A special place in a row of medicinal plants is occupied by mountain ash, or red mountain ash. Recipes for the manufacture of medicinal products from her berries have become widespread in folk medicine. Ripe fruits of red mountain ash are harvested in the early autumn, before the first frost. The collected berries are separated from the pedicels. Fresh fruits of mountain ash can be used immediately in accordance with the folk medicine prescriptions listed below. For long-term storage, the berries are dried in an oven, oven or in the sun. Correctly harvested fruits of red mountain ash after drying should preserve the natural red-orange color. Store raw materials for folk medicine prescriptions in canvas bags or cardboard boxes. What remedies of red ashberry are used in folk medicine?
Red ashberry in folk medicine is used for cooking medicinal broths, infusions and tinctures. For these recipes will suit both fresh and dried fruits. You can also make juice from fresh berries of mountain ash.
How to prepare medicinal products from berries of red mountain ash according to the recipes of traditional medicine?
To prepare the juice, fresh berries of mountain ash are washed, ground, added boiled water, heated slightly to enhance the suction, and then squeeze the pulp. The resulting juice can be used immediately for medicinal purposes. For long-term storage, sugar syrup is added to the juice of the red mountain ash (sugar concentration in the syrup is approximately 35%) based on 0,5 l of syrup per 1 l of juice, heated to 80 ° C, poured into cans and pasteurized for 20 minutes at 90 ° C . Rowan juice is taken one teaspoon before meals with reduced acidity of gastric juice. However, it should be remembered that with increased acidity of gastric juice, this folk recipe is not recommended.
To prepare the infusion from the fruits of red ashberry according to the prescription of folk medicine, take 1 tablespoon of berries, brew them with one glass of boiling water and insist for four hours. Take infusion 2-3 times a day for half a glass.
Folk recipe for cooking medicinal broth: 1 tablespoon of red berries berries are poured in one glass of boiling water, then boiled for 10 minutes and insisted for several hours. Take three times a day for 1/3 cup.
Tincture from the fruits of red mountain ash can be prepared on the basis of vodka. The ratio by weight of berries of mountain ash and vodka should be 1:10. Such a tincture made according to a popular prescription is taken with loss of appetite for one teaspoon three times a day.
In folk medicine, a mixture of berries of red mountain ash with molasses (in a ratio of 1: 1) with stones in the kidneys, gall bladder and rheumatism is also used. Take this medicine one tablespoon 2-3 times a day before meals.
Dmitry Parshonok , specially for the site