Birch sap has many beneficial properties and has a beneficial effect on the body. In addition, it quenches thirst very well. Unfortunately, due to its short shelf life, it is necessary to resort to various methods of processing and preservation in order to preserve it longer.

Conservation

The simplest and most reliable way to preserve birch sap is to roll it into jars. There are many ways, depending on tastes and capabilities. During Soviet times, the most popular method of industrially preserving juice was preserving it in 3-liter jars with sugar and lemon juice. The juice was tart, sweet and sour and quite rich in taste. Today, preservation has become somewhat more complicated with various additives. They began to add medicinal herbs, fresh citrus fruits, etc. to birch sap.

Kvass with yeast

Ingredients:
- birch sap – 1 l;
- yeast 15-20 g;
- raisins – 3-4 pcs.

Heat birch sap in an enamel bowl to 30-35oC, pour it into a jar (bottle), add yeast and washed raisins (for fuller taste, you can add the zest of half a small lemon). Close the bottle tightly with a cap and put it in a dark, cool place. After 2 weeks, birch kvass is ready. In the absence and warmth it lasts up to six months or even longer. The recipe allows for the replacement of yeast with 5-6 grams.

Kvass without yeast with dried fruits

Ingredients:
- birch sap – 5 l;
- – 800 g.

Keep fresh birch sap for a week at room temperature in any container except metal. As soon as the juice begins to sour and the first signs of fermentation begin to appear (bubbles, a sour smell), add thoroughly washed dried fruits to it, cover with a clean cotton napkin and put in a dark, cool place for 2-3 weeks. Strain the finished kvass and pour into jars (bottles), close with tight lids (corks). Kvass is stored without access to light and heat (in the cellar, in the refrigerator) until the next season for collecting birch sap.

You can replace dried fruits with 30 grams of barley malt, but in this case add 3 tsp to the juice. natural honey. You will get kvass in Belarusian style.

Russian balm

Ingredients:
- birch sap – 10 l;
- granulated sugar – 3 kg;
- – 2 l;
- lemon – 4 pcs.

Stir sugar in slightly warmed birch sap, pour in wine. Finely chop the lemons straight with the peel and add to the juice. Cover the container with a cloth and store it in a cool place for 2 months. Then bottle it and keep it for another 3 weeks. The balm is ready for use. Can be stored for as long as desired.

Sources:

• kvass on birch sap with raisins

Birch sap is very healthy. It improves metabolism and relieves fatigue. It is also recommended to drink it for vitamin deficiency, pulmonary diseases, diseases of the blood, joints, kidneys and bladder. Of course, it is better to drink fresh birch sap, but canned birch sap is also a tasty drink.

You will need

• - for 1 liter of juice 2 tbsp. Sahara;
• - orange;
• - lemon.

Instructions

First you need to get fresh juice. To do this, find a suitable birch tree in the forest in the spring. It is better that it is away from busy roads in an ecologically clean forest. Make a small cut in the tree and secure the groove, drill through the bark and insert a tube. The juice will flow along it into a jar or other container.

You can also get by with a more gentle method. Just cut the branch at an angle and hang a plastic bottle from it. After a few hours, the container will be filled with birch. After collecting, be sure to cover the wounds on the tree with plasticine or garden varnish to stop the sap from flowing out.

Strain the juice and pour into a stainless or enamel pan and bring to a boil. While the juice is still juiced, wash the orange and lemon and wipe them. Then cut straight with the peel, the orange into slices, the lemon into slices. Add sugar to the boiled juice and cook until it dissolves. Fill the jars with hot juice and add an orange slice and 2 lemons to each jar. After which you can.

If you are afraid that birch sap will still ferment, sterilize it. To do this, pour water into a large saucepan, heat it and place the unrolled jars up to their hangers. When the water boils, note the time. After 15-20 minutes, remove the jars and roll them up.

Place the jars upside down on a rug or blanket and wrap it around the top. The next day, transfer the jars of birch sap to the basement or cellar for storage.

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Do not sterilize rolled jars; the lids will break off due to the pressure generated during heating. Or use special clamps that allow you to sterilize jars with rolled-up lids.

Helpful advice

Not all birch trees produce sweet sap, so choose the best one to suit your taste. Just be sure to cover up the wounds on the bark while you look for a good tree. It is better to remember this birch tree and take sap from it every year.

Traditionally, birch sap is drunk immediately after collection, before it loses its freshness and maximum benefits. It can be stored in the refrigerator or cellar for 2-3 days, during which time it will not spoil. But then it will inevitably sour, ferment and turn into a toxic liquid. However, people, who have known about the healing properties of birch sap since time immemorial, have learned to store it in winter. Many of these recipes are still used today.

You will need

• - birch sap;
• - granulated sugar;
• - raisin;
• - yeast;
• - dried fruits;
• - jars or bottles for storing juice;
• - metal lids and plugs.

Instructions

Fermentation. Take 3 liters of birch sap, 6 tsp. granulated sugar and 10-15 raisins. Pour the juice into a clean 3-liter jar kept over steam for 10 minutes, pour out the sand and add the washed raisins. Mix everything well and cover with a loose lid or balloon. After 2-3 days, a highly carbonated drink with a pleasant taste is formed in the jar, in which all the birch sap remains. This drink can be stored for quite a long time in a cool place in containers with closed lids.

Conservation. Pour birch sap into an enamel pan and heat to 80°C. Do not bring it to a boil under any circumstances. Quickly pour the hot juice into the prepared ones, i.e. bottles or jars pre-steamed over boiling water. Cover the bottles with corks (loosely), the jars with lids and place them in a large saucepan with water heated to 90°C for pasteurization. Keep them in this pan, placed on the stove over the lowest heat, for 20-30 minutes. Then close the bottles tightly with corks, and roll up the jars with metal lids. Store in a dark place.

You can make your work easier by eliminating the pasteurization procedure. To do this, after pouring the heated juice into bottles and jars, immediately close them tightly with corks and metal lids, quickly wrap them in old blankets (fur coats, shawls, scarves) and set aside until they cool naturally, after which they are stored in a dark place.

Yeast kvass. Take 1 liter of birch sap, 15-20 grams of fresh (pressed) yeast or 5-6 grams of dry yeast and 5-10 raisins. Heat the juice in an enamel pan to 30-35oC, then pour it into a jar or bottle, add yeast and raisins. Close with a tight lid and place in a cool, dark place. Kvass will be ready in 2 weeks. In the absence of heat and light, it can be stored for up to 6-8 months.

Kvass. To prepare this kvass, you will need 5 liters of birch sap and 800 grams of dried fruits (if you have less juice, reduce the amount of dried fruits accordingly). Pour the juice into an enamel, glass or ceramic bowl, cover with a towel and leave at room temperature for several days. At the first signs of fermentation (clouding, islands of foam, sour smell, etc.), add thoroughly washed dried fruits, cover again with a towel and place in a cool, dark place. After 2 weeks, strain the finished kvass through a sieve or cheesecloth and pour into jars or bottles, closing with tight lids (corks). This kvass is stored in the refrigerator or in the cellar until the next birch sap collection season.

Rules for collecting birch sap and its benefits

Birch sap is a liquid released from cuts in the trunk of a birch tree. In order to assemble it, you need to use a special aluminum groove that can be inserted into a slot on the barrel. The released juice will flow down the groove into the substituted container. Most often, three-liter jars are used to collect the drink.

The best time to extract juice is spring. From approximately the beginning of March until mid-April, when the leaves begin to bloom on the trees, the period of its active collection lasts. From one adult birch tree you can collect up to 3 liters of sap per day. After the collection is completed, it is necessary to cover the incision site with garden varnish.

Birch sap contains a huge amount of vitamins and minerals. It is very good for health. The juice has a very pleasant sweetish taste. It is used to treat bronchitis, cough, as well as kidney and liver diseases.

In order to preserve the juice, it is necessary to preserve it within 24 hours after collection, since this product spoils very quickly. First you need to prepare the container. It is very convenient to preserve juice in three-liter jars. The jars must be thoroughly rinsed and sterilized over steam or in the oven.

