Berezovitsa (pasoka, juice) is the natural product rich in vitamin and mineral complexes.
About what useful properties birch sap has, you repeatedly heard from the grandmothers and grandfathers, this product was very much appreciated in the USSR.
In the people there was always an opinion that this drink well cleans kidneys from sand. This drink brings a lot of benefit, but in certain cases the pasoka can do harm to a human body.
Structure, nutrition value, caloric content
Berezovitsa it is rich in vitamins, especially C, B6 and B12 and also on macro - and minerals, such as magnesium, copper, manganese, potassium. Tannins, fruit sugar, more than 10 organic acids and essential oils are a part of a pasoka.
Important! It is necessary to collect a birch pasoka till that time, kidneys did not begin to be dismissed yet. After that it becomes green and loses in taste.
Nutrition value of a birch pasoka on 1 liter of a product:
- Calories – 24 kcal;
- Fats – 0.0 g;
- Proteins – 0.1 g;
- Carbohydrates – 5.8-5.9 g.
All above-mentioned does a birch pasoka by one of the most useful natural products. Because of a big set of useful mineral macrocells and vitamins this product is compared to honey.
Here only honey remains very long time, and birch sap can stand in the fridge no more than two days then it loses some of the useful properties and begins to ferment.
Useful properties of drink
If you do not know, than birch sap is useful, then try to drink it within 7-10 days, and you will see that your health improved in all respects. Macro - and minerals which contain in a birch pasoka help to improve work of heart and to strengthen walls of vessels. Some enzymes strengthen protective mechanisms of immunity therefore juice from a birch is recommended to drink during catarrhal and infectious diseases.
Berezovitsa perfectly brings toxins, bacteria and viruses out of a human body. If to accept on a glass of juice since morning and in the evening for a week, then it is possible to clean lymphatic and blood systems completely.
Diabetics and people to whom the diet is shown can even take birch sap. Because of the low caloric content this product will not add to you extra kilos.
Besides, tannins which are a part of a birch pasoka are excellent antiseptics. Fructose and glucose add energy and remove drowsiness and also promote active process of thinking. Therefore people who are often busy with mental work have to drink 0.5-0.7 liters of a berezovitsa a day.
Medicinal properties
It is possible to drink birch sap as much as necessary, without doing harm to an organism. He perfectly removes hypostases therefore it is advised to accept to pregnant women. Also this drink perfectly brings sand out of kidneys and dissolves stones in a gall bladder. It is recommended to accept to women during a climax as this drink helps to get rid of a depression and to normalize pressure. And the birch pasoka helps men with fight against impotence.
Whether you know? The main component of a berezovitsa is fructose which content varies from 1.2% to 1.5%.
The advantage of birch sap is so high that it can replace practically all your house first-aid kit. Except all above-mentioned, the birch pasoka is capable to normalize digestion and also to prevent appearance of caries. This product practically does not cause allergic reactions unless at people who have an allergy to birch pollen. Therefore this drink is almost harmless to children and adults.
Some folk healers speak about positive therapeutic effects of a berezovitsa at treatment of diseases of a respiratory system. Also it is considered that this juice has anticarcinogenic properties. In general the birch pasoka is recommended to drink as an additional medical product at therapy of any disease.
Cosmetic properties
All of us got used to use a birch pasoka only as drink. But this product is widely applied also in cosmetology. Tannins are an excellent anti-septic tank therefore it is possible to grease with a berezovitsa wounds, promoting their fast healing. If to freeze a birch pasoka, then it is possible to wipe with cubes of ice a face, and thus to treat oily skin and acne rash.
Besides, a berezovitsa – excellent means against eczema, neurodermatitises and furuncles. In the spring when pick birch sap, skin becomes pale, dim and very sensitive. And here the berezovitsa will be by the way: greasing with her a face, you will put skin in order and will even be able to get rid of freckles.
Important! The birch pasoka which is on sale in supermarkets lost many useful minerals and vitamins because of heat treatment.
Also birch pasoka is very useful to hair: it is applied as means to strengthening of roots. It is possible to make of a berezovitsa even some cosmetics for skin care.
Here some of them:
- Universal face pack (together with cottage cheese, honey and crude egg of berezoviyets improves a condition of face skin);
- Nutritious mask for hair (the birch pasoka with burdock oil in proportions 3:1 will become excellent means for strengthening of follicles);
- Dry skin lotion (the berezovitsa with honey perfectly moisturizes the skin).
Use of juice for preparation of drinks
The birch pasoka in the usual state can remain no more than 2 days. It is not recommended to drink a berezovitsa after the expiration of this time as there is a risk of poisoning. However now we will tell about how to make birch sap that it could remain and not spoil long.
Birch kvass
Kvass is a drink from a berezovitsa which went through some stages of processing and fermentation. It is useful to digestive system and also accelerates processes of metabolism in an organism. Kvass is capable to bring out of an organism toxic substances by means of diuretic effect. This drink tones up, and for its preparation it is not necessary to spend many ingredients and efforts. Here several recipes of kvass from birch sap.
Whether you know? To keep birch sap for long time, it can be frozen.
The classical recipe with raisin
To make such drink, it is required to you:
- Fresh juice from a birch – 10 liters;
- Sugar – 500 g;
- Raisin – 50-60 pieces.
For a start berezoviyets needs to filter to get rid of excess garbage: it is possible to use a gauze. Then add sugar and raisin to a pasoka and mix until sugar thaws. Then liquid should be put for fermentation to the place in which temperature does not exceed +5 ºС, and there is no direct hit of sunshine.
