Chokeberry dry fruits. Chokeberry (Aronia)

Hello, friends. On the pages of the blog, I continue to acquaint you with the gifts of nature that allow a person to stay healthy and strong long years... Today it is the turn of chokeberry - a berry that has not yet revealed its healing potential to the full, but is very revered by herbalists and herbalists. I will gladly share my knowledge about the beneficial and medicinal properties of chokeberry, contraindications to its use and recipes for the treatment of various diseases.
At the beginning of the 16th century, the first contact of the Lenape Indians and Dutch traders took place. The whites gave this tribe a name familiar to us from the books of Fenimore Cooper - Delawer. The Dutch are extremely practical people. They were interested not only in beaver skins offered by hunters, but also in flour made from sweet and sour tart berries. This is how chokeberry appeared in Europe.

Chokeberry in Europe was used exclusively for decorative purposes. And, indeed, the American relative of the common mountain ash is an attractive plant. White flowers in spring, gorgeous greens in summer and crimson-red lace of leaves stitched with anthracite berries in autumn.

We have much to be proud of, in the post-Soviet space, large-fruited chokeberry (chokeberry) appeared thanks to Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin. It is this famous breeder who is the author of the Michurin chokeberry that decorates our gardens (the variety was named after the great breeder). Unlike the North American original, the domestic variety is attractive appearance, productivity and frost resistance.

In Europe, they also "tasted" chokeberry, but later, in the second half of the 20th century. Some of the Western European researchers consider it the most effective herbal medicine for cancer, and in every possible way extol the health benefits of chokeberry.

Health Benefits of Chokeberry

Aronia "multifunctional" culture. It has many advantages. First, the high content of tumor suppressing substances. Secondly, a large amount of trace elements necessary for human health. Thirdly, chokeberry strengthens the vascular walls, making them more elastic. Fourthly, the blackberry is distinguished by a high content of vitamins, especially P and PP, and they, to paraphrase Stendhal's words, are a means of unfading perfection.

It is not difficult to grow a shrub or small tree. It is not demanding on the soil, is not affected by pests and perfectly tolerates frost. It is extremely beneficial to have it on the site. The seedling takes root and grows quickly, requiring almost no maintenance, but instead:

• the site becomes beautiful and decorative - trees with large black berries look great in the garden;
• flowering mountain ash attracts the attention of bees, which is beneficial for all flowering trees and garden crops;
• chokeberry consistently gives a large harvest of berries, which allows you to prepare many tasty and healthy preparations;

In folk medicine, chokeberry berries are used (in dry, fresh, frozen form), their processed products (juice, jam, jam) and leaves. The high iodine content makes chokeberry irreplaceable in treatment endocrine system... Used as an adjuvant in the treatment of severe diseases such as typhus, rheumatism and scarlet fever. It is a good anti-allergic agent. Aronia strengthens the walls blood vessels, and fresh leaves improve liver and kidney function. This type of mountain ash is used for bleeding disorders. Chokeberry is used to minimize autoimmune disorders during pregnancy.

Aronia is used as an antispasmodic, vasodilator and hemostatic agent. It has a positive effect on the process of hematopoiesis, improves appetite and activates immune system... Can be used as a diuretic and choleretic... It is used for burns and as an antiallergic drug. Chokeberry is prescribed for radiation sickness, oncological diseases and toxic goiter.

What is the reason for such a wide range of applications? Aronia liqueur or chokeberry has a unique biochemical composition. Its berries contain a huge amount of nutrients necessary for human health:

• Vitamins. A, C, PP and group B. Beta-carotene and beta-manganese are also present.
• Trace minerals including boron, iodine, molybdenum, and phosphorus.
• Sugars, folic acid and pectin.
• Anthocyanin.

For treatment and prevention, chokeberry is recommended for:

• atherosclerosis;
• rheumatism;
• vision problems;
• low immunity and tendency to chronic diseases bronchi;
• hormonal imbalance;
• overweight problems.

Harm: when it is better to refuse chokeberry

Along with the huge health benefits of chokeberry, it can also bring considerable harm. To prevent this from happening, you need to be treated taking into account the contraindications. With care, you need to use black rowan for those who suffer:

• arterial hypertension;
• hypotension and frequent low blood pressure;
• gastritis with high acidity;
• peptic ulcer;
• a tendency to increased blood clotting, thrombosis, varicose veins.

The medicinal properties of chokeberry and contraindications

Aronia received official status drug in 1961. Its positive healing effect on human body scientifically proven and confirmed experimentally. Do not doubt the useful and medicinal properties chokeberry, just don't forget about contraindications.

The use of chokeberry for medicinal purposes is quite wide. I offer the most common recipes for the treatment of various diseases.

♦ For sclerosis, cardiovascular disease, and goiter, you can use the following recipe. Take a kilogram of berries and grind them in the same amount of sugar. You need to take one teaspoon three times a day half an hour before meals. The course of treatment is carried out for two weeks, then take a break for three months and, if necessary, repeat.

♦ For the treatment of persistent headache, you can drink fifty milliliters of berry juice three times a day half an hour before meals. In winter, you can replace the juice with an infusion of chokeberry berries steamed in hot water. To do this, take three tablespoons of dried fruits and pour half a liter of boiling water. The whole mixture must be insisted throughout the night, and in the morning, strain and drink as well as juice.

