Medusomycete(this is the scientific name kombucha) looks like a thick film of white-yellow-brown-pink color, floating on the surface of the nutrient liquid - sweet tea infusion. Sugars in the liquid can be different (glucose, sucrose, fructose), the type of tea also does not matter.

The researchers noticed that Medusomycetes practically does not consume the components of tea infusion (aromatic, tannins and other substances), but is extremely sensitive to its absence. For example, without tea, it does not synthesize ascorbic acid, which is necessary for the life of kombucha.

If favorable conditions are created for kombucha, then on the fourth or fifth day of growth, it begins to produce a pleasant-tasting and very healthy drink that resembles strong, highly carbonated kvass (“tea kvass” or “kombucha”). Bubbles of carbon dioxide with which the drink is saturated and acetic acid co-produce yeast and acetic acid bacteria. A specific aroma of the drink is given by tea and some types of yeast.

Instructions for making kombucha drink

1. First of all, it is necessary to determine the container in which the mushroom will be located. Usually at home they use a 3-liter jar. If possible, it is advisable to take a jar with a wide neck (do not use metal utensils for preparing and storing a drink).
2. Cooking is not very strong sweet tea(approximately 5 tablespoons of sugar and 2 teaspoons of black or green tea per 1 liter of water) tastes good. It is recommended to brew tea for at least 15 minutes.
3. We're sipping tea. Sugar should be completely dissolved, and there should be no tea leaves.
4. Let the tea cool to room temperature. The culture will die if placed in a hot solution.
5. For young mushrooms: a little infusion of the mushroom from the jar where it was previously contained as a “starter culture” should be added to the tea (the amount of infusion should be approximately 1/10 of the total liquid volume).
6. We put the mushroom in a jar. We close the neck of the dish with gauze or a paper napkin and fasten it with a braid or elastic band so that the kombucha can breathe, but so that small midges and dust cannot penetrate the jar. We put the jar in a dark, warm place - the ideal temperature for the tub mushroom is about 25 ° C.
7. After 4-10 days of infusion, Kombucha is ready to drink. The fermentation time depends on the air temperature in the room - the higher the temperature, the faster the drink will be ready.
8. When the drink reaches the desired acidity, according to your taste, remove the kombucha with clean hands, rinse it under cold running water and dip it into a jar of cold sweet tea prepared in advance according to the same scheme.
9. Pour the finished drink into a glass container with a tight lid, filling it to the brim. To get the most out of the drink, let it ripen for a few more days in a cool place (at least 5 days) - bacteria cease to function without access to air, and yeast continues to work if the container is tightly closed, the gas resulting from the activity of yeast cannot escape and you will get a delicious fizzy drink. Before drinking, strain the drink through gauze or a plastic (not metal) strainer.

A mushroom at a venerable age reaches a thickness of several centimeters (its area depends on the area of ​​​​the container in which it lives) and allows you to drink the infusion daily directly from the jar containing the mushroom (of course, you need to remember to replenish the infusion with a new portion of cold, sweet tea).

It is convenient to have two identical jars available: Kombucha will live in one, and you will pour the finished drink into the other. In the refrigerator, glass hermetically sealed containers with tea mushroom infusion can be stored for quite a long time, retaining their healing and taste properties.

You can clearly see how to cook kombucha on the page - Preparing a drink and caring for kombucha (+ video)

Important rules for the care and maintenance of kombucha.

• It is necessary to keep kombucha in a glass container that is suitable for its size, usually this is a standard 3 liter jar. It should not be kept in containers made of metals other than stainless steel, as the acids produced by the culture may react with the metals.

• It is better to keep the jar of mushroom in a dark place. You can allocate a special box for him in the kitchen - with ventilation and without foreign odors. Cold and direct sunlight inhibit the development of kombucha, so it's best to keep it away from a window.

• Kombucha is usually contained at normal room temperature. The optimum temperature for kombucha is around 25°C. Temperatures below 17 ° C are harmful, as it reduces the activity of the fungus and blue-green algae can start in it.

• A jar of kombucha should not be covered with a lid, since the mushroom must breathe, it is simply covered with a clean napkin or gauze so that dust does not get in and insects (which, by the way, are not very indifferent to it) could not get to it.

• Kombucha must be placed in boiled (!) Water with sugar already dissolved in it and tea leaves: raw water contains a lot of soluble calcium salts (water hardness salts), which form calcium gluconate with gluconic acid, which precipitates.

• Do not pour sugar on kombucha and place it in a solution with undissolved sugar - this causes burns on his body in the form of brown spots.

• You can not make too strong tea - an excessive concentration of tea inhibits the growth of kombucha.

• Leaves or granules of tea leaves should not be left in the tea solution for kombucha - this is very harmful to kombucha and can cause wounds on its body.

