What is useful viburnum

There are few people who do not know about the beneficial properties of viburnum, which it has on the immunity of the person in general and in the treatment of colds.

However, these are not the only advantages of the plant, besides not only berries, but also other parts of the shrub have therapeutic effects. The range of application of this berry culture is wide.

You can verify this by reading our material, in which we describe in detail about Kalina red, its beneficial properties and contraindications to its use.

Vitamins and minerals in red berries

Kalina is a shrub from the Adox family, which gives spherical berries of a red, yellow and black color to a sweet-bitter-sour taste.

There are about 200 species of viburnum in the world, but not all of them bear edible fruits. Some of them are used only for decorative purposes. Also, viburnum is used in folk medicine, cooking, cosmetology.

For a long time it is known about the healing properties of viburnum berries. It is simply explained - they include over 10 various organic acids, resins, alcohols, tannins, sugars, pectin, essential oils, tannin, and viburnin.

In addition, viburnum is just the same well of vitamins and minerals.

The vitamin composition of the berries is as follows:

• carotene (provitamin A);
• retinol (vitamin A);
• ascorbic acid (vitamin C);
• E (alpha tocopherol).

The following minerals are present in Kalina: Fe (iron), P (phosphorus), Zn (zinc), Cr (chromium), I (iodine), Se (selenium), Cu (copper), Mn (manganese).

Beneficial features

Both viburnum fruits and flowers, as well as the bark of the plant, have useful properties.

Berries

Berries are used to make juice, decoctions and teas.

The content of vitamin A in them exceeds the daily rate needed by a person, so it is useful to use them to normalize reproductive function, to maintain healthy eyes and skin, as well as to strengthen the immune system as a whole.

He also participates in the processes of rejuvenation of the body, contributes to the speedy regeneration of cells, has a decongestant effect. Kalina contains over 90% of the daily requirement of vitamin C for the human body. This means that the berries promote better absorption of iron, increase the resistance forces of immunity against viral and colds, eliminate beriberi, strengthen the blood capillaries in the nose, and strengthen the gums.

The most powerful antioxidant, vitamin E, which is a part of red berries, helps to cleanse the body of harmful and toxic substances, normalizes the functioning of the sex glands, the heart.

Decoction and tea from the fruit of Viburnum helps with inflammation of the upper respiratory tract: tonsillitis, bronchitis, tonsillitis. They are recommended for pneumonia.

Pectins and tannins, used together with berries, help to organize the activity of the digestive system, clean the liver. The juice from the berries is used for the prevention of headaches, migraines, with hypertension.

Funds based on berries drink as an astringent and a diuretic, they remove excess swelling, have antipyretic effect.

Flowers

Flower decoctions are recommended for all sorts of inflammation and bleeding. They are used to increase appetite, reduce sweating, restore voice and heal the vocal cords.

They also help stabilize the condition and relieve pain in acute gastritis in people with low acidity.

In cosmetology, means of Kalin flowers are used to strengthen the growth of hair, nails, improve the tone of the skin of the face.

Cortex

Viburnum bark contains resins, essential oils, volatile production, tannins, glycosides, organic acids. Funds based on it help:

• to cope with various skin diseases;
• have a hemostatic effect;
• accelerate the healing process for ulcers, hemorrhoids;
• help to cope with nervous disorders and overwork;
• relieve cramps.

Preparation and storage of medical raw materials

The berries are harvested in the first and second month of autumn. However, it is believed that the best time to collect viburnum will be the period immediately after the first frost.

At this time in the fruit will be the greatest concentration of nutrients, and they will not be so bitter. The berries are cut in clusters, together with the leg. Some time they can be stored in the refrigerator.

For longer storage, it is recommended to dry them, freeze them, close them in jars with sugar, or prepare Kalin juice.

To dry the berries, the clusters are laid out on paper in a cool room. In this position, they will have to be 5-10 days. Then they will need to be placed in the oven, heated to a temperature of 50 ° C, to dry. Store dry berries should be in bags of natural fabrics in places where light and moisture do not penetrate.

Well you can save nutrients in Kalina, if you put the berries in a jar and topping them up with sugar. Capacity to close the lid.This tool, stored in the refrigerator, can be used for six months. Kalin juice is made from washed and well-dried berries. They are lightly crushed, and then mixed with sugar in equal shares and ground. The juice is poured into a glass container and stored in the refrigerator. The longer he will stand, the more bitterness he will leave.

