ease of use. A tea bag is brewed in a glass of boiling water. It must be drunk during the day. It is recommended to take tea in courses of three months with a monthly break. Some experts recommend drinking this tea for 10 days, then take a three-day break and continue taking it. This course of treatment is designed for six months.

Diabetes

Ivan tea cannot directly affect blood sugar levels. But it serves as an excellent prophylactic and is able to improve the patient's condition. It normalizes endocrine system body, improves immunity, improves metabolic processes, helps fight stress. All these properties are extremely important for patients with diabetes. Ivan-chai is part of herbal preparations that have a hypoglycemic effect.

pancreatitis

With pancreatitis, the pancreas fails, pain appears, digestion worsens. The presence of antioxidants in Ivan tea helps the pancreas to function. Antioxidants block the work of free radicals, envelop the mucous membrane, strengthen the walls of blood vessels, prevent the development of the disease and the occurrence of inflammation. Tannins save from complications, preventing infections from developing.

Preparation of a drink: 2.5 tablespoons of dried fireweed are taken per glass of boiling water. Tea is infused for at least 15 minutes. You need to take it for 3 tbsp. l. before meals and after it.

Gastritis

Ivan-tea with gastritis is able to heal existing erosions, ulcers. It improves digestion, promotes the digestion of food. Enveloping properties allow you to soften the mucous membrane, relieve inflammation. It is better to take a drink before meals, regularly. To prepare a drink, you need to take 2 tbsp. l. raw materials, pour them with 500 ml of water and let it boil. Then remove and let it brew for at least 40 minutes. A single dose of the drink is 60-70 ml, you need to take it 4 times a day until the pain and discomfort in the epigastric region disappear.

Respiratory diseases, colds

Grass Ivan tea is effective in the early stages of a cold, it helps to cope with sore throat, cough, runny nose.

For the treatment of cough, 2 tablespoons of the leaves are poured into a glass of boiling water. Take the resulting infusion 1 tablespoon up to 4 times a day.

With angina, a decoction of willow-tea leaves will be effective. To prepare it, 15 grams of raw materials are poured into a glass of water and kept on low heat for 15 minutes. After that, the broth is covered with a lid and allowed to brew for an hour. Take a tablespoon.

With a runny nose at the rate of 2 tbsp. l. for 500 ml of boiling water. The mixture is brought to a boil, then infused for about half an hour. It is taken 60-70 ml before meals.

Maxim Scriabin, 1772

Colds- the scourge of modern man. Every year, with the advent of winter, tens of thousands of people go on sick leave. People with a sore throat and head, and suffer at work.

Pharmaceutical companies are actively capitalizing on this problem by offering customers various medicines with great content paracetamol and vitamin C, sweets for sore throats with a placebo effect, which do not relieve the root cause of pain - a viral infection, bioactive supplements (BAA), which are not a medicine at all and can only strengthen the immune system a little (and even then, at a time when person is healthy).

Antibiotics help (they won’t cure the flu, but they are used after it), but they also have negative sides - they hit the digestive and circulatory system, as well as antibiotic treatment gives rise to new strains of the disease.

Look carefully at the photo above - it clearly shows how exactly a cold (ARI) differs from the flu and SARS. This is important to know.

What is the treatment for a cold?

Many people treat colds with folk remedies, for example, hot drink with ginger (lemon, honey,), eat onions, garlic, rub with vodka, put jars, mustard plasters, breathe over potatoes ...

Onions, garlic, and hot liquids with strong antibacterial ingredients, such as lemon, really work.

But almost everyone adds lemon to regular tea, which contains caffeine, which does not have a very favorable effect on the overall state of immunity. Some scholars even write that caffeine is contraindicated for Russian people, since until recently, regarding evolution, there was simply no tea or coffee in our country, which means that we are not adapted to them!

From time immemorial, herbal tea has been drunk in Rus'. This tea:

• does not contain substances harmful to health,
• beneficial effect on internal organs,
• It has pleasant taste and the fragrance, in general, has a huge list of advantages.

Fireweed (or Koporye tea) was considered the most revered herb for making herbal tea. It is on its basis that it makes sense to prepare a medicinal drink for the treatment and prevention of colds.

What are the benefits of an herbal drink?

Ivan tea (most famous name fireweed) is a storehouse of useful substances, minerals, easily digestible proteins and other compounds that have a beneficial effect on the body during influenza. Herbal tea based on fireweed has a lot of properties that can be used in the fight against various diseases:

• Renews the blood
• It has a mild diuretic effect, allows you to remove toxins from the body, as it is a strong adsorbent
• Koporye tea- A powerful antiseptic with anti-inflammatory properties. Its regular use is very effective due to vitamin C, bioflavonoids, carotenoids, triterpenoids, tannins and other trace elements.
• Fireweed tea helps in normalizing digestion and metabolism, moreover, it improves all metabolic processes in the body, including lipid and carbohydrate
• Due to the content of magnesium, bioflavonoids, vitamin B, fireweed has a good sedative and hypnotic effect. Often it is the problems of the nervous system that are the root cause of colds, it is also important to get enough sleep during the treatment process.
• Ivan-tea is actively and successfully used in the treatment and prevention of acute respiratory diseases.
• Koporye tea actively fights viruses and, facilitating treatment
• The high protein content fills the body with additional energy to strengthen the immune system and fight the virus.

Reviews on the treatment of influenza and colds with Koporsky Ivan-tea

Here is an audio story by Anastasia (Belarus) about how fireweed tea helped her cope with regular colds, and also did something else useful. This review is only 4 minutes long, listen.

Here is what Kotenko Evgenia from Omsk says about the effectiveness of treating a cold with Ivan-tea:

And this is Stanislav Butusov's review:

A review in audio format by Alesya Kim (Kazakhstan) about how Ivan-tea helped her, her husband and daughter stop constantly getting sick with the flu, colds, tonsillitis:

How can Ivan-tea be used?

