Kalina: what are its useful properties and are there any contraindications. The benefits of viburnum for the body

viburnum

This amazingly beautiful tree is poeticized by the people, sung in folk thoughts and songs as a symbol of girlish beauty, love, purity.

From time immemorial, in Russia and Ukraine, the fruits of viburnum have been one of the most important parts of the dessert. On holidays, they baked pies, cheesecakes, bread with viburnum, cooked very tasty viburnum kvass, cooked jam and jelly "Kalinnik", fermented cabbage with viburnum. Marshmallow and marmalade were prepared from viburnum juice. There was no hut where bunches of viburnum, collected for the future, were not hung in the attic, which they enjoyed after a bath or when they came from a frost.

Today on our tables there are mainly apples, pears, apricots, oranges, lemons, tangerines; overseas fruits appeared - coconut, mango, papaya, banana.

Kalina was undeservedly deprived, despite its exceptionally healing properties.

The composition of viburnum includes rare acids - acetic, valeric, isovaleric, oleic, formic and others, about 40 mg% of vitamin C, more than 1 mg% of carotene, many invert sugars that are most beneficial to humans, tannins, pectin substances that determine the gelling ability of juice. The level of P-active compounds ranges from 300 to 500 mg%.

Fresh fruits of viburnum or pureed with sugar are used for nervous excitement, hypertension, atherosclerosis and vasospasm.

Fruits of viburnum boiled with honey should be eaten with cough, shortness of breath, liver disease, jaundice.

Juice from viburnum fruits with honey is used (in folk medicine) for the treatment of breast cancer in women, for the prevention of the stomach with hypoacid gastritis.

It is believed that the systematic use of viburnum fruits improves the well-being of patients with malignant tumors of the digestive system.

An infusion of fruits is drunk against boils, eczema, and also as a vitamin tonic, diaphoretic and laxative.

Viburnum (fruits) is widely used in cosmetics, especially for oily acne prone skin.

Viburnum berries increase heart contraction and have a mild diuretic effect.

Storage

Many now have a viburnum in their backyard. Harvest it after the first light frost. Berries are stored in bunches hanging on the balcony, in the barn, in the summer kitchen. But most often viburnum juice is ground with sugar to a jelly-like state and stored in the refrigerator or even at room temperature.

Recipes

• Mash raw berries and take 1 tablespoon half an hour before meals 3 times a day for stomach ulcers and colitis.
• Grind viburnum juice with sugar and take 1 tablespoon before meals 3 times a day for hypertension.
• Sprinkle the washed fruits (dry) with a mixture of powdered sugar and starch, mix, hold for 5-10 minutes, then dry on paper for 10-12 hours. Serve with tea, milk for dessert. Kids will love candy.

Syrup

1 liter of viburnum juice, 2 kg of sugar, 10 g of citric acid.

Add sugar to the juice, heat until completely dissolved (but do not boil), remove the foam, add citric acid, boil for 5 minutes. Strain the juice and pour into bottles, which are closed with boiled lids.

Raw juice jelly

Scald the washed fruits with boiling water, cool and squeeze the juice out of them. Mix juice with sugar (1:1.5) and grind until it is completely dissolved. Pour the resulting thick mass into sterilized cold jars with a capacity of 0.5-1 l and refrigerate. The jelly will harden in a day. Tie the jars with parchment paper and store in the refrigerator or at room temperature, but in a dark place so that the jelly does not lose its bright color.

Kalina in powdered sugar

1 kg of viburnum fruits, 200 g of powdered sugar, 5-10 g of starch.

Put the washed fruits in a large saucepan or bowl, sprinkle with a mixture of powdered sugar and starch, hold for 5-10 minutes, then dry for 10-12 hours. Serve with tea for dessert.

Viburnum jelly

Ingredients

• 1 kg viburnum,
• 1 kg of granulated sugar,
• 2 glasses of water.

Cooking method

Selected and washed berries are blanched with hot boiling water for 5-6 minutes to reduce bitterness and soften the skin, the water is drained, and the berries are poured with 2 cups of fresh warm water and boiled until softened. Then they are rubbed through a sieve, mixed with sugar and boiled for 50 minutes. The finished jelly is laid out in clean hot jars. Store in a cold place.

Kissel from viburnum

Ingredients

• 100 g viburnum juice,
• 2 liters of water
• 280 g of granulated sugar,
• 90 g potato starch.

Cooking method

Starch is diluted with a small amount of water, poured into hot juice diluted with water, granulated sugar is added and brought to a boil with stirring.

Morse from viburnum

Ingredients

• 0.5 cup viburnum juice,
• 1 liter of water
• sugar to taste.

Cooking method

Mix the juice with hot boiling water, add granulated sugar and leave for 3-5 hours. Serve cold.

Pastila from viburnum

Ingredients

• 1 kg viburnum,
• 800 g of granulated sugar,
• 1 glass of water.

Cooking method

Sort the berries, rinse, blanch in boiling water for 3 minutes, drain, pour 1 glass of water again and cook until softened. Then wipe through a sieve, add granulated sugar and boil until a pasty consistency. Transfer the resulting mass to wooden trays and dry in the oven or Russian oven. It is better to store in a cool dry place.

Juice

1 kg of berries, 200 g of sugar, 200 g of water.

Squeeze juice from berries. Pour the pomace with water, boil for 5-10 minutes, strain. Mix the broth with juice, add sugar, mix and cool. Juice can be used as a basis for preparing various dishes and drinks.

Viburnum juice for the future

Wash the fruits with cold water, place in an enamel bowl, pour water so that it covers the berries, and cook over low heat until softened. Squeeze the juice from boiled berries and let stand for 2-3 hours. Then add sugar to the juice (125 g per 1 liter of juice), heat over low heat until it dissolves. Strain through cheesecloth, bring to a boil (do not boil!), pour into hot jars, close with sterile lids (roll up) and refrigerate.

Kalina in honey

Rinse the bunches of viburnum with water, let it drain, and then dry the berries. Heat honey until liquefied, dip viburnum branches in it and dry them.

In this form, viburnum is stored for about six months.

Viburnum seed coffee

Viburnum seeds contain a lot of useful substances.

Rinse the seeds from the squeezed berries, air dry, and then roast until brown in the oven and grind in a coffee grinder.

Use as a coffee substitute.

Treatment of diseases

Kalina in cardiovascular diseases

This plant has a general tonic effect, therefore it is widely used to prevent the exacerbation of various diseases of the heart and blood vessels.

Kalinovo-beet kvass

It does not require practically any expenses for its preparation. Kvass is prepared from beets and viburnum as follows.

• 1 kg of viburnum;
• 1 kg of beets;
• 1 glass of sugar or honey;
• 3 liters of water.

Grate the beets, pour 1 liter of water and boil. Rinse viburnum with running water. Boil viburnum in 1 liter of water for a short time. Mix both broths and add sugar. Bring the resulting mixture to a boil. Ready kvass should be cooled, bottled, stored in a cold place. Kalinovo-beet kvass is better to drink cold. Kvass is used as an effective vasodilator.

Infusion from viburnum fruits

Ingredients

• 15-20 g of viburnum fruits;
• 1 glass of water.

Cooking method

Berries pour 1 cup boiling water. Infuse for 4 hours, then strain. Take during the day in 3 divided doses. Used for pain in the heart.

Viburnum fruit juice with honey

Ingredients

• 1 kg of viburnum fruits;
• 200 g of sugar;
• 200 g of water;
• 2 tbsp. spoons of honey.

Cooking method

Squeeze the juice from the berries, pour the pulp with water and boil for 5-10 minutes, strain the finished broth. Pour the broth into the squeezed juice, add sugar, mix the mixture and cool. Add honey to the resulting juice and mix again. Take 3 times a day for 1-2 tbsp. spoons 30 minutes before meals. Juice from the fruits of viburnum and honey is drunk with hypertension.

Infusion of viburnum fruits with cognac and honey

Ingredients

• 100 g of crushed fruits of viburnum;
• 100 g of crushed cinnamon rose hips;
• 200 mg befungin;
• 200 g of pine buds;
• 100 g of yarrow;
• 200 ml brandy;
• 200 ml of aloe juice;
• 600 g of honey;
• 3 liters of cold boiled water.

Cooking method

Mix the raw materials and pour water, let it brew for 2 hours, then boil over low heat for 2 hours. Pour into a thermos and hold for 24 hours, then strain the infusion and pour into a jar. Add honey, aloe juice, cognac. Then close and leave for 24 hours. After that, store for 7 days in a dark place. Drink 1 teaspoon 3 times a day an hour before meals for 5 days, then 1 tbsp. spoon 3 times a day one hour before meals. Take from 2-3 weeks to 2-3 months. It is used for sclerosis of the brain and hypertension.

Infusion of the fruits of viburnum and strawberries

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp. spoons of viburnum fruits;
• 4 tbsp. spoons of hawthorn fruit;
• 4 tbsp. spoons of adonis;
• 2 tbsp. spoons of sweet clover;
• 6 art. spoons of strawberries;
• 2 glasses of water.

Cooking method

1 st. insist a spoonful of collection in 200 ml of cold water for 6 hours. Strain and pour 1 cup boiling water. Darken the infusion in a water bath for 30 minutes, then strain. Apply 0.3 cup 3 times a day 30 minutes before meals.

Infusion of fruits of viburnum and onions

Ingredients

• 20 g of viburnum fruits;
• 20 g of onions;
• 20 g of hawthorn fruit;
• 20 g of hawthorn flowers;
• 20 g of valerian;
• 20 g of horsetail;
• 20 g of birch leaves;
• 1 cup boiling water.

Cooking method

Infuse 1 teaspoon of the collection in 1 cup of boiling water for 45 minutes, strain. Drink 3 glasses of infusion during the day. Used for heart pain of a neurogenic nature.

Kalina in diseases of the kidneys and urinary tract

Viburnum-carrot juice

Ingredients

• 100 g carrot juice;
• 100 g juice from viburnum berries.

Cooking method

Mix all ingredients. Apply 1 tbsp. spoon 3 times a day.

Kalina for liver diseases

Herbal preparations with viburnum are widely used in the treatment of this group of diseases.

Blood purifying tea

• 1 glass of viburnum berries;
• 3 cups crushed rose hips;
• 4 tbsp. spoons of celandine;
• 10 st. spoons of sage;
• 0.5 cups of sugar;
• 3 liters of water.

Boil crushed rose hips in 3 liters of water for 10 minutes over low heat, then add celandine, sage, let it brew for 10-12 hours and strain. Grind viburnum berries with sugar, then add to the rest of the ingredients, mix. Take 100 g 3 times a day 1 hour before meals for 20 consecutive days (every 3 months for 2 years). This remedy is most often used for hepatitis. In addition, when it is taken, there is a rapid dissolution of stones in the kidneys and liver.

