Birch trees: natural remedy in your backyard

1 Birch trees: natural remedy in your backyard If you have access to birch trees, take advantage of their medicinal properties by using the techniques outlined in this article. In every form, birch makes an excellent tonic and detoxifier, mainly working on the urinary system to remove waste products, such as kidney or bladder stones and gravel, gout, and rheumatism. It reduces fluid retention and swelling, and clears up many skin problems. Birch is regarded as safe medicinally and no side effects have been reported. The fresh leaves or buds of birch offer a powerful but pleasant tea for general detoxing, urinary complaints, cystitis, rheumatic and arthritic troubles, and gout. Any condition of fluid retention, such as cardiac or renal edema and dropsy, will be helped by the tea. Birch is rich in potassium, so that (like dandelion) it does not deplete the body of this mineral in the way that medical diuretics do. Being such a good eliminator, birch tea is also effective as a compress applied directly to the skin for herpes, eczema, and the like. Drink birch tea as well for maximum benefits. Here is my recipe.