Today, reliable scientific data on the beneficial properties of birch sap either do not exist at all, or they are hidden away from human eyes. Self-extraction of juice is interpreted as a crime, and if you ask a person what birch sap is, the first thing he remembers is a sweet and sour liquid, "packed" in a glass jar or tetrapak.

Of course, later, perhaps, someone will remember about trees with black and white bark, but that will be later. And this is somewhat alarming.

On the other hand, the time is now such when a person learns about natural food not in a forest, in a meadow or near a river, but in a store, studying colorful labels of semi-finished products.

Well, what kind of health can we talk about here ...

However, we have deviated greatly from the main topic of the article. After all, our main task is to find out what birch sap is, how it can be useful to us, how to procure it and whether it is worth keeping it for a long time.

Therefore, let's get started ...

The benefits and harms of birch sap

Birch juice Is a woody elixir of life that feeds the birch throughout its existence.

This definition is far from scientific or even generally accepted, however, we believe that it reflects the essence of birch sap, its main purpose and value. At the same time, despite such a clearly defined biological role of birch sap, it is able to nourish not only the tree, but also the human body. And with no less efficiency.

At first glance, birch sap looks very similar to water, but it is not water at all. And the point here is not at all in the sweet taste, which is a kind of "visiting card" of birch sap. In fact, the two fluids have different chemical compositions.

The maximum that water is capable of is saturation with minerals. Birch sap, in turn, contains minerals, vitamins, enzymes, phytoncides, fructose, tannins, organic acids, essential oils and, most likely, a lot more. Because even in our advanced age, not everything is visible through a microscope.

Thanks to such a rich composition, birch sap benefits everyone who is able to drink it. And this is not a lot, not a little - practically the entire population of our vast planet. The only exceptions are two categories of people:

• those who were not lucky enough to "get their hands on" an allergy to the pollen of birch catkins
• healthy children under the age of six months, who have the opportunity to feed on their mother's breast milk (no one will give birch sap to sick children at this age either, but hypothetically, it is able to help them too)

For everyone else, birch sap will be a good help in life, as it improves metabolic processes in the body, and with regular use it can quickly remove a huge amount of toxins from the digestive tract and blood of a person.

In addition, all kinds of inorganic deposits (salts, trans fats, etc.), which are waiting in the wings in the joints, internal organs, connective tissue and under the skin, lend themselves to birch sap.

Such an effect on the body makes it possible to say with confidence that birch sap will be useful to everyone who has one or more diseases from the following list:

• sciatica, arthritis, rheumatism, gout
• stones in the kidneys, urinary and gall bladders (it is imperative to start with small volumes of juice and constantly monitor the size and position of the stones)
• functional disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, liver, kidneys and other internal organs and systems
• cardiovascular diseases
• sore throat, cough, chronic runny nose, tuberculosis, acute respiratory infections and other diseases associated with the release of mucus and pus through the upper and lower respiratory tract
• any oncology
• any inflammatory processes in the body, and especially in the organs of the genitourinary system
• intoxication of any origin
• chronic fatigue, drowsiness, and even depression

This is not a complete list of diseases and conditions for which raw fresh birch sap is indicated. However, we have not a medical encyclopedia here, but just a small article on health. Therefore, with this, we will probably end the conversation about beneficial properties and diseases.

Let's just note that fresh raw birch sap has the greatest healing cleansing power. Frozen raw juice will bring a little less benefit, and you will get very little benefit from all kinds of kvass, tinctures, industrial drinks called "Birch sap" and other products of industrial and home processing of this wonderful elixir.

How to collect birch sap

Acquaintance with the technology of self-collecting birch sap should begin with an answer to the question WHERE it can be collected. Although, of course, purely physical birch sap can be stored anywhere, including the Chernobyl "reserve". Only that juice that was collected far from any factories, cities, major roads (including railways) and agricultural fields can only benefit the body.

Only in this case will the birch sap be clean (free of heavy metals, radionuclides, pesticides and other harmful chemical compounds), safe and nutritious.

You can collect birch sap from the moment when the first buds swell on the birch trees, and until the first leaves appear. Moreover, in sunny glades, harvesting can begin a little earlier than in the depths of the forest. True, the leaves bloom here faster than in the wilderness. Therefore, start from the glades and gradually move to darker places.

