The piggy bank of unique substances is red mountain ash. The beneficial properties and contraindications of such a valuable product have been known to people for a long time.
Therefore, it has found wide application in the field of traditional medicine, pharmacology, cooking and cosmetology. What is the use of red mountain ash? How to harvest it, in what form is it better to use and to whom is the use of its berries contraindicated? This information will allow you to learn more about the value of products that people pass by every day without even realizing their medicinal properties.
Red mountain ash: useful properties and contraindications
The benefits of berries are in a rich composition: vitamins B, C, P, A, organic acids, pectins and essential oils. In addition, tannins, sucrose and glucose, calcium, potassium, copper, zinc, phosphorus, iron and sorbic acid are present in mountain ash . All these components have a beneficial effect on the course of various diseases.
At the same time, red rowan has a detrimental effect on fungi, viruses and bacteria. Useful properties and contraindications of the plant are unequal, since there are several diseases in which it is undesirable to use this product.
But thanks to the healing power, mountain ash can be used as a medicine for almost all diseases. Judge for yourself. The content of beta-carotene and vitamin A provides a beneficial effect on the visual apparatus, as well as on the regeneration of the skin. Thanks to carotenoids, mountain ash is a prophylactic that prevents the development of cancer. Normalize the digestive tract (except constipation) helps sorbitol. Phytoncides fight the causative agents of serious diseases (fungi, staphylococcus, salmonella). The vitamin complex allows you to strengthen not only the immune, but also the nervous system.
As a prevention of insomnia and irritability, it is enough to include decoctions of red mountain ash in your diet. This berry well removes intoxication of the body, as it is endowed with a diaphoretic, choleretic, diuretic effect. Due to these properties, decoctions of berries are used for cystitis, liver and kidney diseases. Normalization of metabolism also refers to the benefits of using this simple plant.
Red mountain ash: contraindications
Against the background of the advantages of this plant, the list of contraindications looks very modest. You can not eat berries with
coronary heart disease, people who have had a heart attack, those who suffer from increased blood coagulation and acidity of the stomach. Pregnant women and young children are also not recommended by doctors to add berries such as red mountain ash to the diet. Useful properties and contraindications, as can be seen, are absolutely incomparable: a huge number of people can cope with their ailments or prevent diseases with the help of these fruits.
Collect only ripened berries that have a rich red color. They can be dried, frozen and stored fresh. Eat compotes and decoctions, jellies or fresh fruits. Choose a method that you like more than others, just do not forget that temperatures above 60 degrees will destroy a huge amount of nutrients.