Also, the juice can be prepared by boiling the berry. For 1 kg of fruit is taken 1 liter of water and a glass of sugar. The mixture is cooked to the softness of the berries. Then the berries are pressed and infused for a while. Juice is poured into jars and stored in the refrigerator.

The bark for medicinal products is harvested in April, in the phase after sap flow.

Flowers are harvested from May to June. They are dried and stored in glass jars or cloth bags.

The use of medicinal properties in traditional medicine

The fact that viburnum is red, its berries, flowers and bark, have useful properties, people learned a long time ago, since then many recipes have appeared that are used to treat a wide range of diseases. A selection of the most effective is given in this section.

To strengthen the immune system

To strengthen the immune system, it is recommended to use in the autumn-winter period viburnum juice, tea, decoctions and infusion.

On how to make juice, we wrote above. Tea is prepared as follows: brew boiling water (200 ml) with fruits (a tablespoon). Leave to insist for two hours.

In order to prevent drinking half a cup twice a day. For therapeutic purposes, you can use more often - up to three times a day.

As a general tonic, a mixture of viburnum (100 g), lemon (one piece), aloe leaves (200 g), a small portion of walnuts, effectively ground in a blender or minced through a meat grinder, is very effective. It is added oil (200 g) and honey (200 g). Means is applied on the table spoon after food intake.

To calm the nervous system

Since valeric acid is a part of viburnum bark, the extract from it is able to relieve nervous tension and eliminate chronic fatigue syndrome.

Chop the bark, 2-3 tablespoons mixed with melissa (tablespoon). 30 minutes later in the water bath. Then under the lid, insist for 50-60 minutes. Take a week on a tablespoon before meals.

Fatigue as a hand will remove, if before bedtime to use a couple of tablespoons of a mixture of viburnum bark and chamomile. Pharmaceutical chamomile flowers mixed with powder from the bark in equal shares.

Place a tablespoon of the mixture in a glass of boiling water. Then, then on the water bath for 15-20 minutes. Strain before use.

With angina

Frequent rinsing with an infusion of flowers and berries will help to cope with a sore throat in case of sore throat. For its preparation they take equally flowers and berries, pour boiling water and insist 3-4 hours. For rinsing use half a glass.

Also sometimes apply Kalinova-honey compresses, which are put on the throat twice a day for an hour.

With a cold

In case of catarrhal diseases, except for viburnum tea, decoction and juice from the berries, it is possible to brew bark. Here are some recipes for decoctions:

1. Shredded bark (a couple of tablespoons) to place in a glass of boiling water, hold on low heat for 10 minutes. After let stand for 15 minutes. Immediately before use, skip through a fine sieve or cheesecloth, add essential oil of sea buckthorn oil (7-10 drops), honey (tablespoon) to the infusion.

   Drink ½ cup 30 minutes before meals.


2. A tablespoon of bark mixed with ½ cup of viburnum juice, add a tablespoon of such herbs: thyme, mint, chamomile, as well as a tablespoon of honey.

   Pour the mixture into a glass of boiling water and hold on the stove for five minutes. Method of application: inside a half-glass to food.

With bronchitis and pneumonia

With bronchitis and pneumonia take broths of berries and bark. They liquefy and remove phlegm.

A tablespoon of red berries is ground and added to a glass of hot honey. Means insist 5-6 hours. Take a tablespoon 4-5 times a day.

A tablespoon of crushed bark is mixed with the same amount of herbs: coltsfoot, mountaineer, elder flowers. Then add a glass of boiling water. After waiting half an hour, they drink the remedy 30 minutes before meals for a quarter of a glass.

Chronic cough

With a cough, a decoction of berries (100 g / 400 ml of water), boiled for half an hour, with the addition of ½ cup of honey will help. It is consumed in two tablespoons, after waiting 30 minutes after a meal.

With headaches

Frequent headaches can be eliminated by regularly consuming viburnum juice with the addition of honey.

With hypertension

Hypertension is another disease that helps viburnum.Good to take viburnum juice. The product is made from juice, squeezed from a pound of berries, a decoction of already squeezed berries (pour 100 ml of water and boil for five minutes), a tablespoon of honey. After cooking, eat 30 tablespoons 30 minutes before meals.

You can also try a tool based on the shoots of the bush. They are crushed and mixed with motherwort, valerian root, brewed with boiling water and boiled for a couple of minutes.

With liver disease

Kalina with honey is an excellent way to cleanse the liver. Half a kilogram of fruit pour a small amount of water and boil. Fruits should soften. Then rub them through a sieve and inject honey (250 ml).

