Kuril Bush Tea
Kuril bush tea is a member of the Rosaceae family. Its Latin name is Pentaphylloides fruticosa (L.) O.
Schwarz. The family name of Kuril bush tea itself is Rosaceae Juss.
Description of Kuril Bush Tea
Kuril bush tea is a shrub that can reach a height of one and a half meters. This shrub has reddish-brown branches, and when young, it also has silky, pubescent leaves. The leaves are odd-pinnate and compound, with approximately five to seven oblong leaflets. These leaflets are sparsely pubescent on the upper surface. The underside of the leaves is densely pubescent along the veins and margins. The flowers of this plant are solitary, occurring in either small racemes or corymbose inflorescences, and reaching a diameter of three centimeters. The flowers of the Kuril bush tea have rounded petals, which are bright yellow in color. The plant is bisexual, but when grown in high mountains, it is most often dioecious. The fruits of the Kuril bush tea are numerous small, dry nuts. Notably, this plant will form thickets.
In nature, this plant develops rather slowly; only by the age of twenty to forty years will the Kuril bush tea reach a height of approximately eighty to one hundred twenty centimeters. This plant will bloom for a long time, and the fruits ripen from August to September. It is worth noting that the germination rate of healthy Kuril bush tea seeds is over eighty percent. In the wild, this plant is found in the Altai, Kuznetsk Alatau, and East Kazakhstan region. Kuril bush tea prefers mountain slopes, mountain river valleys, and the pebble and sand banks of such rivers.
Description of the medicinal properties of Kuril bush tea
Kuril bush tea is endowed with very valuable medicinal properties. It is recommended to use the flowers, leaves, and roots of the plant for medicinal purposes. The tops of this plant should also be harvested.
The presence of such valuable healing properties should be explained by the content of quinones, tannins, flavonoids cyanidin, kaempferol, quercetin, caffeic, synapic, ferulic and ellagic acid in this plant. The wood, bark and leaves of Kuril bush tea contain a large amount of tannins, which will not be as much in the flowers.
Preparations made from this plant will have analgesic, hemostatic, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, choleretic and expectorant effects. A decoction prepared from the branches, flowers and leaves of Kuril bush tea is recommended for use in dysentery, inflammatory diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, diarrhea, and also as a very effective expectorant for pulmonary tuberculosis and lobar pneumonia.
It has been established and proven that this plant has the ability to eliminate dysbacteriosis, including staphylococcal etiology. In addition, the plant relieves bedwetting and helps normalize metabolism.
Kuril tea – a healing drink of Siberia and the Far East