Infusion of viburnum and honey

Ingredients

• 50 g viburnum;
• 100 g fresh honey.

Cooking method

Heat honey in a water bath. Grind the fruits of viburnum thoroughly. Mix viburnum with warmed honey and let it brew for 6-7 hours. Take 1-2 teaspoons 3-4 times a day 30 minutes before meals. You can also dissolve 1-2 teaspoons of this remedy in 0.5 cups of warm boiled water and take 30 minutes before meals 3-4 times a day.

Cholagogue collection

Ingredients

• 1 st. a spoonful of fresh or dry viburnum berries;
• 1 st. a spoonful of peppermint;
• 1 st. a spoonful of birch buds;
• 1 glass of water.

Cooking method

1 st. pour a spoonful of collection with cold boiled water. Let it brew for 30 minutes, then strain. Take 1 tbsp. spoonful of infusion 3-4 times a day after meals.

Kalina for diseases of the stomach

Kalina is widely used in medicine for chronic diseases of the stomach. The following recipes are especially used.

Recipe 1

For gastric and duodenal ulcers, it is recommended to use the following collection:

• 20 g of crushed viburnum bark;
• 40 g dried and crushed rose hips;
• 40 g of a mixture of crushed leaves, flowers and St. John's wort;
• 20 g of motherwort;
• 10 g of valerian root;
• 30 g of blackberry leaves and flowers;
• 10 g of Veronica officinalis;
• 500 ml of water.

Mix all the ingredients, pour boiling water for 30 minutes, but do not bring to a boil. Let it brew for 15 minutes. Drink 4 times a day for 0.5 cups 30 minutes before meals.

Drink for chronic constipation

Ingredients

• 50 g of dry fruits of viburnum;
• 200 ml of water;
• sugar to taste.

Cooking method

Grind viburnum seeds in a coffee grinder, put 1 teaspoon of powder in a cup and pour boiling water over it. Wrap the cup and let it brew for 10 minutes. If desired, to improve the taste, you can add cream or sugar to the drink to taste. Such coffee from viburnum should be taken no more than 2 times a day.

drink for diarrhea

Ingredients

• 4 tbsp. spoons of viburnum fruits;
• 1 glass of honey.

Cooking method

Sort fresh viburnum berries thoroughly and rinse in running water. Finely crush the berries, mix with honey. The mixture is best cooked in an enamel bowl. Put on low heat and boil well with constant stirring. Keep the mixture on fire for no more than 10-15 minutes. Refrigerate the mixture before use. Take 1 teaspoon 4-5 times during the day.

For chronic constipation

Traditional medicine recommends that people suffering from chronic constipation take 50 viburnum berries in the morning during the day. Viburnum berries have a peculiar tart taste. They are good to use with a small amount of honey or sugar, since not all people like the sour taste, and especially those who suffer from stomach diseases against the background of high acidity. Honey does not at all make viburnum berries less valuable, on the contrary, their healing effect is enhanced, the taste of the product is noticeably improved.

Decoction for indigestion

Ingredients

• 1 st. a spoonful of viburnum seeds;
• 200 ml of water.

Cooking method

Pour viburnum seeds with water and put on a slow fire. When the mixture boils, reduce the heat and leave to simmer for another 30 minutes. Remove from heat, let steep for another 30 minutes. Strain the resulting broth. Take 1-2 tbsp. spoons 2 times a day before meals.

Decoction for the treatment of hemorrhoids

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp. spoons of viburnum bark;
• 200 ml of water.

Cooking method

Pour the crushed viburnum bark with water and boil for 10 minutes. Strain the resulting broth.

Drink 0.3-0.5 cups 2 times a day before meals. It is recommended to eat fresh viburnum berries for gastritis with low acidity. It is also used to prevent stomach cancer, and in this case, not only the infusion of fresh fruits, but also dried fruits helps.

Infusion for gastritis

Ingredients

• 1-2 tbsp. spoons of viburnum berries;
• 400 ml of water.

Cooking method

Grind viburnum berries thoroughly and pour boiling water over them. Insist from 4 to 4.5 hours, then strain the infusion. Take 3 tbsp. spoons 4-5 times a day before meals.

Kalina for respiratory diseases

Recipe 1

Viburnum is especially often used for pneumonia and bronchitis.

• 2 tbsp. spoons of viburnum berries;
• 2 cups of honey.

Grind the berries thoroughly. Heat honey in a water bath with constant stirring with a wooden spoon. The fire doesn't have to be strong. When the honey becomes hot, pour viburnum berries over it. Wrap with a woolen scarf and let it brew for 5-6 hours. Take 1 tbsp. spoon 5-6 times a day with constant monitoring of blood pressure.

Recipe 2

In folk medicine, there is a recipe used for chronic asthma.

• 200 g of viburnum juice;
• 200 g of aloe juice;
• 200 g of May honey;
• 200 g of cognac.

Mix all ingredients. Use infusion of 1 tbsp. spoon 3 times a day 30 minutes before meals.

Recipe 3

With bronchitis and bronchial asthma, a mixture of juices of viburnum, carrots and aloe helps.

• 200 g of viburnum juice;
• 200 g of carrot juice;
• 200 g of aloe juice.

Juices must be freshly prepared. Mix them in a decanter and keep in a cold place, preferably in the refrigerator. Drink 3 glasses of this juice every day for 7 days. Then it takes a few days to take a break, after which the course of treatment is continued.

Recipe 4

For acute respiratory diseases in winter, the following collection helps.

• 1 st. a spoonful of viburnum bark;
• 0.5 cups of viburnum juice;
• 1 st. a spoonful of chamomile;
• 1 st. a spoonful of thyme;
• 1 st. mint spoon;
• 1 st. a spoonful of honey;
• 200 ml of water.

Mix all ingredients and pour boiling water. Boil for 5 minutes, then let it brew for 10 minutes. When the infusion has cooled slightly, strain it and pour into a glass bottle. Take with the addition of juice of fresh viburnum berries and honey. Drink 0.5 cup 3-4 times a day 30 minutes before meals.

Recipe 5

For bronchitis, pneumonia, asthma and whooping cough, breast tea with viburnum is used.

• 5 g of viburnum bark;
• 40 g marshmallow;
• 15 g of licorice root;
• 20 g of coltsfoot leaves;
• 10 g of mullein flowers;
• 10 g of fennel fruit;
• 200 ml of water.

Mix herbs, take 1 tbsp. spoon of the mixture and pour it with cold boiled water. Insist for 2 hours. Boil the resulting infusion for 3 minutes. Let the infusion cool down. Strain before use. Decoction to drink in a warm form for 2-3 tbsp. spoons 3-4 times a day.

Kalina with nosebleeds

Recipe 1

With nosebleeds, viburnum is widely used as a decoction.

• 1 st. a spoonful of viburnum bark;
• 0.5 cups of water.

Grind the viburnum bark, pour boiling water over it and cook for 10 minutes. Let it brew for 10 minutes, strain warm. Use chilled broth. Apply by soaking cotton swabs with a decoction of the bark and inserting them into the nose.

Kalina for nervous diseases

Traditional medicine advises the use of a decoction of viburnum in the treatment of nervous diseases. This remedy relieves spasms and acts as a sedative for hysteria and convulsions, chronic fatigue and increased nervousness.

Recipe 1

Ingredients

• 10 g of viburnum bark;
• 5 g of lemon balm leaves;
• 200 ml of water.

Cooking method

Mix viburnum and lemon balm, take 1 teaspoon of the mixture, add water, put on fire and boil for 20-30 minutes. Remove from heat, leave for half an hour. Strain before use. Take 1 tbsp. a spoonful of decoction 3-4 times a day 30 minutes before meals. Continue taking the decoction for 7 days, then take a break and repeat the course of treatment.

Recipe 2

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons of viburnum;
• 2 teaspoons of watch leaves;
• 2 teaspoons of peppermint leaves;
• 3 teaspoons of angelica roots;
• 1 teaspoon of valerian;
• 200 ml of water.

Cooking method

Mix all ingredients. Take 1 tbsp. a spoonful of the mixture and pour boiling water. Infuse for 1 hour, strain before use. Take 1 glass 3 times a day.

Recipe3

For painful menstruation, the following recipe is used.

• 2 tbsp. spoons of viburnum bark;
• 0.5 l of water.

Pour the bark of viburnum with cold boiled water, leave to infuse for 4-6 hours in a sealed container, after which the resulting infusion is filtered. A few days before the onset of menstruation, take 0.5 cups of infusion 2-3 times a day. During menstruation, take an infusion of 0.3 cups 1-2 times a day.

Recipe 4

• 1 st. a spoonful of leafy flowering branches of viburnum;
• 1 st. spoon of yarrow;
• 1 st. a spoonful of plantain;
• 1 st. St. John's wort spoon;
• 1 st. spoon highlander bird;
• 1 liter of water.

Mix the grass, add water, put on fire and boil for 2-3 minutes. Pour the resulting mixture into a thermos and insist for 5 hours, then strain. Take 3-4 times a day for 0.75 cups. 3-4 days before the onset of menstruation, stop taking the drug. Continue treatment until the full normalization of the menstrual cycle.

Recipe 5

If stimulation of menstruation is required, use the following collection with viburnum.

• 30 g of viburnum berries;
• 20 g of rue herb;
• 20 g of goose cinquefoil herb;
• 30 g juniper berries;
• 30 g herb wormwood;
• 200 ml of water.

Mix the herb, take 1 tbsp. a spoonful of the mixture, pour water, put on fire and boil for 2-3 minutes. Remove the broth from heat, cool and strain. In the evenings, take 1.5-2 cups of decoction.

Recipe 6

• 2 tbsp. spoons of leafy flowering tops of viburnum;
• 400 ml of water.

Grind the tops of viburnum and pour boiling water. Put on a small fire for 15-20 minutes, but make sure that the mixture does not boil. Filter the resulting infusion. Take 3 times a day for 3-4 tbsp. spoons.

Kalina for diseases in children

Recipe 1

A decoction of the bark of viburnum is successfully used in the treatment of children's exudative diathesis.

• 10 g of viburnum bark;
• 200 ml of water.

Pour the viburnum bark with water, put on fire and boil for 10 minutes. Remove Grass mix, take 2 tbsp. tablespoons of the mixture, pour boiling water and put in a water bath for 15 minutes. Remove from heat and cool the resulting infusion. Strain, squeeze the pomace, add boiled water to 200 ml. Take small sips of 0.5-0.75 cups of infusion during the day.

