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Red mountain ash has long been used in folk medicine. It helps in the treatment of diabetes mellitus, anemia, restores metabolic processes in the body.
However, despite the positive characteristics, red-fruited mountain ash has a number of contraindications.
In folk medicine as raw material use not only rowan berries, but also leaves, bark and inflorescences... Each raw material is procured at a specific time.
So, the bark is cut in the spring, and the leaves - at the end of summer. Rowan berries are usually picked after the first frost, when enough nutrients have accumulated in them, and the inflorescences are dried during the flowering period.
Rowan red helps well with urolithiasis, as a laxative and hemostatic agent.
Berries of an ordinary red-fruited mountain ash contain many vitamins and minerals:
- vitamins of group B, C, A and E;
- silicon;
- zinc;
- magnesium;
- folic acid;
- carotene;
- iodine;
- manganese.
The balanced composition of mountain ash allows it to be used in different fields of medicine:
- The fruits of the red-flowered mountain ash increase the body's resistance to oxygen starvation.
- A decoction of the bark and fruits of mountain ash well restores the body after a protracted illness.
- A decoction of berries is used as an expectorant for coughs.
- Rowan juice is indicated for anemia and diseases of the liver, kidneys, dysmenorrhea.
- The bark of red mountain ash has an astringent effect. It can be used to treat hepatitis and uterine bleeding of varying degrees.
- Rowan inflorescences do an excellent job with colds, have a diuretic effect, which helps to lower the temperature.
- Rowan is recommended to be taken for heart disease and for cleaning blood vessels.
- Red mountain ash is good at removing toxins and toxins from the body, causing a mild laxative effect.
- In cosmetology, mountain ash is used as a cleanser.
Besides, pounded leaves and chopped rowan berries help cope with warts and fungal skin diseases.
In folk medicine, rowan juice serves as an additional medicine for tuberculosis, anemia and cholecystitis. In addition, rowan berry puree is great for helping to regain appetite during fasting.
Contraindications to the use of red mountain ash
There are few bans on the use of rowan, but they are still there:
- a person cannot eat rowan after a heart attack and ischemia;
- it is contraindicated to use mountain ash with poor blood clotting;
- it is forbidden to take mountain ash for diarrhea;
- children under three years old should not use tinctures, juices and jelly of red rowan;
- with hypotension, mountain ash should not be consumed, as it lowers blood pressure.
To avoid unwanted consequences during treatment, it is important to consider all contraindications... In addition, it is impossible to take medicinal fruits, tinctures and rowan juice in case of individual intolerance to berries.
Calorie table of berries
This table shows the nutrient content per 100 grams of berries.
100 grams of berries containsnumber / in gr% of the norm
| Nutritional value of red rowan berries | ||
| alimentary fiber | 5.4 g | 27% |
| carbohydrates | 8.9 g | 6,95% |
| calories | 50 kcal | 3,51% |
| water | 81,1 g | 3,17% |
| proteins | 1.4 g | 1,71% |
| fats | 0.2 g | 0,31% |
The ratio of proteins, fats and carbohydrates in berries is 1: 0.1: 6.4. The energy value of the product is 50 kcal.
Traditional medicine recipes for treatment
Rowan medicines are easy to prepare, below are the most common recipes.
Rowan broth for vitamin deficiency:
- 1 tbsp. l. fresh or dried rowan berries;
- 500 ml of water.
Pour berries over with water, bring to a boil and boil for about 15 minutes. Insist the ready-made broth in a closed container for at least five hours. It is recommended to consume 0.5 cups of broth before meals.
If desired, rosehip berries can be added to the broth, which also have beneficial properties.
Rowan tea for diarrhea:
- 1 dessert spoon of dried rowan fruits;
- 200 ml of water.
Prepare a decoction from the specified number of berries, as in the previous recipe, leave for 2 hours. You need to drink tea twice a day, 50 ml.
Rowan tea normalizes stool well, eliminates diarrhea and intestinal upset.