♦ Dizziness, disturbances in the work of the vascular system. You need to drink fifty grams of black chokeberry juice three times a day for a month half an hour before meals. You can also drink an hour after. In winter, it is worth making an infusion of dried berries. To do this, take three tablespoons of the fruit and boil them in half a liter of boiling water. You need to drink during the day for three doses, half an hour before meals.

♦ Constipation. Take 0.5 parts of chokeberry fruit, three parts of bird cherry and two parts of blueberry. Pour a tablespoon of the mixture with a glass of boiling water and strain after five minutes. You need to drink a tablespoon five times a day twenty minutes before meals.

♦ Endocrine diseases. We take three parts of chokeberry flowers, five parts of five-lobed motherwort, one part of dyeing gorse and two parts of May lily of the valley. We brew one tablespoon of the collection with 1.5 liters of boiling water and insist. You need to drink thirty grams three times a day.

♦ With atrophy optic nerve... We take one hundred grams of black chokeberry, muzzle seeds, drop caps, mistletoe, rose hips, cornflower flowers and seventy-five grams of rue, periwinkle and ephedra. Pour a tablespoon of the collection with a glass of boiling water and leave overnight. In the morning, strain and drink one hundred grams four times a day.

Blackberry pressure increases or decreases?

When people read about the benefits of chokeberry, they tend to overlook its effects on blood pressure. But in vain. During treatment, it is imperative to know whether chokeberry lowers or increases pressure, since the effectiveness of this plant and its safety for human health directly depend on this. Remember! Blackberry significantly reduces pressure. Hypotensive patients need to use it extremely carefully. This applies to both medicinal decoctions and infusions, as well as black chokeberry liqueurs, tinctures, cognacs, as well as jams, syrups, jellies and jam from black mountain ash.

How does chokeberry affect pressure

• To lower the pressure, you can drink fifty milliliters of fresh chokeberry, viburnum and black currant juices twice a day. Also, for the best effect, you can combine the intake of juice with walnuts and honey.
• It is necessary to mix equally black chokeberry, horsetail and yarrow grass, birch leaves, crushed dandelion roots, wheatgrass grass and corn silk. Pour one tablespoon of the mixture with a glass of boiling water and leave for half an hour. You need to drink half a glass three times a day, and the course itself should be carried out for no more than a month. The collection perfectly cleanses blood vessels, lowers blood pressure and helps with hypertension. For the best effect, you can add rose hips or currants.

Aronia berries for hypertensive patients are a wonderful medicine.

• The following recipe can be used to treat hypertension. We take a three-liter bottle and fill it 4/5 with dry blackberry berries, and fill the rest of the volume with warm water and sugar. You need to drink a glass a day for twenty days. You also need to consume wormwood and cloves once a week.
• With hypertension. Take two tablespoons of chokeberry, viburnum () and rose hips. All herbs need to be poured with two liters of boiling water and brought to a boil. Insist in a thermos for two hours and drink a glass three times a day. You can add a little honey or sugar.
• Take a glass of the plant's berries and fill them with half a liter of vodka. Each berry must be pierced with a needle, and the infusion itself must be left for a week in a dark place. After that, you need to strain and take a tablespoon three times a day half an hour before meals. For the treatment of hypertension, the course should be carried out for two weeks, but not more.

Natural, tasty and mildly active agent that relieves blood pressure in a short time. But be careful! If you eat a lot of berries for people with normal pressure, the state of health can significantly deteriorate due to a sharp decrease in it. It is impossible for hypotonic patients to be treated with chokeberry, because it does not affect low blood pressure in the best way - it can lower it to a critical level with prolonged use.

Chokeberry jam for hypertensive and debilitated people

To make jam, you need to take a kilogram of berries and half a kilogram of sugar. Within a couple of minutes, the berries need to be blanched in boiling water, and then transferred to a saucepan or other container in which the jam will be prepared. Add sugar to the berries, and send over low heat. Cook with constant stirring until it begins to boil. Without bringing to a boil, you need to lay out the jam in dry sterilized jars and roll up the lids. Such a treat should be taken 1-2 teaspoons three times a day, after meals.

Dried chokeberry, application

The use of dried black chokeberry berries is due to their excellent healing properties.

Dried chokeberry is indicated for violations of the secretory function of the stomach (low acidity). Chew on a few berries before eating and you will feel better immediately.

With a lack of vitamin C and iodine, chokeberry will help to quickly fill the deficit, so dried berries are useful for goiter, thyroid diseases and endocrine diseases.

♦ You need to take four tablespoons of berries and pour a glass of boiling water over them. Infuse the broth for two hours, then strain and take a glass three times a day half an hour before meals. The course of treatment should be carried out from ten days to a month. After two months, you can repeat the treatment if necessary. This infusion will help cure inflammation of the thyroid gland.

♦ In case of goiter, take in equal amounts chopped fresh or dried fruits of chokeberry and hawthorn, cocklebur grass, sweet clover, St. John's wort, lemon balm, motherwort, and dried cress. Pour two tablespoons of the mixture into a thermos and pour 0.7 liters of boiling water. Leave the broth to infuse throughout the night, and in the morning strain and drink one hundred milliliters three times a day. You can also drink black or red mountain ash juice, it also perfectly removes goiter.

Fresh and dried chokeberry berries prevent the accumulation of "bad" cholesterol in the body, have an anti-tumor effect and increase hemoglobin.

