The blackberry is a half-shrub with very sharp spines. Externally, the plant looks like raspberries. However, the fruits of blackberries can not be confused with any other berries - in their mature state they acquire a black shade and are covered with a gray wax coating. These juicy, with a specific flavor of berries are very tasty, besides they have medicinal properties. In the blackberry fruit, carbohydrates (glucose, fructose and sucrose), vitamin C, carotene (provitamin A), vitamin E, tannins and aromatic substances, organic acids, potassium, manganese, copper salts are found. At what diseases are blackberries used for medicinal purposes?
The healing properties of blackberries have long been known among the people. Freshly harvested fruit when eaten has a general strengthening effect, replenish the stores of vitamins in the body. Blackberry berries have astringent properties and are used for medicinal purposes in case of stomach upset. A decoction made from blackberry fruit is used as a diaphoretic.
Blackberry leaves also have medicinal properties. Decoction of leaves has a diaphoretic and diuretic effect, is used for gingivitis and stomatitis for rinsing the oral cavity. The medicinal properties of the decoction of the leaves of the blackberry help patients with disorders of the nervous system and heart diseases. Decoction of flowers and leaves of blackberries is used for diarrhea.
The juice from the roots of blackberries is also a curative, possessing diuretic properties. It is used in the treatment of dropsy.
Blackberry honey, which bees are harvested during the flowering of this plant, is used for medicinal purposes for colds, it is given to patients in feverish conditions. This honey eliminates cough and has antipyretic effect.
How to prepare medicinal broths of blackberry leaves and roots?
Decoction of the leaves of blackberries is prepared as follows: 10 grams of leaves pour one glass of boiling water, boil for 15 minutes, and then insist 2 hours. Further, the resulting broth is filtered, after which it is ready for use for medicinal purposes. Take a decoction of the leaves of the blackberry 4 times a day for one tablespoon.
To prepare the broth of the root of the blackberry, take 15 grams of dried root and pour 300 grams of boiling water. After the infusion and straining such a decoction is taken orally one tablespoon every 2 hours.
From blackberries, you can prepare many other healthy products - juices, compotes, jams, etc. Although in the course of their preparation a considerable part of the biologically active substances is destroyed, yet these products to some extent also have medicinal properties.
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