When and how to collect viburnum correctly?

Viburnum - a berry endowed not only with an original appearance, but also with useful qualities. It burns on a branch with scarlet lights among the greenery of a tree. And in winter, it is distinguished by its original beauty under the white snow. But in order to use it in winter, the berry needs to be properly collected and preserved. Before you start using, you should familiarize yourself not only with the possible benefits, but also learn about the harm that it can bring with uncontrolled use.

Content:

• The composition and useful properties of viburnum
• Application
• Harm and contraindications
• When and how to collect viburnum correctly?
• Storage methods

The composition and useful properties of viburnum

Berry pulp viburnum saturated with useful microelements and vitamins. It contains a large amount of nutrients that help to neutralize the formed disease, and also stimulate an increase in the human immune system.

The list of components that saturate viburnum includes the following ingredients:

• Phosphorus
• Copper
• Tannins
• Manganese
• Potassium
• Magnesium
• Iron
• Pectins
• Iodine
• Phytoncides
• Vitamins C and A, P, E and K are present

In addition, the leaves of the common viburnum contain an increased amount of various acids - oleic, valerian, formic and acetic. Kalina is used not only in traditional medicine, it is recommended by qualified doctors to restore lost strength after prolonged illness or surgery.

Reception of scarlet berries is allowed not only for adult patients, but also for small patients. Kalina has an increased effect in the fight against various diseases, eliminates vitamin deficiency, and also neutralizes pathogenic microorganisms that enter the body.

The following useful properties are distinguished with which a bright plant is endowed:

1. In a short time heals colds and acute respiratory viral infections.
2. Significantly increases the body's defenses, blocking the possibility of the attachment of pathogenic bacteria.
3. It has diaphoretic properties and antipyretic properties.
4. Neutralizes sleep problems, eliminates depression, improves mood and charges a person with good mood and vigor.
5. Helps relieve nervous tension.
6. A decoction of the flowers of the plant allows you to eliminate inflammation of the oral cavity with angina.
7. Infusion on the berries of the plant is excellent for wet coughing, due to the fact that it has mucolytic qualities.
8. Due to the fact that the use of berries contributes to the diuretic effect, excess fluid is removed from the body, which leads to the elimination of puffiness.
9. Berries are recommended to be used for gastritis of the stomach, they well increase the acidity of the pH environment inside the digestive organs.
10. When using viburnum, the intestines are cleansed of harmful substances accumulated over a long period, as well as toxins.
11. Allows you to normalize intestinal peristalsis and helps to eliminate constipation in humans.

The correct use of berries, foliage or color allows the plant to be used for almost secondary therapy for any disease. The main thing is to take into account the dosage and consult with your doctor before use.

Application

In addition to the fact that viburnum is used for medicinal purposes, various drinks can be made from it, such as fruit drinks, juices or jelly. It is great for making jams, preserves, both boiled and raw. Delicious marmalade is obtained from viburnum berries. In the process of cooking culinary delights, housewives add viburnum fruits as a filling or to enhance the taste when baking chicken or meat.

Due to its large number of useful qualities, it is widely used in various branches of medicine and cooking.

The soft branches of viburnum are used to make baskets, vases from natural materials, as well as wreaths and barrels. Such items are used to decorate and create comfort in homes and offices.

In addition to the use of berries to eliminate diseases, the consistency of the substance is actively used in cosmetology. It neutralizes rashes in adolescence and with menstrual flow in girls. Eliminates blackheads and improves the color of the skin. Prevents the appearance of early expression and aging wrinkles.

Harm and contraindications

Before you start using a drug for the treatment of diseases, you should familiarize yourself with the contraindications. Not all ingredients may work for different people. Although viburnum is endowed with a wide range of useful trace elements and qualities.

If the substance is used incorrectly, then the possible benefits can be harmful to the human body.

