With arrival of summer the preparation for winter of various tasty and useful products begins. Wild and garden strawberry — one of the most favourite. This fragrant berry will remind of summer in the severe winter. However very few people know that, except a fruit, it is very useful to prepare also leaves of a plant.
Strawberry leaves need to be collected during blossoming and fructification of a bush. As a rule, it is the period since the end of June on August. It is desirable to choose for this purpose dry sunny day. It will be excellent if some days before collecting the rain which removed dust from leaflets expected to fall.
Pay attention that the wild strawberry contains cellulose, iron, phosphorus, calcium, cobalt, manganese, group B vitamins, carotene, ascorbic and folic acids that favorably influence on the robot of an organism.
Wild strawberry leaves for preparation need to be taken and not young, and not old, saturated green color. On them there should not be spots or other damages. It is necessary to break them accurately not to damage a plant branch.
If you collect leaves in the forest, the site has to be far from highways and the enterprises. Then preparation will turn out eco-friendly. Very many plant a wild strawberry on seasonal dachas. Greens of such plant too quite will be suitable for preparation.
Whether you know? The wild strawberry appeared on our planet more than 60 million years ago.
As well as the majority of other plants, strawberry leaves do not recommend to dry in the open sun. It will be correct to spread out them a thin layer on fabric or paper and to place in the dark place. It surely has to be well aired. Best of all the garret or an arbor will approach. Few times in day the leaflets need to be overturned. It is desirable that weather was dry and solar.
Will not hinder if to dry wild strawberry greens in an oven. For this purpose the baking sheet needs to be laid parchment and to spread out to it leaflets a thin layer. If there is desire, it is possible to crush them a little. It is necessary to dry, stirring slowly, at a temperature of 50-60 °C. It is desirable to slightly open a door of an oven of 1 times 20 minutes.
There is one more interesting method of drying of strawberry leaves in an oven. Before process they are rumpled to a condition of release of juice. After that twist between palms and place in the cool place in the enameled or glass capacity to a polusutok. During this time to them there will be a process of small fermentation.
Important! Oven temperature when drying should not be above 90 °C. Otherwise useful substances of a product in whole or in part will collapse.
After that rolls give all the best on a baking sheet with parchment and dry also at a temperature up to 60 °C. Roll is dried up when it does not stick to a hand, and rolls down from it. Experts note that after such process the leaves keep more useful substances.
There are several ways of storage of the dried-up strawberry leaves. It is possible to store them in paper or fabric sacks. However at the same time there is a probability that mean insects can be brought to them. Therefore most of hostesses recommends to use for storage enameled or glasswares which is densely closed. Periodically the cover needs to be opened to check a condition of a product and to give access to oxygen.
If strawberry bushes are planted at you on the site, that is the probability of their infection with fungi and other bad diseases. There are several recommendations as to avoid it. The first and the most important — it is impossible to allow berry grow on the same place more than 3 years. It at least once during this time needs to be replaced to the new place.
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The wild strawberry often has such disease as brown spottiness. For its prevention it is recommended to process bushes fungicides in the early spring. Processing should be done as soon as possible, but at the same time air temperature has to be from 15 to 20 °C.
During blossoming and fructification, and also before with frequency of 1 times in several weeks the bushes can be sprayed with safe solution of peroxide of hydrogen. For this purpose the tablespoon of 3% medicine is parted in 1 liter of water. This method will protect leaves from wreckers and will give additional oxygen. Solution can also be brought at the roots a wild strawberry.
Important! The strawberry bush can ache if to water it with cold water. For watering it is necessary to use only warm and otstoyanny water.
The leaf of a wild strawberry contains the mass of vitamins and useful substances. There is a special wish to emit cinchonic, apple acids, tannins, carbohydrates. Or in the form of various tinctures the leaflet will help with the made look from many diseases and also it works as the all-strengthening means.
Drinks from strawberry leaves are applied to prevention and treatment of heart troubles, vessels, and also at a hypertension, diabetes, ulcers. Tea from strawberry greens strengthens and restores immunity.
Doctors populists long since use a strawberry leaf for treatment and prevention of diseases. There is a mass of recipes of medicines from wild strawberry leaves. Further the most popular of them.
Tea from strawberry leaflets — popular means for strengthening of immunity and treatment of illnesses. For its preparation 1 teaspoon of dry leaves is filled in with 1 glass of boiled water. Through a short period it can be drunk as usual tea.
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Broth from a strawberry leaf will bring benefit at an anemia and the general fatigue of an organism. For this purpose 2 tablespoons of leaves are cooked up to 20 minutes, and then insisted within 1 hour. As a rule, such medicine is accepted on 1 tablespoon up to 4 times a day.
For preparation of infusion it is enough to place four spoons of leaves in a half liter thermos and to fill in with boiled water. Drink needs to allow to stand about 2 hours. If to accept a medicine on 1 tablespoon 4 times a day, it will help at a hypertension and normalizes work of a stomach.
Whether you know? There is a belief that one needs to collect a wild strawberry also in silence. If at the same time to think of the desirable, it by all means will come true.
It is better to cook spirit tincture from fresh strawberry leaves. On half-liter of vodka or their alcohol about 5 dozen are required. Greens are filled in with liquid and infuse in the dark place about 1 week. It is also possible to weld leaflets before preparation. To use on 1 teaspoon up to 3 times a day. It will help to strengthen immunity, to increase quality of blood, will help at a hypertension and other diseases.
It appears, not only berries, but also leaves of a wild strawberry can bring benefit. For this purpose it is only worth picking them in due time, it is correct to dry up and store. Tea from them will help to cope with infections during the difficult autumn and winter period and will warn other diseases. Also it can be used as national remedy.