Traditionally Russian entertainment - sauna and steam room - is also a useful pastime. Especially if a birch broom is used.
Birch broom - useful properties
In addition to the fact that the broom from the birch rods is particularly flexible and durable, with direct use it benefits. The fact is that the leaves of the tree contain in their composition tannins, ascorbic acid, essential oils, phytoncides, vitamin C.
Due to this composition, the birch broom cleans and soothes the skin, especially that prone to ulcers and rashes. Yes, and healing of various wounds accompanying skin diseases, occurs much faster. As a result, after the steam room you will notice that the skin has become clean and smooth.
A birch broom for a bath is a great option to relieve unpleasant sensations when after intense physical exertion your muscles ache or you feel an ache in them. By the way, a birch broom is also a remedy. It excellently enlarges the small bronchi, which causes the sputum to cough more quickly.
How to procure a birch broom?
It is best for knitting brooms for a bath suitable for a birch birch, the branches of which are fragile and especially bent. It is believed that the rods of the young tree, which never blossomed, possess special flexibility.
As for when to harvest birch brooms, then choose the beginning or middle of June. According to the old custom, this is the day after the Day of the Holy Trinity (this is 49 or 50 days after Easter). By the way, it is recommended to orient oneself to the appearance of the first earrings. However, for a broom choose branches without earrings.
Broken, loosely connected rods must be hung under a canopy to dry. And when, in a week, the branches dry, they form dense brooms. The resulting brooms are transferred to a dry place. Birch broom
It is worth discussing separately how to properly steam a birch broom. For this, two tanks are prepared: one with a warm one, the other with cold water. Immediately before the steam room, the broom is washed in running water, and then it is lowered into a basin with cold water for 3-4 minutes. Then the birch broom is transferred to a basin with warm water and left for five minutes. At the end of this time, boiling water is added to the basin. Cap the cap for ten minutes. From this branch the broom softens, becomes elastic and elastic. Before the procedure, a broom hold for a few seconds over the heater and then use it safely.