The small red berry of viburnum has long been valued for its unique healing properties. Therefore, it is especially carefully harvested after waiting for the first frost. Viburnum is used for making compotes, preserves, juice, tinctures and even marmalade. A small berry is able to defeat many different ailments. Often, viburnum with honey is recommended for treatment : the benefits of such a duet are double, since honey also has a number of healing properties.
And to prepare a fortified composition is very easy. It is enough to turn the red berries into mashed potatoes in any convenient way and mix with the same amount of honey, and it is better to use a flower, lime or May product. Only store the mentioned product must be in the refrigerator, although, of course, you can prepare viburnum and for the future. For long-term storage in sterile jars, you need to decompose clean and dry berries, cover them with sugar in a 1: 1 ratio and simply cover with lids. They can only be consumed in six months.
Viburnum is useful for the following ailments: atherosclerosis, hypertension, gastrointestinal and cardiovascular problems, furunculosis and skin diseases. But first of all, it is worth noting the important feature that juice of viburnum with honey has: this drink is simply indispensable for strengthening immunity, treating vitamin deficiency and fighting colds. Moreover, it can be given to children, however, from the age of two.
This berry is also very useful in the treatment of some purely female diseases. For example, for the treatment of ovarian cysts, regular and prolonged use of viburnum juice mixed with an equal amount of honey is recommended. A month on an empty stomach, drink juice, weekly increasing the dose from a quarter of a teaspoon to a tablespoon. Then take a month-long break, and then start to drink again, only already reducing the dose in the reverse order, i.e., from larger to smaller. Naturally, with such a disease, not only viburnum with honey is used. It will be useful if you combine a cocktail with traditional - medication - methods of therapy.
There is one old recipe inherited from grandmothers for treating chronic cough and bronchitis. This is in a special proportion mixed viburnum with honey. The benefits of drinking such a drink are obvious, and relief comes almost immediately. You need to grind 40 g of berries well and pour them with a glass of warm (which is very important!) Honey. Let it brew for 2 hours and drink only after eating 1 spoon four times a day. By the way, the mentioned infusion is also able to improve the condition with bronchial asthma. In addition, from a folk remedy such as viburnum with honey, the benefits to the body are simply huge. And it consists not only in the treatment of a specific disease, but also in the process of strengthening immunity. After all, the off-season, as a rule, accounts for the largest number of colds associated with vitamin deficiency and a weakening of protective
body functions. And viburnum overtakes even citrus fruits by the content of ascorbic acid by about 2 times.
Also has viburnum with honey contraindications. It can not be used for:
- pregnancy
- gastritis, but only with high acidity ;
- urolithiasis ;
- gout
- arthritis;
- kidney disease.