Chokeberry - a useful berry that is widespread. It has a tart specific taste and pleasant smell. Aronia has useful properties that are used in the treatment of many diseases. Its use must be agreed with a specialist due to contraindications.
The composition of aronia
The fruits can be attributed to the natural complex of multivitamins. Chokeberry has beneficial and medicinal properties. It consists of the following elements:
- vitamins of group B, C, P, E, K and A;
- minerals (iron, iodine, copper, boron, selenium, potassium);
- fructose, glucose and sucrose;
- nicotinic and folic acid;
- pectin and tannins.
Rowan accumulates iodine in berries. They contain 4 times more element than raspberries, gooseberries and strawberries. Amygdalin, coumarin and other substances are present in the pulp.
Healing properties
Rowan berries have many healing properties. This is due to the balanced composition. Chokeberry has contraindications and useful properties. Its main advantages:
- The berry improves the body's resistance and has a strengthening effect.
- The high content of rutin and ascorbic acid prevents capillary fragility and normalizes redox processes. Due to its vasodilating properties, it can be effectively used for atherosclerosis and hypertension.
- Pectin substances are used to remove radioactive substances from the body, as well as pathogenic microflora. Active flavonoids catechins are able to remove radionuclides from the body. Pectins improve the functioning of the digestive tract, reduce spasmodic pain in the intestines and produce a choleretic effect.
- The main therapeutic effect of chamomile is to lower blood pressure and lower cholesterol.
- Due to the iodine content, the berry helps in the treatment of thyroid pathology.
- Prevents the occurrence of neoplasms.
- Potassium, which is part of the berries, positively affects the work of the heart and blood vessels, and also reduces swelling.
- Mountain ash helps with bleeding disorders, with prolonged bleeding and allergies.
- Regular consumption of juice dilates blood vessels, activates the blood circulation.
- It has an antiseptic effect.
- Helps reduce blood glucose, which is especially valuable for patients with diabetes.
- Prevents the development of inflammatory processes.
- Rowan fruits reduce emotional imbalance. Contribute to the stabilization of the processes of excitation and inhibition.
- Prevents the development of anemia due to the high iron content.
- Berries with constant use have a beneficial effect on the brain and improve performance.
Since ancient times, the beneficial properties of chokeberry have been used in traditional medicine recipes. In official medicine, it has been actively used since the middle of the last century.
Indications. Traditional medicine recipes
Useful properties of Chokeberry are used to treat the following diseases:
- immunity disorders;
- arterial hypertension;
- rheumatism;
- gastritis with low acidity;
- anemia;
- radiation sickness;
- avitaminosis;
- internal bleeding.
To increase the body's resistance, dried fruits (40 g) are poured 1/2 liter of water. Put on fire and simmer for 10 minutes. The mixture is insisted and then filtered. Take 1/2 cup three times a day. Accepted after surgery or after prolonged colds.
To increase immunity, it is enough to include in the diet blanks from rowan berries. It can be fruit drinks, jam and compotes. Fruits help cleanse the body of toxins, radioactive compounds and pathogens.
The beneficial properties of chokeberry are numerous. Contraindications nevertheless also exist.
Berries can reduce arterial and intracranial pressure. They regulate cholesterol, preventing the formation of atherosclerotic plaques and having a noticeable effect on blood coagulation. After regular use of mountain ash, the risk of thrombosis of small vessels is reduced. This serves as a prophylaxis of varicose veins, ischemia and stroke.
Means made on the basis of chokeberry berries will return the elasticity and elasticity of the vessels. To reduce high blood pressure, it is necessary to use undiluted juice for 5 teaspoons 3 times a day, half an hour before a meal.
To prevent the development of atherosclerosis, 3 fruits of chokeberry are used 3 times a day, the beneficial properties of which have been known since ancient times. Therapy is carried out for 30 days. For an additional effect, a rosehip broth and blackcurrant are used.
Fruits significantly lower blood pressure, so they should be used with caution in hypotonics. This applies to juice, jam, berry infusions.
With gastritis, freshly prepared rowan juice provides effective help. During the day, drink a glass of drink, dividing into 4 doses.
With vitamin deficiency, tea is prepared from the fruits of mountain ash. 6 tbsp. tablespoons of dried berries pour 3 cups of water. Bring to a boil and cook for 7-8 minutes. Insist 6-7 hours and drink tea in 5-6 receptions. To improve the taste, add a little honey.
