Rowan clusters - this is one of the most useful and rich in vitamins and useful microelements component used in the preparation of tinctures and part of folk medicinal collections.
Rowan berries contain amygdalin - a substance that increases the body's resistance to oxygen starvation, contributing to the saturation of cells with oxygen and preventing the process of fat oxidation. Therefore, in traditional medicine, mountain ash is an indispensable tool for the treatment of atherosclerosis.
When to pick mountain ash
It would seem that only ripened fruits have useful properties. If the berries are picked in the fall, they can protect the human body from most diseases, strengthen immunity and stimulate physical activity and brain function. Rowan clusters contain volatile, which have a detrimental effect on parasites such as salmonella, staphylococcus, and mold. But if you take the ripe berries of mountain ash, they will help against diarrhea due to their astringent effect. Therefore, tincture of red mountain ash has always been one of the most common and revered in Russia. This potion for alcohol was considered an effective healing tool. In order to prepare tincture of vodka, it is recommended to take the largest and most juicy berries, so it is better to collect them in late autumn or early winter, when the first frosts make them sweetish in taste.
Recipe for tincture of red mountain ash on alcohol
As mentioned above, picking berries should be done after the first autumn or winter frosts. After that, they need to be separated from the cuttings, washed thoroughly and dried. The raw material from which we will prepare the tincture, you need to fill the bottle 2/3. After rowan berries you need to pour vodka to the top and put in a warm place for at least 20 days for ripening. At the end of the term, the tincture will be a beautiful dark brown color. Next, it must be filtered and bottled. The raw materials that remain can be used again, the second tincture will be equally tasty and no less useful.
Red mountain ash: tincture of flowers
Flowers are no less useful, although they are inferior to fruits in their healing qualities. To prepare this tincture, you need a third of a tablespoon of dried flowers. Raw materials are poured with boiling water (not more than one glass) and boiled for 1-1.5 minutes. Then the tincture is left for one hour, and then filtered. Used broth three times a day for 1/3 cup. It is especially useful for colds, diabetes, goiter, menopause.
Red mountain ash: tincture of leaves
To prepare this medicine, you need to take 1 tablespoon of fresh leaves, grind them in a blender or meat grinder. They do not need to be boiled, just pour 1 cup boiling water and insist under a closed lid in a warm place for 1 hour. Red rowanberry has excellent properties: a tincture of leaves helps well from anemia, vitamin deficiency, scurvy and periodontal disease. It is taken orally and for rinsing the oral cavity.
Healing decoctions of mountain ash
What else is useful red mountain ash? Alcohol tincture is not always allowed, for example, during pregnancy or for children. In such cases, decoctions are prepared and consumed from plant parts such as fruits, leaves or bark.
To prepare a decoction of rowan bark, you need to take about one dessert spoon of raw material, previously chopped, pour 300 ml of water (this is one and a half cups) and boil for about 15 minutes, then insist in a thermos for 6 hours. Strain and drink three tablespoons 2 tablespoons with menopause, atherosclerosis, hypertension.
In the same way, a decoction is prepared from the fruits of mountain ash, but at the rate of one tablespoon of raw materials per 300 ml of water, and boil for 10 minutes is enough. The mixture is infused for only 1 hour, and is taken three times a day before meals with goiter, diabetes, anemia, vitamin deficiency, menopause and after radiation exposure.