Recipe 2

Herbal preparations with viburnum bark are used in the prevention and treatment of algomenorrhea and for better contraction of the uterus in the postpartum period.

• 1 st. a spoonful of viburnum bark;
• 1 st. a spoonful of ergot;
• 1 st. a spoonful of shepherd's bag;
• 200 ml of water.

Mix viburnum bark and grass, take 1 tbsp. a spoonful of the mixture, pour cold boiled water and insist for 4-6 hours, then strain. Take 3-4 times a day for 2-3 tbsp. spoons throughout the week.

Recipe 3

For colds, a decoction of viburnum bark is used in combination with sea buckthorn oil and honey.

• 2 tbsp. spoons of viburnum bark;
• 1-2 teaspoons of honey;
• 5-10 drops of sea buckthorn oil;
• 200 ml of water.

Cover the viburnum bark with water and boil for 10 minutes. Remove from heat, leave for 10 minutes, then strain. Add sea buckthorn oil and honey, mix thoroughly. Take 0.5 cup of decoction 2-3 times a day before meals.

Recipe 4

The fruits of viburnum are effective as a general tonic that enhances immunity.

• 100 g of viburnum fruits;
• 200 g of aloe leaves;
• 1 lemon;
• 200 g of walnut kernels;
• 200 g butter;
• 200 g of bee honey.

Pass all the ingredients through a meat grinder, add honey, butter and mix thoroughly. Take 2 teaspoons 3 times a day after meals.

Recipe 5

With a weakened liver function, the following collection is used as a prophylactic.

• 1 teaspoon of young shoots of viburnum;
• 2 teaspoons of wheat grass;
• 2 teaspoons of rose hips;
• 1 teaspoon of nettle;
• 4 glasses of water.

Mix the herbs, take 3 teaspoons of the collection, add water, put on fire and bring to a boil. Remove from heat, cool and strain.

Kalina for skin diseases

Since viburnum has a beneficial effect on the skin, it is used in folk medicine as a prophylactic and therapeutic agent for various skin diseases.

Recipe 1

With eczema, viburnum juice is used as an external remedy and is taken orally.

• 2 glasses of viburnum berries;
• 0.3 cups of water.

Mash the viburnum berries thoroughly, then squeeze the slurry in gauze several times, adding water. Lubricate the affected areas on the skin with a cotton swab soaked in the resulting juice. On the first day of the procedure, repeat 3-4 times. On the second day of treatment, make compresses with juice 2 times a day for 1-2 hours. Alternate methods of treatment every next day. The course of treatment is designed for 1-3 weeks with a break of 5-6 days. For a cure, 3-4 courses of treatment are required.

Recipe 2

A good result also gives the use of infusion obtained from the fruits of viburnum.

• 2 tbsp. spoons of viburnum berries;
• 1 glass of water.

Grind viburnum berries thoroughly and pour boiling water over them. Steep for 30 minutes, then strain. Take 0.5 cup 2-3 times a day 30 minutes before meals. In the form of lotions, this infusion is applied for 30 minutes.

Recipe 3

With eczema, as well as ulcers of various etiologies, calluses, acne and burns, the following collections are effective.

• 200 g of viburnum fruits;
• 200 g of rose hips;
• 100 g dried nettle;
• green nut shells;
• 0.5 l of water;
• 50 g cottage cheese (preferably fresh);
• 50 g of bee honey.

Put all herbal ingredients in an enamel bowl, add water, put on fire and cook for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and leave for 24 hours. Take 2 tbsp. spoons of broth and mix with cottage cheese and honey. Apply this remedy to the affected areas, keep 3 times a day for 30 minutes.

Recipe 4

An infusion of viburnum berries is effective in the treatment of furunculosis, abscesses and carbuncles.

• 2 tbsp. spoons of viburnum fruits;
• 0.5 l of water.

Grind the berries, pour cold boiled water. Insist 5-8 hours in a sealed container. The resulting infusion is filtered through gauze. Take 1-2 tbsp. spoons 3-4 times a day before meals.

Recipe 5

An infusion of viburnum berries with honey is used as a lotion on ulcers and wounds.

• 2 tbsp. spoons of honey;
• 1 glass of water.

Grind the berries in a wooden mortar. Pour cold boiled water and let it brew for 5-8 hours. Then strain the infusion and add honey, mix. Apply lotions to the affected areas for 1-2 hours 1-2 times a day.

Recipe 6

An infusion of viburnum bark is used to treat various wounds, abscesses.

• 1 st. a spoonful of viburnum bark;
• 4 tbsp. spoons of Veronica officinalis;
• 1 glass of water.

Ingredients

• 20 g of viburnum bark;
• 20 g of dandelion leaves;
• 20 g blueberry leaves;
• 20 g lingonberry leaves;
• 20 g herb galega officinalis;
• 20 g of stinging nettle;
• 1.5 cups of water.

Cooking method

Mix herbal raw materials, take 1 tbsp. spoon, pour boiling water, put on fire and boil for 5 minutes, then cool and strain. Take 100 ml of decoction 2-3 times a day 30 minutes before meals.

Recipe 3

Ingredients

• 25 g of viburnum bark;
• 25 g walnut leaves;
• 25 g peppermint leaves;
• 25 g of highlander grass;
• 25 g herb galega officinalis;
• 1.5 cups of water.

Cooking method

1 st. pour a spoonful of collection with boiling water and boil for 3 minutes. Cool for 40 minutes and strain. Drink 60-70 ml 3 times a day 20 minutes before meals.

Fresh juice from viburnum berries is a good cosmetic product for rubbing oily facial skin, removing blackheads, pimples and lichen on the face. It also has whitening properties and will lighten freckles and age spots when applied to the face in the morning and evening.

A napkin moistened with juice of fresh viburnum fruits is recommended to be applied to pigmented areas of the skin for 10 minutes 2-3 times in a row. At first, the procedures are done daily 7-10 times, then the same amount, but every other day. After the mask, a nourishing cream is applied to the face. Suitable for oily and normal skin.

Masks made from the juice of viburnum berries mixed with egg white (1: 1) have a whitening effect, which are applied daily for 30 minutes. Course - 15-20 procedures.

For whitening, the face can also be lubricated with a mixture of nourishing cream with viburnum berry juice. Juice should be added to the cream gradually, in small portions until the creamy consistency of the mixture is maintained. The procedures are carried out daily or every other day, applying the cream for 40-60 minutes. The duration of the course is 3-4 weeks.

To remove freckles, blackheads, whiten the skin with a strong tan, viburnum juice should be mixed with sour cream in equal amounts, applied to the face and after a while rinsed with warm water and lubricated with melted butter.

Frozen juice of viburnum fruits is good for active massage. After 8-10 procedures, the face becomes clean and white, freckles, age spots and acne disappear, wrinkles are smoothed out.

Masks of viburnum berries mixed with honey have a good whitening effect: mash unripe berries and add a teaspoon of honey to the gruel. Apply the resulting mass on the face for 30 minutes, and then rinse with diluted lemon juice.

A mask of crushed fresh viburnum leaves has a tonic effect on the skin of the face. It is applied to the skin lubricated with a greasy cream for 10-15 minutes.

A decoction of the bark of viburnum is used for sweating of the hands and feet. Boil 10 g of bark in one glass of water, leave for 2 hours, strain.

Viburnum ordinary, it is also red viburnum. The Russian people composed many songs, fairy tales and legends about this small, beautiful tree. If you taste the berries, they are sweet and sour, with bitterness. True, after freezing, the berries will be sweeter, and the harvest in the old days was removed after the first frost.

Poet S.P. Krasikov describes the external beauty of the tree as follows:

Twice a year, viburnum is more elegant than its neighbors - in early July and in autumn. It is as if she is covered with a wedding veil in the spring, and in the fall, dropping the leaves, she puts on a multi-colored sundress, as it were: brushes, cast with vitreous skin, make the bush a living gem.

But the plant has become famous not only for its external attractiveness, viburnum has useful properties and contraindications, and which ones you will learn from our material.

Plant characteristic

Kalina is a Slavic name, the people so called the plant for its bright color of berries, similar to the color of red-hot iron. The Latin name of the plant is from the word vimen, that is, a vine or rod. Products were woven from flexible rods of viburnum: baskets, wreaths.

There are different names for the plant: red viburnum, red-hot, karina, sviba ...

Botanical description

Viburnum ordinary or viburnum red, belongs to the genus Viburnum L, family Adoxaceae (Adoxaceae). Previously, the shrub belonged to the honeysuckle family (Caprifoliaceae).

Today, five forms of viburnum exist and grow in natural conditions:

• Dwarf, small size.
• Fluffy, so named because of the leaves covered with fluff on the back.
• Variegated, with beautiful unusual color leaves.
• Sterile, can only reproduce vegetatively.
• Yellow-fruited, the berries are yellow in color, which is what distinguishes them from other types of viburnum.

What does the common viburnum look like, is it a tree or a shrub? The plant is a deciduous woody plant, the average height of which is 2-4 meters. The bark of a tree (or shrub) has a gray-brown color. The leaves are opposite, three to five lobed, 10 cm long, the upper part of the leaves is dark green, the lower part is gray-green and slightly pubescent along the veins.

When red viburnum blooms, its small (4-5 mm in diameter) yellowish-white flowers spread a pleasant delicate aroma. The flowers are collected in intricately arranged flat thyroid inflorescences. Flowering occurs from the end of May and throughout June, while the berries ripen in August-September. On the bushes they can be seen until the first snow, sometimes longer. The fruits of viburnum are bright red, almost spherical drupes.

The tree grows quickly, it grows by 30-40 cm per year, the life expectancy of the plant is approximately 50 years.

Interesting! Previously, autumn thunderstorms were called "Kalinniks". Flashes of lightning resembled bright viburnum bushes with fiery red clusters of berries.

Where does it grow

Viburnum vulgaris has a very wide distribution area. This is almost the entire territory of the East European Plain - central and southern Europe, the European part of Russia, trees also grow in the north and west of Russia (but less often), in Siberia and Kazakhstan, in Central Asia and Asia Minor, in North Africa.

The plant loves rich, moist or marshy soil, settles mainly in the undergrowth of broad-leaved and small-leaved forests, in river valleys. Its favorite habitats are water meadows. Kalina is a fairly resistant plant, it is not afraid of the cold and can grow in drier areas, but not as a wide shoot, but as a small shrub. A hardy plant tolerates polluted air, so nothing prevents planting it on the streets of big cities.

