The right bath broom Automatic translate

In earlier times, the broom was a subject of special treatment and was endowed with very serious magical powers. It was this bath accessory that was the main tool against corruption and all that was evil. Many believed that the broom resisted evil spirits and evil spirits.

How and when to harvest bath brooms

Everyone knows that a classic example of a bath broom is a birch broom. However, not everyone knows that harvesting them is not an difficult task, but it requires special knowledge and observation.

Especially “strong” in opposition to all evil were considered brooms collected on special days of great holidays. For those for whom the bath broom served as an object of pleasure and a source of health, they tried to manage to prepare them while the leaf on the tree was young and soft.

For a better broom, young birch trees, with the most delicate leaves and huge manpower, tried to choose. In birches that grow near the water, they are also called vines, branches are flexible, dense. Such branches in the bathhouse pleasantly overwhelm the body, tightly braiding and massaging it.

Such birch can be recognized by hanging, like willow, branches and leaves of a heart-shaped form. If you cut long and straight rods from such a birch, then the broom will turn out to be excellent and will serve more than once. But the branches are ragged with knots, rough, which are cut from the birch muffin in the bath, will not prove to be the best way - they will quickly become frayed and break off.

Which broom is better for a bath

Many experienced lovers of the Russian bath prefer an oak broom. And the reason for this is that: the oak broom really warms up the body, since its large dense leaves are steamed “to the bones”. The body after such a massage seems to be on fire. The highest quality oak brooms are obtained from the branches of oak growing in moist forests. They are distinguished by durability and persistent freshness. Good oak brooms keep their shape for a long time and do not bald.

Currant branches as a broom are used less often in the bath, because they are fragile and prickly. But on the other hand, they have a pleasant and incredibly fragrant smell that gives bliss to the soul and brings pleasure.

Nettles brooms, unfortunately, are almost never used by our contemporaries, but in vain. Only the most knowledgeable in the bathing business, the steam men, no, no, and they will stock up on several nettle specimens. The nettle broom “bites” a little when it is soared, but these tingles are pleasant and useful. The skin after nettle turns pink and seems to shine. The most useful nettle in May.

Juniper brooms are amazing. They are spiky and burning, but with proper preparation, a bath with such a broom gives an amazing effect. Juniper has a powerful antibacterial effect and gives the body a supply of living energy and strength.

How to steam a bath broom

Different brooms are steamed the same way - pouring them with boiling water, in a basin or in a bucket. But the steaming time for each species is different. It all depends on the strength of the twigs. 10-15 minutes are enough for a birch broom, and for oak or juniper time it will take more, 15-20 minutes. The nettle is completely dipped in boiling water for a few seconds, it simply cannot stand longer steaming and turns into a soft substance, which can only be wiped off. Although such a wipe is very useful.

Kroshina Irina