The amazing properties of viburnum have long been knew and appreciated in Russia. Wedding tables were decorated with bright red berries of a beautiful, spreading shrub, brides gave grooms towels embroidered with an ornament of flowers and leaves of viburnum. She was considered in Russia a symbol of girlish beauty, freshness, innocence.
In the winter, when there was a lack of vitamins, they baked guilder-roses: pies without dough. To do this, mashed berries were placed between cabbage leaves and baked.
Today it is known that the content of vitamin C viburnum far ahead of all other fruits and berries.
Modern official medicine recommends using a decoction from the cortex to stop uterine bleeding, preventing unpleasant sensations associated with menopause, to normalize the menstrual cycle. Viburnum vulgaris bark is recommended for threatened miscarriage.
A broth for such purposes is prepared from a glass of water with 10 grams of dried bark, and they are drunk on a spoon four times a day. In the pharmacy you can buy a liquid extract from the bark, which is taken in 40 drops. The bark produces an antispasmodic, hemostatic, strengthening, calming effect.
Few people know that a thick decoction of viburnum bark helps prevent an unwanted pregnancy.
In medicine, not only bark preparations are common. Viburnum berry is especially appreciated . Its useful properties are so wide that it is difficult to list them in one article.
Most often, at home they make tea or infusion from “red-hot” berries, which helps with colds, sore throats, and lack of vitamins in the body. With this tea, you can gargle, mouth with stomatitis, gingivitis, sore throat or gums.
Fruits are recommended to be picked after the very first light frosts, when they lose bitterness and become tartly sweet. They are brewed like ordinary tea, they are drunk in a slightly heated form.
It has been established that with convulsions, neurosis, and insomnia, the viburnum berry also helps. Useful properties, due to the rich chemical composition of the fruit, help relieve intestinal colic, normalize blood pressure. Viburnum tincture with honey quickly drives off a cold, stops diarrhea, and helps to cure many stomach and intestinal diseases. The viburnum berry, whose useful properties are almost unlimited, helps with sclerosis.
For its prevention, it is enough to drink aromatic tea from berries twice a day.
The fruits of viburnum, aged 6-8 hours in hot honey, will not only help in the prevention of cancer, but will enhance immunity, while also delighting with an original, very pleasant taste.
In cosmetology, berries are used to get rid of acne (acne), acne, premature wrinkles. To get rid of these problems, prescribe tea for oral administration, and externally apply masks from amazing berries.
To soften, cleanse dry skin, you need to dilute viburnum juice (or a decoction of fruits) with the same amount of any honey, cottage cheese, cream, and then apply to the face. Daily use of such a mask will make the skin supple, rejuvenate it.
The viburnum berry, whose beneficial properties are unique, is widely used in cooking. The fruits make delicious desserts that look original, have a sophisticated aftertaste, but at the same time completely preserve all the vitamins and nutrients.
In order to prepare candied viburnum, it is dried well, each berry is rolled in sugar and placed in a jar. When it is full, add sugar so that it covers all the fruits. Berries will retain their color and serve as an excellent decoration for cakes, ice cream, and other desserts.
Viburnum jam is an inexhaustible storehouse of vitamins. And they just cook it. Viburnum berries are blanched for several minutes, and then for 12 hours they are poured with thick sugar syrup. After boiling for 15 minutes, they roll it into cans.
No less tasty and useful tincture, which will serve as a decoration for any table. To do this, washed berries (can be with small branches) are placed in a large container, poured with vodka. Three weeks later, a bright, healthy and tasty drink can be served on the table.
Juice of berries can tint drinks and cereals, add them to compotes or jelly.
Use and seeds of viburnum. They make a drink similar to coffee, which has a mild laxative effect.