You can look at the fire forever! And how wonderful it is to enjoy the light crackle of burning logs in complete silence. One of the calmest and most peaceful types of relaxation is sitting by the fireplace or by the fire, admiring the flames and thinking about something of your own.
It turns out that the contemplation of fire can be not only pleasant, but also quite useful. For a long time, people have used oven ash for medicinal purposes.
Nowadays, activated carbon is the most popular remedy for poisoning. Until many years ago, children loved to gnaw on charcoal. It can be assumed that they subconsciously guessed that it was useful.
Also, the peasants had a custom to invite a healer into the house to protect their home from various evil spirits.
At midnight, the healer read some special words near the chimney and sprinkled the crimp with ash collected from 7 ovens.
In many families, it was customary to collect ash all winter. Then it was used for various needs. In modern times, people do not think about the benefits of ash, so they just throw it away.
Previously, households believed that ash protects them from all kinds of bad weather, natural disasters and serious illnesses.
I also want to point out that hunters often carried a small bag filled with wood ash. They covered the trail of a wild beast with it. Hunters believed that ash could stop prey and prevent the animal from running too far.
When Lent began to come to an end, it was customary to remove all the ashes from the oven. People sprinkled it on stables, barns and chicken coops, saying the following words: "So that the chickens rush, and the cow is milked, and the horse is playful."
In addition, the ash was scattered over the garden, believing that it would bring a good harvest.
- When little children cried a lot and were capricious, they were poured over with special water, which was previously insisted on ash. They collected this ash from 3 stoves located in the hut, the maid and the bathhouse.
- If the throat hurt, the ash was mixed with salt (a pinch of each component) and rubbed well. Then the finger was moistened with water, dipped in the resulting powder and smeared on the tonsils.
- Among other things, people believed that ash can cleanse all filth. Before the beginning of Great Lent, it was sprinkled on all livestock, seeds, houses and buildings. Also, ash was scattered over the garden, field, vegetable garden. A handful of ash was often buried near the house. According to legend, ash protected households and livestock from all kinds of diseases, lightning strikes, helped to destroy pests and increase the yield.
- Ash was also used in construction. It was kneaded into a mortar, with which the brick was laid, the walls were plastered. As a result, it turned out to be strong, withstand high temperatures.
In modern times, when medicine is developing in every possible way, many continue to believe in traditional medicine. People use charcoal, ash and other natural remedies to get rid of various diseases. The huge advantage is that traditional medicine has virtually no side effects. Therefore, you can safely be treated with stove ash!
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