♦ Treatment of atherosclerosis. Take in equal amounts the crushed dried fruits of chokeberry, red hawthorn and wild strawberry. Pour two tablespoons of the mixture with half a liter of water and send it to a water bath for ten minutes. Strain the mixture and dilute with boiled water at room temperature to the original volume. You need to drink half a glass four times a day, and the course of treatment should be carried out for a month. After that, you need to take a break for a week or even twelve days, and if necessary, repeat the course.

♦ To treat anemia and radiation sickness, you need to take chokeberry berries and drink yarrow tincture for a year.

♦ Vitamin tea according to the following recipe will help with sclerosis. We take the chopped fruits of chokeberry and rose hips in equal quantities and pour one tablespoon of the resulting mixture with a glass of boiling water. Insist fifteen minutes and drink twenty minutes before meals.

♦ To raise the level of hemoglobin, you need to regularly take fresh or dried black chokeberries and raw beets, chopped on a grater.

Aronia increases the body's resistance to infections, strengthening the immune system and purifying the blood.

♦ It is necessary to take two parts of the fruits of black chokeberry, leaves of plantain, blood-red hawthorn, calendula flowers, three-part herb and three parts of the root of Manchurian aralia and safflower Leuzea. You need to drink the infusion in a third of a glass three times a day as a tonic and immunostimulating agent for cardiovascular diseases.

♦ From allergies. You need to eat fifty or one hundred grams of fresh fruits three times a day, or drink a decoction of dry berries. To prepare it, you need to take twenty grams of berries and pour 200 milliliters of boiling water. When the broth cools down, strain the broth and drink half a glass three or four times a day.

♦ Take two tablespoons of dried fruit and pour half a liter of boiling water over it. You need to drink like tea, and eat berries. You can also blanch fresh berries and mince, then mix with sugar in a one-to-one ratio. Helps with allergies, fatigue and severe stress.

♦ With vegetative-vascular dystonia on the background high pressure need to be treated with such a collection. Take two parts each of the roots with rhizomes of valerian and cyanosis blue, chicory roots and ground part of heather, one part of peppermint and three parts of lemon balm. You need to focus on the fact that one part is thirty milliliters of herbs. Three tablespoons of the mixture should be poured with 400 milliliters of boiling water, add one teaspoon of chopped dry chokeberries and a tablespoon of hawthorn berries. Send for half an hour under the lid in a water bath. After ten minutes, strain the broth and drink fifty milliliters four times a day one hour after eating.

How to dry chokeberry in the oven

Chokeberry berries are harvested in late summer - early autumn. Better after the first frost. Don't be late! Aronia is extremely attractive to birds, especially blackbirds. They peck berries without leaving a single fruit on the branches, so it is not so easy to collect it.

Berries can be dried outdoors, but in this case the fruit often rot or mold. It is best to dry the chokeberry in the oven.

How to dry chokeberry in the oven: the harvested crop is scattered in a thin layer on a baking sheet and sent to the oven. The temperature in an oven or electric dryer should not exceed 50 degrees. Periodically, the berries are turned over, simply shaking the baking sheet or stirring them with a wooden spatula. When properly dried, the berries change color to a cherry red. This shade shows that the PP vitamin complex is completely preserved in the fruits. It is better to store medicinal raw materials in paper bags or glass containers with a tight lid.

Does black mountain ash thicken or thin the blood?

Excessively "rare" or "thick" blood is an equally unfavorable factor. In the first case, even small wounds heal poorly; in the second, blood clots may form. The blood can thicken with the abuse of sugar or fatty meats. Before starting treatment, it must be borne in mind that chokeberry thickens, and does not thin the blood. Therefore, long-term use of rowan berries for thrombophlebitis or varicose veins is contraindicated. I must add that we are talking about the abuse of berries, and not about an episodic reception.

Does the blackberry strengthen or weaken?

Chokeberry has a unique taste and inimitable aroma. Berry juice is a real health elixir. It has astringent, choleretic and laxative properties. This applies not only to juice, but also to boiled berries. Therefore, keep in mind that chokeberry weakens, does not strengthen and should not be used by people prone to frequent diarrhea and indigestion.

Can chokeberry be frozen for the winter?

The astringent taste of black chokeberry will be completely preserved in frozen berries, as well as all the useful properties. Many people are interested in whether it is possible to freeze chokeberry for the winter so that all the medicinal qualities are preserved in it? Of course! The main thing is to use quick freezing so that the sugar contained in the black chokeberry does not have time to turn into starch.

Chokeberry is harvested at the end of fruiting. The brushes are carefully cut off, disassembled, separating strong berries from substandard ones. They are washed, discarded in a colander, allowing the water to drain, and dried on a clean cloth. Then you can freeze the berries in several ways:

1. Each berry is separate. This method allows you to achieve such a freeze as in supermarkets, when each berry can be taken separately, pouring the required amount. For such a freezing, the berries are laid out in one layer on sheets of cardboard or cutting boards, covered with cling film (the berries will not stick to the cardboard or board) and in this form are sent to the freezers. You need to lay out so that the berries do not touch each other.
2. Home, or simple. For this, the dried berries are put in containers (bags, plastic containers) and frozen.

Store frozen food separately from meat and fish. After defrosting, the berries can be whipped in a blender and added to tea, compote or jelly. Whole berries can be used as a filling for pies. Without defrosting, the fruits are thrown into boiling water and compotes, fruit drinks are cooked, brewed in a thermos for medicinal infusions, etc.

Medicinal blackberry liqueur with cherry leaves

Recipe 1.