The collected juice must be poured into an enamel pan and brought to a boil over low heat. When it boils, you can add sugar, lemon and orange slices. For 3 liters of juice you will need 3 tablespoons of sugar, 2 mugs of lemon and 2 mugs of orange with peel. Fruits give the drink an original taste.

After adding fruit ingredients and sugar, you need to boil the juice for 5 minutes, then pour it into sterile jars and immediately roll up with sterile lids. The drink should be stored in a dark and cool place.

You can also sterilize juice poured into jars. This canning method is more reliable. Juice with added sugar and fruit should be poured into jars, and the jars should be placed in a pan filled with water. The jars must be covered with tin lids. Be sure to place a towel or small cloth on the bottom of the pan. The jars need to be sterilized for 20 minutes, after which they should be rolled up.

You can also preserve the juice using citric acid. Some housewives prefer to add mint leaves to the drink to give it a refreshing taste.

Good day, friends! Do you know that birch sap is very healthy and is used in cosmetology and for weight loss? This was my favorite drink as a child. They begin to collect it in the spring and close it in jars.

In this regard, many are interested in what its benefits are, how to collect it and how long birch sap is stored in the refrigerator. Let's try to find out the answer to this question in more detail.

First, let's find out what the benefits of this drink are. Due to its excellent vitamin content and high energy value, jays are recommended for use in children's and preschool institutions.

The product contains sugar, ash, essential oils, saponin, group vitamins and B 6, as well as water.

It is worth noting the following beneficial properties of the drink:

1. For throat diseases, it is recommended to take it with milk.
2. If you have digestive problems, you can add a little lemon to the juice. This drink is effective for constipation.
3. This product is recommended for various inflammatory processes.
4. Used for disorders of the renal system.

Interestingly, in recent years this drink has become especially popular in America and England. But remember that birch water can cause some harm.

People with chronic stomach diseases or allergies should not drink it.

The juice is also used in cosmetology. It is effective, so it is rubbed into the skin and then the hair is washed with water.

Hair will become less oily and grow faster.
If you have acne, you can wipe your face with birch water. To do this, you can use frozen juice in ice cubes.

As a result, the skin will become more elastic.

Properly collected sap is obtained from a cut tree trunk and from broken branches. Under the pressure of root pressure, the liquid comes out.

From one tree you can get up to a day 2-3 liters.

How to store birch sap

Now we’ll find out how you can store birch sap at home. First of all, only glass containers are suitable for storage.

The drink retains all its beneficial properties for two to three days, and then without refrigeration it generally deteriorates.

It can be in the refrigerator no more than 7 days.

After this time, birch water begins to taste less pleasant.

To increase the shelf life of the drink in the refrigerator up to 3 weeks, you can add sugar and citric acid.

In this case, half a teaspoon of citric acid and 100 grams of sugar are taken per liter of drink.

All ingredients are mixed and the composition is sent to a cold place. This does not require sterilization.
The juice can also be stored frozen in special bags, and the fermented product makes excellent cider.

The product can be stored in a cold cellar or in the snow near the house for two weeks.

But at the same time, the container should not be exposed to sunlight.

How to Determine Product Condition

If you decide to store juice, then you will definitely need knowledge of how to determine the condition of the product.

Since even a frozen drink can go bad if the freezer malfunctions.

It is especially necessary to monitor the condition of the product when storing it in the refrigerator or cellar.

Here are the characteristic signs of a low-quality drink:

1. Weigh it. If sediment is at the bottom, this is normal for good juice. And if it is distributed throughout the entire container, then this is a sign of fermentation. If the lid is swollen, then you cannot drink the drink.
2. Mold. If mold appears, the juice is unfit for consumption. Even a small amount of it in a drink indicates the presence of harmful toxins.
3. Presence of vinegar. Transparency is not always an indication of a product's good condition. The solution may become clear even at the stage of vinegar formation.

In order for a product to be stored in the refrigerator for a long time, you need to know how preservation is done.

Using Freeze

To preserve the juice, a method such as freezing is used. Even after being frozen, the drink retains its medicinal and taste qualities. Freezing should be done in small portions.

After defrosting, the product must be used immediately, since defrosted products very quickly lose their healing properties and spoil.

A defrosted drink can be kept in the refrigerator for no more than three days.
To freeze, you need to do the following. Pour the prepared product into bags and place in the freezer.

Follow these rules:

1. The packages must be tight. You can insert one into the other.
2. Each container should contain no more than 0.5 liters of drink.
3. You need to tie it tightly so that there is no leakage.
4. It should be placed so that the juice can fill the widest part of the bag with a thin layer.

This method is suitable for long-term storage of perishable products. Frozen foods, if properly sealed, can be stored for 3 to 5 years.

Preservation methods

Now let's figure out how to close a canned product.

Here are the main ways to preserve tasty wood liquid:

1. Fermentation. This raisin recipe is made from three liters of juice, 2 tablespoons of sugar and a handful of raisins. First, sterilize the jar, then pour the juice into it, add sugar and put in the washed raisins. Cover the jar with a plastic lid. Place the container in a warm place, and after three days the mixture will ferment. You can store this drink for 10-15 days.
2. Pasteurization. First, heat the drink in a saucepan to 80 degrees. Pour it into hot and sterilized jars. Cover with lids and place in a water bath. Pasteurization should last 30 minutes. Then the jars are closed with lids, and after they have cooled, they are placed in the cellar.
3. Kvass with yeast. Per liter you need to take 15 grams of yeast and 5 raisins. Heat the drink in a saucepan to 40 degrees. Then add raisins and yeast to the drink. Pour into jars and store in a cool place. This juice can be stored for up to six months.
4. Russian balm. For adults, you can prepare an intoxicating drink. 10 liters of juice need to be heated, and then pour 3 kg of sugar and 2 liters of dry wine into it. Lemons are cut with peel and added to the mixture. The vessel must be covered with gauze and refrigerated for 60 days. The liquid is then filtered and bottled into jars and bottles. After 20 days the product is ready.

Consider another option for canning juice:

1. First, the concentrate is made. To do this, the liquid must be heated and evaporated 75% of the total volume.
2. The hot concentrate is poured into jars, which are sterilized in a water bath for 30 minutes.

This preservation can be stored even at room temperature.

Popular recipes

The effectiveness of birch sap increases when combined with other products.

Let's look at some recipes:

1. You can add lingonberries to the juice. To do this, juice is squeezed out of 150 grams of berries and boiled in a water bath for 5 minutes. Birch drink is added to the strained broth. You can make it with honey.
2. Birch water with the addition of rowan has a diuretic and laxative effect. Also helps with rheumatism and kidney stones. To make the drink even healthier, add lemon juice to it.
3. Here is another recipe for a healing drink. Grind 6 lemons through a meat grinder and add a liter of juice to them. The composition should stand for 2 days in the refrigerator. Then boil it until the volume is reduced by 2 times.
4. To prepare a refreshing drink, you need to put 1 kg of sugar on a bucket of juice. Then add dried pears and apples to the juice, which should be tied in cheesecloth. The container must be placed in the cellar for maturation.
5. Toasted golden barley is also added to the juice. 2 spoons per liter of juice. The composition is placed in the cellar for a month.

Now you know all the secrets of storing this miraculous drink and will be able to enjoy its amazing taste for a long time.

If you want to supplement the information with interesting facts or useful tips, write in the comments.

Drink to your health and see you soon!

For those who are fans of birch sap, the beginning of spring is associated with the collection of this product. You need to have time to collect the sap while the birch tree is still young and the first leaves have just bloomed on it. Birch produces a lot of sap, which can be stored in the refrigerator for no more than 48 hours.

Possible home storage methods

• Storage in the freezer - this method can only be used if the freezer has a “quick freezing” function, since regular freezing takes too long and affects the composition of the product;
• Canning is the most common method that can be used during other winter preparations;
• Evaporation produces a product that must be diluted with water; it is also worth considering that when evaporating, the volume of juice decreases by 25%;
• Preparation of drinks - drinks based on birch water can be stored for a long time, plus additional components in the composition enhance the usefulness of the main ingredient on which the drinks are made.

Which method of storing birch sap at home to choose is decided individually, depending on capabilities, availability of free time and personal taste preferences.

