Many people know the steppe southern thorny shrub - the turn, famous for its fruits of dark black color with green flesh. All parts of the plant have healing properties useful to humans. Tea brewed from its fragrant flowers is used as a strong laxative. Decoctions made from the roots of thorns help with dental diseases. Drinks brewed from the fruits of a medicinal plant have medicinal and dietary properties. Young wood and shrub bark are used as a diaphoretic as well as an antipyretic.
The healing properties of the turn are manifested due to its rich chemical composition. Glucose and fructose are present in the berries of the shrub. Their composition is rich in fiber, pectin, organic acids, vitamins E, C and group B, as well as nitrogen-containing compounds. The fruits
contain tannins, coumarins, carotene, flavonoids, higher alcohols, fatty oil and catechins. Blackthorn leaves are rich in vitamin E and ascorbic acid, anthocyanins and phenolcarboxylic acids. In the roots of the shrub, coloring and tanning compounds were found. Caution requires handling seeds. They contain the toxic substance glycoside, which releases
hydrocyanic acid.
Shows the turn
useful properties when getting rid of pathologies of the intestines and stomach. It helps with diseases of the liver and kidneys. The use of thorns is recommended for vitamin deficiencies and neuralgia. Reception of a medicinal plant restores disturbed metabolic processes.
It also shows useful properties as an excellent antipyretic and effective diaphoretic. Some medicinal preparations are made on the basis of the healing plant, which make it possible to obtain an expectorant, anti-inflammatory, laxative, antibacterial and diuretic effect. They are designed to provide a relaxing effect on the smooth muscles of the internal organs and reduce the permeability of the walls of blood vessels.
The beneficial properties of the thorns, which are contained in its berries, are used in getting rid of dysentery and nonspecific colitis, toxicoinfections, as well as food poisoning. Juice squeezed from the fruits of a medicinal shrub has an antibacterial effect. It is especially effective in the treatment of giardiasis and other pathologies that are caused by the multiplication of protozoa in the human body. Healing juice is also used to get rid of digestive tract disorders. With diseases of the skin, it is applied in the form of compresses or lotions on the lesions.
It also shows useful properties in the treatment of hypertension. With this pathology, the use of infusion from the flowers of a medicinal shrub is recommended. This drug will help stimulate intestinal motility and have a mild laxative effect. A decoction of blackthorn flowers is recommended for shortness of breath, nausea, neuralgia, prostate adenoma. It is also used as an excellent diaphoretic and expectorant. It helps with furunculosis and purulent diseases of the skin.
Shows the turn useful properties and in getting rid of constipation, which are chronic. To eliminate this pathology, an infusion of shrub leaves is recommended. The same drug helps with inflammation in the mouth, cystitis, nephritis and various dermatological diseases.