• It is necessary to periodically rinse the kombucha in clean water (it is possible from the tap, but if possible - with clean or spring water). In summer, this should be done every one to two weeks, and in winter - every three to four weeks.

• You can not put the mushroom in hot tea.

• If the top of the kombucha starts to turn brown - this is a sign that the kombucha is starting to die (sometimes this happens if the kombucha is left in solution) - you should rinse it, separate and discard the top layer and try to take more care of your pet.

It should be borne in mind that kombucha “works” faster in summer than in winter, and accordingly, the solution needs to be changed much more often.

If you pour the infusion of kombucha into a free container and leave it to infuse at room temperature, then after one to two weeks a thin translucent layer forms on the surface of the liquid - a colony of microorganisms, which over time will also turn into an adult fungus.

Storage of kombucha.

Put Kombucha on a dry plate and turn it over once a day so that it does not become moldy (at this time it is important to protect the access of midges to Kombucha, which like to lay their larvae on its body). Kombucha will dry to a thin plate that can be put away in a cupboard or refrigerator. When the kombucha is needed again, you need to place it in a jar of sweet tea - it will come to life there within a week and will be ready to work again.

Kombucha (kombucha) is famous in different countries and was used even in ancient Greece. This fungus is similar in appearance to a jellyfish and is a medusomycete (Medusomyces gisevi). Ceylon is considered the birthplace of this type of fungus. Later he became famous and gained popularity in China, India, Manchuria, Eastern Siberia. It was brought to Russia from Asia. In Europe at the beginning of the 20th century, vinegar, tea and mushroom kvass were made with the help of a mushroom.

In Russia, and today he is known for the preparation of these tasty and healthy drinks. Mushroom-based tea goes through the fermentation process. The drink contains many useful substances that favorably affect the general condition of the body. Based on it, a natural antibiotic called jellyfish was isolated. He has no contraindications.

Description of the mushroom

Kombucha is a symbiosis of several types of fungi and acetic bacteria. It belongs to fungi - zoogleys. These bacteria form an extensive colony, which in appearance resemble a yellowish-brown jellyfish. The upper part of the mushroom surface is dense, elastic and shiny. The bottom has a rost zone with threads hanging down.

It is this part of the fungus that is responsible for the transformation plain tea into a healing drink and saturates it with B, C, D, PP vitamins, enzymes (catalase, protease, amylase) and organic acids (lactic, gluconic, acetic, malic, oxalic, citric).

Kombucha together with tea, water, sugar after the fermentation process makes the drink not only tasty, but also healthy. Yeast is responsible for the fermentation process. During this process, carbon dioxide is formed with ethyl alcohol. After that, bacteria are taken to work, which oxidize ethanol. Acetic acid appears, stopping the fermentation in the drink.

Sugar, carbon dioxide, vitamins and tannins remain in the finished drink. According to the amount of organic acids tea drink equates to kvass. But gluconic and kojic acid enhance the benefits of this drink.

The fungus does not absorb tannins, flavoring, aromatic and other substances from tea, and at the same time enriches the drink with useful substances.

Beneficial features

Mushroom tea:

• has a tonic effect
• helps with headaches
• strengthens nervous system,
• effective in diseases of the kidneys, prostate, liver, gallbladder.
• splits stones in the kidneys, choleretic tract, the resulting sand comes out. The genitourinary system is being restored.
• in men, potency and erection are restored.
• in women, the hormonal background is leveled and many gynecological diseases disappear.
• removes excess salt from the body, which improves the condition of the joints (pain passes) and makes them more mobile.
• at colds, flu tea drink speeds up recovery.
• used in the treatment of intestinal disorders, colitis, constipation, diarrhea, dysbacteriosis. It also improves metabolism.

When drinking this drink, accumulated toxins, poisons and slags are removed from the body.. After cleansing the body of harmful substances, natural immunity is manifested and strengthened, which develops protection against many, even quite dangerous diseases.

Ready drink normalizes metabolic processes and equates to natural antibiotics without contraindications. Synthetic antibiotics in relation to this natural substance noticeably lose, since in addition to benefit, they also cause harm. Natural antibiotic kills harmful bacteria and leaves beneficial ones for the body. Unfortunately, artificial analogues do not have this property and destroy absolutely all bacteria.

This drink helps to correct the figure and maintain it in good condition. Kombucha vinegar is used to improve the quality and beauty of hair. Alcohol tinctures are used for colds.
Kombucha has a beneficial effect on general well-being in the elderly.

When drinking a drink half a glass three times a day for three weeks, it evens out and comes back to normal arterial pressure improves well-being in the sclerotic form of hypertension. In a concentrated form, the infusion of the fungus softens the course of a disease such as atherosclerosis.

Tea tincture relieves stomatitis, periodontitis, tonsillitis, tonsillitis, bad breath, runny nose.