In the treatment of colds, drinking plenty of water is always prescribed. And if the drink that you will use is therapeutic, you must agree, this will speed up the treatment and strengthen the immune system for the flu.

Brewing Ivan tea is easy: add 2-3 teaspoons of fermented fireweed to half a liter of water, pour about a third of boiling water into a clean glass dish, wait 5 minutes, then add the remaining boiling water and leave for another 10-15 minutes. It is important to use clean water, at least filtered, but better - spring or melted water.

Herbal tea is called so because it is based on herbs. Ivan tea is a very "friendly" herb in this regard, its taste and properties do not deteriorate when other plants are added, but, on the contrary, are revealed in an even more favorable light.

You can add to the decoction:

• nettle,
• camomile,
• raspberry leaves,
• currants,
• or melissa
• and other herbs to taste (and according to the effect on the body, depending on the disease).

Try before pouring a drink into a cup, crush a circle of lemon with a spoonful of honey in it and grate a little ginger root on it. coarse grater, this will give the fireweed additional antiviral properties, and also, it is very tasty.

Can fireweed harm?

Because in Koporye tea does not contain substances harmful to the body, and it is contraindicated only in case of individual intolerance, it cannot cause any harm to the body.

However, a person is an addictive creature, so it should be borne in mind that with prolonged (more than two weeks) abundant use of Ivan tea. Everything is useful in moderation, this should never be forgotten!

Drink Ivan-tea instead of the usual 2-3 times a day, and you will stop getting sick!

In conclusion, we bring to your attention a 4-minute video in which Elena Malysheva talks about drugs that, in her opinion, do not cure the flu.

18 herbs for flu: we defeat the disease in 4 steps

Every year, thousands of people suffer from colds. A lot of sick leaves pass through the personnel departments, causing violent discontent among the leaders. In order not to cause negative reactions from their superiors, some try to survive the disease “on their feet”.

But if you are faced with the flu virus, then doing this is not only not recommended by the Ministry of Health, but also life-threatening!
This disease is an acute infectious disease that affects the human respiratory tract, caused by the influenza virus.

Its characteristic feature is the ability to regularly mutate, becoming more and more dangerous.

History knows cases of terrible epidemics when this virus claimed many lives:

- Spaniard in 18-19 years of the last century claimed 40-50 million people;
- Asian in 1957-1958 70 thousand;
- Hong Kong in 10 years another 34 thousand;
- avian in 2003-2008 360 people, although there were many times more cases;
- pig in 9-10 years of this century killed more than 2600 people.

On the shelves of pharmacies now there is a wide range of all kinds of antiviral agents that promise to help in 2-3 days, but in reality they only hide the symptoms and empty your wallet.

In addition, any medications, especially antibiotics, hit the circulatory and digestive systems and also in the liver.

Step #1 - The best disease is the one that never happened

Prevention of colds and viral diseases- this is very important point. After all, no one likes to be sick. Runny nose, cough, headache and fever, weakness do not bring any pleasure. That's why it is important to prevent discomfort.

Phytotherapy in prevention occupies a dominant position. But mindlessly drinking any herbs is also not worth it. So take note of the following recipes:

• Perfectly raises immunity decoction of fireweed (willow-tea). We wrote about it.
• Elecampane:

Pour 300 grams of fresh or 10 times less dry root with a liter clean water and boil for 1/3 hour, filter. Then add to the broth 0.1 kg of sugar and ½ cup apple juice, mix. We take 3 tablespoons three times a day before meals.

• A decoction of St. John's wort, thyme, nettle, meadowsweet, calendula will help.

All in equal proportions mix, take a teaspoon of the mixture and pour a glass of boiling water. Use internally with green tea in a ratio of 50 to 50. During the day in several doses.

• Literally small piece dry cloves behind the cheek will save you during a flu epidemic.

What to do if you are already sick?

Step #2 - Grandma's Tales or Real Help?

Our grandmothers and mothers have always known that the grass is fraught with many useful properties. Therefore, scrupulously for centuries collected the most life-giving recipes herbal teas. We replace the black favorite drink with a natural helper:

• Ivan-tea with the flu is just a godsend. It will have anti-inflammatory, antiseptic and analgesic effects. The recipe for medicinal Koporye tea can be found.
• Chamomile tea will "bring down" the temperature.

It is only necessary to pour 1 tablespoon of pharmaceutical chamomile with a glass of hot water (not boiling water), leave for 10 minutes. For convenience, you can use packaged chamomile.

• It also handles heat very well. raspberry tea due to its sedative effect. It is necessary to use dry berries, or not boiled, but jam rolled with sugar. Raspberry leaves are also good. We drink at least twice a day.
• , then the plantain will help you with the withdrawal and liquefaction of sputum. Its main advantage is that it has no restrictions on age, gender, and is even suitable for pregnant and lactating mothers. This drink is prepared in an elementary way:

a tablespoon of raw materials plus boiling water (depending on the strength and your preferences from a glass to a large mug), stand for 15 minutes and take it twice a day in the morning and before bedtime.

• Thyme tea is prepared according to the same principle. It has an antimicrobial effect and effectively fights cough.
• Licorice is the main ingredient in cough syrups that you can find at drugstores. But it's easy to make it at home too.

It is necessary to crumble the roots with a blender, pour boiling water and hold in a water bath for about fifteen minutes. Take half a spoonful of this decoction three times a day.

Step number 3 - pain does not belong in the throat!

Gargling has long been considered a sure remedy. Healing tinctures for rinsing can be prepared from:

• propolis;
• chamomile;
• medicinal sage;
• licorice root;
• horseradish;
• raspberry leaves.

Step #4 - the nose should breathe, not "leak"

For washing the nose, it is best to buy a small syringe or pipette. An herbal solution will help with a runny nose and relieve swelling.

Fees work well:

• calendula, chamomile, yarrow in equal proportions;
• sage, wormwood and calamus are also in equal proportions.