We take one hundred blackberries, one hundred cherry leaves, two teaspoons of citric acid, 800 grams of sugar, two glasses of vodka and one liter of water. Berries and leaves must be covered and filled with water. Boil the mixture for ten minutes and add sugar, citric acid to it and put it on low heat again for twenty minutes. Cool the broth and add vodka, stirring thoroughly. You need to take thirty milliliters during a flu epidemic.

Recipe 2.

To make liqueur, take one or two hundred grams of berries. They need to be chopped in a blender and mixed with one hundred grams of cherry leaves. Dilute the whole mixture with a liter of water and put it on fire for ten minutes. After that, you need to add 800 grams of sugar and two teaspoons of citric acid and send again to the fire for twenty minutes. Once the mixture has cooled, add half a liter of vodka, stir and bottle.

Conclusion

Dear Readers. Once again I am trying to convince everyone that nature has taken care of us in full - has given us such wonderful healing plants. And the modest blackberry only confirms this. In addition to being very healthy, chokeberry is also very tasty. The berries make excellent jam, compotes, jelly and jam. Chokeberry liqueur is unusually tasty and useful, it is only important not to abuse it.

I tried, as always, to fully reveal the useful and medicinal properties of chokeberry, talk about contraindications and give many different recipes. I sincerely hope that many readers will find useful and necessary information for themselves.

All health!

With love, Irina Lirnetskaya

Black chokeberry - a thunderstorm for hypertension and anemia

The homeland of the chokeberry is the eastern part of North America (Canada), where it occupies a vast territory with a variety of natural conditions from Ontario in the north to the Florida Peninsula in the south, covering the Atlantic Lowlands, the Appalice Mountains and the Central Plains. There it was cultivated long before the arrival of white people. The Delaware and Dakota Indian tribes treated skin burns and made flour with the juice of its fruits. The chokeberry was introduced to Europe at the end of the 19th century and quickly gained recognition as an interesting ornamental plant that adorned streets, gardens, parks and squares. Despite the fact that the existence of the chokeberry in Russia was known at that time, it was still not cultivated. After lengthy laboratory research and clinical trials, the beneficial properties of chokeberry could not leave the researchers indifferent. And in 1961, the USSR Ministry of Health allowed the use of fruits and natural juice of black chokeberry for medicinal purposes to cure anacid gastritis, atherosclerosis and hypertension.

Useful properties of chokeberry

Rowan black-fruited (or as they call chokeberry) is a small densely branched deciduous shrub with a flexible, not very thick, easily bending trunk up to 1.5-2.5 m in height, a medicinal plant of the Rosaceae family. Flowers are collected 10-35 per inflorescence - scutellum. The flowers are white, rarely pink. Blossoms in May - June; fruits ripen in August - September. Edible fruits, dark brown or black-purple, with a slight waxy coating and dark ruby \u200b\u200bpulp, spherical berries with a diameter of 8-10 mm. The weight of one fruit is up to 1.3 g. Fruits are collected in bunches with 8 dark brown seeds. The pulp of the fruit is dark red, the juice is dark ruby.

The useful properties of chokeberry are due to the content of vitamins A, C, B1, B2, E, P, PP, carotene, manganese, copper, boron, iodine, magnesium, molybdenum, iron, anthocyanates in it. The fruits of black chokeberry contain sugars, folic, nicotinic, malic and other organic acids, riboflavin, phylloquinone, tocopherols, cyanine, pyridoxin, thiamine, tannins and pectin substances. The fruits of the chokeberry (as well as the fruits of feijoa) contain a lot of iodine, so they are useful for diffuse toxic goiter. Amygdalin, coumarin and other compounds are also found in the pulp of berries. In the leaves and flowers of chokeberry, quercetin derivatives, large amounts of neochlorogenic acid, rutin and hyproside were found. Dried aronia berries are also valuable medicinal raw materials. It was revealed that 3 tablespoons (50 g of dry fruits) of black chokeberry contains so much vitamin P, which provides its daily dose with this vitamin deficiency. The astringent taste of the chokeberry reminds of
that it contains a lot of tannins, organic acids and pectins, which means it has a great effect on digestion.

Contraindications. Since black chokeberry contains a large amount of organic acids, therefore, with hyperacid gastritis and peptic ulcer stomach and duodenum, it should be consumed in moderation and only outside exacerbations. In such situations, special herbal preparationscontaining black chokeberry. Also, the use of the fruits and juice of medicinal chokeberry is contraindicated in case of duodenal ulcer, gastric ulcer, low blood pressure, thrombophlebitis, frequent constipation, as well as those with increased blood clotting.

Due to the content of pectin substances, black chokeberry promotes the elimination of heavy metals and radioactive substances from the body, retains and removes different kinds pathogenic microorganisms. Pectins normalize bowel function, eliminate spasms and have a choleretic effect. The beneficial properties of chokeberry help to strengthen the walls of blood vessels, improving their firmness and elasticity.

One of the most useful properties this berry is normalizing blood pressure and lowering blood cholesterol levels. Aronia fruits are prescribed for various disorders in the blood coagulation system, bleeding, rheumatism, atherosclerosis, diabetes mellitus and allergic diseases. Recent studies have shown that chokeberry improves liver function, and regular consumption of this berry increases immunity and has a positive effect on the endocrine system.

Chokeberry treatment

Fortifying broth. 20 g of dry fruits of black chokeberry, pour 200 ml of boiling water, set on low heat and heat for 5-10 minutes. Wait 20 minutes until the broth has cooled, strain it, squeeze and drink 1/2 cup 3-4 times a day.

