Black Birch Bark Tea
The birch is a soft wood tree native to cold northerly climates.
Black birch bark tea. This is the most potent of all our chaga teas. Black birch isn t really used much for distilling the oils to make into tar because its so thin. With its anti inflammatory and antibacterial effects birch tea also helps to combat skin issues such as acne and eczema. Birch has been employed in a myriad of ways from boat building to tanning hides.
Available in blends with black tea green tea oolong tea white tea and rooibos tea. In each form birch is an excellent tonic and detoxifier mainly working on the urinary system to remove waste products as in kidney or. Although it is a common name for many trees the remedies are centered around betula lenta. Inner bark is edible.
Birch tea is a natural astringent which helps to protect skin elasticity. Allergic contact dermatitis caused by betulin containing triterpene extract from the outer bark of birch betula alba. The leaves produce a pleasant tea and an infused oil. Truly powerful support for a healthy overall immune and anti aging response.
Both trees make a fine drink at any time of year but i am most drawn to them in winter when other foraging opportunities are few and they become contenders for the tastiest plants in the landscape. Please note that the herb tea blends may contain caffeine based on your tea selection. Meyer hoffert u brasch j. Black birch makes the best tea.
Its leaves and twigs look much like the white. Each variety of birch has it s own proper uses and advantages over others. The bark can be tinctured utilized in topical applications and infused as birch bark tea. The main parts used as herbal medicine are the inner bark leaves sap and twigs.
The black birch is a medium size tree that seldom grows more than two feet in diameter or reaches a height of 60 feet. Birch tea can help to promote a healthy head of hair. This is better for white birch which can almost be as thick as leather. Outer and inner bark can be used to make tea.
Available in bulk loose tea tea bags and easy brew bags birch bark tea loose tea. Black birch betula lenta medicinal herb is a perennial tree which is native to eastern north america. I have brewed tea most often from twigs of the black birch betula lenta but northern foragers may be more likely to find its cousin the yellow birch b. This can help to reduce the formation of fine lines.