The chemical composition of viburnum

All parts of viburnum vulgaris are used as medicinal raw materials in pharmacology and folk medicine. Useful properties of the plant have a rich chemical composition. Most often, the bark of a tree and its berries are used in treatment, but the leaves, flowers and seeds of the plant are also of interest.

The bark of common viburnum deserves special attention, the chemical composition of which was studied by many scientists who conducted research and made amazing discoveries. All this gave a huge opportunity to use the components isolated from the bark for the interests of pharmacology.

The bark contains substances:

• Choline-like substances - approximately 20 mg.
• Glycoside viburnin - 3-6%.
• Carbohydrates.
• Riterpene saponins.
• Vitamin K1 - 28-30 mcg / g.
• Ascorbic acid - 80 mg;
• Carotene - 20 mg.
• Resinous substances - 6.12-7.26%.
• ethereal faction.
• Organic acids - formic, acetic, caprylic, isovaleric - up to 2%
• Tannins - up to 1%
• Phytosterolin and phytosterol.

It is important to know! Taking pharmacological preparations with viburnum bark, you need to be extremely careful for people prone to vein thrombosis, as well as for pregnant women. The high concentration of vitamin K contained in the bark of the tree significantly increases blood clotting.

• Tannins - 3%.
• Organic acids - up to 3%.
• Polysaccharides - up to 32%.
• Pectin in-va (glucose, galactose, xylose, arabinose) - 2.5%.
• Lipids.
• Amino acids (serine, glutamic and aspartic acids, alanine, glycine, arginine, etc.).
• Organic acids - 3% (acetic, formic, isovaleric, caprylic)
• Vitamin C - up to 90 mg%.
• Carotene.
• Trace elements - iron, copper, zinc and others.
• Macronutrients – calcium, magnesium, potassium
• Flavonoids

It is worth knowing that when drying berries at a temperature of 65 ° C, vitamin C is retained by only 50%, while carotene is more resistant to high temperatures.

Berry seeds contain:

• Fatty oils - 21%.

The fatty acid composition of the oil includes: myristic, palmitic, palmitoleic, stearic, oleic, linolenic, lignoceric, cerotinic, arachidonic and behenic acids)

• The seeds of berries also contain lipids -12%
• Proteins - 6% by weight of dry seeds.

Useful properties of red viburnum berries

The beneficial properties of viburnum have been known for a long time - the plant was used as early as the 14th century, as evidenced by the herbalists of Albert the Great, later in the 15th century by Adam Loniceri, the Italian botanist Mattioli. They talked about the properties of the berry and its use for nausea and diarrhea, mainly considered the plant as a cleanser. At a later time, already from the 16th century, the healing properties of viburnum were used in the treatment of the heart, stomach, and kidneys. In the first half of the 20th century, viburnum began to be positioned as a medicine and used not only in folk, but also in traditional medicine.

The benefits of viburnum in the treatment of angina

Many of us have suffered from angina. This infectious disease is accompanied by inflammation of the palatine tonsils, causes pain in the throat, which is aggravated by swallowing. The temperature rises to 38 ° C and above, malaise, weakness, headache, etc. appear. With such a disease, it is difficult to quickly cope with the symptoms. Doctors, as a rule, prescribe a complex course of treatment, including antibacterial and pathogenetic therapy.

As a symptomatic treatment of angina, the well-known viburnum vulgaris is suitable for everyone.

To prepare a medicinal decoction:

• You need to take a viburnum branch, collect berries from it. Finely chop the leaves and the twig itself.
• Put all parts of the plant in a container and add 500 gr. honey, pour vodka (half a liter), mix.
• Grind ginger root (50 gr.), Add to the total mass.
• The drug should be infused for 10 days in a warm place.
• We take viburnum infusion 3 times a day, 1 tbsp. spoon before meals for 15 minutes, or after meals in half an hour. Continue treatment for 5 days.

It should not be forgotten that a medicinal decoction is used as an additional remedy to the main treatment prescribed by a doctor, or as a prophylaxis during the period of colds.

An infusion of berries, flowers and leaves can be gargled several times a day during a sore throat.

Viburnum flowers have antipyretic properties. To do this, take 1 teaspoon of flowers, pour a glass of boiling water, insist 10 minutes. Healing liquid should be drunk 2-3 times a day.

Medicinal properties of viburnum in liver diseases

In diseases of the liver, the most effective decoction or juice from viburnum berries. Means are choleretic, help relieve spasm of the bile ducts. Useful properties of viburnum cleanse the liver of harmful toxic substances, prevent the formation of stones in the gallbladder.

To cleanse the liver, as well as to prevent stagnation of bile, berries are most often used in combination with honey and bee products.

For example, this recipe is suitable:

• The berries are boiled to become soft, add a little liquid.
• Next, the berries are slightly cooled, squeezed, honey is added, mixed.
• A decoction of berries should be drunk for 10 days, 2 tbsp. spoons in the morning before meals, slightly heated.

Kalina for diseases of the digestive system, stool disorders, hemorrhoids

The properties of viburnum berries and seeds are useful for stomach and intestinal pains. Means based on them will help with gastritis, stomach ulcers, stool disorders or constipation.

1. Patients with gastritis with low acidity can take an infusion of fresh berries brewed with boiling water. 2 tbsp. l. berries to 1 cup boiling water. Infuse for 3 hours and drink 2-3 tbsp before meals. l. 5 times a day.
2. For those suffering from stomach ulcers, a recipe with dried or fresh berries will help. ½ cup boiled cold water pour 1 tbsp. l. ground berries. Let it brew for 10 hours, strain and drink before meals for 1 hour, 1 tbsp. l.
3. With indigestion, a decoction of berry seeds is suitable. 1 st. l. in a glass of boiling water, keep in a water bath for 30 minutes, cool and strain. You need to drink a decoction 2 times a day before meals, 2 tbsp. l.
4. With loose stools, an infusion of viburnum with honey will help to cope: 2 tbsp. l. for ½ st. honey, simmer in a water bath, stirring for 10 minutes. Take 4-6 times a day for 1 tsp.
5. Useful properties of seeds will help with constipation. They are crushed (it is possible in a coffee grinder), brewed for 1 tbsp. boiling water 1 tsp crushed seeds. Drink 1-2 times a day, you can with honey.
6. For the treatment of hemorrhoids or its prevention, the bark of the viburnum tree is useful. The bark is brewed with boiling water at the rate of 3-4 tsp. for 1 st. boiling water. Keep in a water bath for 10 minutes, cool, filter. Drink the infusion should be 2 times a day 1 hour before meals, ½ cup of liquid.

Elimination of nervous overload and overwork

Viburnum fruits have sedative properties, being a good sedative. In folk medicine, it is believed that decoctions with berries not only have a calming effect, but also relieve spasms, fight chronic fatigue, overwork, and increased nervousness.

In soothing recipes with viburnum, herbal preparations are most often used, which include herbs such as lemon balm, chamomile, valerian root, St. John's wort, hop cones and others.

Skin diseases

Since viburnum has pronounced antimicrobial, bactericidal properties, in folk medicine, the berries and bark of the plant are used as a therapeutic and prophylactic agent for skin diseases.

So for eczema, infusions and juice of berries are used externally and internally for a better result.

From corns, acne, rashes, burns and ulcers, herbal preparations will be effective, including: viburnum berries, nettles, nut shells. Boil the mixture for 10 minutes. They insist for days. Then honey and cottage cheese are added to the broth. Apply a healing drug to the affected areas.

With the help of tinctures from berries, furunculosis, carbuncles, abscesses are treated, and wounds are washed with infusion of the bark.

Malignant formations

Useful properties of viburnum have found application in the treatment of cancer. Previously, in folk medicine, it was believed that berry juice could cure breast cancer, skin cancer, fibroids.

The people practice the use of viburnum fruits to fight cancer of the stomach and uterus. Patients confirm the improvement in well-being and positive results in the course of complex treatment of oncological diseases with the help of preparations from viburnum berries.

Also, these wonderful berries are used in the prevention of malignant tumors.

Contraindications and harm

There is no doubt about the usefulness of red viburnum, but still it has a number of contraindications and is not recommended for everyone.

The main contraindication to the use of berries is pregnancy. The fruits contain substances that can provoke premature birth and the development of pathology in the fetus.

You can not uncontrollably use berries, juice, tea and preparations containing viburnum for people with low blood pressure. The maximum that you can afford is 1 cup of tea per day or 1 tbsp. a spoonful of berries

Patients with leukemia or thrombophlebitis are categorically contraindicated in berries, teas, preparations containing viburnum, especially drugs prepared from the bark of the plant.

Before using drugs, the berries themselves, infusions, and various types of potions containing viburnum, the right decision would be to consult a doctor.

Useful and harmful properties of viburnum in cardiovascular diseases and hypertension

The berry has general strengthening properties, and is used to prevent exacerbations of heart and vascular diseases. The impact on the cardiovascular system and blood pressure is due to the content of many useful substances in the composition of viburnum. These are vitamins, antioxidants, polyunsaturated fatty acids.

In scientific circles, the issue of the influence of the medicinal properties of viburnum vulgaris on the human body with hypertension has been carefully studied, which indicates the recognition of the unique and medicinal properties of viburnum by official medicine.

How does the process of lowering blood pressure occur with the use of viburnum berries?

It is known that diuretics are able to remove excess fluid from the body. Kalina is an excellent diuretic. Thus, when taking useful infusions from berries, the fullness of the vessels with liquid decreases, and the pressure in them decreases. In addition, the water-salt balance in the body returns to normal, reducing swelling. Also, small vessels become stronger and more elastic due to the reduction of pressure in them.

Viburnum berry has a mild effect, so the pressure decreases gradually. It should be borne in mind that the treatment of hypertension will be effective only in the combination of medicinal berries with other drugs prescribed by the attending physician.

For people suffering from low blood pressure (hypotonics), phytotherapeutic preparations based on viburnum red are categorically contraindicated.

In order to prevent, as an additional means to improve the functioning of the heart, it will be useful to eat fresh viburnum berries, you can pick them directly from the tree. Therefore, in the ripening season, do not miss the moment to enjoy the fruits.

Viburnum berry for women's health, the benefits of fruits, harm and contraindications

Viburnum berry, its benefits and harms to women's health are as follows.

Benefit

The composition of viburnum, rich in useful substances, is used in the preparation of various remedies for the treatment and prevention of female diseases.