A mushroom-based drink improves well-being in all forms of cancer, improves appetite. This drink allows you to recover faster after an illness.

Kombucha allows you to restore the body in the treatment of alcoholism, drug addiction. It helps with hangovers. With tuberculosis, the infusion of the fungus facilitates the course of the disease.

tea drink used in the treatment of purulent skin lesions, conjunctivitis acting bactericidal. Long non-healing wounds, abrasions, burns are cured when they are treated with such an infusion.

How to cook and care for mushrooms

For getting healthy drink, the mushroom must be stored properly. For these purposes, filtered black sweet tea is suitable. The stronger the tea, the healthier the finished drink.

For 1 liter of water, take a tablespoon of long leaf tea, 50-100 grams of sugar.

In some cases, it is used green tea and honey instead of sugar. But such changes lead to a change in the properties of the finished drink. The full effect of such impurities has not been studied. In addition to these ingredients, various medicinal herbs in the form of decoctions can be added.

• You need to prepare an infusion of kombucha in a transparent glass jar with a volume of at least 2 liters (with a wide neck).
• The finished infusion should not reach the neck, this can harm the growth of the fungus.
• Filtered tea with sugar dissolved in advance is poured into the jar, a mushroom is placed.
• Water for tea should be purified.
• Sugar and tea leaves should not fall on the fungus, otherwise it can get sick or even die.
• Sugar causes burns on the surface of the fungus, and tea leaves can form mold.
• Instead of a lid, a two-layer gauze is used. The neck closes tightly to prevent insects from getting inside.

The jar is placed in a dark place at room temperature (no more than 25 degrees). Drain the drink once a week, replacing it with fresh tea. Ready infusion is stored in the refrigerator. Kombucha when replacing is laid out on a clean and dry plate. The jar is washed, new tea is poured and a “tea jellyfish” is lowered into it.

The mushroom in the summer once a week must be washed with water, in the winter bath procedures are carried out once every 3 weeks.

Mushroom loves cleanliness!

A mushroom can be grown from a small piece. From the bottom of the zooglea, the bottom layer is taken. new mushroom for better survival, you can not feed, but pour plain boiled water that has cooled to 25 degrees. 3 days a piece remains at the bottom of the jar. Then it pops up and starts growing.

After that, you can make a tea drink, in a week it will be ready. The tea drink is sweet-sour with a slight carbonated effect. If the drink has the smell of alcohol or any other specific smell, it is not recommended to use it.

Every 10 days, a new thin mucous layer appears on the fungus.

Instead of separating the layer, you can take a simple week and a half drink and leave it to stand in a dark place for another two weeks. A thin film will appear on the surface of the tea infusion, which subsequently grows into a new fungus.

From time to time, you need to add liquid to the jar of tea. Even if you forget about the drink for a while and the moisture evaporates, just add fresh tea to the jar and kombucha will come to life. If necessary, the mushroom can be dried and put in a refrigerator or cupboard, and then simply poured with tea and it will begin to grow again.

Benefits for women

1. The benefits of kombucha lie in the complex effect on the entire body.
2. The pressure decreases, the body receives an additional surge of strength and comes into tone.
3. When drinking a tea drink, sleep normalizes, the nervous system returns to normal.
4. With constant stress in women, the hormonal background is disturbed, which adversely affects the genitourinary system.
5. When using kombucha, the vaginal microflora (bacterial vaginosis) is restored.
6. Inflammatory processes in the genitals stop, painful periods cease to bring discomfort.

To improve the general condition of the body, a tea drink should be consumed three times a day, one glass at a time. When taken an hour to half an hour before a meal, this drink will help reduce weight.
Many replace ordinary tea with them, but we must not forget about the measure and contraindications to this product.

Kombucha for weight loss

The benefits of a tea drink for weight loss are quite noticeable. When using infusion, the work of all organs improves, toxins are removed. The work of the intestines is normalized and the food is digested correctly. The acidity of the stomach is normalized.

For 3 liters of water, no more than 7 tablespoons of sugar are taken. The resulting tincture should have a light brown color. The first tincture is prepared for a week, then enough for 5 days.

Ready infusion should be taken 1 glass half an hour before meals.

With regular use, immunity improves, the nervous system strengthens, sleep normalizes, and weight goes away.

beauty application

Kombucha adds beauty both outside and inside!

The range of uses of kombucha in cosmetology is quite wide. When diluting the drink in water, it is used to wash the hair. Mushroom-based vinegar is great for rinsing hair, it gives them shine and beauty.

Natural vinegar is obtained with prolonged fermentation of the fungus (for a month). When the infusion begins to emit a vinegar smell, it is ready. Oily sheen is removed, hair becomes healthy, soft, thicker. When rubbing the infusion into the skin, dandruff stops.

