A black elder is a shrub or a small tree about 2-6 meters in height with a grayish-brown color of the bark and leaves of an oblong-ovoid form. Blossom black elder in late May - early June. The flowers of this plant are small, yellowish-white in color, collected in inflorescences. In August - September, on the branches of elderberry black ripened fruit - globular bone, containing 3 bones. The fruits are shiny, with a black-violet hue. There is a black elder in broad-leaved, less often mixed and coniferous forests, sometimes it is bred in gardens and parks.
Which parts of blackberry black have found application in folk medicine?
In folk medicine, blackberry and her fruit are used.
What are the chemicals contained in black elderberry, cause its use in folk medicine?
Black elder and its use in folk medicine have become widespread due to the content of medicinal properties in the flowers and fruits of this plant. It is established that in the flowers of black elderberry there are organic acids (valerian, apple, acetic), essential oil, rutin, choline, glycoside sambunigrin, tannins. The use of black elderberry in folk medicine is due to the content of glucose, fructose, organic acids, tannins, carotene (provitamin A), ascorbic acid (vitamin C).
At what diseases in folk medicine is recommended the use of black elderberry?
In folk medicine, black elderberry flowers are used as an anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and soothing agent. The diaphoretic action of the flowers of black elderberry is used in the treatment of bronchitis, laryngitis, influenza, kidney and bladder diseases. Boiled in milk flowers are applied to abscesses on the skin, and water infusion is well suited for gargling with angina and stomatitis. Dried flowers of black elderberry in recipes of traditional medicine are part of diuretics.
The fruits of black elderberry are used as a laxative. They are edible, you can cook jelly, which also has a relaxing effect.
How correctly to prepare flowers and fruits of black elderberry for storage and subsequent application in recipes of traditional medicine?
The flowers of black elder are harvested during the flowering of the plant (in May - June). Inflorescences are cut from the branches entirely and then dried. After drying, remove the pedicels.
Fruits of black elder are harvested in August - September. For further use of fruits in recipes of traditional medicine, it is necessary to separate the pedicels from them. Drying in is carried out in an oven or oven at a temperature of 60-65? C.
Store the dried raw materials in a dry ventilated room.
Preparation and application of folk medicine from black elderberry.
Fruits and flowers of black elderberry are usually used in the form of water infusions. To prepare the infusion from the flowers of black elderberry, take 1 tablespoon of dried raw material, put in enameled dishes, pour one glass of boiling water and cover with a lid. After that, the dishes with all the contents are heated in a water bath for 15 minutes, then cooled to room temperature and filtered. Infusion of the flowers of black elder take one glass 2 times a day (as a diaphoretic) or a quarter of a glass an hour before the meal (to achieve astringent action).
Infusion of dried fruits of black elder is prepared in a similar way.
In addition to the use of traditional medicine in recipes, the fruits of black elderberry can be used to make jams and syrups.
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