Red currant is not only berry from which it is possible to make excellent jelly, jam, jam, jam, fruit jelly, compote or tincture, but also a product, useful to health. It is possible to make sure of advantage of red currant if to study its structure.
Berries of red currant include in the structure to 4% of acids and up to 10% of sugars, pectinaceous, tannins, mineral salts, vitamins C, And, P, a large amount of iodine, potassium, phosphorus, sodium and magnesium. All these substances are necessary for maintenance of normal functioning of an organism. So, oxycoumarin as a part of currant affects normal blood clotting that allows to use berries for prevention of heart attacks. Pectins exempt an organism from undesirable cholesterol, thereby preventing development of atherosclerosis. The vitamin C necessary for strengthening of an organism and increase in immunity for the best resilience to viruses, in red currant several times it is more, than in a citrus. Besides, red currant possesses styptic, bile-expelling, laxative, febrifugal, soothing (at the expense of coumarins and furocoumarins) and antineoplastic action. It slows down development of new growths, constrains inflammations.
Also red currant normalizes work and treats digestive tract diseases. It is often used at nausea, vomiting, gastritis. At the use, berry brings toxins and surplus of mochekisly salts out of an organism, than it is possible to use during a diet and clarification of an organism.
Berries and the fact that they satisfy thirst are useful and stimulate appetite. Useful properties not only berries of currant, but also its leaves from which infusion is used at treatment of hypovitaminosis, cystitis and renal pathology have. Also infusion helps those people who suffer from stomach ulcer and from giperatsidny gastritis. Despite health giving qualities of berry, you shouldn't use it if there are contraindications. A product hemophilias don't eat in the presence of ulcer diseases, hepatitis and at gastritis in an aggravation stage. As red currant makes impact on blood, it is better not to use it at low blood clotting.