Barrier’s workpiece for a bathhouse is a real ritual. In the Russian steam room, with the help of a broom, not only regulates the temperature, but also “deliver” beneficial substances to the body. Therefore, if there is such an opportunity, it is always better to make brooms for a bath with your own hands — so you will be completely sure of their quality.
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Когда заготавливают веники для бани, то в первую очередь обращают внимание на целебный эффект, который оказывает на организм человека то или иное дерево. From ancient times, with the help of a broom, not only prevention was carried out, but also treated various ailments.
Birch brooms. They are considered the most popular. They not only perfectly clean the skin, but also contribute to the healing of wounds, rash and act positively with muscle pain and joint pain. If you smoke, it is the birch that will contribute to the removal of sputum. Also, the infusion of leaves will help get rid of dandruff and strengthen hair.
Oak brooms. Probably many experienced a healing feature of oak tinctures. Flat elastic skin, normalization of pressure and sweating, anti -inflammatory effect — this is how an oak broom acts on the body. And it is also distinguished by durability and it will be possible to steam at least five times.
Linden brooms. When the foliage is steamed on the rods, it becomes a little squabble, and not everyone may like it. However, linden helps with colds and headaches perfectly, has a diuretic effect (the kidneys are cleaned) and, in general, has a calming effect on the nervous system. Sweet sleep after the bath is provided with you!
Wallmen. Wormwood is a plant that has a very powerful bactericidal effect. Essential oils released at high temperatures help relieve fatigue and irritability, and with regular use of a broom, memory improves.
There are quite many types of traditional bath brooms: nettles, ash, cherry, rowan, cherry … And there are also eucalyptus, coniferous and even bamboo. The latter are not used so often: eucalyptus grows in subtropics, coniferous are rather prickly (and also cannot be stored), and bamboo is generally exotic.
How to make a broom for a bath — everything has its time
How to knit brooms for a bath correctly
When cutting brooms for a bathhouse?
You need to cut off the brooms after the dew of the dew, but before the sun gains strength. Shoots are chosen 45-50 cm long with branches and small leaves. This is necessary so that the future healing accessory is magnificent and muddy.
Birch. For a broom, it is better to choose a weeping birch. Cut the rods in June-July for the Trinity, when young leaves have a delicate velvety surface and slightly bitter to taste. In principle, our weather conditions cannot be predicted, so the main condition is the time when the earrings have not yet had time to bloom and the leaflet does not break off with the leg. Otherwise, the sheet will be hard and the broom will quickly «bald».
Oak. Ideally, oak brooms begin to cut immediately behind the birch (after the trinity) and continue the workpiece until the end of August and even until the start of frosts. The «raw material» tree should be up to 4 meters high, growing in a shadeed wet place. Old oaks are also suitable for our goal, but the workpiece will be more difficult, and the quality of the broom itself is lower.
Linden. Although the linden brooms are not as “long -playing” as oak, but they are distinguished by a special aroma. The best bastards are obtained from the rods that were cut off from May to June. It is undesirable to use flowering linden, since substances contained in its color can provoke an allergic reaction.
Sagebrush. Blaks made of wormwood are harvested mainly in the steppe areas — where there is an acute lack of forests. The plant begins to cut down after it bakes, but before its stems will become gestured.
In any case, no matter what plant you cut the brooms, you need to do this in an environmentally friendly place, away from roads and any production enterprises.
How to knit, dry and store brooms for a bath — step -by -step technology
After collecting shoots and two -day drying, it is time to knit. Calculate the number of rods so that the diameter of the handle does not exceed 3-5 cm, because it is not very convenient to steam and a heavy broom. Put thicker branches in the middle, and in the outer circle — more thin and tender.
Just wrap a bundle with a rope is not enough. Over time, when the broom is slightly drying out, the knot will weaken and it will steam will be problematic. The best knitting method is using a special marine node, which is called a tower. It is considered one of the most reliable and tightly addictive. After the inevitable reduction of the volume of the handles, you will just need to tighten the rope, and the winding will again reliably fasten the rods. And by the way, after the broom is connected, adjust the handle the pen or ax.
In order for corns and scratches with bath procedures on the hands, the shaft of the broom can be wrapped immediately before use with a fabric.
You can dry the cobblers in two ways:
In a hanging.
Stop.
In the first case, the usual “broom” is obtained, in the second — “fan”, which steaming is much more convenient. To do this, after initial drying, the brooms are folded in stacks: the most dry down, the most damp — up and change the bundles in places every 2-3 days. Under its own weight, the «panicles» are flattened and accessories acquire the form of a fan.
Drying must be done in a shaded, well -ventilated room, after which it is advisable to pack the brooms in individual paper bags for storage.
Recently, another way of storage has become very popular: in an industrial freezer. Such brooms are frozen raw, and subsequently they are practically no different from freshly knitted, retain much more beneficial substances. However, this method is not suitable if the bath business is not put on the “conveyor”, because the acquisition, and the content of the freezer can be an economically unjustified step.
How to properly steal a broom — tips for quick and thorough preparation
Now you know almost everything: how to knit brooms for a bath, workpiece and storage principles. Do you know how to prepare them for use? The essence of this ritual does not come down to simple soaking in a gang (water tank). The final part of our article is devoted to this process.
If you are an avid, experienced steamer, it is quite possible that you will not need the following methods. But suddenly you will discover something new and interesting for yourself?
So, general recommendations:
You can not steam a fresh broom. It is just to rinse it from dust.
Dried broom after steaming should not be modest, so you need constant monitoring of its condition.
Do not pour water from a gang. The infusion is useful for washing the head.
Express method of steaming:
Dip the broom in a container with hot water.
After 5-10 minutes, transfer it to the steam room and hold it over the stones for the bath.
Method for patient connoisseurs:
A couple of hours before the bath, put a broom in a shooter with barely warm water and periodically turn the bundle.
After half an hour, turn the broom in 180 ° and leave again for half an hour.
In a steam room, hold a bundle over the stones.
With a “patient” method of rod, they acquire wonderful elasticity, since the water through the cuts spreads along the entire length of the branches and drinks them with moisture.
Choose any wrapping method, experiment, find some of your «chips». And yes: with a light steam, of course!