The nature gave to people an invaluable present — useful berries and leaves of blackberry. With berries everything is clear, from them tasty desserts and jam turn out, and here not all know about the curative force of blackberry leaves. The dried-up leaflets will provide in the winter all family with tasty and useful tea, will help with fight against cold, will lower high pressure at hypertensive persons.
Tea
To have an opportunity to make tea from blackberry leaves, it is necessary to carry out their preliminary preparation (fermentation): fresh leaves are put in a dry jar and closed a cover. Capacity with leaves is placed in the dark place for 2 or 3 days.
Having sustained the put time, leaves get from capacity and dry, having spread out a thin layer according to the sheet of paper. After temporary isolation in the dark leaves become dark, almost black and begin to let out strong pleasant aroma. When leaves of blackberry finally dry — they are ready for preparation of tea.
As a result of fermentation you will have the real tea leaves for tea, a look and color having similarity to the Chinese teas. At a zavarivaniye of such drink all house will be given to drink by summer aromas of blackberry.
Whether you know? In the 80th years of the 20th century the American selector L. Berbank as a result of the long-term directed selection selection received a hybrid of raspberry and blackberry. Since then on their basis several dozen grades of besshipny blackberry are removed (Loganberri, "Tayberry", etc.). All these grades differ in very large berries (of the size of a thumb phalanx) and absolutely smooth (without prickles) a stalk.
Ingredients
- The crushed blackberry leaves — 1 tablespoon.
- The boiling water — 250 ml.
Instruction of preparation
If at you diarrhea, tea it is worth doing very strong of leaves therefore it needs to be made in a thermos. Pour previously measured portion of leaves into a dry and clean thermos, fill in with abrupt boiled water and allow it to infuse for 50–60 minutes.
At fight against diarrhea also use a meadowsweet, a guelder-rose, walnut partitions, a mespilus, a cornel, a bergenia and a gold root.
If you are not sick, and just want to indulge yourself with fragrant and tasty tea — it is possible to make it in a usual porcelain teapot for tea leaves. Proportions of leaves and boiled water remain the same, as for treatment, but time for insisting needs very little. The interval 5–10 minutes suffices: during this time the blackberry leaf will manage to reveal and give color and aroma to drink.
Ration
Not less than a half of a glass of medicinal tea is at one time drunk. If the person has a food frustration and he temporarily does not eat at all, then 3 times a day, every 4 hour have this tea. Those who nevertheless eats food need to drink curative drink in 20–30 minutes prior to food.
Study useful properties of leaves of cowberry and raspberry.
Medicinal properties
Drink perfectly knits at diarrhea and has diuretic effect.
Indications to application
The tea made from this plant well helps at diarrhea or food poisoning. As a part of leaves of blackberry there are tannins which have the knitting properties. Blackberry is the excellent anti-septic tank which is perniciously influencing pathogenic bacteria in digestive tract. Teas with a blackberry leaf for weight loss are extremely popular among the fair sex. This drink is powerful diuretic, but directly does not influence "combustion of fats" in any way.
Whether you know? Not all know that in the world there is a honey from blackberry. Blackberry honey is absolutely colourless and transparent (as water), it is fragrant and nice to the taste. From one hectare of berry-pickers of blackberry of the toiler of a bee bring from 17 to 20 kg of honey in a beehive.
Infusion
Technologies of preparation of broth, infusion and tea are at first sight very similar. Their main difference that for broth preparation the bigger period occupies preparation of curative drink on fire, and smaller term occupies its insisting.
In infusion preparation directly boiling of leaves in boiled water occupies absolutely small period, and sometimes and is absent absolutely (they are just filled in with boiled water). Process of preparation of tea means only filling of leaves boiled water and their short insisting. The main difference of tea from infusion — in concentration of drink and time of insisting.
Ingredients
- The dried-up blackberry leaves — 1 tablespoon.
- The begun to boil water — 1 glass.
Instruction of preparation
The measured quantity of leaves of blackberry is filled up in a saucepan or a bucket, the glass of abrupt boiled water is added there, mix mixes up a spoon and is densely covered. Mix is left for 4 hours for insisting then it is ready to the use.
Ration
It is necessary to take such infusion for half an hour to food, before each acceptance of food. For once 100 ml of medicine are accepted.
Medicinal properties
Infusion from blackberry leaves has excellent curative properties:
- heals wounds and bruises;
- removes gastric inflammations.
Whether you know? Inclusion in a diet of berries of blackberry will help to bring heavy metals and chemicals out of a human body. Recently new substance which, according to the statements of researchers from Medical school of the city of Pittsburgh, will be applied in production of drugs to treatment of oncological diseases was found in berries of "black raspberry".
