Red rowan has long been used in traditional medicine. It helps in the treatment of diabetes, anemia, restores metabolic processes in the body.
However, despite the positive characteristics, Redberry has a number of contraindications.
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Useful and healing properties of fruits, leaves and bark for the human body
In folk medicine as a raw material use not only rowan berries, but also leaves, bark and inflorescences. Each raw material is harvested at a certain time.
So, the bark is cut in spring, and the leaves - at the end of summer. Rowan berries are usually harvested after the first frost, when they accumulate enough nutrients, and inflorescences are dried during the flowering period.
Red ash well helps in case of urolithiasis, as a laxative and hemostatic agent.
Redberry berries contain many vitamins and microelements:
- vitamins of group B, C, A and E;
- silicon;
- zinc;
- magnesium;
- folic acid;
- carotene;
- iodine;
- manganese.
The balanced composition of mountain ash allows you to use it in different areas of medicine:
- Fruits of krasnoplodnoy mountain ash increase the body's resistance to oxygen starvation.
- A decoction of the bark and fruits of mountain ash well restores the body after a protracted illness.
- A decoction of berries is used as an expectorant cough.
- Rowan juice is indicated for anemia and diseases of the liver, kidneys, dysmenorrhea.
- The bark of red rowan has an astringent effect. It can be used in the treatment of hepatitis and uterine bleeding of varying degrees.
- Rowan inflorescences perfectly cope with colds, have a diuretic effect, which helps to reduce the temperature.
- Rowan is recommended to take with heart disease and for cleaning vessels.
- Red rowan not bad removes slags and toxins from the body, causes a mild laxative effect.
- In cosmetology rowan is used as a cleansing agent.
Besides, ground leaves and crushed rowan berries help cope with warts and fungal skin diseases.
In folk medicine, rowan juice serves as an additional remedy for tuberculosis, anemia and cholecystitis. In addition, puree of rowan berries perfectly helps to restore appetite during fasting.
Contraindications to the use of mountain ash red
Rowan ban a littlebut they are still there:
- one cannot eat mountain ash after suffering a heart attack and ischemia;
- contraindicated to use rowan with poor blood clotting;
- It is forbidden to take rowan with diarrhea;
- children under three years old should not eat tinctures, juices and jelly of red rowan;
- with hypotension, rowan should not be consumed, as it lowers blood pressure.
To avoid undesirable effects during treatment, It is important to consider all contraindications.. In addition, to take healing fruits, tinctures and rowan juice can not be in the case of individual intolerance of berries.
Berry calorie table
This table shows the nutrient content per 100 grams of berries.
100 grams of berries are contained incount / gr% of normal
| Nutritional value of red rowan berries | ||
| alimentary fiber | 5.4 g | 27% |
| carbohydrates | 8.9 g | 6,95% |
| calories | 50 kcal | 3,51% |
| water | 81.1 g | 3,17% |
| squirrels | 1.4 g | 1,71% |
| fats | 0.2 g | 0,31% |
The ratio of proteins, fats and carbohydrates in berries is 1: 0.1: 6.4. The energy value of the product is 50 kcal.
Recipes of traditional medicine for treatment
Rowan medicines are easy to prepare, the following are the most common recipes.
Rowan broth with vitamin deficiency:
- 1 tbsp. l fresh or dried rowan berries;
- 500 ml of water.
Berries pour water, bring to a boil and boil for about 15 minutes. Ready broth insist in a closed container for at least five hours. It is recommended to use 0.5 cups of broth before eating.
If desired, the broth, you can add the berries of wild rose, which also have useful properties.
Rowan tea for diarrhea:
- 1 dessert spoon of dried fruits of mountain ash;
- 200 ml of water.
From the specified number of berries to prepare a decoction, as in the previous recipe, insist 2 hours. It is necessary to drink tea twice a day on 50 ml.
Rowan tea well normalizes stools, eliminates diarrhea and intestinal upset.
