Cowberry leaf has diuretic, antiseptic, antimicrobial, astringent, anti-inflammatory, tonic, wound-healing, cardiotonic and sedative effects. Cowberry leaf preparations have an antiviral effect against the herpes and influenza virus. It has been experimentally established that shoots of cowberry have an antihistamine, antimycotic and anti-cancer properties. Cowberry leaf preparations have an antiviral effect against the herpes and influenza virus.
This small shrub is famous for delicious berries that ripen in the second half of September and can be stored for a long time without conservation. Berries cranberries have a vitamin, detoxification and restorative effect.
Useful properties of medicinal plants are determined by their chemical composition. Scientists found that leaves of cranberries contain glycosides (arbutin and methyl arbutin), vaccine, lycopene, a large number of oflavonoids (including hyperoside, anthocyanins and catechins), ursolic, tartaric, quinic and ellagic acid, as well as a number of tannins.
Cowberry berries contain sugar in large quantities, as well as ascorbic acid and carotene, a number of valuable organic acids (malic, citric, benzoic and a number of others). Benzoic acid has antiseptic properties - it is thanks to its presence that the berries of cranberries are practically not spoiled and stored for a long time.
It should be noted that benzoic acid is peculiar to accumulate in the fruit of cowberry in the process of maturation. That is why immature berries quickly deteriorate. Cowberry reaches full maturity in the second half of August-September.
Cowberry leaf, symbolizing a long life and immortality - a miraculous folk remedy used in the most serious diseases. It is a part of the prescriptions of many medicines used to treat various diseases, including severe, oncological diseases.
Cowberry leaf with enuresis, cystitis, pyelonephritis
Leaf cranberries - an indispensable component of fees and teas for the treatment of cystitis, pyelonephritis, pyelitis, urolithiasis and other diseases of the urinary tract. For this purpose, prepare the infusion of cranberry leaves. A tablespoon of leaves should be poured a glass of boiling water and insist for an hour, tightly closing the lid. Then extract the infusion, squeeze the raw materials. Take half a cup twice a day for half an hour before eating.
Cowberry leaf, along with pharmacy pancakes, St. John's Wort, psyllium and yarrow seeds, is used in folk medicine for enuresis (incontinence), which sometimes affects children and the elderly. To treat this disease, the medicine is prepared as follows: take 1-2 tbsp. spoon of cranberry raw material, pour cold water (half a liter), bring to a boil and keep on low heat for 15 minutes, then insist 3 -4 hours. Take all the infusion during the day in equal portions. Infusion can be cooked in a thermos, simply pouring raw materials with boiling water and insisting 5-6 hours. In this case, the solution turns out to be a beautiful color and a delicate pleasant aroma.
For the treatment of gout and rheumatism
It is known that fresh cranberries are a miracle cure for the treatment of gout and rheumatism. Gout and osteochondrosis are a consequence of metabolic disorders in the body. Usually the deposition of salts occurs gradually over many years, therefore, it takes a long time to fight this disease. Often this disease is hereditary, due to insufficient work of the kidneys, liver, nervous system. To treat this disease, we need an individual approach. One of the best plants that promote the excretion of uric acid from the body is a cranberry leaf. This tool is widely used in almost all of Europe.
There are not one dozen medicinal plants that help fight the violation of mineral metabolism and associated joint diseases. However, the most effective among them are a cranberry leaf, a black currant leaf, a meadow geranium, a goldenrod (or a golden rod), a birch leaf, a swampy saber. For the treatment of gout, phytotherapists recommend the use of a leaf of cranberries more often. The medicine from the cranberry leaf for the treatment of joint diseases is prepared in the same way as for the treatment of enuresis. Sometimes joint diseases are accompanied by pain. To eliminate them, it is recommended, in addition to ingesting cranberry leaf preparations, alcohol rubbing from tinctures of medicinal plants that have analgesic properties. Such plants include: spotted hemlock, European dodder, black henbane, violet root, kupena, marshmallow bog, root of the ledum and some others.