1. Extracts from the bark of the plant help with uterine bleeding. The tone of the uterus is enhanced by the viburnin contained in the cortex.
2. The remedy is also used for: heavy menstruation, pyelonephritis and nephritis, cystitis, fibromyomas, as well as bacterial infections.
3. Berries will be useful in the treatment of mastopathy: fresh fruit puree is spread on a cloth and applied to a sore spot in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe mammary gland. The compress is left for 2 hours. Such berry compresses are an additional remedy to the main treatment prescribed by the doctor.
4. The beneficial properties of the juice of berries mixed with honey are the prevention of the development of breast cancer for women.
5. Juices, infusions, fruit drinks from viburnum berries will help strengthen the immune system - the funds are shown to women in order to prevent viral, bacterial and fungal infections.
6. Eating fruits will increase stress resistance, improve sleep, and prevent headaches. Ripe berries during menopause will be a good support for women.

And of course, the fruits of the plant are useful for women to preserve beauty. The unique properties of berries will not allow premature wrinkles to appear, strengthen nails and hair. Berries can be used for cosmetic purposes, tonic and nourishing masks are prepared from them for different skin types.

Harm

• Berries and all parts of the plant should not be consumed during pregnancy, with thrombophlebitis.
• Kidney stones will aggravate the condition, so the berries are categorically contraindicated.
• Low blood pressure, gout, arthritis, and increased stomach acid.

All these conditions in which viburnum vulgaris is a prohibited product for women.

What is useful viburnum for men

The frantic pace of life absorbs modern men. Unhealthy food, bad habits and a frivolous attitude towards one's health all lead to sad consequences - a sick heart and liver, high blood pressure, nervousness, and sexual problems.

Of course, the best thing would be - proper nutrition and a clear daily routine. But few of the stronger sex care about it.

Today in the arsenal of pharmacology there is a sufficient range of complexes that prevent the development of heart diseases. For men who want to support themselves, a unique plant is suitable - viburnum vulgaris, because its composition contains just those substances that will help improve and maintain the physical condition of the body.

• Strengthen immunity and potency.
• Normalize the work of the heart, stabilize blood pressure.
• Eliminate chronic fatigue syndrome.

Kalina red is a general tonic natural remedy, and even if a man leads a healthy lifestyle, then you should not forget about the environmental problems of our regions. This berry is a lifesaver for residents of megacities.

Again, remember the contraindications, if there are alarming symptoms, the first thing we do is go to the doctor.

How to prepare viburnum juice

Red viburnum juice is an ideal supply of vitamins for the winter. The berry helps to cope with viruses and colds. Viburnum juice is used for coughing, hypertension, and of course for preventive purposes.

A little advice: before making juice from a berry, you need to freeze the viburnum, this is done, no matter what the juice is bitter. The second option to get rid of bitterness in berries is to blanch them in boiling water for 5 minutes.

Viburnum juice for the winter without cooking

Without heat treatment, viburnum juice will retain all its beneficial substances.

• Take viburnum berries - 1 kg.
• Sugar sand - 200 gr.

How to cook:

1. Viburnum berries are sorted, washed and ground in a wooden bowl (for example, in a mortar). Spread the prepared berries on gauze and squeeze, thus removing the grains of the berries.
2. Sugar is added to the resulting pulp and mixed. It is necessary to leave the mixture for a while, for complete dissolution of sugar, then mix again. Viburnum juice is thick, as it is with pulp.
3. Berry juice is poured into sterilized jars. Rolled cans of viburnum juice are best stored in a dark, cool place, such as a cellar. If the jars are not rolled up, but simply closed with lids, then a refrigerator is suitable for storage.

Useful recipes with viburnum

No matter how strange it may sound, the use of fresh viburnum berries is not always as effective as possible in the treatment of certain diseases. Often, the properties of red viburnum are revealed in the preparation of infusions, folk remedies.

Important factors in the preparation of infusions and decoctions from viburnum:

1. Berries are harvested only in overripe form due to the maximum content of medicinal components in them.
2. You can not boil the berries for more than 30 minutes in a steam bath, and also clean out the seeds before preparing potions in any recipes. This reduces the healing effect.
3. Decoctions from dried viburnum will best retain their medicinal properties in a thermos.

Fruit drinks from viburnum

Prescription drugs for high blood pressure:

• Take 100 gr. fresh or frozen viburnum berries 500 ml. hot water.
• Pour the berries and keep in a water bath for 15 minutes.
• Cool, strain, add sugar
• Take a decoction of berries 5 times a day, 50 gr.

Morse from viburnum berries with honey for hypertension:

• 4 tbsp. l. ceiling viburnum, add 500 ml. a little warm boiled water.
• Keep in a water bath for 25 minutes.
• Cool, strain. Add honey - 5 tbsp. l., cinnamon - 1 tsp.
• Heat again in a water bath until honey dissolves.
• Therapeutic juice drink 3 times a day for 70-80 ml. - 1 month.

A decoction of the bark

Viburnum bark is a good prophylactic in the treatment of cardiac diseases:

• Take 2 tbsp. l. bark and pour a glass of boiling water, keep on low heat for 10 minutes.
• Infuse - 15 minutes, then strain.
• To the broth add 8-10 drops, 1 tbsp. l. honey, stir.
• Drink a decoction of half a glass for 30 minutes. before meals.

Soothing infusion with viburnum bark, useful for hypertension:

• Grind 2-3 tbsp. l. bark and pour a glass of cool boiled water.
• Insist 10 hours, strain.
• Squeeze out the remnants of raw materials, bring the infusion to the initial volume with boiled water. Drink little by little (sips) throughout the day.
• Infusion of the bark take 1 tbsp. l., after eating after 30 minutes.

Recipes from viburnum for stomach disease

Option 1:

• Take 1 kg of berries, squeeze out the juice and pour into a glass bowl.
• Pour the berries with cold water - 1 cup, add sugar - 200 gr., Bring to a boil.
• Boil the berries over low heat for 10 minutes. Cool, strain, move with juice.
• Drink a useful decoction of viburnum before meals, for half an hour - 2-3 tbsp. l. Take 2-3 times a day. Store in a cool place (refrigerator), remembering to slightly warm before taking.

Option 2:

• Take grated fresh berries - 2-3 tbsp. l., or crushed dried.
• Pour the berries with cool boiled water. Leave to infuse overnight.
• Strain. Take before meals for half an hour for 2-3 tbsp. l., 2-3 times a day.

Recipes for liver disease

• Grind fresh viburnum berries - 60-70 gr.
• Melt honey in a water bath, add grated viburnum.
• Insist 5 hours.
• Drink infusion with berries for 1 tbsp. l. 3 times a day, half an hour before meals.

Cholagogue recipe with viburnum:

• You need to mix 1 tbsp. l. fresh grated or dried viburnum berries with the same amount of birch buds and peppermint.
• 1 st. l. mix herbs pour a glass of cool water, leave to infuse for 30 minutes.
• Infusion take 3-4 times a day after meals, 1 tbsp. l.

Also, with liver diseases, herbal preparations with viburnum will be useful. The recipe is useful for cleansing the liver and blood, it is designed for 1 course. After application, take a break for 1 week, then the course can be repeated.

• Take everything in 50 gr.: Dried viburnum berries, chamomile, stinging nettle, birch buds, tripartite succession, perforated St. John's wort, chopped wild rose.
• The infusion is best prepared in the evening: 1.5 tbsp. l. a mixture of herbs should be poured for 1-1.5 hours in a thermos with 2 cups of boiling water. Then strain.
• Drink 1 glass of infusion with honey before going to bed, 1 hour before bed. In the morning you need to drink a second glass slightly warmed up, 30 minutes before breakfast.

For kidney disease

• Viburnum juice 100g. mix with 1 tbsp. l. honey.
• Take 1 tbsp. l. mint and horsetail, pour herbs with 1 cup boiling water, leave for 15-20 minutes, strain.
• Mix the infusion of herbs with a mixture of viburnum juice and honey.
• Take a drink throughout the day, after meals.

Cleansing fee:

• Take 1 tbsp. l. dried viburnum berries and the same amount of birch buds.
• Pour boiling water (1 cup), for 30 minutes.
• Take a warm infusion 2-3 times a day after 15 minutes. after meal.

For respiratory diseases

During a cold, cough or bronchitis, viburnum berries are used as an antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory agent. For such recipes, viburnum juice is best suited, the benefits of which are simply invaluable due to its vitamin composition.

• Melt half a glass of honey in a water bath.
• Mix with viburnum juice in the amount of 2 tbsp. l.
• Drink with pneumonia and bronchitis 5-6 times a day, 1 tbsp. l.

With herbal tea for the treatment of bronchitis, pneumonia, cough:

• All for 1 tbsp. l .: viburnum bark, black flowers, coltsfoot, highlander bird.
• Pour the collection with 2 cups of boiling water, cover with a warm blanket, leave for half an hour.
• Strain and drink 3-4 times a day for 0.5 cups after meals.

Herbal collection for acute respiratory infections:

• Take all 1 tbsp. l .: viburnum bark, thyme, chamomile, mint.
• Pour the collection with 1 cup of boiling water, bring to a boil over low heat and boil for a couple of minutes, cool, strain.
• Prepare juice from aloe leaves (1.2 pcs.) and add to the broth, pour the mixture into a glass container.
• Before each reception, warm up a little and add 1-2 tsp. viburnum juice.
• Drink a decoction 2-3 times a day, before meals, for half an hour.

Hello, friends. We are getting closer to the cold winter, and more and more we want to stock up on real, not purchased vitamins, which would not only strengthen the body, but also relieve various ailments. It is to these that the beautiful viburnum belongs. Today, my story is about the native viburnum berry, its useful, medicinal properties, contraindications for use and recipes for the treatment of various ailments.

Royal berry for our health

Kalina has long been growing next to a person. This is one of the sacred plants of the ancient Slavs, the personification of the feminine. In the Slavic tradition, viburnum with its red berries is a symbol of Kolyada. And it's not about Christmas carols. Kolyada is a pagan Slavic holiday of the winter solstice. It was dedicated to Dazhdbog, and viburnum berries burn on white snow, like a “red sun”.

Nature, which created viburnum, has something to be proud of. All parts of the plant are medicinal raw materials, including the seeds of berries and roots. A small flowering shrub that easily tolerates drought, frost and is not demanding on the soil. Kalina grows even in a swamp! Therefore, it is often used as a soil protection plant. Berries, bark and leaves are used to dye wool. Kalina is an excellent honey plant, which, moreover, is widely used in cooking.

Kalina has long been introduced into culture, there are a lot of varieties that are distinguished by large berries, early ripening, and greater decorativeness during flowering. But as a medicine, it is better, after all, to use ordinary viburnum, time-tested.

Viburnum berries, medicinal properties and contraindications

The benefits of viburnum for the body cannot be overestimated. For treatment, everything that this plant gives is used. Bark, berries, twigs, root, leaves and even seeds. Viburnum bitterness, and that's good! It is thanks to her that red berries are so useful for diabetes and heart disease.

