Every day it’s getting cooler in the yard, which means that the time will soon come to heat the bath. After all, to soar the bones that froze over a long working week and to drive out tiredness and the common cold is very pleasant and useful. How to prepare brooms for a bath will be discussed later.
The first thing to talk about is the chief attendants of the bathhouse attendant - where to collect raw materials for their manufacture. What places are definitely not suitable for us? Of course, roadsides, dusty city streets and squares, places of accumulation of garbage and dirt. The broom should be designed to expel toxins from the body. In no case should it be saturated with them. Therefore, before you prepare
brooms for the bath, you should conduct an exploration of the surrounding forests, find a good forest edge or grove of those trees from which our future "bouquets" will be made.
What plants are used in the manufacture of bath brooms? The most popular tree, of course, is birch. The best brooms are obtained from curly and
weeping birch, and old-timers say that the birch that grows near the water gives the best branches. Oak is another popular type, it will help normalize blood pressure, heal skin diseases and restore lost strength. Disposable nettle and wormwood brooms are also well-deserved. They will help with rheumatism. And such
unusual plants as juniper, eucalyptus and coniferous species of trees can be woven into ordinary leafy ones, their branches saturated with essential oils will bring considerable benefits to the body.
And now we select the optimal time for the preparation of brooms for a bath. It is believed that birch, maple, coniferous branches gain the greatest strength in May, when everything blooms. Then it’s worth cutting 1-2 branches from each tree, better than those that are closer to the ground. In May, stems of young nettles should also be stocked. Harvesting oak brooms for a bath takes place in autumn, in September, with the best branches of those trees under which burdocks grow. And spruce, eucalyptus and juniper can be made at any time of the year.
So, the place was found, the raw materials were collected, now we will find out how to prepare the brooms for the bath correctly. The collected branches need to be dried for a couple of days in a dry, ventilated place. Then they need to be made of the same length, usually from 40 to 60 centimeters, depending on the height of the sweater. The lower part of the branches must be cleaned from the leaves to form a broom handle. It should not be too thick, because you will keep it in a mitt. In the middle of the broom, thicker branches are placed, and thinner branches are used at the edges, so it will not be too rigid. You need to tie a broom with a hemp or cotton rope, periodically check whether the harness has loosened, and if necessary, tie it up.
Well, the last step in how to prepare brooms for a bath will be their storage. It is best to hang them to dry by tying in two pieces, on a crossbar under a canopy or in the attic. You can use a balcony for these purposes, if direct sunlight does not fall on it during the day, because the sun is harmful to brooms. When they are dry, you can stack them on top of each other in a pile. You can also freeze brooms if you have a suitable freezer. Such brooms will retain their aroma, will not require prior steaming before the bath. Dare, stock up with branches of suitable trees, get ready for winter. Enjoy Your Bath!