Kalanchoe and aloe juice is best instilled into the nose 2 drops at night.

4 simple steps help you stay healthy and not be afraid of the flu and other colds.

Take 5 minutes of a video that talks about interferons, protective substances, very relevant in epidemics of colds and flu.

As soon as they don’t call a useful decoction of narrow-leaved fireweed - Koporsky, Russian tea, Ivan tea, even “down jacket” due to the appearance of abundant fluff during the flowering of the plant. It doesn’t matter what Ivan tea is called, the beneficial properties of the drink do not change from this and you can safely call this drink the most useful decoction.

Healing properties of Ivan tea

An abundance of useful properties Koporye drink leads to its use in a huge number of diseases. Some of the medicinal properties of Ivan tea have been known to us since childhood, because. it can be drunk by adults, children, even pregnant women. What is useful Ivan-tea for the body? The uniqueness of the plant lies in its composition: it is rich in minerals, vitamins, tannins and flavonoids. Beneficial features Ivan-tea herbs are used in the treatment of the following diseases:

• diabetes;
• prostatitis;
• colds;
• insomnia;
• stomach ulcer, duodenum;
• neuroses, headaches;
• cystitis.

It is difficult to list all the ailments that this useful herb will help to cope with. Koporye tea improves immunity, is extremely useful for pregnant children as a general tonic. The properties of tea are indispensable for both women and men. male body, and all the benefits of Ivan tea are in its composition, it is difficult to imagine that this is the most common herbaceous plant contains:

• vitamin C;
• amino acids;
• vitamins B1, B2;
• carotene;
• pectin substances;
• iron, manganese;
• tannin;
• gallic acid;
• bioflavonoids.

All the beneficial properties of the herb are manifested in the process of its fermentation, i.e. cooking. Depending on the drying technology, the tea is green, red or black. The difference in fermentation is that the herb is in the process of oxidation and drying. different amount time. From one plant you can get different taste drinks, but the benefits of this do not change.

Ivan tea for weight loss

It is known that doctors prescribe Ivan-tea for diabetes due to its ability to regulate blood sugar levels. This ability is not only useful for diabetes, but also if you want to lose weight. Ivan-tea for weight loss is useful to drink, replacing them with sweets, harmful drinks. This drink improves metabolic processes in the body, normalizes digestion, which is important in the fight against extra pounds without any contraindications.

Ivan tea for gastritis

Truly, a unique plant is Koporskaya grass, the infusion of which treats a huge number of ailments without contraindications, including gastrointestinal diseases. Ivan-tea for gastritis is used because of its enveloping, analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects on the gastric mucosa. The use of a decoction of this medicinal herb is an excellent prevention of colitis, pancreatitis and ulcerative formations. Drink infusion better in the morning and in the evening on an empty stomach, no more than 150 ml at a time, such a recipe has no contraindications.

Ivan tea for pancreatitis

An inflammatory disease that develops in the pancreas is treated with complex medication and is accompanied by diets. But pancreatitis can be treated with folk remedies. Ivan-tea is useful for pancreatitis, if you use it in conjunction with a diet and others. useful herbs: peppermint, dandelion, golden apricot. Before starting such treatment, you should definitely consult with your doctor, because individual intolerance may become a contraindication.

Ivan tea for colds

Ivan-tea for the kidneys

An infusion of fireweed angustifolia is advised to drink by urologists during an exacerbation of cystitis. The decoction has a mild diuretic, anti-inflammatory effect. Often, timely treatment with a decoction of narrow-leaved fireweed helps to avoid the use of strong antibiotics for cystitis, to alleviate symptoms during an exacerbation of the disease. Mineral complex in the composition medicinal plant has a beneficial effect on the bladder mucosa, helps to quickly cope with inflammation. Ivan-tea for the kidneys is also useful as a prophylactic agent that has no contraindications.

Contraindications herbs Ivan tea

All medicinal herbs have their own contraindications, which are the result of the medicinal composition. The contraindications of the herb Ivan-tea are pleasantly surprising - only individual intolerance can become a contraindication for use if you drink health drink in moderation. Having learned a lot about the herb Ivan-chai - useful properties and contraindications, many will want to have such a wonderful remedy in their home medicine cabinet. Buy medicinal herb you can in a pharmacy, or, if possible, make a blank yourself by drying the grass during its flowering:

1. It is better to collect grass in the morning, after the dew has come down.
2. For harvesting, you will need the upper part of the plant, where the flowering inflorescences are located.
3. The collected material is slightly dried, then rubbed with hands to extract juices.
4. Place the resulting dried mass in a three-liter jar for fermentation, you need to cover the jar on top with a wet napkin. The closed mass must be periodically mixed. Place the jar in a dark, cool place.
5. The fermentation process of the sheets will take up to 2 days, after which it is necessary to dry the grass in the oven.

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With colds and respiratory viral infections, one of the most important treatment factors is drinking plenty of fluids. Along with compotes and fruit drinks, it is useful to include in drinking regimen Blooming Sally. Especially in combination with raspberries, chamomile, thyme, wild rose, meadowsweet and others healthy berries and herbs. As the saying goes: Those who drink Ivan-tea with raspberries are not afraid of flu and tonsillitis!

Ivan tea is not medicine. However, this is not just delicious drink, because narrow-leaved fireweed, from which Russian Ivan-tea is produced, is a storehouse of biologically active substances, beneficial vitamins and micronutrients.

Where does a cold come from?

A cold is a disease associated with hypothermia, which the body has undergone, and a decrease in local immunity. Hypothermia disrupts the functioning of the mucous membranes respiratory tract. A decrease in local immunity leads to the activation of bacteria with the development of inflammation. A cold is manifested by symptoms of inflammation of one or another part of the respiratory tract.

