It’s expensive to look at hedges - objects of garden skill and pride of the owners. These are pieces of nature on a built-up street. But it’s even better to get out of town at the very beginning of summer and enjoy the company of green friends in full. The birds are singing, the bees are buzzing, the sky is blue and clear, the flowers are fragrant ... What can not be said about the hawthorn: the delicate small light flowers smell of spoiled fish. But in the fall, when I saw fragile-looking branches dotted with small crimson berries, I would like to call this rich boyar bush - the boyar. The medicinal properties of its fruits have been known for a long time, and this plant also found practical application, because hawthorn is a wonderful plant for hedges: no one can get through its tenacious spines!
Boyar berry. What a beauty?
Hawthorn is a representative of the pink family. This bush can grow up to four meters in height, turning into a neat tree. The wood is very strong and strong, and four-centimeter spines will not give mercy to anyone. Small petals are collected in corymbose inflorescences. Flowering does not last even half a week, but during this time the working bees have time to collect nectar. Hawthorn honey is very valuable. And in autumn, berries are sprinkled on the branches of the shrub, almost tasteless and small, but what a useful one!
Boyark: medicinal properties provides the chemical composition
Hawthorn is indeed rich, rich in its composition. A small berry with a diameter less than a centimeter contains so many useful substances! These are choline, acetylcholine, flavonoids, essential oils, caffeic acid, as well as tartaric and citric, fatty oil, saponins, tannins, sorbitol ... And this is not a complete list.
Boyark: medicinal properties and contraindications
This berry is extremely useful. First of all, attention is paid to the properties of boyars, which contribute to the improvement of heart function. Preparations based on hawthorn stabilize high blood pressure, tone the heart. When taking, blood circulation improves, insomnia, shortness of breath and tachycardia will not bother you. Anyway, it is better to drink decoctions and infusions for the prevention of heart disease - for people of advanced age there is no better assistant. In addition to the general stimulating effect, the berry is famous for its decent content of vitamins. For example, there is a lot of vitamin C in berries, so it is advisable to run into boyars in the flu and colds season.
And in a frantic urban rhythm, what will help calm down and get rid of overwork better than a boyar? Her healing properties do not end there - and dentists noticed its wonderful effect. It would seem that everyone is a good berry, but only there are contraindications. It is not recommended to consume more than a glass of berries per day, especially for pregnant and lactating mothers, as well as people with kidney problems - too much stress on the stomach. And it should be remembered that the berries cause drowsiness and a relaxed state, so drivers should be careful when using them.
What to cook from boyars?
From berries you can make jam, jam, confiture, which will help not to get sick in winter; they are added to apple compote, infused and made tea, decoctions, tinctures. If you grind the berries and add to the flour - you get a sweet dough. Flowers are also collected and made tincture, which can not be compared with any drug.