Mask for the face

From the infusion, you can prepare a tonic mask. It is suitable for all skin types. The skin is cleansed, covered with a thin layer of cream. Gauze soaked in infusion is placed on top. The mask should be kept for half an hour. Then it is removed and you need to wash with cool water.

Lotion for oily skin

From kombucha, you can make a lotion for the care of oily porous skin. This lotion will cleanse the skin of acne and relieve inflammation. In a weekly infusion, you need to dip a cotton swab and wipe the skin along the lines of the skin. The procedure is repeated twice a day until the appearance of the skin improves.

At the same time, the skin becomes toned, smoothed, blood circulation improves, excretory functions are stimulated.

Every day after washing with soap, you need to wipe the skin with infusion of the fungus, the face will become clean and fresh. To increase the effect, lavender oil or a handful of lavender flowers, chamomile is added to the tea infusion. This mixture is aged for three weeks in a cold place.

Lotion and scrub

Aged infusion of kombucha for a month can be used as a lotion and scrub at the same time. They can wipe the whole body. After bathing, the whole body is rubbed with ready-made infusion. After that, you need to wait 10 minutes, and then rinse. To enhance the effect, you can do a massage.

When adding infusion to the bath, you need to lie down in it for at least half an hour. The skin will become not only clean, but also healthier.

Wiping the armpits with this infusion allows you to get rid of the smell of sweat.

Various medicinal herbs can be added to the infusion for masks, tonics and other care products. Kombucha has a beneficial effect on hair, skin and nails.

Contraindications

• After a course of drinking a tea drink, you need to take a break for a month.
• The drink can be consumed two hours after a meal or half an hour before a meal.
• Drinking with food is not recommended.

For people with fungal diseases, the drink can only be consumed in a completely fermented and aged form. This drink is prepared for about 2 weeks. A drink with a shorter exposure time is contraindicated and can harm.

With increased acidity of the stomach, gastritis and ulcers, the tea drink is used with caution.

In diabetes, this infusion is contraindicated, since the sugar in its composition can be harmful.

If the drink is infused for more than a week, it is recommended to dilute it with boiled water. It is not recommended to drink a strong drink before driving.

Video about the benefits of kombucha

Kombucha, when used correctly, can improve well-being. Appearance also improves, as the skin becomes more youthful and beautiful, and the hair thick and shiny.

For the first time, kombucha was known in Russia after the end of the Russo-Japanese War back in 1905.

Since then, it has been actively used for the treatment and prevention of various diseases.

A drink infused with a mushroom is called tea, sea or Manchurian kvass.

In appearance, it looks like a jellyfish, represents a symbiosis of acetic fermentation bacteria and yeast fungi.

The surface, in the form of a shiny dense hat, threads hanging from the lower part, performing the function of growth.

The fungus, in the form of a layered film, moves along the surface of the nutrient medium, which should contain sugar.

Over time, the liquid becomes a carbonated drink, reminiscent of kvass. Kombucha grows, filling the entire volume of the container.

Composition of the product

The beneficial effect of kombucha on the human body is explained by its composition, rich in useful substances. The product contains:

• organic acids
• wine alcohol,
• thiamine,
• nicotinic and ascorbic acid,
• enzymes,
• lipids,
• polysaccharides,
• vitamins of groups C, P, B and B1,
• trace elements (calcium, zinc and iodine).

Kombucha also contains special bacteria that have antibiotic properties on humans. They kill and slow down the growth of pathogenic bacteria.

Organic acids rejuvenate the body. Enzymes improve the digestion process. Lipids help the growth and development of cells, tone the body.

The effect of the product on the human body

The beneficial effect of kombucha is used in many countries of the world. Kvass has a beneficial effect on the human body, helping to treat various diseases.

It is used to treat internal organs and human systems. The product provides:

It is used as a prophylactic drug to prevent the development of:

• polyarthritis,
• atherosclerosis,
• rheumatic heart disease.

The infusion effectively fights against:

• runny nose
• angina,
• dysentery.

Regular consumption of the drink eliminates:

• insomnia,
• headaches,
• pain in the heart.

There are recipes to help cope with:

• constipation (it is written about the benefits of psyllium seeds),
• hemorrhoids,
• allergies
• acne (read about facial cleansing at home on the page),
• nail fungus (what can be cured on the legs is written).

Tea kvass tones, soothes, has a beneficial effect on the general well-being of a person.

Regular drinking:

Tea kvass helps to get rid of extra pounds. The infusion can be used by adults and children.

Contraindications and harm

Kombucha has excellent health benefits. However, it has a number of contraindications.

Food cannot be consumed in the presence of the following diseases:

• With diabetes (a large amount of sugar is used to obtain a drink);
• With increased acidity of the stomach (kombucha secretes acetic acid, which negatively affects the mucous membrane.
  Smooth out the acidic effect by adding honey to the drink);
• With fungal diseases (in a sweet environment, active growth of fungi occurs);
• With individual intolerance to the product.