With anemia, 250 g of berries are consumed per day. To increase the effect, they drink tea from rose hips.
With rheumatism and radiation sickness, the fruits are ground into powder. It is consumed in the morning and evening, the required dose is 2 g.
Features of use
Healing properties are possessed not only by berries, but also drinks from it. The beneficial properties of aronia juice include:
- improvement of bile production and normalization of liver activity;
- strengthening and restoration of blood vessels;
- lowering blood pressure.
The recipe for the treatment of hypertension is as follows: mix 2 tbsp. tablespoons of mountain ash juice with 1 tbsp. a spoonful of honey. Take for 30 days three times a day, half an hour before meals. Instead of honey, you can put sugar in juice.
A drink can cure burns. The affected area is constantly lubricated with juice until complete recovery.
Vitamin drink (compote) is prepared not only from fresh, but also from dried berries. The ratio is as follows: 2 tbsp. tablespoons of berries in 400 ml of water. Boil and add sugar to taste. Compote as a remedy is drunk 3 times a day. To improve its taste, you can add honey.
Assistance in the treatment of hypertension and increased immunity is provided by jam from the berries of chokeberry, the beneficial properties and contraindications of which we are studying.
To prepare it, you need to take 1 kg of berries and 500 g of sugar. Initially, they are blanched, then transferred to a pan. Sugar is added and simmer until boiling. Jam should be boiled 2-3 times and left overnight. Then lay it in dry sterilized jars and roll up the lids. Use 1-2 tbsp. spoons three times a day.
To preserve the beneficial properties of chokeberry for the human body, prepare jam that is not subjected to heat treatment. Grind 1 kg of berries with a blender and add 800 g of sugar. The mass is left for a while to insist. Stir until the sugar crystals are completely dissolved. Stacked in glass jars and stored in the refrigerator.
By a restorative remedy include a decoction of rowan berries. For its preparation take 1 tbsp. spoonful of dried fruit and pour 200 ml of hot water. The resulting composition was brought to a boil. Drink 2-3 sips throughout the day.
As a restorative and tonic, alcohol tincture from rowan berries is used. First, the fruits are crushed, then covered with sugar. The resulting composition is placed in a dark place for a week. And only then pour alcohol. Tincture is stored in a dark place for 2 months, and only then is it ready for use.
In order to benefit from rowan berries for a long period, they are frozen. As a result, they retain all the positive properties.
Harvest at the end of the fruiting season. Strong berries are separated from spoiled ones. Wash and then dry on a clean cloth.
There are several ways to freeze:
- Each berry separately. With this method, the fruits can be taken one at a time, having poured the required amount. To do this, the berries are laid out on a chopping board, covered with cling film. Then they are sent to the freezer.
- In a simple method, rowan berries are placed in a container and then frozen.
After defrosting, the fruits are added to tea or compote. They need to be stored separately from meat and fish. In this case, all the beneficial properties of aronia for a person are preserved. Whole berries are most often used as a filling for pies.
What are the benefits of chokeberry for women, men and children
Everyone can eat berries, and in each case they will show their special qualities.
Mountain ash perfectly strengthens the female body, because it is second only to feijoa in the amount of iodine. Due to the high concentration of the element, it positively affects the thyroid gland. As a result, the hormonal background of a woman is normalized.
The berry is able to replenish iron stores in the body, lost during menstruation. It reduces headache, normalizes sleep and improves bowel function.
There are useful properties in chokeberry for the body of men. In addition to a positive effect on blood vessels and preventing the development of heart disease, it is a source of antioxidants - substances that have a detrimental effect on inflammatory processes. Fresh mountain ash normalizes the functioning of the urinary system and prevents the development of prostate pathologies.
Fresh rowan berries strengthen the immune system and stimulate the growth of the child. Not all kids are delighted with its specific taste, however, in the form of jam or juice, black chokeberry can cope with colds. Frequent use of such delicacies will help strengthen immunity.
During pregnancy, the beneficial properties of the fruits of Chokeberry will be especially invaluable. Due to its rich composition, it can replace the intake of the vitamin complex, which is necessary to maintain the health of a woman and her child.
