White acacia: harvesting flowers, leaves and bark at home
White acacia flowers have an incredible honey aroma, and acacia is called a “female plant” for its beneficial properties. After all, many “women’s diseases” recede to flavonoids, glycosides, pectins and essential oils of white acacia.
Harvesting white acacia flowers during flowering, when all the flowers on the cluster have fully bloomed. It is better to do this early in the morning, when the dew has already dried and the bees have not yet woken up, otherwise you may receive apitherapy against your will, which is very unpleasant.
Large acacia brushes can be dried by hanging them by a branch on a rope, while ensuring constant ventilation and a consistently warm temperature not exceeding +35 degrees.
It will save you the hassle of simply laying the flowers out on newspaper. Petals that are too delicate cake and can rot, and turning them over too often can destroy the structure of the flower. Store dried acacia flowers in glass jars with a tightly closed lid.
Prepared in the same way leaves, bark And young shoots acacias for medicinal purposes. But this can be done during the entire growing season, and not just during flowering.
The leaves and bark are dried in the shade under a canopy, turning over from time to time to avoid diaper rash and rotting.
Dried acacia bark and leaves can be stored in linen or paper bags.
Acacia should be treated with extreme caution.All parts of acacia contain the very toxic alkaloid robinine, so think twice before preparing your own tincture for treatment.
See video: White acacia is a very valuable product! We treat women's diseases with folk remedies
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