Herbal teas are prepared from forest, field herbs and fruits, varied in taste, color and aroma. Herbal teas are actually a food product, since they contain a lot of biologically active substances: vitamins, enzymes, trace elements, organic acids, etc. This bouquet of biologically active substances has a beneficial effect on the human body, protects, prevents and treats many diseases, therefore, herbal teas are recommended for everyone, regardless of age and health.

The value of herbal tea also lies in the fact that it does not contain caffeine and other stimulating substances that are not so harmless to the human body, especially for people with disorders of the nervous and cardiovascular systems.

Nowadays, many people regularly consume vitamin teas. And the best vitamin tea is tea made from hand-picked herbs. Therefore, it is good to know the rules for collecting, processing and storing herbs.

When collecting leaves (strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, drupes, etc.), only a few leaves are cut from a branch; if the flowering part is collected, then some plants with flowers are left to ripen the seeds (St. John's wort, oregano, mint, thyme, etc.).

Flowers of plants such as rose hips, linden, jasmine, etc., are harvested only in full bloom.

Leaves of black currant, blackberry, raspberry, cloudberry, stoneberry, fireweed (ivan-tea), etc. are harvested only when they are fully unfolded.

Only ripe fruits and berries should be picked.

It is necessary to harvest the grass in dry weather, as soon as the dew has melted.

The best time to harvest is the beginning of flowering or full flowering of the plant.

They dry the grass under a canopy, in the attic or in a well-ventilated area, preventing it from rotting. Blackened grass should not be consumed.

The fruits of rose hips, barberries, black currants and rowan berries, which contain a lot of vitamin C, are dried in a dryer at a temperature of 80 ° C.

Dried leaves and fruits should be stored in paper or cloth bags, each type of plant separately (can be stored in glass or ceramic jars with tight lids). The bag or jar should be labeled with the name of the herb and the time of collection.

The shelf life of flowers, leaves and grass should not exceed 1-2 years, the shelf life of fruits and berries - 3-4 years, roots, rhizomes and bark - 2-3 years.

Flowers are brewed in a large porcelain teapot with boiling water. Fresh berries must be kneaded before brewing, dry ones - crushed. Leaves are placed in hot water and boiled for 3-5 minutes or poured with boiling water.

Roots, stems and rough parts of plants are finely cut. Then put in cold water, bring to a boil over low heat and simmer for 10 minutes. After brewing, teas from flowers, leaves and berries are infused in a porcelain teapot for 5-10 minutes, and teas from roots and stems are infused in an enamel bowl for 10-15 minutes.

Correctly brewed vitamin tea has a unique taste, aroma and color, all biologically active substances are preserved in it.

The collection (composition) of herbal teas can be very diverse and depend on the taste and well-being of a person. It is advisable to always include one aromatic herb in the mixture (oregano, mint, lemon balm, thyme, etc.).

It is not recommended to use two or three aromatic herbs in a mixture: aromas can destroy each other or mix into an unpleasant smell. As a rule, the collection should contain one fragrant herb and several neutral herbs.

In the evening, it is better to drink soothing herbal teas (St. John's wort, Ivan tea, raspberry leaves, peppermint, chamomile, lemon balm, primrose, cherry leaf, etc.).

In winter and early spring, it is advisable to drink multivitamin herbal teas (raspberry, blackberry, black currant, nettle, carrot, rosehip, mountain ash, barberry, sea buckthorn, black currant, etc.).

In summer, herbal teas are prepared only from fresh herbs, this period of the year should be used with maximum benefit for the body.

A storehouse of useful substances for our body is vitamin teas. I respect such drinks very much and I can talk about them for a long time. Do you know what vitamin tea is valuable and useful, when is it useful to drink, from what and how it can be prepared ?!

The main ingredient in vitamin tea is fruits, berries, leaves and even roots of various plants.

Very often they are called medicinal, I would give a different name - medicinal. These healthy drinks keep the secret powers of Mother Nature, they are rich in useful biological substances, contain a whole range of vitamins.

Vitamin tea balms strengthen blood vessels, activate and normalize metabolism. They do not have a bad and harmful effect on our body. On the contrary, if you daily drink a cup of fragrant, freshly brewed vitamin balm, your nervous system and immunity will be at their best!

