In winter, many are looking for a means to fight colds. Some use pharmacy drugs, while others make their choice in favor of natural products. The main berry that fights various infections is viburnum. In addition, a drink from it helps with neurosis, heart disease and helps strengthen immunity. There are a huge number of recipes for making juices, fruit drinks, tinctures. It remains only to choose the appropriate option.
Kissel
To make jelly you will need fresh or frozen viburnum. In addition, such preparations as juice, jelly or syrup can be used. Next you will need sugar, potato starch and purified water. As for the proportions, everyone chooses for himself, because one likes the liquid jelly, the other, on the contrary, is thick and sweet.
Kalina is boiled in water for about five minutes. If juice is used, then it must be infused immediately after boiling, adhering to a proportion of one to two, and then turn off. Berries need to be wiped through a fine sieve. Then sugar is added to the resulting mass. All together is brought to a boil, and then the starch already diluted in cold water is poured. It is important to continuously stir the jelly for three minutes over low heat. Next, the viburnum drink should be closed with a lid so that the film does not form. In addition, you can add a little fresh juice to the ready-made jelly to save maximum vitamins.
Fresh Berry Juice
Juice is the most healthy drink from viburnum. The recipe for its preparation is simple and easy. First, the berries are passed through a juicer. Then sugar is added, about one kilogram of viburnum will require three hundred grams. Then the juice is poured into sterile cans and sent for storage in the refrigerator. If every day before breakfast, mix a teaspoon of the drink with a glass of water and drink, then you can forget about the diseases.
Tea
From viburnum, you can prepare various drinks. The recipes are all good, but tea is a good option for young children and pregnant women. The tool is affordable and simple, helping with colds. Here you need to freeze a few bundles of viburnum, and when brewing tea, put a couple of berries in a cup. In addition, use lemon and honey. The result is a tasty, healthy and aromatic drink.
Morse
As a summer drink, you can use fruit juice from viburnum. It is prepared quickly, enriches the body with vitamins and quenches thirst in the heat well. Berries need to be washed, cleaned of the stalks and core. Then rub a kilogram of viburnum through a sieve or pass it through a blender. Pour the resulting mass with sugar (300 g) and pour two liters of water. Put on fire, and then gradually stir. After boiling, strain the juice from viburnum, set to cool.
Filling
After the first frosts hit, you can already collect viburnum to prepare homemade drinks. One of them is aromatic and strong liquor. For this, the berries must be peeled, washed with cold water, and then put on a towel and dried. Then you need to take a bottle to fill it with berries of viburnum for two-thirds. Then pour everything with strong, purified vodka. We must not forget about sugar - one liter of vodka will take one hundred and fifty grams. For the brightness of the color, you can add raspberry infusion. The cordial should stand for a month in a warm place. For the entire period, it is necessary to periodically shake the bottle so that the drink acquires taste and aroma. After that, the liquid should be separated from the berries, filtered and bottled in beautiful bottles. Such a drink from viburnum retains all its vitamins, so it perfectly helps to strengthen the immune system.
Liquor
To prepare this drink you will need:
- One and a half kilograms of berries of viburnum.
- Sugar - five hundred grams.
- Vodka is one liter.
- A pair of cloves of star anise and one teaspoon of peas.
We clean the berries and put them in a jar. Then we fill everything with sugar, and then leave it for a while. It is necessary that the berries give juice. From time to time, you need to mix the whole mass until the sugar dissolves. Then the resulting juice should be poured into a large bottle, add vodka and put anise with pepper. The remaining berries can be poured again with vodka and give time to brew. It will take about two months, during which the viburnum drink must be constantly stirred. Then pour everything into beautiful bottles and you can treat the guests.
Syrup
To make syrup from viburnum, you will need one liter of juice, two kilograms of sugar and ten grams of citric acid. We mix everything, and then put on fire. The main thing is to warm well, but do not bring to a boil. Then pour the resulting drink into the dishes and close with boiled corks. Store syrup preferably in a cool place.
Ruby drink
If you prepare this infusion, then you can forget about cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, chronic fatigue. To do this, wipe the viburnum, and then pour the boiled water together with the seeds. Then the drink should be infused for a while. As a result, it tastes sour, ruby in color. In addition, sugar, honey, cinnamon can be added to it. Moreover, if you are constantly tormented by headaches, especially in the neck, this remedy will have a quick effect. Also, along with viburnum berries, you can insist rosehip, hawthorn, dried apricots and raisins. All ingredients are taken in equal proportions, and then placed in a thermos and poured with boiling water. You need to insist for about eight hours, and then drink like tea.
With a cold
With the help of viburnum berries, you can create a variety of drinks. Recipes are intended for the treatment of colds, and also help with heart problems, atherosclerosis, psychological disorders and other diseases. True, these berries are often remembered when they catch a cold. For this case, there is a special version of the drink, which helps to recover faster and removes hoarseness. To do this, you will need five hundred grams of viburnum, one teaspoon of mint and the same amount of currant. Grind the leaves, and knead the berries, add two lodges of honey and mix everything. Then warm the mixture well, but do not boil. Then leave to infuse for three hours, after which you can drink a medicinal infusion.