Aronia chokeberry

Useful properties and applications of chokeberry

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Botanical characteristics of chokeberry

Aronia Aronia is a perennial shrub with many branches. The young crown small, with age becomes spreading, reaching a height of 2.5 meters in diameter and 1.5 – 2 m. Once the leaves are on short petioles are obovate shape and a short sharp tip. The top sheet has leathery, glossy, dark green surface. The lower part of the sheet – with weak pubescence and whitish hue. In autumn the leaves of chokeberry change the color to bright purple-red tones.

The shrub is flowering (may–June), bisexual flowers are white or pink are dense corymbose inflorescences. Globular black fruits covered with a waxy coating, sour-sweet, astringent taste, juicy, gathered in bunches. Mature fruits (August-September) almost does not crumble, due to the dense skin retain the juiciness and freshness for a long time.

The homeland of Aronia is North America, today this lovely plant can be seen in many regions of the world. It is planted in gardens, parks, squares. The fruits are carefully cut and stored in boxes in a cool room, but the shelf life is limited, so mostly they are subjected to drying or cooking jam, mulled with sugar, etc.

Useful properties of chokeberry

The fruits of Aronia berries is a real storehouse of vitamin P and iodine compounds. Aronia is valued for the content of sorbitol – a natural sugar substitute: it can be used for people suffering from diabetes. The beneficial properties of plants are very impressive: it has pectin and tannin, ascorbic acid, citrin, carotene. The content of Riboflavin, folic, nicotinic and malic acids contributes to an excellent prevention of prostate cancer, neurological diseases.

The fruit contained in the substance inhibit the growth of cancer cells, negatively impacts on the education and development of polyps. He also proved the presence of important for many processes in the body Tocopherols, fillohinon, pyridoxine, Nazimov, tiaminom. Can be a long list list of nutrients chokeberry. A positive effect on functional systems of human amygdalin, coumarin, rutin, quercetin, hesperidin, catechin, cyanidin and other compounds. Distinguish among the trace elements iron, manganese, iodine, salts of molybdenum, boron, manganese and copper.

The use of chokeberry

Aronia chokeberry refers to the melliferous plants in folk medicine mainly used its fruit and leaves.

Tea from chokeberry: 6 tablespoons of leaves pour 1 liter of boiling water, to insist half an hour. Make the tool recommended 1 glass 3 times a day. This tea helps to reduce pressure, improve blood clotting.

The broth chokeberry : 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, then to insist 20 minutes, drain, squeeze. Take the decoction 3-4 times a day for 0.5 cups.

Chokeberry infusion: 2-4 tablespoons of dried fruit soaked in a thermos with two cups boiling water. The next day, drink the infusion in 3 divided doses for 20-40 minutes before eating.

The therapeutic properties of the bark.

A decoction of the bark of Aronia : 5 tablespoons (heaped) shredded bark need to pour 0.5 liters of water, boil 10 minutes, cool, squeeze and take as antisclerotic remedy, is effective in atherosclerosis of blood vessels.

Aronia the Aronia is used in hemorrhagic syndrome, vitamin P exerts a vasoprotective effect. Useful berries for the lesions with radiation sickness, beriberi, recovery after severe diseases or operations. Endocrinologists recommend the use of berries in disorders of the thyroid gland. Aaron is incredibly effective for the treatment and prevention of cardiovascular diseases, such as atherosclerosis and hypertension. It has a strengthening effect on blood vessels, relieves insomnia, normalizes metabolism and immune system.

Useful plant promotes the excretion of radioactive substances, helps with a variety of bleeding, capillary toxicosis. Gastritis with low acidity, kidney disease, measles, typhus, scarlet fever can occur without complications, if the diet to introduce the use of miracle berries. Having a high content of vitamins, Aronia can help in the treatment of weeping eczema and other skin diseases. The use of folk remedies increases the body's defenses, stimulates the appetite and has a choleretic effect. We recommend taking berries during mental fatigue.

Chokeberry juice

Chokeberry juice take at high or low pressure. This tasty drink can provide the bodyvitamins and minerals, increase resistance to colds, stimulate the stomach, pancreas and liver. But it must be remembered that the Aronia can not be used in acute ulcer symptoms and gastritis with high acidity. Bioflavonoids, sorbitol, and hydroxy-cinnamic acids exhibit a choleretic effect.

Recipe of chokeberry juice: to prepare natural juice, fresh fruit must be crushed, warm up the prepared pulp (1 kg 0.5–0.75 cups of water) to 60 °C for 10 minutes and put under the press. Then the pressed raw materials should be placed in an enamel pan, pour boiled, lukewarm water (1:10), to withstand 3-4 hours, stir and again squeeze. When you need to combine the juice of the first and second spin, filtered through cheesecloth, heat to 80-85 °C, fill sterilized jars. Need to pre-pasteurized half-liter jars for 10 minutes, liter – about 12-15 minutes, two-liter – 18-20 minutes.