You can check if the juice has flowed using a thin awl - pierce the bark and see if a drop of juice appears. If it appears, you can start collecting.

Trees should be selected based on the following parameters:

• the thickness of the trunk at the level of the chest of an adult - at least 20 cm
• developed "lush" crown

To inflict minimal harm on birch, a hole in the trunk should be made at an angle of about 45 degrees (to make it easier for the juice to drain), with a thin drill - no wider than 1 cm, no more than 3 cm deep.Curved pieces of tin, wood and plastic can be used as a groove. tubes, medical systems, etc. The main thing is that these grooves do not "enrich" the tree and the collected sap with harmful chemical elements and compounds.

Each birch that meets the above criteria is capable of producing an average of 1 to 7 liters of sap. At the same time, the holes made are tightened over time, and we get less and less juice. We recommend not making the hole deeper, but simply changing the tree. Just be sure to treat the damaged area - hermetically seal the hole with garden varnish, wax or clay.

How to preserve birch sap (before winter, at home)

Fresh raw birch sap can be stored without compromising quality in a cold place for up to 2 days. After this time, as well as when stored warm, birch sap very quickly begins to sour. And here methods of long-term storage of birch sap come to our aid ...

V The ideal way to preserve birch sap until winter is to freeze it. Moreover, the juice must be frozen quickly, then everything useful will remain in it.

If there is no freezer, then you can "roll" birch sap into sterilized glass jars... To do this, it is heated to 80 ° C, poured into cans and rolled up with tin lids. After that, the sealed jars are kept in 85-degree water for 15 minutes and left to cool at room temperature.

You can also make birch concentrate. To do this, the juice is brought to a temperature of 60 ° C and 75% of the total volume is evaporated. The remaining 25 percent of the concentrate is poured into sterilized cans and hermetically sealed. And before use, such a concentrate is mixed with water.

What is made from birch sap?

Since the "discovery" of birch sap, people have come up with dozens of recipes for making tasty and healthy (though not always) drinks, which include all kinds of kvass, syrups, homemade wines, fruit cocktails, sweet "water" and others.

The simplest drink is obtained by mixing birch sap with fruit or vegetable juices. In any proportion to taste.

It is a little more difficult to prepare birch kvass (one of the options):
Fresh birch sap is poured into a glass bottle, a handful of raisins are added there (at the rate of several pieces per liter) and sugar (2 tsp per liter). If you wish, you can throw a little more into the bottle lemon peel, fruits or berries. After that, the bottle must be tightly closed and placed in a cool place. After a few days, the kvass will be ready, but you can open it both immediately and after 2-3 months. Will not spoil.

Another option is birch-bread kvass:
Pour birch sap into any clean container (preferably in oak barrel), put a cloth bag with rye bread crumbs there and close the vessel. After a few days, the juice will ferment, and you can add dill stalks, cherry leaves and oak bark to it. Then future kvass closes for at least 2 weeks. After that, the vessel can be opened, and the kvass can be drunk.

Prepared from birch sap and medicinal drinks. Usually for these purposes, birch sap is mixed with berries and honey.

For example, let's give a recipe for making a birch-lingonberry drink:
The first step is to squeeze the juice from 150 grams of lingonberries. Then put the pomace in a saucepan and pour 1 liter of fresh birch sap. Hold this "compote" for 5 minutes in a water bath and cool. Mix with the previously squeezed lingonberry juice and add a little honey (or a lot if you really like sweets). Drink according to your mood. The drink has a pronounced diuretic effect.

As we have already said, there are a great many recipes for such drinks - at least according to the recipe for the berry. And if you remember about lemons, oranges and dried fruits, then during the spring you can provide yourself with a variety of drinks for the whole year. True, before that you have to properly stock up on berries and dried fruits ...

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It is customary to call birch sap a clear liquid that is released before the appearance of green leaves from tables or birch branches under the action of root pressure. Birch sap is extracted on an industrial scale in Russia, Belarus, some regions of Ukraine, Canada. Birch sap is transparent, almost colorless or light yellow, has a sweet taste and a pleasant specific aroma. Birch sap is a seasonal product, it is harvested in April-May, depending on climatic conditions.

Calorie content of birch sap

The calorie content of birch sap is 24 kcal per 100 grams of product.

