In spring, modestly flowering pistil and stamen earrings appear on the birch, shortly after the leaves open. Pistils are always solitary, hiding between leaves on shortened side twigs. Larger, ornate hanging at the ends of branches, paired and even built birch earrings are staminate. These are the ones that should be collected.
Fresh stamen birch earrings insist on vodka and drink drops for heart disease. To prepare the tincture glass jar filled to 2/3 of the earrings, pour vodka to the top, close, put for 2 weeks to insist in a dark, warm place and periodically shake the contents. Usually the tincture is not strained. Only when the tincture runs out, squeeze the rest of the prospirted earrings through gauze. The dose is determined individually - from 20 drops to 1 teaspoon. Take it on water 3 times a day before meals. The flavor of the tincture is pleasant, balsamic. When taking the tincture takes away heart pain, disappears shortness of breath, appears vigor. Birch earrings have thrombo-plastic action and procoagulant activity. The extract of female earrings is a good styptic agent, so its use is promising as a hemostatic agent.
The outer thin layer of birch bark is glued on boils. In this case, not yet mature furuncle rather quickly resorbed.
Birch bark peel in the form of decoction has a tonic effect on the cardiovascular system mainly in acute diseases occurring with low blood pressure. Applying decoction in croup pneumonia, you can achieve an increase in the minimum pressure by 10-20 mm, maximum pressure - by 5-10 mm. In this case, the importance of decoction from the skin of birch bark is that its effect persists for several days.
The most effective therapeutic effect has ogvar of 50 g of birch bark skin to a glass of boiling water, taken during the day in three receptions. The decoction is a dark brown, fairly clear liquid of bitter taste, with an odor reminiscent of valerian drops.
A definite effect of the decoction on the pulse has been detected. The latter becomes fuller and less frequent. The change in pulse stops usually two or three days after the decoction is withdrawn.
A special product called shulta or shulpa is extracted from under the bark. It is formed on the place of frostbanks and most likely represents a special fungus, but not the oblique trout, settled on the accumulated sap in the formed cavity and represented by black-brown or almost black leaf-like thin, long, wrinkled plates, as if gathered in bales. In the place of birch bark shulta formation, small brownish-black spots with blurred edges are noticeable on birch bark in the form of small undercurrents, as well as bubble-like bloated areas of bark. Shulta is considered a very valuable folk remedy. It is prescribed as a general tonic for various diseases, as a tonic and stimulant for mental and physical fatigue. It is also considered a life-extending remedy and is drunk in place of tea.
Decoction of bark (60 g of crushed bark pour 1.2 liters of boiling water, fall on low heat to 0.8 liters, strain) used 1/2 cup several times a day for colds, scurvy, scabies, rashes. The same decoction is used as an external remedy to wash rashes, tumors, as a wound-healing and wound-cleansing agent. Birch bark in the past was used in the treatment of scrofula, wounds, ulcers: "To meat rotten from the ulcer, then crushed birch bark should be poured into the rapa rotten" - recorded in an old herbalist.
Folk medicine applies the following remedy against malignant neoplasms. It is necessary to take 200 g of dry crushed birch bark, clean from the wood and boil in an earthenware pot in one liter of water over low heat until the liquid is not reduced by half. Preserve in a tightly closed container in a warm place for 2-3 hours and strain through a clean cloth. For adults, take the first and last week of the month 1 tablespoon 2 times a day before meals, and in between give for two weeks 2 tablespoons 3 times a day before meals. This remedy folk medicine uses almost all types of malignant neoplasms.
For female diseases, hemorrhoids, bladder diseases
It is useful to drink as a tea decoction of March birch bark (1:10) 1 /2 cup 2 times a day after meals.
The brown layer of cork, ground into a fine powder, is used as a powder as a good wound-healing agent.
The sum of catechins and leucoanthocyanins, which possess canillyar-renewing, antimicrobial, antitumor activity and astringent properties, as well as antiradical and antioxidant properties, were isolated from birch bark.
Place the palm of your hand on the trunk of a birch tree and cut out the bark of the birch tree below your palm, grind the bark into powder and pour 1 liter of boiling water, boil over low heat until a cup of boiling water remains. Cool the decoction at room temperature, strain and drink it 1 tablespoon 3-4 times a day 15-20 minutes before meals for liver stones.
Hidden foot sweat is more likely to be induced again by wearing birch bark soles under bare feet.
If there are no buds, leaves or sap at hand, for example, in winter, you can use a decoction of young birch branches. This decoction (1: 10) is especially useful to drink 1/2 cup 3-4 times a day before meals with dropsy, inflammation of the lungs, kidneys, bladder and stones in these organs, as well as diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.
To treat sore throat, it is recommended to drink several glasses of infusion of birch branches with buds. Contraindications for ingestion of birch twigs include severe inflammatory kidney disease.
Birch twigs are extremely useful for cleaning and strengthening teeth. This has a beneficial healing effect on the teeth and gums.
When stomach cancer drink infusion or infusion (1 : 10) birch oak, otherwise called birch sponge. It is necessary to scrape off the trunk of the birch such a light sponge, like a cone, but not yellow, finely shredded, pour boiling water, insist in a tightly closed container on a boiling water bath for 15 minutes, cool at room temperature for 45 minutes, strain. Take 1/4 cup 3 times a day before meals.
Infusion or decoction (1:10) of crushed birch roots, collected in early spring or late fall, taken internally 1/2 cup 3-4 times a day before meals as an antirheumatic, antiliver and good stomach remedy.
During pregnancy, you should take care of your breast glands. Stock up on a piece of birch tree from which a limb has fallen out. It will come in handy if mastitis develops while nursing. At the first sign of illness, decant milk from the breast through the knot hole - mastitis will not develop..
