Those who monitor their health are familiar with very useful ginkgo biloba tea. Despite the fact that its homeland is China, it has spread throughout the world. In the article we will tell what kind of tea it is. Also consider its useful properties. In addition, we will tell you how to make tea from this plant.
Meet Ginkgo Biloba
A tree can grow in height above 40 m, of course, under normal climatic conditions (high humidity and acidic soil). It is resistant to various fungi and parasites that destroy trees. Even severe atmospheric pollution does not scare him. Therefore, the tree can be grown in any corner of the country (in unloved climatic conditions, it can reach 20 m).
Ginkgo biloba is feminine and masculine. The male on the trees have earrings during the breeding season, and the female after ovulation, the ovaries form, resembling a nut, with a rather unpleasant odor. To make a drink, only leaves are required. They are endowed with a variety of useful properties and are the main tea from ginkgo biloba.
Interesting Facts
Interesting information about ginkgo biloba:
- The tree is a long-liver. Its age can reach up to 2500 years.
- At home, he is considered a tree of wisdom.
- Ginkgo biloba got its name thanks to the emperor of Japan, he liked the tree, and he wrote his name in Latin letters in Japanese transcription. Perhaps the original tree in China had a different name.
- Due to the unpleasant smell of fruits, only male varieties are grown in the gardens.
- In China itself, the fruits of the tree in common people are called "silver apricots", and they are considered a delicacy. But if you use a lot of them, then poisoning is also possible.
- The tree easily tolerates acclimatization and takes root in a new place. It is known that it was able to survive the explosion in Hiroshima.
- The tree conquered Europe after the 18th century and has since spread throughout the planet.
The tree is ideally suited for forested areas due to its unpretentiousness, high growth and durability. Tea biloba is grown in special gardens.
The benefits of tea with plant leaves
What is the use of ginkgo biloba tea? The leaves of the tree have a huge range of useful properties, so not only tea is made of them. You can purchase infusions, capsules or tablets from ginkgo leaves. They can not cause harm to drugs, but in order for the effect of taking to be 100%, you should first consult a doctor. The tool is especially recommended for people aged.
The benefits of tea are as follows:
- Using tea with ginkgo biloba daily helps fight depression and mood swings. This is proven by research. A greater effect was observed in people aged. The drink helps to normalize sleep.
- Tea activates brain cells. Relieves puffiness, improves memory and attention, a person becomes more focused. Ginkgo also contributes to the development of creative thinking. Tea has spread to treat Alzheimer's and dementia in humans. Its reception really gives good results.
- Helps restore vision and fights glaucoma. The substances that make up the plant protect the eyes from adverse external factors.
- People write in reviews: Ginkgo biloba tea fights inflammation and relieves pain. Therefore, it is recommended for headaches and during the recovery period after operations and injuries.
- Restores blood vessels and blood flow to all organs and tissues. Due to this, a person feels a surge of strength and energy. Diseases associated with poor blood supply are gradually disappearing. Significant improvements are coming in people suffering from limp.
- Helps fight varicose veins in the legs and hemorrhoids.
- Ginkgo reduces pressure and relieves blood clots. It dilutes the blood and prevents platelets from sticking together. Organs and tissues get enough oxygen. Thanks to this, normal heart function is restored, the load on it is reduced, and heart attacks and strokes are prevented.
- Cleanses blood vessels from cholesterol, thereby improving the general condition of the body.
- It relieves from nervous disorders, which are expressed by convulsions and discoordination in motion. Here the therapeutic effect has not been proved by experiments. But the fact that people who took green tea with ginkgo biloba improved, proved by observations.
- Struggles with the development of cancer cells thanks to the substances that make up the plant.
- Tea and preparations from biloba help restore youthfulness and elasticity to the skin, and even relieve facial wrinkles and pigmentation. Thanks to the effective effect on skin cells, ginkgo promotes rapid healing of wounds and their resorption, eliminates skin imperfections, such as acne.
- Due to its anti-inflammatory, analgesic and sedative properties, ginkgo biloba tea is recommended for women during PMS and when menopause begins.
- It enhances sexual desire in both men and women. Enhances sensations during intimacy, and also improves an erection.
- Normalizes hormones with imbalance. It is useful in the treatment of hormonal drugs or with hormonal disorders.
- Ginkgo prevents the development of asthma, fights spasms in the lungs. But with an attack, it will not have the desired effect. Suitable for prevention.
- Helps people with diabetes. It normalizes blood composition and pancreas function, which is responsible for the proper production of insulin.
- Restores hearing and removes tinnitus.
- Strengthens weakened immunity.
Ginkgo tea can help recover from many diseases. But do not forget that this is not a drug, and medications are required to treat serious diseases. But as a preventive drink, it is ideal.