This process will take 3 days. In 72 hours, kvass can be spilled on bottles and to store for 4-5 months.
The recipe of kvass with honey
This type of kvass is very useful – all complex of vitamins which contains in birch sap and in honey, will have beneficial effect on your immune system. For its preparation it is required to you:
- Fresh berezovitsa – 10 l;
- Lemon – 3-4 pieces;
- Highlights – 10-12 pieces;
- Yeast live – 50 g;
- Honey – 30-40 g.
For a start berezoviyets needs to filter. Then it is possible to squeeze out lemon juice and to add raisin, honey and yeast. Further everything properly to mix and cork in banks. To leave in the dark cold place for 2-3 days then drink will be ready to the use.
The recipe of kvass with bread
For preparation of this drink such ingredients are necessary:
- Stale Borodino bread – 2-3 crusts;
- Birch pasoka – 2.5 liters;
- Sugar – a half-glass;
- Coffee beans – 40-50 g;
- Raisin – 50-60 g.
It is important! To make kvass, juice does not need to be boiled at all.
For a start coffee beans need to be fried, and to dry raisin. It is also necessary to fry bread a little. Then to put everything in bank, to add sugar and to fill in with a berezovitsa. Instead of a cover the bank needs to close a rubber glove and to punch in it a hole: when kvass begins to ferment, the glove will be inflated. But in several days it will fall, it will mean that drink is ready.
Tincture
Many of you drank birch sap in the form of medicinal tincture. From a pasoka it is possible to prepare many different medical medicines which are useful to kidneys, a liver, airways, a cardiovascular system, etc. We will provide you some recipes of birch tincture.
Tincture for strengthening of capillaries and decrease in content of sugar and cholesterol in blood
Ingredients:
- Bennet city (roots) – 500 g;
- Wheat grass root – 500 g;
- Hip – 500 g;
- Tincture of fruits of a hawthorn – 2 glasses;
- Pasoka – 10 l.
All ingredients need to be added to a pasoka and to remove to the place without direct hit of sunshine with a temperature from +3 to +5ºС. To accept 70-100 ml 2-4 times a day. Such drink perfectly eliminates the increased kidney pressure, strengthens walls of arteries, prevents risk of developing of thrombosis and heart attack.
Tincture for treatment of cough
Ingredients:
- Berezovitsa;
- Carrot juice;
- Sugar syrup.
All three products mix in an equal proportion. It is necessary to take tincture 5-6 times day on 1/2-1/3 glasses. The effect will occur in 3-4 days.
Whether you know? In the USSR they drank a berezovitsa as an additional tool in treatment of tuberculosis.
Tincture for removal of stones and sand from kidneys
Ingredients:
- Grass of the mountaineer bird's (in the form of powder);
- Nettle;
- Birch Pasoka.
To make tincture, the first two products mix in a proportion 1:1. Then the teaspoon of herbs and 2 tsps of honey needs to be washed down with a glass of a berezovitsa. Such mix will perfectly clean to you kidneys.
Tincture for strengthening a follicle of hair
Ingredients:
- Berezovitsa;
- Aloe juice;
- Garlic juice;
- Honey;
- Egg yolk.
Before application it is necessary to mix all ingredients in equal quantities. Rub with the received solution head skin and leave for 2 hours. After that it is possible to wash the head infusion of leaves of a birch.
Multivitamin juice
It is also possible to make very tasty multivitamin juice of a berezovitsa. Such product can long remain and not wander. To make drink, such ingredients will be necessary for us:
- Berezovitsa – 10 l;
- Sugar – 1/2 kg;
- Citric acid – 1 tablespoon;
- Orange – 2 pieces.
Pour out a berezovitsa in a pan and finish it to 95-98ºС. After that collect a skin which will begin to be formed before boiling. While the pasoka is heated, sterilize banks and cut orange with segments. Put orange in banks at the rate of 1 piece on liter.
Important! Instead of citric acid it is possible to add 1-2 lemons to multivitamin juice.
When juice begins to begin to boil, add to it citric acid and sugar and mix everything. After that pour on banks and a zakuporta. The ready-made product needs to be turned covers to a floor and to cover with a warm blanket. In a day cups need to be put to the cool place. So it is possible to keep drink about a year.
Birch syrup
To prepare birch syrup, berezoviyets needs to evaporate long. For a start the pasoka needs to be poured out in an iron pan or a basin and to put on fire, then to wait for boiling and to regularly collect foam from drink. When about 1/3 part of juice evaporate, it is necessary to add still a fresh product. This procedure should be repeated until sakharometr shows 65%– then it is possible to consider that the product is ready. After that syrup is spilled on bottles or banks and put to the cool place. It is stored within a year. It is applied as the refreshing and medical drink.
Harm and contraindications
Many do not know whether people can drink birch sap, having an allergy. It is impossible to drink it that who has a hypersensibility to birch pollen. With extra care this drink should be taken to people with an urolithic disease. Berezovitsa is strong diuretic and can cause pain attacks because of frequent urination.
Whether you know? In the Leningrad Region annually at the end of April hold a festival of a birch pasoka.
It is necessary to remember that it is necessary to collect a pasoka in the places far from automobile highways, the plants, garbage dumps, etc. The tree root together with useful substances is capable to absorb heavy metals: uranium, plutonium, strontium and so on and also other substances, dangerous to a human body. As a result all this can appear in a berezovitsa and do much harm to you.
In all other cases birch sap does not do any harm for an organism. Therefore every spring during the period since April to the middle of May you can safely bring together a berezovitsa and eat for maintenance of your immune system.