Tea preparation
Boiling or infusion
Chop the fresh herbs and place them in a glass or nonmetallic recipient.
Boil the water separately, remove from the fire and pour over the herbs. When you use fresh herbs do not leave them for more then a minute. Leave the dry herbs for 2 – 3 minutes. The roots should be boiled in cold water and then rested for 3 – 4 minutes.
The harvesting, storage and correct preparation of medicinal herbs
If we follow the premises of the herb harvesting the time is essential. The best effects come from fresh herbs, which can be obtained from spring until fall. Do not store excessive amounts over the evening. For this purposes harvest them while the active substance content is at the highest point.
Harvest the flowers in the beginning of the blossoming period.
Harvest the leafs before and after the blossoming period.
Remove the roots from the ground early in the spring and in the fall.
Harvest the fruits while they are ripe.
When do stretch marks appear?
Stretch marks appears in case of: pregnancy, especially between the 4th and 6th month, as a consequence of the progressive and continuous stretch of the abdomen and breasts skin, sudden elongation of an area in the case of teens during the growing period, sports and especially bodybuilding, followed by rapid muscular mass growth (the bodybuilding practiced at a young age increases the chances of stretch marks), in cases of obesity (while gaining and loosing weight). Also topic cortical steroids associated with occlusive patches increases the risk of stretch marks.
Stretch marks
The stretch marks are linear visible scars, which even though do not raise special medical issues, bring an important aesthetic prejudice. They are represented by areas where the skin looks thorn. It is estimated the stretch marks appear on 90% of the pregnant women, 70% of the adolescents and 40% of the athletes. In the stretched area the skin is thinner, soft, curled with increased transparency in case of new stretch marks (that is what generates the red – violet color) and opaque white alongside the skin tension lines. They are a few centimeters in length and 1 – 10 mm width (in some cases even more). Sometimes they cause local itchiness.
The seaberry macerate cures the cold and the flu
Preparation method: crush 500 g of seaberries in an 800 g jar and add 500 g of honey. Eat daily one teaspoon of the product, and hence the organism is fortified during the cold season. The seaberry fruits are rich in vitamin B1, B2 and especially vitamin C, very much needed by the organism.