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😉 Greetings to regular and new readers! In the article “Rowan: benefits and harms for the body” – basic information about the plant, how the red rowan is useful, about its contraindications.
Rowan grows everywhere in the world, in the temperate zone. She is not afraid of drought and frost. Spring rowan flowers are a wonderful honey plant, which gives nectar and pollen to bees, and healing honey to people.
The fruits are a favorite food for birds. Rowan trees and bushes adorn parks; this plant has always inspired poets, artists and jewelers.
Rowan fruits are spherical juicy orange-red berries (up to 10 mm in diameter) with small seeds. Fresh fruits taste bitter, but with the first frost the bitterness disappears.
The mountain ash can feed and heal. Herbalists recommend eating 10 berries every day to support the body’s immunity. Since ancient times it was believed that this plant has magical properties. A rowan branch in the house is a talisman and comfort, a symbol of family happiness and well-being.
Composition and calorie content
100 grams of product
- kcal – 50;
- proteins – 1,4 g;
- fats – 0,2 g;
- carbohydrates – 8,9 g;
- dietary fiber – 5,4 g;
- beta-carotene – 9 mg;
- Calcium – 42 mg;
- magnesium – 331 mg;
- potassium – 230 mg;
- phosphorus – 17 mg;
- iron – 2 mg.
Many vitamins: A, B1, B2, B9, C, E, PP.
Rowan red: useful properties and contraindications
For a long time, healers considered mountain ash one of the main healing plants, expelled ailments with it and used it in folk medicine to fight viral infections and loss of strength. Rowan is a natural preservative; its berries are added to various pickles. Banks will never explode.
- useful for the prevention of visual impairment, carotene has a beneficial effect on the retina of the eye;
- helps with heart disease;
- strengthens the walls of blood vessels;
- lowers blood pressure;
- peristalsis and intestinal flora are normalized (due to pectins and phytoncides);
- useful in atherosclerosis;
- from warts. Apply a bandage with crushed berries to the wart at night. Remove the bandage in the morning, wash everything off. Repeat the procedure 7-8 times;
- magnesium is an anti-stress element that has a normalizing effect on the state of the nervous system and blood pressure;
- strengthens the body’s immunity;
- protects against depression;
- a remedy for scurvy and other vitamin deficiencies;
- mountain ash tea will banish insomnia;
- rowan berries contain twice as much vitamin C as lemon;
- mountain ash is appreciated by winemakers. The berries are used to prepare amazing liqueurs, liqueurs and wine;
- widely used in the confectionery and food industries.
Why is red mountain ash useful?
- diuretic effect with edema or urinary retention;
- choleretic agent;
- diaphoretic and antipyretic for colds;
- mild laxative, saves from constipation;
- hemostatic;
- wound healing and antimicrobial agent – an excellent antiseptic.
Противопоказания
- you need to get away from rowan if you have chronic cholecystitis or gallstones;
- not recommended for persons who have had a stroke or heart attack;
- with increased blood clotting;
- it is dangerous to eat berries from trees growing within the city, along highways.
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Friends, I hope this information is useful to you. Where to find mountain ash? Outside the city, in dachas, in the forests, on the edges, in plantings, along the banks of rivers and lakes, in markets and in pharmacies. Dried berries retain their usefulness for several years!
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