Feces of bird cherry: application and contraindications

Bird cherry - a tree or deciduous shrubbery, grows up to ten meters in height. Her white flowers, collected in beautiful brushes and possessing a strong and fragrant scent, appear in May. And in the second half of the summer the cherry fruits ripen, the application of which will be considered in the article.

Description

Bird cherry grows in the CIS countries, namely the European part, also in the west of Siberia and in Central Asia. She prefers raw soils of broad-leaved and alder forests, silty - off the banks of rivers and streams. Entire plantations of trees are found in mixed thickets of shrubs.
The fruits of bird cherry have long been known for their curative properties. Their application is proved by the results of archaeological excavations, which date back to the Stone Age. Using at that time a product for food, people gradually began to notice its curative effect.

Collection and Procurement

They gather bird cherry in dry weather, in the morning after dew or evening. Axial shoots do not cut. Fold the cherry fruit in the basket. The application in the home is carried out within a maximum of 3-4 hours. Then they spread them for drying. It is best for these purposes to use dryers at a temperature of 40-50 degrees, not higher.
In sunny weather, bird cherries can be poured onto paper or cloth in a thin layer and left to dry out on the street. After the raw material is ready, remove the brushes and burnt fruit, and then clean it in the storage space. The shelf life of the fruit lasts up to five years. In addition, they collect the flowers of the plant. However, the period of their storage is much less and is only one year. Also used is the bark of the tree. It can store longer, up to five years, like fruit.

Composition

In the flesh of the berry contains:

• 15% of tannins;
• 8% of anthocyanins;
• 1% - pectins;
• 6% - glucose;
• 6% - fructose.

Also found in it are citric and malic acids, flavonoids and microelements. The latter include:

• potassium;
• magnesium;
• calcium;
• copper;
• zinc;
• chromium;
• selenium;
• nickel;
• Others.

The bark, branches, leaves and flowers of the plant also contain a huge number of useful elements that have long been used in folk medicine.

Beneficial features

Consider how the useful substances that make up the plant affect the human body.

1. Tannins contained in an acid plant have an anti-inflammatory and astringent effect.
2. Anthocyanins promote vascular strengthening.
3. Pectins stimulate the intestinal apparatus, activating the activity of its smooth muscles.
4. Phytoncides destroy harmful microorganisms. Even unwelcome guests, such as flies and mosquitoes, are sensitive to them. Therefore, fruits are often used against insect bites.
5. Vitamin PP together with pectins cleans the blood.
6. Vitamin C together with carotenoids and flavonoids strengthens the body, increasing immunity. Also, all elements are an excellent preventive against cancer.
7. Healing bitterness with potassium has a mild diuretic effect, helping the urinary system work.
8. Calcium promotes the rapid regeneration of tissues.

Recommend and with a cold there is a bird cherry fruit. Their use will help to remove heat and will have a diaphoretic effect. Constant use improves the potency in men, stabilizes the menstrual cycle in women. Bird cherry is also actively used in the treatment of gout, arthritis, rheumatism, headache and toothache and other health problems.

Contraindications

However, one should not forget about caution. Bird cherry is contraindicated in pregnant women. In the plant, in addition to useful elements, contains hydrocyanic acid. And it is toxic. However, a small dose will not hurt even the baby (the main thing is not to eat the bones, since it is there that the toxic substance is concentrated in the greatest amount). But for prenatal development, hydrocyanic acid can have a killer effect. Therefore, it is categorically contraindicated in pregnant women.
Bouquets from her in the room is also better not to keep. Essential oils of bird cherry can cause headaches and even poisoning. You can not use and with constant constipation the fruits of bird cherry.

Application

From the fruits are prepared infusions, decoctions, juice and tea. Consider the recipes that help with various ailments.
Let's start with two infusion recipes. Use one of them, depending on the required amount of daily use.

1. To prepare the infusion, take a tablespoon of raw material and pour a glass of hot water. The water bath is held for a quarter of an hour, then cooled and filtered. In the infusion, boiled water is added to the original level and stored in the refrigerator. He continues to have a curative effect, but no more than two days. Take half an hour before eating half the glass.
2. For another prescription, take 20 grams of raw materials, brew in half a liter of boiling water and leave to infuse for twelve hours in a thermos. Take the remedy for gastritis, colitis, diarrhea of 100 milliliters three times a day.
3. And here's how to prepare a decoction. Take a tablespoon of raw materials, pour a glass of boiling water, leave on fire for 20 minutes, after which filter. Take also half the glass 2-3 times a day with gastritis or diarrhea.
4. Freshly squeezed juice takes half a glass with a spoonful of honey three times a day for half an hour before meals.

Recipes

In addition to the fact that the fruits of bird cherry have found application in folk medicine, they are eaten and just like that, for example, by adding to pies or bread as a stuffing.
Delicious bird cherry is obtained if it is rubbed with sugar. For cooking, the fruits are washed, thrown out the peduncles and boiled in a small amount of water. Then rub through a sieve, add sugar (one glass per kilogram of raw materials), mix.
Excellent taste has kvass from bird cherry. Prepare it as follows. Take 500 grams of dried fruits, pour four liters of water, bring to a boil and cook a small fire for a third of an hour. Then cool in the fresh air, add 400 grams of sugar and leave for another twelve hours. After that, add two liters of slightly warmed water, add 200 grams of sugar, 10 grams of yeast and again keep twelve hours to make kvass ferment. At the end of this time, it is filtered, poured into 3-liter glass containers. After three days it can be drunk.

Therapeutic properties and use of other parts of the plant

Not only the fruits of bird cherry use in medicine are found. Bark, leaves, flowers and roots - all this goes to the service of man. Let's see how to prepare medicinal compounds for various ailments.

If pains in joints are excruciated, take a tablespoon of bark in a crushed form and fill it with a glass of vodka or alcohol. The mixture is removed to a dark cool place for three weeks. Then they rub away the places where the pain is felt.
Flowers cherry have a pronounced diaphoretic and diuretic effect. One and a half cups of boiling water take 15 g of flowers, pour them and insist for several hours. The medicine is drunk three times a day for half a glass thirty minutes before meals.
What is useful bird cherry yet? It has a pronounced effect on eye diseases, namely barley, blepharitis, glaucoma and conjunctivitis. For cooking, take 15 g of flowers and pour a glass of boiling water. The broth is cooled and put on the eyes of wadded disks, soaked in it.
With pneumonia and bronchitis, cherry leaves will help. A teaspoon of raw material is brewed in a glass of boiling water for 20 minutes, then cooled and taken at 75 milliliters three times a day.

Conclusion

Thus, having studied carefully, what are the fruits of bird cherry use and contraindications, you can heal yourself with this natural raw material. Of course, it's better to collect them and cook them yourself. However, this is not always the case. Then pharmacies help out. There the fruits of bird cherry acquire. The instructions for use, which is attached to all medicinal products, contain detailed information about the plant, including the methods of its use. The instruction should be strictly observed.