When to collect viburnum? All about berries

In many Slavic peoples, the viburnum symbolized (and symbolizes) maiden beauty, love and happiness from time immemorial. In pre-Christian times, there were whole rites for the collection of ripe berries of Kalina. According to some legends, our ancestors with the onset of time, when it was time to collect the viburnum, waited for the night and near the bushes bred big bonfires. The young men started their dancing at the fire, supposedly in order to distract the attention of evil spirits, who also claimed the magic berries. And the girls in the meantime came in from the other side and quickly gathered the guelder-rose into the bowls. In folk medicine and still successfully use flowers, bark and berries of Kalina ordinary. So what are the benefits of the viburnum? According to different sources, they contain organic acids, pectins, tannins, tannins, vitamins (A, E, C), as well as a number of minerals: magnesium, potassium, zinc, iron and others. The composition of berries is influenced by the observance of the terms of when to collect the viburnum. The branches of the bush can also be dried.

Kalina (berries): medicinal properties

Vitamin C alone in Kalyne is greater than in lemons. So, to raise the immunity with success, berries are used, the medicinal properties of which were known many centuries ago. In most cases, viburnum berries are used for colds. Tea with berries serves as a diaphoretic, viburnum with honey is used for coughing in children and adults (as an expectorant). Well helps to reduce the pressure of the juice of the viburnum with sugar. Often enough, one tablespoon of this syrup in the morning and evening for a week, so that the pressure is normalized. There are also cases of treatment of a number of female diseases with the juice of Kalina. With such a disease as the ovarian cyst, it is useful to mix freshly squeezed soybean juice with honey in equal proportions and take on an empty stomach. You should start with a teaspoon only in the morning, and then, following a special scheme, increase the dose to a tablespoon in the morning and evening. Note: this treatment is not suitable for everyone.

Women with functional cysts can get rid of their ailment in this way, but if the cyst is of a different origin, it is better to consult a gynecologist. Kalina juice has a general strengthening effect on the heart muscle, normalizes the heart rate, thereby relieving the stress of the vessel walls. Tea from berries is used as a diuretic. It also stimulates the secretion of bile, thereby preventing the appearance of polyps and stones. Useful for tea tea and with certain diseases of the nervous system.

It is impossible to say exactly when it is best to collect the viburnum. This is done from October to December, always in dry weather. When the first frosts come, the berries lose some of their bitterness, but their useful properties do not decrease from this.

Recently, there have been recommendations in the literature for people with heart disease. So, doctors of alternative medicine advise to eat up to 5-6 calyx berries per day for such patients. They assure that it is not in vain that the stone bones are shaped like a heart.

To use red viburnum in your home medicine chest, you should learn to determine when to collect the viburnum best, and pick up suitable recipes for you. Only then will the power of the magic berry bring you health.