Composition and useful properties of birch sap

In one of the documentary books, the writer Yevgeny Permyak describes the production of wine from birch sap like. The drink was called "BerSo". In 1936, a pilot production of birch wines was organized near Sverdlovsk. In the USA, birch syrup is sometimes brewed from birch sap, by analogy with. It is usually obtained directly in the forest by evaporating the juice over "naked fire".

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Birch sap (birch tree)- liquid emerging from a birch in places of damage to its trunk or branches. Such injuries can be cuts or fractures, and the outflow of fluid is due to the action of root pressure in the tree.

Birch sap is a very valuable product enriched with many beneficial substances for the body, due to which this liquid has a complex beneficial effect on human health.

Composition of birch sap

• Juice density - 1.0007-1.0046 g / ml;
• Solids content - 0.7-4.6 g / l;
• Ash content - 0.3-0.7 mg / l;
• The total sugar content is 0.5-2.3%;
• Protein - 0.1 g / 100 g;
• Fat - 0.0;
• Carbohydrates - 5.8 g / 100 g;
• Among organic substances, we note: essential oils, saponins, betulol, more than 10 organic acids.

The calorie content of birch sap is- 22-24 kcal per 100 g of fresh product.

Birch sap also contains the following macro- and microelements (minerals):

• sugars - 1-4%;
• - 273 mg / l;
• - 16 mg / l;
• - 13 mg / l;
• - 6 mg / l;
• aluminum (Al) - 1-2 mg / l;
• manganese (Mn) - 1 mg / l;
• iron (Fe) - 0.25 mg / l;
• silicon (Si) - 0.1 mg / l;
• titanium (Ti) - 0.08 mg / l;
• copper (Cu) - 0.02 mg / l;
• strontium (Sr) - 0.1 mg / l;
• barium (Ba) - 0.01 mg / l;
• nickel (Ni) - 0.01 mg / l;
• zirconium (Zr) - 0.01 mg / l;
• - 0.01 mg / l;
• traces of nitrogen (N).

The chemical composition may vary somewhat depending on the region of growth of the donor birch birch and the composition of the soil on which the tree grows.

Medical studies have shown that taking at least one glass a day for 2-3 weeks (it is optimal to drink a glass three times a day half an hour before meals) will help the body cope with spring, or, absent-mindedness, fatigue, etc.

From the point of view of herbal medicine, birch sap is one of the best natural remedies for improving metabolism. Despite the fact that birch sap differs little from water, it ferments well and has a positive effect on the functioning of the stomach.

Birch sap is rich in sugars necessary for the body, organic acids, enzymes, salts of calcium, magnesium, iron and others, which we talked about a little earlier. Due to its rich composition, it is recommended for diseases of the blood, joints, skin, as well as for, and other diseases of the respiratory system.

The use of birch sap helps to cleanse the blood, enhance metabolic processes, and removes harmful substances from the body in case of infectious diseases. It is useful to drink juice for and, diseases of the liver, gallbladder, low acidity, scurvy, and venereal diseases.

Birch sap also contributes to the rapid cleansing of the body of harmful substances and the breakdown of urinary stones of phosphate and carbonate origin.

Birch increases the body's resistance to colds, infectious and allergic diseases, has an anthelmintic, diuretic, antitumor effect, it is useful to wipe the skin with birch juice when, to moisturize and cleanse dry skin.

And it is also useful to wash hair with birch sap when, to enhance their growth and the appearance of shine and softness (the infusion of birch leaves has the same property). Birch sap is a good remedy for impotence. Birch "tears" have a very good effect on women during the period. If you drink at least a glass of juice a day, drowsiness, fatigue, irritability and other phenomena accompanying menopause will disappear.

The medicinal properties of birch have been used since ancient times, moreover, everything is curative for a birch: juice, leaves, buds, bark, chaga mushroom. Our information today will tell you about the benefits and harms birch sap, how and when to collect the drink, storage methods.

Chemical composition

The composition of birch sap contains the following useful substances:

• organic acids(more than 10 items);
• phytoncides(antimicrobial agents);
• Sahara(glucose, fructose);
• vitamin C;
• minerals are found in insignificant quantities, including:(potassium, calcium, magnesium, sodium, silicon, iron, manganese);
• essential oils;
• saponins(strengthens the immune system);
• betulol- biologically active additive;
• tannins.