Our airways are a container huge amount microorganisms, especially bacteria. Microbes are in a state of neutrality with the human body. Their existence and reproduction is restrained and regulated by the immune system. With a decrease in the body's defenses, microbes are activated.

A cold can be caused by four factors:

general hypothermia (bathing in cold water, frost, clothes not for the weather) fast loss heat due to sweating, when hot, moist skin comes into contact with cool air or when there is simply an air flow (draft) reflex spasm of the vessels of the mucous membranes that occurs when sensitive areas of the foot come into contact with cold (“wet feet”, barefoot on a cold floor, etc.); n.) cooling of the mucous membranes of the respiratory tract: ice cream, cold drinks, frosty air.

A person with good immunity is practically not susceptible colds. In turn, weak immunity almost always leads to the formation of foci of chronic infection in the nasopharynx.

So, so that colds do not bother you, hardening, proper nutrition and strengthening of immunity are necessary.
At the same time, proper nutrition also includes partial or complete rejection of tea and coffee. Today, more and more often you can hear from doctors recommendations to abandon black tea and coffee in favor of decaffeinated Ivan-tea. In addition, caffeinated drinks that are familiar to us are washed out of the body. useful material including calcium and iron.

The benefits of Ivan tea for colds and viral infections

Blooming Sally good remedy to strengthen the immune system and restore vitality.
People who have made this drink a part of their lives often forget when they were sick in last time. Those prone to colds note that they have become sick less often and easier.

The secret of the useful action of Ivan-tea lies in its composition.

The composition and benefits of narrow-leaved fireweed, from which Ivan-tea is produced, have been well studied by modern scientists.

Leaves of fireweed (Ivan-tea) contain:

vitamin C (up to 588 mg per 100 g) B vitamins (B1, B2, B5, B6, B9) minerals: iron, calcium, potassium, copper easily digestible vegetable proteins antioxidants and flavonoids tannins and pectin substances (from 10 to 20%). carotene (natural immune stimulant)

Fireweed leaves contain 16 amino acids, six of which are essential (for an adult, there are eight essential amino acids). 100 g of dry raw fireweed angustifolium cover from 5 to 10% daily requirement for an adult in essential amino acids(Polezhaeva I.V. et al., Chemical Pharmaceutical Journal. 2007).

Folk herbalists have long noticed the anti-inflammatory effect of Ivan tea. Modern scientists confirm this and also note the antioxidant properties. this plant. The anti-inflammatory effect of narrow-leaved fireweed is due to the presence of tannins in its composition.

Antiviral activity of a number of plants was studied on the basis of the Laboratory for Preliminary Testing of Antiviral Substances of the BelNII of Epidemiology and Microbiology of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Belarus. Among the most active in this list was fireweed angustifolia, or Ivan tea (V.F. Korsun et al., 2003). As a result of the research, the coefficient of anti-inflammatory action of fireweed is 1: 400. Due to the content of coumarins in its composition, Ivan-tea has a slight antipyretic and analgesic effect.

Ivan tea has a positive effect on metabolism due to the alkaloids contained in it, they are also credited with beneficial effect on the central nervous system and blood circulation in general.

The antiviral effect of fireweed angustifolia has been established in relation to the herpes virus, researchers attribute it to the presence of tannins in its composition.

The antimicrobial effect of fireweed angustifolia has been studied since the 1950s. last century. Subsequently, as a result of research, a connection was established between polyphenolic compounds in the composition of narrow-leaved fireweed with an antimicrobial effect on gram-positive and gram-negative microorganisms. Fireweed angustifolia can be effectively used in complex antimicrobial therapy.

So, scientists have proven that Ivan-tea (angut-leaved fireweed) has a beneficial effect on the body.
Fireweed tea is not a drug, but it is perfect for strengthening immunity and can be included in the drinking regimen for colds, SARS and flu.

What Ivan-tea to drink to strengthen immunity?

To strengthen immunity any will do Blooming Sally good quality. In the season of colds and spring beriberi, Ivan-tea with rose hips, sea buckthorn, currants, and lingonberries will provide invaluable assistance. These drinks will saturate the body with vitamin C and activate the immune defense.

With an accomplished cold and SARS, of course, it is necessary to call a doctor and follow his recommendations, observe bed and drinking regimen. Ivan tea will also provide invaluable assistance. It will remove intoxication, improve well-being, prevent the development of complications and speed up recovery.

Ivan-tea with meadowsweet (meadowsweet), which is called "natural aspirin", is very good for colds. It has a diaphoretic effect, will help reduce the temperature, facilitate headache.

In our online store you can find Ivan-tea with useful herbs and berries for every taste.

How to brew Ivan tea for a cold?

One of the ways to prepare a healthy drink: Boil the kettle Prepare ceramic teapot to brew a drink Rinse a ceramic teapot with boiling water Put a teaspoon of Ivan-tea Rinse the tea: pour the leaves a small amount boiling water and pour the first tea leaves. Pour the washed tea leaves with boiling water and leave for 5-7 minutes. Many people prefer to brew Ivan tea in a thermos for a richer taste, which also applies. healthy drink ready for immunity!

Sources: Scientific article on the specialty "Medicine and Health", "Fireweed angustifolia, chemical composition, biological activity”, V.N. Tsarev, Altai State University Polezhaeva I.V. Study of extracts of the ground part of Chamerion Angustifolium (L.) Holub // Bulletin of the Krasnoyarsk State Agrarian University. 2007. No. 3. Article "Cold", Dr. Komarovsky E.O. Surkova O.V. Antitumor and immunotropic properties of Starweed (Stellaria Media) and fireweed (Chamaenerion Angustifolium): author. dis. Pokrov, 2009. 24 p. Krylov G.V., Kozakova N.F., Camp A.A. Health plants. Novosibirsk, 1989

Valov R.I. Pharmacognostic study of the aerial part of Chamerion Angustifolium (L.) Scop. : autoref. dis., Ulan-Ude, 2012

Be healthy! And happy drinking!