There are the following categories of people suffering from certain types of diseases, who are completely forbidden to consume the fruits of viburnum or can be introduced into the diet, but with caution and under the supervision of medical personnel:

1. Low blood pressure. People with such discomfort can enter berries into the body, but not more than 1 tablespoon.
2. Pregnant women - berries contain a significant amount of ingredients identical to female hormones. An excess of substance in the bloodstream of a woman in position can negatively affect the developing fetus, provoking malformations of the baby. In difficult situations, the components of viburnum, obtained by the body in an increased mass, can stimulate premature labor.
3. Diseases of the liver and kidneys, chronic course.
4. Gastritis of the stomach.
5. Allergic reaction to the berries of the plant.
6. Increased acidity of the stomach.
7. Blood diseases such as leukemia or thrombophlebitis.

With hypotension, it is not recommended to use viburnum berries prepared in the form of juice. The drink contributes to an excessive decrease in blood pressure. You should not experiment with the treatment process, using viburnum with the development of gout, arthritis or urolithiasis. The introduction of the agent into the body can negatively affect the general condition of the patient.

When and how to collect viburnum correctly?

Some gardeners advise picking bright berries immediately after they turn red, without greenery and unusual blotches. Others recommend harvesting only after the first frost. It is at this moment that the bitterness characteristic of immature viburnum disappears, a sweetish taste with a slight tart aftertaste and an inherent pleasant bitterness is acquired.

Due to the fact that the berries are harvested after frost, much more useful elements accumulate in them than when they were harvested before the first drop in temperatures.

But if there is no way to wait until the onset of frosty weather, then you need to cut off the bunches and put them in the freezer for a while. The effect of the procedure will be the same as if the plant is kept in the fresh air. In order to remove the berries, it is recommended to choose a clear, windless sunny day. The event is carried out with a sharp, disinfected pruner. This is necessary in order not to infect the plant with pathogenic bacteria.The cut is carried out entirely with a brush, so as not to damage the berries, thereby not losing useful properties. If the processing of viburnum is calculated to be carried out immediately after collection, then you can remove the fruits without worrying about their safety and content in the brush.

After cutting the brushes, it is recommended to immediately spread on a baking sheet prepared in advance, in one layer. Otherwise, when the fruits are piled up in a heap, it is almost impossible to carefully select the bunches. This is due to the fact that the branches cling to each other, and the berries crumble. You can tie the bunches together or cut off all the berries at once, if an early processing is intended. After that, they should be rinsed under running water and dried well. It is very important that bad, rotten or spoiled berries must be removed immediately during the bulkhead. Otherwise, rot or disease can spread to the entire crop.

Storage methods

Harvesting the resulting crop from a plant is half the question. It should be prepared for safekeeping. For this, there are several storage methods:

• The brushes are tied together in 2-3 clusters and hung from the ceiling in a well-ventilated, dry and cool place. But in this form, it is not worth keeping the viburnum for a long time. If you do not process it within 14 days, the tone may lose its useful qualities.
• Freezing - the berries are cut off from the brushes, carefully sorted out, washed well, to be dried. Then the fruits are laid out on a baking sheet in one layer, and placed in the freezer for freezing. While the viburnum is freezing, it should be stirred on a tray, and then packaged in separate containers and placed for long-term storage. If the berries are not large, then freezing can be carried out in their original form, without breaking the berries into separate rolls.
• Drying viburnum - dried berries do not lose their beneficial properties at all. They are used for medicinal decoctions and compotes. The procedure must be performed in the oven or in a special dryer for vegetables and fruits. You can also carry out the procedure at room temperature in a dry room, but the duration of the result increases in terms of time.

It does not matter in what way the viburnum storage is chosen, but any use of the nutrient will protect the body from diseases during the spring-autumn epidemics and relieve it of spring beriberi.

In this way, viburnum is not only an interesting decoration at wedding ceremonies, but also a medicinal substance that helps to get rid of serious diseases in a short time. The main thing is that before use, you should consult with your doctor and set the dosage of the input, as well as identify possible contraindications. Otherwise, if taken incorrectly, it is possible to provoke the acquisition of not benefits, but significant harm to the patient's entire body.

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