Calorie content of juice

V 100 g of juice contains only 10-20 kcal , which makes it indispensable in dietary nutrition.

Calorie content and chemical composition may differ. It depends on the place where the birch grows and some other features of the plant.

List of useful properties of birch sap

The sap obtained from birch has large quantity useful properties. Here is a list of the main ones:

1. enhances immunity;
2. strengthens blood vessels, improves heart function;
3. has a positive effect on mental activity;
4. has anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial properties;
5. improves metabolism and has a beneficial effect on the digestive system;
6. cleanses the body of harmful substances;
7. breaks down and removes urinary stones of phosphate and carbonate origin;
8. increases the body's resistance to colds and other diseases of an infectious and allergic nature;
9. improves the digestion process;
10. helps to reduce excess weight;
11. good for hair - gives it shine and accelerates growth.

Medicinal properties for the body

As soon as birch sap is not called: living water, a cure for all ailments, the nectar of life. All these names speak of the positive properties of the drink.

First of all, this juice is a great drink that can quench your thirst. Its taste is unobtrusive and is somewhat reminiscent of ordinary water. The presence of sugar in the composition provides fermentation, which is used to prepare excellent birch kvass.

Birch sap does not cause allergies... This makes it versatile and healthy drink for everyone: children, pregnant women, the elderly and allergy sufferers.

Cleansing with birch sap

Birch drink perfectly cleanses the body of harmful substances and toxins. This property is indispensable for people exposed to regular exposure to adverse factors on the body (for example, in hazardous work, etc.) Regular intake of birch sap will help cleanse the liver and kidneys.

Birch sap gently affects the breakdown of stones in bladder and kidneys. In addition to the treatment itself, it will also help prevent the formation of stones. You need to start a wellness reception in the spring and finish in the summer (at least three months).

With the correct use of the drink and the absence of contraindications, the benefits will be obvious to people with ailments such as: gout, arthritis, arthrosis and other joint diseases.

This miraculous juice is able to relieve inflammation and muscle spasm caused by an attack of sciatica or rheumatism.

How to take a drink to cleanse the body

The classic method for the treatment and prevention of the above ailments: a glass three times a day. First intake: in the morning on an empty stomach. The juice should be of a pleasant temperature, not cold.

Birch sap for problems of the gastrointestinal tract

In the treatment of gastritis and peptic ulcer stomach, juice is included in the medical menu and this is its next benefit. It is able to stimulate the acid-forming function of the stomach. The use of juice is indicated both in the period of exacerbation and in the chronic stage of the disease. The juice does not irritate the mucous surface of the stomach, and therefore has no contraindications among "ulcers" and patients with gastritis.

Getting rid of edema and losing weight on birch sap

It is worth noting the diuretic property of the juice. Taking it, a person can completely get rid of edema. The same property is suitable for those who have decided to lose weight. Taking birch sap will prepare the body for a diet, eliminating excess fluid, and this is a few hated kilograms! Nutritionists recommend it to their patients, but it is worth noting that this is a fresh and natural product, not a canned drink from a store.

The benefits of birch sap in the treatment of colds

Indeed, this is the cure for "a hundred troubles." If you start drinking juice in the early stages of the flu or other colds, then the course of the disease will be much easier and the recovery process will come earlier. It is indicated at high temperatures, helping to prevent dehydration caused by profuse sweating during the heat.

Bronchitis of various nature and pneumonia will recede sooner if you start taking juice. It is enough to drink half a glass of the drink twice a day.

Anemia

With low hemoglobin, birch sap is a real find. The point is that it contains natural sugar, iron, vitamins. It is useful to drink it, diluting with one of the listed juices: apple, carrot or beetroot (you can use a mixture of them).
How to use: three times a day, 15 minutes before meals, drink 50 ml. Using juice according to this scheme, the level of hemoglobin will increase markedly.

Hypertension

With high blood pressure, the diuretic properties of birch sap will do a good job, ridding the body of excess water. The problem of dizziness, edema, heart and headache will be noticeably less if you drink half a glass of this drink twice a day.

Varicose veins and trophic ulcers of the leg

As an additional remedy in the treatment of varicose veins, you can use birch sap. Its cleansing and anti-inflammatory effect has a beneficial effect on the vascular system.
How to use: three times a day, diluted with clean water in a ratio of 1: 2. You need to take this drink 30 minutes before meals. Ideally, the patient during such therapy will drink a glass of milk in the morning on an empty stomach and before bedtime.

