For many Slavic peoples, viburnum has long symbolized (and symbolizes) girlish beauty, love and happiness. In pre-Christian times, there were entire ceremonies for the collection of ripe viburnum berries. According to some legends, our ancestors, when the time came when it was time to collect viburnum, waited for the night and made large bonfires near the bushes.
Young men began their dances by the fire, ostensibly in order to distract the attention of evil spirits, who also claimed magic berries. And the girls, meanwhile, came in from the other side and quickly gathered viburnum into bast baskets. In traditional medicine, flowers, bark and berries of
Viburnum vulgaris are still successfully used
. So what are the
benefits of viburnum berries? According to various sources, they include organic acids, pectins,
tannins, tannins, vitamins (A, E, C), as well as a number of minerals: magnesium, potassium, zinc, iron and others. The composition of the berries is also affected by the observance of the timing of when to collect viburnum.
Bush branches can also be dried.
Viburnum (berries): medicinal properties
There is more vitamin C in viburnum than in lemons. So, to raise immunity, berries are successfully used, the medicinal properties of which were known many centuries ago. In most cases, viburnum berries are used for colds. Tea with berries is a diaphoretic; viburnum with honey is used for coughing in children and adults (as an expectorant). It helps to lower the pressure juice of viburnum with sugar. Often enough, one tablespoon of such syrup in the morning and evening for a week to normalize the pressure. Cases of treatment of a number of female diseases with viburnum juice are also known. With a disease such as an ovarian cyst, it is useful to mix freshly squeezed viburnum juice with honey in equal proportions and take it on an empty stomach. You need to start with a teaspoon only in the morning, and then, following a special scheme, increase the dose to a tablespoon in the morning and evening. Note: this treatment is not suitable for everyone.
Women with functional cysts can get rid of their ailment in this way, but if the cyst is of a different origin, then it is better to consult a gynecologist. Viburnum juice has a general strengthening effect on the heart muscle, normalizes the heart rate, thereby relieving tension on the walls of blood vessels. Tea made from berries is used as a diuretic. It also stimulates the secretion of bile, thereby preventing the appearance of polyps and stones. Viburnum tea is also useful for some diseases of the nervous system.
It is impossible to say exactly when to pick viburnum best. This is done from October to December, always in dry weather. When the first frosts come, the berries lose some of their bitterness, but their beneficial properties do not decrease from this.
Recently, there are recommendations in the literature for people with heart diseases. So, alternative medicine doctors advise such patients to eat 5-6 seeds of viburnum berries per day. They assure that it is not for nothing that the viburnum bones have a heart shape.
To use red viburnum in your home medicine cabinet, you should learn how to determine when to pick viburnum best and find the right recipes for you. Only then will the power of the magic berry bring you health.