Mother nature does not skimp on a storehouse of vitamins, drinks made from fruits and berries of plants are much more aromatic and tastier than the most expensive tea.

During the period of autumn-spring colds, infections, it is useful to drink vitamin teas from sea buckthorn, rose hips, viburnum, strawberries, mountain ash, linden, lemon balm and oregano.

Fruits, berries and healthy herbs are always at our fingertips. On a personal plot, the nearest forest, a meadow, you can find, collect, dry future ingredients for a healthy drink. And if you do not have such an opportunity, then they can always be purchased at the pharmacy or on the market. As they say, there would be a desire ...

In the morning, it is useful to drink tea brewed from strawberry or lavender leaves. For a good and restful sleep, brewed willow tea, mint, chamomile are more suitable.

Sea buckthorn tea

Sea buckthorn is a real prickly treasure of traditional medicine! What is it not rich in and what useful substances it does not contain! It is her beneficial substances that can improve the metabolism in our body, slow down aging, relieve inflammation, heal wounds, and strengthen the walls of blood vessels.

Sea buckthorn tea helps in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases and diseases of the blood and stomach. Cures sea buckthorn anemia, exhaustion, stomach ulcers.

To make vitamin tea from sea buckthorn, you will need: half a liter of water, 3/4 cups of sea buckthorn berries, 2 tablespoons of honey or sugar, 1 tablespoon of black tea.

Wash the berries and mince or chop in a blender. You should have a homogeneous mass - the main ingredient of vitamin tea. Place it in a heated teapot, add a spoonful of black tea and pour boiling water over it. After that, wrap the kettle, let the future drink infuse for about half an hour. Then strain it through a strainer, add sugar or honey (whichever is more to your taste).

During the period of inflammatory processes in the body (liver disease, inflammation of the pancreas, duodenum and inflammation of the gallbladder), sea buckthorn should be taken very carefully. Nevertheless, this useful plant has minor contraindications. Sea buckthorn is rich in a variety of acids and can increase the acidity of urine; in case of urolithiasis, it is better not to take it.

Rosehip vitamin tea

There are several options for making vitamin tea from rose hips. The recipes are almost the same, only the ingredients are different. To prepare any of the options, you will need enameled dishes and boiling water. So…

Option one

Rosehip berries - two tablespoons, raspberries - five tablespoons - chop, put in a saucepan. Pour half a liter with boiling water, simmer over low heat for ten minutes. Pour the resulting broth into a hot kettle, add another half liter of boiling water. Cover the kettle with a lid, wrap it up well and leave for about 3 hours, drink, strain through a strainer.

Option two

Rosehip berries and rowan berries - one tablespoon. Grind, put in a saucepan, pour half a liter of boiling water, boil over low heat for ten minutes. Pour the resulting broth into a hot kettle, add another half liter of boiling water. Wrap the teapot and leave for another 3 hours, strain through a strainer.

Option three

Rose hips and lingonberries - one tablespoon. Grind, put in a saucepan, pour a liter of boiling water and boil for ten minutes over low heat. As in the previous versions, pour the resulting broth into a hot kettle, add half a liter of boiling water and leave warm for an hour and a half. Drink with a strainer.

Option four

You will need one tablespoon: rose hips, currant leaves, raspberry leaves, lingonberry leaves. Grind all the ingredients, put in a saucepan, pour half a liter of boiling water and boil for ten minutes. Then pour the broth into a hot kettle, add half a liter of boiling water and leave warm for an hour and a half. Drink with a strainer.

Option five

You will need one tablespoon of rose hips and lingonberries, three tablespoons of nettle leaves. As in the previous versions, berries and leaves should be chopped and mixed. Pour a liter of boiling water into a saucepan, add three tablespoons of the resulting mixture and simmer for ten minutes over low heat. Then pour the broth into a hot kettle, wrap and leave for 5 hours. Drink with a strainer.

Rowan vitamin tea

It will take ten tablespoons of rowan berries, five tablespoons of nettle leaves. Chop and mix berries and leaves. For one liter of boiling water, add three tablespoons of the resulting mixture and boil for ten minutes over low heat. Then pour the resulting broth into a hot kettle, wrap and leave for three hours. Drink tea by filtering through a strainer.

