BlackBerry

Description, cultivation, useful properties and application recipes BlackBerry

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BlackBerry – description of plants

Many have seen this useful plant, and I know that it is a shrub with perennial root system and biennial stem with many thorns. BlackBerry is not found more than five feet in height. Triple leaves grow on petioles, the edges toothed with small hairs. The flowers are located on short little stalks, there are white or pink. Flowering BlackBerry falls on the period from mid to late summer. Blackberries – complex and small bones. Ripening occurs in late summer.

This delicious and juicy berry is found in the European part of Russia, Central Asia, the Crimea, Siberia and the Caucasus. The locus of the BlackBerry following: forests, among bushes, on the edge of the clearing on the trails and on rocky slopes.

Blackberries come in different varieties, which are separated into 2 groups:

1.BlackBerry with erect shoots

2. Creeping (creeping) BlackBerry.

First grade only propagated by root suckers, and the second is the rooting of the apical buds. Erect blackberries ripen late, but yields a great harvest. But Curling BlackBerry (sundew) has long stems with thorns, but the harvest is much greater, and the berries larger than erect blackberries.

Growing blackberries

Before planting blackberries, it is necessary to amend the soil with organic and mineral fertilizers. Spring is the time for planting blackberries. To plant blackberries need at a distance of about 2 meters, near the fence, or plots in the garden.

If the variety is of erect blackberries, it needs a trellis, or you will need to make the shortening of the stems. Due to the shortening deteriorate the yield of the BlackBerry, however, the size and quality of the berries can improve.

For any sort the best way the formation of clusters is the fan method. This method provides for the separation of growing and bearing fruit stems from each other. After one year from the date of planting the young shoots need to be tied to a trellis, guiding the shoots to one side. On the second of these stems already to harvest.

Reproduction BlackBerry

BlackBerry with erect stems propagated from root cuttings. For this spring you need to dig out the pieces of roots not more than 15 cm long and plant them in another place. Root cuttings should be placed in the soil in a horizontal position.

Creeping blackberries propagated by rooting the tops, because she is very little, if not do not produced offspring. Rooting the tops of produce easily and quickly. For thisat the end of the summer you need to bend the ends of the shoots to the ground, bent in the form of an arc, placed in the prepared hole, which depth is no more than 10 cm Then, taking the top 10 cm in length, they are taken to the soil surface and pin with metal clips to the soil. Over the tops need to fill fertile and moist land.

Some varieties of BlackBerry, the branches of which it is impossible to bend down to the soil, can be propagated by air way, namely, to make cuttings in the air. For this method you need to prepare the young shoot. So, make a cut on escape from top escape to the kidneys at a distance of 15-35 cm Incision should be treated with a special stimulator of root formation. Next, you need to invest in a cut piece of moss (it is sold in a specialty store). Further the branch cut, enclose in a plastic bag and fasten with a strong thread at the bottom. Now in the package, sprinkle the moss to the top of the pack and secure the package top. The appearance of the roots, they will grow into the moss. The branch must tie to the backup.

The beneficial properties of the BlackBerry

The leaves of blackberries contains many useful substances to human body such as, tannins, flavonoids, organic acids and Inositol, therefore, decoctions, juices and extracts from them are often better to apply to both adults and children. The fruits are Berries containing saharso, fructose, potassium, manganese, carotene and vitamin E, strengthen the immune system, normalize metabolism and improve all body functions.

Blackberries have antipyretic effect. BlackBerry – natural alternative to aspirin that does not harm the body, and have a positive effect on every organ.

BlackBerry has a tonic, diaphoretic and anti-inflammatory properties. And BlackBerry can to calm the nervous system.

Application BlackBerry

The juice and decoction of the BlackBerry is used as an anti-inflammatory agent in diseases of the liver, ascites , and bleeding hemorrhoids. Decoction, infusion of the aerial parts of BlackBerry is recommended for gastritis, helminthiasis and anemia. Drugs from the aerial part of the BlackBerry can be applied externally for ulcers, stomatitis, sore throat and purulent wounds. Mature berries are used as a laxative.

The infusion made from the leaves of BlackBerry, is used in sore throat, inflammation of the throat and bleeding gums. BlackBerry is a General tonic that normalizes sleep and reduces anxiety.

BlackBerryincluded in some fees that are used in hysteria, atherosclerosis and hypertension. Bowel cataracts can be cured with the help of a mixture prepared from the flowers of BlackBerry and liquorice. BlackBerry juice is used as a means of quenching one's thirst in fevers.

Recipes BlackBerry

To date, BlackBerry is prepared many different recipes used for the treatment of various diseases and ailments.

Tincture of BlackBerry at strong supercooling. For its preparation take 10 grams of blackberries and pour 100 ml of vodka, leave to infuse for a week in a dark place. Do not forget to periodically shake the tincture. Take a tincture of 50 ml at a time.

Diuretic decoction of the roots of BlackBerry. 15 grams of dry powdered roots of the plant need to pour 300 ml of boiling water and put in a water bath for 15 minutes. This medication must drink 1 tablespoon every 2 hours. Decoction diuretic in dropsy.

Infusion of BlackBerry rinse. Take 10 grams of leaves of the plant and pour a glass of boiling water. Leave for 4 hours, and then strain. This infusion rinse mouth and throat with inflammation and even as a tool that gets rid of bad breath.

Infusion of blackberries diarrhea. The infusion is prepared by taking 5 grams of BlackBerry leaves, pour 500 ml of boiling water. Leaving 1 day to rest, do not touch and do not stir. Ready infusion is used as a binding agent for diarrhea, bleeding of the stomach.

Infusion at menopause. For its preparation take 2-3 grams of root powder of blackberries and pour 200 ml of boiling water. Leave for 2 hours to infuse. To make this infusion you need during menopause or bleeding 1 tablespoon throughout the day (not more than 500 ml per day).

Contraindications BlackBerry

Some people can appear allergic to this berry. Due to vomiting, can occur disorder of the intestine, and in some cases there are violations of the heart. And the rest of BlackBerry are no contraindications.