Greek mountain tea
As a Greek mountain tea ( Greek Τσάι του βουνού Tsai tou Vounou offered) in Greece regionally different endemic species of section Empedoclia from the kind of sideritis ( Sideritis ). This type of tea is also widespread in other Balkan countries , where it is also referred to as "mountain tea".
sorts
A distinction is made between the following types of tea according to the locally occurring types of sideritis
- Epirean mountain tea (τσάι βλάχικο) from Sideritis perfoliata subsp. athoa
- Evian mountain tea (τσάι της Εύβοιας) from Sideritis euboea
- Olympic mountain tea (τσάι του Ολύμπου) from Sideritis scardica
- Taygetic mountain tea (τσάι του Ταϋγέτου) from Sideritis clandestina
- Parnassian mountain tea (τσάι του Παρνασσού) from Sideritis raeseri
- Cretan mountain tea (τσάι της Κρήτης) from Sideritis syriaca
The Cretan mountain tea is also called Malotira.
Occasionally sideritis varieties are blended with Diptam-Dost ( Origanum dictamnus ) (Diktamos).
All these species occur from a height of 1000 m and grow on dry ground.
Extraction
Some types of sideritis , such as Sideritis raeseri , are now cultivated. However, the harvest of wild plants is still predominant, which affects the populations of several species. Since the devastating forest fires in the Peloponnese in 2007, the picking of Sideritis clandestina has been banned in many places there .
use
The tea is prepared by infusing or decoctioning whole or chopped stems, including leaves and flowers, in a pot of water. The brew has to steep for about three minutes until the taste develops. In addition, honey (sugar) and lemon can be added depending on your taste.
application
Classic areas of application are colds and digestive problems. There are also indications of central nervous effects, such as the inhibition of the reuptake of monoamines .
Web links
- Greek mountain tea as a medicinal plant at AWL.ch.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Claus Baden: Sideritis L. In: Arne Strid, Kit Tan (ed.): Mountain Flora of Greece. Volume Two . Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh 1991, ISBN 0-7486-0207-0 , pp. 84–91 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
- ↑ Antonis Alibertis: Healing, aromatic and edible plants of Crete. Mystis, Heraklion, Crete 2007. ISBN 978-960-6655-20-3 .
- ↑ Sideritis syriaca L. subsp. syriaca. (PDF) (No longer available online.) In: Virtual Botanical Museum of Crete. Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania, 2008, archived from the original on February 19, 2014 ; accessed on May 21, 2015 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Rainer Knörle, Peter Schnierle: Extracts from Sideritis ssp. (Greek mountain tea): Innovative, centrally active plant extracts with a broad profile. http://ibam.de/pics/Poster-Wolnzach-2009.pdf
