Wild raspberries or blackberries are quite rare in ordinary gardens.
This wild plant contains a lot of vitamins and nutrients that allow you to surpass the pink relative in taste and healing qualities.
Black berries are easy to process and preserve, which allows you to stock up on a vitamin remedy for many ailments, even for the winter period.
What is the composition of blackberries and beneficial properties
Blueberry berry boasts not only its unpretentiousness in germination, but also low calorie content. For 100 grams of berries, only 36 kcal. The berry is rich in vitamins, as well as micro and macro elements, among which:
• vitamin A or beta-carotene;
• B vitamins: thiamine, niacin, pantothenic acid, riboflavin, pyridoxine, folic acid;
• vitamin C or ascorbic acid;
• vitamin E or tocopherol;
• vitamins K and PP;
• magnesium;
• potassium;
• calcium;
• sodium;
• zinc;
• phosphorus;
• manganese;
• copper;
• iron;
• selenium;
• citric, malic, tartaric acids;
• fructose and glucose;
• other minerals.
Concentration in the composition of nutrients allowed the blackberry to be widely used in folk medicine, as well as used to strengthen the immune system and saturate the body with vitamins.
If we consider blackberries not only as a rather tasty berry, but also as a medicinal plant, then thanks to it you can get rid of various diseases.
1. Rich in iron and potassium composition allows you to treat cardiovascular disease. With the help of blackberries, you can lower blood pressure, strengthen blood vessels and muscle of the heart.
2. People with kidney problems, diseases of the genitourinary system, cholelithiasis, cholecystitis berries will bring considerable benefit. Thanks to the choleretic actions, the motility of the bile ducts in the body is being established, the optimal environment for the formation of stagnation is destroyed, an obstacle appears for the appearance of inflammation and the formation of stones.
3. Being a natural antioxidant, blackberries not only eliminate infections, resist infections, but can even fight oncology.
4. Hematopoietic function stimulates the regeneration of blood cells, as a result of which the body becomes easier to deal with especially serious diseases.
5. Microelements in the composition of blackberries have a beneficial effect on the organs of the gastrointestinal tract, eliminating the disorders, alleviate the symptoms of gastritis, have a laxative effect, improve metabolism and have a beneficial effect on the intestinal wall.
6. Patients with diabetes can also afford to taste this healthy berry.
7. Thanks to the active effect of blackberries on the central nervous system, you can get rid of sleep problems and normalize it, forget about stress, relieve nervous tension.
8. People struggling with excess weight should definitely include wild berries in their diet.
9. Blackberry has a positive effect on brain activity, improves memory, mental activity, activates cognitive processes.
10. The recommended berry for women during menopause, as it is able to relieve all adverse symptoms.
Blackberry: beneficial properties during pregnancy and lactation
On the body of pregnant women, the fruits of blackberries have the most positive effect. With its useful elements, the blackberry enriches the emerging fetus, as well as the immature body of the born baby through breast milk. Tannins, vitamins and other trace elements also help moms recover in the postpartum phase, normalize hemoglobin levels, metabolism, and heal wounds.
A useful property of a blackberry is the ability to satisfy hunger for pregnant women. The berry will be able to replace flour products, the use of which during the period of bearing a child is not welcome.
The use of berries during pregnancy reduces the risk of vitamin deficiency, strengthens the immune system. Unripe berries eliminate constipation, and ripe, on the contrary, are used for diarrhea.
Blackberry has contraindications for pregnant women in case of individual intolerance to the product or allergies.
Blackberry: contraindications for berries
Blackberries can have an adverse effect on the body in case of excessive consumption. As for pregnant women, for other people, the blackberry has contraindications in case of allergy and individual incompatibility with the berry.
Do not use blackberries in case of increased acidity of gastric juice, as well as serious kidney problems.
With caution, you should include the berry in the children's diet. If the body did not give a reaction to several berries in the form of skin irritation, indigestion, and others, then the child can use blackberries.
Prescriptions for medicinal products from blackberries, useful properties
Blackberry berries are a unique remedy. Acting as the main ingredient in jams, compotes, jams, blackberries manage to maintain their usefulness and vitamin composition. In the treatment of serious diseases, you can use other means based on berries, leaves, and even the roots of the plant.
1. To improve health and general health, you can prepare an infusion of leaves. It is also able to relieve hypertension, atherosclerosis and is recommended as a sedative for hysterical attacks.
2. Pure or candied berries are very useful for seasonal colds, acute respiratory infections, and flu. They are able to quickly reduce body temperature. They are used for existing bowel diseases, cystitis.
3. Blackberry juice eliminates fever and fights thirst.
4. Tea brewed on blackberries, has a restorative and soothing properties. Useful tea with berries for women during menopause.
5. Tea from the dried leaves of strawberries is recommended for diabetes. The drink improves metabolism. Steam dried leaves for him should be in a water bath.
6. Syrup from blackberries is effective for dysentery.
7. A decoction of leaves will save you with problems with the stomach and gastritis.
8. Tincture on the leaves of the plant is used to rinse a sore throat, to heal open wounds in the oral cavity and inflammation, with diseases of the upper respiratory tract, tonsillitis, pulmonary hemorrhage.
9. An infusion of leaves reduces heavy menstrual flow, normalizes sleep, reduces nervous irritability.
Universal infusion is prepared from 1 tablespoon of dry raw materials, and a glass of boiling water. The drink is infused for 20 minutes, then thoroughly decanted. You need to drink the infusion in small sips for 3 sets per day.
To prepare a decoction, you will need the same set of ingredients: 20 g of dried leaves, a glass of boiling water. It is necessary to boil the mixture for 20 minutes, and then let it brew for 3 hours. After that, make up the evaporated volume and take 2 tablespoons 3 times a day before meals.
The most useful tea is obtained if you close the fresh leaves in an enameled bowl and let them completely fade, and then air dry. If you want to drink healthy tea, the leaves should be poured with boiling water.
