Rooibos and its useful properties

Translated from Afrikaans roiboos means "Red bush". This shrub refers to the family of legumes andgrows in Africa. The leaves of the bush are like needles. The local population, koikoyny, first tried to fill the leaves and small branches of the bush with boiling water - it turned out a fragrant drink that has medicinal properties. So rooibos appeared.

In Africa, rooibos occupied that niche, which in other countries is occupied by coffee, tea and mate. This drink has tonic effect. The local population believes that rooibos is not onlygives energy and strengthens health, but can even prolong life. In Europe rooibos were brought by the Dutch, and in the early 20th century the drink began to spread across the continent, and now it is known almost everywhere. Now, on an industrial scale, rooibos are produced in South Africa, in South America and Australia, shrubs have not caught on.

What are the useful properties of rooibos? First and foremost, rooibos contains a large number antioxidants. Antioxidants prevent negativeeffects of free radicals on the cells of the body and prevent damage to the structure of DNA. Therefore, rooibos can be drunk to prevent premature aging, diseases of the cardiovascular system, cancerous tumors. Note that in green rooibos (unfermented), more antioxidants than in red (fermented).

Although rooibos has a toning effect, it does not contain caffeine. Therefore, even those people who can drink rooiboscaffeine is contraindicated - for example, small children. Also in rooibos, there is much less tannin in comparison with ordinary tea. Tannin prevents the body from digesting iron, so pregnant women and nursing mothers are usually not recommended to drink a lot of tea. But it can be successfully replaced by rooibos.

Rooibos contains tetracycline, so it has bactericidal action. Rooibos is used in the fight against dermatitis, acne, itching, eczema, irritations, etc. In this case, the infusion of rooibos is used for compresses and lotions.

You can also wash the tincture of rooibos torefresh your face, or add it to the bath. Infusion of rooibos helps with sunburn or allergies. Lotions with Rooibos help with eye fatigue, relieve inflammation and swelling. By the way, many manufacturers of cosmetics have already adopted the useful properties of rooibos.

Rooibos can be given even to newborns. Therefore, the chilled infusion of rooibos is an excellent remedy for fighting colic and insomnia in infants. Useful for rooibos and adults: it helps with problems with the digestive system (nausea, vomiting, indigestion). Rooibos can be drunk for the prevention of tooth decay.

Also useful properties of rooibos helpuse it as an antihistamine, antihelminthic and expectorant. Rooibos strengthens the walls of blood vessels and helps to normalize blood pressure. And the European population of South Africa is confident that rooibos helps fight the hangover.

Rooibos quite simply. Take teapot (clay, porcelain or porcelain), pour into it rooibos, pour boiling water and insist for five minutes. The proportions are the same as when brewing ordinary black tea - about one teaspoon of dry rooibosch per cup of drink. Since rooibos contains a little tannin, it calmly tolerates boiling. Therefore, if you want a stronger drink, you can boil the tea leaves or put the kettle in a microwave oven or preheated oven.

Rooibos can be brewed repeatedly - its tasteabsolutely does not get worse. Since rooibos contains glucose, it can be safely drunk without sugar - it's already sweet. Rooibos is drunk both hot and cold. Cool rooibos perfectly quenches thirst. If you do not like the taste of pure rooibos with woody notes, try Rooibos flavored.

Roibush has recently appeared on our tea market, but has already gained popularity. Rooibos is not only tasty, but also useful, so it can be a wonderful alternative to tea and coffee.