The steam room is the main room in a Russian bath. This is where relaxing and body-strengthening bath procedures take place. And the broom, in turn, is the main attribute of the Russian steam room. However, in order to obtain a quality product, the correct preparation of bath brooms is important.
Experienced bath attendants know when to start harvesting branches and how to knit and dry brooms correctly. Therefore, you can purchase bath equipment from an experienced person, because its price is low.
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Oak broom.
But some home craftsmen are interested in preparing, assembling and drying the broom with their own hands. It is they who will benefit from the information provided in this article.
In folk medicine
Various medicinal properties are attributed to various brooms:
- Birch
broom helps with pain, aches in muscles and joints after exercise and physical activity, cleanses the skin well when prone to rashes and pustules, accelerates the healing of wounds and abrasions, has a calming effect, and improves mood. Its special advantage is the strong expansion of a pair of small bronchi in the coronary. This promotes the removal of sputum and improves ventilation of the lungs. Indispensable for asthmatics and experienced smokers. Birch leaves contain essential oils, tannins, vitamin C, provitamin A. After the parka, the skin will be smooth, elastic, and a pleasant color. The infusion of a broom at the end of the bath is beneficial for the scalp: it strengthens the hair and destroys dandruff. - An oak
broom is more suitable for people with oily skin. It makes it matte and elastic, and has a strong anti-inflammatory effect. The aroma of oak prevents excessive increases in blood pressure in the steam room. Oak leaves contain a large amount of tannins. Oak decoction is used as a remedy for certain skin diseases and sweating of the feet. Calms the nervous system after intense physical and mental exercise. - Linden
broom perfectly eliminates headaches, has a diuretic effect with a mild effect on the kidneys, accelerates sweating, has a calming, wound-healing, bronchodilator, antipyretic effect. - Alder
broom is used for colds, aching joints and muscles. - Fir
broom is used in winter in Siberia, and
juniper broom
is used in Central Asia. The resinous substances of plants irritate the skin, stimulate sweating, increase blood circulation deep in the muscles and, reflexively, even in the internal organs. This broom is good for a kind of massage. For example, for pain in the spine, neuralgia, radiculitis. It perfectly disinfects the air and prevents respiratory diseases. - The pine
broom should be steamed for 10 minutes in boiling water. As soon as it becomes soft, you can start steaming. It is useful to add one or two coniferous branches to a birch or oak broom. The infusion of such a broom can be used for watering stones and for washing.
A. Durer "Women's Bath", ca.
1486 Fir, spruce and juniper brooms cannot be stored for future use. After drying, the needles fall off. Use fresh!
- Eucalyptus
broom - most often used in the Caucasus. Eucalyptus leaves contain from 1 to 3 percent essential oil, which is associated with its medicinal properties. It is especially good for a runny nose and sore throat. In the steam room, they press it to the face and breathe through their nose for 4-5 minutes. But it also has disadvantages: the branches of the eucalyptus broom are too thin and flexible, and the leaves are long. They are difficult to “control” while quilting. - Morning brooms made from rowan
and
tansy
enhance the processes of excitation in the nervous system - they eliminate the relaxing effect of the bath procedure, prepare the body well for work and therefore are successfully used in the first half of the day. - Nettle
broom is used for aching and pain in the joints, muscles or lower back after physical activity. It has a powerful local irritating, distracting, anti-inflammatory effect. Nettle broom is a good remedy for the treatment of radiculitis, rheumatism, and gout. With its regular use, blood pressure decreases and nervous tension is relieved. However, with strong whipping, it quickly frays and becomes unusable. Dip such a broom into hot water for just a few seconds. Steam only after warming up the body, with light strokes. Nettle is a remedy for rehabilitation after fractures, sprains, bruises, hematomas, etc., due to its burning properties, it provokes massage of sore spots.
- Good brooms made of maple
,
walnut
,
ash
,
elm
.
A broom made from young cherry
cut at the beginning of summer is very pleasant. This broom is soft and has a good cherry aroma. You can add bunches of medicinal, aromatic and any herbs to the brooms. In summer, entirely herbal brooms are used, including for rubbing. During the season, it is, of course, better to use fresh brooms - these are the ones that contain a lot of essential oils and phytoncides. - Combined brooms
are a bunch of branches of different trees, shrubs, and herbs. They are made to combine different qualities or impart new ones - aromatic compositions, organoleptic properties.
Business concept
Visiting the bathhouse has become an extremely fashionable activity. People pay more attention to health, resorting to the experience of their ancestors. Earnings from the sale of bath brooms are based on the sale of simple, but correctly made bundles of birch and oak branches. Oak brooms are more valuable, although making products from this type of wood is easier.
Clients will be:
- bath complexes, saunas;
- city baths;
- private buyers.
You can do the preparation of brooms yourself, or you can hire staff consisting of rural residents. To hire employees, you will need start-up capital, but in the absence of free finance, you must take on all the work yourself.
Producing and selling bath brooms is a business suitable for beginners and those who do not have sufficient capital to invest in their own business. Sooner or later, all products will be sold, and the costs will be recouped, so the business involves minimal risks.
Minuses:
- labor-intensive, monotonous work;
- seasonality - harvesting is possible only in the warm months;
- It is necessary to monitor the temperature in the room where the brooms are dried.
