Apple leaves: use, benefit and harm

After harvesting fresh apples, many gardeners, as a rule, completely ignore the leaves of the tree.And in vain, because this component is used to create very tasty and healthy teas. Having prepared fresh leaves in the summer, in the winter it will be possible to strengthen the immune system, while enjoying a pleasant taste.

Apple leaves contain a large amount of nutrients. It is worth starting, of course, with vitamin C, whose content in the plant is very high. There are 400 milligrams of ascorbicles per 100 grams of leaflets. In addition, the product is rich in phosphorus, aluminum, iron, zinc, and other valuable trace elements. It is important to mention amino acids, for example, glutamine and aspartic. Completing an extensive list of ingredients phytoncides, flavonoids, coumarins and tannins.

This may come as a surprise to many, but the health benefits of apple leaflets are very great. Due to the presence of ascorbic acid, the product not only strengthens the immune system, but also helps to successfully resist colds and prostration. In addition, drinking apple tea improves mood and gives energy. Infusion is prescribed to people suffering from diseases of the respiratory system. Since the components of the leaves soften the mucous membranes and promote sputum removal, the drink will help eliminate such unpleasant phenomena as coughing.

Apple leaves have anti-inflammatory ability, so the decoction should be used when there are violations in the digestive system. Tea can alleviate the effects of gastritis, ulcers, or other similar diseases.

Some contraindications are available for such a useful product as apple leaves.

• First, it is worth abstaining from patients suffering from constipation. The problem is that the sheets contain tannins, which may not make a difference for the better.
• Secondly, women need to be careful in the situation - the effect of herbal infusions on the condition of the fetus sometimes has a negative effect.
• Thirdly, of course, apple teas are forbidden to those who have individual fruit intolerance or are prone to allergic reactions.

In addition, sometimes people at risk are people whose body is prone to the formation of blood clots while taking medicinal plants. In general, in any case, you should follow the dosage and rules of preparation and, in case of incomprehensible symptoms, immediately consult a doctor.

Prepare a fermented tea at home is not difficult. In the simplest version, one teaspoon of leaves is simply poured with freshly boiled water in the amount of one glass. She has to stand up from fifteen to twenty minutes under a covered lid. If desired, pieces of fruit or berries, cinnamon, ginger, lemon, or even ordinary tea tea leaves are added to the drink.

With a cold from cough, you will need to brew tea five times a day and drink a third of a glass. If problems are detected with the respiratory system, then it is recommended to drink the decoction three times a day in half a traditional glass of 200 milliliters.

Eating apple broth for people suffering from diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, is as follows: a teaspoon of dry leaves will need to be filled with a glass of freshly boiled water and allowed to brew for about a quarter of an hour. Drink a drink you need slowly in small sips of one tablespoon several times a day.

If 20 grams of dry leaves and a teaspoon of vinegar pour a glass of boiling water, and then insist for an hour, you get a useful drink that helps against sinusitis.

Judging by the reviews, the prevention of kidney stones occurs with a tablespoon of dried apple peel, a teaspoon of dried leaves and a glass of freshly boiled water. Particles are covered with boiling water and infused for about half an hour. Drink this drink will need for the day in small doses.

Polyarthritis requires brewing apple tea, supplemented with a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar and a teaspoon of honey.

Apple leaves will have to collect even at the moment when the ovaries are formed. As long as there is no fruit, all the nutrients go to the green mass, which means that the leaves get maximum benefit. Only need to tear the plates, which are soft to the touch, and apparently do not have any wounds, holes or other damage. Do not take the sheets on which insects are clearly functioning, as well as those that are infected.

In addition, banned are bushes, recently subjected to chemical spraying. Of course, you can wait until the action of substances ceases, but still it is better to collect the material before the treatments.

Peeled sheets are dried on horizontal surfaces, for example, a window sill or oven tray. They are not recommended to dump one pile, it is better to form a thin layer. As long as juices remain in the sheets, it is necessary to mix the material periodically in order to eliminate the possibility of mold or other seals. Ideally, the fermentation should be carried out in fresh air, but without exposure to sunlight. In general, this process is a kind of fermentation of leaves.

The plates break, crack, twist and, of course, lose their juice. Just the same juice and activates fermentation - it spreads over the surfaces of the leaves, and they begin to ferment. It is important that the temperature around is kept in the range from 25 to 27 degrees, and the humidity was quite high. If the fermentation takes place at a higher temperature, the timing of its implementation will decrease. If, on the contrary, the drying is delayed, then the final drink will turn a darker color.

In the case when there is no time to ferment in natural conditions, it makes sense to use an electric dryer or a conventional oven. By adjusting the temperature, not exceeding 45 degrees, it is possible to carry out processing much faster. It is best to keep the sheets in glass jars, breaking them into small particles, or grinding them in a blender, or folding them in a whole. They will need to be consumed for twelve months, but it is better not to start the use from the first days - the raw material should lie down for about eight weeks.

There is also one recommendation for cooking apple tea at home: First, you can withstand selected leaves on dry surfaces for five to six hours, then grind them in a meat grinder or blender, and only then dry them until a golden shade and a delicate fruity odor appear.

To learn how to make tea yourself from the leaves of an apple tree, see the following video.