Cowberry absorbed in itself all range of vitamins. Its so valuable leaves, as well as berries. Cowberry is the real natural preservative. It long keeps the useful properties therefore doesn't demand heat treatment.
Cowberry – will saturate an organism with vitamins
Began to use cowberry in the medical purposes long ago. Ancestors called it immortality berry. And it isn't accidental. Cowberry contains a set of useful properties which help to get rid of various diseases. And all thanks to the content of organic acids, important for health, – salicylic, lemon, apple and various vitamins: And, V, S, E, I.
Thanks to the content of chrome, copper and mineral salts, cowberry is useful in fight against an ischemic disease. To diabetics berry will help to reduce sugar level in blood. Apply berries infusion to prevention of catarrhal diseases. Cowberry juice or fruit drink help to bring down temperature. Lime tea with cowberry jam – it not only is useful, but also is tasty.
Cowberry contains potassium which helps it to normalize arterial blood pressure. Also berry is applied at hypostases. For this purpose it is possible to use both fresh fruits, and dried. It should be noted availability of vitamins of group B in cowberry. B1 vitamin improves work of the central nervous system, B2 improves a condition of skin, B9 reduces cholesterol level.
Cowberry contains folic acid therefore, unlike other berries, it doesn't need to be subjected to heat treatment during which the product loses the useful properties.
. Berry is applied as antimicrobial and antimycotic means. And the content of benzoic acid in it is higher, than in a cranberry. Thanks to this component, cowberry long remains and has the preserving properties. Organic acids and sugar with which cowberry is rich are used at treatment of a hypertension and gastritis with the lowered acidity of gastric juice. Berries in general improve work of intestines and stomach.
Not only berries are useful
Leaves of cowberry are appreciated not less, than berries. Broth from them possesses diuretic and antiseptic action. It is applied at cystitis, gout, a pochechnokamenny disease, arthritis, diabetes and osteochondrosis. Broth preparation: Fill in 2 tablespoons with 1 glass of boiled water in the enameled ware. Then 30 minutes to boil on a water bath. Cool, filter and add boiled water that the full glass turned out.
It is obligatory to coordinate a dose of the use with the doctor.
. Leaves of cowberry possess bile-expelling, anti-inflammatory action. They can be bought without problems in any pharmacy. Thanks to arbutin glycosides, ursulovy, gallic and cinchonic acids the use of infusion from leaves well influences an organism. And the blossoming sprouts of a bush will help to keep pregnancy and to save women from neurosises.
Valuable berry, but useful not to all
Despite such amount of useful properties of cowberry, it nevertheless has some contraindications. So, tannins which contain in its leaves can do much harm to people with diseases of kidneys. At hypotonia it isn't desirable to apply cowberry too as it reduces arterial blood pressure. With hypersensitivity it is also best of all for people to refuse consumption of berry. Cowberry and to those who have gastritis with the increased acidity and stomach ulcer is contraindicated.