Traditional "Lapti" bast shoes
Regular price
$29.00 USD
Size 33 to 45
Bast shoes are shoes made primarily from bast — fiber taken from the bark of birch. They are a kind of basket, woven and fitted to the shape of a foot. Bast shoes are an obsolete traditional footwear of the forest areas of Northern Europe, formerly worn by members of the Finnic peoples, Balts, and East Slavs.
BIRCH BARK. Birch bark does not absorb water, does not rot, does not absorb odours.
Birch bark is always warm, has positive healing energy and natural medicinal properties, used by the indigenous people for centuries to promote health and wellness.
Birch bark footware inserts help against excessive perspiration, kill bacteria and fungi. Comes in universal 39 cm size that can be trimmed to be used in any type of footwear.
Hunters! this is a must have for you to reduce the odour of your footwear when stalking that game.
Birch bark sole inserts
- Protect feet from fungi
- Help against excessive perspiration and odours
- Help relieve pain and joins fatigue
- Effect micro-massage of biological active zones of the sole of your foot
Birch Trees: Natural Medicine in Your Backyard
If you have access to birch trees, take advantage of their medicinal properties by using the techniques outlined in this article.
Alternative medicine and natural healing have reached into every facet of our lives. Lack of confidence in commercial medicine and an interest in getting closer to nature have made formerly-considered “alternative” treatments mainstream. Backyard Medicine (Skyhorse Publishing, 2009), by Julie Bruton-Seal and Matthew Seal, offers fascinating home remedies for everyday ailments. In the following excerpt, learn how to make use of the medicinal properties in birch trees.
Birch Trees
Betula pendula, B. pubescens, B. lenta
Birch has a multitude of historical uses but is less familiar for its undoubted medicinal properties. The sap makes a clear and refreshing drink that can be preserved as a wine, beer, or spirit. The leaves produce a pleasant tea and an infused oil. In each form, birch is an excellent tonic and detoxifier, mainly working on the urinary system to remove waste products, as in kidney or bladder stone, gravel, gout, and rheumatism. It reduces fluid retention and swellings, and clears up many skin problems.
Birch is one of the most useful of trees as well as one of the most graceful. From adhesives to wine, baskets to yokes, and boats to vinegar, it has been a boon to people in the cold north for thousands of years. Its medicinal properties have been historically valued and should be better known today.
Called the oldest tree, birch was a pioneer species when the ice caps retreated, moving in on the devastated land, growing quickly and then rotting to leave more fertile earth in which other species could take over. In its rapid life cycle birch pushes upward too fast to develop a strong heart wood, but this makes it perfect for making buckets and canoes.