The benefits of birch sap in oncology

In folk medicine, there is a recipe for this disease: take two parts of carrot, birch sap and yarrow. Mix with the juice of the herb St. John's wort, meadowsweet, hemlock (one part at a time).

How to use: in the morning on an empty stomach and in the evening before bedtime, 1 tablespoon with milk. Drink the remedy for a month.

The use of birch sap in cosmetology

This "living water" can give beauty to the skin and hair, and therefore, many cosmetologists call birch sap "the elixir of youth." It is difficult to argue with this.

In case of hair loss, the juice is mixed with a decoction of burdock root, vodka and rubbed into the scalp. Besides the fact that the hair will gain strength and shine, such rubbing is great for getting rid of dandruff.

The same composition, but without the use of vodka, will be a nourishing face mask with the same effect. If you rinse your hair with such a composition, then no balm is needed anymore.

Return to the skin of the face fresh look after a long winter without vitamins, the "magic" juice will help. Natural, undiluted juice is used for washing, as well as lotions and ice for wiping the skin of the décolleté and face.

Face wash ... Since ancient times, Russian beauties washed themselves with a “birch tear” to preserve youthful skin. Such washes will also help whiten age spots and freckles.

Birch ice ... Rubbing the décolleté and face with frozen juice, the positive effect will appear in a week!

Lotion ... Six drops are needed for a glass of birch lemon juice and a teaspoon of honey. Shake well and rub your face in the morning and also in the evening. You need to store it in the refrigerator.

Harm and contraindications

There are a lot of positive characteristics in this drink. And it's hard to imagine if he has harmful qualities... Surprisingly, there are still dangers.

As mentioned earlier, birch sap is able to break down stones and remove sand from the body. In case of urolithiasis, the patient should definitely consult a doctor. The fact is that the presence of large stones, when taking the juice, can be a problem. He is able to cause their "movement".

The drink is contraindicated in case of allergy to birch pollen.

How and when to collect

Many people are interested in the question: how to collect birch sap and when is it better to do it?

This wonderful drink is harvested in early spring (most often - this is the end of March). This time falls on the end of the vernal equinox. Sap flow will continue until the end of April. You can check the beginning of sap flow by making a puncture with an awl (the thickness of the tree should not be thinner than a human hand). Noticing a drop of liquid in this place, we can conclude that the juice has gone.

And here's how to collect this wonderful drink to do not harm the birch? Sometimes one has to observe cruel treatment of a tree: rough cuts with an ax, and even in more than one place! This is strictly prohibited.

When collecting juice, follow these simple rules:

1. No need to use an ax! A neat hole needs to be made. For this purpose, you can use a drill with a drill, the length of which is no more than 10 mm. Such a "hole" will not bring problems to the tree and already next year, there will be no trace of it.

2. Don't be greedy! It is impossible to collect all the juice from one tree to the last drop, this will lead to its death. It is better not to be lazy and choose several trees, methodically collecting a liter from each per day.

3. After you have finished collecting the juice, be sure to close the "wound" with a peg cork or garden pitch. You can use wax or moss. This will help the tree to avoid serious problems (the hole is an open access of pathogenic bacteria).

Instructions for collecting sap from birch

Knowledgeable people claim that the juice of a mature tree is much sweeter. Keep this in mind! So, we chose a birch (by the way, a tree with a slight slope is much more convenient for collecting sap). After stepping back twenty centimeters from the ground, make a hole and adjust the container for collection.

It is very convenient to use a large plastic bottle... First of all, its narrow neck does not allow various debris and insects to get into the juice. Plus, you don't have to constantly check the vessel. You can walk a couple of times a day (morning and evening, for example).

It remains to make a groove through which the juice will flow. Among the many devices, the ideal grows underfoot: rinse a bunch of last year's grass in advance and strengthen so that one end comes out of the hole in the tree, and the other is immersed in the neck of the bottle. Not a drop will fall by, as natural grass is an excellent conductor with a capillary effect.

Now all that remains is to check and empty the bottles. Usually you have to walk up to three times a day.

How to store birch sap

But what if you want to stock up on a wonderful drink for a longer period?

