Lingonberry - useful properties of berries

There are such products, in the useful properties of which no one can doubt. Most of them, of course, are the gifts of nature. These are fruits, vegetables, root crops and, of course, berries. Raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, strawberries - these berries, growing on private plots, have long since entered our life and occupied their place in it. However, when it comes to, for example, cranberries, blueberries or cranberries, many simply do not know if there is a benefit of cranberries and other forest berries for the human body.

To hide the gaps in their knowledge, it is worthwhile to carefully study the positive properties of a particular berry. Today we will talk about such a gift of the forest as cowberry, useful properties of leaves and berries which are quite diverse.

Cowberry is a small evergreen shrub whose height is no more than 30-35 centimeters. Berries cranberries - bright red, juicy, sweet and sour, have a light bitter taste. There is a shrub in coniferous and mixed forests, on dry peat bogs, mossy swamps.

The ripening of berries takes place at the end of summer or early autumn - it is at this time that cranberries gather, the beneficial properties of berries and leaves of which are most pronounced. Berries contain about 8.6% of sugars (fructose in the main), about 2% of organic acids (oxalic, malic, citric), carotene, about 15% of useful vitamin C.

Thanks to the carotene contained in the berries, cranberries contribute to an aggravation of vision. Hypertonics are also recommended cowberry, the useful properties of which can lower blood pressure and, in addition, strengthen the walls of blood vessels. Useful berries cranberries are also for tuberculosis of the lungs, kidney stone disease, with catarrh of the stomach with an insufficient level of acidity, with anemia in pregnant women, with neuroses.

The leaves of cranberries are subjected to various treatment methods before use and contribute not only to the overall strengthening of the body, but also to the treatment of rheumatism and various diseases of the genitourinary system. The list of diseases, which use leaves of cranberries, also includes diabetes, gout, various kidney diseases.

Ways to cook cranberries so that it not only was delicious, but also retained its useful properties, in fact a lot. The most popular way of processing berries is to make lingonberry jam. Aromatic, incredibly useful, surprisingly tasty, with a beautiful ruby color, jam from cowberry is not only a treat, but also a healer.

They also make jelly and marinades from these berries. A certain demand is used for the wet berries of this forest visitor. Mark is also a decoction of cranberries, which, during fever, perfectly quenches thirst. Thanks to the bilberry berry that is part of the benzoic acid, it can be stored for a long time in a fresh form, but it will be better to fill it with cold water, if possible well. Speaking of leaves, it is worth mentioning teas with red whortleberry, infusions and decoctions of berries and cowberry leaves - the most accessible, popular and useful ways of cooking. However, there are amateurs who add fresh cranberry leaves to salads (both vegetable and fruit), and also use them as an ornament for desserts.

Thus, cranberries, the useful properties of which constitute a truly extensive list, certainly is not a panacea for all ailments, but it will certainly be of great help in some cases.

The advantage of most such "folk" remedies is that they can be used in treatment without consulting a doctor. Unlike medicinal preparations berries cranberries can not bring the body harm, only good. Cowberry, the useful properties of which we discussed, will be a wonderful addition to your table and will always please you with its healing properties.

Enjoy the gifts of nature and be healthy!