With hypertension. Mix 50 g of fresh chokeberry juice with a tablespoon of honey, drink three times a day half an hour before meals for 10-45 days of treatment.
Or drink chokeberry juice, 50 ml 3 times a day for 30 minutes. before meals for 10 days or 100 g of fresh fruits 3 times a day.

Prevention of atherosclerosis. Consume 100 g of fruit daily for 2-6 weeks, three times a day, half an hour before meals. And additionally consume the choice of a decoction of medicinal rose hips or infusion of black currant or vitamin C.
Or take 2-3 times a day 100 g of mashed berries at the rate of 1 kg of berries per 700 g of sugar.

Pressure reliever. Rowan juice from squeezed berries is taken in 0.25 cups 2-3 times a day for 30 minutes. before meals with hypertension, hemorrhoids, gastritis with low acidity.

Multivitamin tea. 1/2 tablespoon of the mixture is poured with 2 cups of hot water, boiled for 10 minutes and infused for 5-6 hours. Sugar can be added to taste before use. Take 1/2 cup 2-3 times a day before meals.

With asthenia, anemia and hypovitaminosis. It is necessary to eat daily 2-3 times a day, 250 g of fresh fruits together with black currants, rosehip broth or dragee ascorbic acid.

Chokeberry wine

Chokeberry is perfect for winemaking. The wine from its fruits turns out to be a thick, extractive, rich ruby \u200b\u200bcolor with a very beautiful shade. The wine lightens well. It should be noted a special property of black chokeberry wine - it affects a person's pressure, lowering the latter. So people with low blood pressure should drink black chokeberry wine only in small quantities.

All types of wines can be made from blackberry, but strong and sweet wines (dessert and liqueur) are better obtained. Dry wines are rarely prepared as they get too "heavy" tart taste. Very often, blackberry is used to make blended wines, in particular, wine is perfectly obtained from a mixture of juices of autumn apples and blackberry.

There are several ways of making black chokeberry wine, differing mainly in the extraction of juice and the preparation of wort. With each of these methods, it is also possible to add juices of other fruits and berries to the blackberry juice (blending).

Purchase and storage

Chokeberry fruits are harvested at full maturity, in September - October. They are used fresh and dried. Fresh fruits are distinguished by keeping quality, which allows them to be consumed fresh for a long time.

For long-term storage, the fruits of mountain ash are cut with a shield, strung on a wire and hung in a barn. So they can be stored in frost and are fit for use throughout the winter, but when fresh fruits are frozen, the P-vitamin substance is partially destroyed, and with each thawing and freezing, its amount decreases. Aronia is dried in the open air or in drying chambers at a temperature of 40-50 °. Dried fruits are sold by pharmacies.

Chokeberry recipes

Chokeberry jam. You will need: black chokeberry - 1 kg, sugar - 1.3 kg, water - 2 cups, juice (any) - 1 cup, rum - 2 tablespoons, citric acid - 1/2 cup.
Cooking method. Rowan is best harvested after the first frost. Separate the berries from the brushes, wash, stand under a lid in a not too hot oven for 2-5 hours. Boil the syrup from sugar, water and the resulting juice, dip the berries in it, add rum and cook until the berries are transparent. Add citric acid at the end of cooking. Ready jam is poured hot into jars and sealed.

Chokeberry pie. You will need: wheat bread - 200g, black chokeberry - 2 cups, apples - 2 pcs., Sugar - 1/2 cup, butter - 2 tablespoons, bread crumbs - 2 tablespoons, sweet sauce - taste.
Cooking method. Cut the bread into thin slices, moisten in a mixture of milk, eggs and sugar. Rinse the black chokeberry berries, cover with sugar, add grated Antonovka apples. Put the moistened slices of bread on a greased and sprinkled with breadcrumbs frying pan, top with minced meat and cover with the remaining slices of bread. Pour the egg-milk mixture and bake in the oven until golden brown. Serve with sweet sauce.

Chokeberry tincture. You will need: chokeberry - 100g, cherry leaves - 100 pcs., Vodka - 700g, sugar - 1.3 cups, water - 1.5 l.
Cooking method. Pour 1.5 liters of water over the berries and leaves and boil for 15 minutes. Then strain the broth and add 700 g of vodka and 1.3 cups of sand.

The fruit shrub, popularly called the black chokeberry, is a plant full of surprises. Firstly, the medicinal properties of the chokeberry are so pronounced and diverse that they are grown on an industrial scale for the needs of pharmaceuticals.

Secondly, this is not a mountain ash at all, although it belongs to the same Pink family. This chokeberry is another botanical genus.

Thirdly, it is sometimes confused with chokeberry, a wild North American shrub with small, inedible fruits. The chokeberry, which is popular in Russian gardens, is correctly called the chokeberry Michurin. It was he who, through long-term selection work, domesticated the American wild, giving the world a valuable medicinal plant.

Aronia fruits in the strict botanical sense are not berries. These are small apples of black or purple-black color with seeds inside, collected in infructescence.

The chemical composition of Michurin's chokeberry fruit is well studied. They contain:

Despite the fact that the fruits of the black chokeberry taste rather sweet, their calorie content is quite low - only 55 kcal per 100 grams of product.

The benefits of chokeberry for the body

The medicinal properties of the plant are determined by the content of vitamins, anthocyanins, flavonoids, pectins, tannins and the composition of mineral elements in it.

