Blackberry is a prickly bush of the Rosaceae family. It has large fruits of rich black color, similar in form to raspberry. In blackberries a lot of seeds. They taste sweet and sour.
The fruits of the blackberry contain a whole multivitamin complex. They contain a large amount of vitamin C. There are minerals in the berry. They are represented by magnesium and sodium, calcium and iron, phosphorus and potassium, copper and nickel. Present in the blackberry are vitamins PP, K, P, E, A, belonging to group B, as well as glucose, fructose, cellulose, pectins, organic acids and tocopherols. Seeds contain fatty oil (more than twelve percent). The roots and leaves of the plant are useful. They contain a lot of vitamin C, amino acids, tannins, and minerals.
Blackberry, the benefits and harm of which have been known since ancient times, stands out among other berries. Modern scientists advise to use the fruits of this plant daily. This can protect yourself from cancer. By popular healers, blackberries are used to eliminate various ailments.
Eating this curative gift of nature helps to strengthen the vessels. Blackberries, the benefit of which is due to the presence of phenolic compounds in its composition, has an antisclerotic effect. Active components of the berries are catechins and flavonols, leucoanthocyanins and anthocyanins, which have anti-inflammatory effect. Thanks to them, the benefits of blackberries are manifested with pneumonia and fever, as well as with colds. Berry reduces body temperature, relieves inflammation and quenches thirst. Useful fruit of blackberry for normal functioning of the intestine, as well as for problems with the kidneys (for example, with cystitis). Pectin, part of the berries, helps to cleanse the body of strontium and heavy metal salts.
Blackberries, the benefits of which are also found in other parts of the plant, are widely used in folk recipes for getting rid of various pathologies. So, the leaves and roots of the bush are able to have a wound-healing, astringent and anti-inflammatory effect. A blackberry is recommended to eliminate dropsy. This becomes possible due to the strong diuretic action, which has an infusion of its root.
The leaves of the blackberry plant, the benefits of which are manifested due to the large content of substances necessary for human health, are often used as a decoction. This remedy activates digestion, heals from eczema and eliminates inflammation foci on skin integuments. The broth prepared from leaves of a blackberry, helps or assists at an angina. It is recommended for adhesions of postoperative disease and for facilitating the course of menopause.
Blackberry, the benefit of which is known to a few, is used for heart problems, as well as for eliminating nervous system disorders. Infusion from the leaves of a medicinal plant is used as a diuretic, anti-inflammatory and wound-healing agent. With this drug for stomatitis, it is effective to rinse the oral cavity. Eliminates infusion from the leaves of blackberry caries and problems with the gums. Healing plant is used to treat bruises, wounds, abscesses and many other skin ailments. In this case, a gruel is prepared from the leaves of the plant, which is applied externally. Contraindicated medicinal berries only in case of individual intolerance.