RE: Medicinal herbs of Russia. Why do people like to drink Ivan tea?
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Thanks for the intro to Ivan tea, the plant that you are showing with the purple flowers is fireweed, which is obviously dried for infusion. Calling it St John's. many people might think you mean St John's Wort, which is a completely different plant all together. Please be aware of this when writing about medicinal plants, correct identification is everything.
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An addition to understand what I wrote in this post. In Russia it is called Ivan-tea, and this is the correct folk name, which this plant has had for several centuries. And also this plant is called Cоpora tea, Russian tea, although its real name is Cypress narrow-leaved. And as the reference book says - Ivana tea (botanical name kyprey narrow-leaved, Epilobium angustifolium) is a perennial and fast-growing plant, which is found in many regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Cypress reaches two meters in height, has wedge-shaped leaves and usually has purple or pink flowers. Cypress narrowleaf is undemanding and takes over new areas at the speed of a weed, especially after fires. Also, the willow will regenerate the soil. Classification is of the family: Cypressaceae. Genus: Ivana tea. This is more correct to the understanding of information about this amazing plant. Thank you.
Thank you for this response. When I looked up Ivan Tea, I saw that their are many different types available as they use different plants within them and you identified the plant in the picture as St John's which clearly it is not.
It Ireland it is known as willow herb, the plant which you feature in your pictures is not belonging to the Cypress family, as they are conifer trees. The image you are using is of the Chamaenerion angustifolium ,it is a perennial herbaceous flowering plant in the willowherb family Onagraceae.
I don't have any willow plants from the cypress family. And stop writing about it. I have narrow-leaved willow tea. That's it, or is this conversation getting a little bit wrong? I write and show photos that show and show lvan-tea. And it can even be found on Wikipedia. And for some reason I write about some unknown to me plants? St. John's tea - this is Kipreus narrow-leaved and this plant has no other definition. Once again, I'm writing about this plant, to make it clear. Here is a link to Wikipedia, you can look it up and translate it: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Иван-чай_узколистный
And then why did you turn off my post about lvan-tea?
I have everything about this plant consistent and correct.
Although in the end I get it, so I'm ending the correspondence...
Goodbye.