Everyone knows the fragrant wild berry - wild strawberries. It not only has excellent taste, but is also considered a very healthy plant for health. Moreover, not only fruits, but also leaves can be used in this regard.
For many diseases, especially for various metabolic disorders, it is forest strawberries that are used. Benefits can be obtained by eating both fresh berries and canned ones. Pies and pies with the fruits of this plant are considered very tasty. Even after heat treatment, they do not lose their beneficial properties. Healing broth or infusion is often prepared from leaves. In what cases can strawberries be useful?
Berries and leaves of wild strawberry - a storehouse of health
The berries of this plant contain such beneficial substances as ascorbic acid, carotene, folic, malic acid, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other vitamins and minerals. The fruit aroma of wild strawberries has a pleasant aroma due to the presence of essential oil in it. Dried berries can be stored for up to 3 years. The leaves also contain ascorbic acid and carotene. There are also tannins in them . You can store them for up to a year.
What diseases can wild strawberries help
Wild strawberries, the benefits of which are manifested primarily in the diuretic effect, can be used for diseases such as arthritis, gout, gallstone disease, arthrosis, etc.
Fresh berries, as well as decoctions and infusions contribute to the removal of salts from the body. You can take them with bedwetting, all sorts of pathologies of the bladder and kidneys.
This plant also has antiseptic properties. Wild strawberries, the benefits of which are primarily in the wound healing effect, are superimposed on the damaged skin in the form of gruel. You can also stretch the berries, wrap in gauze and make lotions. Eczema is treated in exactly the same way.
Alcohol tinctures from the leaves of this plant are used for heart failure and anemia. At the same time, 6 g of leaves are taken on a glass of vodka and insisted for a week. Take 30 drops three times a day. This infusion will be useful as a fortifying vitamin remedy, especially with a lack of carotene in the body. You can take it in the same amount for colds.
Strawberry forest, the use of which is undeniable, should nevertheless be used carefully for health purposes. There are some contraindications to the use of tinctures and decoctions of its leaves and fruits. The fact is that this plant belongs to quite strong allergens. Pregnant women should be especially careful in this regard. Frequent ingestion of berries and small children is contraindicated.
Cultivation in the country
Growing wild strawberries in the garden is not much different from growing a regular garden variety. It is best to plant it in slightly shaded places - under fruit trees or bushes. Watering is carried out only in dry weather. It will sometimes be useful to get some bushes. Well, of course, it is worthwhile to weed the garden from time to time. Of course, such a rich harvest as garden, forest strawberries will not. But you can please yourself with much more fragrant berries with a rich taste.