How to freeze juice

The raw materials should be poured into food containers (you need to use these containers; it is not recommended to use bags for freezing) in small portions up to 300 milliliters. The fact is that when defrosted, birch sap can also be stored in the refrigerator for up to two days, so it is not advisable to freeze whole liters of raw materials.

After spilling the juice, you should immediately put it in the freezer and turn on the fast freezing mode.

How to preserve juice for the winter

Canning birch sap is very similar to the process of preparing compote for the winter. The raw materials need to be heated in an enamel container up to 85 degrees Celsius, then pour into sterilized jars and seal with tin lids.

After the jars are sealed, they need to be sterilized for an additional 20 minutes at a heating temperature of 90 degrees Celsius.

Before storing jars of juice in a cool, dark place, they should be left upside down to cool completely.

Evaporation of juice

Birch sap in an enamel container must be evaporated at a temperature of 60 degrees Celsius until the total volume of liquid decreases by 25% of the initial volume. During the evaporation process, the liquid will acquire a cloudy caramel color, as it should be.

After evaporation, the resulting product must be bottled either in sterilized jars or sterilized bottles and roll up like regular preparations for winter.

After the cans or bottles have completely cooled, they can be stored in a cellar or basement. It is important that you cannot drink this juice undiluted. Before drinking the drink you need dilute it with boiled water. You need to add very little water so that the liquid acquires a light brown tint.

Recipes for making drinks from birch sap

If you don’t particularly want to make rolls, then you can prepare delicious drinks, such as kvass and fruit drinks. All drinks retain the beneficial composition of birch sap, and even enhance its usefulness.

Preparing kvass

Add four teaspoons of sugar and a handful of raisins to two liters of juice. Mix everything, pour the drink into glass bottles (preferably the bottles are made of dark glass), put in a cool dark place for sourdough for 7 days. After this time, the kvass should be strained and drunk; the drink should be stored in the refrigerator for up to three months.

Preparing fruit juice

To prepare this drink you will need not only birch sap, but also berries. You can choose any berries that are available. The berries need to be squeezed out, only the cake is needed, and the berry juice itself will be needed at the end of cooking.

The berry pulp should be poured with birch sap and placed in a boiling water bath, heated for five minutes. After this, the contents that were in the water bath must be mixed with berry juice. Cool the drink before drinking; you can also add sugar or honey to make the fruit drink sweeter.

Morse made from birch sap perfectly quenches thirst and normalizes the balance of nutrients in the body, and can be stored in the refrigerator for up to three weeks.

It is quite possible to store birch sap at home, because there are several options. But how nice it is to drink this drink in the hot summer, or replenish your supply of vitamins in the fierce winter!

Evokes vivid associations with childhood. Then he was a constant companion of all forest walks. But how to preserve birch sap at home so that it does not lose its beneficial properties?

Birch nectar - pleasant taste and undoubted benefits

The drink from childhood is also one of the best and natural means for regulating metabolism. Also, its regular use can help overcome spring vitamin deficiency, fatigue and increase resistance to viral and colds. Regular consumption helps cleanse the body of harmful toxins and dissolve some types of kidney stones. But there are also contraindications: it is strictly not recommended to take it if you are allergic to birch pollen.

When to collect

The sap from the tree begins to release with the first spring thaws and continues until the leaves appear. It is best to collect it in the morning or afternoon, as the discharge becomes less intense at night. The best time to collect birch sap is from 10 am to 6 pm.

How to collect correctly

It is necessary to collect useful nectar, taking utmost care so as not to harm the tree itself. To do this, you need to make a shallow cut on the birch at an angle of 45 degrees or drill a hole with a gimlet. Then insert a tube or groove into the resulting hole, through which the juice will begin to flow into the prepared container (glass jar or plastic bottle). After collecting, be sure to tightly cover the wound with wax, laundry soap, or clog it with moss. This will help avoid rotting of the birch. So, now that you know how and when to collect the drink, all that remains is to answer the question of how to preserve birch sap.

Storing juice at home

The disadvantage of birch sap is its short shelf life. Even in a cool place, it retains its qualities for only two days; on the third day it becomes cloudy. Are there ways to extend its life? How to preserve birch sap for as long as possible? The answer to this question will be several methods of storage at home. The most popular recipe is syrup. To prepare it, you need to evaporate the original product to the consistency of fresh honey. In this case, the sugar concentration during the cooking process will increase to 60-70%. The finished syrup, which has a pronounced sweet and sour taste and strong aroma, is added to tea. You can also preserve the juice by canning it, heating it to 80 degrees, and pouring it into sterilized jars and sealing it tightly. But still, the maximum beneficial properties are contained in a fresh product without heat treatment. Freezing will help preserve it in this form. Pour the collected nectar into an ice maker and store in the freezer. This is the best answer to the question of how to preserve birch sap, since in this case it will retain almost all its beneficial properties. The production of birch sap is also possible in industrial conditions.

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Birch sap is a tasty and healthy liquid that is extracted from the branches or trunks of birch trees such as North American sweet birch and silver birch.

Birch sap is usually a slightly sweet, watery syrup with a pleasant taste. In our country, this natural juice is considered a tonic, traditional drink.

Tree sap contains a lot useful substances, including sugars (namely xylitol), proteins, amino acids and enzymes.

Birch sap is collected in the spring, from the first thaw until the moment when buds appear on the birch trees. You can collect the juice in May, but in this month it already becomes bitter, although it does not yet lose its beneficial properties.

In order to extract juice, you need to slightly cut or chop a trunk or branch, and then insert a glass jar, three-liter glass jar, bottle or other container to collect the juice, and insert a groove made of metal or plastic into the hole itself.

After collecting the juice, you need to seal the hole with wax or moss.

You can collect 3-15 liters of birch sap per day. We like to drink sap, but it is not as highly valued as, for example, in Japan, where a liter of birch sap will cost 50 euros.

Birch sap can be consumed either fresh or after natural fermentation - leave until summer, and then add natural juices - you get a natural low-alcohol drink. Even kvass, beer, wine and champagne are made from the sap of the tree. Craftsmen can make flavored candies from juice.

Fresh birch sap is perishable, even if refrigerated, it can be stored for no more than 2-5 days. The shelf life of birch sap can be extended by freezing or pasteurization. However, pasteurization destroys some useful ingredients and may change the taste of the product. Frozen birch sap practically does not lose its properties and is well stored for several weeks.

In the CIS countries, mainly in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, concentrated birch sap has long been considered medicinal as an antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, anti-inflammatory, and antipruritic agent.

Birch sap helps with diseases of the respiratory system (including the treatment of tuberculosis), kidney stones, gall bladder, as well as gout, rheumatism, edema, non-healing wounds and ulcers, and promotes the normal functioning of the stomach and kidneys.

How do you like to drink birch sap?

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Remember birch sap with sugar - a drink from childhood? Almost colorless, similar in appearance to water, it concealed a pleasant surprise - sweetness with a slight hint of sourness and extraordinary freshness. It was a real pleasure to wash down the kindergarten lunch with this juice. Imagine my surprise when grandfather explained, what are the benefits of birch sap. It turned out that the drink from the store is not real juice; if you drink it, it’s natural, which is extracted at a certain time of the year in a certain way.

How and when is the juice extracted?

Birch sap strengthens the body. This refreshing, environmentally friendly drink has long been famous for its healing properties. Before the sticky leaves bloom on the birch, during the period of snow melting, the movement of sap begins, which is popularly called “crying birch.” The tree produces sap for 15-20 days. The process usually begins in March and continues until the end of April. A birch tree with a diameter of less than 20 cm is not suitable for collecting sap. The thicker the trunk, the more holes you can make. The juice flows most abundantly from noon to 6 pm.

Sap collected from a birch tree that grows near a highway or in an industrial area will do more harm than good. After all, birch absorbs not only vitamins and minerals, but also heavy metals. It makes no sense to buy such juice in a store - canning destroys most of the beneficial substances. Store-bought birch sap can be a delicious dessert, but nothing more.