For example, the ratio of vitamins C and P in the fruits of chokeberry Michurin is so successful that after their use, the content of hyaluronic acid in the tissues increases.

This natural biopolymer is actively used not only in medicine, but also in cosmetology.

Blackberry as a medicinal plant has the following list of properties:

• regulates blood sugar and cholesterol levels;
• reduces capillary permeability, strengthens vascular walls;
• stimulates the immune system;
• has a diuretic effect;
• increases the level of acidity of gastric juice;
• has an astringent effect on the intestinal walls, reduces peristalsis;
• has a hepatoprotective effect;
• reduces excitability;
• inhibits the aging process of the eye;
• neutralizes the effects of radiation exposure.

Often, blackberry is used to correct iodine deficiency states. It is believed that its fruit contains four times more iodine than any other. This is not entirely correct opinion. The content of this element varies greatly depending on the region of cultivation. Aronia growing on soils poor in iodine will not itself be rich in them.

The benefits of chokeberry during pregnancy

Blackberry is a plant that can reduce the manifestations of toxicosis in the first trimester of pregnancy. This is due to the hepatoprotective properties of its fruits.

At a later date, when many pregnant women suffer from edema, black chokeberry juice can be used as a diuretic. However, you need to be careful when doing this.

If edema is accompanied by low blood pressure, it is better to refrain from using this product.

Aronia Michurina can be an adjunct in the treatment of such pregnancy pathologies:

• hypertension of pregnant women;
• pregnancy diabetes;
• presentation or placental abruption;
• intrauterine hematomas.

Before using the fruit of the black chokeberry, it is important to consult a doctor in order to exclude pathologies in which this product is contraindicated. It is also worth limiting it if the pregnancy is accompanied by heartburn and constipation.

Chokeberry for children

It is possible to introduce blackberry into the children's diet from the age of two. Children do not always like the slightly astringent, sour taste, so it is better to combine chokeberry fruits with other fruits and berries - for example, use them in fresh juices, compotes or jelly.

As remedy chokeberry will help out the child with diarrhea. It simultaneously gently inhibits peristalsis and delivers dietary fiber to the intestines, which binds and removes toxins. As a result, stools quickly return to normal.

The strong antioxidant effect of the chokeberry fruit can also be used for viral infections that children are usually exposed to. In this case, drug therapy is complemented by warm drink black chokeberry with honey or fresh puree from its fruits.

Traditional medicine recipes

Experience traditional medicine has accumulated many ways of using chokeberry for the treatment of various diseases.

As raw materials, you can use not only the fruits, but also the leaves of this plant, as well as its bark.

Harvesting of fruits can be carried out all autumn until frost. The main thing is to correctly determine the right moment, when the blackberry has already ripened, but has not yet begun to crumble. Leaves are best collected in early summer, and the bark - in late autumn, after leaf fall and the end of sap flow.

Vitamin tea

To prepare a healing vitamin drink, dry fruits and leaves of chokeberry are taken in equal proportions. Next, 3 tablespoons of this mixture should be placed in a thermos and pour 0.5 liters of boiled and cooled water to 70C. Close the thermos and leave for 1 hour.

Ready tea can be sweetened with honey and taken during seasonal epidemics as an immunostimulating agent. You can drink 2-3 glasses of this drink per day.

Chokeberry juice

Blackberry juice has many purposes.

• hypertension;
• atherosclerosis;
• hypoacid gastritis;
• sleep disorders caused by stress;
• diarrhea.

To prepare fresh chokeberry juice, you can use an ordinary household juicer or grind the fruits in mashed potatoes and squeeze through cheesecloth.

You can also prepare juice for future use. This is done like this:

1. Juice is squeezed out of the fruit.
2. For 1 liter of juice, 1 glass of sugar and a third of a teaspoon of citric acid are taken.
3. The juice is poured into an enamel bowl, warms up slightly, sugar and citric acid dissolve in it.
4. The juice is poured into glass jars or bottles, covered with a sterile lid and sterilized in a pot of water for 15 minutes.
5. After sterilization is completed, the containers are rolled up or hermetically sealed.

This product is stored in a cool place. If the concentration seems too high, it is diluted with warm water in a 1: 1 ratio before use. A child can be given 150 ml of chokeberry juice, and an adult - 250 ml 2 times a day.

Fortifying drink

It is possible to prepare firming drinks from blackberry with the addition of other ingredients: dry raspberries, rose hips, linden flowers, cherry and black currant leaves. All available raw materials are combined in equal proportions.

For cooking, take 3 tablespoons of the mixture, place it in a thermos and pour 0.5 liters of boiling water. Everything is infused for 2-3 hours. If the drink is prepared with rose hips, you need to insist it longer - at least 12 hours. Consume 2-3 glasses a day warm.

Sometimes as a stimulating and strengthening agent, an alcoholic tincture of chokeberry is prepared. They do it like this:

1. Take 500 grams of fresh ripe chokeberry fruits, 0.5 liters of vodka and 3 tablespoons of honey.
2. The fruits are poured into a suitable glass container, honey is also placed there.
3. Everything is poured with vodka and vigorously shaken.
4. The container is corked and put away in a cool dark place (not in the refrigerator).
5. For 2.5 months, the drink is shaken every 4 days.

Ready tincture can be taken in 1 tablespoon to normalize sleep, stimulate appetite and indigestion.