If you have serious health problems, you can consult a therapist about the benefits and dangers of tea with ginkgo biloba, as well as about the dosage and course of treatment. Medicines may be prescribed where the main active ingredient is the leaves of a given plant.
Contraindications to the use of tea
Any remedy, even food, has contraindications and side effects with excess consumption. Ginkgo biloba tea is no exception.
In the reviews, people write that this drink should be used with caution or it is better to refuse:
- Women who have a baby, and when breastfeeding, it is undesirable to drink such tea. Since it causes blood thinning and during childbirth it can provoke profuse bleeding, as well as an outflow of blood in the fetus. When feeding is prohibited. Since the effect of tree leaves on the baby is not studied.
- You can not combine tea with aspirin or its analogues. Since both drugs thin the blood.
- If there are problems with blood coagulation, and during menstruation, there is a danger of increased bleeding.
- If there is an allergy to the components that make up the leaves.
- If you have problems with pressure, you should consult a cardiologist and therapist about taking tea from ginkgo leaves.
- It is advisable not to give a drink to children under 12 years of age. After this age - with the permission of the pediatrician.
- If there are diseases of the digestive tract in the acute stage, for example, gastritis and an ulcer.
- If there are severe circulatory disorders in the brain.
- With a heart attack and stroke.
- You can not drink tea and medicines with ginkgo before surgery, otherwise severe bleeding is possible.
- Drink is prohibited for people with epileptic seizures.
Do not neglect contraindications. Despite all the benefits, tree leaves can cause irreparable harm to health. If an overdose occurs or side effects appear (described below), then consult a doctor for advice.
Side effects
Side effects of tea from ginkgo biloba leaves:
- skin itching, rashes; in this case, tea will have to be abandoned;
- gastrointestinal tract irritations, accompanied by nausea and vomiting;
- instead of calming, there is a feeling of anxiety, irritability and panic;
- appetite may decrease and saliva production may increase;
- changes in stool (constipation or diarrhea);
- ear plugging and noise in them;
- severe headaches and dizziness;
- in epileptics, tea can trigger a seizure attack.
If you take into account all contraindications and take tea or drugs, as indicated in the instructions, then no side effects were noted. On the contrary, there was a noticeable improvement in the state of the whole organism.
The aroma and taste of tea
Tea is made only from tree leaves. For cooking, you can buy it at a specialty store or pharmacy. Great if you can make tea from fresh leaves.
The drink has a rather interesting taste and aftertaste. It, like any green tea, is very refreshing (thereby invigorating), slightly tart and slightly velvety. Even without the use of sugar or its analogues, the decoction has a sweet taste, which is still felt in the mouth for a long time. The aroma has notes of spice, as well as citrus and fruit.
Ginkgo biloba tea. Instructions for use and brewing
To prepare tasty and healthy tea, you need to follow the instructions (you can get it from the seller in the store). Brewing is recommended in clay or enameled dishes. In glass, and especially iron containers, is not allowed. Since sunlight will penetrate through the glass, worsening the quality and taste of tea. And iron can destroy the beneficial properties of leaves.
To brew tea from ginkgo biloba, it is better to use purchased water, and not from the tap. Ideally, a spring or key one is suitable. Water should not be brought to a boil, it should be removed from the fire when the first bubbles appear, and let the water cool to eighty degrees. For cooking, take no more than four tablespoons of tea per liter of water.
The instructions for use of tea from ginkgo biloba indicate that initially you need to pour tea leaves with such water for five seconds. After that, it is necessary to drain the water into the sink so that all dust and dirt is washed away from them. Then the leaves are steamed for 25 seconds and again the water is drained, but already in the container. After thirty seconds, the leaves are again poured with a drained liquid, previously slightly warmed up (if necessary). Then leave for one minute. Then the procedure is repeated (tea is poured into the container for thirty seconds and again the leaves are poured with this decoction, but for five minutes). After that, the finished tea is poured into a teapot. It should not be left with leaves. When draining water from dishes, every time you need to pour everything to the last drop. Used leaves are unsuitable for reuse.
How to drink the drink right?
Healing agent can be drunk for one month, and then a two-week break is made. Drink instead of regular tea. If all the recommendations are followed, a tangible effect can be noticed after a week. If the course of drinking tea is extended to three months, then the maximum effect will be achieved.
A distinctive feature of the drink is that all substances obtained are either completely absorbed by the body, or excreted with the help of urine. In the body, it does not accumulate. Therefore, it can not harm health.
Blooming Sally. When is it used?
Ivan-tea with ginkgo biloba is also very popular. You can buy the mixture in the finished version in pharmacies. The cooking method is similar. Such a drink has all the properties characteristic of ginkgo tea, only the effect is more enhanced. It is recommended for:
- general physical fatigue and weakness;
- colds;
- chronic lack of sleep and in stressful situations.