To obtain juice, you need to cut a small square on the bark (about 20 cm from the soil), having previously cleared this place. Use a twist to turn the recess 3-4 cm inward. The juice will flow in a trickle. You can attach a tin gutter or distill the juice into a bottle using a gauze strip. After collecting the juice, the incision is tightly covered with wax or clogged with moss. You can use laundry soap for these purposes. This is done in order to protect the tree from bacteria and fungi. After all, wounds can be fatal for birch.

Natural medicine

For medicinal purposes, the sap of two types of birch trees is usually used - spreading and drooping. And not just juice. Activated carbon and tar are obtained from these trees, and their leaves and buds are used for medicinal infusions. It is from birch trees that xylitol is obtained - a sugar substitute for diabetics. It is obtained from wood waste. The benefits of birch sap include vitamins and minerals, enzymes and organic acids. Salts, useful biological compounds, dissolve in the juice. The result is an almost universal medicine that contains from 0.5 to 2% sugar.

Birch sap contains enzymes, tannins and organic acids, as well as potassium, calcium, iron salts, plant hormones, glucose and phytoncides (substances that kill microbes).

The regenerating effect of birch sap is known. It speeds up metabolism and has a tonic and restorative effect on the body.

In addition, birch sap protects against viruses and cleanses the body of toxins. It is successfully used to combat various inflammatory skin diseases, sore throat, and tuberculosis. The juice restores the blood, cleanses it, and has a beneficial effect on bones and teeth.

If you drink birch sap daily, you can get rid of depression and chronic fatigue syndrome. The drink is especially useful for women during menopause. Birch sap is an excellent medicine for men. It will help increase potency.

How to preserve the benefits of birch sap?

Remember that all the healing properties of birch sap appear only when the sap is fresh. It can be stored in a cool place for no more than 2 days. The optimal dose is one glass. Take the juice once a day 20-30 minutes before meals. Course - 2-3 weeks. Natural birch sap is delicious in itself. This is a sweetish and extremely refreshing drink. However, if desired, you can adjust its taste - add herbal decoctions, fruit and vegetable juices.

Grandma's recipes

Our ancestors made wonderful drinks based on birch sap. You can also try making kvass, cruchon or cocktail.

Birch kvass

To prepare it, crusts of rye bread were dipped into a container with birch sap. To make them easy to remove, the bread was placed in a linen bag. This bag is kept in the container for two days, during which time the juice begins to ferment, thanks to the yeast in the bread. On the third day, a natural preservative is added - oak bark (one bucket of bark was added to a barrel of juice). To make kvass have a pleasant taste and aroma, cherry leaves, dill, and berries were added to it. The drink takes 2 weeks to prepare and is suitable for consumption all winter.

Berezovik

The container with juice is removed for three days in a dark place. Afterwards, rye bread crackers or barley grains well heated in the oven are added to it. For 10 liters of juice take 60 grams of crackers. After adding, the drink is infused for another day and filtered.

Cocktail

It was probably invented by modern gourmets, spoiled by the abundance of birch sap. You can try it, most likely it is a delicious dessert. For 2 glasses of juice, take 4 tablespoons of berry syrup and 100 grams of ice cream. The ingredients are mixed in a mixer. Before use, add the same amount of ice cream to the cocktail.

Cruchon

Take half a liter of birch sap and dry white wine. Add 150 g sugar. Mix the ingredients and cool the drink for three hours. Before use, it can be mixed with mineral water.

In the second half of the twentieth century in the USSR, birch sap was not inferior in popularity to apple and grape sap. It was harvested on an industrial scale. It was the cheapest of natural juices. A common joke among young people of those times was to ask for birch sap with pulp in the store - now not even everyone will understand what they are talking about.

Currently, the production of birch sap has lost its former scale. The younger generation no longer has any idea what birch sap tastes like. The benefits and harms of its use are debated by doctors and ecologists. However, the fact remains indisputable that natural birch sap contains an excellent set of vitamins, polysaccharides, organic acids and a large number of minerals.

Useful properties of birch sap

Birch sap contains enzymes and biological stimulants that strengthen the immune system; potassium, calcium and magnesium, necessary for normal heart function; tannins that have an anti-inflammatory effect; easily digestible sugars (glucose and fructose) that are good for the brain. Thanks to this, it is useful for both sick and completely healthy people, both adults and children for general health, especially during the period of spring vitamin deficiency.

Since this drink does not contain strong allergens, such as citrus juices, it can be recommended to drink to strengthen the immune system even for pregnant women and young mothers while breastfeeding. If a woman is bothered by swelling during pregnancy, birch sap also copes with this problem, since it has a diuretic effect.

In addition, some specific properties of this drink can be successfully used in the treatment of certain diseases.

Thus, thanks to the already mentioned diuretic effect, it will be useful for inflammatory kidney diseases and renal failure. But in case of kidney stones, it must be used with caution, since it can cause the movement of stones and provoke an attack of renal colic.

In addition, birch sap has the ability to purify the blood and remove toxic substances, so it is good to use for speedy recovery from intoxication. It also alleviates the general condition of infectious diseases by suppressing the development of infection and removing toxins produced by pathogens.

But that's not all the benefits of birch sap. It is also used in cosmetology to treat problem skin, strengthen hair and fight dandruff.

But if everything is so wonderful and such a healthy drink has practically no contraindications (with the exception of an allergy to birch pollen), then is there at least one disadvantage to birch sap? The answer to this question lies in the field of ecology. It's all about where and how to collect birch sap.

The extraction of birch sap begins in early spring, when the buds on the trees begin to swell and active sap flow begins. In order for the collected product to be healthy, you need to go to the forest to collect it, away from industrial facilities and highways.

The sap collected from roadside birches will contain dangerous heavy metals that come from exhaust gases that permeate the wood and soil in the vicinity of the road. You won't be able to drink it. The most delicious and healthy juices are extracted from old trees with a trunk thickness of at least 20 cm. The juices of young birch trees are too watery, in addition, a young tree will tolerate such an operation less well.

Care must be taken not to damage the tree too much. It is best to drill a small diameter hole in the trunk, 2-3 cm deep, at an angle of 45 degrees (sloping down). Such a wound will easily heal after you finish harvesting.

The hole should be located at a height of 40-50 cm from the ground, and preferably on the south side of the trunk. A semicircular tray made of birch bark or a piece of plastic tube (the diameter must match) is inserted into it and directed into a container to collect the juice. This could be a glass jar or a plastic bottle.

One tree can produce up to 2 liters of liquid per day. But it is better to collect one liter from several trees, because the loss of a large amount of sap can lead to the death of the tree. After harvesting the juice is completed, the hole in the trunk must be tightly sealed with garden pitch, felt, or at least clean moss.

You can extract juice in another way: cut off an inclined lower branch 1-1.5 cm thick and direct the fresh cut into the neck of the bottle.

If you did everything correctly, you will get a tasty and healthy drink without harming the forest ecology.

It is almost impossible to buy such juice in a store these days. The liquid, which is sometimes sold under the name "Birch Sap", is a drink based on water, sugar and citric acid, so there are no health benefits to speak of in this case.

How to store birch sap

Fresh birch sap spoils quickly, so it should only be kept in the refrigerator, and no more than three days. If you want to store it for a longer period, preservation will be required. To do this, just heat the juice to 80 degrees, pour it into sterilized jars or bottles and seal it tightly.

And so that the juice takes up less space during storage, you can prepare a concentrate from it. To do this, the juice is evaporated until its volume is reduced by 4 times. Before use, you need to dilute it again with water to the original volume.

Another good way to store juice is freezing. All valuable substances remain practically unchanged.

Birch sap drink recipes

In Russian villages, birch kvass has long been a traditional refreshing drink. Its preparation takes several days. The recipe is very simple. Fill a clean, washed glass container with fresh birch sap, add sugar (2 teaspoons per liter) and raisins (4-6 berries per liter). You can also add a little lemon zest. Cover with a lid and leave to ferment. The resulting drink is stored in a cool place for up to 2-3 months.

You can prepare other drinks based on birch sap, adding various fruits or berries, as well as honey.

That's practically everything you need to know about birch sap. The benefits and harms of this drink for humans and the environment depend entirely on us, on the correct collection and use of this priceless gift of nature.

