"... raspberry is sweet on the lips ... ah .. ah ... ah ..." the girls from the factory group sing. But let me note that raspberries are not only sweet on the lips, but also useful! I think that any summer resident in the countryside is raspberries. We collect raspberries every year, but what do we really know about them? As a child, when I caught a cold, my grandmother made me drink tea with raspberry jam, saying that it would be easier for me to get rid of raspberries. But let's today widely disclose the benefits of raspberries in the topic " raspberries, leaves, medicinal properties ."
To begin with, I say that raspberry is a shrub with prickly stems 1-2 meters in height from the family of Rosaceae. The stems of raspberries are biennial, in the first year they do not form flowers, but in the second year they bear fruit and die. From the root every year, new offspring are formed. Rhizomes and accessory roots form buds, which grow into the next year and give shoots of substitution. Leaves are sparse, and from 5-7 crenellated leaves. Below they are white, and green on top. Raspberry should be planted in spring and autumn. After planting, it is necessary to water and shorten the shoot by 50-60 cm. Place the bushes at a distance of 0.5 meters from each other. If you plant in rows, then the distance between the rows is 60 cm. The fertilized shoots must be cut off.
As for berries of raspberries, they are very nutritious, and are teeming with vitamins. The fruits contain sugar, pectic substances, malic, tartaric, caproic, salicylic, formic acids, which have a beneficial effect on the digestion of food in the body. Especially these acids are useful when the low acidity of gastric juice. Also, these acids have a beneficial effect on the intestines, preventing the appearance of viruses, fungi, which reduces the development of intestinal diseases. Getting into the blood, acids begin to actively participate in the metabolism. These acids neutralize and remove from the human body salts of uric acid, which are formed during the exchange of proteins. Salicylic acid has antibacterial properties and antipyretic, diaphoretic, analgesic effects. Especially a lot of this acid in the leaves and in the branches of the raspberry bush. Due to these acids, diseases such as rheumatism, osteochondrosis, arthritis, sciatica, and other joint diseases are treated.
Minerals, B, PP, C, carotene, beta-sitosterol, carbohydrates (glucose, fructose, sucrose), cyanine chloride, acetoin, beta-ionone and many other useful things. Glucose is an important component for nutrition of the brain and heart, but the sugar content in the berries is variable, and depends on the conditions of growth. The smell and sweetish-sour taste of berries depends on essential oils. 100 g of berries have 41 calories. Raspberries are useful for people with diabetes. Raspberry stimulates appetite, as it increases the secretion of saliva, gastric juice and bile. Raspberries can cure malaria and other types of fevers.
In the leaves of raspberries contain substances that have a hormonal effect. In folk medicine it is used to reduce the prostate gland. Raspberry is also known as an important component in the treatment of infertility, sexual impotence and disorders of the nervous system. Raspberry contains a huge amount of fiber, which is useful for digestion and cleansing of the intestines. Due to the high content of fiber in raspberries, it is recommended for patients with reduced digestive activity and with constipation. And with diarrhea and inflammation of the intestine need as little as possible to use the berries of raspberries. With diarrhea you need 2 tablespoons of raspberry leaves to brew 500 ml of boiling water, and leave for 2 hours, then take 50-100 ml before meals 4 times a day.
In raspberry there are pectins that help to remove from the body through the intestines various harmful substances, cholesterol including, and radioactive elements, so raspberries are recommended for people working in different plants. Coumarins containing in raspberries improve blood coagulability, and reduce the level of prothrombin. Kumarins are concentrated in leaves and in branches of dark-colored, blackberry-like varieties. Anthocyanins strengthen the capillaries, and reduce the tendency to sclerosis. Phytosterols reduce the likelihood of developing atherosclerosis. Contained in the raspberry potassium contributes to improving the condition of people with a sick heart, also potassium acts as a diuretic. Raspberries can extract iron compounds from the earth and store them in berries, and raspberries outnumber many vegetables and fruits by iron content. Thus raspberry becomes useful for people suffering from anemic disease. In raspberry there is iodine, which has a beneficial effect on bronchitis, causing expectoration.
Tea with raspberries or raspberry leaves, brewed together with tea leaves, soothes pain in the stomach and in the intestines with gastritis. With diabetes, drink juice from raspberries, or compote without sugar. In order to make raspberry tea, you need 5-6 tablespoons of dry berries to brew 3 cups of boiling water. 2-3 glasses for an hour you need to drink in hot condition. This tea acts as a heating, and is sweatshops. Especially sweating properties are useful for people with hypertension. Hypertension, as is known, causes an excessive amount of table salt, and so, together with sweat, the salt leaves the human body, causing blood pressure to drop. Raspberries are a source of vitamin B, so raspberries should be eaten after the end of the course of taking various kinds of antibiotics, because antibiotics disrupt the production of this vitamin by intestinal bacteria, and raspberry replenishes the lack of vitamin B. Maline contains a lot of copper, and copper is a part of many antidepressants, so raspberry it is necessary to eat those people whose work is associated with a great nervous strain. Due to the fact that raspberries contain vitamin A, E, PP, C, the tone rises and the complexion improves, so raspberries must be eaten by women.
Raspberry neither in dry form, nor in frozen form, nor at thermal processing does not lose the useful properties and qualities. Therefore jam from raspberries is very useful goodies. If you have herpes , then you need 1 tablespoon chopped raspberry sprigs pour 500 ml of boiling water, then insist, wrapped, than anything 2 hours. Strain, drink half a glass 4-5 times a day. Infusion of raspberries or crimson leaves is good for allergies, otitis, nosebleeds, asthma. A mask of raspberry puree helps well in the fight against wrinkles, as it nourishes the skin.
Scientists have determined that due to the high content of antioxidants, raspberry berries can effectively fight cancer cells. In raspberry, black currant, strawberry and blueberry antioxidants are 1000 times more than in other plants.
It is believed that if there is at least 500 g of raspberries or other fresh berries a day, you can lose weight for a month without weight loss for 1-2 kg. And if at least once a week to replace dinner, fruits and vegetables, you can safely expect to lose all five pounds. And all this because the berries activate the metabolism!
What would be prepared for the winter to pick berries of raspberries in dry weather with their full maturation. During this period they are very easily separated. Just collect them neatly, so as not to stretch them. Then put them in a thin layer, dried in the oven at a temperature of 60-80 degrees, or in dryers. The finished dried raw material has a greyish-crimson color, strong smell and sourish-sweet taste. In dry berries, there should be nothing that could cause decay. Store in dry rooms, shelf life 2 years from the time of cooking.