Indications to application
If you hurt a leg or a hand, then on an affected extremity impose a cold compress. For this purpose the small piece of fabric is well moistened in infusion of blackberry and impose it to the place of a bruise.
Over a bandage with blackberry infusion impose the isolating polyethylene layer (that infusion did not evaporate), fix this "sandwich" and fix on the affected place. Over a medical bandage it is possible to impose the warming layer from a warm scarf. It is desirable to do such bandage for the night.
If the person is sick with an ulcer or gastritis, he is often hurt by a stomach. It is caused by the fact that walls of a stomach are inflamed. In this case too infusion from blackberry leaves which removes such inflammations well helps. Fresh need to drink it only: it is daily necessary to make a fresh portion as yesterday's infusion loses the curative qualities.
The pounded fresh blackberry leaflets in daily traditional medicine long since used as an antiseptic plaster. For example, the person got a wound, being in the forest. Right there leaves of "the prickly physician" broke and warmed up before emergence of juice and were imposed on a wound.
In the same way all of us since the childhood know about styptic properties of a plantain. Styptic properties of blackberry are applied to treatment of gynecologic diseases (at plentiful monthly and bleedings). Did not ignore surprising properties of leaves of blackberry and gastroenterologists.
Important! By means of leaves of blackberry reduce hypertensive pressure, apply them in treatment of atherosclerosis. But if you decided to be treated by means of blackberry leaves — consult previously to the attending physician.
Broth
In broths antibacterial properties of leaves of blackberry and also high content of ascorbic acid and 20% impurity of tannins are used.
Bearberry, a sabelnik, a bergenia, a chaga, a hyssop medicinal, hop cones, a fucus bubbly, propolis and mountain honey also have antibacterial effect.
Ingredients
- The crushed blackberry leaves — 2 tablespoons.
- The water which is (not chlorinated) — 1 big cup (300 ml).
Instruction of preparation
In densely closed vessel stack leaves and fill in with the necessary amount of hot water. Bring to boiling and cook on slow fire within 3–4 minutes then switch off, close capacity a cover and leave for insisting for 15 minutes.
The infused and slightly cooled down drink is filtered through a strainer or a gauze. Broth is ready to the use. In need of it it is possible to warm up slightly. How to carry out the procedure of inhalation: liquid is filled in in an inhaler and inhale hot fumes of broth. In case in the house there is no such device as an inhaler, it is possible to breathe the curing steam, having bent over the container with hot broth and having covered with the head a wide bathing towel. During the procedure it is better not to open eyes as vapors of essential oils can pinch from time to time eyes.
Ration
Broth from leaves of blackberry needs to be accepted before each meal, for once drink 100–150 ml of drink. The interval between drug intake and food has to make not less than 15 minutes. Time of one inhalation with broth can be varied within 10–15 minutes. During the day the patient can adopt up to 3 inhalation procedures.
Medicinal properties
It is curative broth apply at gastritis, diarrhea or gastric bleedings (ulcer, gastritises), at treatment of a tonsillitis, seborrhea, acne rash, stomatitis, a gingivita, decrease in high temperature. It is necessary to remember that vegetable means are not a panacea. In serious cases of viral diseases broth has to be applied together with other drugs (more active and strong).
Whether you know? The main characteristics — berry, by prickles similar to a hedgehog are reflected in the name of a plant "blackberry". The unusual name of black and tasty berries so took root in the people that it undistorted reached our time from the very beginning of the 18th century.
Indications to application
Broth of leaves of blackberry can cause plentiful sweating or release of urine. It is often applied at colds when do not want to drink tablets (in particular, paracetamol), and temperature needs to be brought down. High natural content of ascorbic acid serves as the activator for fall of temperature in leaves.
Eels tortured and pimples on the face — wash several times a day medical broth, and in 2 weeks the face skin will be freshen also clean.
The nettle, fennel greens, coltsfoot, cornflower, sweet cherry, pink salt, camomile, yarrow, lemon, oils from grape seeds and sprouts of wheat are also used at fight against eels.
If on head skin the unpleasant feeling of dryness, dandruff (seborrhea) appeared, then in these cases the leaves of blackberry can be used together with roots of herbs of coltsfoot and a mylnyanka.
Such means is recommended traditional medicine. The tonsillitis "imposed" a throat with a white raid, there was stomatitis or gingivit — it is necessary to conduct a course of procedures for rinsing of a throat or an oral cavity with own hand made remedy.
At a tonsillitis also prepare the concentrated broth from leaves, but its preparation has to be made only on a water bath.
For rinsing of a throat also use a celandine, repeshok ordinary, a camomile pharmaceutical, pink salt, a calendula, a sage medicinal and a uterine milk.