Ivan tea for diseases of the respiratory system

Ivan tea is a familiar plant, but it healing effect are used infrequently. However, this perennial has a reason to become a permanent "resident" of the first-aid kit. First of all, due to the ability to treat respiratory diseases, which are very common at any age.

Most important for the treatment of diseases respiratory system properties of Ivan tea are:

Anti-inflammatory Pain reliever Antipyretic Antimicrobial.

For inflammatory diseases of the respiratory system, take a teaspoon of a dried plant (leaves with flowers) and brew with two glasses of boiled water. Boil the product for five minutes or leave for 1 hour. Take before meals 3 or 4 times a day. At one time, drink a tablespoon of such a decoction or infusion.

Inflammatory diseases of the nasopharynx and throat helps to cure Fresh Juice fireweed due to the presence of an analgesic effect. From the juice with these diseases, you need to make poultices.

From a sore throat, such an infusion of willow-tea will help: pour dry chopped grass in the amount of 15 grams with a glass of water and boil for a quarter of an hour. After insisting for 60-90 minutes, strain and drink three times a day. Drink this infusion should be a tablespoon, optimally - before eating.

Fireweed tea will help get rid of a cough, for brewing which they take a glass of water and two tablespoons of the leaves of the plant. Drink this remedy one tablespoon up to 4 times a day.

The recipe for a cough remedy differs from the recipe for tea only in the concentration of Ivan-tea and the dose of use

Sinusitis can also be treated with Ivan tea infusion, taking it in a third of a glass half an hour before meals 3 or 4 times a day. To prepare such an infusion, take 500 ml of boiling water and 2 tablespoons of Ivan tea. After brewing the plant, the liquid is brought to a boil, and then left to infuse for 30 minutes.

Fireweed angustifolia (Ivan-tea)

The raw material is a selected whole leaf of freshly harvested fireweed in 2016.

Fireweed narrow-leaved, or Ivan-tea, is used in folk medicine as a sedative, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, anticonvulsant, hemostatic, antipyretic and emollient. Fireweed is used for headaches, insomnia, gastritis, colitis, stomach and duodenal ulcers, dysbacteriosis, epilepsy, infertility, anemia, prostatitis and inflammatory diseases of the urogenital area in men and women. It does not cause drowsiness, so Ivan-tea can be drunk at any time of the day. For people suffering from hypertension and hypotension, prone to a sharp increase or decrease blood pressure, Ivan-tea is a good substitute for black tea, since it not only does not contain caffeine, but also has a positive effect on cardiovascular system. Fireweed removes toxins and radionuclides from the body. Fermented fireweed leaves are also used as a substitute for ordinary tea, which is made according to a special recipe - Koporye tea, which surpasses black tea in taste and aroma, is very close in color saturation.

Botanical description of fireweed

The Latin name for Ivan tea is Chamerion.

Fireweed angustifolia (Ivan-tea) is a perennial plant of the Onagraceae family of the Onagroideae subfamily of the Myrtales order. Plant height - from 75 cm to 2 meters, erect stem, alternate leaves, on very short petioles or sessile, oval, elongated with a pointed apex and clearly visible veins, creeping rhizome, with numerous processes, up to 1 meter long. The flowers are bright, pink or purple-pink, wide open, collected on top of the plant in an inflorescence - a rare conical brush. After drying, the flowers turn blue. The fruit is an elongated box up to 8 cm long, with numerous small seeds, each of which has a tuft of fluffs, thanks to which the seeds scatter far. One fireweed plant can produce 20,000 seeds in a summer. Ivan-tea blooms from mid-June to mid-August, the seeds ripen in late July-August. Fireweed is propagated by both seeds and rhizomes.

Fireweed grows everywhere in the temperate climate zone of the Northern Hemisphere on burnt areas, clearings, one of the first to appear in the disturbed territory.

Collection and drying of fireweed angustifolia (willow-tea)

In folk medicine, leaves, flowers, rhizomes are used, rarely shoots of fireweed angustifolia. Fireweed is harvested during flowering, flowers can only be collected when they begin to bloom, otherwise they will turn into seeds during drying and spoil the appearance of medicinal raw materials with fluff. For drying, the leaves are separated from the shoots, laid out in a thin layer under sheds, in a ventilated room, stirring regularly for better drying.

The roots are harvested after flowering, in autumn, washed and then dried in dryers or ovens at temperatures up to 70 ° C.

To prepare Koporye tea, the leaves must undergo fermentation using a special technology.

The chemical composition of fireweed

Fireweed leaves contain flavonoids (quercetin, etc.), a large amount of tannins (up to 20%), up to 10% pyrogal tannin, coumarins, 0.1% alkaloids, mucous substances (up to 15%), sugars, vitamin C, provitamin Ah, iron, manganese.

Fireweed roots contain flavonoids, carotenoids, tannins, mucous substances, starches.

Ivan-tea roots contain flavonoids, mucous substances, carotene, tannins, starches.

Fireweed flowers contain almost all the substances that are in the leaves, plus essential oils.

Medicinal properties of fireweed angustifolia and use in folk medicine

In the old days, fireweed was used to combat intoxication, using it as a hangover cure. From colds and other ailments, fireweed was used as an antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, wound healing. Our ancestors sobered up with a hangover, but when they fell ill, they used it as an analgesic, emollient, astringent, anti-inflammatory, wound healing, antipyretic and diaphoretic. Fireweed helps not only with alcohol intoxication, but also with its other varieties, helps with poisoning, oncological diseases, has a calming effect, with problems with sleep and insomnia at night it is better to drink fireweed tea.

An infusion of fireweed leaves is also used as an emollient, sedative, hemostatic and anticonvulsant. Fireweed contains a large amount of mucus and tannins, so it is an effective enveloping and analgesic agent for gastric and duodenal ulcers, helps with gastritis with hyperacidity. Fireweed helps fight pathogenic intestinal flora, removes toxins and helps with dysbacteriosis, as well as during and after intestinal infections in children and adults.