If you plan to independently collect raw materials for vitamin tea in the future, then you need to learn how to collect it correctly ...

How to properly collect raw materials for vitamin tea

Every small plant, leaf, flower - they are all alive! Don't become a barbarian and ruin beauty. The best time to collect leaves of strawberries, ivan-tea, blackberries is June-July. The leaves should fully unfold, and they do this when they gain full strength!

If you pick leaves from a tree branch, do not destroy it entirely! A few leaves will be enough to make healthy tea decoctions, so do not disturb the life of the plant itself.

When you pick flowers, a few petals from the flower will be enough for you. Leave the main part of the color so that the seeds are ripe for future life!

If fruits and berries are needed for collection, they must be ripe. Unripe raw materials are completely unsuitable for a healthy vitamin drink. It can rot and it has not yet accumulated a sufficient amount of nutrients.

How to properly dry and store prescriptions for vitamin tea

The raw materials for medicinal teas are very different, many herbs contain essential oils, so the drying temperature should not be too high (so the herbs will retain useful substances). Thyme, oregano, thyme can be dried at a temperature of 30-35 degrees.

But herbs containing glucosides can be dried at higher temperatures - 50-60 degrees. These herbs include mint, coltsfoot, St. John's wort.

Berries of mountain ash, wild rose, barberry, hawthorn can withstand and need the highest temperature regime - up to 80 degrees.

It is better to store raw materials for vitamin teas in bags made of natural dense fabric. A glass container with a tight lid is also suitable for storage. The moisture during storage of this kind of product is not good for him - the collection of herbs can rot.

Berries and fruits can be stored for quite a long time - up to four years. But the shelf life of herbs and inflorescences is quite limited - only a year (in rare cases, two).

I am sure that any herbal drink is pleasant and healthy for everyone! I don't think I made many discoveries talking about simple recipes for making vitamin tea. And how can you not try to drink a delicious drink after a good bath ?! It's time for a delicious and healthy tea!

As you know, everything new is well forgotten old. This expression perfectly fits the topic of today's article. Herbal, fruit and flower teas are growing in popularity, and it's not just fashion. Very often, those who are seriously concerned about their health, abandon traditional tea and coffee and switch to herbal teas. The motivation is simple: the "regular" tea is high in caffeine and tannin - substances that excite the nervous system. In addition, few people follow the instructions of tea masters and brew tea leaves correctly - alas, a brew that has stood for 2-3 days is not at all uncommon in our kitchens, and such tea cannot be called tasty and healthy. And children can be given tea only after 2-3 years.

Good old herbal teas are another matter. It was them that our ancestors drank some 500 years ago, before real tea appeared in our country. Strictly speaking, an infusion or decoction of herbs, roots or flowers should not be called tea, because it is not prepared from leaves of a tea bush. But we won't be too picky.

Herbal teas are very different: vitamin, medicinal, cooling or, conversely, warming, aromatic and not very, but in any case they are all useful. And most importantly, you yourself can collect and compose your own unique tea, you just need to know several important rules. Going for the right grass, remember that nature is very vulnerable - do not pull out everything, leave a part of the grass at the collection site for its renewal. When collecting leaves (strawberries, raspberries, drupes, blackberries), cut off only a few leaves from a branch, and they must be collected fully unfolded. When collecting flowering plants such as mint, St. John's wort, thyme, oregano, always leave some plants with flowers for the seeds to ripen. Flowers of jasmine, rose hips, lindens should be picked only in full bloom. Pick berries and fruits fully ripe. The best time for harvesting raw materials is the beginning of flowering or full flowering of the plant. You need to collect the grass in dry weather, immediately after the dew has melted.

Drying herbs is also a science. The collected herbs are dried in a shaded room (under a canopy, in the attic or in a well-ventilated room) until completely dry. Never let the grass rot. Do not use blackened grass!