Medicinal properties of viburnum, its use in folk medicine in brief:

• viburnum bark - a general tonic;
• berries - diaphoretic and antitussive;
• flowers - effective for skin diseases;
• root - an effective remedy for digestive disorders;
• viburnum seeds - strengthen the cardiovascular system, tone up, can be used as a coffee substitute;
• leaves - a remedy for furunculosis and skin rashes;
• viburnum juice - improves immunity, stimulates the endocrine system, is used as a sedative and anti-allergic agent.

Kalina is very useful for colds - this is the first vitamin anti-inflammatory agent. Healing berries also help reduce blood pressure and are a natural cure for hypertensive patients. But the great power of the plant does not end there. The viburnum berry also has a lot of useful properties, and folk recipes for treatment will be proof of this.

For which diseases is viburnum most effective for treatment:

• arthritis, arthrosis, joint diseases;
• goiter, endocrine disorders;
• female inflammatory diseases;
• diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and the cardiovascular system;
• hemorrhoids, polyps;
• varicose veins (externally);
• eczema, dermatitis;
• eye diseases, including diplopia (bifurcation of objects);
• enuresis;
• colds, coughs, acute respiratory infections and SARS.

Contraindications

Despite such an impressive list of medicinal properties, viburnum has contraindications for use, which people often do not take into account, taking decoctions and infusions without measure. Any medicinal plant should be used with caution, listening to the slightest signals of your body.

Contraindications to the use of viburnum:

• pregnancy;
• hypotension;
• kidney disease;
• increased blood clotting and thrombophlebitis;
• gout;
• uncontrolled use of viburnum is dangerous due to the high content of ascorbic acid.

Traditional medicine recipes

The medicinal properties of viburnum fruits have long been known. Fresh berries are a natural mild laxative, and viburnum tea from dried fruits will help to cope with dysbacteriosis. And also viburnum is a well-known high-pressure healer:

♦ To fight coronary heart disease and arrhythmia, you need to take three glasses of fruit and crush them. After placing the mixture in a three-liter jar, pour two liters of boiling water and close with a plastic lid. The infusion should be left for six hours, then strain and add a half-liter jar of good honey to the broth. You need to take a third of a glass three times a day before meals. The course of treatment lasts a month, then take a ten-day break

♦ Polyps in the stomach. You need to eat a bunch of berries of the plant every day. We dissolve each berry for fifteen minutes. Take until complete recovery.

♦ Prevention of hypertensive crisis. You need to take a glass of fruits and pour them with a liter of hot water. Boil for ten minutes and strain, adding three tablespoons of honey to the mixture. Drink half a glass three times a day.

♦ With cardiovascular diseases. It is necessary to take one tablespoon of viburnum, hawthorn and wild rose. Pour the mixture with a glass of water and boil for five minutes, then leave for an hour. Strain and drink in the morning every other day. It is better to apply ten days before winter and spring, in the same period.

♦ With inflammation of the eyelids. We take the berries of the plant and apply morning and evening to the eyelids. After that, you need to wash off the remnants of the plant with potato juice. Soon the inflammation will disappear.

Viburnum juice, useful and priceless

Viburnum juice is universal. It contains more than twenty trace elements, among which the most valuable for humans are selenium, potassium and iron. In addition, the juice is saturated with vitamins, among them - group B, vitamin C and P, a large amount of natural sugars. The rich composition is an excellent foundation for using the beneficial properties of viburnum juice in the treatment of many diseases.

With hypertension, weakness and general malaise, a tonic drink is useful.

• Take two glasses of viburnum berry juice, fifty grams of dried calendula, a glass of honey and three liters of water. First you need to boil the calendula for five minutes, then leave to infuse for twelve hours. Next, you need to strain the infusion, add viburnum juice and honey, mix thoroughly. The drink is rich in vitamins and is useful for hypertensive patients, as it stabilizes blood pressure.

The beneficial properties of viburnum juice are also manifested in the treatment of bronchitis, colds, and coughs. Also, with chronic non-closure of the ligaments and hoarseness of the voice, it helps to restore its depth and purity.

• Mix two tablespoons of juice with one spoon of honey, dissolve in lung tea (one third of a glass) and take before meals. Do this up to five times a day.

♦ To treat a runny nose, you need to take the juice of the plant and bury it in your nose. You need to drip no more than four drops in the morning and evening.

♦ Viburnum juice will be useful for skin problems, rashes, abscesses, boils, if taken with water (1-2 tablespoons per third of a glass of water) three to four times a day for one to two months.

Juice is prepared from fresh, clean sorted berries. They are best harvested after the first frost. Prepared berries are blanched and crushed with a press. The resulting puree is mixed with sugar in a ratio of 1:0.5. The mixture is brought to a boil and rolled into a sterile container.

Juice is usually used:

• As a tonic after surgery, chemotherapy and radiation sickness.
• As a sedative for nervous excitement and hysterical conditions.
• As a means of minimizing the manifestations of menopause.
• For the treatment of edema.
• To reduce pressure
• It can be used for skin whitening and as an acne treatment.

Vodka or cognac tincture

It has long been customary among the people to insist medicinal raw materials on alcohol, cognac or vodka. Kalina is no exception, and for more than a hundred years, alcoholic extracts have been allowing treatment all year round. Useful properties of viburnum tincture on vodka, alcohol or cognac are diverse. But mainly the tincture is used as a pressure-reducing medicine.

How to cook

To prepare this dosage form, you will need 500 ml of alcohol (vodka, alcohol or cognac) and 500 g of berries. You should know that the tincture involves the use of exclusively ripe berries. Drying fruits in the oven is allowed. Then both components are mixed, and the dishes are removed in a dark place, where they are infused for a month. Then the tincture is filtered and poured into clean dishes. It is not recommended to change the proportions, since with an increase in the proportion of berries, the tincture acquires an unpleasant taste and smell. Take the drug in a tablespoon during or after meals three times a day.

Cognac-honey tincture with viburnum against pressure

It has many positive reviews from hypertensive patients. This medicine is taken in a tablespoon with meals. In this case, in addition to cognac and viburnum, honey is added to the recipe. The proportion is kept 1:1:1.

Kalina with honey, useful properties and contraindications

Fresh viburnum berries are very useful, but a mixture of viburnum and honey has even better healing capabilities. It is used to treat colds, hypertension, as a multivitamin tonic. The beneficial properties of viburnum with honey have been tested by more than one generation of people. It is an expectorant and immunostimulant that also improves immunity and strengthens the heart.

♦ The heart is soothed by a mixture of crushed berries of the plant and honey 1:1. You need to take three times a day for a tablespoon.

♦ Recipe for viburnum with honey for pressure. It is necessary to take the berries of the plant and rinse with hot water, then pass through a meat grinder. In the resulting mixture, add honey in proportions one to one and mix thoroughly. The mixture should be stored in the refrigerator and drink a tablespoon twice a day.

♦ For heart pains, it is necessary to take five hundred grams of viburnum fruits and the same amount of hawthorn fruits. We also add a kilogram of honey and thirty grams of grated propolis to the mixture. Stir well and add two or three apples, which need to be finely chopped. It is better to take the Antonovka variety. Drink one tablespoon three times a day. In this recipe, contraindications, namely, hypertension, can interfere with the use of the beneficial properties of viburnum with honey, since both viburnum and hawthorn lower blood pressure.

The healing mixture will also help with such a delicate problem as hemorrhoids.

• Hemorrhoidal bumps can be cured by applying gruel from the berries of the plant with honey to them. The procedure is best done at night.

Also, viburnum with honey will help get rid of tinnitus and headaches.

• To do this, you can put small linen bags filled with a mixture of berries and honey into your ears. Treatment should be continued until complete recovery.

It is good to mix not only berries, but also strained viburnum juice with honey.

• Arthrosis. In the morning on an empty stomach, you need to drink one tablespoon of plant juice with honey, which must be diluted in a glass of water. A mixture of juice and honey can be prepared in the fall by passing the berries of the plant through a sieve and mixing the resulting liquid in half with honey.
• With hemorrhagic vasculitis, you need to mix equal amounts of viburnum berry juice, carrot juice and honey. Take a third cup three times a day.

A complex recipe for a mixture for the treatment of toxic goiter

• Diffuse toxic goiter. You need to take half a liter of viburnum juice, three hundred and fifty grams of lemon pulp, two hundred milliliters of medical alcohol, two hundred and fifty grams of aloe and one hundred and fifty grams of honey. An aloe plant should be taken no more than five years old, and do not water five days before cutting. After cutting, the leaves must be sent to the refrigerator for seven days. Next, you need to cut the lemons and pull out the seeds from them, and pass the pulp itself through a meat grinder. Everything must be mixed in a separate container. Infuse the mixture in a dark bottle in a cool and dark room for a week. Every day, the mixture should be shaken, and after the expiration date, take one tablespoon three times a day one hour before meals. The course of treatment is carried out until the entire tincture is over and, if necessary, repeat it again.

You can cook viburnum in honey. This method involves the following, viburnum clusters are dipped in heated honey, and then dried in the oven. Such blanks can be stored all winter.

Despite its beneficial properties, viburnum with honey is contraindicated for people with high blood pressure, thrombophlebitis and those who are allergic to bee products.

Viburnum opulus for women

Different parts of the plant successfully treat inflammatory diseases of the female genital area.

There is a simple recipe for cycle normalization using crushed viburnum bark.

• You need to take 4 teaspoons of chopped bark, pour a glass of water and keep on fire for half an hour. After, strain still hot and bring boiled water to the original volume. Take 1 tbsp. 3 times a day.

The beneficial properties of viburnum berries are used in recipes for the treatment of erosion and mastitis.

• For the treatment of cervical erosion, you need to mix gruel from viburnum berries with gruel from onions. With this mixture, make tampons ten times, every other day, for example, on even numbers. For odd numbers, use sea buckthorn oil for tampons.
• Purulent mastitis. We take three or four tablespoons of viburnum berries and pour half a liter of boiling water. The broth should be boiled for twenty minutes, then take two hundred and fifty milliliters in small sips twice a day.

♦ Masks from viburnum berries perfectly remove brown spots on the face that occur during pregnancy.

From the beneficial properties of viburnum for women, let's move on to contraindications. The plant should not be used during pregnancy. Viburnum phytoestrogens can provoke fetal pathology and lead to premature birth.

Bones of viburnum, benefits and harms

♦ Viburnum seeds are a powerful antioxidant. They are rich in essential oils and vitamins of the PP group. The benefits of viburnum seeds are obvious, and the harm from them is the same as from the use of viburnum in general.