With sore throat, sore throat, inflammation of the oral mucosa, rinsing with a warm infusion of fireweed grass helps. Fireweed tea has an antipyretic, diaphoretic and analgesic effect, helps with acute respiratory infections, flu, tonsillitis.

The simultaneous content of iron, manganese and vitamin C makes fireweed an effective tool for increasing hemoglobin levels in iron deficiency anemia (anemia), after blood loss and during heavy menstruation in women, as well as in the postpartum period.

Outwardly, fireweed herb is used to wash ulcers and wounds, and as a poultice for bruises and otitis, as an analgesic. Powder from crushed fireweed leaves treat infected wounds, sprinkling them.

Fireweed angustifolia is used for infertility if the cause is obstruction of the fallopian tubes, adhesive processes. For this, fireweed grass is taken along with the flowers of the meadowsweet and the seeds or leaves of the plantain. Also, fireweed angustifolia is taken for inflammatory diseases of the urogenital area in men and women, fireweed is effective for prostatitis and prostate adenoma. With obstruction of the fallopian tubes, fireweed is drunk for 1-2 weeks in each cycle. For the treatment of prostatitis, fireweed is drunk in courses of 3-4 weeks, alternating with courses of red root and wintergreen.

Fireweed during pregnancy You can take it, there are no contraindications for this, but in moderation. It can be taken as a sedative, as well as during colds and coughs during pregnancy, with low hemoglobin during pregnancy, with constipation and digestive problems, with toxicosis of pregnant women to reduce the symptoms of intoxication.

Cooking methods

Fireweed tea: to prepare Ivan-tea, pour into porcelain teapot a few pinches of dried leaves hot water(not boiling water), let it brew for 5-10 minutes and you can drink it as tea, 1-2 cups before bedtime. Dried flowers give Ivan-tea a special taste, a little sour, but blooming Sally has a delicate honey aroma, has a mild sedative effect and removes toxins from the body, treats dysbacteriosis and headache, insomnia and stomach ulcers.

Infusion of fireweed: 1 tablespoon of crushed leaves (7-8 g) pour 500 ml of hot boiled water, insist in a thermos for 30-40 minutes, strain and take half a glass 3-4 times a day before meals for dysbacteriosis, colitis, gastric and duodenal ulcers intestines. Children under 5-6 years of age take 2 tablespoons 3 times a day before meals, preferably with a glass of warm water.

For a cold, take fireweed tea and fireweed infusion in the same dosage, but in small sips throughout the day. It is better not to take fireweed before going out, as there is a high risk of catching a cold even more, due to its diaphoretic effect.

Fireweed herb decoction: 2 tablespoons of herbs (about 15 g) pour a glass of boiling water, simmer for 10 minutes over low heat, leave to cool, about 1 hour and take 2 tablespoons before meals, 3-4 times a day, as with gastritis and colitis.

A decoction of fireweed rhizomes: 10 g of rhizomes pour a glass cold water, bring to a boil and simmer for 15 minutes over low heat.

vitamin tea fireweed has a calming effect and removes toxins from the body, helps to improve digestion. To prepare it, take parts of fireweed herb equal in weight (preferably with flowers), fruits of mountain ash, viburnum, wild rose, chokeberry, half as much cudweed, mix and brew two handfuls vitamin mixture 1 liter of boiling water in a thermos, leave to infuse until morning and drink like tea, diluted with hot water to taste. You can add this collection during cooking to the compote, from this the content of vitamins in the compote will increase several times. To do this, 5 minutes before the end of cooking, pour 1 heaping tablespoon or 1 handful of vitamin collection with fireweed into the compote for each liter of water. After 5 minutes turn it off, let it brew for 1 hour and you can drink 1 to 3 glasses a day. Children under 5 years old - a tablespoon 3-4 times a day, children under 12 years old - 2-3 tablespoons 3 times a day.

From the leaves of a young fireweed, you can prepare a vitamin salad or juice that helps with anemia and hypovitaminosis. To prepare juice, fresh young leaves of Ivan-tea and the tops of the stems are taken, crushed in a blender and squeezed out the juice, which is stored in the refrigerator. Juice can be preserved with sugar or alcohol in a ratio of 1:1, and take 1 tablespoon, diluted in a glass of water every morning and evening before meals. But it is best to use fresh juice. Although juice canned with alcohol can be stored in the refrigerator for a long time.

For a lettuce salad, fresh young leaves are taken, boiled for 2 minutes, dried on a sieve or colander, chopped with the same amount of green onions, dill, cilantro, add a little young horseradish, lemon juice and vegetable oil. Also, young fireweed leaves can be added to summer soups.

For the treatment of gastric and duodenal ulcers, a collection with fireweed is used. Take 2 parts of fireweed leaves and lime blossom, 1 part flowers or talus of chamomile and fennel seeds. 2 tablespoons of the collection per 500 ml of hot boiled water, insist in a thermos for 1 hour, strain, take 1 glass of warm infusion in the morning on an empty stomach and for half or 1 glass before meals. Take up to 3 glasses of infusion per day.

It is better to store infusions from fireweed in cool place or refrigerator for no more than a day, it easily turns sour. Fireweed tea is best prepared always fresh.

Koporye tea

As you know, the first tea that came to Russia was very expensive and was inaccessible to most of the population, so they were looking for substitutes for it. As a result, a fireweed drink appeared, reminiscent of Chinese tea in taste and aroma. In the village of Koporye near St. Petersburg, a large amount of such tea was harvested and even exported to England: it was cheaper and tasted like insanely expensive Chinese tea at that time. Abroad, Koporye tea became popular and was called "Russian tea". Koporye tea gained great popularity among Russian peasants, and even wealthy merchants drank it with pleasure.

