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The celandine grows everywhere; the best thing,of course, collect it on your backyard, as well as in the country forests or in the meadows. This plant needs to be harvested in the flowering period, that is, from mid-May to mid-June. Prepared dried celandine can be in several ways. Here are two of them.

The first way

Purity collect, pulling the bushes together withrhizomes, since they contain even more valuable substances than in the aerial part. Next, you need to put the celandine in a basin and pour water on the rhizomes to soak the dirt. Then the raw materials need to be rinsed several times more thoroughly under running water and put on a towel or a large napkin to dry the moisture.

The next step is to cut the celandine along the stemsto pieces about 3 cm long. Do this in rubber gloves, as the juice of the plant leaves spots on the skin of hands and even burns. Sliced ​​cleanliness is spread out on a table covered with paper in a well-ventilated room - best on a balcony, terrace, under a canopy, etc. It is important that the grass does not get direct sunlight. In the process of drying, the grass should be constantly - every 4-5 hours - stirring, so that the moisture evaporates evenly.

Rhizomes should be cut and dried separately, since the drying time is longer. To them, you can shift and especially thick pieces of stalk celandine.

After 4-6 days, the celandine is ready. It should be placed in linen or paper bags or bags and stored in a dark place.

The second way

Clean the knife with a knife or a sickle at the baserhizome, rinse well with running water. Tie small bundles of thread to 4-5 bushes and hang them to dry in a well-ventilated shaded room. The drying time is the same as for the first method. To determine whether the celandine is dry or not, you need to crack one stalk: if it broke, then everything is ready, and if you bent down, you need to keep the bunches of grass in the air for a couple of days. At the end of drying, the celandine should be broken by hand or cut with scissors into small pieces and put away for storage.

note

It is not recommended to dry the celandine in dryers, microwaves, ovens - even with mild heating, some of the beneficial properties of the plant are lost.

Tip 2: How to prepare the juice of celandine medicinal

Juice celandine - the most valuable medicine in folkmedicine. It is used either alone or as part of various drugs to treat a wide range of diseases. For the preparation of juice, the whole plant is used - together with rhizomes and flowers. In the spring-summer period, you can use fresh celandine juice, and for the winter to prepare canned juice.

Instructions

1

Purity should be collected in the period from mid-May tomid-June, that is, in the period of its flowering. Plants are excavated along with rhizomes - they also contain a lot of juice. Rhizomes must be immersed in water to soak the earth. Then all the raw materials must be thoroughly rinsed under a stream of running water, shake off the moisture and drain the bushes with a paper towel.

2

Purity chop into small pieces together withrhizomes and skip all together through a meat grinder. It should be a lot of brown-green color, which should be put on a double or triple layer of gauze and carefully wring out. Pour the juice into a container with a screw cap and put it in a cool dark place, but not in the refrigerator.

3

The process of fermenting the juice of celandine begins -after about 3-5 days, foam will appear. At this point, it is necessary to open the lid slightly to expel the gas, then re-tighten the lid and leave for another 2 days. Repeat the procedure for releasing the gas at intervals of 2 days a few more times - until fermentation stops. The juice is ready. Keep it in the refrigerator. Shelf life - 3 years.