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Medical studies have shown that drinking at least one glass a day for 2-3 weeks will help the body cope with vitamin deficiency, absent-mindedness, fatigue and depression. Birch sap is contraindicated for those who are allergic to birch pollen. Birch sap contains organic acids, tannins, minerals, iron, potassium, calcium, glucose, fructose, and phytoncides. Drinking birch sap helps break down stones in the bladder and kidneys, cleanses the blood, and enhances metabolic processes. It is also useful to drink juice for stomach ulcers, diseases of the liver, duodenum, gall bladder, low acidity, radiculitis, rheumatism, arthritis, bronchitis, tuberculosis, scurvy and headaches. In addition, birch sap increases the body's resistance to colds, infectious and allergic diseases.

And one of the undeniable advantages is the benefits of birch sap - the elixir of life, given to us by nature itself.

Since ancient times Birch juice famous for its healing properties. This is a delicious, environmentally friendly, healing, refreshing drink. But, unfortunately, not everyone has the opportunity to produce this drink on their own. Especially for you, we produce and sell natural birch sap, which has absorbed all the forces of nature.

How is birch sap useful? It contains vitamins, organic acids, enzymes, potassium, calcium, iron salts, tannins, glucose, plant hormones, and phytoncides. It contains malic, nicotinic and glutamic acids. Thanks to these components, the drink has an excellent tonic cosmetic effect.

Under the influence of birch sap, urinary stones are destroyed, headaches are relieved, and the body is cleansed of harmful substances. It is effective in the treatment of radiculitis, bronchitis, liver and stomach ulcers, and arthritis. In addition, birch sap has regenerating properties, cleanses the blood, and is a metabolic stimulant.

Systematic intake of the drink has a tonic and restorative effect. If buy birch sap If you take it every day with us, you will be able to get rid of the feeling of fatigue, drowsiness, and irritability.

The drink can be consumed for vitamin deficiencies, scrofula, allergic diseases, scurvy, anemia, colds, stones in the bladder and kidneys. Birch sap is of great benefit in cases of pulmonary tuberculosis and sore throat.

Birch juice It is useful to mix with other vegetable and fruit juices, for example, you can take apple-birch juice. You can also infuse the juice with leaves of lemon balm, mint, St. John's wort, thyme, rose hips, lingonberries, and linden blossom.

The meaning of the phrase “birch sap” is understandable, probably, only to Russian people. Foreigners are often perplexed when they hear about such a drink. In early spring, going to the forest, cut the trunk of a birch tree. A thick, pleasant-tasting liquid will begin to accumulate at the site of damage. Its appearance is explained by the root pressure of the tree. In Rus', the beneficial properties of birch sap were known to many healers. It was considered a drink in its own right, and original dishes were often prepared based on it. Information about the benefits of birch sap has been preserved to this day. That's why the drink was so widespread in the USSR. Experts in traditional medicine recipes recommend drinking 2-3 glasses a day while collecting juice. Unfortunately, not everyone can collect it themselves. Good news for residents of megacities was the discovery: Birch sap can be stored. Of course, it may lose some of its properties; it is best to eat it fresh. However, if you do not have the opportunity to enjoy a freshly collected drink, you can, for example, buy it in a store. Preservation of birch sap not put into wide production, but a rare product can sometimes be found on sale. In order to preserve the beneficial properties of a fresh drink for several days, some people prepare birch sap kvass according to old traditional recipes.

The benefits of birch sap This is explained by the fact that the drink is rich in many vitamins and polysaccharides. It also contains many microelements necessary for human health: potassium, magnesium, sodium, barium, titanium, calcium, manganese and copper. Its use helps cope with the signs of spring vitamin deficiency and depression. The benefits of birch sap are used in folk medicine in the treatment of tuberculosis, migraine, obesity, and pneumonia. The drink also has a beneficial effect on the health of the kidneys, liver, and gastric mucosa. It is also useful for maintaining the level of hemoglobin in the blood, removing toxins and decay products from the body. In cosmetology, the product is used in the manufacture of strengthening hair masks.

It is important to remember that the benefits and harms of birch sap depend on the environmental conditions of the place where it is collected. If a birch tree grows, for example, near a busy highway, you should not use it to make a drink. Otherwise, the harm of birch sap can even result in food poisoning from heavy metals. And of course, if you want to enjoy the taste of the drink, you need to take care of nature. From one tree you can get no more than 2-3 liters of juice per day.

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She has arrived - the long-awaited enchantress - spring with warm, heady aromas, freshness, lightness, purity. Spring has long been considered a time of awakening and healing. In spring, it seems, the air also acquires healing properties. The human body, tired of hibernation, activates its functions and is filled with energy. You breathe in the fresh spring air - and you want to live.

In fact, to be healthy and feel good, air alone is not enough. In order for the human body to function fully, it needs to be helped, first of all, by adhering to a healthy lifestyle and nutrition. Here nature itself comes to the rescue. One has only to remember birch sap, which is popularly called a spring healer.

It is unlikely that you will be able to find a tree with such unusual white bark anywhere in the world. It is for the bark that the birch tree got its name. In Indo-European languages, the root “ber” means “light, clear.”

The tree’s unique attire is provided by the organic dye betulin contained in the bark. In spring, the birch tree begins to cry. All you have to do is carefully drill into the bark, insert a tube or groove there, and the juice will flow straight into the jar.

Is birch sap really so useful and is it worth consuming the “spoiled” tree?

Of course, yes, if you extract it correctly - do not chop the bark with an ax or knife, but carefully drill a hole and insert a groove into it. After collecting the sap, the hole in the tree should be covered with garden varnish, sealed with wax or plugged with a piece of moss. If you do everything correctly, you can get up to 10 liters of sap, and nothing will happen to the tree.

Birch sap in cans tastes similar to natural juice, but there are no health benefits. The acid used for canning neutralizes all the healing properties of this product. Therefore, for treatment it should be consumed fresh; it is recommended to drink a glass three times a day 20-30 minutes before meals for 2-3 weeks. You can store it in the refrigerator for no more than two days.

Systematic consumption of birch sap has a general strengthening and tonic effect on the body. It is used for vitamin deficiencies, allergic reactions, kidney and bladder stones, colds and to treat other diseases. It is especially useful for patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and tonsillitis. In addition, it is a valuable cosmetic product that tones the skin well.

Finnish doctors have discovered that sweet syrups made from birch sap not only prevent dental caries, but also prevent its development. Therefore, birch sap, as well as syrups and candies made from it, are recommended for the prevention of dental diseases in children.

Birch juice The drink itself is a pleasant refreshing drink. In addition, the juice of chokeberry, blueberry and other berries is added to it. The juice can be infused with various herbs: thyme, chamomile, linden blossom, rose hips.

Kvass is also made from it. To do this, a bundle of burnt rye bread crusts is lowered onto a rope into a barrel of birch sap. After two days, the yeast will pass from the bread into the juice and fermentation will begin. Then oak bark (as a preservative) and cherries are added to the barrel for flavor. After two weeks, the kvass is ready and can stand all winter.

Birch has long been famous not only for its sap. In April-May, in sunny, dry weather, birch pollen is collected, which is also endowed with medicinal properties: it regulates the functions of the gastrointestinal tract, helps with exhaustion and infectious diseases.

Almost everything that birch can produce: bark, leaves, buds and even birch mushroom (chaga) in the form of growths on the trunk is successfully used in folk medicine. But we must remember that the tree should be handled carefully, so that after your “visit” it does not die, but continues to heal people. The main thing is to live in harmony with nature. Be healthy!

Birch sap is a drink obtained from broken or cut trunks, as well as birch branches under the influence of natural root pressure.

Another commonly used name for birch sap is berezovitsa. From a birch you can get about three liters of sap per day, from a larger and more massive tree you can get about 7 liters. If the juice has been collected correctly, it will have a slightly sweet taste and also have a special, pleasant aftertaste. The color of the finished drink, free of impurities, should be transparent.

