The raw material for obtaining the medicine from the viburnum is the bark, berries and flowers of this plant. For each of the listed types of raw materials, from which you can then prepare the medicine, there are their optimal terms of harvesting. The bark of the viburnum is harvested during the sap movement. The best time to harvest is from April to June. The bark is peeled from the cut branches. First you need to make several transverse circular incisions reaching the wood, and then connect them with longitudinal incisions. After this, the bark of the Kalina is separated in such a way that no wood remains on it. Further, in order to prepare the raw materials for further preparation of the medicine, the bark needs to be dried properly. To do this, the collected raw materials are scattered on the litter with a loose layer. In good weather, it is permissible to dry the medicinal raw material in the open air, and in cloudy weather - under canopies or in the attic. In order that in the future it would be possible to prepare a medicine from the viburnum, the dried bark should be broken during bending. If the bark of the viburnum does not break, but bends - then the raw material is not dried up enough.
The berries of the viburnum are harvested after the first frost in September or even in October. From the fruit you can prepare juice, or dry the berries for long-term storage.
Flowers of viburnum for further preparation of them medicines are collected in late May - early June.
Store the dried medicinal raw materials in linen pouches or cardboard boxes in a dry and ventilated room.
How to prepare a medicine from a viburnum in the form of a decoction or infusion?
To prepare medicinal broth from the bark of the viburnum, take 10 grams of finely chopped raw material, pour one cup of boiling water and insist 15 minutes, then filter. With uterine bleeding, the prepared broth during the day is drunk in small sips.
To prepare medicinal infusion from dried berries of a viburnum, take 2 spoons of the dry erased berries, fill in with one glass of boiled water and insist 4 hours. As a vitamin and fortifying agent infusion take 3-4 glasses a day.
Decoction of flowers of viburnum can be prepared as follows: one tablespoon of dried flowers pour a glass of boiling water and after insisting take when coughing, tuberculosis, stomach diseases.
Juice from fresh berries of viburnum is used as a medicine at increased pressure.
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