Kalina: folk recipes and application Preparation of infusions and decoctions <! - Yandex

Kalina: folk recipes and application Preparation of infusions and decoctions Of the dried pharmaceutical plants are prepared: infusions of leaves, plants, stems; decoctions of roots, rhizomes and bark. Infusions and decoctions from most plants are prepared for no reason: for one weight fraction of raw material add 10 or 12 parts of water. Vegetable collections and teas from the consistency of dried and crushed plants are useful. Water infusions and decoctions from most plants are prepared for a water bath in enameled dishes: infusion is heated for 15 minutes, cooled to room temperature 30-40 minutes. the broth is heated for 30 minutes, cooled to room temperature for 15 minutes. Water infusions are prepared in a cool and hot way: in the first case, the crushed plants are poured with cool water and insist in enameled dishes in a closed form for 4-8 hours. Filter and filter through a fair amount of gauze; be hot method poured boiling, tightly closed and insist 4-6 hours, then filtered and filtered; it is allowed and without cause to fill the raw material with warm water, place it in a boiling water bath and warm it for 15 minutes, and broths 30 minutes. Infusions have a more frisky action for the device than broths. It should be remembered that the prepared elixirs quickly deteriorate, the pharmaceutical ingredients are destroyed, and therefore it is better to prepare them daily. In the latter cases, the shelf life may exist longer than 2 days, but certainly in the refrigerator. In folk medicine, juice from plants or some of their parts is often used. It suits juice from new plants, consume at once, do not birch. Izgotovlenie ointments: often prepared from the roots and plants, for this, crush the medicine and combine in a homogeneous mass with the base of the ointment (vaseline, unsalted lard, butter or vegetable oil). It is better to take porcine inner lard or butter for the sake of the base: they more actively get into the skin and have a deeper effect.Should keep in mind: if you do not comply with the rules of making and hiding infusions, broths, etc., their use can also hurt!