How to brew currant leaves

Blackcurrant bushes are now found in every summer cottage. The berries of this plant are used both in cooking and for traditional medicine. But the leaves of the plant are undeservedly ignored, and yet they are no less useful than the fruits.

Benefits of currant leaves

The leaves of the black currant bush contain many useful substances. Based on these indicators, they can be called a real pantry of health. When used correctly, the leaves of the bush can help against a number of diseases:

• As a means to improve immune defense, currants sheets used to treat vitamin deficiency, asthenia and anemia.
• Due to its ability to relieve inflammation and disinfect, the leaves are used to eliminate gastrointestinal diseases. They help cope with pathogenic microorganisms that inhabit the human intestines.
• For skin diseases, apply compresses, masks or baths with currant leaf decoctions.
• With the help of the leaves of the bush in the process of treating gout or rheumatism, harmful uric acid is removed from the body.
• Decoctions and infusions from blackcurrant leaves have a beneficial effect diuretic effect, which is useful in the treatment of diseases of the kidneys and genitourinary organs.

• Currant leaf is useful to use during seasonal exacerbations of colds. He lifts well immunity body and helps not to get sick.
• Elderly people are especially recommended to use currant leaf tinctures. This remedy has a good effect on the circulatory system, improves heart function, cleanses blood vessels, inhibits the development of sclerosis and helps maintain a clear mind.

Proper brewing of currant leaves

Prepare the right one tea with currant leaf is quite simple. Usually, already dried leaves of the plant are used for this purpose, but if necessary, you can also use fresh ones. If you take a fresh currant leaf, then it is first finely chopped. The leaves of the wild plant provide the greatest benefit, but the leaves of garden currants also contain many useful substances. You can simply buy already dried currant leaves at any pharmacy.

A tablespoon of dried leaf is needed per liter of cold water. If the tea is prepared from fresh leaves, then you need to double the portion. To make the currant leaf drink have a more pleasant taste and aroma, it is mixed with regular black or green tea in a 1:1 ratio.

Crushed currant leaves are mixed with black or green tea and steamed with a liter of boiling water. Cover the container with a lid and leave for a quarter of an hour. This time is enough for the currants to give all their beneficial substances to the drink. The finished healing drink can be strained through a strainer, but it can also be consumed as regular tea.

How to take a decoction of currant leaves

To get rid of colds, a decoction of currant leaves is prepared in the usual way, without adding any additional ingredients. Four full spoons of crushed dry currant leaves are poured into a liter of boiling water and heated in a water bath for half an hour. After this, the broth is allowed to cool, passed through a sieve and consumed three times a day.

To heal from kidney diseases, remove stones or sand, it is preferable to use an infusion of currant leaves rather than a decoction. For such a drink, take 1 large spoon of dry raw material per liter of boiling water and brew it in a thermos or in a saucepan wrapped in a warm blanket. In an hour, the infusion will be ready for use. They drink it up to six times a day, 1 glass. The same infusion is used to treat boils by applying napkins soaked in the infusion to them.

It is useful to use crushed leaves of this plant to improve the condition of the skin. For this purpose, fresh leaves are used, crushed and ground to a mushy state. After this, separate 2 tablespoons of the product and mix them with beaten whites from two raw eggs. The mixture is applied to the skin of the face and washed off with cool water after 20 minutes. With the constant use of such a mask, the oiliness of the skin decreases, the pores narrow, and the skin becomes lighter. It is also useful to use the decoction for hair. They rinse the curls with it after washing. This procedure is especially recommended for oily hair.