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Lingonberry leaves: medicinal and beneficial properties. Video
Lingonberry has leathery leaves with a dark green top and pale bottom. They are harvested in early spring when the snow melts or in late autumn after fruiting. Lingonberry leaves have medicinal properties, they are used to treat many diseases.
Lingonberry leaves: healing and beneficial properties
Composition and properties of lingonberry leaf
Lingonberry leaves contain the following useful elements: – tannins; – flavonoids; – phenolic acids; – phenolic glycoside; – melampsorin; – salidroside; – vitamin C; – organic acids; – vitamin B2; – trace elements.
Such a rich composition gives the lingonberry leaves medicinal properties, which are used to treat various diseases. Lingonberry leaves have antimicrobial, diuretic, anti-inflammatory, tonic and wound healing properties. They help to reduce blood sugar, therefore they are used in the complex therapy of mild forms of diabetes mellitus.
Lingonberry herb is used to treat the genitourinary system. For example, tea made from it helps women recover from cystitis. At an early stage of the disease, this disease can be cured by using only lingonberry tea and without resorting to the help of doctors.
Tea made from lingonberry leaves is also used to treat vitamin deficiency, hypertension, gout, gastritis, cholelithiasis and urolithiasis.
It is very careful to use lingonberry leaf preparations with increased acidity of the stomach.
Decoctions and infusions of lingonberry greens help to cope with colds, improve digestion and appetite.
Recipes for making medicinal products from lingonberry leaves
To prepare lingonberry broth, take 1 tablespoon of dry leaves and pour a glass of boiling water over them. Place the container with leaves on low heat and cook for half an hour, covered with a lid. Then cool the finished broth, strain and squeeze the raw materials. Dilute the finished product with boiled water so that its amount reaches the original volume.
The broth is used to treat the bladder, ½ cup warm, thirty minutes after eating. During pregnancy, you can drink 0,5 cups of lingonberry broth per day to prevent bladder diseases.
Lingonberry leaf infusion is prepared as follows. Take 1 teaspoon of raw materials and pour half a glass of boiling water. Insist the product for two hours, then strain and squeeze it out. This remedy is used for flu and colds, 2 tablespoons 4-6 times a day.
Lingonberry leaf tea can be used to strengthen the immune system and raise the tone. To prepare it, pour 2 tablespoons of dry raw materials into a thermos and pour 1 liter of boiling water. Screw the thermos lid tightly on and leave the tea for 30-40 minutes. Then strain it and mix with honey. Drink like regular tea half an hour after meals.
Contraindications to the use of lingonberry leaves
Decoctions and infusions of lingonberry leaves should be used with caution with low blood pressure.
The use of infusions and teas from this plant is contraindicated in children under 12 years of age.
Medicines from the leaves should not be used by patients with cholecystitis.