Useful properties of chokeberry

Collecting the fruits of chokeberry or otherwise chokeberry should not be rushed. Fruits become black already in August, but the greatest amount of nutrients in them accumulates only in September-October, when the first frosts hit.

To preserve the beneficial properties of chokeberry, the fruits must be cut with scissors, strung on a wire and hung in a room, preferably cool and dark.

The berries harvested in this way can be consumed throughout the winter, since they contain substances due to which the reproduction of microbes does not occur. You can expose the berries to chokeberry and dry.

Chokeberry can be called a storehouse of nutrients. The set of vitamins and trace elements in its berries is very large: vitamins C, P, K, E, vitamins of group B - B1, B2, B6, tannins, beta-carotene, glucose, sucrose, manganese, copper, iron, boron, etc. etc.

The beneficial properties of chokeberry are used in folk medicine, for example, to remove salts of heavy metals and radiation from the body.

The content of pectin in berries has a beneficial effect on the gastrointestinal tract, eliminating spasms and exerting a choleretic effect.

When using chokeberry, the walls of blood vessels are strengthened, their elasticity and firmness increase.

Blackberries, as the people call it, normalize blood pressure, lower the level of bad cholesterol in the blood.

But you should be careful with the use of chokeberry for those who suffer from gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer, constipation, hypotension, a tendency to thrombophlebitis and increased blood clotting.