Birch tar
Birch tar for children, inside, from parasites, acne, for hair
Birch tar production
Birch tar is an oily, dark, viscous liquid with a pungent odor. This is a product of dry distillation of birch bark. The word "tar" means "burnt" or "burnt".
The ancient craft is still relevant today, the principle of obtaining tar has practically not changed. Craftsmen stuffed special containers with birch bark - sleeves with a narrow hole for the resin to drain off and heated them with a torch. The birch bark steamed, melted and gave off tar.
Modern tar production is made of iron pots into which the bark is compacted. Hermetically sealed containers are heated, distillation takes 10-11 hours. From 75 kilograms of birch bark, 22.5 kilograms of pure tar are obtained.
In ancient times, tar was indispensable in almost all spheres of life. Leather shoes and armor were smeared with tar so that they did not get wet in the rain, were soft and did not dry out. Traditional medicine put birch tar in the first place, its application was very wide. Folk healers prescribed tar as an anthelmintic agent, healed wounds of animals and people, and recommended it as an anticancer drug. Nowadays, the use of tar has significantly decreased, but pharmacologists use it as a component in the manufacture of drugs.
Treatment with birch tar. What does birch tar cure?
Tar is obtained as a result of the decomposition of bitulin, which includes benzene, phenol, toluene, xylene, phytoncides, organic acids.
In atherosclerosis, these components will become unusually useful. There is a wonderful method of treatment with birch tar. Half a teaspoon of birch tar is stirred in a glass of homemade warm milk. It is necessary to take the drug for 45 days, one glass 3 times a day one hour before meals. The break is one month. Three or four such courses are required per year.
With tar, sore throat, gangrene, bronchial asthma are well cured, with its use, a decrease in hair loss is observed, and fungal skin diseases are eliminated. The use of birch tar has a positive effect on long-term non-healing trophic ulcers, scrofula, inflammatory diseases of the rectum, erosive proctitis, erosions and manifestations of the rectal mucosa. There is a rapid recovery of those suffering from itchy skin, skin ulcers, rashes. Women diagnosed with postpartum mastitis are effectively cured. Microbial eczema, tumors, smallpox, bedsores, psoriasis are easily treatable.
In the treatment of skin diseases - such as scabies, scaly lichen, dandruff, erysipelas, leprosy, tinea versicolor, athlete's foot - pure tar in combination with medications has an invaluable effect, improving the quality of treatment.
Properties of birch tar
Birch tar has excellent medicinal properties. It is known for its strong antimicrobial and antiseptic effect. On the basis of birch tar, Vishnevsky and Wilkinson's ointments, tar soap are produced. It has a reducing, antiparasitic, drying, anesthetic effect. With purulent, inflammatory processes in the skin, tar relieves inflammation, has a resorbing effect, and reduces itching.
Application of birch tar
Purified tar is used in oncology, it neutralizes the negative effects of chemotherapy and drug treatment. It is able to suppress the growth of tumor cells in ovarian cysts, mastopathy, fibroids, adenomas, and is a prophylactic agent that prevents the transition of benign neoplasms to malignant forms.
Birch tar with milk
Birch tar with milk is an effective remedy for the clinical form of tuberculosis, characterized by the presence of a rounded formation in the lung, pulmonary emphysema and all kinds of infections in the body. It is taken on an empty stomach according to the scheme, diluted in 50 ml of warm milk: - 1st day - 1 drop; - 2nd day - 2 drops; - 3rd day - 3 drops and so on up to 10 days, each time adding a drop of tar. Then you should take a break for seven days and repeat the course again, the entire treatment period will take six months.
For catarrhal cystitis, take 5-10 drops of birch tar, diluted in 1 glass of warm milk, 3 times a day.
Birch tar from parasites
Birch tar is also used to get rid of parasites. It has a local irritating effect aimed at destroying worms, lice, disinfecting, ridding us of germs. With the help of tar, you can easily get rid of anthrax spores, scabies mites.
