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Useful properties and application of crowberry
Useful properties of crowberry
Vodianica – an evergreen creeping shrub of the heather family. Its chemical composition is represented by organic acids, sugars, coumarin, vitamins A and C, minerals. The plant also contains essential oils, tannins and resins. Crowberry berries can be harvested from late July until spring: frozen fruits are also useful. It is better to pick berries in the morning, putting them in buckets or baskets. Fresh berries should be stored in a cool room in hermetically sealed glass jars.
For freezing, the berries are harvested in late autumn. Crowberry is poured onto a clean cloth, sorted out, removing debris, and frozen in bulk. Frozen fruits are put in bags and stored in the freezer. In addition to berries, grass and crowberry shoots are used in folk medicine. The branches are cut during the flowering period, dried in warm, ventilated rooms, spread out in a thin layer, and periodically mixed.
Application of crowberry
The juice of crowberry berries calms the nervous system, relieves headaches, improves metabolism and relieves scurvy. Berries have a strong diuretic effect. An infusion of the herb helps with diarrhea and other gastrointestinal problems. A decoction of the root is effective in eye diseases. A vodka tincture from the stems and leaves of crowberry treats epilepsy and paralysis, this remedy is also prescribed for metabolic disorders. A decoction of the leaves is used to strengthen the hair roots.
Herbal tea is recommended for kidney diseases, it has a tonic effect. Crowberry twigs are used as a wound healing agent. Preparations made from the plant are prescribed to block the convulsive state, they also have a protective effect when the central nervous system is damaged.
Lotion for wound healing: crowberry twigs are dipped in warm water for two hours, then they are applied to the sore spot and tied. After two or three hours, the bandage is replaced with a fresh one.
Twig tea: 3-4 tablespoons of finely chopped sprigs of crowberry must be poured with a liter of water, brought to a boil, cooled. Drink the medicine only in the morning, one glass each.
crowberry berries
Crowberry berries are not very pleasant in taste, they are almost insipid, but they quench thirst well, improve metabolism, and relieve headaches. They are also used as a diuretic and antiscorbutic. Fresh crowberry is eaten with milk or curdled milk, jam, jam, marmalade are made from it and used as a seasoning. Collected berries are not recommended to be stored in coniferous barrels, it is better to do this in a simple glass container.
Water lily is black
This type of crowberry is a small, evergreen, creeping shrub with dark red branched stems and small, oblong, twisted leaves. The flowers of the plant are unisexual, purple, with three petals. The fruit is a gray-black round berry with bright scarlet juice. Black crowberry grows in the European part of Russia, in the Urals, in Western and Eastern Siberia, in the western regions of Ukraine and Belarus. This species grows in coniferous forests, on rocks, sphagnum bogs.
The chemical composition of crowberry includes polysaccharides, pectins, essential oils, resins, sugars, tannins and other useful substances. The fruits contain glucose, sucrose, fructose, fatty oil and wax. The fruits and aerial part of the plant are used for medicinal purposes. It is known that the plant has anticonvulsant, choleretic and hypotensive properties, it has a calming effect on the nervous system. It is used for hypertension, headache, epilepsy and other convulsive conditions. From the aerial part of the plant, an antiepileptic drug has now been created, which is being tested in clinics.
Decoction: 15 g of dry, finely chopped twigs and leaves of the plant should be boiled for 6-7 minutes in 250 ml of water, let it brew for 2 hours, then strain. It is recommended to take the remedy 50 ml three times a day before meals.
Contraindications to the use of crowberry
Vodyanika can be used by both adults and children. Contraindications may be in case of individual intolerance. It is undesirable to use berries for pregnant and lactating women. Before use, it is better to consult a doctor.