Mountain ash can be an alternative to taking B vitamins necessary for the proper development of the baby, and ascorbic acid and glucose will facilitate the course of toxicosis. Trace elements can prevent the development of heart disease.
With the constant use of berries, the pregnant body will not feel a lack of iron.
How to take dried mountain ash
Berry can be used not only fresh. Rowan is also used in dried form. To do this, it is collected at the end of the fruiting season.
The berries are dried in an open space, but in this case, the fruits rot or mold. It is best to sow mountain ash in the oven.
The harvested crop is scattered in a thin layer on a baking sheet and sent to the oven. The temperature should be at 50 degrees. Berries are constantly mixed with a wooden spatula. Properly dried mountain ash acquires a cherry red color. This shade confirms that vitamin PP has been preserved in the berries. Store fruits in paper bags or in glass containers.
Useful properties of dried chokeberry are used for violation of the secretory function of the stomach. To do this, chew several berries before eating.
With insufficient amounts of vitamin C and iodine in the body, mountain ash will make up for their deficiency. Therefore, it is widely used in pathology of the thyroid gland and diseases of the endocrine system.
In the treatment of diabetes 1 tbsp. a spoonful of dried berries is added to a glass of boiling water. Insist, then strain. Take an infusion of 2-3 tbsp. spoons three times a day. The product dilates blood vessels, lowers blood pressure and improves digestion.
With inflammation of the thyroid gland 4 tbsp. tablespoons of berries pour a glass of boiling water. The broth is insisted for 2 hours. Use a glass 3 times a day. The course of therapy is 10-30 days.
With severe stress and fatigue 2 tbsp. tablespoons of mountain ash pour a glass of hot water. Drink like tea, and eat berries.
To raise hemoglobin, you should eat fresh or dried berries along with raw beets, chopped on a grater.
Berries in cosmetology
Useful properties of chokeberry for a woman’s body are manifested when using it in cosmetology.
The juice of berries in frozen form can be wiped on the face, which will narrow blood vessels.
Adding mountain ash to the mask will improve the condition of the dermis. The tool is able to smooth, relieve irritation and heal the skin.
For the face, you can prepare the following mask: mix a glass of crushed berries, 1 tbsp. a spoonful of olive oil and 25 g of yeast. Apply for a quarter of an hour to the face, rinse with water at room temperature.
A lotion made from a part of glycerin and cologne and 2 parts of mountain ash juice will return a radiant and healthy look to the skin of the face.
To remove the warts, you can use a half of the berry, which is attached to the affected area.
An effective help is provided by a mask made from 2 chopped fresh cucumbers and 1 tbsp. spoons of mountain ash. Mix the ingredients thoroughly, add a drop of lemon juice. Apply for a quarter of an hour to the face.
To prepare nutritious masks, grind dried berries and mix with a small amount of sour cream or milk. The resulting mass is applied to the face for 5-7 minutes. Rinse off with water at room temperature. The mask narrows the pores, improves the functioning of the sebaceous glands and slows down the aging of the skin.
Chokeberry for weight loss
Calorie content of berries is not more than 55 kcal per 100 g of product. By introducing it into the diet, you can reduce the amount of fat in the abdomen and thighs.
Specialists in the US Department of Agriculture conducted a study of the beneficial properties of Chokeberry. People took her juice for a month. As a result, their weight decreased by 10% compared with a group of losing weight who drank plain water.
The berry blocked the growth of fat cells and reduced hunger. In the first group of losing weight, the level of glucose and cholesterol was lower. Thus, atherosclerosis and ischemia are prevented.
When to take the fruit should be discarded
Despite the beneficial properties of chokeberry berries, and contraindications for it also exist. They refuse to accept in such cases:
- individual intolerance to the fruit;
- inflammatory process in the stomach and intestines caused by increased acidity;
- hypotension;
- stomach ulcer;
- children under 2 years old;
- cholelithiasis;
- increased blood coagulation;
It is not recommended to use the berry with a tendency to constipation. She has a pronounced bonding effect.
Before using the chokeberry for medicinal purposes, it is best to consult a specialist to avoid negative effects on the body.
Finally
Chokeberry has many useful properties. It is often used in the treatment of various diseases. From the berries you can make jam, compotes, mousses and decoctions. Rowan benefits the body of adults and children. It must be used correctly, because the berry also has some contraindications.