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Somewhere in Russia evergreen coniferous shrub juniper, the fruits of which are used extensively in folk medicine. In all organs of the plant contain essential oil, organic acids, tannins. Needles of juniper has antibacterial action. Preparations of juniper possess antibacterial activity. Despite the fact that the broom of the branches of juniper prickly enough, especially since there are many fans of steam such a broom. Mozhzhevelny broom helps with gout, rheumatism, swelling, rashes in the skin. Mozhzhevelny broom holds the record for the destruction of the skin bathers pathogenic bacteria.
The advantage of pine broom is that it does not need to store for future use: coniferous trees do not lose their own conifer in winter attire and can be prepared specifically to the bath, where the branches thereof broom all present there are substances in the so-called the "live" form, particular substance balsamic.
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In the leaves of eucalyptus essential oil has antibacterial and analgesic properties. In connection with Siim, it is actively used in the form of compresses in neuralgia, an inflammation of the muscle, with various bruises, sprains, joint pains. On the effectiveness of eucalyptus oil in the treatment of certain diseases can be quite unsafe to make sure the following examples: in such an unsafe diseases like angina, rather drip two – three drops of eucalyptus oil on a sugar cube and hold it in your mouth for as long as it does not melt and inflammatory process is substantially reduced.
In Vologda brooms composed of different herbs and different branches of the trees, get up not long ago calve cattle, wondered about his own future – was thrown over the heads of brooms or thrown from the roof of baths, watched if fall off the top of the broom to the churchyard, then throwing a die, and if not peak, it remains alive.
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However, in almost all places PQ bath was taken not to arrange Agrafena – Trollius, and at Midsummer, the same way as the knit brooms.
In certain southern PQ on the border with Kazakhstan, where there are forests, with furrorom used brooms of sage, which grows in abundance here. Harvesting those brooms made skhodu oposlya flowering wormwood, when the plant stems are not too coarse. Broom of Artemisia is also extremely useful. In the bitter wormwood grass contains about 2% essential oil, are glycosides, phytoncides, organic acids, tannins, and the rest on a biological level, the active components. Wormwood has long used in folk medicine for diseases of the joints, jaundice, rheumatism, obesity, diseases of the stomach, liver, gall bladder. Outwardly preparations of bitter wormwood used in bruises, treat ulcers and wounds. With such kind of diseases of the branches of broom sage always the way, and perhaps the therapeutic curative effect not yield, but quickly eclipsed by the effectiveness of some other common brooms.
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In the Russian People was firmly believed that "bath will wash away all sins" (VI Dal).
Bath has long played an important role in Russia's domestic life of man. Its not only had a bath in each house of the affluent, and (especially in the countryside), virtually all of the poor. For the poorer towns in the baths were common ( "royal soap"). Namely, these baths were in Moscow.
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From olden times was famous for its baths Moscow. As the VA Gilyarovsky, at the end of XIX century in Moscow was "very different character sixty-bath", "throughput" capacity which was great. In the "bath" days, Saturdays and eve of huge праздничков, any bath consumed about 3 tysch brooms, which were brought to Moscow, the wagons of the deaf villages, especially from the Gzhel. Served in the baths of the boys were preparing these brooms "for parks." They also bottled kvass, which was sold in the baths. These boys were brought to Moscow from neighboring areas: Yaroslavl Moscow gave sex in taverns, Vladimir – carpenters, Kaluga – bakers. Banshchikov gave three provinces, but in each – one – two counties. Moscow saturated bath attendant counties: Zaraiskii, Ryazan, Tula, Kashirskij and Venevs-cue. Thus, from generation to generation, came to Moscow, men and ladies.
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Russians' penchant for birch broom understandable: in almost all ages this tree is a great place in Russia's domestic rights. Birch leaves, buds, birch bark, sap, juice, Chaga, wood – all used in the farm, at home, with pharmaceutical purposes. Not a single tree is not devoted so many songs, poems, fables, proverbs and sayings. This tree is good wherever it is growing: in the field, on a hill in the woods, in the garden near the house.
Broom in the bath – all head
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Who lived during the reign of Peter I in St. Petersburg kammerjunker Berholts in their own notes about the PQ wrote: "Here, almost every house has a sauna, as well as a large part of the Russian resorted to it in the last least once, if not two in a week … Russia's and chuhonskie ladies, serve there (in the bath), perfectly know their business … They, in-1-x, may give the water which poured on the hot stove bricks, the degree of heat or cold, what you yourself want and, 2, professionally caring for you. Initially, when the little lie down on the grass, placed on the shelves and covered with clean sheets, they are, and you hover at the bed of birch switches as you wish, unusually pleasant, because open pores and increase perspiration, after the fingers are separated "from the body impurity, and then take the soap and rub and, eventually, in Finally, all doused with water and wipe with a towel. After all these operations can feel yourself as if born again. "
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