Viburnum berry has surprisingly useful properties. It contains many substances in which our body is in constant need. And these substances can be most effective when using fresh berries. Although dried, steamed viburnum is no less effective. There are contraindications to the use of this plant, they should not be forgotten.
At the first sign of a cold, hot tea with viburnum is one of the most effective means of preventing a serious illness. Strengthening immunity is only one of the many merits of the red berry. Viburnum fruit copes well with gastritis (with low acidity), a stomach ulcer, many ailments, accompanied by internal bleeding. Sometimes there are times when medicines can not be taken, then the patient will probably be treated with viburnum. Contraindications will be considered further. In addition to wound healing properties, viburnum fruits have anti-inflammatory, choleretic, diuretic, sedative and other qualities.
How to be treated with viburnum
Freshly squeezed juice is slightly bitter. It is a diabetic product. But if the patient’s insulin production is all right, then viburnum juice or fruit drink can be sweetened, for example, with honey. The range of its application is quite wide: from treating colitis and internal bleeding to improving heart function, overcoming liver diseases, rheumatism and much more. Viburnum berries are boiled in honey, tinctures and decoctions are prepared from them. Moreover, to restore health, not only the berries themselves or their juice are used. As an antiseptic, painkiller and hemostatic agent, a decoction and infusion of viburnum bark are used. An antipyretic and anti-allergic effect also has an infusion of plant flowers. A decoction of the seeds can act as an astringent, diaphoretic and sedative.
The benefits and harms of viburnum
The benefits of viburnum are proven by a long period of its successful use. The berry helps with pneumonia, asthma, colds. It improves the condition of blood vessels and heart, lowers the level of “bad” cholesterol in the blood, stops bleeding and heals wounds. It contributes to a significant improvement in the situation with many gynecological diseases. However, in all cases, is the use of viburnum justified, useful, and most importantly - safe?
It turns out, not always. Despite the fact that it has a lot of useful qualities of viburnum, contraindications are a factor that slightly detracts from its positive properties. As a rule, when describing a berry, the closest (and well-deserved) attention is paid to its beneficial properties. But I would like to make a separate emphasis on the need to always take into account the possible effects of the drug. Consider in which cases viburnum is not so useful.
Contraindications
It is strongly recommended that you refrain from consuming plants with high platelet counts, low blood pressure, kidney disease, and pregnancy. In the latter case, due to the ability to increase the tone of the uterus, viburnum is not so useful. Contraindications are obvious. Gastritis with high acidity is a good reason to refuse to eat berries. Gout, arthritis, and urolithiasis cannot be treated with viburnum, although it is still permissible to eat it in limited quantities. Of course, not on an ongoing basis, but only for a short time. The same goes for pregnancy. But I would like to talk about this in more detail.
Kalina during pregnancy
Contraindications to the use of berries, of course, excite women in an “interesting position”. Due to an insufficiently strengthened immune system (especially in modern urban conditions), the health of many women during pregnancy is exposed to additional risks. Sometimes the body just starts to fail, and this is already unacceptable at such a crucial moment. At the same time, everyone understands that the drug approach is not the best strategy for complete confidence in the normal development of the fetus. All kinds of folk remedies are used here: decoctions, infusions from various herbs, berries and other plants. Why not remember that viburnum increases hemoglobin! Well, yes, it increases, because the iron in it is many times more than in many other fruits. But viburnum also has a side effect, the beneficial effect of which a woman will be able to fully appreciate by drinking viburnum fruit juice immediately before birth. And before that, a handful of fresh viburnum berries may sometimes not hurt, but no more. It’s better to eat fresh apples.