We can talk endlessly about the benefits of birch sap; it is not for nothing that this tact tree was valued back in Ancient Rus'. Berezovitsa can be consumed either in its pure form or added as a separate component to create medicines. It helps with the healing of even the most serious wounds; it is recommended for patients with ulcers and those who have intestinal problems. Helps restore tissue of one of the most important organs - the liver. Doctors recommend birch sap for patients with pyelonephritis.

The benefits of birch sap was discovered in the treatment of even the most severe obesity, and it is also an excellent prevention of tuberculosis and pneumonia. Birch sap is directly involved in blood formation, copes with joint pain, and removes toxins. Berezovica is one of those drinks that treat scurvy and migraines.

Birch sap is also used in cosmetic procedures: cleansing pores, softening the skin, treating eczema and various types of dermatitis. Copes with hair fragility and improves hair growth.

Birch sap is also noteworthy in that it has almost no contraindications for use. It is contraindicated only for those who are allergic to birch pollen and those whose body cannot tolerate the substances contained in its composition. The benefits of birch sap are possible only with regular use, at least 100 ml per day.

Birch is one of the symbols of Russia. This tree has always been revered by the people and sung in songs; it was depicted in paintings by many artists. Also, birch does not lag behind other representatives of the plant world in terms of its medical indicators.

Birch is found almost throughout Russia, but most of all it pleases the eye with its vast groves in the Far East of the country. Birch wood is little used in construction because it is very sensitive to temperature changes, but in folk medicine it is used widely and effectively. We must not forget that in the famous Russian baths it is birch brooms that are most often used, which expel fatigue and malaise from the body, filling it with vigor and strength. In many villages they know that some ailments can be treated with birch catkins and buds, making tinctures from them.

The main property of birch leaves in medicine- a diuretic, which is very useful in the presence of kidney stones and other similar diseases. In Rus', as you know, there were no shampoos or hair care products, but our Russian women always wore long and luxurious hair. The secret of their silkiness is that they were washed with a decoction of birch branches.

Birch has another distinctive feature - the secretion of sap. No other trees in Russia can boast of this feature.

Useful properties of birch sap have long been confirmed and do not raise any doubts. It is known that in early spring the feeling of lack of vitamins in the body - vitamin deficiency - worsens. The best way to replenish beneficial amino acids and vitamins is Birch juice. Birch begins to secrete sap from early March to mid-April.

Extracting sap from birch trees is not prohibited by law, but there are restrictions for this trade. Firstly, there is no need to use young trees to extract sap. Secondly, the holes should not be made deeply, because the sap flows between the bark and the tree trunk. Also, you should not make many holes on one tree, because it may become exhausted and die. Do not forget to seal the holes so that the tree does not get sick from germs and harmful insects getting inside it.

It turns out that birch and birch sap are of great importance in the life of the Russian people, their beneficial properties for human health are especially valuable.

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The benefits of birch sap and rules for collecting it. One cannot help but admire the white-trunked beauty of the birch. Its pure beauty was sung by poets and painted by artists. However, even people far from art are partial to birch due to its many beneficial properties. Bath brooms are knitted from birch, household utensils and crafts are made from birch bark, and medicinal herbal infusions are made from buds and leaves.

Birch firewood is the most heat-intensive, and tar, which is obtained by dry distillation of white bark, produces an excellent antiseptic. Finally, the birch tree shares with us its tasty and healthy sap. From time immemorial, as soon as the sun began to warm up, and here and there, thawed patches appeared, the village people went into the forest for birch sap.

What are the benefits of birch sap?

The composition of birch sap includes:

Fruit sugar (up to 2%),

Tannins,

Vitamins of groups C and B,

Microelements (calcium, magnesium, iron, copper, manganese),

Phytoncides,

Acids (nicotinic, malic, glutamic).

In folk medicine, the benefits of birch sap have long been known, such as:

Diuretic;

General strengthening;

Wound healing;

Bactericidal and anti-inflammatory.

During the Great Patriotic War, birch sap was given to wounded soldiers and they recovered faster.

It is widely used for cosmetic purposes to whiten age spots, and also as a biologically active liquid for washing. In the end, it’s just a pleasant, refreshing drink rich in the forces of the earth and the juices of regenerating nature.

Truly, birch is a storehouse of health, it’s only a pity that the birch industry has come to a standstill in our country in the last two decades and now a city dweller cannot, as he once did, casually go into a cafe and drink a glass of birch sap.

However, some of those who remember its pleasant, refreshing taste go to the forest to collect it themselves. There are rules for collecting birch sap that must be followed in order to save trees and avoid fines imposed by the Forest Code of the Russian Federation.

How to collect birch sap...

First of all, it is necessary to obtain written permission to collect birch sap from the forestry department, since birch sap, along with wild plants, is recognized as a forest food resource. You can collect sap at a height of half a meter from the ground only from healthy trees with a well-developed crown and a diameter of at least 20 cm.

The juice begins to be collected when the buds appear, usually with the first spring thaw, and ends with the appearance of leaves. The number of holes that can be made in a tree depends on its diameter, for example, in a tree 20-26 cm, one hole is allowed, and if the diameter is more than 40 cm, then four can be made, but at a distance of at least 20 cm from each other.

It is better to make a hole for collecting juice with a drill at an angle of 30-40°, and its diameter should not exceed 10 mm for any trunk. You need to drill to a depth of 2-3 cm without taking into account the bark, since sap flow occurs mainly along the periphery of the birch trunk.

After the hole is drilled, you need to insert a tube of non-oxidizing metal or a thin twig through which the juice will flow into a container tied to the tree.

After collecting the sap from the tree is completed, it is necessary to help the birch “heal” the wound, otherwise the formation of mold and the proliferation of putrefactive fungi may begin.

To do this, compact a ball of wax or plasticine, previously mixed with some kind of antiseptic, into the hole, then tightly plug it with a coniferous wood plug.

It is quite possible that next year you will no longer be able to find the place from which you collected the sap - so quickly the birch tree will “heal” itself with your help.

Birch sap is deservedly called one of the most healing remedies, which contains a large number of useful substances:

• microelements
• vitamins
• tannins
• fruit sugar
• organic acids.

Birch sap helps cleanse the body of worms, has a diuretic, tonic, strengthening property, increases the level of immunity, and heals wounds.

If you drink one glass of birch sap a day, after two weeks, you will increase your immunity level and the reserves of nutrients that you have wasted over the winter period.

Birch sap is also known for its blood purifying properties - it removes toxins and harmful substances, uric acid.

The juice also cleanses the entire body of waste and toxins, enhances metabolic processes and the processes of absorption of substances, extinguishes foci of infectious inflammation, and restores the microflora of the stomach and intestines.

In addition to the listed properties, birch sap also helps fight serious diseases - hay fever, cancer, puerperal fever, and helps treat sexually transmitted diseases. It is very useful to drink juice for women during menopause and men suffering from erectile dysfunction.

Thanks to a large number of biologically active substances, juice also promotes weight loss, so it should be consumed by people who want to quickly lose weight without causing harm to the body through diets.

In addition to the fact that birch sap is used in medicine, it has also found application in cosmetology, as it has unique properties to rejuvenate not only the body, but also the skin, improves the condition of cells, tightens intercellular membranes, saturates the skin with moisture, regulates the functioning of the sebaceous glands, smooths out wrinkles . Add birch sap to masks, make compresses from it, and take baths with birch sap.

You can and should use birch sap to care for your hair to strengthen it, restore healthy shine and elasticity, and get rid of dandruff.

In principle, birch sap does not have any contraindications; the only thing you should do is regulate the amount of its consumption and not consume more than is required for normal fluid levels in the body.

Birch sap contains various enzymes and biostimulants that can strengthen the immune system. It contains sugars and organic acids, a high content of manganese and potassium, calcium and iron, copper and manganese and other useful minerals.

Calcium and magnesium are necessary for the normal functioning of the heart and blood vessels.

It is useful to drink birch sap when the acidity of the stomach is low; in case of colds, you can gargle with this sap.

For itchy skin (acute eczema, neurodermatitis), lubricate the skin with birch sap.

Diabetics are recommended to take birch sap due to its high fructose content; its benefits are also obvious for sick kidneys. It can also be used as a diuretic, as it stimulates the kidneys. It is recommended to take birch sap for arthritis and other joint diseases.