The secret of making Koporye tea is now available to everyone, and you can cook it yourself. To do this, freshly picked willow-tea leaves are dried for a day, after which they are twisted between the palms until the juice comes out, put in a warm place for another 12 hours, laying out with a layer of 5 cm and covering with a wet cotton napkin. After ripening, the tea is dried at a temperature of 100 degrees for an hour, spread out on parchment on a baking sheet in a thin layer and periodically turned over, checking readiness. Before the last drying, the leaves can be cut or dried whole. Dried Koporye tea has a dark color, almost like black tea, the infusion is rich color, as in Chinese tea, but the aroma and taste are more intense. Koporye tea has a sedative effect and improves digestion, helps with insomnia and headaches.

It is worth noting that tea from unfermented fireweed also has a bright, rich taste and aroma and no less useful properties.

Fireweed: contraindications for use and restrictions

With the abuse of fireweed, like any other medicinal plant, health problems can occur. Fireweed tea is very tasty and fragrant, but drinking it for a long time and in large quantities is not recommended due to the possible hepatotoxicity of fireweed. Ivan tea contains coumarin, which, with prolonged use, can accumulate in the body and have a toxic effect on the liver. After 1 month of taking fireweed, it is worth taking a break for 1-2 months. It is good to take fireweed with the composition of fees: this is how they increase healing properties each of the herbs of the collection and are softened negative properties. During the reception of fireweed or during a break after taking it, hepatoprotective collections and herbs are taken: sandy immortelle, hill hodgepodge, golden volodushka, swinewort.

Ivan-tea for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract

One of the most dangerous diseases gastrointestinal tract is stomach ulcer. Ivan tea is a wonderful tool that can not only prevent, but also provide significant assistance in the treatment of this disease. Due to the fact that fireweed contains a large amount of tannins and mucus, infusions based on it have an enveloping effect, effectively protecting and healing the gastric mucosa. In addition, Ivan-tea contains oligosaccharides, which contribute to the restoration of favorable intestinal microflora and the reproduction of bifidobacteria. Ivan tea constricts blood vessels and secretory channels, and as a result, the acidity of gastric juice decreases, and the mucosal receptors are less irritated and ulcer heals faster.

In order to direct the medicinal properties of Ivan-tea to the treatment of stomach or duodenal ulcers, the following collection of herbs is recommended:

- Ivan tea: 2 parts

- Linden blossoms: 2 parts

- pharmacy chamomile: 1 part

- Fennel fruit: 1 part

All ingredients are mixed, and the finished mixture is poured with one glass of water (90 degrees) and infused for about 30 minutes. It is advisable to insist in a thermos or in a wrapped container. The daily norm of this infusion is 2 cups. This amount is evenly divided into several doses. Drink the infusion should be 15 minutes before meals.

Another collection of herbs based on Ivan-tea for the treatment of stomach and duodenal ulcers is prepared as follows:

• Ivan tea: 2 tablespoons
• Water mint: 1 tablespoon
• Marigolds (calendula): 1 tablespoon

It is necessary to mix all the ingredients and pour 1 liter of boiling water. Then wrapped, leave for about an hour in a warm place. After the mixture is infused, it should be filtered. Drink this infusion 4 times a day, 0.5 cups 20-30 minutes before meals. The infusion should be taken no longer than 20 days, and then be sure to take a break. To achieve a positive result, the treatment is carried out in 4-5 doses.

Ivan tea is effective for diarrhea. For stomach disordersmake a decoction based on Ivan-chai herb, with the addition of thyme, mint or oregano in equal proportions.

A glass of water will require 10-15 g ready mix from herbs.The broth is boiled for about five minutes and insisted for an hour. Take 0.5 cup before meals 2-3 times a day.

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Ivan tea for colds

A decoction of the leaves and inflorescences of fireweed for colds is mainly used to rinse the nasopharynx. This helps relieve inflammation and swelling. The decoction is prepared as follows:

3 tablespoons of crushed inflorescences and leaves of Ivan-tea are poured with one glass of boiling water, after which they are boiled for 15 minutes in a water bath.

When the broth has cooled down, they can gargle and rinse the nasopharynx. If you use such a decoction in a tablespoon before meals, they will appear antipyretic properties Ivan tea.

Ivan tea is powerful diaphoretic, therefore, with a cold, it is recommended to drink a hot drink from Ivan-tea in small portions throughout the day. It has a particularly beneficial effect on immunity, as well as fees and.

Copes well with temperature, which is popularly known as "natural aspirin". Such a drink has a diaphoretic effect and is able to relieve a headache.

It is effective against the common cold, which have been used by our ancestors since ancient times, as bactericidal and antiviral agent.

Ivan tea also helps with chronic bronchitis. To treat bronchitis you will need:

Dried mandarin peel should be ground to a powder consistency and then mixed with Ivan-tea in a ratio of 5 to 1. The resulting mixture should be brewed and drunk like regular tea.

Such a drink relieves the symptoms of bronchitis, and with prolonged use, it can cure this disease due to its pronounced antibacterial and antiviral properties.

Ivan tea for disorders of the nervous system

Ivan tea is shown to people with a weak nervous system, namely, in stressful situations, as well as with insomnia. Infusions based on Ivan-tea affect the body like valerian, providing soothing and relaxing effect. It is known that poor health in the morning is associated not so much with the duration as with the quality of sleep. In order for the sleep to be full and calm, it is recommended to drink and at night. In combination with Ivan tea, these herbs enhance the calming effect of fireweed and give peace and tranquility. After such a drink, you will not only sleep well, but also wake up with a feeling of lightness and it is possible that before the alarm clock.

For chronic insomnia traditional medicine recommends another collection based on Ivan tea, for the preparation of which you will need:

• Blackberry leaves: 2 tablespoons
• Melissa: 1 tablespoon
• Ivan tea: 3 tablespoons

Mix all herbs thoroughly and pour 0.5 liters of boiling water. Then insist for an hour. Such an amount of infusion must be drunk during the day, dividing the doses into equal periods of time in equal proportions.