Rowan puree to normalize appetite:
- 1 cup fresh rowan berries;
- 1 cup boiling water;
- 10 ml of white wine;
- sugar to taste.
Pour boiling water over fresh berries and boil for 30 minutes. When the fruits are soft, rub them through a sieve and add sugar, white wine. After that, continue to boil the puree to the desired consistency. Take the medicine three times a day, 1 teaspoon.
Rowan tincture for atherosclerosis:
- 500 grams of dry or fresh rowan berries;
- 500 ml of vodka.
Sort the berries and rinse, fill a glass jar with them. Pour the berries with vodka or moonshine, leave in a cool dark place for several days. Take 10-15 grams of tincture before each meal.
Rowan Powder for Diabetes... Mountain ash helps to normalize blood sugar levels. The powder is prepared from the fruits, leaves and inflorescences of mountain ash. They are ground and consumed daily.
Bark decoction for hypertension... The bark of the plant is harvested in spring, crushed and a decoction is prepared from it. Finely chopped bark is poured with water and boiled for about 30 minutes. The broth is insisted in a thermos for about three hours. Consume 10-15 grams of the product twice a day.
Rowan juice for gastritis... Gastritis and increased acidity of the stomach are treated with rowan juice. It should be taken twice a day before meals, 100 ml.
To prepare mountain ash juice, the berries are blanched in boiling water until soft for about five minutes. The fruits are ground through a sieve, and sugar syrup is boiled from water. Berry puree is mixed with ready-made juice and packaged in sterile jars.
How to treat mountain ash warts? It is easy to get rid of warts at home with the help of mountain ash.
Rowan flu broth:
- rowan berries - 7 parts;
- dry nettle leaves - 3 parts;
- boiled water.
The dry collection is poured with hot water, left to boil for no more than 5 minutes. Insist the broth in a thermos for about four hours. The broth is consumed for three weeks, 0.5 cups three times a day.
With blood clots and scanty menstruation, it is not recommended to use a decoction.
Red rowan juice for liver diseases:
- 5 kg of ripe rowan berries;
- 2 cups sugar
Crush ripe rowan berries and squeeze the juice out of them. Add two glasses of sugar to the resulting juice and boil for 20 minutes. The finished syrup should be stored in a dark bottle in a dark place.
Before use, the syrup is diluted with water and poured into tea. After the medicinal tea, it is recommended to lie down for about two hours until the attack passes.
How can you make healing mountain ash tincture and jam
Rowanberry tincture is not only a fragrant and tasty drinkbut also very useful. There are many recipes for its preparation, but there are time-tested ones.
Ryabinovka:
- red mountain ash - 1 kg;
- sugar - 150 gr;
- vodka or moonshine - 1.2 liters.
The rowan must be washed, sorted out and put in the freezer overnight, then the taste of bitterness from the fruit will go away.
Put the prepared berries in a jar and cover with sugar. It is recommended to fill the jar up to the shoulders. Then pour the rowan with vodka so that the liquid completely covers the berries.
You need to insist brandy for 4-5 weeks at room temperature in a dark place. Then drain the tincture and pour the berries again with vodka for a week.
Mix two tinctures, add sugar and honey to taste, then bottle and leave to ripen for two months.
Rowan tincture. Ryabinovka:
Rowan berries make not only delicious brandy, but also healthy jam... Of course, during heat treatment, the fruits lose some vitamins, but jam still strengthens the immune system well.
Red rowan jam:
- mountain ash - 1 kg;
- granulated sugar - 1 kg;
- water - 1.5 liters.
Blanch ripe rowan berries in boiling water for 10 minutes, then discard in a colander. Boil sugar syrup. Put berries in hot syrup and stand for at least six hours. Then boil the mountain ash and cook over low heat for 15 minutes.
Rowan jam:
Red mountain ash is a valuable and irreplaceable source of vitamins and minerals... Ready raw materials for decoctions and tinctures are stored in fabric bags in a ventilated area. The shelf life of mountain ash berries is 12 months.
