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The wild plum is rarely found in the garden. This is explained by the fact that the berries are small in size, while sour and tart.
This plant has its advantages among other fruit trees and shrubs:
- high winter hardiness;
- undemandingness to soil conditions;
- steadiness to drought.
The wild plum, from which all modern varieties of plums originated, combined the qualities of their predecessors: the taste and juiciness of cherry plum and winter hardiness, and the color of thorns.
Due to the fact that there are thorny thorns on the branches of thorns (thorns) in the scientific world, it is called the wild plum. This plant is often found wild as a shrub., but in some conditions it can grow in the form of a tree. At the age of ten, the root collar of a wild plum can reach 10 cm, and the height of the plant itself is up to 2-3 m.
The most common thickets of thorns along the rivers Tsna, Sura, Seim, Khopra, Vorskla, Northern Donets... The Florovsky region was also previously famous for plantings of fruit bushes. Now in its place is a village called Ternovka. On the territory of the Carpathians and the Caucasus, thorns spread to the mountain peaks.
Every year in August, the fruits of the wild plum abundantly cover the plant and become dark purple with red berries. The blackthorn will fully ripen after the first frostwhen the content of tannins decreases and the berries become tastier.
Vitamins and minerals that make up wild plum
Wild plum berries have the following composition:
- coumarins;
- malic acid;
- tanning elements;
- catechins;
- 5.5-8.8% sugars (glucose and fructose);
- carbohydrates;
- nitrogen-containing substances;
- alcohol compounds;
- steroids;
- fiber;
- vitamins C, E;
- flavonoids;
- pectin;
- mineral salts;
- triterpenoids;
- glycoside;
- carotene;
- fatty oils (linoleic, palmitic, stearic, oleic, and eleostearic);
- prunasine.
The roots contain tanning and dyeing compounds. Beneficial minerals in the leaves: anthocyanins, flavanoids, vitamins C and E, phenol carboxylic acids. The seeds contain poisonous glycoside, deamination of hydrocyanic acid.
Useful qualities and harm of wild plum for health
Wild plum berries have a beneficial effect on the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract. Regular consumption of plums helps to restore the balance of microflora, reduces the risk of gastritis and colitis... The diuretic properties of the fruit help to remove toxins and toxins from the body.
Plum fruits have an anthelmintic effect on protozoa. Thanks to this, intestinal motility is normalized, improving its work and metabolism.
The fruits are especially saturated with vitamin P (flavonoid), and regular saturation of the body with this substance stabilizes blood pressure, strengthens blood vessels, and normalizes heart rate. It also stimulates the adrenal cortex.
Wild plum - natural antiseptics.Most dentists recommend using the pulp of the fruit as a lotion, attaching it to the sore gums.
Blackthorn berries are categorically contraindicated in acute forms of peptic ulcer diseases, especially with bleeding. And also for patients with increased gastric acidity and high blood pressure.
The amygdalin substance is collected in the bones. Its constant use can have a toxic effect on the human body. therefore preservation with seeds from these fruits is recommended to be stored for no more than a year.
The use of wild plum in folk medicine
It has been proven that drugs from different parts of the plant have a healing effect on the human body:
- antibacterial;
- diuretic;
- expectorant;
- antipyretic;
- anti-inflammatory;
- diaphoretic;
- astringent.
All these qualities have found their application in traditional and alternative medicine. They are used for the general and symptomatic treatment of serious diseases.
Flowers: the best time to harvest
This ingredient must be harvested before the flowers open. Extracts and decoctions from flowers are used for hypertension, constipation, liver pathologies, prostate adenoma, rheumatism and atherosclerosis.
Flower preparations have a diuretic, diaphoretic and sedative effect.
Preparation of medicines:
- Tincture... To do this, take 2 tsp. crushed flowers and pour 250 ml of cold water. Set aside to insist. After 8 hours, the drug is ready for use. They use it for two tbsp. l. 4 times a day.
- Broth. You need to take 2 tsp. chopped raw materials, pour 250 ml of water and bring to a boil over low heat. Consume 100 ml twice a day. The finished product is used as an adjuvant for the prevention of vascular diseases.
Preparations from wild plum flowers have a strong antimicrobial effect, therefore widely used for the treatment of skin diseases... The affected areas are wiped with a cotton pad dipped in a decoction or tincture.
Root: how to properly prepare
Wild plum roots must be harvested in the fall. It is better to dig them out at a distance of 1-1.5 m from the trunk. For the preparation of the broth, the raw material is washed and dried at a temperature of + 60 ° C. Take 10 g of chopped root, pour 500 mg of cold water and cook over low heat for 15 minutes. Take 3 times a day, 100 ml. For douching, the broth is diluted with water 1: 1.
Root decoction has antipyretic, diaphoretic and anti-inflammatory properties... It is taken with ARVI and to cleanse the body of toxins and toxins.
Bark: how to properly prepare
It is better to take bark from plants to be cut down, as well as before flowering. Then it is necessary to rinse and dry in the same way as the roots.
The tool is used to cleanse blood vessels, treat female inflammatory pathologies, boils and erysipelas on the body.
Take 1 tsp. chopped raw materials, pour 250 ml of water and cook for 15 minutes. Take 100 ml three times a day.
Berries
Wild plum berries are harvested at the end of October... To prepare a medicinal product /, the berries are dried in the sun or in the oven for a week.
For the preparation of the tincture take 1 tbsp. l chopped fruits, pour 250 ml of hot water and insist for an hour. Take (for the treatment of the gastrointestinal tract) on an empty stomach, 100 ml for 4 days
The juice... The berries are pitted and heated to 70 ° C. Then they are softened and squeezed out. Used for giardiasis, eating disorders and acute respiratory viral infections.
The use of wild plum in cooking
Wild plum berries are rarely consumed fresh. But various compotes and jams have a special taste.
Jam
Ingredients:
- wild plum berries - 2.5 kg;
- sugar - 3 kg;
- water - 1 l.
Prepared fruits are cooked over low heat for 15 minutes. After, transfer to a colander and remove the bones.The peeled berries are returned to the previous broth, sugar is added.
When the sugar is completely dissolved, the jam is boiled for another 15 minutes and poured into sterilized jars.
Jam
To make jam, you need to take:
- plums - 1 kg;
- sugar - 1 kg;
- water - 100 ml.
The peeled berries are poured with water and boiled for half an hour over low heat. Then the fruits are rubbed through a sieve, placed in a container, the remaining ingredients are added and boiled for another half hour. Finished products are placed in sterilized jars.
Compote
For cooking, you need to take:
- wild plum - 1 kg;
- sugar syrup - 50%.
Prepared fruits are poured into boiling syrup and boiled for 5 minutes. The finished compote is poured into jars with fruits, covered with lids and placed in a container with water and boiled for 15 minutes. Then they roll it up.
Wine
For cooking, you need to take:
- wild plum - 10 kg;
- sugar - 3 kg;
- water - 10 liters.
- Frozen plums wilt for 2 days... After, they are softened, placed in a container along with the bones, filled with water.
- Leave in a warm place for 3 days... If bubbles appear on the surface, the mass should be filtered.
- 300 g of sugar is added per liter of wine... Poured into containers.
From year to year the use of wild plum as a raw material for pharmaceuticals is only growing... Growing such a plant is beneficial and useful not only in your garden, but also an excellent option for additional income.