It is worth using the following methods:

• Conservation: Heat the drink to 80 degrees, pour it into a pre-pasteurized glass container, seal it. Then additionally pasteurize containers with juice at a temperature of 90 degrees for 20 minutes. This method will keep the birch sap for six to eight months.
• Freezing: A regular freezer will not work. This method will negatively affect the composition of the product. All that is needed is a quick, so-called shock freeze. Freeze the juice in small portions. This will allow you to defrost the required amount of liquid at one time. After defrosting, you must store the drink in the refrigerator for no more than two days.
• Making kvass. Recipes below.

Only fresh juice is needed for preservation and freezing. And for making kvass, one that has been stored for two days is also suitable.

Important! Many medicinal properties birch sap at long-term storage are lost.

Kvass from birch sap

Classic recipe

Ingredients:

For 10 liters of juice: 50 pieces of raisins and 0.5 kg of sugar.

Preparation:

• Strain the juice through several layers of gauze so that the liquid is completely clean.
• Add clean (rinsed beforehand) raisins and sugar, mix well.
• Cover with a breathable cloth or gauze lid and leave for three days in a warm place to ferment.
• When the kvass is ready, strain and bottle it.

Kvass with honey

Products:

For 10 liters of juice: 3-4 lemons, 3-4 pcs. raisins, natural yeast - 50 g, liquid honey - 40 g.

Preparation:

• Strain the birch sap.
• V clean drink squeeze out the juice of the lemons.
• Next, add yeast, honey and washed raisins. Mix.
• Pour the drink into jars and place in a cold place.
• Usually, already for 3-4 days you can drink kvass.

Bread kvass based on birch sap

Products:

For 2.5 liters of birch sap: 50 g of raisins and the same amount of coffee beans, 0.5 cups of sugar, 2-3 crusts rye bread(or other dark flour).

How to cook:

• First preparatory work: roast coffee in a dry frying pan, dry the bread in the oven, wash and dry the raisins.
• Now put everything in a three-liter jar and fill it with juice.
• We cover it with a rubber glove, in which a puncture was previously made.
• And after 2–3 days the glove will “move”. This means that fermentation has begun.
• Wait for the glove to drop, then pour the drink and refrigerate.

Kvass with large and dark raisins

Ingredients:

For 3 liters of juice: 25 pieces of dark raisins.

Preparation:

• Again, we begin to prepare with the process of straining the juice through cheesecloth.
• Add raisins and send them to a cold place to ferment for 1-2 months.

Such kvass retains valuable properties for a long time and is especially good for making okroshka.

Video about birch sap

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Birch sap for health

Benefit or harm?

Birch has been a favorite tree of the Slavs since time immemorial. In folk medicine, medicines are made, branches, bark and sap of this tree. It heals many ailments and can energize. And in modern pharmacology in the production activated carbon, xylitol.

All useful properties

Birch drink is a tasty and healthy medicine presented by nature itself. You can drink it in unlimited quantities for everyone, regardless of gender and age.

The presence of phytocytes in the composition endows nectar with antibiotic properties. Therefore, for pneumonia, doctors recommend drinking this drink regularly. And also use it as a gargle. The effectiveness of using birch nectar for tuberculosis and oncological diseases has also been proven.

Effects on the immune system and the body

This is an excellent remedy in the fight against spring vitamin deficiency and colds - it strengthens the immune system. To do this, mix 125 ml of birch nectar, milk, add 3 g of starch.

Important! will help to overcome chronic fatigue, cope with depressive conditions.

Elderly people need to consume birch nectar. The high content of calcium and magnesium helps to strengthen blood vessels. Elastic vessels prevent atherosclerosis from developing. The presence of fructose and xylitol in the composition allows even diabetics to drink it without fear.

In case of intoxication of the body, in violation of the functions of the liver and kidneys, birch nectar is used in complex treatment. He copes with his task perfectly:

This drink also fights well with high cholesterol - special tannins prevent harmful substances from entering the blood. Specific enzymes help get rid of constipation and heartburn. It is good to use nectar if pancreatitis or gastritis worsens.

Important! Joint problems, bone diseases are also well treated with birch drink.

Slimming

Birch sap is a salvation for losing weight people. It can be drunk instead of water for any diets, fasting days. The healing effect is achieved when the nectar is consumed for 30 days. The daily dose is 200 ml.