Ginkgo biloba tea. Instructions for the preparation of folk remedies
For different diseases, there are different ways to prepare and use the leaves of the ginkgo biloba tree. They originate in China and have been tested for more than one century. The minimum course of application of funds - at least a month. It is necessary to wait not only for the onset of improvement (achieved in the first week), but also to consolidate the result. Do not forget to take breaks between courses. Recipes for cooking:
- To improve brain function and cerebral blood supply. To do this, you need to prepare an alcohol tincture. One liter of vodka or 0.5 liter of alcohol and fifty grams of leaves are taken. Insist from ten to fourteen days. Shake the container daily so that all useful substances pass into the tincture. After cooking, tea leaves can not be removed. Consume up to three teaspoons per day (divided into three doses). Use before meals, preferably diluted with water. The course is one month every six months. This tincture also helps to improve potency and sexual desire. Only the course of treatment should be intermittent, and should last no more than six months.
- For the treatment of lungs. The recipe is popular for tuberculosis and asthma. The cooking method is quite simple. It will take ten - five grams of leaves and 0.4-0.5 liters of warm water. Insist in a thermos for at least two hours. With this method of preparation, all the beneficial substances pass into the drink. Consume up to 300 ml of the drug per day. Divide into three equal portions. Treatment lasts no more than two months. Such oolong tea with ginkgo biloba will help smokers to clear their lungs.
- To improve the condition of blood vessels and their cleaning. The tool helps to reduce the risk of heart disease and heart attacks to the minimum. Vessels purified from cholesterol supply blood better, and hence oxygen. The general health and immunity improves. To prepare, take 0.4 kg of fresh leaves of ginkgo biloba, any greens (parsley, dill) and honey. The grass is chopped. After all the ingredients are mixed well. Store at low temperatures. For a day, it is enough to eat up to 3 tablespoons of the mixture (divided into three doses).
- To improve blood circulation and lower blood pressure. Before preparing the infusion, the leaves need to be finely chopped. Pour 0.7 liters of warm water with fifteen grams of ginkgo biloba leaves. Insist in a container wrapped in a blanket. Consume 7 ml in the morning for up to one month. After two weeks, the course can be repeated. It is recommended to carry out at least three times a year.
- Anti-aging drink. It also helps to strengthen immunity. Dry tea needs to be crushed to powder. It is desirable to cook small portions, fresh at least once every three days, the remaining drink is poured. To prepare, you need five grams of powder to insist in 0.18 liters of hot water (up to 80 degrees). Drink up to 50 milliliters of infusion per day. It should be divided into equal portions, consumed throughout the day. The recommended period is three months, between them you need to take two breaks up to 10 days. The taste of tea with ginkgo biloba prepared in this way is brighter. Since it is crushed, it quickly and completely gives up beneficial properties and taste.
- The classic tool. It is suitable for the prevention of many diseases. To prepare the infusion, 0.23 liters of hot water (not higher than 90 degrees) and up to thirty grams of leaves are taken. Let stand for five minutes, then cook in a water bath for up to twenty minutes. Insist the same amount of time. The prepared amount of infusion is divided into three doses and is drunk per day, before eating. After a month of treatment, a break is made, the course takes up to four months. It helps to fight an allergic reaction, cleanses blood from cholesterol and so on.
- A universal and simple way to use ginkgo leaves is to make fine powder from them. In the morning, chew up to 8 grams of powder and drink with warm water. This procedure is carried out once a day. Up to three courses lasting one month are conducted per year. It helps reduce pressure, relieve stress and add energy.
- This tincture will return youth to the skin, clarity of mind, cleanse the body of toxins and excess fluid. 50-60 grams of leaves will need 0.5 liters of alcohol (70%). Before pouring leaves with alcohol, it must be heated to a temperature of 85 degrees. It can be a little higher or lower. Insist at least eight days. Store in a dark glass container and tightly closed. Up to 10 milliliters can be consumed per day, added to drinks, preferably tea.
Tips for those who plan to drink tea with the leaves of a healthy plant
The most popular and proven recipes are considered above. With their help, you can avoid most diseases, strengthen and rejuvenate the body, as well as acquire good sex drive.If there are side effects after taking, then you may have to give up folk remedies and just drink tea with ginkgo biloba leaves (if there are no contraindications for this). Note that for starters you need to use in small portions and in diluted form. After it is worth watching the reaction of the body.
Important: before switching to the use of medicinal tea, you need to consult a physician and the specialist from whom it was purchased. You also need to strictly follow the recipe. You should not take teas "cheaply from the hands." They are unlikely to have useful properties, and it is good if in return there is ordinary green tea, and not dust from the roads of China.
Little conclusion
Now you know how to make ginkgo biloba tea, what beneficial properties a drink has. We also examined possible side effects and contraindications.