Aronia

Useful properties and application of black chokeberry and red

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Botanical characteristics of black chokeberry

Tree Aronia, reaches a height of up to 3 m. Leaves alternate, broad, oval shape, single cut on the stalks. In summer, leaf color bright green, in autumn bright purple. Flowering occurs in may, flowers white or pink Corolla are inflorescence-brush 10 - 35 each. Spherical fruits, black with a bluish bloom, are dark red, juicy, tart-sweet, the flesh coloring. Ripen in August-September.

Growing Aronia in Eastern North America as an ornamental plant widely distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa. In Central Russia, the Rowan bushes began to grow as a fruit culture in the period of activity of the famous scientist I. V. Michurin. Aronia hardy, grows well in any soil, perfectly tolerate a haircut, so it is used for the design of the fence. The plant is propagated by dividing the Bush, cuttings, seeds, cuttings. the berries are dried in the drying apparatus at a temperature of 50-60° C either under sheds with sufficient ventilation.

Useful properties of black chokeberry

The fruits of black chokeberry contain glucose, fructose, sucrose, acid. In the plant revealed the presence of many elements from the periodic table – molybdenum, manganese, copper, boron. The ash is valued for its constituent pectin and tannins, anthocyanins, flavonoids, vitamin a and vitamin p. it is Useful for the body are vitamins C, B1, B2, E, PP, beta-carotene.

The use of black chokeberry

As a useful and medical plant Aronia is very old. Fruit juice is diuretic, normalizes blood pressure, prevents arteriosclerosis, and the intake of 0.25 Cup juice of mountain ash is recommended for hypertension the first stage. With the same purpose can be consumed three times a day for 100 gr. fruit. In practice, it is proved that the ash acts as an antispasmodic, strengthens the walls of blood vessels and capillaries. Ash helps in the fight against diseases of the liver and gallbladder.

Shows the medicinal use of fruits in diabetes, because their composition is sorbitol. When the tendency to hemorrhage and hemorrhagic diathesis is assigned in addition to therapy consumption of fruits and juice of mountain ash. Delicious fruits increase appetite and acidity, improve the secretory function of the stomach, useful for people suffering from peptic ulcer disease.

The juice of mountain ash:take 50 ml with a tablespoon of honey 3 times a day. The course of treatment 10 to 30 days, with hemorrhagic diathesis, burns. taking the juice will enrich your body with vitamins with anemia, fatigue, hypovitaminosis.

Infusion of dried fruits of mountain ash: 2 to 4 tablespoons fruit pour 2 cups boiling water, insist in a thermos and drink three times for 1/2 Cup for 30 minutes. before meals.

Contained in chokeberry pectic substances promote the excretion of heavy metals and radioactive substances. Due to its antibacterial properties means chokeberry eliminate various pathogenic microorganisms.

Pectin normalizes bowel function, eliminates spasms. Aronia helps with anemia, reduced immunity, and loss of strength after an illness. The plant also has beneficial effects on the increase of hemoglobin, if you eat 1 Cup mashed Rowan and currants, adding to taste sugar or honey, then health problems will be solved.

Rowan hair

Rowan has anti-inflammatory properties, it eliminates dandruff and greasy hair, gives them softness, nourish the scalp with vitamins. Unpleasant sensations arise at oily seborrhea, using Rowan in combination with other drugs to improve the condition of the skin, is itching , and peeling. In such cases, a suitable mask of Rowan juice and rinse hair after washing.

Recipe No. 1: 1 Cup of ash mince and using gauze squeeze out the juice. Rubbed into the scalp, stand 20 minutes and wash off with warm water.

Recipe No. 2: 1 tbsp. spoon fruits of mountain ash pour in the pan, pour 2 cups of boiling water and put on slow fire for 10-15 minutes. Cooled, filtered and this decoction opolaskivaniem hair.

Tincture of chokeberry

Tincture of chokeberry is very useful in moderate amounts Its antioxidant properties higher than that of red wine. To prepare the tincture use enough ripe berries.

