Linden flowers - fragrant value

Linden flowers begin to delight us with their fragrance somewhere in mid-June, in addition to using linden flowers as a medicine, teas are also brewed from them, and they are also the most valuable melliferous plants, linden honey is very useful and tasty.

Linden begins to bloom only in the 20th year of its life and blooms every year, when it is more abundant, when not too much, the age of some trees can reach a hundred, which is often found, and more years.

For medicinal purposes, only linden blossom is used - inflorescences with bracts. It is they that contain flavonoids, essential oil, tannins, glycosides, which have a diaphoretic effect, saponins, vitamin C, polysaccharides, carotene and more.

Linden color is a popular medicinal weapon not only of traditional medicine, but also of scientific, traditional one. Infusions are made of linden blossom, so that with their help, sweating for various colds, and also to sanitize the oral cavity when rinsing.

Pharmacies also sell linden flowers for home brewing.

In folk, alternative medicine, linden blossom is also used as a diuretic, sedative, antipyretic, antimicrobial, expectorant, emollient and anti-inflammatory agent. Also, with the help of linden flowers, they achieve an increase in bile formation, an increase in the secretion of gastric juice, and a decrease in blood viscosity.

Linden inflorescences will also have a sedative effect on the central nervous system.

• Linden tea: pour a glass of boiling water over five spoons of flowers. Such tea has an astringent taste, fragrant and very healthy, useful for everyone and has practically no strict contraindications. It will help speed up the movement of blood through the vessels, eliminate various stagnant phenomena and processes in the body, which will save from edema of the legs.
• It is very useful for colds such a decoction as: pour two cups of boiling water over a tablespoon of linden flowers and viburnum fruits and boil for ten minutes, then strain and drink a glass of hot drink overnight.