The reception course is two weeks. Eat a couple of tablespoons in the morning on an empty stomach and in the evening before bedtime.

For constipation

Kalina is an amazing berry, since various products based on it can help with constipation and diarrhea. You can forget about constipation by eating 40 berries mixed with honey.

You can also chop the seeds in a coffee grinder, separate a teaspoon of powder and put it in 200 ml of boiling water. After 10 minutes, the agent can be drunk twice daily, mixing it with sugar or honey for taste.

With diarrhea

To fix the chair will help the tool from Kalinov fruits and honey. Fruits (a couple of tablespoons) are placed in ½ cup of honey. Then the mixture is heated on low heat for 10 minutes, while it must be stirred.

After the mixture has cooled, eat it in a tablespoon during the day, maintaining equal intervals of time.

When gastritis

Relieve the condition of gastritis will help two tablespoons of fruit, brewed a glass of boiling water and infused for 3-4 hours. This remedy is taken in two tablespoons five times a day 30 minutes before meals.

With a stomach ulcer

Gastric and duodenal ulcers are quite serious diseases that require complex treatment. Means based on viburnum can be used only as an additional therapy. Berries (tablespoon) are crushed and placed in ½ cup of cooled boiled water. Insist 112 hours. Then drink a tablespoon before meals.

For skin diseases

Boils, ulcers, eczema - viburnum also helps to get rid of these troubles. In this case, it is applied externally. Kalinov juice moisten gauze and applied to problem areas for 1-2 hours.

Such compresses will need a few during the day. The initial course of treatment is 14-18 days. Then you should take a break in seven days. There should be at least three courses.

For the speedy healing of skin diseases, lotions of viburnum broth are made: a tablespoon of berries is placed in ½ cup of boiled cooled water and allowed to stand for 6-8 hours. Before use, mix a tablespoon of honey. Lotions put on an hour in the morning and evening.

With sweating feet

Viburnum bark is an excellent tool to eliminate excessive sweating. Place a tablespoon of shallow bark in 200 ml of water and cook over low heat after boiling for 10 minutes.

When the infusion is cooled to room temperature, it is used to wipe the soles of the feet.

In addition to the described diseases, it must be said that Kalina is considered a female berry. After all, it helps with some female diseases. Kalina has medicinal properties, however, as it has contraindications, for women with heavy and painful menstrual bleeding. You can take alcohol tincture of bark.

It is prepared from four tablespoons of bark, diluted in a glass of alcohol (70%), which insist 10 days in a place without light. It should be drunk twice a day in a tablespoon.

The use of viburnum in home cosmetology

Kalina is very useful for the skin of the face. Funds based on it and viburnum juice tone it up, rejuvenate, make it more elastic and clean. For any problems such as rashes, you can simply wipe the face with viburnum juice daily.

Such rubbing also helps to make freckles and age spots less conspicuous.

Juice can be mixed with honey, vegetable oils, dairy products, lemon juice, eggs.

There are several recipes for facial masks that use juice, berries and flowers. From wrinkles. Mix the fruits (three tablespoons), olive oil (dessert spoon), honey (teaspoon), egg yolk. For mixing, it is better to use a blender. Apply mask for 15 minutes. Then washed with water or herbal decoction.

From rashes. Kalinovy ​​juice combined with sour cream in equal proportions. Wash up after 20 minutes.

Moisturizing. Combine viburnum juice (two tablespoons), glycerin (one tablespoon), honey (a teaspoon), olive oil (a teaspoon), flour. Spread the face with the mixture for 10-20 minutes.

Toning lotion. Flowers (two tablespoons) placed in boiling water (200 ml), to settle for two hours. Strain and use to wipe the skin.

Contraindications

Means based on viburnum can bring both benefit and harm. They should not be taken:

• hypotensive because it tends to lower blood pressure;
• those who have an increased acidity of gastric juice;
• people with gout and arthritis - viburnum can worsen the condition of the joints;
• having a tendency to thrombosis;
• pregnant women in case of prolonged use, there is a risk of provoking preterm birth;
• people with kidney disease in history.

Excessive intake of vitamin C with viburnum can also trigger a local allergic reaction in the form of a rash.

Kalina in the absence of contraindications must be consumed during periods of mass epidemics of viral diseases. It is proved that a sufficient amount of ascorbic acid in it and diuretic properties allow you to quickly cope with a cold, inflammation of the upper respiratory tract. Popular rumor even put down the saying: "Who is friends with Kalina, that doctor is not needed."