Tincture of Rowan: 100 g of berries, 100 leaves of cherry, 1.5 l of water to combine and simmer on low heat for 15 minutes, strain, add sugar to 1.3 C. 700 ml of vodka. To insist.

Recipes Rowan

Recipe No. 1: boil 1-2 tablespoons of dried berries in 2 cups of boiling wateron low heat for 10 minutes, and to insist 5-6 hours. Drink 3 times a day with honey.

Recipe No. 2: 50 g of fresh juice with a tablespoon of honey to consume it 3 times a day half an hour before meals for 10-45 days of treatment of hypertension.

Recipe No. 3: use the juice of Rowan 50 ml 3 times a day 30 minutes before meals for 10 days at 100 g fresh fruit 3 times a day.

Recipe No. 4: use of 100 g of fruit within 2-6 weeks, three times a day half an hour before meals. Additionally drink the infusion of mountain ash, good for prevention of atherosclerosis.

Recipe No. 5: take 2-3 times a day 100 g berries per 1 kg of berries 700 g of sugar. Useful for goiter and multiple sclerosis.

Recipe No. 6: eat 2-3 times a day 250 g of fresh fruit along with black currants, broth hips or a tablet of ascorbic acid for fatigue, anemia and hypovitaminosis.

The decoction of ash

To prepare the broth can strengthen the immune system, give strength and strengthen the energy necessary to take 20 g of dried fruits, pour 200 ml of boiling water, cook on low heat for 10 minutes. To insist 20 minutes, drain, squeeze. Take 3-4 times a day for 0.5 cups.

The infusion of Rowan

When the diagnosis is atherosclerosis, inflammation of the liver and kidneys will help the infusion of berries. 0.5 cups berries of mountain ash red, pour 1 Cup of boiling water, wrap well and leave for 4 hours. Take more than half a glass 2 times a day before meals. This infusion can gargle the throat with angina, stomatitis , etc.

Leaf mountain ash

The leaves of the Rowan tree have useful properties, have a choleretic and diuretic. In the formation of stones in the kidneys and urinary ducts of the leaves of mountain ash is able to demonstrate anti-inflammatory properties. Known hemostatic, laxative, diaphoretic action. In diseases of the kidneys and liver is additionally useful to take tea from the leaves of mountain ash.

Tea recipe: 6 tablespoons of leaves pour 1 liter of boiling water for half an hour. Take 1 glass 3 times a day. This tea helps to reduce the pressure, improve blood clotting.

Flower Rowan

It is believed that the best time to collect flowers Rowan – morning in June. At this time, they are incredibly useful and fully saturated with medicinal substances. Flowers of mountain ash helps with increasing thyroid, hemorrhoids, is effective for the treatment of women's diseases.

The infusion of the flowers: 2 tablespoons of flowers pour 1 Cup boiling water, to insist night in a thermos. Drink 1/4 Cup, three times a day for 2 weeks. The infusion has a calming effect.

Rowanred

Red ash is a beautiful and useful plant. Twigs with scarlet bunches of berries adorned the tables, eaten with honey, it was praised in poems and songs, painted pictures, representing a gorgeous creation of nature. The red Rowan berries contain substances contribute to the normalization of pressure, restore metabolism and immune system. Antibacterial properties help in the treatment of colds, inflammation of the kidneys, liver, pancreas.

Consumption of fruits medicinal shrub leads to the improvement of the General condition of the body, have the strength, activity, vigor. reception Rowan allows you to get rid of fibroids, prostatitis, adenoma. A decrease of pain in joints with rheumatism.

Contraindications black chokeberry

Everything is good in moderation – the Golden words for those who remember that excessive eating of the fruit of Rowan can lead to very good consequences. Can cause clots in blood vessels, as the ash increases blood clotting. Starting treatment with the juice of mountain ash, it is recommended to identify the absence of peptic ulcer, hyperacid gastritis, since the berries contain organic acids.