... Herbs containing essential oils (oregano, calamus, thyme, etc.) should be dried slowly, at a temperature of 30-35 ° C. This is to prevent the essential oil from evaporating.
... Herbs containing glucosides (tansy, mint, adonis, St. John's wort, coltsfoot) are dried in a dryer at a temperature of 50-60 ° C.
... Fruits (rose hips, black currants, barberry, mountain ash), containing a lot of vitamin C, are dried in a dryer at a temperature of 80-90 ° C.

You need to store the finished raw materials in paper or linen bags, away from strong-smelling products, preferably each type separately. Fragrant herbs can be stored in glass or ceramic jars with tight-fitting lids. On each bag or jar, be sure to attach a label with the name of the herb and the time of collection. The shelf life of leaves, flowers and herbs is 1-2 years, fruits and berries - 3-4 years, bark and rhizomes - 2-3 years.

Another important skill in preparing herbal teas is collecting a bouquet of herbs. You can, of course, make tea from any one herb, but who would refuse the opportunity to conjure over a teapot? If you are using aromatic herbs (mint, lemon balm, oregano, thyme, etc.), then it is advisable to include only one of them in the mixture. Otherwise, the scents can destroy each other or, even worse, merge into an unpleasant smell. Therefore, the best option may be to mix several neutral herbs with one aromatic one.

You also need to know how to make herbal tea. If you are making tea from flowers, then they need to be brewed in a large porcelain teapot with water boiled with a "white key" and let it brew for 5-10 minutes. Leaves can also be boiled with boiling water, or you can boil for 3-5 minutes, but many useful substances will disappear. Dry berries must be crushed before brewing, pour boiling water and let it brew for 5-10 minutes. The roots, bark and rough parts of plants are finely cut, put in cold water, brought to a boil and boiled for 10 minutes, then allowed to brew for 10-15 minutes. Properly brewed herbal tea has a wonderful aroma, rich taste and bright color, and is also just a storehouse of useful substances. You can even say that herbal teas can be considered a food product, because they contain a huge amount of biologically active substances: enzymes, vitamins, organic acids, micro- and macroelements, etc.

All herbal teas can be roughly divided into vitamin and medicinal. As the name implies, vitamin herbal teas can be safely drunk all year round as much and whenever you want, but with medicinal teas you need to be careful. These teas are prescribed by doctors, and you can drink them for a limited time. The herbs that make up medicinal tea may have contraindications for some diseases.

In the morning, you can drink a tonic vitamin tea, consisting of strawberry leaves, angelica, lemongrass, lavender, clover leaves and flowers, lovage, etc.
... In the evening, on the contrary, you need to drink soothing herbal teas - St. John's wort, raspberry leaves, peppermint, lemon balm, chamomile, willow tea, cherry leaves, primrose, etc.
... In winter and early spring, it is good to prepare multivitamin herbal teas from raspberry, black currant, blackberry, nettle, carrot, barberry, rosehip, sea buckthorn, mountain ash leaves.
... But in summer it is best to drink tea from fresh herbs and leaves - this is the best time for "live" vitamins.

Here are some sample recipes for collecting vitamin herbal teas.

Lingonberry: 2 g of heather flowers, 2 g of rosehip leaves, 10 g of strawberry leaves.

Rowanberry: 30 g of rowan berries, 5 g of raspberries, 2 g of currant leaves.

Strawberry: 10 g of strawberry leaves, 2 g of mint, 2 g of St. John's wort.

Primrose tea: 5 g of primrose leaves, 5 g of St. John's wort.

Honey rosehip tea: 20 g of rose hips, 15 g of honey, 5 g of lemon juice.

Vitamin: 20 g of rose hips, 10 g of rowan fruits, 5 g of oregano leaves.

General strengthening: 3 g of strawberry leaves, 3 g of blackberry leaves, 3 g of black currant leaves, 10 g of thyme, 10 g of St. John's wort. 1 tbsp brew the mixture with 200 ml of boiling water and leave for 10 minutes.

General strengthening number 2: 6 g rose hips, 6 g sea buckthorn fruits, 2 g centaury herb, 2 g licorice root, 3 g dandelion root, 20 g honey.

General strengthening number 3: 30 g of rose hips, 20 g of blueberries, 10 g of bird cherry, 30 g of nettle leaves. 1 tbsp brew the mixture with 200 ml of boiling water and cook for 10 minutes, insist for 1 hour. Drink with honey.