Recommendation # 1: 50 grams of fresh juice with a tablespoon of honey to consume it 3 times a day half an hour before meals for 10-45 days for the treatment of hypertension.

Recommendation No. 2: to consume the juice of Aronia 50 ml 3 times a day 30 minutes before meals for 10 days at 100 g fresh fruit 3 times a day.

Recipes from chokeberry

The infusion of dried berries: 2-4 tablespoons pour two cups of boiling water, insist in a thermos and drink three times for 1/2 Cup for 30 minutes before eating.

Pectin enables you to get rid of heavy metals and radioactive substances. Due to its antibacterial properties funds from 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, you can avoid health problems.

Tincture of chokeberry

Tincture of chokeberry are very useful in moderation. Its antioxidant properties higher than that of red wine. To prepare the tincture use ripe berries.

Preparation of tincture

Recipe No. 1: 100 g of berries, 100 leaves of cherry, 1.5 l of water is needed to combine and simmer for 15 minutes, then strain, add 1/3 Cup of sugar and 700 ml of vodka, insist.

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

Eating berries fresh more efficiently.

Recipe No. 1: take 100 g of fruit within two to six weeks, three times a day half an hour before meals. Additionally it is good to drink the infusion of ash – this is useful for the prevention of atherosclerosis.

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

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

Varieties of chokeberry

How large fruited a culture of Aronia for the first time began to grow I. V. Michurin. As a result of hard work, new plants began to bear fruit larger fruits. Were derived varieties of chokeberry named "Siberian", "Michurin", "Viking", which you can read later in this article.

Reproduction chokeberry

To propagate Aronia is possible by seeds and vegetatively. The shrub grows quickly, has a strong root system. Undertake sowing of freshly collected seeds in the garden in late October. Aronia propagated from vegetative cuttings, suckers, dividing the Bush, cuttings, grafting. Used one-year old seedlings. The shrub looks beautiful in the garden as a hedge. For planting it is necessary to choose the solar place protected from winds. If you plant 2-3 bushes chokeberry, they will provide you with useful berries for the whole winter season.

Syrup of Aronia

The recipe for the syrup: fruit is required pour the sugar and put in the sun in order to form a syrup. In a month it should drain, pressing out the syrup-soaked berries, add alcohol to the syrup does not ferment (25 ml of alcohol per 500 ml of syrup). Take the remedy in the morning on an empty stomach with water. The syrup is useful for stomach disorders.

Aronia Siberian

The Aronia is often called the "Siberian blueberry". It is resistant to frost and therefore associated with the Siberian cold climate. Her homeland of North America – the land of quite severe climatic features. In ancient times, Aronia has been used as a product, examining its healing properties began to prepare infusions and decoctions, squeeze juice. It is harvested for future use, dried fruits, jam.
As an ornamental shrub, Aronia has taken root in Russia in the time of Michurina.

This plant can brighten any garden. Inin may you can admire the beautiful white flowers, and in August to gather berries. In the autumn the tree changes green leaves on reddish-purple color. Eating daily 30 g of berries can provide the body protection from tumours and colds, prevent cancer.

Aronia.

Fruit hybridogenic shrub of the genus Aronia of the rose family, was bred a famous scientist I. V. Michurin in the 90-ies of the XIX century. Fruit-berry, medicinal and melliferous culture has become useful for people as a nutrient, a vitamin product and medicinal raw materials. Michurin's Aronia is fast growing and bears fruit. This culture is characterized by late flowering. The berries ripen before the first frost, do not crumble, from one Bush can collect 7-10 pounds. The fruit is juicy, yablokopodobnaya, sour-sweet taste, spherical, flattened at the top.

Aronia Michurina loves lit areas when planting the bushes located at a distance of two meters. Sandy loam, light loam and good watering are the most important factors of excellent development and yield of chokeberry Michurin.

Aronia Viking

Aronia Viking is the result of the Finnish selection. She has erect branches, slightly drooping at the adult plant down, leaves are elliptical, with serrated edges, dark green on top and silky, with weak pubescence and whitish hue underneath. Has a juicy, sour-sweet fruit with an astringent taste. They are red, flat-round, flattened laterally, ripening, becomes purplish-black. The fruits ripen in September, have many useful properties.

The plant is winter-hardy, high yield. High blood pressure is an indication for the use of Aronia Viking. It normalizes the condition of blood vessels. Therefore, as the prevention of many diseases of vascular plant assigned as a great adjuvant in the total combination therapy.

Contraindications to the use of chokeberry

Do not use Aronia berries in the period of exacerbation of peptic ulcer that affects the stomach and the duodenum. Caution you need to take berries, decoctions and infusions with increased blood clotting, varicose veins and chronic constipation.