Ivan tea for headaches and migraines

In order to relieve sharp headaches, folk medicine has long used a simple and effective remedy. Based on Ivan-tea, a medicinal collection is prepared, which will require:

• Ivan-tea inflorescences: 4 parts
• Nettle: 1 part
• Lovage: 2 parts

All ingredients are mixed. A tablespoon of the resulting mixture is poured with a glass of boiling water and drunk in 2 doses between meals. Very fast there will be no trace of a headache.

Ivan tea for men's health

Studies have found that water extracts from fireweed, in addition to tannins and acid, contain phytosterols, which contribute to the rapid relief of the symptoms of an unpleasant disease for men - adenoma. Drinking fireweed tea or a capsule relieves many patients of the need for surgery, because prostate enlargement slows down or stops altogether. After examining fireweed, German phytotherapeutists note: prevents the inflammatory process and renders healing action in acute and chronic diseases of the prostate, in stages I and II of prostate adenoma (there is also a progressive stage III), with inflammation of the bladder, and can also serve as maintenance therapy after prostate surgery. In case of prostate disease, in addition to fireweed, it is recommended to eat pumpkin seeds, which will contribute to more quick release from this disease."

For the prevention and treatment of this male disease, the following collection of herbs is made:

• Ivan tea: 10 parts
• Blackcurrant (dried leaves or fruits): 5 parts
• Inflorescences of meadowsweet (meadowsweet): 1 part

To prepare one glass, you will need about 2 teaspoons of a ready-made mixture of herbs. The mixture should be poured with water at a temperature of about 90 degrees, and infused for 15-20 minutes. It is recommended to drink the infusion warm, 0.5 cups 15 minutes before meals 2-3 times a day. On average, the course of admission is designed for a month.

For the prevention of prostatitis and adenoma Ivan tea helps on its own, but its properties can also be enhanced by adding dried leaves to the drink. hazelnut in a ratio of 1 to 3. It is important that the tea is not sweet.

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Ivan tea for women's health

Ivan-tea is an unsurpassed remedy for treatment of cystitis, thrush and other diseases genitourinary system in women, and since the plant has no contraindications, teas based on it are allowed for use during pregnancy and lactation.

In folk medicine there is next recipe for the treatment of diseases of the genitourinary system in women, including chronic cystitis. It's incredibly simple and effective:

1 tablespoon of pre-dried and crushed leaves of Ivan tea is poured into 200 ml of boiling water, after which it is infused for two hours. When the mixture is properly infused and acquires a persistent dark color, the infusion is filtered into a clean bowl, after which 1/3 cup (50-60 ml) is consumed 3 times a day.

Ivan-tea for the treatment of wounds and burns

Fireweed helps in the treatment thermal and sunburn , neurodermatitis, wounds and itching of the skin.

For this, a gruel is prepared from fresh leaves of the plant, which is applied to the affected areas. Or a sterile bandage soaked in juice is applied to the wound and changed 2-3 times a day.

Washing with infusion of fireweed treats inflammation of the mucous membranes. So, with an infusion of Ivan-tea, you can wash your eyes with conjunctivitis, rinse in oral cavity with stomatitis and inflammation of the gums.

Ivan tea for skin care

Ivan tea has a rejuvenating effect on the skin, and also helps relieve irritation and rashes.

There is the following recipe for an anti-inflammatory mask from Ivan-tea:

First of all, it is necessary to make an alcohol infusion from Ivan-tea inflorescences. To do this, the dried flowers are poured with 70% alcohol or vodka and kept in a warm (20-24 ° C) place for several days. Then, salt and a little oatmeal are added to 10 ml of alcohol infusion at the tip of a knife. All ingredients are mixed until a liquid mass is formed, resembling sour cream in consistency. The resulting mixture is applied to the face or to the problem area of ​​the skin for 10-15 minutes.

Ivan-tea to improve vision

In our time, for most people, the load on the eyes has greatly increased. A computer, TV, various kinds of documentation, which must be processed in large volumes every day, leads to increased eye fatigue, which in turn leads to drowsiness, headaches and irritability. Ivan tea promotes lower eye pressure, thanks to which vision is preserved and the eyes are not so tired. For the most powerful effect you need:

Mix Ivan-tea with crushed medicinal eyebright herb in a ratio of 1 to 2 (for dried herbs). For 2 teaspoons of the mixture, 0.5 liters of boiling water will be required. Recommended daily rate drink about 500 ml. The drink should be consumed warm, so it will not be superfluous to use a thermos. The infusion should be drunk 150 ml per dose, one hour after a meal. If desired, you can add a little honey.

Ivan-tea for removal alcohol addiction

At regular use Ivan-tea reveals another very unusual property of it - a decrease in craving for alcohol. This is explained by the ability of Ivan tea to remove toxins from the body, cleansing the blood and cells, which in turn leads to the purification of consciousness and a clear perception of the surrounding reality. A person who leads a conscious lifestyle does not experience cravings for alcohol and other intoxicating substances, and Ivan-chai is a faithful companion of such a person! Well, for those who often suffer from a hangover and cannot yet give up this bad habit, but at the same time have a great desire to change their lives, Ivan-chai will become a real helper!

For decreasing hangover syndrome and all its negative manifestations, traditional medicine recommends the following recipe:

It is necessary to brew fireweed by adding dry thyme grass to it in a ratio of 5 to 1 (by weight). For 2 teaspoons you need 0.5 liters of boiling water. P when the need arises to consume alcohol, During the day, it is recommended to drink 5-7 cups of this drink, adding honey to it.

These simple recipes will help prevent the development of many serious diseases, and at the first symptoms they can completely cure sudden ailments. But remember that the use of Ivan tea and pure form as daily drink, will have a strong preventive and restorative action to all organs and systems of the body.

Drink Ivan-tea with pleasure and be healthy!