General strengthening number 4: 30 g of rose hips, 10 g of lingonberry leaves, 30 g of nettle, honey. 1 tbsp pour 400 ml of boiling water into the mixture, cook for 10 minutes, insist in a thermos for 2 hours. Drink hot. This tea is contraindicated for constipation.

Medicinal herbal teas are used only on the recommendation of a doctor and under his supervision. Doses and the number of herbs in the collection of medicinal teas are not strictly required, it depends on the state of health and your well-being, they can be reduced, but you should not increase them. Unlike vitamin teas, which can be drunk at any time of the day or night, medicinal herbal teas are consumed 20-30 minutes before meals. Prepared tea can be stored in the refrigerator for 2-3 days. Usually, medicinal teas are prepared in a water bath. For this, the dishes with the collection filled with boiled water are placed in a bowl with slightly boiling water and boiled. Infusions are prepared in a water bath for 15 minutes, decoctions - 30 minutes. Then the medicinal tea is removed from the heat and insisted: infusions - 10-15 minutes, decoctions - 30 minutes. After that, the resulting tea is drained, the remaining raw materials are squeezed out and all the liquid is filtered through cheesecloth. Then the finished medicinal tea is added with boiled water to the original volume.

The judicious use of natural remedies can help relieve your condition and get rid of the ailment. However, one should not self-medicate, exceed the indicated doses of herbs, and use unknown herbs. This is fraught with poisoning!

Here are some recipes for medicinal teas.

Diuretic tea: 5 g sainfoin, 5 g St. John's wort, 5 g black currant leaves.

Blueberry tea (for colitis): 2 g of blueberries, 2 g of chamomile flowers, 2 g of peppermint, 2 g of nettle leaves.

Diaphoretic tea: 10 g of raspberries, 10 g of linden flowers. 1 tbsp brew mixture 2 stack. boiling water, leave for 5 minutes, drink hot.

Healing tea for colds: 10 g of chamomile flowers, 10 g of linden flowers, 10 g of black elderberry, 10 g of peppermint. 1 tbsp mix the mixture with a glass of boiling water, wrap for 30 minutes, drain. Drink hot.

Breast tea: 40 g of coltsfoot leaves, 30 g of plantain leaf, 30 g of licorice root. 1 tbsp brew mixture 2 stack. boiling water. Insist 30 minutes, drain. Drink 2 tablespoons. every 3 hours. This tea helps to get rid of phlegm in the lungs.

Warming tea: 10 g ginger, 10 g cinnamon, 10 g cloves. 1 tsp brew the mixture with 200 ml of boiling water, insist a little. Ginger improves blood circulation, has antiseptic, expectorant, stimulating properties. This tea is very peculiar, harsh.

Soothing tea: 10 g of lemon balm leaves, 10 g of veronica leaves, 30 g of strawberry leaves, 40 g of hawthorn fruits. 1 tbsp brew the mixture with 250 ml of boiling water, leave for 5-7 minutes. Drink with honey.

Soothing Tea # 2: 30 g of strawberry leaves, 20 g of peppermint, 40 g of hawthorn fruit. The mixture is prepared in the same way as in the previous recipe.

Soothing Tea # 3: 10 g of peppermint, 10 g of lemon balm, 10 g of valerian root, 10 g of leaves and flowers of prickly tartar. 1 tbsp pour 200 ml of boiling water into the mixture, leave for 30 minutes, drain. Drink half a glass 3 times a day.

Soothing Tea # 4: 10 g of peppermint, 10 g of motherwort, 10 g of valerian root, 10 g of hops. The mixture is brewed and taken in the same way as in the previous recipe.

Separately, it must be said about herbal teas for weight loss. Such teas gradually restore metabolism, promote the breakdown of fat, and remove toxins. Of course, you will not achieve a miraculous instant effect, but by taking herbal tea for weight loss for a long time, you will significantly improve the general condition of the body.