Birch sap has a tonic effect, which is very useful for spring vitamin deficiency and anemia.

You can drink up to three glasses of birch sap per day; you should drink in small sips, slowly. The course of health treatment lasts 3-4 weeks.

Wash your hair with birch sap to strengthen your hair.

Indications and contraindications

In general, birch sap is a health remedy that has no special contraindications. It may slightly increase blood pressure. When consumed, the fluid content in the blood vessels increases, since the juice is quickly absorbed into the human blood. But the diuretic properties of birch sap help remove this fluid, which quickly normalizes blood pressure. If you have a stomach ulcer or urolithiasis, you can drink birch sap only after consulting your doctor.

Methods for storing birch sap

Since the collection of birch sap continues for three weeks, it can be stored for some time in the refrigerator or in a dark cellar. When stored for a long time, fresh juice begins to ferment.

Birch sap can be dried by evaporation at temperatures from 60°C to 100°C to obtain a light yellow precipitate, which is then diluted with distilled water to the desired concentration. You can finish evaporation when the volume of the original juice has decreased by 4-5 times. Birch sap concentrated at a temperature of 100°C has the greatest biological value.

Pasteurized birch sap is prepared by adding 5 grams per liter of sap. lemon juice 125 gr. Sahara. Then the juice is mixed, filtered, poured into jars and pasteurized like regular juices, after which the jars are sealed. You can add various healthy herbs, fruit and vegetable juices to this juice.

Collecting birch sap according to all the rules

Birch sap is collected over a period of two to three weeks, starting from sunny clearings and gradually going deeper into the forest. The collection begins about a month before the birch tree has its first leaves and begins to bloom. The snow continues to melt, and the buds of the birch tree swell and sap flow begins. The best juice is collected in the middle of the sap flow period.

You need to collect sap from trees growing far from highways and industrial facilities.

Birch sap must be collected in such a way as not to harm the tree and yourself. The higher the hole for the release of sap is located, the better its properties, and therefore the benefits of birch sap. A properly performed operation will not harm the tree. First, they clear a small square of the tree trunk from the bark and, using a brace, make a hole 3-4 cm deep in it. A stream of juice will flow from there, which is directed into the bottle using a tube or groove inserted into the hole. To preserve the tree and protect it from infection, at the end of the operation the hole is carefully covered with wax or laundry soap. As a last resort, you can fill it with clean moss.

From a large birch tree you can cut the end of a thick branch and sap will flow from there, which can be directed into a bottle by tying the cut with a piece of bandage.

Birch sap is beneficial for both the sick and healthy body.

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Many people enjoy drinking cool birch sap, but not many know what its benefits are. A beautiful and slender tree, whose name is translated from Latin as “happy, blessed,” shares its “tears” with us for about three weeks and makes us healthier.

What are the benefits of light juice? Why, from year to year, not wanting to miss these spring days, we strive to collect as much of it as possible, said Marina Viktorovna SHTONDA, Candidate of Medical Sciences, Dean of the Faculty of Therapeutics of the Belarusian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education.

"Charging the battery"

It is also known from ancient chronicles that the Slavs worshiped the birch tree, considering it a goddess. They were treated with its buds, leaves, and, of course, juice. This is a tasty healing drink (if you didn’t collect it near the highway or in the industrial zone of the city). The healing secret is that in the spring the birch tree seems to give us its vitality, which has accumulated over the long winter.

The juice contains sugars (fructose, glucose, sucrose), organic acids, enzymes and substances with high antimicrobial activity (phytoncides). There are also a lot of mineral elements that the body weakened by spring hypovitaminosis needs. By drinking birch sap, it’s as if we are “recharging the battery”, replenishing the body with potassium, calcium, sodium, magnesium, iron, manganese, copper...

Fresh spring juice can be considered, perhaps, one of the best dietary remedies. Its systematic use has a tonic effect. If you drink at least a glass of juice a day, you will feel more alert and energetic. Drowsiness, depression, and fatigue will disappear.

Only benefit

Birch sap is a good tonic for a variety of diseases. Among other things, it has a diuretic effect. Stimulates kidney function. Promotes the release of uric acid, enhances diuresis. It is useful for people with kidney and urinary tract diseases. The clear drink strengthens the strength of those who have lung diseases, arthritis or bronchitis. However, people with urolithiasis and stomach ulcers should consult a doctor before deciding to improve their health with the help of birch sap.

But you should understand: this juice is not a medicine, but a good supporting agent given by nature, which should be used in the complex treatment of headaches, coughs, and joint diseases.

For cosmetic purposes, birch sap is used to wash the face for acne, and is used to wash the hair to strengthen the hair.

New habit

If you have never collected sap from the undercut of a birch trunk, this will not be easy to do. You can harm the tree, depriving it of vitality, and not get the volume of sap that you wanted. If you know how to do everything - you have collected the juice and decided to store it for future use, know that you need a dark cellar to store the drink.

Forget about hassle and worry! Just buy ready-made birch sap! Excellent quality - light and clean, like a tear. Constantly drink healthy coolness with pleasure, joy and considerable health benefits.

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Birch sap has a number of beneficial properties. It is useful for stomach ulcers and gastritis, and also has a mild diuretic effect.

The first thaw is a great reason to go into the forest. Get some fresh air and collect some birch sap at the same time

What is the benefit

The sweetish taste of birch sap is explained by the presence of plant sugars in it, which are so necessary for our body, weakened by the long winter.

Birch sap has a slight diuretic effect, improves digestion, and is useful for stomach ulcers and gastritis.

Due to the presence of biologically active substances, birch sap increases the body's resistance to viruses and infections, and this is what is needed during the spring lack of nutrients. Although birch sap cannot boast of an abundance of vitamins, this is more than compensated for by the abundance of microelements in this drink. The main wealth of birch sap is potassium. This element strengthens the heart, protects blood vessels and tones the body.

This drink contains phosphorus (helps the functioning of the brain and nervous system), iron (improves complexion and blood composition), manganese (needed for proper metabolism and the health of the reproductive system), and calcium (makes strong bones and teeth).

Thanks to the abundance of tannins, birch sap has anti-inflammatory properties and makes the walls of blood vessels more elastic, saving us from spider veins and atherosclerosis.

It is good to wipe the skin of the face with birch sap - this will give a blush to the cheeks and get rid of acne and pimples, and rinse the hair - after this procedure the hair will become shiny and manageable.

Collection rules

The sap collection season begins in March and ends in late April, when the first catkins appear on the trees.

It is better to go for birch sap early - in the morning the sap flows more intensely, and towards evening its movement almost completely stops. Before you start collecting sap, you need to choose the right tree. You should not collect juice near roads or in the city - such a drink may contain harmful substances from polluted air.

The birch tree should not be too young or too old. Sapping is contraindicated for young trees, and the bark of older trees is too thick, it will be difficult for you to make an incision. So it is better to opt for a tree with a trunk circumference of about 25 cm.

Once the tree is located, you can make a cut 2-3 cm deep at a distance of approximately 50 cm from the ground and insert a wooden or metal groove into it. Don't expect to fill a three-liter jar right away. Only about half a liter of sap can be collected from one birch tree, otherwise the tree may dry out.

After the sap has been collected, fill the hole with garden varnish, moss or dirt.

It is better to pour the juice into a glass container. Plastic bottles can impart an off-odor to your drink.

How to store

Fresh birch sap can be stored for no more than two days. However, you can extend this period by canning the drink. To do this, heat the juice to 80 degrees, pour into sterilized jars and seal. After this, place the jars in hot (80-90°) water for 15-20 minutes for pasteurization.

What to cook

Birch kvass. Heat the juice to 35 degrees, add 15-20 g of yeast and 3 raisins per 1 liter, you can add lemon zest to taste. After this, the jar or bottle is tightly closed and left for 1-2 weeks. ? Kvass can be prepared in another way. To 10 liters of birch sap add the juice of 4 lemons, 50 g of yeast, 30 g of honey or sugar, raisins at the rate of 2-3 pieces per bottle. Pour into bottles and keep for 1-2 weeks in a cool, dark place. Kvass can be ready in just 5 days, but the fact that it sits longer will prevent the drink from spoiling and can be preserved for the whole summer.