♦ Bones are useful for heart problems and help with colds.

♦ Swallowing the seeds is useful, as they cleanse the body of toxins, promote the removal of stones from the kidneys and gallbladder.

♦ A decoction of viburnum seeds will cope with a headache and reduce overall fatigue.

♦ Dried and ground seeds can be used to prepare a tonic drink that stimulates intestinal motility.

Bones of viburnum bring not only benefits, but also harm. Like any drug, they should not be taken thoughtlessly. They are contraindicated in thrombophlebitis, pregnancy, exacerbation of stomach ulcers. Under reduced pressure, this drug should be used with caution.

Viburnum for colds, flu and coughs

For colds, viburnum often acts as an additional element in the treatment. For example, when coughing, after the patient is rubbed with pork fat in combination with pine oil, it is good to drink tea with honey, viburnum and lemon. Kalina for colds, coughs and flu mobilizes the body's defenses, helps to quickly cope with the infection.

♦ For colds, take one tablespoon of plant flowers and brew in a glass of boiling water. We insist about ten minutes, and add a little juice from the fruit and honey. Drink three to four glasses a day.

♦ With angina, take the berries of the plant and pour them with a liter of boiling water. Boil on low heat for at least fifteen minutes. Strain the whole broth, and squeeze the berries. After that, the entire volume must be brought back to a liter and add two tablespoons of honey to it. You need to drink during the day, preferably every hour in small portions. Relief should come in a day.

Kalina with sugar: how to make and what is useful in it

The medicinal properties of viburnum are preserved in fermented berries. If you mix them with sugar, you get a wonderful expectorant that mobilizes the body to fight a cold. Also, this mixture will significantly reduce the pressure.

• Sprinkle fresh berries of the plant with sugar and leave to brew for a while. Take one tablespoon three times a day.

The taste of such a berry is specific, so to speak "for an amateur." But this does not reduce the beneficial properties of viburnum with sugar. In this form, the berry becomes a plant biostimulant. All useful substances are preserved in the fruits.

How to prepare for the winter

Preparing a healing mixture is extremely simple. Viburnum and sugar are taken in equal proportions and ground with a meat grinder, blender or manually with a wooden pusher. That's all! The finished product is laid out in a glass container, preferably a small volume, the puree is sprinkled with a layer of sugar on top to prevent molding, and closed with lids. Store mashed viburnum in the refrigerator or on the balcony.

Viburnum bark, medicinal properties

Red viburnum is an amazing plant. Even its bark has medicinal properties. It is harvested in the spring and is traditionally used as an astringent and hemostatic agent. It is able to soothe pain, stop the development of fever.

♦ From neuroses and insomnia, you need to take one teaspoon of the crushed bark of the plant and pour it with a glass of boiling water, sending it to the fire for half an hour. Drink a tablespoon three times a day half an hour before meals.

♦ The medicinal properties of the bark of viburnum are also manifested when used externally. Steamed or fresh bark can be used as a basis for compresses and lotions, you can make baths with excessive sweating of the legs.

♦ Cramps and tension in the legs will be able to remove the decoction of viburnum root. To do this, a tablespoon of crushed root is poured into 250 m of water and boiled for 15 minutes over low heat. A third of a glass is taken three times a day, before meals.

♦ For the treatment of enuresis, it is necessary to take fifteen roots of a plant no more than ten centimeters long. Wash the roots in cold water and dry, then send them to an enamel bowl. Pour the roots with two liters of water and simmer for about forty minutes in a water bath. Infuse for an hour and drink warm half a glass three times a day. Small branches of viburnum can also be used. They are crushed and poured with boiling water. Let it brew (about an hour and a half), filter, add 2 tsp. honey and take before meals. By the way, this is a very economical way to use medical material. Sprigs can be poured with boiling water more than once, kneading them each time.

♦ Babies can be bathed in a decoction of viburnum twigs, eliminating the manifestations of allergies.

Folk amulet

Since ancient times in Rus', viburnum was considered a special tree-amulet. A beautiful bush was compared with girlish beauty, female fidelity and a happy family life. No wonder the housewives tried to put several branches of blooming viburnum in each hut. It was believed that its fragrant color attracts love, which means it will increase the husband's attention to his wife. In such a simple way, our great-grandmothers tried to strengthen family ties or improve relations with their spouse after a quarrel.

The guys who were tired of walking in bachelors, clung to the cap a small bunch of ripe viburnum berries, thereby letting girls and young women know that their heart was free for a serious relationship.

Kalina protected the house from the "evil" eye and damage, unkind thoughts and black envy of neighbors. Quite often, it "bloomed" on homespun towels and tablecloths, embroidered by the hostess's caring hand. Such patterned panels were hung in a conspicuous place - in the "red" corner, above the front door, above the windows, as if creating a barrier to enter the house of various evil spirits.

The wedding loaf was also often decorated with viburnum, which symbolized love and harmony. The people correctly noticed, because even the bones of the viburnum berry resemble a heart in shape. And if a girl was noticed in infidelity to her beloved, they tried to hint to him “that his viburnum is fading” or “it’s leaning towards the wrong oak.” The Slavic people are wise, in such sensitive issues, ordinary villagers found a way to react subtly.

Conclusion

Not everyone likes the specific smell and taste of this berry. Yes, the plant is clearly not for gourmets. But you must admit that the useful and medicinal properties of viburnum, the abundance of treatment recipes and a minimum of contraindications make these fruits truly unique. Remember, dear readers, that the benefits of viburnum for the body are obvious, especially during the season of viruses and colds. Do not pass by bright red berries - try to prepare a prophylactic vitamin drink, and the health of the whole family will be your reward.

All health!

With love, Irina Lirnetskaya

Viburnum ordinary, or viburnum red (lat. Viburnum opulus)- a very useful perennial plant belonging to the family Adoxaceae (Adoxaceae).

Viburnum is distributed throughout Europe, in the Caucasus, in Asia Minor and Central Asia, Siberia, and North Africa. As a medicinal plant, viburnum has been known since the 14th century. On the territory of the post-Soviet space, viburnum was introduced into cultivation in 1974. This medicinal plant can also be found in the form of artificial plantings far in the north of Russia - on the Solovetsky Islands, in Arkhangelsk, Kotlas, Ussuriysk, Solikamsk.

Viburnum ordinary (red) It is a shrub (rarely trees) 1.5 to 4 m high with grayish-brown bark. Leaves 5–10 cm long, dark green above, grayish green below, 3–5 lobed, slightly wrinkled. The flowers are white or white-pink, collected in inflorescences similar to an umbrella, with the marginal ones 4-5 times larger than the inner ones and sterile, and the middle ones - small, on very short pedicels, fruiting. Viburnum fruits are oval or spherical red drupes with a large flattened stone, juicy, with a bitter astringent taste.
Viburnum blooms in late May - early June, and the fruits ripen in August - September.

Chemical composition

By the way, there is more vitamin C (ascorbic acid) in viburnum berries (up to 70%) than in citrus plants.

So, as we can see, all parts of viburnum are rich in useful substances, thanks to which the proverb was born among the people: “Whoever is friendly with viburnum, he doesn’t need a doctor!”.

In medicine, viburnum is used for many diseases, for example:

In addition, viburnum has the following properties:

- reduces the level of cholesterol in the blood;
- stimulates sputum discharge and softens with;
- increases the tone of the muscles of the uterus;
- promotes the removal of excess fluid (as a diuretic), and reduces edema of cardiac and renal origin, disorders of water-salt metabolism;
- stimulates the production of bile in diseases: liver, gallbladder and biliary tract, cholangitis;
- gives the body a powerful tonic and immunostimulating effect;
- Vitaminizes and tones the body.

Back in the 16th century, viburnum was used as a diuretic, wound healing agent, had an astringent and tonic effect that improved cardiac activity.

According to popular belief, there is not a single disease in which viburnum would not help.

Harm viburnum

In addition to useful properties, viburnum can also harm the body, for example:
- Due to the high content of vitamin C, with an overdose of viburnum, a rash may appear on the body;

- Some varieties of viburnum, the berries of which are not red, can be poisonous. This type of viburnum, black, grows in the Caucasus;

- with the individual characteristics of the body, the bitterness of viburnum can cause;

Also, red viburnum can be harmful if you do not take into account contraindications to its use.

Contraindications to taking viburnum

Kalina should not be taken with:

- increased blood clotting;
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- increased acidity of gastric juice.

Infusion of viburnum bark. Take 10 g of bark and pour 1 cup of boiling water. Let it brew for 90 minutes. Take an infusion of 1 tbsp. spoon 4 times a day.

Infusion of viburnum. 2 tbsp. grind spoons of viburnum fruit, and pour hot water. Boil on low heat for 15 minutes, cool, strain and squeeze. Take 1/3 cup 3 times a day before meals.

Traditional medicine praises viburnum. It is considered an elixir of vitality and health. The healing possibilities of the shrub are almost limitless. However, let us turn into skeptics. Consider useful properties and contraindications of viburnum red as a combination of qualities of a single whole. It's no secret that what helps one person can cause irreparable harm to another.

Kalina red: useful properties

In various parts of the plant are concentrated:

• carotene and ascorbic acid, which stimulates the immune system;
• vitamin K, involved in the formation of platelets;
• higher fatty acids responsible for metabolism;
• tannins and phytoncides with antimicrobial action;
• pectins that bind and neutralize toxins;
• phytosterols, which reduce the concentration of bad cholesterol and reduce the risk of atherosclerosis

Back in Soviet times, experiments were carried out in the laboratory of the Research Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (formerly VILR, and now VILAR) with the participation of preparations based on viburnum.

And here's what they showed:

• decoction and infusion of the bark of the plant stimulate the formation of platelets, and reduce blood loss from various kinds of injuries and internal bleeding;
• the ability to stop blood loss was also found in preparations made from flowers and foliage;
• a decoction of the bark tones the muscles of the uterus, facilitates the course of painful menstruation;
• pomace from the fruit stimulates the formation and outflow of urine, restores electrolyte balance, dilates blood vessels, increases heart contractions, lowers blood pressure;
• infusion of flowers and foliage inhibits the vital activity of staphylococci and other pathogenic and conditionally pathogenic microflora that causes skin diseases; lotions successfully extinguish the symptoms of furunculosis, eczema, ulcers, diathesis, hemorrhoids, ringworm and keratosis;
• the bark and flowers of the shrub are suitable for the prevention of seizures;
• an infusion of the bark can be used to suppress the symptoms of an irritable stomach; tannins bind and compact proteins on the surface of the mucosa, form a protective film that inhibits the inflammatory reaction;
• shrub berries have a sedative effect, calm the nervous system, stimulate the immune system to fight colds, relax smooth muscles, reduce the severity of pain;
• with prolonged use, the fruits reduce the level of cholesterol in the blood, promote the elimination of toxins, restore cardiac function;
• all parts of the plant are used to treat foot and mouth disease in farm animals.