Slimming Multivitamin Tea: 30 g buckthorn bark, 10 g dandelion root, 10 g parsley, 10 g peppermint. 1 tbsp pour 200 ml of boiling water into the mixture for 15 minutes. Take 2 tbsp. in the morning on an empty stomach for 2 months.

Rowanberry Slimming Tea: 70 g of rowan berries, 30 g of nettle or rosehip leaves. 1 tbsp pour 400 ml of boiling water into the mixture for 10 minutes, leave for 4 hours, drain. Take half a glass between meals 3 times a day.

Blackberry Slimming Tea: 80 g of blackberry leaves, 10 g of birch leaves, 10 g of coltsfoot leaves. Pour the whole mixture with boiling water in a ratio of 1:20, leave for 15 minutes. Take 1 stack. before breakfast and lunch.

Buckthorn bark slimming tea: 30 g buckthorn bark, 20 g peppermint leaves, 30 g nettle leaves, 10 g calamus root. 1 tbsp pour 300 ml of boiling water into the mixture, leave for 4 hours, drain. Take half a glass 3 times a day 30 minutes before meals.

Be careful! Slimming teas are contraindicated in case of exacerbation of gastrointestinal diseases, general weakening of the body, urolithiasis, as well as during pregnancy and feeding.

And finally, a few words about the benefits and dangers of herbal tea during pregnancy. The safety issue of herbal teas during pregnancy is controversial. Experienced herbalists claim that some of them can have a beneficial effect on the course of pregnancy and the condition of the fetus, but contraindications are also known. For example, chamomile tea can be drunk, but a little and infrequently - no more than one cup a day, but with the threat of miscarriage, this dose can be fatal. Teas containing ginseng, marsh mint, Voronets, Chernobyl, rusty elm, fennel, licorice (or licorice), fenugreek, sage, hops and wormwood are generally forbidden to drink during pregnancy. These herbs can tone the uterus and cause miscarriage. If you don't know exactly what the effect of a particular herb on uterine activity is, it's best not to risk it.

For pregnant women, vitamin herbal teas can be a good solution.

Vitamin tea for pregnant women: 10 g of rose hips, 10 g of black currant fruits. 1 tbsp pour 400 ml of boiling water over the mixture. Insist 40 minutes in a sealed container. Take half a glass 3-4 times a day.

Vitamin tea for pregnant women # 2: 10 g of rose hips, 10 g of raspberry leaves, 10 g of currant leaves, 10 g of lingonberry leaves. 2 tbsp collection, pour 200 ml of boiling water, boil for 10 minutes, insist for 45 minutes. Drink half a glass 2 times a day.

Vitamin tea for pregnant women # 3: 10 g of rose hips, 10 g of rowan fruits. 2 tbsp pour 600 ml of boiling water into the mixture, boil for 3 minutes, leave for 30 minutes. Take half a glass 3-4 times a day.

As for the kids, any vitamin herbal teas can be given to them, only, of course, diluting them by about half.

Enjoy your tea!

Larisa Shuftaykina

Aromatic herbs can replace a whole multivitamin complex. At the same time, vitamin tea will be much more pleasant to drink than tablets. You can brew a tasty and healthy drink from many plants with the addition of berries and fruits. Strawberries, cherries, St. John's wort, oregano, tansy, mint leaves, lemon balm, fruits are perfect for this. You can experiment with the composition, look for your own taste. Each time the taste of the drink will be different: with a hint of bitterness or sweet aftertaste, fruity aroma or with a rich taste of meadow herbs.

Procurement and storage of medicinal raw materials

Dried herbs and fruits can be purchased, or you can prepare plants yourself. Bone leaves, raspberries, blackberries, strawberries must be picked fully unfolded. When collecting St. John's wort, mint, oregano, thyme, you need to leave the plants with flowers so that the seeds ripen. , rose hips and jasmine are harvested when they are completely in full bloom. Fruits and berries must be fully ripe. It is best to practice the collection during the dry season.

Store medicinal herbs away from strong smelling substances. Linen and paper bags or sacks are used. Aromatic herbs are stored in ceramic and glass jars with lids. It is better to attach a label with the name, collection time to each jar. The herb is stored for no more than two years, the fruits for no more than four years, and the rhizomes for no more than three years.