Syrup. For 1 liter of birch sap, add 125 g of sugar and 5 g of citric acid. Then filter the drink, pour it into jars, roll up the lids and pasteurize.

Healing cocktails

You can make healthy and tasty cocktails using birch sap. To do this, just add one of the following to a glass of juice:

Cranberry juice. This mixture can restore a good mood, relieve fatigue after the most stressful day at work, and even contribute to your career, since such a cocktail increases brain activity and increases productivity.

Mint leaves. This cocktail is effective for indigestion; it is used to prevent gastritis and to cope with nausea. The mixture improves digestion and appetite.

Rosehip infusion. In the evening, pour a liter of boiling water over 2 handfuls of rose hips and leave in a thermos until the morning. Then mix the infusion with birch sap in equal proportions. This drink will cope with the spring lack of vitamins, strengthen the immune system, increase efficiency and vitality.

Use the time when nature provides the best remedy for beauty and renewal. Birch sap is not only healthy and tasty. The substances contained in it help us to bloom in the spring and become noticeably prettier. Later, when the birch tree stops “crying”, you will go to the store for expensive jars and tubes, but now don’t miss the chance to get your portion of the charm from nature itself. And no blows to the budget! Birch sap is not a luxury, it is perhaps the most affordable means for well-being!

The head of the 2nd cosmetology department of the Clinical Center for Plastic Surgery and Medical Cosmetology in Minsk, cosmetologist of the 1st qualification category, Svetlana Andreevna Bobkova, spoke about how to become more beautiful and prettier with its help.

Ice floe, May is coming soon

You can wash your face with birch sap in the morning, temporarily forgetting about cosmetic foam and tonic - a mandatory morning skin cleansing procedure. Birch sap is a great alternative. It is a wonderful, mineral-rich product and is ideally refreshing and cleansing.

These washes are beneficial for all skin types. They are especially recommended for those who have acne and who want to slightly whiten freckles and age spots.

Another option: freeze birch sap cubes and wipe your face, neck and décolleté with them in the morning. Get good cleansing, moisturizing and toning.

After a couple of weeks, you will definitely notice how your face has refreshed, your skin has become cleaner and softer. The mood has improved!

Mask? Just a fairy tale!

Over the winter, the skin usually loses a lot of moisture and becomes tired and dull. Therefore, spring is the time to restore its radiance and healthy appearance with the help of masks.

Everything is quite simple: buy white or blue clay at the pharmacy, dilute it with birch sap to the consistency of thick cream, apply it to your face for 15-20 minutes. Wash off the mask with birch sap. Don't forget to repeat the procedure twice a week. The skin will receive complete cleansing and hydration.

Another unique recipe: mix 200 g of sea buckthorn, 50 g of wheat germ and 2 tbsp. birch sap. This cream mask will saturate the skin with energy and vitamins and smooth out fine wrinkles.

The luxury of curls and strands

After washing your hair, use birch sap instead of the usual conditioner. This simple procedure will help restore their strength and shine.

If you are tired of caring for oily hair, prepare birch lotion. Mix 2 tbsp. birch sap with 1 tbsp. l. honey and 1 tsp. table salt. Pour the liquid into a dark glass jar. Now add 1 glass of vodka and mix everything thoroughly. Place the lotion in a dark place for 10 days.

After this time, you can rub it into your scalp before each wash. Wrap your hair in a terry towel and wash it only after an hour and a half. The course of treatment is 10 days. After a break of almost two weeks, repeat everything.

Here's a great recipe for a nourishing hair mask. Mix birch sap and burdock oil in a 3:1 ratio. Wrap your head in plastic and wrap it in a terry towel. After 20 minutes, wash your hair as usual. Soon their mirror shine will become your pride.

And, of course, don’t forget to drink birch sap. The benefits from it not only for health, but also for beauty are considerable.

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There is an active collecting birch sap. How to properly collect juice and how to prepare it?

Preparation of birch sap

Birch sap is undoubtedly a healing and very tasty drink. put on an industrial level, you can collect a lot of juice, and even sell it at procurement points and also get benefits from it.

Many people in our area do just that. We collect juice, but not in bulk, but only for ourselves, we prepare a little, drink it fresh - very tasty and healthy!

Composition of birch sap

At the moment, birch sap is classified as a “food forest resource.”

Birch sap contains 2% sugar, tannin and aromatic compounds, malic acid, iron, calcium and magnesium compounds.

Birch sap benefits

The effect of birch sap (Succus Betulae) on the human body is only beneficial.

And just as a drink, a glass 2-3 times a day is useful, and as a medicine for some diseases (taken from “Medicinal Plants: An Encyclopedic Reference”):

• diuretic and expectorant effect;
• helps remove harmful substances and toxins from the body;
• relieves the condition of cardiac edema;
• general strengthening and blood purifying agent for blood loss;
• in case of metabolic disorders;
• for skin diseases;
• for diseases that are accompanied by an increase in body temperature.

So far we have not encountered such terrible diseases, except perhaps an increase in temperature, so we drink juice as a regular drink, tasty and healthy!

In large forestry enterprises, special areas are allocated for collecting sap. Usually, these are either old birch trees, or those that will soon be cut down according to the forest renewal plan.

Collection time is from the first thaw to bud break. Each region has its own deadlines. And it doesn’t happen year after year.

— the procedure is simple and accessible to everyone.

We choose an older tree, it will yield more sap, and there will be no harm to the birch.

At a height of 30-50 cm from the ground, we drill holes 2-5 cm deep.

If the diameter of the tree is approximately 20-26 cm, there can be only one hole; we try not to drill birch trees of this diameter at all.

If the diameter is 27-34 cm, you can make two holes.

More than forty cm of wood - you can safely drill 4 holes.

It is better to drill from the north side - the flow of juice will be more abundant.

The holes are made - now we provide a path for the juice into the jar.

A full-grown tree can produce 2-10 liters of sap per day.

Depends on the weather and air temperature. The total time for sap flow is a week to a week and a half. During the season you can get 20-100 liters of juice from one tree.

As the buds bloom, the juice becomes cloudy, the quantity decreases, which means the season is over! Then the tree “works” only for itself!

After collecting the juice, it is recommended to close the hole with a wooden stopper, plasticine, moss, wax, and soap. I prefer the option of using garden varnish or wax. In general, a wooden plug does not work very well - the wood cannot “heal” the wound, the plug, like a foreign body, interferes with healing.

Almost every owner of ours has already planted a birch tree in his yard - to have his own, you don’t have to go far, and the juice is always “delivered to your home.”

Birch sap is the best recipe

Preparation of birch sap is in full swing. And every housewife has many recipes. I will share with you the most popular ones in our family.

Pour the juice into plastic bottles, add 15-20 raisins and 2 tablespoons of sugar per 1.5 liter bottle. Twist tightly and leave in the cellar. Better - in a lying position - you get a slightly carbonated refreshing drink.
- We pour the juice into a large barrel, a saucepan - the boiled down, you can add sugar - you can or not, as you like. We add a liter jar of sugar to a bucket of juice. And tie the dried pears and apples in a knot in gauze. Dip this node into the juice - and all this into the cellar for maturation. Some housewives throw dried fruits directly into the juice, without tying them in cheesecloth. Doesn't affect the taste in any way. The refreshing drink is ready for gardening work.
- For each liter of juice we count 1-2 tablespoons of barley. Fry the barley until yellow-brown. We throw it into the juice, place it in the cellar, and in a month the drink is ready.
- Canned juice. Maybe when it boils, the properties of birch sap are lost - but our family likes this option for collecting sap the most.

I really love vinegar made from natural products. It is both healthy and tasty. I try to make vinegar from apples, and you can also make this cool product from birch sap. For 2 buckets of juice add 400g of honey, you can add sugar, but then the aroma is not the same, plus 1 liter of vodka for this entire volume. Place in a warm place, without corking, cover with cloth or gauze. Ripens in 2-3 months. Strain and bottle, store in a cool place.

Such healthy and easy to collect and prepare birch sap! I will be glad if the article is useful to you!