Prevention of atherosclerosis

Atherosclerosis is dangerous disease vessels, which is accompanied by the deposition of cholesterol on their walls. For its prevention, a decoction from the bark of the blackberry is used.

The prepared bark is crushed with a blender and dried. Then take 5 tablespoons of raw materials, place in an enamel bowl, pour 0.5 liters of boiling water and put on low heat. The mixture is boiled for 2 hours, cooled, filtered and taken in 20 grams 3 times a day.

With hypertension

The pronounced hypotensive effect of chokeberry makes it possible to use it for the treatment of hypertension. To reduce pressure, use a juice, infusion or decoction of black fruit.

To prepare the infusion, 0.5 cups of fresh or dried fruits are poured into a thermos, poured with 2 cups of boiling water and insisted for a day. Take 100 ml 3 times a day for a month.

The broth is prepared from 1 glass of fruit and 1 liter of boiling water. The mixture is boiled for 10 minutes, cooled down and taken in the same way as the infusion.

It is important to constantly monitor the pressure. If it has stabilized, the intake of blackberry should be limited.

With anemia (anemia)

Before proceeding with the treatment of anemia, it is imperative to establish its type. The fact is that with hemolytic or sickle-cell anemia, the chokeberry will not help. There will be little benefit from it even with iron deficiency or folate deficiency anemia, since the content of iron and folic acid in this plant is low.

If anemia has developed as a result of bleeding, to supplement complex therapy you can use an infusion of chokeberry and rose hips. For 3 tablespoons, 0.5 liters of boiling water is taken, infused in a thermos for a day and taken 1 glass 3 times a day.

Medicinal blackberry liqueur with cherry leaves

Light liquor can be taken as an anti-stress relaxation agent.

Prepare it like this:

1. For 400 grams of chokeberry fruit, take 80 fresh cherry leaves, 300 grams of sugar, 1 teaspoon of citric acid, 1 liter of vodka and 1.5 liters of water.
2. The leaves are washed and boiled for 10 minutes, removed and the blackberry is poured into the boiling broth.
3. After 10 minutes, add sugar, wait for it to dissolve, add citric acid and turn off the fire.
4. The mixture is cooled, filtered, combined with vodka and poured into bottles.

Such liqueur is stored in the refrigerator. You can take it 40 grams before bedtime.

Chokeberry - indications and contraindications

Summarizing all the information, it is possible to systematize the useful properties of the black chokeberry and contraindications for its use:

It is important to understand that folk remedies are not independent treatments. They need to be used in combination with drug therapy.

Can chokeberry be frozen for the winter?

The beneficial properties of the harvested blackberry are best preserved when the fruit is dried. An easier way of storage - freezing - is unfortunately not suitable. At low temperatures, an important component of chokeberry fruit, tannin, is destroyed. Berries lose their characteristic astringent taste, become sweeter, but at the same time disappear most of benefits.

Correct preparation and storage of medicinal raw materials guarantees the effectiveness of the finished products. Careful attention to recommendations and contraindications will avoid possible complications... If these two conditions are met, the black chokeberry will be a strong help in the treatment of many diseases.

The black chokeberry (or chokeberry), the medicinal properties and contraindications of which are well studied, has attracted the attention of nutritionists, herbalists and specialists in the field of cosmetology, due to its unique properties and high nutritional value.

Why is chokeberry useful for humans?

It is necessary to talk about the benefits of this plant on the basis that each part of it is endowed with properties inherent only to it, since the composition of substances in berries and leaves differs, although it is used both in medicine and cosmetology. Blackberry, the beneficial properties of which we will consider below, is a good alternative to many medicines, especially when it comes to the prevention of certain diseases.

Blackberry berry

Chokeberry berries (as the black chokeberry is also called) are unique in their composition, which makes this plant an excellent assistant in resisting many ailments. Chokeberry fruits are a storehouse of valuable substances, vitamins and micronutrients, including:

• anthocyanins and leukoanthocyanins;
• flavonoids;
• rutin;
• quercetin;
• catechins;
• organic acids;
• carotene;
• pectins;
• vitamins C, PP, K, E, B (1, 2, 6);
• trace elements: iodine, fluorine, manganese, copper, molybdenum, iron and boron;
• a nicotinic acid;
• tannins;
• fructose, sucrose and glucose.

Considering so rich chemical composition, one can only imagine the entire spectrum of influence on the human body and its vital organs and systems. So, chokeberry has the following medicinal properties:

1. Brings blood cholesterol levels back to normal.
2. If the pressure is increased, it normalizes.
3. Strengthens the immune system.
4. Prevents the appearance of neurological diseases.
5. Thanks to the iodine content, it normalizes the functioning of the thyroid gland and organs that directly depend on its health.
6. An excellent natural antiseptic.
7. Significantly increases acidity.
8. Fights pathogenic flora.
9. Anthocyanins prevent the development of cancer.
10. Promotes bile flow and improves liver function.

Blackberry leaves

Chokeberry, the medicinal properties and contraindications of which are well studied, is beneficial not only as a fruit. Aronia leaves are not inferior in usefulness to berries. List of useful properties that they are endowed with:

• choleretic;
• diuretic;
• anti-inflammatory;
• diaphoretic;
• laxative;
• hemostatic;
• hepatoprotective.

Blackberry juice

Chokeberry, the benefits of which are beyond doubt, are used in medicine and cosmetology in various ways, but it is worth considering the properties of chokeberry juice separately. Before using it, you should familiarize yourself with the information about what kind of product it is, how it is prepared and how it is used.