In folk medicine, viburnum is considered an effective external remedy. From different parts of the shrub, infusions are prepared for gargling, washing wounds, whitening the skin, removing age spots, blackheads and other rashes.

Kalina is widely used to treat internal diseases and conditions. It is considered a good anthelmintic, diaphoretic, choleretic, laxative and antitussive.

It is used to treat women's diseases, diseases of the stomach and biliary tract. It is used as a vitamin stimulant, analgesic and anti-inflammatory.

Kalina red from pressure

The berries of red viburnum or common viburnum are good for the heart. The fruits contained a mixture of seven plant hydrocarbons - iridoids, which was initially taken as a single complex substance - viburnin.

The bitter taste of berries is the “merit” of those same iridoids. But this small drawback pales in comparison to the benefits that viburnin can bring.

The mixture of hydrocarbons energizes the heart. It improves the conductivity of electrical impulses. The force of contractions increases, the vessels dilate, and the pressure decreases.

Phytosterols are also involved in setting up cardiac activity, which do not allow excess cholesterol to be deposited on the walls of blood vessels. The use of an infusion of the bark has a clear anti-atherosclerotic effect. It is prescribed as an antihypertensive (lowering blood pressure) agent for hypertension.

Kalina for women

Viburnum bark stops uterine bleeding, regardless of the nature of their origin. Whether it is a natural reaction after childbirth or a consequence of any gynecological disease.

A decoction of the bark of young branches is a natural antispasmodic for painful periods. It is effective for heavy menstruation and is able to regulate the cycle.

The plant is rich in plant precursors of sex hormones. It facilitates the course of menopause. Kalina acts on two fronts at once: it eliminates the emotional component, calms the nerves and improves sleep, and also smoothes out the main physical symptoms.

Benefits for children

Children are treated with decoctions of bark and berries, as well as infusions of flowers. Medicinal pomace is used as external and internal means.

Infusion of flowers moisten dermatitis, diathesis. A decoction is used to treat the throat with angina. With tonsillitis, the nose is washed.

Berry decoction with honey is a strong immunostimulating agent. The drink contains many trace elements that help the body cope with the effects of a cold.

An infusion of flowers helps to expel phlegm. Serves as a remedy for getting rid of a painful cough, including those provoked by whooping cough.

Red viburnum juice

Viburnum juice is the most concentrated remedy with a high antiseptic and anti-inflammatory potential. It is made from freshly picked berries. The fruits are removed from the branches after the first frost. They are sorted, washed, crushed with a wooden pusher and passed through a sieve.

Juice relieves runny nose and nasal congestion. It needs to be dripped until complete recovery, 3-4 drops in each nasal passage up to two times a day.

Fresh pomace from the fruit, when taken orally, improves the circulation of bile. Treatment of cholangitis (inflammatory disease of the bile ducts) is carried out in three stages.

In the first week, three times a day, half an hour before meals, you need to drink a third of a glass of water mixed with one tablespoon of viburnum juice. In the second week, two are added to the water, and in the third week - three tablespoons of fresh fruit pomace. In the last week, the mixture is taken four times a day.

For the treatment of acne, boils, eczema, dermatitis, a fresh lotion is prepared. In a glass of clean filtered water, dissolve two tablespoons of pressed fruit juice. Problem areas are wiped with lotion three times a day for a month.

Viburnum tea is prepared from fresh or defrosted berries. It is used during a cold. The drink is rich in vitamin C, which holds back the onslaught of infection, speeds up recovery, protects cells from viruses, thins the blood, stimulates metabolism and removes harmful substances from the body.

Viburnum tea is a source of phytoncides, herbal antiseptics. It doesn't just work from within. The infusion soothes sore throat, relieves redness and inflammation.

The berries are crushed in a glass or enamel bowl. 50 g of ripe, sorted, washed fruits are taken per glass of boiling water. They are crushed with a wooden pusher. Pour boiling water over. Insist under the lid until cool.

The drink is filtered and diluted with honey (to taste). Drink warm as an antipyretic and immunostimulant up to three cups a day.

Red viburnum tincture

The tincture is prepared from fresh young bark. Medicinal raw materials are harvested in early spring before the revival of the kidneys. Thin side branches are cut to a length of 10-25 cm. The bark is removed with a whole tube. The darkened lignified areas are removed and thrown away.

The prepared raw materials are randomly crushed. Pour 40% alcohol in a ratio of 1:1. Within a month insist in a dark place. Taken with inflammation of hemorrhoids, uterine bleeding and high blood pressure, 1-2 tablespoons before meals 2-3 times a day for two or three weeks.

Decoctions

A decoction of flowers is suitable for internal and external use. Regardless of further use, it is prepared in the same way. A spoonful of dry inflorescences is poured into a glass container.

Add a glass of boiling water to it. The mixture is insisted on a water bath for 15-20 minutes. Then cool and filter.

A flower decoction is irrigated with ulcers, cuts, boils, eczema, dermatitis spots and acne up to three times a day until a therapeutic effect is achieved.

Inside take a tablespoon three times a day for depression, hysteria, insomnia, hypertension, colds, stomach ulcers, poor biliary tract, kidney disease, menstrual irregularities.

Berry decoction normalizes blood pressure. It is drunk half a glass three times a day for two to three weeks.

The fruit remedy is prepared in a water bath. A glass of sorted berries is poured into a liter jar. Boiling water is poured almost to the very neck. Simmer over medium heat for 10 minutes. Strain and add water to the original volume.

Bones of viburnum berries

Most of the fatty acids and essential oils are concentrated in the bones. An infusion based on crushed raw materials is used for colds as an antipyretic and anti-inflammatory.

The herbal product strengthens blood vessels, normalizes blood pressure. Promote healing of the intestinal mucosa. Used in the treatment of colitis and constipation.

The infusion is prepared by steaming 10-15 crushed seeds with a glass of boiling water. The medicine is cooled for 30 minutes, filtered and taken two tablespoons before meals up to three times a day until noticeable improvements appear.

Bones are also an excellent tonic. Hardened drupes are ground into powder. Packed in jars and brewed instead of regular coffee.

Contraindications to the use of viburnum are directly related to its beneficial properties. Hypotension patients are not recommended to frequently use any products prepared from this plant, since viburnum can drastically reduce blood pressure.

It can also be unsafe to ingest for people prone to thrombosis. This is due to the fact that any medicinal elixirs, especially those prepared from the bark, increase blood clotting.

Due to the ability to stimulate diuresis, viburnum is contraindicated in people suffering from diseases associated with impaired salt metabolism.

Any folk remedy is good in moderation. People with health problems, in general, are not recommended to self-medicate. Any problems should be solved together with the doctor.

What are the benefits of miracle berries for the skin?

Kalina is able to bring considerable benefits to any type of epidermis. It is rich in vitamins and many trace elements. One small berry is a real treasure for your face. What benefit can this red fruit serve you?

Kalina provides the skin with:

• Nutrition;
• Whitening freckles and age spots;
• Viburnum for a face with a greasy sheen is simply irreplaceable, as it normalizes the work of the sebaceous glands;
• Thanks to vitamin C, the epidermis retains youth, elasticity and firmness;
• Purification and improvement of skin color;
• Getting rid of acne and blackheads;
• Toning.

How to apply viburnum for the face?

This berry can be used in a variety of variations (which we will talk about later), but the most productive and common way to use it is with a viburnum face mask. There are a lot of recipes for masks with berries, but all of them must be applied with clear conditions.

Rules for the use of masks:

• always pre-test the skin on a small area, the product may cause allergies;
• knead the berries thoroughly, discard the seeds and skin;
• be sure to clean your face before applying the product;
• the exposure time of any mask with viburnum fruits is no more than 15 minutes. Rinse off the product with either plain water or a decoction of herbs;
• after removing the mask, apply a nourishing cream.

1. Mask for oily skin type. You will need 50 gr. grated or pureed viburnum and one egg white. Mix the ingredients and simply apply to the skin. For a more visible result, add lemon juice or grated zest to the mixture.
2. Wrinkle mask. Making a viburnum face mask for aging skin is not difficult. Take one spoonful of prepared berries, some quality honey, one egg yolk and a spoonful of olive oil. Mix everything. Apply the mass on the epidermis and wait for the result. This procedure gives an immediate noticeable effect, toning the face.
3. Express - a tool that improves complexion. 50 gr. fruits mixed with 10 gr. fat sour cream. Add a few drops of olive or rose oil. Add a few drops of lemon juice to the mixture and mix thoroughly. Keep the finished product on your face for 15 minutes.
4. Natural moisturizer. Viburnum for the skin of the face is a real savior, making the dry epidermis saturated with moisture and life. Such masks are universal, they can be used by women for any type of skin. 30 gr. rub fruits with 10 gr. glycerin, a spoonful of honey, a spoonful of olive oil and a pinch of flour. Flour is taken not wheat, but oatmeal or rice. Such a mask will saturate you with moisture and even smooth out small wrinkles.
5. Whitening. Viburnum face masks can be great for whitening freckles or reducing pigmentation (when used correctly and regularly). To obtain a natural bleaching agent, mix viburnum and sour cream in a 1: 1 ratio. That's the whole recipe. Simple, isn't it? But this remedy is not only whitening, but also nourishing, toning, moisturizing.
6. Elimination of acne and inflammation. The easiest way to get rid of acne with the use of viburnum fruits is the usual application of a pureed product on the face. Such an elementary mask of viburnum for acne is very effective. When added to egg white puree, you will get additional nutrition and facial hydration.

How else to use viburnum for the skin?

• To prepare the lotion, take a quarter cup of berry juice, 2 yolks, 2 tablespoons of liquid honey, one tablespoon of olive oil, one tablespoon of lemon juice and a spoonful of vodka. Mix everything and send it to the refrigerator, where the product will be stored. This lotion should be wiped on the face daily, then washed off with water.
• Viburnum juice is also used for the face. It is especially good in the form of ice, it is useful to wipe with such cubes in the morning. Fruit juice is good for dry skin, wrinkles and pigmentation. Viburnum for acne in the form of frozen juice is also very effective.

Do not be lazy to collect and harvest miraculous red berries, they can help you in many situations. Kalina in facial cosmetology has long occupied a niche worthy of respect.