The beneficial composition of vitamin tea

Vitamin tea can be regarded as a source of biologically active substances: vitamins, enzymes, microorganisms, organic acids. Such a rich composition can prevent and cure many diseases. considered a good prophylactic agent. It does not contain caffeine, which adds value to it. The drink made from herbs can be consumed without fear at any age and at any time of the day. The main thing is to drink vitamin tea regularly and prepare it correctly.

Each tea has its own set of valuable substances. Let's take a look at the most popular herbal drinks that use vitamin herbs.

Rosehip tea. It contains a large amount of vitamin C and has a healing effect. Its value is due to the presence of vitamins P, E, A, which increase the body's resistance. This tea has healing and tonic properties.

Currant tea. Black currants (leaves and fruits) are rich in vitamin C. The drink helps to strengthen the immune system, fight vitamin deficiency. When the body is filled with enough vitamins, it is protected from flu viruses and colds.

Vitamin collection from herbs. You can use equal parts of currant leaves, strawberries and rose hips to get a fragrant and tasty drink. It will combine many healing properties.

Compiling a collection for vitamin tea

The composition of vitamin tea can be very diverse. It all depends on the person's taste preferences and the state of his health. There should be only one fragrant herb in the collection so that the aroma of one plant does not interrupt the other. You can use thyme, mint, oregano, lemon balm. A few neutral herbs should be added to the aromatic herb.

When mixing herbs, one should take into account the contraindications of each of them, remember that it is better not to include unfamiliar plants in the herbal collection. It is wiser to use the already proven recipes of herbalists, which have long been used in traditional medicine.

When and how to drink vitamin tea

Suitable for a morning reception. It can be made from angelica, strawberry leaves, lemongrass, lavender, clover.

Before going to bed, a vitamin supplement is useful. Chamomile, fireweed, raspberry leaves, lemon balm are used for its preparation.

In summer, tea is made from freshly picked flowers and leaves. In winter and early spring, dried raw materials can be used. Particular attention should be paid to tea made from blackberry leaves, black currant, barberry, rowan, currant, sea buckthorn.

Vitamin tea recipes

Heather, Rosehip and Strawberry Tea

You need to take 2 g of heather flowers and rosehip leaves, as well as 10 g of strawberry leaves. The mixture is poured into 200 ml of boiling water. After 10 minutes, the vitamin tea is ready.

To prepare the collection, you need to mix 20 g of St. John's wort and thyme. Add 4 g of lingonberry leaves. The mixture must be brewed, used as a tea leaves.

Rosehip Vitamin Tea

Rosehip is included in various herbal preparations. There are legends about its benefits. Its rich composition includes a whole range of nutrients.

Classic rosehip tea

Vitamin tea with rosehip serves as the prevention of vitamin deficiency. Dry rose hips need to be crushed, 1 tbsp. l. Pour fruits into a thermos, pour boiling water (200 ml). Let it brew. The tea is rich in color and taste. This is the daily dose for an adult.

Herbal tea with rose hips

Dried rose hips are added in various proportions to other plant materials. Prepared tea is used instead of regular tea. The following fees can be used:

• Rosehip (fruits) - 3 parts, nettle (leaves) - 3 parts, dried carrots - 3 parts, black currant (berries) - 1 part;
• Rosehip (fruits), raspberries (berries) or mountain ash - 1 part each;
• Rosehip (fruits) - 3 parts, lingonberry (berries) - 1 part, nettle (leaves) - 3 parts;
• rose hips, lingonberries (leaves) - 2 parts, black currants and raspberries (leaves) - 1 part each.

You can add honey or sugar to any of the prepared drinks.

Fortifying teas

Collection number 1. Leaves of black currant, blackberry and strawberry - 3 g each, thyme, St. John's wort - 10 g each. This mixture is poured with 200 ml of boiling water. You need to infuse the drink for up to 10 minutes.

Collection number 2. Rosehip and sea buckthorn fruits - 6 g each, centaury herb, licorice root, dandelion root - 2 g each. The roots should be cut and the fruits should be chopped. Pour 200 ml of boiling water, hold the mixture over low heat for 10 minutes, then insist for an hour. Add a spoonful of honey before use.