It is forbidden to drink the drink with prolonged infusion. Over time, it turns into vinegar.

Methods of preparation and use

1. To prepare tea kvass, regular tea is brewed (instructions for using orthosiphon during pregnancy are on the page).
2. In a separate container, a syrup of increased density is prepared.
3. After cooling the tea and syrup (), they are mixed in a container (for example, in a three-liter jar), clean drinking water is added.
4. The washed Kombucha is placed in the resulting solution.
5. There should be enough room in the container for it to grow.
6. The jar is covered with gauze to prevent dirt and dust from entering and to provide air access.
7. The container is placed in a dark place.

The drink is ready to drink in 7-14 days.

The infusion time depends on the temperature: the higher it is, the faster the kvass is prepared.

The mushroom is removed from the finished infusion, washed under water and placed in tea prepared in a similar way. Ready kvass is stored in the refrigerator in a closed container.

In tea, on the basis of which the growth and infusion of the fungus is carried out, medicinal plants can be added:

• herbs,
• berries.

Leaves have a beneficial effect:

• nettles (),
• blackberries,
• strawberries,
• plantain,
• coltsfoot (it is written about the medicinal properties and application),
• birch (healing properties are described).

2-3 teaspoons of chopped greens are added to 1 liter of liquid.

The drink acquires a special taste when added wild rose.

Do not use high herbs essential oils. These include:

• chamomile,
• pepper,
• black currant (),
• sage.

Essential oils change the properties of the product, and not for the better. Infusion can harm human health.

Manchurian kvass is taken 1 hour before or 3 hours after eating.

It is recommended to drink 0.3-0.5 liters of infusion per day.

The portion is divided into 2-3 equal parts.

Drinking kvass on an empty stomach prepares the digestive system for eating. 0.5 glass of drink at night helps to improve sleep, relieves insomnia.

Treatment at home

The beneficial effect of kombucha on the body has been clinically proven. The product is used for the treatment and prevention of various diseases:

For weight loss

It effectively fights excess weight.

Regular use of sea kvass reduces appetite, improves metabolic processes in the body, removes toxins and toxins.

To achieve positive results, combine the drink with diet and exercise.

For weight loss, use the usual kvass of kombucha.
Drink a drink 5 times a day 30 minutes before meals, 200-250 ml.

• 2 tablespoons of buckthorn and dandelion roots,
• 1 tablespoon of corn stigmas, violets,.

Everything is mixed, poured with 1 liter of boiling water and boiled for a quarter of an hour.

The infusion is mixed with 1 liter of kvass and kept for 3 days.

The drink is consumed 2 times a day 30 minutes before meals.

Drink 2 glasses at a time.

After one or two months, the weight is noticeably reduced, the state of health improves. The body comes to a tone.

Kombucha is useful product which has a beneficial effect on the body. Regular use treats various diseases, prevents the development of ailments.

How kombucha appeared in Russia, how to prepare the drink and what diseases it helps, you will learn while watching the video.

More recently, when visiting friends, one could often see a large jar on the windowsill covered with gauze with kombucha floating in it.

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Such a mushroom lived in sweetened tea and took the necessary nutrients from it. The liquid obtained as a result of the vital activity of the fungus turned out to be not only useful, but also tasty. A "mushroom" drink can greatly help endure the heat, as it perfectly quenches thirst.

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Versions of the origin of kombucha

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In general, this is one of the very ancient organisms known from time immemorial. The first mention of it was made in Manchuria and dates back to 220 BC. e.

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Ceylon is considered the birthplace of kombucha, from where it spread to India, and then moved to China.. Already from the Middle Kingdom kombucha or zooglea appeared in Manchuria and Eastern Siberia. The oriental origin of kombucha is also evidenced by its other name - kombucha. Scientifically it is called jellyfish(Medusomyces gisevi) for their resemblance to jellyfish.

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However, not all researchers share this version of the origin and distribution of kombucha. Some are sure that as such it originated in Tibet. Others indicate that its properties were known even the ancient Greeks. It is now unlikely that it will be possible to establish the real history of this medicinal mushroom.

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In Russia, it has been studied since the end of the 19th century. Then it was established that this, in fact, was not a mushroom at all, but a symbiosis of acetic acid bacteria and several types of yeast. Scientists have found out both the composition of zooglea and its healing properties.

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From tea, the fungus takes the substances necessary for growth, while simultaneously releasing waste products into the liquid.. Thus, the liquid is filled with organic acids, enzymes, vitamin C and B vitamins. This is how the beneficial properties of this drink are acquired.

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What does kombucha cure?

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It depends on the intestinal microflora how successfully the body can cope with negative factors, including those that cause disease and aging. The poisoning of the systems working in our body is manifested in bad breath, constant headaches, digestive difficulties, rheumatic diseases, and immune system disorders.

