Description.
Raspberry refers to shrubs. This perennial plant belongs to the family of Rosaceae, reaching a height of two meters. On the stems there are many sharp small thorns. The color of the raspberry leaves varies from dark green to whitish from the top. The leaves are pubescent. Flowers are collected in inflorescences, racemose, white, small, five-petalled. Fruits are red, velvety-pubescent, complex, in the shape of a basket. Ripening, fall away from tsvetolozha, which remains on the stem.
Raspberry is very widespread throughout the territory of our country. Wild raspberries grow in deciduous and mixed forests, on clearings, fringes. As a garden, berry raspberries are one of the most common in our country.
Berries and raspberry leaves: their chemical composition.
Raspberry berries contain:
- The source of energy is fructose and glucose up to 10 - 12%;
- Stimulant digestion - fiber up to 5 - 6%;
- Organic acids - citric, malic, formic, kapron - up to 2 - 3%. These acids increase metabolism, activate bile formation.
Raspberry essential oils contained in the berries have an anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial effect on the body, have an antispasmodic effect on the musculature of the blood vessels and internal organs.
The gelatinous intercellular formations - pectins - render harmless and remove poisons from the body. Mucus is involved in excretion of all kinds of toxins from the body.
Vitamin group B: B1, B2, as well as PP, folic acid - have a different beneficial effect: B1 - improves brain function; B2, being a powerful natural antioxidant, reduces cell aging, PP - improves the excretion of cholesterol from the body, folic acid is useful for women during pregnancy, as it protects the fetus from birth defects; Well, the vitamin B itself acts as a source of energy for the life of the body.
The antimicrobial, astringent effect creates tannins contained in the raspberry fruit. Ascorbic acid raises the immune system and strengthens the blood vessels. Various fatty acids prevent atherosclerosis. Carotene prevents the development of the aging process, improves the skin. The substance from the glycoside group - anthocyanin glycoside - promotes the restoration of vision, together with the vitamin A. Group beta-sitosterol - an active substance of plant origin - forms in the body hormones, cholesterol.
Leaves of raspberries also contain a large number of useful substances that are contained in berries. This organic acids, tannins, minerals (contained in them potassium helps to strengthen the myocardium), resin, mucus.
Raspberry in medicine.
Raspberry is a very valuable gift of nature. In addition to the fact that the berries are delicious, they are also very useful. Fresh raspberries perfectly quench thirst, increase appetite, contribute to the improvement of the digestive process. Raspberries have antiemetic, analgesic and anti-inflammatory effect. Therefore, the use of berries and other products of raspberries in food significantly increases the effectiveness of treatment of diseases of the digestive system. Fresh raspberries have a pronounced "sobering" effect, therefore in traditional medicine they are traditionally used in intoxication.
Very good help broths of raspberries with colds. Decoction of them is a diaphoretic and antipyretic. In addition, dried or frozen raspberries in folk non-traditional medicine found application as an antisclerotic.
Leaves of raspberries in the form of a decoction are used for bleeding, long-lasting diarrhea. With diseases of the throat and mouth cavity rinse with a decoction of raspberry leaves is excellent, and if there is inflammation of the skin - lotion from the same leaves.
Contraindications.
With all its remarkable qualities, raspberries, however, have contraindications for use. With jade and gout, you can not use berries and other products from raspberries.
Recipes of preparation of a medicine from a raspberry.
- Tincture of dried berries:
A glass of boiling water pour one tablespoon of berries, insist a quarter of an hour and drink hot.
- Infusion of crimson leaves for internal use:
a teaspoon of dried and chopped leaves pour a glass of steep boiling water, insist 15 minutes, then strain. To use as tea at gastric diseases, the raised temperature.
- Infusion of crimson leaves for external use:
one tablespoon of chopped leaves is poured into a glass of boiling water, infused for 15 minutes, and filtered. Ready to use as a rinse rinse (for the diseases of the throat) or as a lotion.