Chokeberry (chokeberry) is a tree or shrub of one of the types of mountain ash. The birthplace of this plant is North America. In countries with a temperate climate, chokeberry became known only at the end of the nineteenth century. This tree is very popular among gardeners due to excellent productivity and unpretentiousness. Fruits the plant in small berries. They have a pleasant aroma and astringent taste. In the arsenal of official and traditional medicine, aronia has long been standing.
The benefits of the berries of this plant, ripening at the beginning of the fall season, remain until spring. The composition of dark fruits contains a large number of components useful to humans. Vitamins A, P, E, C and K are found in chokeberry. The fruits of the healing plant are saturated with folic acid, valuable thiamine, and also active riboflavin. Aronia berries are rich in iodine and iron, magnesium and manganese, phosphorus and organic acids, pectic and tannic components.
The benefits of chokeberry are manifested in its beneficial effect on the digestive tract. This is made possible by stimulating bile secretion, increasing the activity of gastric enzymes and increasing the secretion of gastric juice. Healing berries are useful for diseases of the heart and blood vessels, as well as for nervous disorders. The fruits of chokeberry contribute to increased immunity and the removal of pathogenic microorganisms from the body.
The benefits of chokeberry are manifested in its ability to reduce the permeability and fragility of capillaries. The fruits of chokeberry are recommended for diabetics and people suffering from liver pathologies. Chokeberry helps with a tendency to bleeding. Its use allows you to expand blood vessels.
The fruits of chokeberry help hypertensive patients restore normal pressure. The benefits of Chokeberry are in its ability to improve oxidative and reduction processes in the body. Healing berries help with atherosclerosis and thyrotoxicosis.
Folk healers often recommend drinking the juice of the fruits of chokeberry. It brings invaluable benefits in the treatment of various skin diseases. It is recommended for patients with
hemorrhagic diathesis, rheumatism and allergies. The benefits of chokeberry, contained in the juice of its fruits, are simply invaluable for radiation exposure and viral infections, glomerulonephritis and septic endocarditis, arachnoiditis and diabetes. In addition, this remedy is prescribed for patients with measles, scarlet fever and
typhus.The fruits of chokeberry also help in the fight against extra pounds. They include a special substance that prevents the accumulation of fat in the body. Especially its effect is manifested in the abdomen.
Chokeberry, the benefits and harms of which have been known for a long time, has a number of contraindications. Due to the fact that the fruits of chokeberry contain a lot of ascorbic acid, their use is not recommended in large quantities for patients suffering from angina pectoris and hypertension. Also, the abuse of chokeberry berries is prohibited with the existing tendency of a person to thrombophlebitis. It is not recommended to take chokeberry fruits in the presence of a duodenal ulcer or stomach, high blood coagulation and gastritis with high acidity.