Rowan puree for appetite normalization:
- 1 glass of fresh rowan berries;
- 1 cup of boiling water;
- 10 ml of white wine;
- sugar to taste.
Fresh berries pour boiling water and boil for 30 minutes. When the fruit is softened, rub it through a sieve and add sugar, white wine. After that, continue to mash the puree to the desired consistency. Take the medicine three times a day and take 1 tsp.
Rowan tincture from atherosclerosis:
- 500 grams of dry or fresh rowan fruits;
- 500 ml of vodka.
Berries to sort and wash, fill them with a glass jar. Pour the berries with vodka or moonshine, insist in a dark cool place for several days. Tincture to take 10-15 grams before each meal.
Rowan Powder for Diabetes. Rowan helps to normalize blood sugar levels. The powder is prepared from fruits, leaves and inflorescences of mountain ash. They are frayed and consumed daily.
Broth bark from hypertension. The bark of the plant is harvested in spring, crushed and a decoction is prepared from it. Finely chopped bark is poured with water and boiled for about 30 minutes. Broth insist in a thermos for about three hours. Use 10-15 grams of the drug twice a day.
Rowan juice gastritis. Gastritis and increased acidity of the stomach are treated with rowan juice. It must be taken twice a day before meals in 100 ml.
For the preparation of rowan juice, the berries are blanched in boiling water until soft for about five minutes. Fruits are ground through a sieve, and sugar syrup is boiled from water. Puree of the berries is mixed with the finished juice and packaged in sterile jars.
How to treat warts red rowan? It is easy to get rid of warts at home with the help of rowan.
Broth of flu from mountain ash:
- Rowan berries - 7 parts;
- dry nettle leaves - 3 parts;
- boiled water.
Dry collection pour hot water, leave to boil no more than 5 minutes. Insist a decoction in a thermos for about four hours. The broth is consumed for three weeks and 0.5 cups three times a day.
When blood clots and scanty monthly use of the broth is not recommended.
Redberry juice in liver diseases:
- 5 kg of ripe rowan berries;
- 2 glasses of sugar.
Crush ripe berries of mountain ash and squeeze juice from them. To the resulting juice, add two cups of sugar and boil for 20 minutes. Ready syrup should be stored in a dark bottle in a dark place.
Before use, the syrup is diluted with water and poured into tea. After medicinal tea, it is recommended to lie down for about two hours until the attack has passed.
How can I prepare a healing rowan tincture and jam
Rowan tincture is not only a fragrant and tasty drinkbut also very helpful. There are many recipes for its preparation, but there are time-tested ones.
Brandy:
- red rowan - 1 kg;
- sugar - 150 g;
- vodka or moonshine - 1.2 liters.
Rowan need to rinse, sort and put in the freezer for the night, then leaves a taste of bitterness from the fruit.
Prepared berries put in a jar and cover with sugar. Fill the jar is recommended "on the shoulders." Then fill the rowan with vodka so that the liquid completely covers the berries.
Insist brandy need for 4-5 weeks at room temperature in a dark place. Then pour the tincture and pour the vodka over the berries again for a week.
Mix two tinctures, add sugar and honey to taste, then pour into bottles and leave to ripen for two months.
Tincture of mountain ash. Brandy:
From the berries of mountain ash is obtained not only delicious brandy, but also healthy jam. Of course, during heat treatment the fruits lose some vitamins, but jam still strengthens the immune system well.
Red rowan jam:
- rowan - 1 kg;
- granulated sugar - 1 kg;
- water - 1.5 liters.
Blanch ripe berries of mountain ash in boiling water for 10 minutes, then drain in a colander. Cook sugar syrup. Put berries in a hot syrup and let stand for at least six hours. After that, boil the mountain ash and simmer for 15 minutes.
Rowan Jam:
Red Rowan - a valuable and indispensable source of vitamins and minerals. Ready-made raw materials for decoctions and tinctures are stored in fabric bags in a ventilated room. The shelf life of rowan berries is 12 months.