Remember that Sagan-dailya is the strongest energy stimulator, so do not use it before going to bed.
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If you want to stay strong and energetic all the time, you need not necessarily buy brand new vitamins or create a stock of kilograms of pills. Our article features 5 curative tea recipes from Baikal which will help to stay healthy and forget about pharmacies for a long time.
There are dozens of bright boxes with tea for every taste on the shelves of modern shops. However, these tea bags are often filled with dubious contents, and instead of pieces of fruits or berries, they may contain such additions as flavorings and coloring agents. If you want to receive real pleasure from tea drinking and feel tangible health benefits, go for tea not to the supermarket, but to the mountains and forests.
Let’s have a look at the main herbs of the Baikal region that are used to prepare curative drinks:
The famous Sagan-dailya (also known as “Rhododendron adamsii” or “White Wing”) has many useful properties. This plant efficiently enhances immunity, cleans the body of toxins and toxins, improves metabolism. Sagan-dailya significantly reduces fatigue, stimulates brain activity, restores stamina and energy. If you perform intense mental or physical work, be sure to stock up the leaves of this plant.
By the way, Sagan-dailya is called “the herb prolonging life” not by an accident. The plant has a favorable effect on the cardiovascular system, regulates blood pressure, slows down the ageing process and is even used to prevent cancer.
Cooking method:
3-5 leaves of Sagan-dailya are brewed in 200 milliliters of hot water, green or black tea. Infuse the decoction during 7-30 minutes and drink it no more than 2 times a day.
Remember that Sagan-dailya is the strongest energy stimulator, so do not use it before going to bed.
Both the leaves and roots of the plant are used to prepare curative decoctions. Bergenia has disinfectant, anti-inflammatory, healing and diuretic properties. Tinctures with the addition of this herb are excellent for fighting colds, influenza, urinary bladder and gastrointestinal diseases. The extract of bergenia contributes to the strengthening of blood vessels and improving blood circulation. In addition, the plant stimulates fat burning and will be an excellent assistant in the fight for a slim body.
Cooking method:
Pour a glass of hot water over 3 tablespoons of fine-cut bergenia, put the mixture on a slow fire (low heat). After half of the liquid evaporates, remove the decoction from the fire and cool it down. Take 30 drops of infusion 2-3 times a day.
Rhodiola rosea helps to cope with increased fatigability, stress, manifestations of vegetative-vascular dystonia. The extract of this plant stimulates muscular and mental performance, improves visual acuity and hearing. Rhodiola rosea is a real Alladin’s lamp for those who should pass exams or deliver an important project just in a couple of days.
Cooking method:
You will need 1 teaspoon of fine-cut root of rhodiola rosea for 200 milliliters of water. Infuse the decoction for at least 30 minutes, drink 1/3 of cup of infusion before meal 2-3 times a day.
The glory of the healing properties of this plant is widespread throughout Russia and even beyond its borders. Blooming Sally is rich in antioxidants, vitamins, and trace elements. The content of vitamin C in the plant is 3 times higher than in oranges. Therefore, Blooming Sally helps to quickly cope with colds, to enhance immunity and tone the body. Thanks to its anti-inflammatory and coating properties, Blooming Sally is effective in fight against the diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. Blooming Sally will make daily tea drinking ritual not only a pleasant tradition, but also an effective curative procedure.
Cooking method:
It is enough to add 2 teaspoons of dried leaves and flowers of Blooming Sally to 500 milliliters of water. Infuse the drink for 10-15 minutes and serve it to the table. Blooming Sally does not emit any harmful substances upon repeated brewing, so you brew it up to 5 consecutive times.
This plant is more commonly known as “Kurily tea”. Tormentil has hemostatic, anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic, soothing and immune-enhancing effects on the body. And this is not a full list of useful properties of tormentil. “Kurily tea” is used to heal poisonings, infections of the gastrointestinal tract, gynecological diseases, diabetes. Regular use of this tea helps to restore the work of the nervous system and forget about depression for a long time.
Pour 1 glass of hot water over half a tablespoon of tormentil, cover it up and infuse for 15 minutes. Then cool the infusion down, filter it and dissolve with half a glass of clean water. It is recommended to consume the drink in small portions, no less than 2 times a day during meals.
Other equally useful herbs also grow on the territory of the Baikal region: Thyme, Saint John’s wort, Milfoil, Mint, Melissa, Chamomile, Briar, etc.
Brew them in their natural form or prepare combined teas, combining herbs depending on their properties. So that to make a drink more tasty and fragrant, add leaves or berries of raspberry, currant, linden into it. Candy hounds are recommended to drink tea not with sugar, but with honey – it is not only delicious, but also healthy. Enjoy your tea!
Academician Okladnikov believed that the name of the Kika River (with the emphasis on the second syllable) was derived from the Turkic “green river”. This is the name of one of 336 rivers flowing into Lake Baikal.
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A specially protected natural monument of regional significance – “Anglichanka” Rock – is situat-ed in Selenginsky district of Buryatia. Now it is known as an observation deck with a picturesque view of the Selenga and Spassky Cathedral dated by the 18th century. However, in 1818-1841, Protestant preachers lived here. Key to Baikal explored how the life of the missionaries was con-nected with the rock, what kind of girl was wandering around it and what the London missionary society had to do with it.
The name of the valley originated from local “Bargut” which means “outskirts, wilderness”. It was a name of Mongolian tribe that used to inhabit the valley.
