In recent years, we are increasingly turning to the origins. Mother Nature has provided us with everything we need for happiness, goodness and health, we just forgot how to use these gifts. Folk wisdom, passed down from generation to generation, brought to us information about the extraordinary healing and magical properties of Ivan tea or narrow-leaved fireweed.
Since the 17th century, specially harvested leaves and plant color (using fermentation technology) have been called Koporye tea.
We will tell you about the legends and beliefs associated with the mystical qualities of the unique wonder plant.
Legends about Ivan-tea
One of the legends of the appearance of Ivan-tea on earth says that the Rod is the Creator and Creator of all things, according to ancient Slavic mythology, seeing the hard work, efforts and diligence of people living in ancient Russia, sent them a reward in the form of an amazing plant capable of both healing, and to feed and protect and prolong life.
He planted a scarlet flower in his wonderful garden and whispered to the healers that dried and ground tubers can be used as flour when baking bread so that it does not stale for a long time, leaves are an excellent material for sewing shirts and linen, stems and roots are nutritious raw materials for food additions, seeds and fluff are stuffing for featherbeds and pillows, and flowers are a healing potion for drinking.
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God Rod threw several shoots of magic grass from the divine garden into the pot where the Russian Ivan boiled water for tea, people tried this drink and called it Ivan-tea.
The use of narrow-leaved fireweed in various rituals
In the old days, Ivan tea was attributed to magical properties.
The dried inflorescences of this amazing plant have a little less power, inhaling the aroma of which can instantly increase the concentration of attention and the ability to assimilate large amounts of information.
It turns out, according to legend, the mystical Ivan tea is a talisman for gaining wealth. Dried leaves of the plant are used to increase income and success in career advancement. They are constantly carried with them, laid between the pages of a notebook, diary, notebook.
It is also possible to bookmark fireweed leaves in a desk drawer, under a paperweight in a home office, in a separate compartment of a wallet or purse.
The fireweed acquires the greatest magical power in the middle of summer, especially if it is collected from July 6 to August 2.
Our ancestors argued that if dandelion jam is added to fireweed tea, then such a wonderful drink has love properties. They were treated to their beloved ones to enhance mutual attraction and kindle an ardent passion.
Husband and wife, drinking a healing drink, do not lose interest in each other for many years. During the flowering period, experienced housewives always tried to decorate their home with a bouquet of Ivan tea. Fresh flowers helped clear negative energy from the home and heal the atmosphere.
Our ancestors believed that it is possible to drive out the kikimor and the brownie, as well as other evil spirits, from the house with the help of rituals performed with a broom from Ivan-tea.
The roots of fireweed, collected in compliance with special rules, are attributed to protective qualities.
When the roots of Ivan-tea are dug on Ivan's day (July 7), they remove all iron objects (gold, silver, jewelry, belt buckles) from themselves, otherwise it will not be valid.
One who has a fireweed root with him receives a talisman against black thoughts and temptations sent by an unclean spirit to tempt an immortal soul.
Olga Uskova