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eczema and cancer- seemingly so dissimilar ailments - arise due to weakened immunity, damage to healthy systems as a result of the negative influence of toxins. Kombucha contains acids necessary for the body and flushes out microbes that lead to these terrible consequences. It is very important that at the same time it is quite natural:

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• - Kombucha improves digestion
• - Has antibiotic properties
• - Its tincture is recommended to rinse the mouth for the treatment of ulcerative stomatitis
• - Daily use half a glass of tea kvass 3 times a day for a cycle of 2-3 weeks improves the well-being of people suffering from sclerotic forms of hypertension, lowers blood pressure
• - Reduces and relieves headaches
• - Recommended for the elderly to improve well-being, especially those suffering from atherosclerosis
• - Useful for a number of intestinal diseases, constipation. It is especially useful for people leading a sedentary lifestyle.
• - Has an antimicrobial antibiotic effect. The strength of this property depends on the accumulation of a special antibiotic jellyfish, resistant to acids and heat, non-poisonous
• - Used to treat some forms of angina
• - Used for conjunctivitis, pustular skin lesions and as a bactericidal agent
• - Kombucha helps in the treatment of the liver and gallbladder
• - It is used to treat tonsillitis and tonsillitis
• - Useful for treating eye infections
• - Used together with other drugs in the treatment of scarlet fever, diphtheria, typhoid fever, influenza, acute respiratory infections, diseases of the ear, throat and nose
• - Infusion of the fungus slows down and alleviates the course of tuberculosis
• - Strengthens the central nervous system
• - Lowers blood pressure in hypertensive patients

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The antibacterial effect of kombucha is manifested in the treatment of the nasopharynx and oral cavity.

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To enhance the action, the solution is slightly heated. This should be done in enameled dishes (not in aluminum and not in galvanized!), And even better - in clay or glass.

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There are examples when an infusion of kombucha prepared in this way was used in the treatment of angina for daily rinsing. In such cases, water is added to the infusion in a ratio of 1:10. The nasal mucosa is washed with the same solution. In addition, mushroom kvass is drunk 2-3 glasses a day.

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With stomatitis rinse your mouth every half an hour.

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For the prevention of ARI also drink 3 glasses every day.

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With inflammation of the mucous membrane of the eye or barley infusion of kombucha, diluted in a ratio of 1: 20, instilled 2-3 drops several times a day.

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Relieving cold symptoms they also use gauze swabs soaked in such a solution of kombucha. They are changed every half an hour.

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Alcoholic tincture is also very useful. prepared with concentrated kombucha. To do this, you need to take the longest stored (maybe for a month) infusion and add vodka to it in a ratio of 1: 4. Then infuse the drink for 2 weeks, strain, and then store in a dark, cold place. Drink this tincture 1 teaspoon 3 times a day as a prophylactic to eliminate the symptoms of a cold.

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Kombucha is used to make excellent homemade vinegar.

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To do this, the mushroom is poured with boiled water, tea leaves and sugar syrup and kept for 3 weeks. Do not forget to wash the mushroom periodically. Then pour the infusion into a saucepan, boil for about 40 minutes, filter through cheesecloth and add citric acid. You will receive a tool that you can be used not only for cooking, but also in cosmetic purposes.

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The use of kombucha in cosmetic skin care

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It can be used to make a wonderful lotion for the care of porous oily skin, cleansing from acne and pustular lesions.

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To do this, pour a weekly solution of the fungus, soak a cotton swab in it and wipe your face with it along the lines of the skin. It is advisable to perform this procedure twice a day - in the morning and in the evening. You can add lavender flowers to the infusion of kombucha (a handful of flowers per glass of tea kvass) or lavender oil (in a volume similar to the volume of plants). Keep the lotion for three weeks in a cold place, then strain. Wash your face and take a bath by adding this solution to the water. Your skin condition will improve, and due to the antibacterial action of kombucha infusion, all kinds of rashes and redness should also go away, unless, of course, they are of an allergic nature.

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From the infusion of kombucha can be made toning mask for all skin types.

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They do it like that. First, clean your face and generously lubricate it with a natural-based cream. Then put gauze, abundantly moistened in a solution of kombucha and squeezed out so that the liquid does not drain, on your face. Lie down, rest for 20-30 minutes. Finishing the procedure, wash yourself with cool boiled water.

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Good cleanser serves as an infusion of kombucha, aged for a month.

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This is a kind of scrub and lotion at the same time, which can be used to wipe the whole body. First, wash your body well with soap, then rub yourself with infusion of the mushroom .. Lie down like this for about ten minutes, then wash everything off with clean water. After rubbing with infusion, you can do a massage, this will enhance its therapeutic and cosmetic effect.

