Tea came to Russia not so long ago by historical standards, but managed to take root so much that it already seems to be a traditional Russian drink. The pleasure and benefits it brings are beyond doubt, but there are many herbal tea-like drinks that have successfully replaced tea.
In specialized stores, along with tea, herbal mixtures are sold. You can buy them, or you can cook it yourself from the herbs available "at hand". Such teas can be not only healthier, but also tastier than the purchased mixtures, because they will be compiled taking into account their own tastes and needs. Especially useful are herbs that grow in the area where a person lives.
Fireweed
The popular name for fireweed is "ivan-tea". By brewing the dried leaves of this plant, you can get a wonderful tea-like drink. To do this, pour a glass of boiling water over 2 tablespoons of dried fireweed leaves, leave for 10 minutes, and then drink, diluted with water to taste.
It is difficult to overestimate the useful properties of such "tea" It has anti-inflammatory, diaphoretic and sedative effects. You should not drink "tea" from fireweed before the trip or just before bedtime, because it also has a diuretic effect.
Rosehip
Rosehip tea is very useful. Fruits contain more vitamin C than lemon or black currant, they also contain other vitamins - B1, B2, B6, E, K, PP. Rosehip decoction lowers blood pressure, strengthens blood vessels.
The simplest recipe for a rosehip drink is as follows: for 20 g of fruit - 5 g of lemon juice, 15 g of honey. You can combine rose hips with other ingredients - for example, take 10 g of rowan berries and 5 g of oregano leaves for 20 g of its fruits.
You can prepare a fortifying drink on the basis of rose hips: for 20 g of fruits - 10 g of bird cherry berries, 30 g of nettle leaves and 20 blueberries. Such a mixture in the amount of one tablespoon is boiled for 10 minutes, pouring a glass of boiling water, and then infused for an hour, drunk with honey.
Another fortifying mixture includes, along with 30 g of rose hips, the same amount of nettle leaves, 10 g of lingonberry leaves and honey to taste. Pour a tablespoon of the mixture with 2 cups of boiling water, you need to cook it for 10 minutes, then leave it for 2 hours in a thermos.
Other herbal teas
Herbal mixtures for tea-like drinks can be made up yourself. In this case, you need to be careful, because several herbs with a strong aroma - such as lemon balm, mint, thyme - can give a very unpleasant smell when mixed. It is better to include one such herb and several neutral ones in the mixture.
An example is recipes for vitamin teas. Such mixtures are not medicinal, they can be drunk by all people and in any quantity.
To prepare strawberry tea, you will need 2 g of mint and St. John's wort per 10 g of strawberry leaves. Rowan tea is prepared from dried rowan berries (30 g), raspberries (5 g), black currant leaves (2 g). Heather tea can be made from 2 g of heather leaves, the same amount of rosehip leaves, and 10 g of strawberry leaves.