The advantage of such a business remains full payback and the ability to not depend on creditors. Earnings are built on hard work and customers’ love for a healthy lifestyle.
Preparation of brooms
Sale of bath brooms in the city of Yoshkar-Ola
According to folk custom, birch brooms are prepared after Trinity Day, which occurs on the 50th day after Easter. It usually falls in early to mid June. In some regions of Russia, the birch tree may not bloom at this time, while in others the catkins may be thrown away. Therefore, it is necessary to focus on the stage of plant maturation, when the leaf is the strongest, a sign of the appearance of the first catkins, but at the same time take branches from a birch tree without catkins. Brooms should be prepared on a dry day. Brooms are broken in the first half of the day, after the dew has disappeared.
Weeping birch is suitable for a broom. As a rule, this is a tall tree. The branches of such a tree are very flexible and unbreakable, long and thick for the steam room. Young birch trees that have never bloomed are well suited; they are considered to have the most delicate leaves. The upper side of the leaf should not be rough, the leaf should be soft and velvety. And the branches are thin and straight.
At first, the branches are tied loosely. Hang on poles or a stretched rope under a canopy, so that there is no direct sunlight, where there is a good draft. After 6-7 days, when the brooms have dried well, they are tightly tied and placed tightly on racks in a dry dressing room, barn or other dry and well-ventilated room.
It is best when the brooms take the shape of a fan rather than a broom. To do this, fresh brooms are laid out on the floor and turned over every day until they are dry. The main thing is not to dry it out.
Research has shown that it is by observing all the age-old traditions of collecting medicinal plants (this also applies to birch brooms) that the active medicinal substances are preserved in the optimal quantity and quality in the material. If you tie a broom from fresh branches tightly, then in the center its leaves will lose color, darken, and such a broom will have almost no smell, since the leaves will “burn.”
Ready brooms after drying should have all the leaves a concentrated matte green color, and the broom itself should smell like balsamic birch oil. This smell intensifies sharply after steaming the broom. Collecting brooms at the beginning of summer is completely justified, because the birch leaves have already become large, but they still have enough essential oil glands, which are abundant not only in the leaves, but also on the young shoots of the birch. Large young shoots are very elastic, so it is pleasant to whip the body with such a broom in the steam room.
Brooms begin to be harvested when the branches are young and the leaves on the branches are young and strong. Such leaves contain the highest content of substances medicinal for the human body. In Russia, the best time to harvest brooms is mid-June - July. At this time, the birch leaf gains its greatest strength.
You need to knit a broom as follows. First, the branches are cleared of leaves and twigs in the place where the handle will be. Then the required number of branches is wrapped with twine, squeezing the branches with the left hand. It is important to lay thicker branches inward, and around them thinner ones, bending inward. The broom will be dense - it will be enough for several baths.
It is good to store brooms in a haystack. You can store the harvested branches in the dark in winter and in the form of one sheaf, tying them into a broom as needed. In both cases, the leaves are preserved better.
- Oak brooms
are cut in June - August in damp, darkened forests. Drying and knitting a broom is the same as for a birch broom.
How to sell brooms for a bath
In order to make bath brooms and make a profit from it, it is important to draw up a business plan, which should include a clause on the sale of finished products. To sell ready-made brooms, you can visit city saunas, baths, various recreation centers and health centers. In almost every city there are areas where private houses or cottages are being built. You can offer your product in this place too. In addition, you can sell brooms at the market or near highways. Tourists willingly purchase these products. We live in a world of modern technology. For this reason, you can place an advertisement for the sale of brooms on the Internet. In addition, you can sell your products using advertising mailing lists. But for this you will need to create a personal website.
We recommend watching a video on the topic: Making bath brooms as a business.
Profitability of business on brooms
The approximate price of one broom depends on its composition, and ranges from 80 to 120 rubles.
You can easily calculate that by selling 10 brooms a day, you can make a profit of around 1000 rubles. In big cities, the price for one broom will be much higher, especially in winter. For this reason, in just one month you can earn about 30 thousand rubles. A businessman’s profit will depend on his work and diligence. Also, an ideal option for this business would be to organize a warehouse for long-term storage of brooms. Then they can be sold all year round, while receiving a stable profit. Current ideas for making money
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Massage with a broom
If the broom is fresh, they are steamed with it immediately, without steaming, otherwise it will become limp.
A dry broom should first be immersed in cold water for 10-20 minutes, and then in hot water for 1-3 minutes.
A very dry broom needs to be steamed for longer - pour boiling water into a basin, lower the broom into it and cover it with another basin on top. Dip into a bowl of hot water for 1-3 seconds, rotating and shaking. Repeat this procedure 2-3 times, and after 1-2 minutes the broom will be ready.
The optimal position in the steam room is lying down.
There are several rules that are advised to be followed during the park:
- The broom should be damp. It must be periodically moistened in warm water.
- The bath attendant's movements should be soft, the broom should touch the body, providing a massaging effect.
Massage with a broom improves blood circulation. Many brooms emit phytoncides that kill pathogenic bacteria, so many herbal brooms used in the steam room are good for the prevention of colds and pulmonary diseases.[1]Essential oils contained in leaves and branches, when applied to the skin, improve metabolism and prevent premature aging of the skin .