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Not allowed to add bath infusion (a glass of kombucha infusion aged for at least 2-3 weeks).

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Stay in the water for 20-30 minutes.

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To kill bacteria from the skin

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You can wipe the armpits with gauze or cotton cloth moistened with infusion of kombucha. These very effective remedy from the unpleasant smell of sweat, preserving the acidic environment natural for the skin.

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Cleanse the skin it is possible in another way.

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Wipe your face with cosmetic milk, rinse with warm water. Then soak a linen cloth well in the 2-week kombucha infusion, wring it out, place it on your face and cover it with a warm towel. Lie like this for ten minutes. After that, remove the napkin, wash your face with warm water and massage the skin vigorously.

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Kombucha infusion is also used for the treatment of the scalp.

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Rinse your hair with kombucha infusion after every hair wash, and they will become shiny. For oily hair, use a combination of a mushroom infusion with an infusion of nettle leaves. Dried nettle leaves brew at the rate of 2 tbsp. tablespoons in a glass of water, mix the resulting solution with mushroom kvass in a ratio of 1: 1. After washing your hair, moisten the Skin with this infusion and massage it along the hairline. There is no need to rinse your hair with water afterwards. If it is unpleasant for you to leave the infusion unwashed, rinse them, but not earlier than after half an hour.

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For oily hair you can prepare another infusion: take 1 teaspoon of sage, rosemary, thyme and horsetail, brew half a glass of boiling water and mix with half a glass of infusion.

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For brittle hair nettle leaves, chamomile and mushroom infusion are used, taken in the same proportion.

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For to make your hair thicker, try to take care of them with mushroom kvass with the addition of dry burdock grass (2 tablespoons per half glass).

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Helps infusion of kombucha and dandruff. Rub it into the skin after washing your hair, hold for 20 minutes, and then rinse.

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Similarly, you can wipe your hands, torso, nails with infusion of kombucha. This helps to improve their appearance and your overall well-being.

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How to drink kombucha

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The taste of the resulting drink should be sweet and sour, refreshing. By no means harsh, nor pronounced alcoholic taste, nor tart. Otherwise, you either overdid it with sugar, or, conversely, put it in less than necessary. Maybe the brew was too strong or too weak. In addition, the taste of the drink depends on the duration of the mushroom in it.

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As incoming substances interact with food in your stomach, do not drink mushroom kvass immediately before a meal, during it or immediately after it, so that no mixing with food occurs. It is believed that after a hearty meal, if you ate fish, meat or poultry, two to three hours should pass, and after eating vegetables or fruits - 1-2 hours. But if you overeat, then to eliminate heaviness in the stomach, drink half a glass of kombucha infusion.

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You can drink tea kvass in the morning and in the evening - twice a day. Morning reception performs a stimulating function, evening - soothing, normalizing sleep.

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Before drinking normal mushroom kvass, it should be filtered, pouring through gauze folded in four layers. The most delicious is a drink aged for a week. Pour the drink into jars (or bottles), store them in a cool place. It tastes better when chilled.

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Though for medicinal purposes should only be used Black tea, to meet special taste needs or in individual cases, another type of tea is also suitable. For example, green tea contains more vitamins and caffeine, such a drink will be a real tonic. They can even rinse your mouth after eating, as it has a strong antibacterial effect.

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You can add tea with bergamot or herbs to infuse the drink.- especially mint and oregano. This has a calming effect on the nervous system. Sometimes honey is put instead of sugar, as a result, you will enrich the resulting drink with additional trace elements, and the taste will be close to the type of honey that you use.

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So, infusion of kombucha improves digestion, treats arthritis, has antibacterial properties, helps lower blood pressure, stimulates the immune system. In addition, being healthy and tasty at the same time, it diversifies the traditional and sometimes stingy set of drinks in your diet.

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Traditional medicine also advises using it with hemorrhoids, tuberculosis, furunculosis and edema . It is also used as an excellent general tonic, as well as for cosmetic purposes . Washing with infusion of kombucha helps to improve the elasticity of the skin and give it freshness. For dry skin, it is advised to use a five-seven-day infusion of the fungus, and for oily skin, a ten-day one.

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Where to get medicinal mushroom

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There are several ways to get it.

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• 1. It will take two tablespoons of tea leaves to pour one and a half liters of sweetened boiling water. After that, the jar needs to be placed at home in a place where direct sunlight does not penetrate. After about a week and a half, a small fungus will appear in the liquid, which must be carefully washed and transplanted into a jar of warm sweet tea.
• 2. Also, the mushroom can be purchased on special sites that sell them.
• 3. If you took a mushroom, for example, from friends, then you need to separate the layered film from the main mass, then transfer it to another clean jar and fill it with warm water. Do not pinch off pieces of the mushroom, as this method will only injure it. A jar of mushrooms should be kept overnight in an apartment at room temperature.

