Cowberry is a shrub that belongs to the family of cowberry or heather. The plant reaches a height of 25 cm, has evergreen leathery leaves and pink flowers. Bright red berries, shaped like a ball. The plant can be found in coniferous, mixed forests, as well as in tundra and on parched peatlands. The spread of red bilberry bush was received in European Russia, as well as in the Far East, in remote Siberia and the Caucasus Mountains.
Cowberry composition
Izmrevlebrusniku used in folk medicine, because it contains vitamins and nutritional elements that have a curative effect. Berries and cowberry leaves are considered especially valuable. Their medicinal properties are due to the high content of vitamin "C". Replenish the supply of this vitamin can be, if you will eat berries, torn from the bush, because in the berries that have been processed, some vitamins are lost. However, it should be said that in dried bilberry berries contains a lot of valuable vitamins, that's why tea of cowberry, mountain ash and dog rose is appreciated. Cowberry also contains vitamin A (carotene) in large quantities than in berries of cranberries and blueberries, as well as lemon, apple, pear and grapes. In addition, these berries are rich in vitamin B2, catechins, pectin and tanning agents, mineral salts and acids such as acetic , apple, lemon, formic and oxalic.
Useful properties of litters
Fruits of cowberry leaves are used for rheumatism, cystitis, pyelonephritis, gout, kidney stones, because they have disinfectant and diuretic properties. To treat the above diseases use fresh, boiled, as well as wet berries. Lingonberry is able to enhance the action of antibiotics and the negative effect of sulfonamide preparations, berries are used to increase the appetite of patients after severe injuries and people with fever.
Cowberry fruit juice is very useful because it is an excellent anti-inflammatory diuretic. The product contributes to the removal of toxins and other harmful substances from the body and prevents the development of microbes, has wound healing, antipyretic properties, acts as an anthelmintic and anti-scurvy means. Drink from cowberries has an acidic taste and perfectly quenches thirst, in addition gives the body vivacity and vigor. Cranberry fruit "prescribed" for cancer.
The use of cowberry improves digestion, increases salivation, promotes the development of gastric and pancreatic juice. It is recommended for the treatment of inflammation of the pancreas and gastritis. As an auxiliary tool, cranberries are used to treat hypertension.
In large quantities, berries and cranberry leaves contain copper. In the percentage ratio, it can be from 0.80% to 2.50%. Thanks to this element, the cowberry is indispensable for the treatment of diabetes. Have a positive effect on the organism and its tannins, which bind and remove from the body heavy metals, for example lead, cobalt and cesium, which can cause irreparable harm to the human body.
Cowberry helps with overheating and sunstroke, with joint pain, and also used for rinsing in the treatment of sore throat. Water from under cranberries is widely used in compartments and for washing ulcers caused by varicose dilatation. Brusnichnoevarie often recommend to include in the diet of women in the building status. 2-3 teaspoons of jam significantly reduces the risk of mastitis and other inflammatory diseases. Cranberry jam, which includes honey, is a wonderful remedy for prostatitis.
Juice squeezed from cranberry berries is often used in ointments and creams for hair loss. In addition, it was found that syrup from cranberries is able to improve eyesight, it's not for nothing that it is recommended to car enthusiasts and elderly people.
Contraindications to cowberry use
With all the medicinal properties of cowberry, she has her own contraindications. It is not recommended for use with peptic ulcers, duodenal ulcers and gastritis with high acidity.