The Carpathians are a unique corner of nature. This area is rich in medicinal and natural resources. The nature of the Carpathians is diverse, more than 2000 plants grow here. The healing air of this region, many springs with mineral waters nourish the plants, endowing them with natural strength and miraculous properties. Not surprisingly, most of the plants growing here are medicinal. They make delicious Carpathian tea.
Benefits of herbal tea
For thousands of years, flowers, fruits and herbs have been used to make healing drinks. Traditional medicine has thousands of recipes for herbal teas. They were used by the ancient Greeks, Egyptians, Romans, Chinese and Middle Easterners. The great scientist Avicenna in the 11th century and the ancient Roman physician Galen in the second century offered herbal decoctions to their patients.
In the Middle Ages in Europe, knowledge of medicinal plants was used to prepare healing decoctions for many ailments. With the development of the pharmaceutical industry, the experience of healing our ancestors was rarely remembered, giving preference to chemical preparations. At present, people are returning to their roots again, realizing that the gifts of meadows, mountains and gardens can be of invaluable benefit. Our ancestors collected herbs on their own, but now there is no need for this. Pharmacies have a variety of herbal teas. Carpathian teas are widely represented.
Types of Carpathian tea
Herbs and flowers grown at the foot of the Carpathian Mountains are hand-picked, according to old recipes. Everyone can enjoy a delicious and fragrant drink. A cup of Carpathian tea will help you relax after a hard day, warm you up in the winter cold.
On sale you can find a whole series of Carpathian mountain tea, from which you can choose a vitamin, tonic, soothing herbal tea. There is a tea recommended for certain diseases.
For the prevention of colds, Carpathian tea “Forest Glade” is suitable. It consists of:
- Chamomile flowers.
- Herb thyme.
- Fennel fruit.
- Peppermint.
- Lavender flowers.
- Pine buds.
- Dog-rose fruit.
- Leaves coltsfoot.
- Oregano herb.
Vitamin Carpathian collection will help strengthen the immune system, it has general strengthening properties, helps to restore the body after diseases. In this collection, mint leaves, hawthorn fruits, acacia flowers, chamomile, echinacea, St. John’s wort, oregano, blackberry.
Herbal collection “Imperial” is an ideal collection for men. Its composition is very complex. It consists of 15 medicinal herbs, including wild rosemary leaves, three-leaf watch herb, chamomile flowers, rosemary and thyme herb, horsetail, St. John’s wort. Tea has a tonic and strengthening effect.
During the period of colds, tea “Carpathian meadow” will strengthen the body, help to cope with the onset of the disease. Leaves of raspberries, lemon balm, thyme, oregano, blackberries and other herbs collected in an ecologically clean region of the Carpathians.
Fruit and berry Carpathian teas
The line of fruit and berry teas includes teas that differ not only in their beneficial properties, but also in their unsurpassed aroma and pleasant taste. Carpathian tea is prepared from different berries:
- from blueberries;
- from wild rose;
- from blackcurrant;
- from a mixture of wild berries;
- from strawberries;
- from strawberries;
- from cherry.
Herbal teas: healthy drink recipes
Herbal tea is chosen by those who prefer a healthy lifestyle. By mixing various herbs in certain proportions, you can get a large number of delicious combinations and healthy drinks. The properties of healthy tea depend on the type of plant.
Leaves of peppermint, raspberry, willowherb, St. John’s wort, lemon balm, primrose and cherry have soothing properties.
Lemongrass, lavender, clover, lovage, strawberry leaves raise the tone, energize.
Rose hips, black currant, nettle, sea buckthorn, mountain ash, raspberry, barberry, blackberry are suitable for making tea in early spring and winter during beriberi.
Chamomile tea helps with headaches, and during a cold, thyme herb and raspberry leaves should be added to the herbal collection. Thyme ordinary will help with diseases of the respiratory system. For coughs and hoarseness, anise is recommended.
Contraindications for Carpathian tea
Herbal teas have contraindications due to the large number of components that make up their composition. You can not take such teas for a long time without a break. After 3 weeks, you need to take a week break. It is obligatory to consult a doctor who will take into account the characteristics of the body, age, the presence of chronic diseases, the presence or absence of allergies. Fruit and berry teas are less likely to cause side effects, as they are prepared from everyone’s favorite fruits and berries.
How to brew Carpathian tea
Ready phytocollection does not require much effort to make tea. Most often, Carpathian tea is produced in phytobags. When purchasing loose tea, you need to take 1 tsp. herbal raw materials and brew in a glass of boiling water. Insist 20 minutes.
Any herbal tea made from fruits, flowers, or leaves can be mixed with regular green or black tea. The most suitable ratio is 1:3.
To obtain a rich drink, the leaves can be crushed, and the roots and stems can be boiled for several minutes. Flower herbal tea requires less time to brew, it should be infused for no more than 10 minutes. If there are no special instructions on the tea package, tea should be drunk before meals.
Properly prepared, Carpathian herbal tea will turn out rich, bright, it will smell the aroma of essential oils of medicinal herbs that contain all the best that the fertile land of the Carpathians can give.