Useful properties of chokeberry juice:

1. Improves the quality of blood due to the content of B vitamins, copper and iron.
2. It is used prophylactically to prevent hypovitaminosis.
3. Useful if you have problems with the heart and blood vessels.
4. Improves the functioning of the liver, biliary and biliary tract.
5. Helps to remove heavy metal salts and radionuclides.

Juice is usually taken in two ways:

1. The first option is with honey. Add 1 tbsp to 50 g of juice. a spoonful of honey and drink half an hour before meals.
2. The second option is without honey. Identical to the first, but without honey sweetening and, you can replace the prepared juice with fresh fruits in the amount of 100 g.

Chokeberry - contraindications

Before proceeding directly to the methods of using chokeberry for medicinal and cosmetic purposes, it is important to consider the question of who is not shown to receive funds prepared on the basis of the leaves and berries of chokeberry. So, the blackberry, the contraindications of which we are considering, is not recommended for:

• increased blood clotting and;
• stomach ulcer and;
• heart failure;
• oxalates in the urinary tract.

Chokeberry - recipes

Traditional medicine has been using this plant for several hundred years to get rid of various ailments. The blackberry, the recipes for which we will offer below, is an indispensable assistant for those who are trying to maintain health not only with the help of pharmacological agents. What medicinal properties and contraindications of chokeberry are known. Based on this information, herbalists offer many unique and healing remedies.

Chokeberry for weight loss

Aronia is often used for weight loss purposes, because this plant is able to promote the burning of subcutaneous fat and normalize blood sugar levels (proven by experience). Blackberry for the stomach is also often used, but if we talk about weight loss, then the property of berries to quickly saturate the body plays an important role (which is why it is recommended to take it before meals). You can find many pharmacy options, which include a blackberry for, but we will consider recipes for home cooking.

Chokeberry from pressure

Funds prepared on the basis of blackberry are used in the fight against hypertension. Black mountain ash from pressure helps not only when it is above normal, but is also a powerful prophylactic agent that prevents the appearance or exacerbation of problems with the heart and blood vessels, by improving the elasticity of the latter.

Chokeberry for diabetics

Preparation of chokeberry preparations for reduction does not require much time or any special skills. For natural medicines, only berries (fresh or dried) and water are used. Aronia for diabetics is prepared primitively.

1. Method 1. Art. pour a spoonful of fruit with 1 tbsp. water, boil and leave to cool under the lid. Drink three times a day for 150-200 g.
2. Method 2. Identical to the first, but add (optionally) crushed grape or mulberry leaves (1 tablespoon each) to the main ingredient.

Chokeberry to raise hemoglobin

With low hemoglobin and iron deficiency anemia, drinks are prepared based on the fruits of the chokeberry, rich in iron, iodine and - everything that is needed to cope with this problem. This composition determines the properties of the chokeberry necessary in this case.

1. Eating black chokeberries regularly will help get rid of the problems associated with low hemoglobin.
2. For those who cannot consume bitter-tart berries, regular use of chokeberry juice can be offered.

Chokeberry for the thyroid gland

Iodine - this element largely determines the performance of the thyroid gland, because it is known that against the background of a lack of this element, iodine deficiency diseases develop. Blackberry for the thyroid gland is an excellent source of iodine, therefore it is successfully used in traditional therapy and in treatment folk remedies, preparing various infusions and decoctions, often enhancing the effect, using other useful plants and fruits in recipes.

Chokeberry for the liver

We found out why the chokeberry is so useful, the medicinal properties and contraindications of this plant. But it is worth noting that some of its properties can be enhanced if other components are used in the recipe. So, there are several recipes for restoring liver function that will help heal, strengthen and protect this vital organ. An excellent tandem: St. John's wort and black chokeberry, the medicinal properties of which are doubled when used together.

Black rowan for vision

The properties of the blackberry also extend to the organs of vision. Those who encountered this problem most likely met in pharmacies drugs for, which, along with other components (most often blueberries and lutein), included chokeberry. If we talk about the use of black mountain ash in its "pure" form, then to prevent problems and improve the functioning of the visual organ, you just need to use some recommendations to choose from.

1. Take chokeberry juice regularly.
2. There are berries in their natural form (at least 5-7 pieces daily).
3. As often as possible, prepare various compotes, jelly, preserves from black mountain ash.

Chokeberry for face

A storehouse of unique substances - chokeberry, whose medicinal properties and contraindications must be taken into account equally, is also used in cosmetology. So, on the basis of chokeberry, you can prepare face masks that will return the skin to purity, youth and radiance. Black mountain ash is used for industrial preparation of cosmetics, but we offer recipes that you can easily make yourself.

Chokeberry for hair

Chokeberry fruits are included in the list of mega-useful products for health and beauty, which is compiled by representatives of leading cosmetic companies engaged in new developments for youth and beauty. Black hair is more often used in the form of masks.

1. Rub the chopped berries into the root zone and leave for half an hour, then rinse. This procedure normalizes work sebaceous glands and will prevent hair loss and brittleness, but on condition that it is carried out at least once a week.
2. To get rid of dandruff, puree a glass of chokeberry fruits and 3 cloves of garlic. We distribute the resulting mixture evenly over the entire length of the hair and leave for an hour. Wash off with water and rinse with a low-concentrated vinegar solution (to get rid of the garlic smell).