Leaves of blackberry are well compatible in one broth to other antiseptic plants therefore it is possible to add such herbs as a marigold, a sage, mint to protivoanginny means. Also to medicine will not damage presence of essential oils. It is possible to add several drops of any essential oil which to you to taste or are at present near at hand to ready broth:
- oil of a magnolia vine Chinese;
- juniper oil;
- ginger oil;
- fir.
Besides, broth according to this recipe with addition of essential oils can be used as inhalant.
Important! It is necessary to remember that at a tonsillitis it is impossible to rinse a throat hot broth at all. It is necessary to wait until means cools down to a warmish state, and only then to begin rinsing. Also it is impossible to rinse a throat and cold broth — before the procedure it needs to be warmed up slightly (in the microwave or on a water bath).
Spirit tincture
Tincture from blackberry leaves on alcohol well proved at rheumatism and chronic joint pains.
Ingredients
The first recipe:
- Dry leaves of blackberry — 50 g.
- Vodka — 0.5 l.
The second recipe:
- Blackberry berries — 500 g.
- The pounded leaves (dry or fresh) — 6 tablespoons.
- Vodka — 1 l.
- Sugar — 6 tablespoons.
- Well kneaded mint leaflets (fresh and dry) — 8 pieces.
- The dried peel of 1 average lemon (rubbed on a small grater).
Instruction of preparation
Preparation according to the first recipe: the crushed dry leaves pour in a glass jar or a bottle (it is desirable dark glass), from above fill in a dry component of tincture with vodka, for convenience it is possible to use a watering can. The bottle with contents is stirred up that alcohol and leaves mixed up. After that capacity is corked and removed to the dark place where leave for 7 days for insisting. After this term spirit tincture on leaves of blackberry is ready to the use. The second recipe: to wash out blackberry berries under flowing water, to allow water to flow down and pour out berries in the big capacity (not less than 3 l).
For this purpose it is possible to take also a usual glass 3-liter jar. To add there all ingredients relying according to the recipe. The last adds vodka, then bank is densely closed by a cover and its contents are well stirred up for hashing.
The hostess has to pay special attention to cover density on capacity: as for preparation of such tincture it will be required to time very much, through leaky covered cover of couple of alcohol can evaporate. Well closed to bank put to the dark place for insisting within 2 months.
Weekly the bank needs to get and stir up for hashing of components. After preparation term blackberry tincture is ready. Drink is filtered through a strainer for separation of liquid from vegetable components, spilled on bottles, densely they are closed and stored in the cool place (in the storeroom or in the fridge). Blackberry berries in the course of insisting will give the juice and aroma to vodka. At the expense of blackberry juice the fortress of drink will decrease on 10 °.
Whether you know? Popular dream books claim that the dreamed blackberry — to diseases to pick blackberry in a dream — to disappointments and failures, observation of gathering blackberry from outside — a warning of the ill-wishers who are available in your life.
Ration
For one procedure of grinding it is necessary to cast 20–30 ml of medicine on a palm, and within 10 minutes carefully to rub in skin smooth circular motions. For a compress plentifully moisten with spirit tincture the piece of fabric (cotton wool) suitable completely to cover with it a sore point. The necessary amount of liquid for wetting is measured "by eye".
Medicinal properties
Both the compress, and grinding render the warming effect promoting reduction of pains in joints and muscles.
Indications to application
By ready spirit tincture do grinding of sore points. Upon termination of grinding the sore points recommend to wrap up for maintaining effect of heat in woolen fabric. It is possible to carry out this procedure at any time, but especially convenient time for its carrying out — before going to bed.
At the night of people is at rest and the warm bandage will not lose a sore point and consequently, grinding will better work. It is possible to put instead of grinding on a sore point a compress. For this purpose the small layer of cotton wool or woolen fabric is moistened in spirit tincture and accurately stacked on a sore point.
The second layer in a compress polyethylene keeps within (for heat insulation), and as the third layer the woolen scarf or a scarf keeps within. It is necessary to wrap up well the place of a compress, it will affect the general advantage of the procedure. The compress is held on one place from 4 to 8 hours.
Curative properties of leaves of blackberry
Leaves of this remarkable plant are rich with many useful substances. For this reason long since do water and spirit extracts of them.
Useful substances in blackberry leaves:
- inositol and ascorbic acid;
- thiamine and vitamin E;
- anthocyans and flavonoids;
- organic acids (apple, dairy, oxalic, wine).
Blackberry leaves were applied in many recipes of traditional medicine at a pharmaceutics dawn. But also presently violently developing pharmaceutical industry applies to many medicines (as one of components) leaves and berries of blackberry. It is optional to buy vegetable raw materials in drugstores, it is possible to combine pleasant summer walk in the woods with collecting and preparation of blackberry leaves for tea.