Application in cosmetology

The benefits of birch sap for female beauty are mentioned in herbalists of the 16th-17th centuries. Russian women knew that if you wash your face with sap (as birch sap was called in Ancient Rus), the skin will become fresh and healthy.

Birch nectar as a skin care product:

• to remove age spots, freckles, acne, you need to wash your face with fresh nectar every morning. In case of significant problems, the procedure can be repeated many times during the day. Wiping your face is good for dry, aging skin;
• lotion can be made to tone all skin types. Mix juice (100 ml), alcohol (20 ml), glycerin (15 ml). You can wipe not only the face, but also the neck and décolleté;
• mask against aging skin and bad complexion is prepared from equal proportions of honey and juice. This mask is done in a course of 11 procedures every 3 months.

Hair care

To strengthen the hair, to stimulate its growth, you need to wash it with birch sap. The method is simple but very effective.

Birch nectar will help get rid of dandruff and accelerate hair growth. To do this, you need to dilute the pharmacy calendula by half with water. And then add an equal amount of juice to it. To avoid fermentation processes, add a few cloves and 5 g of cinnamon to the composition. Rub the resulting mixture into the scalp 40 minutes before washing.

Moisturizing Full Body Toner

To prepare, take the following ingredients and make a tonic.

1. Pour birch sap (400 ml) into a glass container.
2. Add 25 g of honey and 7 g of salt (regular or sea salt).
3. Shake vigorously until salt dissolves. Then strain.
4. Add vodka or alcohol (200 ml). For the best effect, you can add an alcoholic tincture of calendula, hawthorn or echinacea.
5. With the resulting product, wipe the body. Do not wipe off.

Important! Only natural juice no artificial preservatives or sugar.

Useful properties during pregnancy

Birch sap contains a lot of potassium salts, so it has a strong diuretic effect. it should be used to combat edema and treat exacerbated renal diseases.

The consumption of 800 - 900 ml of birch sap will help to significantly reduce the manifestation of both early and late toxicosis. In case of cystitis, it is also useful to drink birch nectar.

The presence of glucose and fructose will help to cope with irritability, tearfulness, excessive anxiety. It is very beneficial to drink nectar during the last trimester - it will significantly improve lactation.

During pregnancy, problems with low hemoglobin are quite common. Birch sap contributes to its increase. To do this, it should be mixed with carrot and apple juice in equal proportions. Drink the resulting mixture before meals. If, in an interesting position, high blood pressure is worried, then Apple juice must be replaced with beetroot.

Important! Beet juice should always be allowed to stand.

After the birth of a baby, nectar will help gain strength, get rid of extra pounds.

Drinking this drink is useful not only for young and expectant mothers. Birch nectar copes well with the manifestations of PMS and menopause:

• normalizes blood pressure;
• prevents the accumulation of excess fluid in the body;
• helps to get rid of cellulite;
• stabilizes the psycho-emotional state;
• removes fatigue, drowsiness.

Properties when heated or how to preserve juice

Beneficial features nectar only last for 2 days if stored in a cool place.

To preserve the juice, it can be heated (not boiled). The optimum temperature is considered to be no higher than 80 degrees. Then fill the glass containers with the drink to the very top. Close tightly with lids or resin stoppers. After which the container must be placed in hot water for a quarter of an hour.

You can also make a concentrate from the heated juice. To do this, the nectar must be heated to 60 degrees, 75% of the liquid must be evaporated. The resulting drink is placed in sterilized jars and rolled up. Dilute with water before use.

How else can you store juice:

• freeze - quick freezing will allow you to keep the juice in its original form and use it at any time of the year;
• make lemonade - pour the juice into glass containers. For every 500 ml of juice, put 10 g of sugar, a couple of raisins, 5 g of lemon zest. In a few days, you will get a carbonated drink with an original taste.

Contraindications

1. Nectar fights well with sand in the kidneys and liver. But in the case of the formation of stones, they should refrain from treatment.
2. The presence of ulcers is also a contraindication. In this case, the juice can be drunk only with the permission of a doctor.
3. In people with birch pollen intolerance, the drink can trigger an allergy attack.

Important! Any treatment with alternative methods does not cancel a consultation with a doctor. Self-medication can be extremely dangerous.

The beneficial properties of birch sap are beyond doubt. But there is nectar near roads, places with poor ecology.