Cleansing pinworms and ascaris will be very effective if one teaspoon of liquid honey is mixed with birch tar and taken before bed. The course is twelve procedures. Every day, the number of drops is increased by one and brought to eight.
For prevention, it is desirable to carry out the course of treatment annually.
Birch tar for hair
Itching and irritation of the scalp with dandruff is relieved with birch tar. Dandruff is not a pleasant phenomenon, it adds oily hair and hair loss. The use of a natural natural product will soothe irritated skin and normalize the sebaceous glands. Cleansing the scalp from the stratum corneum, tar activates their respiration, the cells are saturated with oxygen. This increases blood flow and accelerates regeneration processes.
You can use an excellent remedy as a prophylaxis against dandruff: dissolve 1 tablespoon of tar in two tablespoons of castor oil, add 100 grams of alcohol. The mixture should be rubbed into the scalp with massage movements. It must be washed off after 2-3 hours.
Birch tar for acne
This natural, environmentally friendly product can be used to treat acne skin. With oily skin of the face, frequent rashes of acne, tar soap with a high concentration of birch tar will help, which will relieve irritation and inflammation, cleanse and make the skin soft and velvety. Also, tar can be used to prepare various products for cleansing problem skin:
- Treat the skin daily with lotion: 50 grams of 95% alcohol, 5 grams of tar, a few drops of salicylic alcohol.
- Honey and tar are mixed in a 3: 1 ratio. The prepared mask is applied to the skin with a thin layer, then washed off with water at room temperature.
How to take birch tar internally?
When taken orally, birch tar normalizes blood pressure, strengthens the heart muscle and improves metabolism in the body. It is useful to take tar water: in the morning - on an empty stomach, in the afternoon - two hours before meals and in the evening - before bedtime. It is an excellent remedy for fever, purulent cough, dropsy. Used for the treatment of internal diseases, birch tar cleanses the blood, liver, intestines, and pancreas from toxins. Over time, patients feel an improvement in the work of the gastrointestinal tract, stomach and duodenal ulcers heal.
How to drink birch tar?
Tar water helps to cure many ailments. It can be easily prepared according to a recipe known for a long time: 4 liters of cold spring water and 500 g of tar must be thoroughly mixed in a vessel, which must then be tightly closed and kept for two days for the tar to settle. Carefully remove the foam, pour off the clear liquid. It is necessary to store the product in a hermetically sealed container.
Adults are advised to take 100 g of tar water in the morning 15–20 minutes before meals. Also, for some infectious diseases, you can take birch tar diluted in warm milk.
Birch tar ointment recipe
At home, you can prepare birch tar ointment. Tar, mutton or pork fat, mixed in equal amounts, are used to treat wounds and skin diseases. An ointment of pure birch tar and petroleum jelly in a ratio of 1:10 treats ulcers, pyoderma, and infected wounds.
Birch tar for children
Young children very often suffer from an unpleasant allergic disease - diathesis. Birch tar can deal with these problems. Traditional medicine recommends lubricating the affected areas with butter or baby cream with the addition of a few drops of birch tar.
Contraindications to the use of birch tar
Pure birch tar and tar preparations can cause allergic skin irritation, up to the development of dermatitis. The use of birch tar as a remedy is possible only after a medical consultation. The use of tar is not recommended during exacerbation of chronic skin diseases. In acute eczema, dermatitis, exudative psoriasis, folliculitis, it must be used with extreme caution.
Applying birch tar to large areas of the skin for a long time can lead to toxic effects on the kidneys. Weakness, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, dizziness, convulsions may appear.
After applying tar, patients experience a burning sensation, but itching disappears. If the burning sensation stops after 10-15 minutes, then the treatment can be continued. Before starting to use birch tar, it is necessary to check the tolerance on a small area of the skin, examine the urine.
The author of the article: Sokolova Nina Vladimirovna | Phytotherapist
Education: Diploma in "General Medicine" and "Therapy" received at the Pirogov University (2005 and 2006). Advanced training at the Department of Phytotherapy at the Peoples' Friendship University of Moscow (2008).