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How to grow kombucha:

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• It is not necessary to feed him right away, he must first take root in new conditions for him.
• Do not cover the jar with a lid, but only with clean gauze.
• If everything was done correctly, then the layered film should settle to the bottom of the can.
• After a day, you need to pour out the water and pour the mushroom with a pre-prepared solution. To do this, add tea leaves to boiled water, then dilute the liquid until it turns light yellow, then add three tablespoons of sugar. This recipe is for a three liter jar.
• After a couple of days, a colorless film should appear on the surface, which is barely noticeable at first, and then begins to grow.
• After a few weeks, the film thickness will increase to 10-12 millimeters. The infusion should remain transparent throughout the entire process of cultivating the fungus, while the film should exfoliate. Over time, its lower layer will darken and become brown-brown.

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A week after the start of growing the mushroom, the drink can be considered ready.

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How to care for kombucha

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You need to pour it through gauze. Important regularly feed the mushroom, do it at least once every two to three days. The right drink should have a pleasant, somewhat sour taste and should not irritate the mucous membranes of the mouth. If you encounter a similar situation, simply dilute the liquid with boiled water in a ratio of 1: 2 or more if necessary.

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Once every two to three weeks, carefully remove the mushroom and rinse thoroughly in cool boiled water.. The jar also needs to be rinsed before returning the mushroom.

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Overgrown fungus can be peeled off, just do it carefully. The separated layer is washed and transferred to a new jar. After this, a new life of healing kombucha begins.

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Kombucha is a friendly symbiosis of vinegar stick and yeast. It appeared in our area in the last century, and for the first time they began to cultivate it in the countries of the East.

It has several names - Japanese, Manchurian, or sea mushroom, fango, kombucha, tea kvass, or tea jellyfish. Its infusion is a wonderful drink that perfectly quenches thirst, strengthens health and gives extra strength.

You probably saw more than once in the houses of your friends glass jars in which jellyfish-like organisms swim. This is the kombucha, which has been used since ancient times in folk medicine India, China, Japan. The infusion of kombucha was drunk by the graceful geisha of Japan in order to maintain a slender figure. The acetic acid contained in this infusion was used to remove age spots, warts, and also rinsed hair to make it silky. In India, this remedy was used to strengthen dyes on fabrics.

The infusion of kombucha was also used to prepare a liquid that was used to wash babies with problem skin. It was also used to get rid of dandruff and gray hair. Kombucha was widely used in Indonesia, including for various poisonings.

1. In folk medicine, the medicinal properties of kombucha have long been used: for diseases Bladder, stomach, kidney, liver and headache. This is due to the fact that it contains many healing substances: alkaloids, vitamins, enzymes, glycosides, aromatic substances, as well as sugar, acetic acid and alcohol.
2. Kombucha has a variety of medicinal properties: antibiotic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory. In addition, it is able to lower blood cholesterol levels, regulate blood pressure. In autumn, it is recommended to use it as a prophylactic against SARS.
3. This unusual-looking fungus is a wonderful tool for the prevention of rheumatic heart disease, atherosclerosis and polyarthritis.
4. The infusion gives an excellent effect in the treatment of chronic rhinitis, tonsillitis. In bacterial dysentery, kombucha gives even better results than when using medications. It soothes, tones and relieves mental fatigue.
5. For preventive purposes, it is recommended to drink an infusion of kombucha in the morning and evening on an empty stomach. This is very beneficial as it prepares the digestive system for the stresses of the day. If you take such an infusion before going to bed, it will calm the nerves, disinfect the stomach and improve sleep.
6. Kombucha liquid should be consumed after taking heavy medications and after illnesses, because it has an excellent restoring effect and quickly normalizes the natural microflora of the stomach.

Kombucha is cultivated all over the world today. His beautiful nutritional properties prevent and treat a wide variety of diseases. Beneficial features Even modern medicine recognizes kombucha and advises using a healing infusion for preventive purposes.

Instructions for use

For therapeutic and prophylactic purposes, kombucha should be taken 1/2 cup before meals up to 3-4 times a day. Doctors consider treatment courses lasting 2-3 weeks each to be the most effective.

Who is harmful

But besides the benefits, kombucha can harm the body. So, who better to give up this refreshing drink in favor of, for example, green tea?

• Diabetics and obese people due to high amounts of sugar or honey - depending on what product you "feed" your kombucha.
• Patients with high stomach acidity are advised by gastroenterologists to exclude the drink from the diet or prepare it with honey based on black tea. Honey is known for its acid neutralizing properties.
• Suffering from fungal diseases, any products containing sugar, including kombucha infusion, are harmful. In this case, you need to let the drink ferment properly. The sugar will be neutralized by the metabolic products of kombucha. In this form, kombucha will strengthen the immune system and set it up to fight fungi.